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PHOENIXVILLE AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
The Phoenixville Phantoms completed their 2007-08 football season with a 6-3 record in the Pioneer Athletic Conference (PAC-10) and recorded an 8-4 mark overall under fifth-year head coach Bill Furlong and his capable staff of assistant coaches.
The Phantoms earned a berth in the District 1 Class AAA playoffs and fell to top-seeded Unionville, 27-10, in the first round on the Indians’ field.
The first Wednesday in February always signals the first day college letters-of-intent become binding. Commitments become official when student-athletes sign on the dotted line. It is called national signing day.
Phoenixville had two senior football players announce their decisions for next fall. Rob Lohr, a 6-5, 230-pound defensive end and tight end, has selected Division I-A Vanderbilt University while Jordan Thomas, a 5-9, 160-pound defensive back/running back/kick returner, has chosen Division II Kutztown University.
Lohr has a full scholarship for defensive end but could be moved to tight end by the Commodores, depending on team needs. Thomas will be playing cornerback or safety as well as returning kicks for the Golden Bears.
Lohr also had scholarship offers from Syracuse and Temple and also considered Harvard. Thomas had a chance to attend Temple as a walk-on but decided to accept a partial scholarship from Kutztown.
A third Phantom senior, lineman Andrew Carr, is deciding between Division III schools Ursinus and Muhlenberg.
Nine more former Phantoms, from the last four years, are already playing in the collegiate football ranks. They are Ryan Paulson, Jay Nelson and Travis Ford-Bey at West Chester University; Erik Snyder at Muhlenberg; Drew Carter at Williamson Trade; Tom Beasley at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP); Joe Galie at Ursinus College; Bill Shirk at Millersville; and Chase DiFebbo at Shippensburg.
It all speaks well for Furlong’s successful Phoenixville football program, which captured the PAC-10 championship with a perfect 9-0 record two years ago. It should also help open doors for future Phantom prospects.
Posted by
Barry Sankey
The Phantoms earned a berth in the District 1 Class AAA playoffs and fell to top-seeded Unionville, 27-10, in the first round on the Indians’ field.
The first Wednesday in February always signals the first day college letters-of-intent become binding. Commitments become official when student-athletes sign on the dotted line. It is called national signing day.
Phoenixville had two senior football players announce their decisions for next fall. Rob Lohr, a 6-5, 230-pound defensive end and tight end, has selected Division I-A Vanderbilt University while Jordan Thomas, a 5-9, 160-pound defensive back/running back/kick returner, has chosen Division II Kutztown University.
Lohr has a full scholarship for defensive end but could be moved to tight end by the Commodores, depending on team needs. Thomas will be playing cornerback or safety as well as returning kicks for the Golden Bears.
Lohr also had scholarship offers from Syracuse and Temple and also considered Harvard. Thomas had a chance to attend Temple as a walk-on but decided to accept a partial scholarship from Kutztown.
A third Phantom senior, lineman Andrew Carr, is deciding between Division III schools Ursinus and Muhlenberg.
Nine more former Phantoms, from the last four years, are already playing in the collegiate football ranks. They are Ryan Paulson, Jay Nelson and Travis Ford-Bey at West Chester University; Erik Snyder at Muhlenberg; Drew Carter at Williamson Trade; Tom Beasley at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP); Joe Galie at Ursinus College; Bill Shirk at Millersville; and Chase DiFebbo at Shippensburg.
It all speaks well for Furlong’s successful Phoenixville football program, which captured the PAC-10 championship with a perfect 9-0 record two years ago. It should also help open doors for future Phantom prospects.
Posted by
Barry Sankey
posted by The Phoenix Files at
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