News and Announcements

2017 Parents Night

Posted by Philadelphia Little Quakers at Oct 24, 2017 10:40AM PDT
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Parents:

Don’t forget to join us tonight at 7:00 PM in the KURTZ Building, located just behind the practice field, for our Parents kick-off meeting. It is mandatory that one parent/guardian be present for each player. We will be discussing the expectations of the season, our exciting away trip to Tennessee among other important topics.


Due to inclement weather, please have your player be prepared to practice rain or shine by bringing a pair of indoor sneakers*****

See you tonight!

The Philadelphia Little Quakers organization is proud to announce our 2017 LQ Team:

Akire Lilley
Andre O’Neil
Angel Cardone
Anthony Moorehead
Billy Cullen
Cardel Pigford
Cole Hunter
Colin Schumm
Coulten Grasela
Daniel Ford
Darold Sergel Dengohe
Dave Rosania
Declan Smith
Donald Lattanze
Drew Meyers
Edward Guarnaccia, III
Ethan Kuzy
John Westfield
Josh Barlow
Matt DuMond
Maurice Clark
Mujaheed Muhammed
Neko Salmon
Nicholas Marrione
Patrick Montgomery
Richard James
Ryan Moore
Ryan Woertz
Sam Brown
Sam Gerber
Scott Belveal
Seamus McCain
Shane Collier
Shane Hartman
Thomas Batson
Tyler Needham
Zachary Bayer

The football players who attended our recent try-outs for our 65th season team were some of the best athletes we’ve ever evaluated and the cut down to the final squad was extremely difficult. We thank all the football players and their families for making the commitment to try to earn a spot on our team. For those football players that did not make this year’s team AND do not turn 15 years of age by September 1, 2018, please consider trying out again next year. The experience you’ve gained through this year’s try-outs will provide a great foundation to build upon. For those players that will be too old, we thank you for your efforts and wish you nothing but great success in your career on and off the field.

The 2017 LQ Team named above will resume practice on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 7:00 pm on the same field (rain or shine) at the William Penn Charter School. Please plan to arrive in full equipment by 6:45 pm and bring a pair of indoor sneakers if the weather forecast is rain. Practices are held each Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:00 pm unless otherwise stated. There will be a mandatory Parents Meeting on Tuesday 10/24/17 at 7:00 pm at the Kurs building, directly behind the practice field. A parent or guardian for each player must attend.

Congratulations to the 2017 LQ Team!

Thank you, Bob Rosania President Philadelphia Little Quakers

2017 Try-Outs

Posted by Aimee Schnee at Sep 1, 2017 1:13PM PDT
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Be a part of the living legacy of the Philadelphia Little Quakers. 2017 Try-outs are coming up.

Date/Time:
Wednesday, October 4, Registration at 6:00 PM, Try-Outs at 7:00 PM
Tuesday, October 10, Registration at 6:00 PM, Try-Outs at 7:00 PM
Thursday, October 12, Try-Outs at 7:00 PM
(Participants are strongly encouraged to attend all 3 try-out dates)
REGISTERING ONLINE IS NOW AVAILABLE! CLICK “2017 Try-Out Registration” LINK ON THE LEFT MENU*

Location:
Registration- Penn Charter- Dooney Field House
3000 West Schoolhouse Lane
Philadelphia, PA

Practice: Penn Charter- Perrott Field

Age: Must not have turned 15 prior to September 1st 2017

Weight: Unrestricted

All try-out participants MUST practice in full equipment including proper padding, helmets and cleets. NO EXCEPTIONS!

PIAA Eligibility:
“OUTSIDE PARTICIPATION
If you participate in a non-school athletic program during the PIAA Season for that sport, while enrolled at a school which has a Team in that sport, you will not be eligible for District and Inter-District Championship Contests in that sport unless you are in uniform and available to participate as a member of your school Team for at least 75% of its Regular Season Contests.”
Source: http://www.piaa.org/schools/eligibility/

For more information please email philalittlequakers@gmail.com or call Aimee Schnee at 215-713-4432.

GO QUAKERS!

The document TRYOUT_FLYER_2.docx was attached to this post.

Former Little Quaker and current chaperone Bobby Frazier has be chosen to be the new Chief of Police for Ridley Park. Read full story at:
http://www.delconewsnetwork.com/articles/2015/12/30/ridley_town_talk/news/doc56737e50c81a7034518573.txt

LQs Lose Heartbreaker in Texas

Posted by Philadelphia Little Quakers at Jan 3, 2016 10:29AM PST
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LITTLE QUAKERS SHOW GRIT IN TEXAS DUST-UP – CONCLUDE 63RD SEASON
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Fort Worth – Under the bright blue canopy of a made-for-Texas football day, the Philadelphia Little Quakers stared down host Fort Worth Texans at Scarborough-Handley Field. Earning hard-fought respect – but unfortunately not the win – the LQ went down swinging in a see-saw pitch that remained undetermined even as time expired. The final result, 20-16, was registered only after a defensive penalty allowed elusive QB Ricky Ortega (Coatesville) one final end zone shot that fell inches short of yeoman receiver and return-man Jabari Higgs Salaam’s grasp, just within the front end zone pylon corner.
The Texans struck first with a 65-yard TD punt return in the opening minutes, but the LQ responded immediately with a Higgs-Salaam (St. Joseph, Hammonton, NJ) KO return to the Texans 41. A couple of first downs gained with tough runs by Daniel Dutkiewicz (St. Roberts) and Anthony Rightley (Holy Cross, Delco) set up Rightley’s 26-yard scamper into pay dirt at the 4:17 mark, sobering the Texans’ premature jubilation. Then, with the precision trio of long-snapper Kyle Jones (Penn Charter), holder Dante Perry (Ancillae Assumpta Academy) and kicker Noah Evans (Penn Charter), the LQ expertly notched two more points with the PAT (youth All-Star rules). Game on.
The ensuing 45-yard LQ KO touch back was soon negated. It took the Texans a mere three plays, punctuated by a 62-yard bomb, to go the distance and pull ahead at the 3:12 mark, 14-8.
After a LQ three-and-out, the Texans gave it right back to the swarming LQ. Paul DiSanto (Colonial M.S. /Visitation CYO) recovered a fumble at the Texans’ 49 yard-line, but the LQ then gave it right back with a fumble on their own 26 to end the 1st Quarter. The Texans then exerted their will and marched to the goal line, only to be thwarted by dynamo 12 year-old Elijah Statham (People For People Charter) who forced a fumble with a ferocious hit as the Texan ball carrier was about to cross the goal-line. Elijah gathered the ball in the end zone for the touch back, flipping fortunes and firing up his teammates.
Kyle Jones entered the game at QB and immediately connected on strikes of 33 and 26 yards to Higgs-Salaam with some nifty runs in-between by Ryan DiVergilis(St. Christopher), Nick DiCicco(Penn Charter) and Rightly to march the ball down to the 4. Another bruising run by Rightly and a face-mask penalty spotted the ball on the one and Jones capped the drive with a text-book low-crouch QB sneak to wedge in against a beefy Longhorn front line. He then added 2 more with a sure-footed PAT and the LQ took a 16-14 lead into intermission.
The 3rd quarter resulted in sloppy play by both sides with no change on the scoreboard. After an early rally-cry tackle-for-loss by the high-low duo of Eric Pollnow(Roman Catholic) and Elijah Statham, Marcellus Poland (Penn Charter) followed with a key interception at mid-field. With Ortega back at the helm, the emotionally charged LQ gained 5 of their 16 total first downs in the 3rd Quarter, highlighted by an artful Ortega bootleg keeper to the Texans’ 12. But a lost fumble on the next play squashed the LQ momentum.
The LQ defense stiffened courageously, led by Pollnow, Anthony Leneghan (St. Jerome), brothers Michael and Elijah Statham(People-to-People Charter), brothers Felice and Paul DiSanto (Colonial M.S./Visitation CYO), Matt McGeary (Wissahickon M.S./Visitation CYO), Rocco Boggi (Poquessing M.S.) and Malvern Prep teammates Harry Stinger and Jake Hornibrook. The Texans were called for chop blocking and continued to lose yardage by the play. Yet it only took two plays after the LQ regained possession to unceremoniously cough it back up. The Texans immediately threatened but a tackle-for-loss by McGeary and a well-timed pass deflection near the end zone by Brendan Thomas (Upper Merion) dashed the Texans’ hopes.
The LQ and Texans traded possession throughout the 4th Quarter, with the LQ handing opportunities to the Texans with 4 drive-killing turn-over fumbles. But the Texans, hit with multiple infractions, tried to return the favor with 12 men, side-line misconduct, off-sides and personal foul calls. Then, on the third and most fatal cough-up of the quarter, the LQ spotted the feisty Texans the ball on the LQ 29 and they marched it in for the final 6 of the game at the 3:17 mark. PAT was denied by the never-say-die LQ. Score was now 20-16.
The remaining three minutes can best be described as chaotic with penalties and turnovers, yet throughout the malaise, the LQ resolve only seemed to strengthen. With a 5-yard penalty assessed against the hosts at KO, the LQ returned the ball to the Texans 47. Then, facing 3rd and 6, Ortega eluded the grasp of two defenders, circled to the flat and found Rightley open in the secondary, who deftly dodged a would-be tackler, gathered his feet and began his push toward the wide-open right side line when from behind, the ball was improbably punched loose from seemingly nowhere by a player who closed in like a Texas tornado. A LQ pounced on it amidst a scrum and for a moment all looked secure. But the ball squirted out and into a Texans’ grasp at their own 32.
And then the Texans self-imploded. They were inexplicably scourged by the yellow hanky for a total loss of 30-yards to their own 9, ultimately resulting in 4th and 24. Their punt traveled 23 yards to the Texans 39. With 00:58 seconds remaining, the LQ were faced with 3rd and 10 when a disciplined long count induced off sides against the anxious Texans. And then a personal foul confounded and indicted the hosts, placing the ball at their 20 and giving the LQ extended life with a first down. But then near-tragedy: Ortega recovered his own fumble on 1st down for a 15-yard loss with just 00:49 remaining. With no time-outs, three passes were needed to help stop the clock.
Finally, with a scant 00 :01 showing, Ortega scrambled and passed into the back of the end zone to the ever-present Higgs-Salaam who elevated, snagged and appeared to control the ball, then was rudely slammed out of bounds and the ball came loose. Incomplete pass. Game over.
But wait! Yet another yellow hanky and another defensive penalty! So with 0:00 the LQ had one more try (can’t end a game on a defensive penalty). This time Ortega scrambled madly under a fierce rush, was forced backward, then forward, then to his right, throwing on the run, barely avoiding the hot pursuit. He placed the ball almost perfectly in the front corner of the end zone for Higgs-Salaam, who turned back to the ball while sliding forward, the ball brushing against a patch of green turf before short-hopping into wide-open palms. Shielded from complete view, the LQ sideline went wild only to become crestfallen by the finality of the whistle and incomplete pass signal.
A wild bronco-ride indeed in Texas. Thrown, but not down, the LQ rose quickly to dust themselves off and ride home into the sunset of almosts and only-ifs. They came to Texas as challengers, entered into one heckuva rodeo, gave-as-good-as-they-got in the heart of Football America, and returned with heads held high – and lassoed an abundance of life-time memories.

FORT WORTH TEXANS 20, LITTLE QUAKERS 16
TEXANS: 14 0 0 6 20
LQ: 8 8 0 0 16
===== LQ 1st downs: 3 4 5 4 16 LQ Turnovers: 1 0 2 4 7 ======
CAPTAINS: R.Ortega, A. Rightley, R.DiVirgilis, A. Leneghan
Points: K. Jones 6
A.Rightley 6
N. Evans 4
Pass: R. Ortega 2-9, 20
K. Jones 2-2, 59
Rush: A. Rightley: 10 – 70
R. Ortega: 7- 3
N. DiCicco: 2- 9
K. Jones: 3 – (-1)
D. Dutkiewicz: 6 – 1
Rec: J. Higgs-Salaam: 4- 59
A.Rightly 2- 20
Ret: J. Higgs Salaam: 2- 53
H. Stinger: 1- 5