Overbrook: Youth Football Program Guides Kids on the Field and Off the Streets
The Overbrook Monarchs are committed to teaching maturity and leadership to the youth through football. [continue reading…]
The Overbrook Monarchs are committed to teaching maturity and leadership to the youth through football. [continue reading…]
The West Philadelphia YMCA is providing those in the neighborhood with a safe space to exercise, play sports, and even get a COVID-19 test. [continue reading…]
The Philadelphia Freeze, a women’s ice hockey team based out of University City, returned to the ice on Oct. 2 after its 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The 48th and Woodland playground has served as the field for many youth baseball players. Regardless of race, gender, and economic status, PAYSA has created a home for everyone within the West Philadelphia community.
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Students Run Philly Style’s MileUp program hosts races and training for teens and youth interested in running as a way to bring them into a diversion program that helps keep them out of the juvenile justice system.
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Holy Ghost hockey has played through a season full of protocols and stoppages only to keep pushing through. [continue reading…]
It’s always at least 10 degrees colder by the river than anywhere else in Philadelphia. That’s why Brannon Johnson always puts on an extra layer of socks before leaving her house to set up tents [continue reading…]
The Vikings went 19-1 this past season, winning the Catholic League Championship and coming within a point of the state title. [continue reading…]
A new store and an established community of disc golfers are working together to grow the sport. [continue reading…]
The baseball league, which caters to children with disabilities, has not played since the fall of 2019 and there are no immediate plans to return. [continue reading…]
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