Athletics

After graduating from West Catholic in the summer of 1996, Brian Wood headed to Albright College. He enthusiastically continued his football career, but suffered a shoulder injury that cut his season short. The coaching staff saw something special in Brian and asked him to assist the defensive coaching staff in practice. Once Wood caught the […]

Before arriving at West Catholic Prep, Kha’Jey Frazier ’19 was a little apprehensive about starting a new chapter in his life. Having grown up in the North Philadelphia area, Kha’Jey was essentially starting over at West. But when Kha’Jey came for a tour of the school, he interacted with a few members of the football […]

In the spring of 2019, West Catholic welcomed Tinnina Atherton-Ely as the cheerleading team’s head coach. She comes to West with a vast amount of cheerleading experience and has never stopped loving her cheerleading passion. Beginning at age seven, Tinnina became a competitive cheerleader in her teens and went on to coach in college. Tinnina […]

West Catholic Preparatory High School announces that it has selected Brian Wood as the 19th Head Coach of its football program. Wood, a West Philadelphia native, graduated from St. Francis de Sales and West Catholic Prep (1996). Wood earned All-Catholic honors as a tight end in his senior year and also played defensive end. After […]

The West Catholic Burrs football team has done it again!  On Saturday November 12th, the West Catholic Prep Varsity Football team took home the combined District XI/XII Championship, defeating Bishop McDevitt 34-33 in double overtime. The team is currently 10-2 this season and finished with 6 wins and 1 loss in Catholic League play. West […]