After two adult men were shot in the parking lot outside William Penn’s first home football game last season, the school district moved the Bearcats’ remaining home games from Friday nights to noon on Saturdays.
The first Saturday day game, I could only stay until the end of halftime. But I made sure to arrive early to show how the Bearcats prepared for this home game.
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© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. From left, Willam Penn football players Marcus Dorsey, Kahliek Savery, Brandon Vargas and Tobee Stokes prepare for a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York. Red Lion defeated William Penn 49-7 in what was the Bearcats’ first Saturday noon home game after two adults were shot outside the stadium during the fourth quarter of a game Sept. 9. York City School District Supt. Eric Holmes made an executive decision to move the rest of the season’s home games to Saturdays out of an abundance of caution.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. William Penn staff carry a metal detector gate to the entrance of Small Field before a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. William Penn’s Tobee Stokes ties a tie on track and field coach Tony Jones before a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Red Lion football players warm up on the field before a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Red Lion head football coach Jesse Shay and William Penn head football coach Russ Stoner meet on the field before a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Red Lion cheerleaders — including, from left, Olivia Riggs, Evelyn Adams and Brooklyn Bogdany — join William Penn cheerleaders, including Darryanna Moore, second from right, in a cheer before a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Red Lion cheerleader Dawson Kling holds up a phone on a selfie stick to take a selfie with mascot Leo the Lion and the Red Lion and William Penn cheer squads holding hands while performing pyramids before a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. William Penn football players leave the locker room before a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. William Penn football players enter the field for a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. William Penn football players hold hands during the national anthem before a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Red Lion’s Dylan Gurreri carries the ball in the first half of a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. William Penn’s Nigel Williams carries the ball in the first half of a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Red Lion quarterback Sam Emig carries the ball in the first half of a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. William Penn quarterback Tallian Lehr carries the ball past Red Lion’s Nick Argento in the first half of a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Red Lion’s Dylan Gurreri carries the ball in the first half of a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Red Lion quarterback Sam Emig throws a pass for a touchdown under heavy defensive pressure in the first half of a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. William Penn’s Nigel Williams carries the ball past Red Lion’s Patrick Daugherty in the first half of a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Two children watch from the other side of the fence as members of the Red Lion March Band prepare for their halftime show during a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. William Penn head football coach Russ Stoner speaks to a player during the first half of a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Members of the Red Lion Marching Band perform during halftime of a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
© 2016 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. William Penn football players return to the field for the second half of a YAIAA football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Small Field in York.
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