Longtime Suburban Philadelphia high school football rivalry hits pause button

The longtime high school football between Abington and Cheltenham hits pause for 2024.
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Abington and Cheltenham won’t be playing for the 105th time this fall. GlensideLocal.com is reporting that the Southeast Pennsylvania schools won’t be playing this year, because Abington officials asked its rival to “take a hiatus.”

Kevin Kaufman, Cheltenham’s director of communications, wrote in an email that “We received a communication from Abington stating they would like to take a hiatus.”

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Abington leads the all-time series that dates back to 1915. The Galloping Ghosts owns 61 wins to Cheltenham’s 37 with six ties. Cheltenham has won the last two matchups with Abington’s last win coming in 2021

The last time the two didn’t play was in 2006.

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.