Great Valley finally gets past Unionville, Seeley tops Mousaw
EAST WHITELAND — If the 2008-09 team is the standard for Great Valley wrestling, the current version used a minor duplication to realize progress. It had been since 2009 that the Patriots defeated...
View ArticleGuadarrama leads Perkiomen School past Hill School, 49-48
PENNSBURG >> In an era that’s been dominated by highlight-reel dunks, 3-point shooting and high-scoring games, the Perkiomen School boys basketball team is turning back time. The Panthers are...
View ArticleMethacton gets four pins, edges Norristown
WEST NORRITON >> The Methacton wrestling team entered its match against Norristown with a five-match losing streak. Norristown entered with a four-match losing streak. All streaks must come to an...
View ArticleNorth Penn pins Souderton, improves to 4-0 in SOL Continental
FRANCONIA >> With its 40-28 victory over Souderton Area Wednesday night, North Penn moved within two victories of capturing a third consecutive Suburban One League Continental Conference crown....
View ArticleDistrict 1 Duals preview
In a sport where never-ending whistles and stalling calls from the crowd can overwhelm and eardrum, this is the time of year that wrestling sounds its best. With less than a month until the...
View ArticleOwen J. Roberts digs out of 26-point hole, drops Boyertown, 39-34
BOYERTOWN >> No worries. Not on Owen J. Roberts’ part Wednesday. Not even when it fell into a 26-point hole at the start of its match with Boyertown, much less when it went into the final bout...
View ArticleFreshmen lead the way as Garnet Valley weathers slow start
NEWTOWN SQUARE >> Rocco Fantazzi had a look of dismay upon his face following his team’s first two matches of the night. The Garnet Valley wrestling coach wanted his wrestlers to salvage some...
View ArticleCrisler, La Salle get passing grade at Bonner & Prendergast
UPPER DARBY >> The statistic was readily shared with Zach Crisler off La Salle’s iPad program, so he’s all too happy to pass it along. On 20 made baskets against Bonner & Prendergast...
View ArticleOJ Roberts, Boyertown avoid hangover, advance
WESTTOWN — A day removed from a whirlwind, down-to-the-last-bout dual meet against each other, Owen J. Roberts and Boyertown could’ve easily dwelled on the past when they arrived to the first round...
View ArticleOwen J. Roberts, Boyertown win openers at District Duals
HOLLAND >> Brandon Meredith couldn’t recall ever experiencing it. Neither could Tim Seislove, whose background in the sport goes back around 40 years — both as a wrestler and coach. One day after...
View ArticleWest Chester East dedicates gym to Jack Byrne during basketball doubleheader
WEST GOSHEN >> The biggest star of Thursday’s basketball doubleheader between West Chester Henderson and host West Chester East was long-time West Chester Area School District educator and coach...
View ArticleDelco Girls Basketball Roundup: Wright’s past playing into Penn Wood’s future
Kareem Wright is hard to miss. Standing 6 feet 9 inches tall, it’s no wonder the second-year Penn Wood head coach is a security guard by day. Wright has been coaching at Penn Wood for nearly a decade....
View ArticleDelco Boys Basketball Notebook: Vlassopoulos an under-the-radar piece of the...
There are plenty of reasons why Garnet Valley sits at 12-4 and is projected as one of the eight teams to receive byes in the first round of the District 1 Class 6A playoffs. And among the most...
View ArticleSwimming: Boratto sets four records, Haverford School captures Inter-Ac title
Senior captain Alex Boratto set four different records and sophomore Antonio Octaviano eclipsed two of his own as the Haverford School defeated Episcopal Academy, 107-75 in an Inter-Ac boys swim meet....
View ArticleChurch beats buzzer to lift Chi past Glen Mills
Calvin Church scored 10 points, including the game-winning layup from the baseline as time expired, to lift Chichester to a 69-68 Del-Val League victory over Glen Mills Thursday. Da’Quan Granberry led...
View ArticleRobinson’s foul shots push Marple Newtown past Sacred Heart
Halle Robinson was cool, calm and collected when her team needed her the most. Robinson made the go-ahead free throw, plus two more, to give Marple Newtown a 44-41 nonleague victory over Sacred Heart....
View ArticleHendrixson, Paolino give O’Hara the edge over Bonner & Prendergast
MARPLE >> After the first period Thursday night, Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast led Cardinal O’Hara. By halftime, the Lions had the edge on the Pandas. In the third period,...
View ArticlePerkiomen Valley knocks off undefeated Spring-Ford, 49-43
GRATERFORD >> Thursday night’s showdown between Spring-Ford and Perkiomen Valley, the top 2 teams in the Pioneer Athletic Conference’s Liberty Division, didn’t meet expectations. And that’s...
View ArticleLundy lays down law as Roman Catholic wins thriller over Archbishop Carroll
RADNOR >> The watch word uttered Friday from the Archbishop Carroll huddle, and reiterated by Luke House after the game, was “resilient.” For most of the game, save for a slice of the end of the...
View ArticleHaverford School starts early, stays on top of Episcopal Academy
Call it learning from past mistakes, since Haverford School was just about spotless Friday night. The Fords led by 18 points at halftime and were 22-for-27 from the line as the Fords remained on top of...
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