Mercury Swimming Roundup: Phoenixville boys sweep meet; girls split
Boys swimming Phantoms sweep >> Phoenixville took both ends of a non-league meet with Coatesville and Twin Valley Thursday. It rolled over the Raiders 85-8 and the Red Raiders 69-31, with...
View ArticleGrebe leads Upper Dublin’s 23-point rally in 4th to top Abington in OT
ABINGTON >> Kara Grebe readily admitted she did not pass her first test as a leader. The Upper Dublin junior, elected a team captain by her Cardinals girls’ basketball teammates, felt like she...
View ArticleSun Valley boys get stingy, streak hits seven
Sun Valley has gotten it done in a lot of ways in its season-opening winning streak. Add “via the defensive end” to the list Thursday. Vinny DeAngelo scored 15 points and Marvin Freeman added 12, but...
View ArticleForrester goes off for 30 as Upper Darby wins in Delaware
Jasmine Forrester found the trip to Delaware decidedly to her liking Thursday. Forrester poured in a game-high 30 points and found time to add six assists and five steals as Upper Darby topped Hodgson...
View ArticleRechner wins four as Ridley tips Harriton
Marisela Rechner won the 50 freestyle and 500 freestyle and anchored the winning 200 free and 200 medley relays as Ridley edged Harriton, 100-84. Madison Rae won the 200 individual medley for the Green...
View ArticleHockenberry, Unionville make statement with road win at West Chester Rustin
WESTTOWN >> Thursday night at West Chester Rustin, the Unionville boys basketball team opened up Ches-Mont American Division play against the tough Golden Knights. If Thursday night’s result is...
View ArticleMain Line wrap-up: Conestoga, EA swimmers in victory lane
Conestoga senior Brendan Burns won the 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke and anchored the victorious 400 freestyle relay as the Pioneers clipped Radnor, 95-90, Tuesday in a come-from-behind Central...
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Ches-Mont supremacy up for grabs in early-season league tournament
Christmas is coming early this year for those who are fans of the Ches-Mont Championships. With District 1 removing the league tournaments as a postseason qualifier, leagues had the option to run their...
View ArticleSecond-half explosion lifts Cheltenham over Plymouth Whitemarsh
CHELTENHAM >> Cheltenham came alive in the second half. The Panthers outscored Plymouth Whitemarsh by 21 points after halftime to turn a four-point deficit into a 73-56 Suburban One League...
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Military mom’s surprise return from Afghanistan lifts Perkiomen Valley to win
GRATERFORD >> Allysion Loveless got an early Christmas present Friday. Loveless and her Perkiomen Valley basketball teammates gave themselves another that night. It stands to reason both will be...
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Pennridge rides fast start, defense to road win over CB West
DOYLESTOWN >> Sean Yoder saw a chance to bolster his team’s energy and went all-in after it. The Pennridge senior had just deflected the ball away from Central Bucks West’s Jack Mulhearn and it...
View ArticleEpiscopal Academy swimmer Sam Wesley is Main Line Boys Athlete of the Week
The junior swimmer was a big part of the back-to-back record-breaking wins the Churchmen earned against Hill School and Haverford School earlier this month. Wesley broke the school and pool record in...
View ArticleDiggins leads the way as Archbishop Wood takes care of Lansdale Catholic
LANSDALE >> Rahsool Diggins had played well, but his team lost so he decided he just had to do more. Archbishop Wood’s sophomore point guard did just that over the rest of the week, helping the...
View ArticleArchbishop Carroll’s Erin Sweeney is Main Line Girls Athlete of the Week
The junior recently scored 36 points in a double-overtime win against Staten Island Academy, then followed it up with a 26-point performance against Bonner-Prendergast. As a sophomore, she was an...
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Oxford’s Johnson, Rustin’s Hurley overcome health issues to win Ches-Mont titles
WESTTOWN >> Oxford’s Cooper Johnson spent last Monday in a hospital having procedures done to treat his Crohn’s Disease. Saturday, West Chester Rustin’s Collin Hurley spent 75 of his allotted 90...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: Super 7, Dec. 26
Christmas has arrived, and Delco still boasts four unbeaten teams, a rarity at this point. Contrast that with only one team that hasn’t yet picked up a win. Every unbeaten is a little different, in how...
View ArticleMercury Basketball Roundup: Spring-Ford boys rally to top Bishop Shanahan
Noah Baker and Robert Bobeck extended the holiday joy the Spring-Ford boys basketball team is experiencing this week. The duo combined for half the Rams’ points Wednesday as they outlasted Bishop...
View ArticleDouble gold for Penn Wood girls relay teams
Penn Wood’s Elicia Moore, Breanna Lee, Shaniyh Toodles and Kayla McFadden were on the receiving end of some nice gifts on the day after Christmas. The quartet took home gold in both the 4 x 200- and 4...
View ArticleGrace powers Boys Latin (Md.) past Archbishop Carroll
Sam Grace was a little too much for Archbishop Carroll in the Crossover Hoops Showcase at Millersville. The 6-1 senior guard from the Boys Latin School in Baltimore poured in 20 of his game-high 32...
View ArticleMain Line wrapup: Baldwin swimmers win on ‘Winter Spirit Night’
The Baldwin School swimming team defeated Agnes Irwin, 87-83, Dec. 20 as part of the sports events in Baldwin’s ‘Winter Spirit Night’ as hundreds of students, faculty and fans packed the Baldwin pool...
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