Downingtown East’s Danielle Litvan won the Ches-Mont League National Division girls tennis singles championship on Saturday, beating West Chester Henderson’s Ella Tunnell, 6-1, 6-4. Litvan did not drop a set en route to the title, topping West Chester East’s Mary Cate Coyle, Henderson’s Nancy McSwain, and Downingtown West’s Alyssa Dehart to reach the final.

Tunnell beat Downingtown West’s Siya Seghal and Avon Grove’s Abby Condliffe to reach the semifinals. Once there, she battled to a big win over No. 1 seed Sophia Koons of Downingtown West, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-1, to reach the final.

Boys Soccer

Unionville 4, West Chester Rustin 1 >> Hayden Quillman scored twice and Kyle Ketterer also found the net on Saturday for Unionville’s Ches-Mont League opening day win. The other Unionville goal was an own-goal, off a strike by Unionville’s Zack Jackson. Ketterer had an assist for Unionville, along with Liam Martin and Jack Regenye. Richard Park scored the lone Rustin goal on an assist from Tommy Donnelly.

Great Valley 2, Kennett 1 >> Ethan Williams scored twice for the Patriots in the opening day win. Sean Lock, Karl Brandt, Freddie Marcks and Bryan Zhou locked down the backline for Great Valley in the win, in front of goalie Quintin Wrabley.

Field Hockey

West Chester East 3, Downingtown East 1 >> Freshman Lydia Bechtel scored two goals while sophomore Keely McClay scored one in the Vikings’ opening day win over the Cougars. Anna Capelli led the team with two assists, and anchored the midfield with Anna Capelli, Kathryn Palmer and Ava Carnevale.

Oxford 7, Sun Valley 0 >> Chloe Campbell scored twice, while Amie Malone, Amanda Holz, Kaylee Johnson, Mackenzie Clark and Makayla Brooks also found the net. Holz had two assists and Kate Lilly and Abby Johnson helped goalie Kirsten Brennan get the shutout.

West Chester Henderson 2, Avon Grove 1 (OT) >> Kristina Cobb scored on an assist from Lauren Fulling in overtime to help the Warriors pick up the opening day Ches-Mont win. Gianna Cugino scored the goal in regulation for Henderson, off an assist from Lauren Franco.

Kennett 4, Great Valley 1 >> Emma Schwarz scored two goals and asissted on the other two as the Blue Demons won their opener. Greta Burns and Vivian Chiomento scored the other goals for Kennett, and goalie Maddie Sears stopped 12 shots for the win.

Girls Soccer

Great Valley 8, Kennett 1 >> Maggie Peterson had a hat trick in the Patriots’ runaway opening day win over Kennett. Rose Bleahen, Kelly Sullivan, Taia DiPrinzio, Gillian Yonce and Julia Boyce also scored for the Patriots, while Peterson and Sullivan added assists.

Sun Valley 3, Oxford 2 (OT) >> Olivia Voss scored both goals for the Hornets in their Ches-Mont League opener, thanks to assists from Taylor Alleman and Hailie Scott.

Girls Volleyball

Downingtown East 3, West Chester East 0 >> Senior Kate Ciesielka had 38 assists, an ace and four digs in the 25-14, 25-16, 25-18 win on the opening night of Ches-Mont action. Senior Rachel Wertz had 16 kills and hit .437 for the night with three aces and seven digs, while senior Anna Ramirez had five aces, four kills and 15 digs. Junior Ava Hogarth had two aces, 22 kills, nine digs and two blocks.

Sun Valley 3, Oxford 1 >> Senior Emily Griffin had eight kills and efllow senior Arianna Santos had four blocks in the Ches-Mont League opener for the Hornets.

Downingtown West 3, Coatesville 0 >> Maddie Weller had 10 kills, two aces and six digs and Caelan O’Conner had three kills, a block, an ace and four digs in the Whippets’ 25-12, 25-14, 25-9 win on opening day. Lea Filidore had 12 digs and five aces and Maureen Hammond had three kills, two aces and nine digs. Lilly Kendall had 13 assists and an ace and junior Grace Poluch had four kills and a block.

Unionville 3, West Chester Rustin 0 >> Sophie Brenner had 18 kills, Maddie Lowe had 13 kills and three aces and Ashlyn Wiswall had 33 assists in the 25-16, 25-19, 25-20 sweep on opening night.

West Chester Henderson 3, Avon Grove 0 >> Marin Hangliter had eight kills and Maggie Layman added 18 digs in the 25-23, 25-22, 25-15 win for the Warriors.

Boys Cross Country

Great Valley gets two wins in tri-meet >> Great Valley’s Michael Search and Matthew Dietrick finished first and second with times of 16:30 and 17:02, respectively, as the Patriots beat West Chester East and Downingtown East. Great Valley beat West Chester East, 15-50, and edged Downingtown East, 26-29. Downingtown East topped West Chester East, 15-50. Three Downingtown East runners were the next across the line: Jacob Lawson (17:05), James Smith (17:07) and Collin Hickey (17:13). West Chester East’s top finisher was Conor Quinn in 16th (18:25).

Girls Cross Country

Great Valley sweeps tight tri-meet >> West Chester East’s Sonia Piombino was the top finisher with a time of 18:39, followed by Downingtown East’s Madison Brown (19:48) and Michaela Schiele (20:14). But it was Great Valley that picked up two team wins, beating West Chester East, 26-29, and Downingtown East, 25-30. Downingtown East edged West Chester East, 26-29. Four Great Valley runners were in the top 10: Molly Foltz was fourth (20:57), Kate Bevec was fifth (21:24), Emily Matthews was seventh (21:33) and Julia Hoffritz was eighth (21:48).

After relinquishing a lead late in regulation, the Pottsgrove boys soccer team found a way to bounce back in Monday’s game against Owen J. Roberts — even if it did take a little time.

With four minutes, 30 seconds remaining in the second over time, Landon Shivak found the back of the net for the Falcons, sending his squad to a 2-1 Pioneer Athletic Conference victory. The win gave Pottsgrove (2-2-1) its second in three games following an 0-2-1 start to the season, while the Wildcats fell to 1-5.

Shane Gleason put Pottsgrove on the board first, scoring with 30:34 left in the second half to give his team a 1-0 lead. OJR’s Julian Fuanro scored off an assist from PJ DePorry with 26 seconds left in regulation to knot the score, 1-1, and send the game into overtime before Shivak won it for the Falcons.

Girls Soccer

Daniel Boone 4, Muhlenberg 1 >> Kiley McEntee, Nylah Cody, Maggie Holloway and Gabby Fontana found the back of the net in Monday’s Berks matchup.

Holloway and Nicole Brown added assists, while Jenna Heasley made one save in goal.

Field Hockey

Upper Perkiomen 2, Owen J. Roberts 0 >> Two fourth-quarter goals powered the Indians to Monday’s PAC win.

Bella Carpenter (assisted by Colleen Crenti) and Ashlyn Gatto both scored goals for UP in the final period to keep the Indians at the top of the league standings with a 5-0-1 mark.

Amy Erb and Reilley Hagarty combined for five saves in the Owen J. Roberts (3-3) goal, while Lynssi Joyce saved 11 shots for Upper Perk.

Spring-Ford 6, Pottsgrove 1 >> Alysia Collins’ two goals sparked the Rams to a PAC victory Monday — their first of the season.

Alexa Collins, Nina Scott,  Alyssa Mozi and Emma Friend also tallied scores for Spring-Ford (1-5)with Abbey Boyer picking up two assists. Mackenzie Savage made five saves for the Rams.

Riley Simon scored for Pottsgrove (0-6), which also got four-save goalkeeping from Mackenzie Johnson.

Girls Volleyball

Boyertown 3, Spring-Ford 1 >> Despite dropping the first set of Monday’s PAC match, Boyertown (6-0)maintained its unbeaten mark with a four-set victory, winning 17-25, 24-14, 25-19 and 25-15.

Maddie Lebiedzinski (26 digs), Gabby Studevan (22 digs, 15 serve points), Clarke Gilmore (9 Kills) and Ally Plitnick (12 assists) were standouts for the Rams (2-4).

Perkiomen Valley 3, Pottsgrove 0 >> The Vikings improved to 5-1 with Monday’s PAC win over the Falcons, winning 25-10, 25-22 and 25-16 to set up a battle for first place Wednesday against Boyertown.

Isabel Clauhs, Senior (2 aces, 9 kills), Ella Beckman (2 aces, 8 kills, 12 assists), Lilah Maus, Junior (4 kills), and Camila Leyes (1 digs, 1 assist) shone for the Vikings.

Methacton 3, Owen J. Roberts 0 >> The Warriors swept the Wildcats 25-12, 25-18, 25-21 in Monday’s PAC match.

Statistical stars for Methacton (4-2) were Melinda Eglinton (9 kills, 23 digs), Mandy Baldwin (9 kills, 11 digs), Ali Hazlett (12 kills, 1 dig), Meghan Haftl (30 assists, 2 aces, 1 dig), Emma Ginther (14 digs, 2 aces, 1 assist), Madi Roth (1 ace, 9 digs) and Emme Brunt (3 aces, 4 digs).

Bridget Kowalski (6 digs), Ellie Kalbach (15 assists), Jessica Taney (3 blocks, 5 kills) stood out for OJR among others.

Wilson 3, Daniel Boone 0 >> The Blazers dropped Wednesday’s Berks match in straight sets. For Boone. Aubrey Hunt (9 kills, 4 aces, 2 blocks), Ashley Kriebel (7 kills, 7 digs, 2 blocks) and Jayda Kugler (18 assists, 1 ace, 4 digs) were standouts in the loss.

Girls Tennis

Perkiomen Valley 7, Pottsgrove 0 >> The Vikings swept the Falcons in Monday’s PAC match, not dropping any sets in the process.

The doubles teams of Sam Swarr/Sydney Boardman and Victoria Anglace/Hannah Cox  did not drop a game in their matches, while Gracie Strohecker lost just one game in first singles.

The Phoenixville Area school board Monday night approved the return of fall sports competition in the district, with the exception of football. However, it looks like the Phantoms will still take the gridiron this fall.

In separate 6-3 votes, the board gave the go-ahead to cross country, soccer, field hockey and volleyball Monday. After voting Monday night against allowing football competition, a school board majority approved a plan Tuesday to play football games if all football players stay out of school and remain virtual students during the season.

A formal vote on the decision on football is set for next Monday, Oct. 19.

“I think the most important thing is, and I think people know this, it’s about the kids,” said Phoenixville Athletic Director Don Grinstead. “It’s about the kids and it was a tough blow last night for our (football) kids last night to hear they wouldn’t have an opportunity, and I think that their parents, our community felt that. We were really happy for all of our other sports teams.

“We certainly respected the board’s decision and understood that they were doing what they thought was best to keep our kids safe,” he added, “but I can’t even tell you how happy (the kids) are and how happy we are that it was revisited today, and it looks like we have a different alternative, which I can tell you kids are out here practicing and they’re really excited.”

Phoenixville approved the play of tennis and golf on Aug. 7 but suspended all other sports indefinitely at that time.

Phoenixville Superintendent Dr. Alan Fegley on Sept. 28 revised his athletics recommendation to allow the rest of fall sports, signaling a resumption of team-sport practices in anticipation of a return to play once board approval was met.

Phantom soccer teams played their season openers against Pope John Paul II on Tuesday while field hockey, volleyball and cross country are on schedule for their first competitions this week.

Phoenixville approved a hybrid model to return to in-person learning beginning Oct. 19 at Monday’s meeting. Its board members cited safety concerns as the deterrent to allowing football’s resumption, the sport being classified in the highest risk category from the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), the PIAA and local levels.

Phoenixville’s ‘pandemic team’ that included administrators and teachers, recommended the start of fall sports except football. The recommendation followed guidelines issued by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, which is one of three sources the district is using for statistics to inform its decisions.

The administration, Superintendent Fegley reiterated, recommended including football in the opening of fall sports. Fegley also said that athletes and parents preferred pursuing fall play instead of an alternative spring season so as to not interfere with spring sports.

School Board member Laura Reed said she worried that because football has more contact, it has a higher risk that the athletes could then spread into the school, forcing it to close down again.

Tuesday’s decision to keep football players from returning to classroom instruction and stay in virtual learning until the completion of their seasons was a solution for that concern.

“As a Board, we realize this situation continues to be very challenging for our students, families, teachers, and staff,” Phoenixville School Board President Blake Emmanuel said in a press release. “We take our responsibilities very seriously, and none of these decisions are made lightly. We will continue to work with the Administration to make these coming transitions as smooth as possible for all involved.”

Phoenixville sports teams resumed preseason practice at the time of the administration’s recommendation change Sept. 28, allowing for the required 15 days to be met to be able to compete this week. The football team had been practicing in full pads with the prospect of playing a season opener this weekend.

Nearly all Pioneer Athletic Conference schools and teams have resumed fall sports competition. Boyertown, Methacton, Owen J. Roberts, Perkiomen Valley, Pottsgrove (excluding football), Spring-Ford and Upper Perkiomen were full participants from the start of the pandemic-delayed season, opening preseason Sept. 7 and play on Sept. 25. Pottsgrove football, Pope John Paul II, Upper Merion and Pottstown received the green light on a return to sports in the past two weeks.

Norristown was among the first schools in the state to cancel fall sports and has maintained that stance.

Norristown has banded with other opt-out schools – Del-Val League members Academy Park, Chester, Chichester, Penn Wood; Suburban One League’s Cheltenham and Harry S. Truman; and BCIAA’s Reading – to pursue an alternate season that would begin fall sports’ preseason March 1 and competitions March 15-16.

As for the programs getting back on the field, the Phoenixville soccer teams have eight games currently scheduled, two each against the PAC’s other late entrants, Pope John Paul II, Pottstown and Upper Merion. The field hockey and volleyball schedules are still being filled out while cross country runners will not be eligible to compete in district meets later this month.

The football team has a four-game schedule in place starting against Pottsgrove next Friday, Oct. 23. Grinstead mentioned it also remains possible the Phantoms play this upcoming weekend.

“We’re excited for all of our sports,” Grinstead said. “We’re playing soccer games right now. Our girls team is at home; our boys teams is playing at PJP right now; and our field hockey and volleyball teams will get in the fray this week as well. We’re just excited our kids get the chance to compete,” Grinstead said. “We know we gotta do it safely and we gotta really be smart about how we do things, but it’s really nice for our kids to have an opportunity.”

Pope John Paul II’s Ben Bosio made his first game of the season count Tuesday against Phoenixville.

With both boys soccer teams playing their first games of the fall, Bosio’s hat trick helped the Golden Panthers to a 3-0 victory.

Tommy Rutkowski, Brett McMenamin and Ben Rubinich assisted on Bosio’s three scores, while Dylan Russ made eight saves for a shutout in PJP’s net.

Perkiomen Valley 1, Spring-Ford 0 >> Owen Slack’s first-half goal stood up as the winner in Tuesday’s PAC contest.

Matt Holmes crossed to Slack with 3:32 left in the first half to put PV up, and Matt Holmes, Trey Busedu and Steve Warren led the defense for the Vikings to help preserve the shutout in front of keeper Michael Renner, who made five saves.

James Needles saved four shots for Spring-Ford, which couldn’t convert on any of its eight corners in the game.

Owen J. Roberts 2, Methacton 0 >> PJ DePorry scored both of the Wildcats’ goals in Tuesday’s PAC win.

DePorry tallied his first goal off an assist from Aidan Kollar with 49.6 seconds left in the first half and added an insurance score with 35 minutes to go in the game.

Andrew Keddie made five saves to keep the clean sheet for OJR.

Girls Soccer

Spring-Ford 1, Perkiomen Valley (OT) >> Ally McVey scored the game’s lone goal off a defensive misclear to give the Rams an overtime PAC victory Tuesday.

McVey’s goal was the lone blemish on the day for PV keeper Riley Hill, who made 12 saves. Spring-Ford goalie Riley Wallace made three saves to record the shutout.

Pottsgrove 2, Boyertown 1 >> Hailey Strain’s 62nd minute goal off an assist from Avery Makoid provided the difference for the Falcons in Tuesday’s PAC matchup.

Boyertown’s Sam Devlin opened the game’s scoring in the fourth minute. Pottsgrove responded six minutes later with Lana Sorg scoring off an assist from Eliana Paez.

Owen J. Roberts 1, Methacton 0 >> Gabby Koury struck from 30 yards out with six minutes to play to lift the Wildcats. Sam Hughes posted the clean sheet in goal to help OJR improve to 6-0-1.

Pope John Paul II 1, Phoenixville 0 >> Cameron Schuler had the game’s lone goal Tuesday, lifting the Golden Panthers over the Phantoms in PAC play.

Schuler, scoring four minutes into the second half, was assisted by Lainey Owens. Gina Marinelli made seven goalkeeper saves to record the clean sheet, and Ella Stout had eight for Phoenixville.

Field Hockey

Methacton 4, Boyertown 1 >> With Bayla Plower figuring in on two of their goals Tuesday, the Warriors handled the Bears in their PAC contest, staying unbeaten and keeping pace with Upper Perk for first place.

Plower scored Methacton’s first goal 11:52 in the second quarter, then assisted on Alexa Kratz’s tally at 12:14 in the third. Maddie Noh and Maddie Snob also scored for the Warriors, with Elise DeWan, Elena Snodgrass and Bene Catola also getting credit for assists and Gabby DiPrinzio making 10 goalie saves.

Boyertown’s goal came from Lauren Eves.

Berks Catholic 6, Daniel Boone 0 >> Julia Bressler had two goals and two assists and Ava Perella scored two goals to lead the Saints over the Blazers in Monday’s Berks League action.

Ashley Finkbiner had a nine-save day in goal for Boone (2-2-1, 5-3-1).

Boys Cross Country

Methacton 15, Pottsgrove 55 >> The Warriors had the top eight finishers in Tuesday’s PAC meet.

Vaughan Lackman won the race with a time of 17:27, followed by Chris McGlynn (18:21), Chris Spletzer (18:30) and Charlie D’Orazio. Brendan Vaughan (19:17) and Jase Smith (19:31) finished ninth and 10th for Pottsgrove, respectively.

Perkiomen Valley 18, Upper Merion 37  >> Kabiru Brown (17:13) and Dan Hayman (17:42) went 1-2 for PV in Tuesday’s PAC win. Parker Edge finished third for Upper Merion.

Boone goes 1-2 >> The Blazers were headed by Luke Gehringer and Cory Miller in their four-school Berks League meet Tuesday. Daniel Boone edged Oley Valley 27-28 but lost to Twin Valley (15-460 and Wilson (27-29).

Gehringer was sixth in the final finishing order, and Miller was one back of him in seventh.

Lansdale Catholic 24, Pope John Paul II 31 >> The Crusaders went 1-2 Tuesday as they topped the Golden Panthers in a non-league meet.

PJP’s leading runners were Jason DiMarco and Pat McCafferty, who finished 3-4 with respective times of 19:31 and 19:46.

Girls Cross Country

Methacton 15, Pottsgrove 55 >> The Warriors had the top six finishers and nine of the top 10 runners, including race winner Molly Thomas (21:05) in Tuesday’s PAC win over the Falcons.

Bipasha Molston (22:18) and Iris Gong (22:27) followed Thomas for a 1-2-3 Warriors finish. Pottsgrove’s Noelle Barone (24:45) finished seventh to give the Falcons their top finish.

Perkiomen Valley 15, Upper Merion 50 >> Sienna Miller won Tuesday’s PAC race with a time of 19:29 as PV swept the top 10 spots. Summer Watts finished second followed by Delaney O’Sullivan and Megan Furlong.

Boone goes 2-1 >> Natalie Kryman and Ashley Benoit went 1-2 for the Blazers in Tuesday’s four-school Berks League meet. Daniel Boone outran Oley Valley (23-34) and Twin Valley (24-31) but lost to Wilson 22-37.

Kryman was third in 21:26 while Benoit finished fourth. Renee Camburn gave the Blazers another Top 10 runner, placing ninth.

Pope John Paul II 19, Lansdale Catholic 46 >> Gianna Cagliola claimed overall race honors for the Golden Panthers as they outran the Crusaders in a non-league meet Tuesday.

Cagliola clocked a 21:02 ahead of LC’s Bella Greco. Katy Todd, Colleen Schiele and Alyssa DeSantis all finished in the Top Five for PJP.

Girls Tennis

Phoenixville 7, Pottsgrove 0 >> The Phantoms won all three singles matches and the two doubles that were played Tuesday.

Caroline Mercer, Vicky Deluca and Kiley Mangialardi won singles matches, while Annie Asher/Rachel Wascoe and Caroline Schwartz/Elizabeth Snavely won in doubles.

Perkiomen Valley 7, Upper Perkiomen 0 >> The Vikings dropped just five games in singles play Tuesday in their PAC sweep of the Indians.

PV’s best individual effort came from its first-doubles team of Sam Swarr and Sydney Boardman, who went 6-0, 6-0. UP’s second-doubles duo of Sara Andrasek and Cassidy Bush was its best entry, extending its duel to a tiebreaker three sets.

Girls Golf

Boyertown 225, Hatboro-Horsham 230 >> While Hatboro’s Sammy Fuchs (47) was the low scorer, the Bears came away with Tuesday’s PAC victory.

Emily Burger (51) and Kylie Wood (52) were the low scorers for Boyertown, followed by Larissa Sotingco, Maddie Brennan and Autumn Nuss.

Field hockey

Owen J. Roberts 2, Methacton 1 >> Payton Hansen and Rylee Laloup tallied goals as the Wildcats handed the Warriors their first loss of the season in Wednesday’s PAC win.

Reilley Hagarty (1) and Amy Erb (3) combined for four saves to protect the Wildcats’ lead. Jess Stravinsky scored for Methacton, while Gabby DiPrinzio made four saves.

Spring-Ford 1, Perkiomen Valley 1 >> After a scoreless first half, second-half goals by Rams’ Alexa Collins and PV’s Cristina Dougherty helped the two teams finish in a PAC draw Wednesday.

Collins scored on a reverse shot with 11:52 in the third period to put Spring-Ford up 1-0. Dougherty, assisted by Anna Dawson, tied the game on a corner with 3:49 to go in the fourth period. Ashley Derrick made five saves for PV.

Daniel Boone 3, Muhlenberg 0 >> Hannah Huddleson had two goals and an assist to help the Blazers blank the Muhls in Wednesday’s Berks League action.

Marlee Fetrow also scored for Boone, and Clara Lacek was credited with an assist. Ashley Finkbiner nailed down the shutout for Boone (3-2-1, 6-3-1) needing to make just two saves.

Girls tennis

Spring-Ford 7, Owen J. Roberts 0 >> The Rams won Wednesday’s PAC meet with the Wildcats, and a rematch of the league single tournament’s finalists.

Mia Matriccino, winner over OJR’s Allison Root this past weekend, repeated their result from that previous meeting with a 6-0, 6-4 win. Singles play between the teams was highlighted by Spring-Ford’s Isabel Mejia and Cady Krause winning their respective second- and third-singles contests by 6-0, 6-0 scores.

Perkiomen Valley 7, Pottsgrove 0 >> The Vikings dropped just seven games in singles play on the way to a sweep of the Falcons Wednesday.

Gracie Strohecker had PV’s best individual showing, a 6-1, 6-0 win at first singles. Pottsgrove’s best performance came from its second-doubles duo of Caroline Schwartz and Elizabeth Snavely, which extended its duel with the Vikes’ Smiki Sastrusalya/Rachel Koenig tandem to three sets.

Boyertown 5, Upper Perkiomen 2 >> A sweep of the singles bracket made the difference for the Bears in Wednesday’s PAC match with the Indians.

Kara Bussinger and Olivia Vangell each dropped just two games in singles to underscore Boyertown’s domination of that bracket. UP’s points in doubles came from the Liz Grezcek/M’Lynn Poulson and Sara Andrasek/Cassidy Bush teams at the first and second slots, respectively.

Boys golf

Spring-Ford 197, Owen J. Roberts 199 >> In a highly-contested PAC match Wednesday, the Rams edged the Wildcats at Turtle Creek Golf Club.

Garrett Wible was low scorer with a 37, one stroke over par and one better than teammate Luke Watson and OJR’s Stefania Fedun and Jared Berish. A one-stroke edge between the teams’ next three scorers proved part of the difference in the team outcome, which left Spring-Ford finishing the season at 7-1.

Girls soccer

Daniel Boone 4, Twin Valley 2 >> Nylah Cody and Maggie Holloway each scored in the final three minutes Wednesday as the Blazers (6-2, 8-3) snapped a 2-2 tie and defeated the Raiders in Berks League action

Cody and Holloway each finished with pairs of goals and assists. Boone (6-2, 8-3) also got an assist from Nicole Brown and six-save goaltending from Jenna Heasley.

Girls volleyball

Spring-Ford 3, Methacton 1 >> In a close PAC match Wednesday, the Rams prevailed over the Warriors. Set scores were 27-25, 25-17, 20-25 and 25-22.

Spring-Ford’s statistical standouts were led by the 14-kill efforts of Clarke Gilmore and Sara Fritzinger. Others were Ally Plitnick (23 assists), Anoushka Patel (19 assists, 10 digs), Maddie Lebiedzinski (27 digs, three assists) and Kylie Michal (nine blocks, four kills).

Methacton’s stars were Mandy Baldwin (11 kills, five aces, 14 digs), Meghan Haftl (31 assists, one ace, 12 digs

Melinda Eglinton  8 kills, 1 assist, 1 ace,12 digs), Kayla Ginther (six kills, five aces. 17 digs), Alli Hazlett (nine kills, two digs, two blocks) and Emma Ginther (14 digs, one ace, one assist).

Pottsgrove 3, Owen J. Roberts 0 >> The Falcons swept Wednesday’s match with the Wildcats by set scores of 25-16, 25-21 and 25-19.

Pottsgrove’s statistical leaders were Bridget Kowalski (15 digs), Ellie Kalbach (three aces, one kill, 15 assists, three digs), Hannah Lewiski (two aces, two kills, one block, 12 digs), Jessica Taney (five kills, one block, two digs). Abby Mattis (three kills, one block, five digs), Meghan Touhey (two aces, three kills, one assist, 10 digs) and Caroline Halsey (two kills).

Wilson 3, Daniel Boone 0 >> The Blazers dropped Wednesday’s Berks match in straight sets. For Boone. Aubrey Hunt (9 kills, 4 aces, 2 blocks), Ashley Kriebel (7 kills, 7 digs, 2 blocks) and Jayda Kugler (18 assists, 1 ace, 4 digs) were standouts in the loss.

The West Chester Henderson duo of Ella Tunnell and Sophia Ming cruised to two wins on Thursday to clinch the Ches-Mont League National Division doubles championship. The top-seeded pair beat Downingtown West’s Siya Seghal and Kaitlyn Pacheco, 6-1, 6-1, in the semifinal, and then took care of another West duo — Sophia Koons and Alyssa Dehart — in the final, 6-0, 6-2.

Koons and Dehart reached the final with a win over Henderson’s Nancy McSwain and Anna Dinacci.

Boys Soccer

West Chester East 1, Avon Grove 0 >> Ryan Cogill put in another game-winner, converting off a corner kick from Owen Van Dyke to lift the Vikings (3-0) past the Red Devils (1-1). Cogill scored the game-winner Tuesday night, as well, to beat Henderson.

Unionville 5, Sun Valley 0 >> Five different Unionville players found the back of the net in a runaway win over Sun Valley. Kyle Ketterer, Parker Wyatt, Alex O’Leary, Anthony Zucchero and Hayden Quillman all scored for Unionville, with Zucchero and Ketterer also notching assists. Luke Jackson, Jack Huber and Jack Blackadar also notched assists for Unionville. Goalies Jack Regenye and Mark Matson combined for the shutout.

Girls tennis

Spring-Ford 7, Boyertown 0 >> The Rams dropped just two games in the singles bracket, and seven for the match, as they swept the Bears to secure the Pioneer Athletic Conference championship Thursday.

Mia Matriccino at first singles, and the second-doubles team of Alexis Luo and Evelyn Mejia, scored 6-0, 6-0 wins. Boyertown’s best individual efforts came from Abby Cadwallader/Natalie Wood at first doubles, and Brianna Henry and Raegen McDevitt at third, each winning pairs of games.

Owen J. Roberts 6, Pope John Paul II 1 >> A sweep of the singles bracket helped the Wildcats handle the Golden Panthers in Thursday’s non-league match between PAC member schools.

OJR’s doubles duos of Jordan Sylvia/Allie Iyoob (first) and Lien Nguyen/Alexis Withers (second) lost just one game in their contests. PJP’s win came from Mia Zernick and Kayle Croiser at fourth doubles.

Boys soccer

Perkiomen Valley 3, Methacton 1 >> With a pair of first-half goals Thursday, the Vikings set the tone for their PAC victory over the Warriors.

PV started out the scoring with an Owen Love breakaway off an assist by Owen Slack 27 minutes into the game, then went up 2-0 before half when Steve Warren headed in a corner. Methacton came out strong in the second half with a Chris Rowland header in the opening minute to cut the lead to 2-1, but Owen Slack had the final tally for PV off a Matt Holmes through ball.

Michael Renner had an eight-save day in goal for PV, which was outshot 9-5. Methacton had a number of chances in the second half behind the strong play of Zach Stevenson and Chris Rowland, including a shot that hit the crossbar and a ball cleared off the goal line by PV defender Cole Campbell.

Pottsgrove 1, Upper Perkiomen 0 >> Jeremy Thompson scored on a scramble in front of the net in the first half and goalkeeper Luke Kaiser shined as Pottsgrove took down Upper Perk Thursday.

Shane Gleason was credited with an assist for the Falcons.

Boyertown 3, Spring-Ford 0 >> The Bears bested the Rams in a PAC matchup to improve to 4-4.

Daniel Boone 2, Twin Valley 0 >> Goals by Jason Bliss and Cameron Henry, the Blazers blanked the Raiders in their Berks League game Thursday.
Henry scored off a penalty kick while Boone’s Justin Fetrow was credited with an assist. The Blazers outshot (9-3) and outcornered (7-1) TV, with Zach Fick needing to make only three saves in goal for the clean sheet.

Girls soccer

Methacton 2, Perkiomen Valley 0 >> Scoring goals in each half, the Warriors topped the Vikings in Thursday’s PAC game.

Kristen O’Brien headed a shot in off a corner at the 15:29 mark in the first half, and Julia McCann completed a breakaway off a counter attack at 5:48 in the second. Riley Wallace needed to make just three saves — the same number as PV’s Riley Hill — to get the clean sheet for Methacton.

Spring-Ford 3, Boyertown 0 >> Claire Lanzisera, Vania Mokonchu and Reese Kershner each found the back of the net as the Rams completed the season sweep of the Bears Thursday.

Riley Wallace and Ericka Eickhoff combined for the clean sheet — the sixth of the season for the Lady Rams (6-1) — needing to make just one save.

Upper Perkiomen 4, Pottsgrove 0 >> Upper Perk blew open a 1-0 halftime lead with three goals in an eight-minute span to defeat Pottsgrove. Mary Kate tallied twice for the Tribe, with Sara Edwards and Sarah Fisher contributing the other goals. Edwards, Emily Schaut and Kyra Lesko added assists as the Indians improved to 5-2. Gabby Neal made eight saves for the shutout while Pottsgrove keeper Zoe Winterbottom had seven saves.

Upper Merion 0, Phoenixville 0 >> The Phantoms and Vikings played all even in Thursday’s non-league game between PAC member schools.

Ella Stout had four saves in goal for Phoenixville, which held a 4-1 advantage in corners over UM.

Field hockey

Upper Perkiomen 11, Pottsgrove 0 >> Hat tricks by Bella Carpenter and Kylenne Gooch keyed a potent offense for the Indians Thursday as they rolled over the Falcons in PAC action.

Carpenter was also credited with an assist for UP, which got two goals from Ashley Gatto and solo tallies from Luci Carpenter (one assist), Jess Traynor and Maddison Conti. Takoda Wells (two) and Audrey Nagata had other assists, and Lynnsi Joyce nailed down the shutout by making stops on the two shots she faced.

Wilson 8, Daniel Boone 2 >> Erika Culp’s hat trick led a potent offense that keyed the Bulldogs’ Berks League victory over the Blazers Thursday.
Boone’s goals came from Liliana Stefanelli and Marlee Fetrow, with Clara Lacek getting credit for an assist. Ashley Finkbiner had nine saves in goal for the Blazers.

Boys cross country

Phoenixville 15, Pope John Paul II 56 >> The Phantoms swept the first five spots in the finishing order to outrun the Golden Panthers in Thursday’s non-league meet between PAC member schools.

Phoenixville’s Yash Agnihotri finished first, followed by teammates Will Brennfleck, Luke HiHi, Doug Villeghas-Rivas and Nate Gale. PJP’s first finisher in 6th place was Matt Brun.

Girls cross country

Phoenixville 26, Pope John Paul II 41 >> While the Golden Panthers claimed the first two places, the Phantoms took the next four spots in the finishing order during Thursday’s non-league meet between PAC member schools.

PJP’s Gianna Cagliola and Katy Todd went 1-2. Alyssa Cunningham was Phoenixville’s leading runner, placing third.

Boys golf

Boyertown 212, Upper Perkiomen 213 >> John Engle’s sub-40 round Thursday was key to the Bears edging the Indians in their PAC match at Macoby Run Golf Club.

Engle shot a one-over-par 37 to finish as runaway low man in the contest. A three-way tie for second place followed between teammate Michael Fenton and UP’s Nate Reinhart and Soren Svanson.

Spring-Ford’s girls tennis team made a little bit of history on its home courts Saturday.

The No. 4 seed Rams earned a 3-2 victory over No. 5 seed West Chester Henderson in the first round of the District 1 team tournament. It was the first district team win in program history.

Freshman Mia Matriccino won in first singles (6-1, 6-1); Cady Krause picked up another point for the Rams in third singles (6-0, 6-1); and the second doubles team of Alexis Luo and Evelyn Mejia defeated Henderson’s Grace Sweeney and Morgan Selgrade 6-0, 6-1 to clinch the match.

The Rams’ two losses both came in competitive three-set matches. In second singles, Isabel Mejia lost her match to WC’s Sophia Ming, 6-4, 1-6, 10-8. In first doubles, the team of Lucy Olsen and Emily Tiffan fell 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to Henderson’s Nancy McSwain and Anna Dinacci.

Spring-Ford will travel to face top-seeded Unionville on Monday at 2:30 p.m. in a semifinal match.

Field Hockey

Daniel Boone 8, Hamburg 0 >> The Blazers had a pair of hat tricks as Clara Lacek and Hannah Huddleson both tallied three goals and chipped in an assist in Saturday’s PAC win.

Mia Fetrow and Lilliana Stefanelli rounded out Boone’s scoring, while Ava Howells and Aubrey Newman both had assists. Boone goalie Ashley Finkbiner was not tested in the shutout win.

Boys Soccer

Boyertown 1, Upper Perkiomen 0 >> Dimitrije Randjelovic scored on a near-side header off a corner kick from Nick Willson to help the Bears knock off the Indians for a PAC victory Saturday.

Goalkeeper Tanner McCafferty posted his second straight shutout with two saves as the defense of Jack Albright, Justin Patten, Matt Selders, Luke Moser, and Lucas Carneiro kept him from having a busy day.

The Bears put nine shots on goal, eight of them saved by UP keeper Matt Wanamaker.

Spring-Ford 3, Owen J. Roberts 2 >> Andrew Merchant’s hat trick helped the Rams to a PAC victory Saturday and got Spring-Ford back over .500.

Merchant scored a PK in the first half, netted an Akshay Patel assist in the second and added another direct kick from 25 yards out in the second half.

Joey Kish scored OJR’s first goal, Pierce Marks its second. Julian Funaro and PJ DePorry both had assists.

Rams’ freshmen keeper Logan Hyduke (seven saves) came away with his first victory in his first game in goal.

Perkiomen Valley 3, Pottsgrove 0 >> Alex Chamorro, Brayden Basile and Javier Schorle scored as PV rolled to a PAC win Saturday.

Steven Warren, Alex Tucholke and Owen Slack tallied assits for the Vikings. PV goalie Michael Renner and Pottsgrove goalie Luke Kaiser both made three saves.

PV broke a scoreless first half with a Chamorro left-footed strike outside the 18 with six minutes before half. Basile scored off a breakaway midway through the second half, and Schorle headed home a Slack cross for the final goal.

Wilson 4, Daniel Boone 0 >> Keegan Miller (2), Devven Frey and Josh Zielinski all scored in the second half as Wilson broke away from the Blazers for a Berks win Saturday.

Boone keeper Zach Fick made six saves in the loss.

Girls Soccer

Boyertown 1, Upper Perkiomen 0 >> Mikayla Moyer scored a goal, and goalie Ashlyn Crawford made six saves for the clean sheet in the Bears’ PAC victory over the Indians on Saturday.

Perkiomen Valley 1, Methacton 0 >> Megan Freid’s first-half goal helped PV to a PAC win Saturday.

Olivia MacMurray Evans found Freid just outside the 18, and she buried it in the upper right corner for the game’s only goal at the 37:45 mark of the first half.

PV goalie Riley Hill made four saves and seven touches, while Falcons’ goalie Riley Wallace saved on shot.

Downingtown West defeated Central Bucks East, 4-1, in the District 1 Class 3A girls tennis team quarterfinal Saturday, sweeping the singles matches. At first singles, Sophia Koons defeated Kavena Ponamgi 6-2, 6-0; at second singles; Alyssa Dehart defeated Sanjana Samudrala 6-1, 6-1; and at third singles Siya Sehgal defeated Elizabeth Wilson 6-1, 7-5. In first doubles, the Whippet duo of Kaitlyn Pacheco and Payton Beaver defeated Ariel Chen and Samantha Saks 6-4, 6-2. The Whippets will play at second-seeded Wissahickon on Monday.

Spring-Ford 3, West Chester Henderson 2 >> West Chester Henderson lost to Spring-Ford Saturday. For the Warriors, Sophia Ming defeated Isabel Mejia at second singles, 6-4, 1-6, 10-8, and at first doubles Nancy McSwain and Anna Dinacci defeated Lucy Olsen and Emily Tiffan 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Spring-Ford will face top-seeded Unionville Monday.

Boys Soccer

Unionville 6, Oxford 1 >> Parker Wyatt and Kyle Ketterer each scored two goals for Unionville, and Anthony Zucchero dished out two assists in the win Saturday. Fisher Berkowich tallied an unassisted goal for Oxford.

West Chester East 2, Coatesville 1 >> The Vikings (4-0) earned an overtime victory Saturday against Coatesville (0-3). Ryan Cogill scored on a penalty kick to give East a 1-0 lead, Adam Bradley tied the game up for Coatesville, then East scored with three minutes to go in the first overtime on an own goal. Julio Romero~Montes had seven saves for Coatesville, while John Regester had four for East.

Great Valley 4, Sun Valley 0 >> Great Valley opened the scoring mid-way through the first half when Gavin Palmer converted a Matthew Wellener corner kick. Wellener made it 2-0 midway through the second half; Sean Lock headed a Wellener corner for the third goal; and Rikin Rakesh hit a shot from the top of the 18 for the final score. Quintin Wrabley earned the shutout in goal.

Girls’ Soccer

Downingtown East 4, Bishop Shanahan 1 >> The Cougars got two goals from Karly Murless in this Friday victory. East opened the scoring with a goal by Murless off an assist by team captain Taylor Weist 18 minutes into the match. After Shanahan tied the score five minutes before halftime, Molly Walsh scored with less than two minutes to go before halftime to put East ahead for good. In the second half, Murless scored her second goal off an assist by Bridget Riley. With 15 minutes left, Eileen Hewitt scored off an assist from Olivia Binns.

Field Hockey

Oxford 2, Unionville 1 >> For the Hornets, goalie Kirsten Brennan posted 18 saves in the Saturday victory. Oxford scored first in the second quarter with a corner goal from Abby Johnson. Unionville tied the score 30 seconds lefore halftime, and freshman Reese Dolinger put the Hornets ahead in the third period with a reverse stick shot. Kennett 2, West Chester Rustin 0 >> Megan Ward (unassisted) and Lucy Myers (asisted by Bridget Wells) scored goals for the Blue Demons, while Kennett goalie Maddi Sears recorded three saves in the victory Friday.

West Chester East 1, Coatesville 1 >> In this overtime matchup Friday, Audrey Argonish scored the Vikings’ goal, assisted by Anna Capelli. Coatesville scored on a corner with no time left to send the game into overtime.

Conestoga 8, Strath Haven 0 >> In the Pioneers’ season opener Saturday morning, Caroline Wisch, Carly Hynd, and Kate Galica each scored twice. Wisch opened up the scoring in the second half by netting her two goals in the first five minutes. Sofia Ries and Lily Jamison would also tally en route to the Conestoga win. Sarah Krapels recorded her first career point with an assist and freshman goalie Alex Lepore recorded her first start, win, and shutout in the effort.

Girls Volleyball

Downingtown West 3, Avon Grove 0 >> The Whippets posted scores of 25-14, 25-10, 25-17 for the victory Friday. Standouts for West included Jenna Schuda (six aces, five kills, 10 assists, six digs), Maddie Weller (seven kills, two aces, seven digs), Grace Poluch (four kills, two blocks), Lea Filidore (13 digs), Lilly Kendall (12 assists) and Maureen Hammond (three kills, two aces).

Downingtown East 3, Coatesville 0 >> The Cougars won on Senior Night Friday, led by Lizzie Carr (12 kills and four aces). Evie Vigilio (six kills and 10 digs), MG Kerns (six kills, 13 digs, two aces), Elliet Manning (31 assists) and Alexa Mork (five kills and 10 digs).

Unionville 3, Oxford 0 >> Unionville posted scores of 25-12, 25-17, and 25-18 in its victory Friday. The winning team was led by Sophie Brenner with nine kills, Genna Weeber with six kills, and RaeAnn Dowling with 22 assists and four aces. The Hornets were led by junior Emily Griffin (five digs, three kills), senior Madeline Stancil (two aces) and junior Maura Hill (six assists, two blocks).

Playing in its first ever District 1 semifinal match, the Spring-Ford girls tennis team knew it had its hands full with reigning District 1-3A champion Unionville, also the top seeded team in this year’s tournament.

The fourth-seeded Rams were not intimated, taking home an exciting 3-2 victory with two three-set wins to pick up the second district win in program history and advance to the District 1 championship for the first time.

Spring-Ford will face second-seeded Wissahickon at 2:30 p.m. in Tuesday’s title match.

“They’re just an incredible bunch of kids,” Spring-Ford coach Todd Reagan said of his team. “We’re pretty balanced. On our varsity team we have four freshmen, four seniors, two juniors and a sophomore and they all blend so well together.

“They get along. They’re pretty cool customers. They don’t get too high. They don’t get too low, and they stay calm and they stay confident each and everyday. Those are the two mantras on our team, and they are experts at it.”

Rams’ freshman Mia Matriccino won handily over Unionville’s Leah Walter, the fourth place finisher at the 2019 District 1 tournament, knocking her off in two sets 6-2, 6-0.

Sophomore Cady Krause came from behind to knock off Unionville’s Catherine Stone (1-6, 6-1, 6-1) in third singles and the team of Alexis Luo and Evelyn Mejia defeated Unionville’s Emily Federico and Sophie Walter (4-6, 6-4, 6-0) in second doubles.

With all the other matches finished and the team score tied, Luo and Mejia’s third set sweep was the clincher for the Rams.

“Evelyn and Alexis in second doubles just took off,” Regan said. “They just switched it into another gear. … It all came down to them, the two freshmen in second doubles, and they played top level in that third set.”

Isabel Mejia, in second singles, and Lucy Olsen/Emily Tiffan, in first doubles, both played competitive matches once again. Unionville’s Meera Sehgal defeated Isabel Mejia, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, while the doubles team of Faith Ilgner/Jaclyn Santaguida topped Olsen/Tiffan 6-4, 7-5.

Wissahickon topped No. 7 Pennsbury and No. 3 Downingtown West in its first two matches, winning 3-2 both times. The Rams also won both their matches 3-2.

Reagan is confident his group can find a way to win its first district championship Tuesday.

“Always be proud of your accomplishment,” Reagan said of what he told his team. “It’s pretty cool. No one at Spring-Ford had ever done it before and won. You’ve won two. And the bottom line is, we always like to think now there’s no one you can’t beat if you play your best. What we have to do is play at our best, at a high level in a big-time match.

“I told them I believe they can do it, then I told them to go home and do all the school work you missed, get to sleep and remember to eat lunch tomorrow.”

Field Hockey

Upper Perkiomen 1, Boyertown 0 >> Though the Bears gave them all they could handle, Luci Carpenter’s goal and Lynnsi Joyce’s 11 saves helped the Indians stay atop the PAC standings with Monday’s win.

Boyertown (4-5) goalie Sarah Yoder saved four of the five shots she faced, and Alaina Schmid, Lauren Eves, Katelyn Dulin and Remi Lloyd spearheaded the upset effort.

Upper Perk (7-0-1) will play second place Methacton (6-1-1) on Wednesday with first place in the PAC on the line after the two teams tied in their previous meeting.

Perkiomen Valley 4, Pottsgrove 0 >> Falcons’ goalie Makenzie Johnson stood on her head with 20 saves, but the Vikings managed to get it by her four times for Monday’s PAC win

Savannah Silvestre, Jordyne Strong, Cristina Doughery and Kike Rotay scored for PV off assists from Saige Shine, Avery Dolas and Marie Lindberger.

Girls Soccer

Methacton 1, Boyertown 1 >> Bears’ Madison Springman and Warriors’ Julia McCann notched goals in Monday’s PAC draw.

Boyertown opened the scoring in the 22nd minute on a breakaway by Springman. Methacton equalized in the 68th minute with a goal by McCann, assisted by freshman Aubrey Beaugard.

Girls Volleyball

Boyertown 3, Methacton 2 >> The Bears held onto sole possesion of first place in the PAC with Monday’s five-set win, knocking off the Warriors 23-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-14 and 16-14.

Melinda Eglinton (10 kills, 22 digs, 1 block, 2 assists), Meghan Haftl (48 assists, 6 aces, 2 kills, 22 digs), Mandy Baldwin (14 kills, 5 digs) and Andria Santangelo were a few of the Warriors’ statistical stars.

Boyertown to can clinch an outright league championship with a victory over Pottsgrove on Wednesday.

Perkiomen Valley 3, Owen J. Roberts 0 >> The Vikings kept hopes of a earning a share of the PAC title alive, sweeping the Wildcats 25-11, 25-7, 25-16.

Jessica Lofton tallied three aces,  three kills, one block and five digs; Isabel Clauhs had two aces, 12 kills and four digs; and Allison Haflett notched six kills and one block in the win.

Bridget Kowalski (one assist, 13 digs), Ellie Kalbach (two kills, 11 assists, four digs) and Meghan Touhey (five kills, two assists, one assist, six digs) were three of the standouts for OJR.

WISSAHICKON >> The Spring-Ford girls tennis team has made the District 1-3A team tournament many times in recent history. Yet the Rams had never won a match up until this fall.

But based on the last four days, give them an inch, they’ll take a title.

No. 4 seed Spring-Ford rattled off three wins including a 4-1 victory over No. 2 Wissahickon to capture its first District 1-3A team championship Tuesday at Wissahickon.

Spring-Ford built an insurmountable 3-0 lead through No. 1 singles Mia Matriccino, No. 1 doubles team Lucy Olsen and Emily Tiffan and No. 2 singles player Isabel Mejia on the clincher.

Fabulous freshman Matriccino, the Pioneer Athletic Conference singles tournament champion, defeated Wissahickon senior Hannah Wang, 6-2, 6-0; seniors Olsen and Tiffan topped Saarchi Mehta and Lily Solomon 6-4, 6-2; and junior Mejia was a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Nicole Zappin.

No. 2 doubles team Alexis Luo and Evelyn Mejia were 7-5, 6-2 winners over Claira Baldasano and Katie Lu for S-F’s fourth team point. Wissahickon got its win from Ella Chang at No. 3 singles, a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 winner over Cady Krause.

Spring-Ford’s Mia Matriccino

The Rams featured only two seniors in Olsen and Tiffan among its top seven, making it clear they are no longer ‘new to the party’ as head coach Todd Reagan described the team’s past forays into district team play.

“We hadn’t made districts until 2016 and we’ve had good teams and even home matches in districts but we would manage to lose 3-2 each time. We just couldn’t get over the hump. We felt like we were new to the party,” Reagan said. “But for the older kids now, all they know is making it to districts as a team. Before they didn’t know they belong here, but now they know they belong.

“And the younger kids, they have ice in their veins. They are able to stay confident and calm at all times. They are unbelievable how they stay confident and unwavering in the face of adversity.”

Spring-Ford’s win in the final was its most decisive of the tournament after topping West Chester Henderson 3-2 last Saturday and No. 1 seed Unionville 3-2 on Monday.

“Everything was super close, but I think these kids all believe they are going to pull it out in the end. They don’t lack confidence,” Reagan said. “We really went through a who’s who in the district playoffs. You talk about Henderson, Unionville and Wissahickon, these are teams that are so well coached and in here all the time. To be able to match up against these three schools and beat three incredible teams says a million things about them.”

Spring-Ford’s Isabel Mejia. (Austin Hertzog – MediaNews Group)

Matriccino has burst onto the scene, slotting right into the No. 1 singles position for the Rams. A high level junior player, it’s been a welcome experience having a team to compete for.

“I’m definitely not used to having a team with me, and even with doubles, I really don’t play it that much. It’s definitely different, but a lot of fun to have a whole team supporting you rather than just my parents,” Matriccino said. “I think it gave me more motivation and drive because I wanted to win matches not just for myself, but for the team. I didn’t want to let the team down. That helped me push myself to play even harder.”

Matriccino’s consistency and shotmaking proved too much for Wang, who was the Suburban One League Liberty Division champion. But the Trojans senior was pleased with her and her team’s run despite the result.

“This year we’ve had a really good season. We had a lot of returning players and a lot of the freshmen from last year played a key role in doubles,” Wang said. “Going into the district tournament we came from being league champions and undefeated so I think everyone’s feeling really good. I’m really excited about how well we did. Regardless of how the score turned out today, I’m really proud of how well we did.”

Wissahickon’s Hannah Wang. (Austin Hertzog – MediaNews Group)

The No. 1 doubles team of Olsen and Tiffan is better known as standouts of the Spring-Ford girls basketball team – Olsen is two-time Mercury All-Area Player of the Year – but got their first taste of district glory Tuesday.

“ I’m excited,” said Olsen. “It’s our first district ‘chip. Hopefully we get another one this year.”

“Especially for tennis, our team hasn’t done this in the past. To be a part of that is really cool,” Tiffan said.

The senior duo fell in their first two district matches, so they were determined to not go 0-3.

“Our team has really carried us. We were like, ‘Third time’s a charm. We’re not losing this,’” Olsen said. “Our team’s really carried us here so we’ve got to finish the business.”

With its top 3 players being a freshman, junior and sophomore, the two departing seniors feel fortunate to have been able to contribute to Spring-Ford announcing itself on the district stage.

“Our team is really young so I don’t think we were expecting it this year but we kind of blew through the PAC,” Olsen said. “Our freshman and underclassmen are really kind of carrying us so I give all the credit to them. Luckily we’re a part of it.”

Spring-Ford’s Emily Tiffan, left, and Lucy Olsen smile after their win at No. 1 doubles. (Austin Hertzog – MediaNews Group)

Spring-Ford 4, Wissahickon 1

Singles: Mia Matriccino (SF) def. Hannah Wang, 6-2, 6-0; Isabel Mejia (SF) def. Nicole Zappin, 6-3, 6-2; Ella Chang (W) def. Cady Krause, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.

Doubles: Lucy Olsen/Emily Tiffan (SF) def. Saarchi Mehta/Lily Solomon, 6-4, 6-2; Alexis Luo/Evelyn Mejia (SF) def. Claira Bladasano/Katie Lu, 7-5, 6-2.

Two local prep schools are joining many of the other local high school athletics programs in beginning fall competition.

The Hill School will play its first competitions of the fall when their boys’ golf and girls tennis teams face Perkiomen School at Hill on Thursday and follow with a cross country meet on Monday.

After originally cancelling interscholastic competition for the fall due to health and safety concerns caused by COVID-19, Hill recently cleared its cross country, golf and tennis teams for meets and matches.

The Blues’ field hockey and girls and boys soccer teams began intra-squad scrimmaging this week with the possibility to begin games as early as next week. The Blues’ football and water polo teams won’t participate in competition until exploring opportunities in the spring.

“We’ll do anything we can to build up toward playing if it’s safe and healthy to do so,” Hill Athletic Director Seth Eilberg said. “So far our kids have really enjoyed being able to scrimmage and doing that intra-squad scrimmaging is competitive, fun and beneficial to them. They’ve worked really hard. I’m really, really proud of our student-athletes and coaches for sticking with it.

“Doing eight weeks of training without full scrimmaging and without an opponent is challenging and our kids and coaches have risen to that challenge admirably.”

Perkiomen School, which also previously cancelled interscholastic competitions amid coronavirus concerns in August, made a decision to pursue outside competition during the first week of October.

The Panthers baseball and girls volleyball teams have already played games, while the matchups with Hill will provide the first opportunity for inter-scholastic competition for the golf, tennis and cross country teams. The Panthers’ girls and boys soccer and eight-man football teams will not play contests against other schools.

“I’ve tried to get in touch with other schools and nothing has materialized, so with Hill opening up the other day, that was great because it gives us the opportunity to do girls tennis, cross country and golf,” Perkiomen School Athletic Director Ken Baker said.

“Both schools are in similar but not the same kind of protocols for our students, so it makes it a little easier to feel comfortable,” he added.

Hill had previously held out hope that its fall sports teams could compete in some type of alternative season in the spring. With the prospect of playing fall sports in the spring dwindling, the rate of positive tests in the Pottstown area remaining relatively low and confidence with its own health and safety protocols, Hill decided to pursue outside competition for its sports this fall.

Outside the matchups with Perk, the Hill golf team has meets scheduled next week with Malvern Prep and Pope John Paul II, but potential fall schedules for its other sports are still coming into place.

Eilberg said while things such as weather, available light and finding appropriate competition might hinder the ability to play games in the coming weeks, Hill’s fall sports teams can possibly compete until the week before Thanksgiving as students go on recess Nov. 24.

“It’s a little premature when we’ll be exactly ready to play (soccer and field hockey),” Eilberg said. “But we also need to identify schools when you’re talking about doing moderate to high risk sports interscholastically, we need confidence that the protocols of our opponent are similar enough to how we’ve been operating to give us confidence that is something safe to do.”

Baker said Perkiomen’s fall season will run through Oct. 30. Teams began an “in-house athletic program” — which included practices, scrimmages and even some virtual competitions against other schools —  in August when the Penn-Jersey Athletic Association cancelled sports until Jan. 1, 2021.

Though the volleyball and baseball teams have played / have scheduled games against schools like Quakertown, the Academy of the New Church and Bethlehem Catholic, he’s not sure the other sports will have an opportunity for any competitions other than the matchups with Hill.

“If that’s all we get with them, at least we will kind of finish our season with some competition, which is great,” Baker said. “That’s been a bit of a god send.”

The Inter-Ac League reversed course from its public position last week, announcing Friday its intentions to stage a 2020 fall season.

In a statement, the league said it will hold “a modified, non-championship fall sports schedule” for football, boys and girls soccer, field hockey, boys and girls cross country, girls tennis, boys water polo, volleyball and boys golf.

“In recent months, health experts studying youth sports have observed that there has been little evidence of the transmission of the virus occurring because of on-field contact,” the statement read. “Rather, it occurs on the sidelines when safety protocols are not followed, in locker rooms, and at team social events. This new information has influenced the Inter-Ac schools’ analysis of the risk-benefit of a fall competitive season.

“Individual schools may choose in which sports they will participate without consequence from the league. Additional information about schedules, health and safety protocols will be forthcoming, including the possibility of extremely limited numbers of spectators at venues. Should current trends reverse and numbers of infections spike, this plan will be revisited.”

Friday’s announcement came one week after Malvern Prep declared it would pursue an athletics season independent of the Inter-Ac League. In the same announcement, the Inter-Ac stated that fall sports would remain suspended through the end of December. The league intended to stage three truncated seasons for fall, winter and spring student-athletes beginning in January. All fall sports were originally suspended Aug. 26.

The Inter-Ac League consists of private school members and is not affiliated with the PIAA. The league members are Academy of Notre Dame, Agnes Irwin, Baldwin, Episcopal Academy, Germantown Academy, Haverford School, Malvern Prep, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy and Penn Charter.

As several leagues in Southeastern Pennsylvania decided to reconsider and play a fall season, student-athletes in the Inter-Ac called on school leadership to follow suit. Penn Charter junior Generoso “Jerry” Rullo IV led an organization he called the “Coalition of Inter-Academic Football Players.” Rullo penned a letter to headmasters and athletic directors on behalf of the organization, which called for an immediate return of football.

“Toward the end of drafting that letter, I was motivated. I saw these other leagues coming back and I thought, ‘If they’re coming back, so can we.’ I think we’re equipped to handle that,” Rullo told the Daily Times in September. “Kids want to play sports … and it actually is safer at school under the supervision of trainers and coaches. We know we can do it safely. All that we ask for is a chance.”

Harriton’s Saige Roshkoff is the Central League girls singles champion once again.

The sophomore won her second straight league crown with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Lower Merion’s Cecelia Angert-Denis in the final Sunday.

Roshkoff advanced to the final with 6-0, 6-0 wins over Garnet Valley’s Katja Law and Radnor’s Leina Ciarrocchi in the second round and semifinals, respectively. Angert-Dennis defeated Upper Darby’s Nicole Espinosa, 6-0, 6-1, in the second round and won by default over Strath Haven’s Sofia Anderson in the semifinals to reach the championship round.

Ciarrochi took third by injury default over Anderson. Ciarrocchi defeated Catherine Corbett of Haverford in the second round, 6-1, 6-0, while Anderson advanced to the semis with a 6-0, 4-6, 11-9 win over Conestoga’s Felicia Manful.

Volleyball

Ellie Fisher filled up the stat sheet with 19 kills, 16 digs, three aces and one blocked shot in Strath Haven’s 3-0 Central League win over Conestoga on Saturday.

The Panthers won by scores of 25-15, 25-19 and 25-23.

Olivia Dumont recorded 13 kills and 12 assists, Gabby Zweier pitched in with 19 assists and three aces, Megan Prendergast added 17 digs and one ace, and Emily Crowther chipped in with 12 digs and an ace for Haven.

In another Central League match:

Springfield 3, Upper Darby 0 >> Jordan Golloway posted seven kills to lead the Cougars past the Royals, 25-12, 25-8, 25-13. Katie Hurley (six kills) and Katie Letcher (six aces) also played well for Springfield in its season opener.

Harriton senior Saige Roshkoff captured the Central League girls’ tennis singles title, defeating Lower Merion’s Cecelia Angert-Denis, 6-2, 6-1, in the championship finals Oct. 18. Radnor’s Leina Ciarrocchi finished third, and Strath Haven’s Sofia Anderson placed fourth.
The field consisted of one singles player from each Central League school. In the opening round, Garnet Valley’s Katja Law defeated Marple Newtown’s Pam Kontaras 6-2, 6-1; Haverford’s Catherine Corbett defeated Springfield’s Olivia Gordon 6-2, 6-1; Conestoga’s Felicia Manful defeated Ridley’s Taylor Dath 6-0,6-1; and Upper Darby’s Nicole Espinosa defeated Penncrest’s Skylar Smith (default).
In the second round, Saige Roshkoff defeated Katja Law 6-0, 6-0; Leina Ciarrocchi defeated Catherine Corbett 6-1, 6-0; Sofia Anderson defeated Felicia Manful 6-0, 4-6, 11-9; and Cecelia Angert-Denis defeated Nicole Espinosa 6-0, 6-1.
In the semifinals, Roshkoff defeated Ciarrocchi 6-0, 6-0 and Angert-Denis defeated Anderson (default injury).

Boys soccer

Owen J. Roberts 2, Perkiomen Valley 1 >> P.J. Deporry and Julian Funaro fueled the Wildcats’ offense in Thursday’s PAC win over the Vikings.

DePorry scored both Roberts goals in an 8-1/2 minute span of the first half, with Funaro assisting. Owen Love had PV’s lone point at the 11:32 mark in the second half.

Pottsgrove 2, Methacton 0 >> Shane Gleason had both the Falcons’ goals Thursday as they blanked the Warriors in PAC play.

Gleason’s first score was assisted by Mike Troutman. Pottsgrove outshot Methacton 7-2 and needed goalkeeper Luke Kaiser to make just one save for the clean sheet; Methacton’s Charlie Bordonaro and Steven Remish had a combined seven stops.

Phoenixville 2, Pope John Paul II 1 >> Goals by Sandro Vennera and Mitch Pechacek led the Phantoms to a PAC non-league win over the Golden Panthers.

Ben Rubinich scored at 5:25 left in the second half for PJP.

Daniel Boone 5, Muhlenberg 0 >> Justin Fetrow and Cam Henry each figured in on pairs of goals Thursday as the Blazers romped over the Muhls in Berks League play.

Fetrow and Henry each had goals and assists for Boone, whose other tallies were provided by Tyler and Connor Stuart and Chad Brown. Ethan and Luke Harper were credited with other assists while Zach Fick (three) and Ben Amtsberg had a combined four saves in the shutout.

Girls soccer

Methacton 2, Pottsgrove 1 >> Ruby Murray’s two-goal showing keyed the Warriors in Thursday’s PAC win over the Falcons.

Avery Makoid opened the scoring for Pottsgrove late in the first half (38th minute) off a corner kick. Murray answered one minute later on a penalty kick, as freshman Aubrey Beaugard was taken down inside the box; she then scored her 2nd of the game five minutes into the second half, finishing off a shot from distance into the far post side netting, from an Beaugard pass.

Methacton goalkeeper Mairi Smith and Pottsgrove keeper Corrine Hudock each made four saves. Methacton led in shots, 19-11.

Spring-Ford 3, Upper Perkiomen 1 >> Ally McVey had a pair of goals and Molly Thomas added a third as the Rams knocked off the Indians in Thursday’s PAC game.

Reese Kershner added an assist in the win for Spring-Ford. Kyra Lesko scored for Upper Perkiomen.

Owen J. Roberts 2, Perkiomen Valley 0 >> Alexa Vogelman and Avery White scored second-half goals to lift the Wildcats over the Vikings in PAC play Thursday.

Olivia Kqira made four saves to record the clean sheet for Roberts. Riley Hill made nine saves in the PV cage.

Phoenixville 1, Upper Merion 0 >> Ava Labik had the game’s lone goal, giving the Phantoms their margin of victory over the Vikings in Thursday’s non-league pairing of PAC member schools.

Caroline Flick assisted Labik on her scoring play. It proved enough with goalkeeper Ella Stout making three saves, while UM’s Sarah Adams made nine stops.

Field hockey

Daniel Boone 2, Muhlenberg 1 >> Clara Lacek and Hannah Huddleson did the scoring for the Blazers as they edged the Muhls in Thursday’s Berks League action.

Boone had overwhelming leads in shots on goal (16-1) and corners (11-2). Goalie Ashley Finkbiner had one save on the day.

Girls volleyball

Boyertown 3, Upper Merion 0 >> The Bears maintained their season-long roll Thursday by sweeping the Vikings in a non-league pairing of PAC member schools. Set scores were 25-21, 25-16 and 25-20.

For the freshly-minted league champions, Adrianna Derstine had 13 kills and Emma Ludwig knocked down 18 kills.

Pope John Paul II 3, Perkiomen Valley 1 >> The Golden Panthers came on strong Thursday to beat the Vikings in a non-league match between PAC member schools. PV took the opening set 25-22 before PJP ran the table 25-23, 25-14 and 25-18.

The Vikes’ statistical stars were Ella Beckman (three aces, four kills, 14 assists, five digs), Isabel Clauhs (two aces, 13 kills, two blocks, five digs), Naomi Clauhs (14 kills, three blocks, 15 assists, 10 digs), Samantha Corey (five kills, two blocks, three digs) and Abby Souder (three aces, 15 digs).

Owen J. Roberts 3, Phoenixville 0 >> The Wildcats swept the Phantoms in Thursday’s PAC match by set scores of 29-27, 25-22 and 25-20.

Owen J’s statistical stars were Bridget Kowalski (two aces, two assist, 15 digs), Ellie Kalbach (one kill, 19 assists, eight digs), Hannah Lewiski (two kills, one digs), Jessica Taney (one ace, five kills, one block), Abby Mattis (two aces, one assist, one kill, six digs), Meghan Touhey (three aces, nine kills, 12 digs), Caroline Halsey (one ace, five kills, one block assist, one dig), Madison Harvey (two aces, 17 digs) and Sarah Mominey (one assist, five digs).

Daniel Boone 3, Muhlenberg 1 >> The Blazers handled the Muhls in Thursday’s Berks League match. Set scores were 25-20, 25-18, 26-28 and 25-14.
Boone was led by Aubrey Hunt (14 kills, one block), Ashley Kriebel (13 kills, seven digs, two aces), Jayda Kugler (29 assists, six digs) and Jimmie Lewis (two kills, five digs).

Girls tennis

Hill School 5, Perkiomen School 0 >> The Blues swept all matches in straight sets to blank the Panthers in Thursday’s non-league contest.

The Hill’s best individual showing came at first doubles, where Ava Carosella and Cate Jacobs scored a 6-1, 6-0 win. Sara Oswald had the best outing for Perkiomen, winning five games at third singles.

Spring-Ford 7, Pope John Paul II 0 >> The Rams, fresh off their District 1 team tournament championship, used a tweaked lineup to sweep the Golden Panthers in Thursday’s non-league meeting of PAC member schools.

Spring-Ford’s singles bracket of Cady Krause, Alexis Luo and Evelyn Mejia dropped just two games in their straight-sets run. PJP’s best individual showing came from its fourth-doubles team of Mia Zernick and Kayla Croigen, which forced a tiebreaker match.

Boys golf

Hill School 137, Perkiomen School 150 >> In a modified non-league match Thursday at Brookside Country Club, the Blues outshot the Panthers in both teams’ season openers.

Each team was comprised of four players, and the team score was determined by counting the lowest three of the four scores. Hill freshman Evan Sun was the low man for the day, and he was followed by Patrick Dollhopf one shot behind. Andres Villarreal and Jake Fleck also had good rounds.

Coming off a District 1 team championship earlier this week, the Spring-Ford girls tennis team will have a chance at some more hardware on the individual side of things.

Spring-Ford freshman Mia Matriccino won her quarterfinal and semifinal matches of the District 1-3A individual tournament on Friday, advancing to Saturday’s championship contest at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School against Council Rock North’s Amelia Honer, the defending state champion.

Joining Matriccino at PW on Saturday will be Methacton’s Alice Liang and Hana Nouaime, who advanced through the District 1 doubles tournament and will face CR North’s Dasha Chichkina and Emma Traktovenko in the championship match.

Matriccino defeated Souderton’s Amanda Wang (6-4, 6-0) in the quarters Friday before knocking off Unionville’s Leah Walter (6-4, 6-1) in the semifinals. Liang and Nouaime took down Upper Dublin’s Eileen Xiao and Eva Hunter (6-0, 6-0) in the quarters before a three-set (6-4, 4-6, 6-2) win over Pennsbury’s Maddie Walsh and Kyra Workman in the semifinals.

OJR’s Allison Root and Spring-Ford’s Lucy Olsen and Emily Tiffan also represented the PAC in the singles and doubles tournaments, respectively, on Friday. Root lost to Honer in the quarters (6-0, 6-0), while Olsen and Tiffan fell to Chichkina and Traktovenko (6-0, 7-5) in the quarters.

The championship matches will start at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

Clare Hayden won a 2½-hour marathon at second singles Friday to help Cardinal O’Hara claim the District 12 Class 3A title in girls tennis and advance to the PIAA team tournament with a 4-1 triumph over Archbishop Wood.

After winning the first set, 6-4, Hayden overcame a 2-5 deficit for a 7-5 victory. Theresa Stolarczyk won in straight sets at third singles, while Elena Coffey and Kayleigh DellaVecchio were 6-0, 6-0 winners at first doubles. Amanda Shaughnessy and Emma Hoffman took second doubles by default.

Girls Soccer

The sophomore class came up big as Sun Valley topped Kennett, 3-0, in the Ches-Mont League.

After senior Chiara Robinson opened the scoring, off a pass from sophomore Caitlin Riley, 10th graders Sofia Possenti and Leigh Grace closed out the scoring for the Vanguards. Sofia Testa and Jaina Preuhs teamed up on the shutout.

In the Catholic League:

Archbishop Carroll 2, Lansdale Catholic 1 >> Kiley Mottice handed out two assists to pace the Patriots to their third win of the season.

Mottice set up Olivia Stout and Keri Barnett, while Nikki Cashin took care of things in goal.

Field Hockey

Karli Dougherty and Julia Kingsbury provided the offense to pace Archbishop Carroll to a 2-0 nonleague victory over Phoenixville.

Dougherty deflected a drive by Carleigh Conners to open the scoring in the second half. Kingsbury put home a rebound for some insurance. Courtland Schumacher, Annie Dvoanch and Nicole Pawiec stood out on the back line in front of goalie Grace DiMascio, who made two saves to post the shutout.

In the Catholic Academies League:

Mount St. Joseph 7, Sacred Heart 1 >> Peyton Shull had the goal for the Lions, while Abby Braun made nine saves in goal.

Volleyball

Senior Kristine Guenther posted 22 assists and eight aces to lead Sun Valley to a 3-0 victory in the Ches-Mont League.

Freshman Katie Kuehl led the attack with 13 kills, while senior Jordan Thompson (five blocks) and sophomore Kyle Shelter (17 digs) paced the defense in the 25-9, 25-12, 25-11 victory.

Methacton’s doubles pair of Alice Liang and Hana Nouaime brought home district gold on Saturday.

Liang and Nouaime defeated the top-seeded Council Rock South duo of Dasha Chichkina and Emma Traktovenko, 6-3, 7-6(7-1), in an epic final match for the District 1-3A Girls Tennis Doubles Championship. The Warriors’ pair will move onto states.

Also competing for a title Saturday was Spring-Ford’s Mia Matriccino, who fell to CR North’s Amelia Honer, last year’s PIAA Class 3A champion.

On Friday, Matriccino defeated Souderton’s Amanda Wang (6-4, 6-0) in the quarters before knocking off Unionville’s Leah Walter (6-4, 6-1) in the semifinals. Liang and Nouaime took down Upper Dublin’s Eileen Xiao and Eva Hunter (6-0, 6-0) in the quarters before a three-set (6-4, 4-6, 6-2) win over Pennsbury’s Maddie Walsh and Kyra Workman in the semifinals.

OJR’s Allison Root and Spring-Ford’s Lucy Olsen and Emily Tiffan also represented the PAC in the singles and doubles tournaments, respectively, on Friday. Root lost to Honer in the quarters (6-0, 6-0), while Olsen and Tiffan fell to Chichkina and Traktovenko (6-0, 7-5) in the quarters.

Boys soccer

Spring-Ford 5, Methacton 1 >> The Rams played at Homecoming Saturday and came away with another PAC victory.

Akshay Patel started the scoring off a Tommy Bodenschatz cross. Andrew Merchant played another great cross for a far post finish from junior Justin Russell and Dylan Smith finished off the scoring in the first half putting away a Justin Russell cross.

The Rams conceded a goal to lose the shutout, but they got two more from senior defenders Trevor Jones and Ekow Asomaning in the second half. Assists were from Nick DiNenna on a corner and Mikey Sullivan on a cross. Methacton’s goal came from Chris Rowland.

Perkiomen Valley 2, Upper Perkiomen 1 >> Owen Slack and Matt Holmes did the scoring for the Vikings, helping them edge the Indians in Saturday’s PAC contest.

Upper Perk jumped out to the lead on an Aiden Heiser goal with 15:31 remaining in the first half. PV equalized before half on Slack’s goal from an assist by Holmes, who put PV ahead after drawing a foul in the box and burying the ensuing penalty kick with over 28 minutes remaining.

Boyertown 4, Owen J. Roberts 0 >> Dimitre Randjelovic scored twice scored a pair of goals and Beckett Wenger and Luke Moser netted scores in the Bears’ PAC win Saturday.

Moser and Matt Selders added assists in the win.

Archbishop Carroll 1, Pope John Paul II 0 >> Despite Dylan Russ’s six saves in net, the Golden Panthers dropped Saturday’s non-league contest.

Daniel Boone 2, Conrad Weiser 0 >> Connor Stuart scored a goal in each half to lead the Blazers over the Scouts in Saturday’s Berks League action.

Nate Millard was credited with an assist — a day after kicking two field goals for the football team — on one of Stuart’s tallies. Boone (7-3-1, 9-3-1) also got five-save goaltending from Zach Fick in the shutout.

Girls soccer

Owen J. Roberts 1, Boyertown 0 >> Sarah Kopec converted an assist with three minutes to deliver OJR a victory over the Bears in Saturday’s PAC contest.

The win pushed the Wildcats (9-1-1) into a tie with Spring-Ford atop the PAC standings.

Spring-Ford 1, Methacton 1 >> Jess Lineen scored with little more than 1-1/2 minutes left to play Saturday, bringing the Warriors back for a tie with the Rams in their PAC game.

Spring Ford opened the scoring in the 29th minute with a Reese Kershner goal from a Molly Thomas corner kick. Methacton found the equalizer with 1:39 remaining in the game, on senior captain Lineen’s header from a Ruby Murray free kick.

Methacton keeper Mairi Smith made 13 saves while SF keeper Riley Wallace had 3.

Daniel Boone 3, Conrad Weiser 0 >> Alexandra Woodcock had a goal and an assist to help the Blazers (9-2, 11-3) clinch the Berks League’s Division II title Saturday with a win over the Scouts.

Nicole Brown and Lily Ferguson had other goals for Boone (9-2, 11-3), with assists credited to Gabby Fontana and Emma Kay. Jenna Heasley made four saves in goal to secure the shutout.

Field hockey

Daniel Boone 1, Conrad Weiser 0 >> Hannah Huddleson scored off an assist from Clara Lacek to lift the Blazers (5-4-1, 9-5-1) over the Scouts in Berks league play Saturday.

Ashley Finkbiner made 10 saves to register the shutout for Boone (5-4-1, 9-5-1). The Blazers outshot Weiser 15-10 though out-cornered 10-5.

Sophomore Sam Cunningham and senior Ella Fedor clinched Haverford’s 4-3 Central League victory over Marple Newtown with a 6-0, 6-1 win at fourth doubles.

Catherine Corbett earned a 6-3, 6-4 decision at No. 1 singles for the Fords. In doubles action, No. 2 Jean Park and Varsha Raman grinded out a 6-2, 6-3 victory, while No. 3 Anna O’Reilly and Addison Brodnik cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 triumph.

MN’s Alicia Kim and Pam Kontoras were successful in singles competition.

Boys Soccer

Charlie Bernicker and Danny Rosenblum registered a goal apiece to lead Radnor to a 2-0 Central League win over Penncrest.

Joaquin Cohen and Jack Heery split goalkeeping duties and turned aside seven shots. Jackson Meile finished with 12 saves for the Lions.

Marple Newtown 2, Ridley 1 >> Fidel Inglis and Ryan Gault fired in the goals for the Tigers. Aidan Gebey and Justin DiBona recorded the assists.

Field Hockey

Sienna Golden gave Archbishop Carroll a boost on offense in the second half of a 3-1 Catholic League win at Bonner-Prendie.

Golden scored the go-ahead goal and added an insurance tally. The Pandas went up 1-0 on a goal by Megan Kilroy, but the Patriots knotted things up when Julia Kingsbury converted a pass from Karli Dougherty.

Courtney Keith racked up 15 saves in the cage for Carroll, while Prendie goalie Maeve Muldoon finished with 15 saves.

In the Central League:

Marple Newtown 4, Ridley 0 >> Kylie Gioia scored a pair of goals and Kaley Musi and Olivia Ebersole also tallied for the Tigers. Goalie Maya Thiruselvam made two saves in the shutout victory.