Sports

Aston parish’s girls represent volleyball team at all-star game

From left, Elena Tarte, Victoria Boland and Annie Kolicius represent the varsity volleyball team of St. Francis de Sales Parish, Aston, as part of the Region 30 CYO all-star games Sunday, Oct. 29. Twelve parish CYO teams from Delaware County are represented. All-star teams are comprised of players selected from each of the parish teams. […]

After decades, soccer’s elder statesmen still have the fire to coach, teach

At Archbishop Wood, Joe Krantz captured his 400th coaching victory Sept. 3. About six weeks later – Oct. 14 to be exact – St. Joseph’s Preparatory School’s Jim Murray reached coaching victory number 600. Come next fall, both men will be directing their young, impressionable troops from their respective sidelines. Murray and Krantz – both of them respected institutions at their high schools for a combined seven decades -- still possess the heart to keep going.

Judge to face Lansdale for boy soccer championship

Father Judge shut out Archbishop Ryan’s boys soccer team in the semi finals on October 26.  Later that day Roman Catholic High School suffered a heartbreaking defeat in overtime to Lansdale Catholic.  Lansdale’s #13  junior Jake Saba fed the ball to #16 senior Michael Lewis who broke away to win the game.  The championship game […]

Wood vs Ryan rematch for girls soccer championship

Archbishop Ryan girls’ soccer team will face Archbishop Wood again this season for the championship.  The girls from Archbishop Wood defeated Little Flower in a close 1-0 game to make it to the finals.  Archbishop Ryan shut out Lansdale Catholic in a 4-0 game.  The championship game will take place at Archbishop Ryan High School […]

Sports: Catholic League standings

Catholic League Boys’ Soccer Father Judge 9-0-0 Lansdale Catholic 7-1-1 St. Joseph’s Prep 7-1-1 Roman Catholic 6-2-1 La Salle 6-3 Archbishop Wood 5-3-1 Bonner-Prendergast 3-4-1 Archbishop Ryan 2-4-2 Conwell-Egan 2-7-1 Archbishop Carroll 1-7 Cardinal O’Hara 0-7 Bishop McDevitt 0-9   Catholic League Girls’ Soccer Archbishop Ryan 9-1 Archbishop Wood 7-0-3 Little Flower 8-2-1 Lansdale Catholic […]

St. Basil’s turns around program, teaching true value of sports

Imagine losing 36 straight soccer games. Heck, imagine losing 36 straight anything. A little more than one month has been completed in the girls varsity soccer season, and St. Basil’s no longer sees the number zero on the left column of the daily win-loss standings. With a few weeks remaining, the Panthers are 7-7 overall; more impressively, they are 3-5 in the Catholic Academies League. As for the expectation of shaking their opponents’ hands while congratulating them on a victory, that is no longer the case.

Players say concussions a concern, but joy of game outweighs risk

LAUREL, Md. (CNS) -- St. Vincent Pallotti High School senior Rudolfo Garcia said, despite having two concussions back-to-back, he never thinks about the possibility of becoming injured before stepping out on the football field to play. "You don't think of being scared," Garcia, 17, said. "If one man is going 100 percent and you're going only 50 percent, you're probably going to get hurt."

Weekend Catholic football roundup: Judge’s unscored-upon streak ends; league powers emerge

Lansdale Catholic, Archbishop Wood, St. Joseph's Prep and West Catholic all notched impressive wins last weekend, five games into the Catholic League season. Meanwhile, Father Judge had not allowed a touchdown in three and a half games until Bonner Prendergast spoiled the streak on a fumble recovery and touchdown. Still, the Crusader defense hasn't yielded a point this season.

At Father Judge HS, strong leaders emerge from strong football program

The Father Judge High School football team appears to possess an uncommon collective maturity for people who are still teenagers. In their first two games of the season, the Crusaders have experienced a myriad of emotions. It began with a 30-22 loss to Episcopal Academy, a game in which a nightmare start – a 30-8 […]

Week 1 of Catholic League football sees La Salle dominate, and a Bonner-Prendie nailbiter

Every year at this time, there’s a palpable excitement among high school sports fans that’s difficult to ignore. It’s football time. In a time-honored tradition at CatholicPhilly.com (the digital successor to The Catholic Standard and Times), we bring you a roundup of the first weekend of competition featuring Catholic League high school teams.