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Mercy Vocational girls off to 12-1 start

By John KnebelsSports Columnist It might have been three weeks ago. Maybe two. Not sure who the opponent was either. The only thing Teharah Worrell knows is that all of a sudden, her teammates were off and running down court after a steal by backcourt mate Linette Young. “We’ve gotten used to that,” said Worrell. […]

Boys basketball: Nonleague play

By John KnebelsSports Columnist When the Catholic League boys’ basketball season is about to get under way, it’s common for some teams to feel very good about their chances because of how they have performed against non-league competition. If that is the case, then Bishop McDevitt (8-1), La Salle (7-1), Father Judge (7-1), Conwell-Egan (6-2), […]

Love for hoops matched by love for school

By John KnebelsSports Columnist Some athletes aspire to be a star. Some couldn’t care less. Consider Little Flower junior Jen Purcell more of the latter. A third year starter as a guard and forward on a Sentinels team that has reached the Catholic League playoffs the past two seasons, Purcell has always been a no-frills […]

West Catholic wins first state championship

By John KnebelsSports Columnist No matter what they do, and no matter where they go, everyone associated with West Catholic’s football program can always return to the night of Dec. 18, 2010 and bask in the memory. And for the rest of their lives, those same people will probably break into a smile every time […]

La Salle falls to North Allegheny in AAAA state final

Five turnovers. No matter how good a football team is, it can’t get away with that many mistakes. Proving that they are indeed human, La Salle gave away five possessions and fell to North Allegheny 21-0, in the PIAA Class AAAA championship Saturday at Hersheypark Stadium. The loss severed the defending state champions’ 12-game winning […]

West, Wood, La Salle advance to semifinals

John KnebelsSports Columnist By now, out-of-area Pennsylvania high schools are probably sick and tired of the Philadelphia Catholic League making headlines. Well, they had better find some medicine because there’s a huge dose of local football coming their way this weekend. Each of the three Catholic League representatives survived their PIAA state quarterfinal challenges. Therefore, […]

Thanksgiving Day football traditions run on

By John Knebels Sports Columnist Win a game, lose a coach. Well, the two aren’t exactly related, but that’s the way it went for Fairless Hills’ Conwell-Egan High School on Thanksgiving Day. A few minutes after celebrating the Eagles’ first victory of the season after nine losses, nine-year coach Kevin Kelly informed his players that […]

Local Catholic grads play in Army-Navy game

By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Navy beat Army 31-17 as sophomore slot back John Howell, a 2009 alumnus of Lansdale Catholic High School, helped break a record for Navy in the 111th meeting between the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Saturday, Dec. 11 […]

Merion Mercy wins fourth straight volleyball title

By John KnebelsSports Columnist In truth, there was very little chance that Merion Mercy Academy’s volleyball team wasn’t going to win a state championship this year. That’s not a knock on the competition. The Golden Bears were that good. But when the final point was recorded in Saturday night’s PIAA Class AA state title victory […]

Bound for greatness: The road to the state title

By John KnebelsSports Columnist Just 4:06 into the game, junior Mike Frendak plowed through the line and blocked a punt that deflected into the end zone. Archbishop Wood led, 2-0. Too bad for Dobbins Tech that the game couldn’t end right there. By the time Saturday’s “contest” was over, Wood had emerged with a convincing […]