Sports
Early on, Catholic League features hoops classics
John KnebelsSports Columnist As “classics” are concerned, it might be too early to label any regular-season game with such distinction. But if it could be argued otherwise, there were two terrific Catholic League contests this week that were worth the price of admission. On Sunday, Jan. 16, Neumann-Goretti defeated Archbishop Carroll 74-68, and about 24 […]
Brothers offer good stance to St. Joe’s Prep wrestling
By John KnebelsSports Columnist Beat the daylights out of each other in practice. Claim you are better and stronger than the other. And often aim to get on each other’s nerves. Ah, brotherly love. While they admit to doing all of the competitive deeds listed above, St. Joseph’s Preparatory School brothers Mike and Matt DelSignore […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]