Sports
Principal security
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – During the day, Peter Balzano keeps students in line as the assistant principal for student services at Lansdale Catholic High School in Lansdale, Montgomery County. After the school bell – up until Oct. 23 – Balzano kept order at Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia as a […]
Wood girls top off perfect season with PCL title
Cross country By John KnebelsSports Columnist As she emerged from the woods with no one remotely close to her, Katie Rodden realized that she was less than one mile away from taking first place in the Philadelphia Catholic League cross country championship last Saturday, Oct. 23, at Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park. While spectators enthusiastically […]
Girls bring first-ever PCL title to Lansdale Catholic
The girls tennis team made school history, defeating Cardinal O’Hara, 3-2 By John KnebelsSports Columnist For those out there who needed to take countless hours of lessons and pay an ungodly amount of money for one-on-one instruction before becoming good at the game of tennis, this might be a good time to stop reading. When […]
Prep wins PCL, La Salle wins District 12
John KnebelsSports Columnist Of the Catholic League’s 14 golf programs St. Joseph’s Prep and La Salle were the two top teams this year. Just look at the evidence. After shooting a blistering 498 to win the Catholic League golf championship by eight strokes over second-place La Salle on Oct. 5 at Raven’s Claw Golf Club […]
Wood goalie banks on experience as starter
John KnebelsSports Columnist Archbishop Wood’s boys’ soccer program has benefited from a host of terrific goalies over the past few decades. That’s only one of the reasons why the Vikings consistently challenge for a Catholic League title. But during Coach Joe Krantz’s 33-year tenure, less than a handful have been entrusted with the responsibility of […]
Prendergast seeks first PCL volleyball title
John KnebelsSports Columnist Sometimes athletes have no desire to quit their sport after high school. Mary Callan started playing volleyball when she was in fifth grade. That was, well … a long time ago. The intriguing thing is that her involvement never ceased, both as a coach and a competitor. Currently, the head coach at […]
Catholic League football: Week 5 review
Sometimes football games are decided rather easily, and other times they necessitate blood pressure medication. Take, for instance, what occurred in a Catholic League AA spanision opener Oct. 2 between Neumann-Goretti and Conwell-Egan. With the score tied at 20 in the closing seconds of regulation, C-E appeared to snatch a dramatic victory when a tackle […]
PJP field hockey team takes advantage of fresh start
John KnebelsSports Columnist Double the roster, double the possibilities. After Andrea Carr inherited the field hockey program at the brand new Pope John Paul II High School in Upper Providence Township, she could hardly believe her eyes on the first day of tryouts. Formerly the coach at recently-closed Kennedy-Kenrick High School in Norristown, Carr was […]
More than sports energize Ferrari
By John KnebelsSports columnist If there are some eighth-graders out there who aren’t sure how to handle their upcoming high school years, they may want to take a cue from Maria Ferrari. A senior at Villa Maria Academy High School in Malvern, Ferrari has fully immersed herself in countless activities and advises perennial high school […]
Football stars shine already by Week 4
By John KnebelsSports Columnist Fall sports are approximately one-third finished. Talk about time flying …. But one team that isn’t in any particular hurry to move the football season along at a frenetic pace is Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown. On Saturday afternoon against Ches-Mont League’s Avon Grove, the Eagles avenged a 52-0 loss […]