Sports
‘Deja vu’ for La Salle’s swimming champs
John KnebelsSports Columnist The swimmers have heard the many jokes, and they are able to laugh at all of them because they are all complimentary. Some say that Catholic League swimming should be separated into two leagues; one being La Salle, the other being all the rest. Others advise making a deal with a trophy […]
La Salle wins CL wrestling title, falls in states
John KnebelsSports Columnist When the Catholic League wrestling playoffs began, the only debate centered on which team would eventually finish as runner-up. The champion? That was a foregone conclusion. So on Feb. 2, inside their own gymnasium, it came as no surprise that the La Salle Explorers celebrated their third consecutive league title and fourth […]
Holy Ghost Prep has eyes on Flyers Cup
John KnebelsSports Columnist Twice in his high school career, Dave Bowman, a senior at Holy Ghost Preparatory School in Bensalem, was faced with a difficult choice. Should he do the sensible thing and not play ice hockey with his torn anterior cruciate ligament? Or should the puck-carrying defenseman just lace up the skates and deal […]
Neumann-Goretti leads Catholic League
John KnebelsSports Columnist The current Catholic League basketball standings could imitate Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities.” The first seven teams have records from 8-0 to 6-2. The other seven? None has a winning record. “Things can change because there is still a lot of basketball left,” said Neumann-Goretti junior Derrick Stewart. “A lot […]
1,000-point scorer shares joy with family, school
John KnebelsSports Columnist Lots of times an athlete will reach an amazing plateau and just shrug it off and pretend it wasn’t really a big deal. Refreshingly, that isn’t the way Lansdale Catholic senior Shea Wassel reacted when she became the 17th player – and seventh female – in school history to score 1,000 career […]
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 […]