Sports
Ryan girls, La Salle boys win PCL, District 12 swimming titles
John KnebelsSports Columnist Ryan dethrones Wood, La Salle wins 22nd consecutive Catholic League championship Bring your emotions to the block, and leave your heart in the pool. That was the motto for the girls swim team at Archbishop Ryan High School this year. In a riveting display of grit, determination and flat-out athleticism last weekend, […]
O’Hara, West win indoor track titles
John KnebelsSports Columnist Indoor track meets usually have a maximum of two teams that vie for first place. That wasn’t the case in the Catholic League championship Feb. 14 at Lehigh University. Four boys’ teams accrued enough points to, on most days, emerge victorious. However, when the final statistics from 16 events were tallied, Cardinal […]
La Salle takes hold of wrestling title
North falls in last-ever match to defending champ By John Knebels, Sports ColumnistSince it was announced back in September that North Catholic High School would be closing its doors at the end of the school year, sentimentalists have been rooting for the Falcons’ athletic teams to punctuate their sterling reputation with appropriate aplomb. On Feb. […]
Swimming success, times 10
John KnebelsSports Columnist Positive perspective. While the CYO swim team from Huntingdon Valley’s St. Albert the Great Parish has dominated the waters for the past decade, winning championships is apparently not stressed to the students in grades kindergarten through eight. Working hard? Yes. Dedication? Yes. However … “The coaches fully understand what goes on for […]
Utley visits St. Richard
PHILADELPHIA – Phillies second baseman Chase Utley visited St. Richard School in South Philadelphia with the Phillie Phanatic to celebrate the school’s reading success Jan. 26. The fourth grade students participated in the “Be a Phanatic About Reading” program, sponsored by the Phillies, which required the students to read for at least 15 minutes per […]
Nazareth Academy swimmer becomes Blue Hen
John KnebelsSports Columnist Monopoly. Play Station. Basketball. Swimming. When it comes to competition, it doesn’t make a difference if it takes place between two people playing a board game in the friendly confines of her home basement or in front of hundreds of frenzied fans at a nearby pool. Either way, Nazareth Academy senior Tori […]
Defending state champ Carroll still best in CL
Girls basketball review By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T When you are the defending state champion, every team comes at you with an advantage. After all, beating the best immediately puts a team on the map, so the incentive factor goes to the underdog. Archbishop Carroll’s girls understand all of that first hand. After seizing […]
Changes coming next year in Catholic League
John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T When the 2010-11 academic year begins, the Philadelphia Catholic League will sport a significantly different look. For purists who have implored a return to a single league champion, they will get their wish in every sport except football. For progressives who have thoroughly enjoyed the PCL’s exposure to the Pennsylvania […]
Hamels visits St. Max to promote healthy habits
By Joanna ArmandiCS&T Sports Editor WEST CHESTER – Spring training is a little over a month away, but Phillies fever has spread early at St. Maximilian Kolbe School in West Chester thanks to eighth-grader Bernadette Tankle. Tankle, 14, had the winning essay in the “I Pitch for Dairy” contest sponsored by the Phillies, the Mid-Atlantic […]
Catholic League boys basketball: Last year’s favorites are back again
John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T Replete with talented players and a unified proud tradition, the Catholic League once again finds itself among the area’s high school basketball elite. After playing an average of five non-league games – some of them taking place during Christmas holiday tournaments – both the Red and Blue spanisions have commenced […]