Sports
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 […]
State champs!
La Salle beats State College 24-7, wins first-ever state crown in Catholic League football history John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T The fans who braved the elements Saturday afternoon were probably too frozen even to contemplate what they saw below. High school football players were frolicking in the snow. Some lay on the ground flapping their […]
Wood, West end seasons short of state titles
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T Before last year, not many Archbishop Wood football fans had ever heard of a school called Selinsgrove. Now it’s a little more well known. For the second consecutive year Wood met Selinsgrove in the PIAA Class AAA state semifinal at Hersheypark Stadium. And by now, everyone associated with the […]
La Salle beats Ridley, advances to state final
By Todd OrodenkerSpecial to The CS&T State. It may be just one word, but its meaning is practically indefinable. And come Saturday, La Salle College High School will have a chance to experience the indefinable. The Explorers surged past Ridley High School 35-7 last Saturday in the PIAA Class AAAA semifinals at Charles Martin Memorial […]
West Catholic advances: ‘Our guys won’t back down’
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T West Catholic lives on. After falling behind North Schuylkill High School in the PIAA Class AA state quarterfinal at Palisades High in Kintnersville, Pa., Dec. 5, the Burrs scored 19 unanswered points and emerged victorious. Their 19-14 victory sends them into the AA semifinals against Lancaster Catholic at 1 […]
Bennett’s field goal pushes La Salle past Easton, 17-14
John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T Sports officials are not perfect, and they don’t pretend to be. It is understandable when a call or two is made a bit differently than how it looked to the naked eye. Then there are some games when you find yourself constantly shaking your head in a combination of confusion […]
Wood headed to state semis after late game comeback
By Todd OrodenkerSpecial to The CS&T Jerry Rahill didn’t really know how to explain it. “(The play) just broke down,” he said in between stutters, pauses and I-can’t-believe-that-just-happened glances. “They covered it well, so I don’t know.” But the senior quarterback didn’t really need to say much. His play did all the talking. Rahill led […]