Sports
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 […]
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 […]