Sports
O’Hara’s indoor track teams take PCL titles
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T Cardinal O’Hara’s returning runners remembered the feeling. Suffice to say, it wasn’t pleasant. “We had a bad taste in our mouths,” said O’Hara senior Joe Sacchetti. “We definitely didn’t want to go through that again.” Sacchetti was referring to last year’s Catholic League indoor track and field championship in […]
Faith-filled fun at St. Mary’s
Immediately after walking into the standing-room only gym at St. Mary’s in Schwenksville on Jan. 20, I knew this would be unlike any other CYO basketball game I’ve ever attended. The DJ, dancing, 50/50 raffles, foul shot challenges – oh and the ice cream eating contest – proved this wasn’t just a basketball game; this […]
La Salle takes title, moves on to states
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T WYNDMOOR – Overconfidence has proven to be costly to many teams of every sport. What appears to be a certain victory somehow morphs into a heartbreaking loss. La Salle College High School’s wrestling team talked about that before taking on visiting North Catholic in the Catholic League championship last […]
Flyers Cup favorites hard to predict
By Mike IvcicSpecial to The CS&T With only a month remaining before the Flyers Cup resumes, it’s not out of the question for one to envision six or seven different schools taking the AAA title. Many observers of last year’s final between La Salle and Holy Ghost Prep have called the Explorers’ 4-1 win the […]
College’s sports and spirituality program grows
Sports ColumnistJohn Knebels Like dealing with a scorching hot potato, person after person refuses to grab the plaudits and instead tosses them toward someone else. Perhaps that is why Neumann College – soon to be a University, but that’s for another day – has continued to improve its decade-long Center for Sport, Spirituality and Character […]
Sports News
SHANAHAN SENIOR AWARDED MAXWELL AWARD DREXEL HILL – Ryan Alderman, a senior at Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown, was awarded the Mini Maxwell Award from the prestigious Maxwell Football Club Jan. 16 at Drexelbrook Banquet Hall. The award grants Alderman a $500 scholarship to the university of his choice. The award is presented to […]
Mount St. Joe’s flawless season sets hopes for second state hoops title
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T FLOURTOWN – After Mount St. Joseph Academy’s basketball team celebrated last year’s PIAA Class AAA state championship, the talk among the so-called experts was that the Magic would probably struggle through a rebuilding process since five of their top seven players, including three spanision I standouts, were about to […]
Swim coach reflects on the pool’s lifelong bonds
Sports ColumnistJohn Knebels Jerry McCaffrey doesn’t speak in riddles. So when the 19-year Father Judge swimming coach asks his athletes if they would rather win a race with a poor time or finish sixth while simultaneously smashing their own personal record, he isn’t presenting them with a parable. “Swimming is one of the more unique […]
PCL Girls basketball mid-season review
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T Through Jan. 5, every girls’ basketball team in the Catholic League has garnered at least one win and seven have overall winning records. But while the collective competition is definitely impressive, there is clearly a disparity of the haves and have nots. But then again, that seems to be […]
CYO cross-country: Camaraderie at its best
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T The early favorite for the 2009 “quote of the year” comes from Mary Ellen Malloy. A 1975 graduate of Cardinal O’Hara High School and the long-time CYO cross-country coordinator for the Archdiocese was discussing her favorite sport and how it is particularly unique in that you don’t have to […]