Sports
In a non-conference home game last Thursday night, the women’s
basketball team at Chestnut Hill College made a sweet 16th entry in its
win column, a laudable achievement for a squad that has only half that
number of players on its entire roster.
Before last Thursday, most people at Penn Charter couldn’t have
told you when the boys squash team had last won the Inter-Ac League championship.
One of the exceptions is Geoff Shields, who is just wrapping up his ninth
season as the Quakers’ coach. Shields was a senior playing the number
three spot for the PC racquetmen when they beat out Episcopal Academy
for the honor in 1975.
Penn Charter and Episcopal Academy shared the squash
championship in the Girls Inter-Ac League this winter, and the parity
between the two teams was underscored when they participated in the Middle
Atlantic Squash Association tournament at Lawrenceville School earlier
this month.
While powerful Villa Maria Academy was the clear favorite going into
the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies swimming championships,
second place was up for grabs amongst several other squads.
In their last regular-season home game, you can be assured that the Chestnut
Hill College Griffins did not want to go out with a 20-point loss, but
that was their fate last Tuesday night as they suffered an 89-68 setback
at the hands off visiting Villa Julie College, a colleague in the North
East Athletic Conference.
Four days after their Athletic Association of Catholic Academies campaign
ended with a semifinal playoff loss to eventual champ Villa Maria, the
Mount St. Joseph Academy Magic closed out their 2005-2006 basketball season
in the first round of the District I Class AAAA tournament.
Ending their second season since ice hockey returned to Chestnut Hill
Academy, the Blue Devils defeated the Malvern Prep JV team, 8-6, last
Tuesday in a CHA “home” match played at Old York Road Skating
Club in Elkins Park.
Lakers alone in first place. The Lakers improved their league leading
record to 8-1 with a 54-49 win over the Kings giving them just their second
loss as the Friday night league winds down their regular season.
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