August 24, 2006 Issue                                       

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Lane to play in World University Games
by TOM UTESCHER

CHA’s Gilly Lane will be one of three American college squash players to represent the U. S. in the World University Games this month.

As he prepares to head downtown next month for his senior year at the University of Pennsylvania, Chestnut Hill Academy graduate Gilly Lane has planned a little detour through Szeged, Hungary.

Lane will be one of three American college players on the U.S. Squash Team that will represent this country at the 20-team World University Games tournament, which will take place August 28 through September 2. Although American players have entered this tourney in the past on an independent basis, the trio that includes Lane will be the first official U.S. team to participate in the event.

Magarity named to U.S. Under-19 lacrosse team
by TOM UTESCHER

Colleen Magarity, seen in action for Germantown Academy this spring (photo by Lene White)

In the dog days of summer, when most high school athletes are enjoying a few weeks of downtime, one of the area’s top lacrosse players arrived at a major decision about her future, and then earned one of the highest honors in her chosen sport.

Colleen Magarity, a senior at Germantown Academy and the daughter of Chestnut Hill Ford dealer Joe Magarity, made a verbal commitment in July to accept a scholarship at Northwestern University, the two-time defending national champions. In early August, she joined elite lacrosse players from around the country for national team trials in Baltimore, and emerged as one of 24 players named to the U.S. Team that will compete at the Under-19 World Cup Tournament in Canada in 2007.

“It’s an honor to be on the team, and it was just a great learning experience to play with those girls from all across the country,” said the GA midfielder, who will join her new teammates on the last weekend of September for the U.S. squad’s first training session.

Magarity took up the sport in a club setting when she was in junior high school. She has been playing basketball and soccer from a young age, and a starter for GA in both of the other sports, winning multiple Girls

Mount hockey gearing up to defend league title
by TOM UTESCHER

Mount St. Joseph Academy field hockey co-captains Megan Sabia (left) and Meghan Longacre (photo by Tom Utescher)

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association’s starting date for fall sports practice was August 14, and last Monday Mount St. Joseph Academy’s field hockey squad jumped right into its pre-season routine of three-a-day workouts.

A number of the established team members had played some summer league hockey together and had trained at a team camp hosted by Old Dominion University. At ODU, the various teams were assigned points according how they fared in practice games, and at the end of their stay the Magic had the highest total of any of the squads in attendance.