December 21, 2006 Issue
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Local SportsSpringside
can’t digest Hamm, loses league opener
Going into their Girls Inter-Ac League season opener last Thursday, Springside’s basketball Lions knew that their primary objective on defense was to contain senior Emma Hamm of the visiting Baldwin Bears. The locals didn’t come anywhere close to accomplishing that task, though, and the result was a 66-59 defeat that dropped Springside back to the .500 mark overall, at 3-3. Hamm is best known for her lacrosse prowess; she signed a scholarship agreement with Duke University last month and is a teammate of GA’s Colleen Magarity on the United States Team that will compete at the Under-19 World Cup in Canada this summer. The versatile 5’9” senior is no slouch on the hardwood, though, and last week she dumped a triple-double on Springside, piling up 36 points, 17 rebounds, and 10 steals.
CHA
ice hockey upended by Upland For Chestnut Hill Academy supporters, the highlight of last Tuesday’s home opener in ice hockey was a hat trick by eighth grader Ben Pulley. Unfortunately for the home fans, no other Blue Devils were able to find the net, and the end result was an 11-3 loss to the visiting Yellow Jackets of Upland Country Day School, a small southern Chester County institution that focus on ice hockey to the extent of not even fielding a basketball team.
CHC
teams split with Keuka College
Fans who arrived at Chestnut Hill College for last Saturday’s basketball doubleheader and saw “Terps” painted on the side of the visiting teams’ bus may have thought that the CHC Griffins had bitten off much more than they could chew. However, the inscription referred not to the University of Maryland Terrapins, but the name of a transportation company from central New York, and as it turned out, the passengers from Keuka College gave the Griffs all they could handle. In the first half of the twin bill, the visiting Storm built a 33-22 lead over the Griffin women, then fended off a few rallies by the hosts and went on to win, 62-51. In the men’s bout, Keuka was up 58-51 with less than six minutes remaining before Chestnut Hill rallied and eventually prevailed, 63-61.
Mount
hoopsters overcome Crusaders
Trailing at the close of each of the first two quarters, visiting Lansdale Catholic made a run at the start of the third period to take a 21-17 lead over the host Magic in last Wednesday’s non-league tilt at Mount St. Joseph Academy. The Crusaders (2-3) would only add four more points in the last 12 minutes of the contest, though, as Mount St. Joe rallied to a 38-25 victory that raised its season mark to 4-0. Sharing high-scorer honors with ten points apiece were the Magic’s Laura Johnson, who also recorded three assists and three steals, and the Crusaders’ Courtney Formica, whose sister Katelin is a freshman on the hoops team at Chestnut Hill College. “We’re rebounding the ball, we’re playing terrific
defense, and on offense we’re basically taking care of the ball
and keeping our turnovers down,” summed up MSJ coach John Miller. The Germantown Friends School boys’ basketball team outshined Archbishop Wood High School 42-29 on Saturday, December 16, at Archbishop Wood. It was the first time since 1989 that GFS boys beat a
Germantown Friends girls’ squash shuts out shipley The Germantown Friends School girls’ varsity squash team visited the Shipley School last week, and showed no mercy toward their hosts. Each Tiger in the top seven defeated her opponent 3-0. Senior
Germantown
Academy hoop girls rise to 6-0 Reaching a season record of 6-0 during its own Make-A-Wish Tournament and knocking off a powerful Cardinal O’Hara High School squad in the process, the girls basketball franchise at Germantown Academy affirmed its status as one of the Philly area’s top teams last weekend. It’s the tenth season that GA has held its Teams For Dreams event, which this year generated more than $10,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Area
athletes sign at Ivies
Area athletes aspiring to compete in the Ivy League gripped their computer mice nervously as they went on-line recently to learn the outcome of their early-action applications to Ivy League colleges. Progressive Columbia University was one of the first to post its decisions, letting prospects know on Thursday, December 7. Harvard University took it slow, making the last of the Ancient Eight announcements on the official deadline date, December 15. A number of local high school seniors were able to celebrate last weekend. Dartmouth College gave the nod to Hannah Conant, who has played the number one position on the Germantown Friends School squash team since she’s been in eighth grade. On occasion, she took the court for the GFS boys’ team, as well. One of the top players in the Philadelphia area, the Chestnut Hill resident is a candidate for the U.S. Junior National Team which will be selected this spring and will travel to the 2007 Junior World Championships in Hong Kong this summer.
GFS grapplers split home opener
Germantown Friends School’s varsity wrestlers got their home opener started last week with a decisive 36 - 22 win over visiting Edison High School. Senior co-captain Max Hawes got the action started wrestling up a weight at 171 pounds, where he scored a 3rd period pin over Edison’s defending Public School, City League Champion. Emile Paulmier, Nick Marini, Paul Yu, Shohei Kurokawa, and Stevie Garfinkel ran through their opponents in similar fashion. All recorded pins in the 1st period of their matches, except for Stevie who pinned his opponent in the 2nd period. Out of 7 weight classes contested, GFS won 6.
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