July 5, 2007 Issue                                       

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Local Sports

Local rowers perform at Independence Day Regatta
by TOM UTESCHER

Meg Kehan, a rising senior at Mount St. Joesph Academy, rows the two seat in the U.S. Developmental Camp’s Intermediate Four, which finished second at the Independence Day Regatta

The uniforms were different, but the faces were familiar along Kelly Drive last weekend, when a number of area rowers raced in everything from a sculling double to sweep eights at the Independence Day Regatta.

Last year, downpours that flooded the Schuylkill forced the cancellation of the event, but this year competitors started off on an overcast and muggy Friday and then enjoyed two beautiful days of characterized by sunshine temperatures around 80 degrees and relatively low humidity.

Three rising seniors from Mount St. Joseph Academy, rowers Meg Kehan and Lawren Kieffer and coxswain Devon Stewart, came down from the U.S. Rowing national team camps in Connecticut to participate in the IDR.

Chestnut Hill’s 14s heading into juniors

Chestnut Hill’s 14 pictured above are (front row, kneeling) Anderson Good, Ricardo Tull, Tyler Clausen-Wolf, Dan Ceisler, Anthony Prisco, Jake Yannessa, Frank Primavera; (back row, standing) Coach Paul Yannessa, Ben York, John Carney, Julian Canuso, Mike McNally, Matt Primavera, Ben Rogers, Eric Primavera, Coach Mike Primavera, Coach Dennis Primavera.

As the Montco Youth Baseball League season draws to a close, Chestnut Hill’s 14-year-old team is picking up a head of steam in the Junior League Division.  Coming off a strong inaugural season last year in which they finished with a 13-5 record and lost in the championship game, the 14s wrapped up the week with a convincing 11-5 win over second-place Abington to bring their record to 10-2-1, keeping the team in first place with three regular season games to go.

Major League Baseball slides in to Mt. Airy with $27,000 grant

The Baseball Tomorrow Fund, a foundation of Major League Baseball, recently announced that it has awarded Mt. Airy Baseball a grant of $27,000 to renovate the Pleasant Playground baseball field and to expand its program. The grant must be matched by nearly $22,000 in local funding.

In summer hoops shrink, but succeed
by Tom Utescher

Although both the Mount St. Joseph Academy and Germantown Academy summer league basketball teams were short-staffed last week, they continued to perform well for the most part.