July 12, 2007 Issue                                       

©2007 The Chestnut Hill Local

Local Sports

Patriots nip Magic in summer hoops
by TOM UTESCHER

The Mount’s Sarah McGorry

In summer basketball action, the week of July 4 started out with some fireworks on Monday evening, when two area franchises faced one another and Germantown Academy pulled out a 51-48 victory over Mount St. Joseph. The following evening, the Mount Magic bounced back to roll over Methacton High School, 53-23.

With the holiday on Wednesday and many out-of-town tournaments getting underway, players were hard to come by later in the week, and Germantown forfeited a scheduled Thursday night bout against Jenkintown High.

Monday’s GA-Mount encounter was about as well-played and well-coached a contest as you’re likely to find in the generally relaxed summer league setting, featuring a series of runs and counter-runs and finally a close race to the finish.

GA’s Caroline Doty and Jesse Carey are not participating in this particular league, and on Monday the Patriots were also missing forward Tori Thierolf and guard Jess Erb, who’d both been performing well at Hatboro Horsham. Germantown did get a boost from the presence of 6’2” center Meredith Carber, a rising junior who’d been unable to make the team’s previous games.

Mount St. Joe was missing two senior guards who are returning from last year’s seven-player primary rotation, captain Laura Johnson and Alexa Buchanan. With her inside moves earning her four early lay-ups, Sarah McGorry paced Mount St. Joe to a 12-6 lead at the outset.

10,000 is only a number
by CLARK GROOME

There has been, for more than a month now, a glee exhibited in the local and national media about the inevitability that the Philadelphia Phillies would soon lose 10,000 games in franchise history, something no other franchise has yet done. As of Sunday they’ve lost 9,999.