Sports

by Tom Utescher As Woodward Gymnasium at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy emptied out following last Friday night’s wrestling meet, the P.A. system played Billy Idol’s “Dancing With Myself.” It seemed appropriate accompaniment for SCH’s Inter-Ac League contest against Haverford School, because in half of the 14 weight classes, no more than one wrestler stepped out […]

by Tom Utescher Penn Charter senior Carmen Williams (with ball) looks for a path to the basket between Notre Dame’s Katie Halligan (left) and Allie Lynch (behind). Photo by Tom UtescherLast winter, the girls’ basketball team at Penn Charter split in its home-away series with the Academy of Notre Dame, and the Quakers and the […]

by Tom Utescher When Germantown Friends and Shipley School play one another in squash, the encounter amounts to a sort of unofficial Friends Schools League championship match. Friends Central is the only other FSL member school that fields a team, and it is still in the developing stages. When the Shipley Gators came to Germantown […]

by Tom Utescher After Mount St. Joseph Academy split its regular season series against Gwynedd Mercy in a pair of close games, the Mount Magic met the Monarchs a third time last Saturday, this time with a spot in the Catholic Academies finals on the line. The Mount owned a modest 10-8 lead at the […]

by Tom Utescher In their final home basketball game, the girls of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy were tied 22-22 with visiting Baldwin School early in the second half. By the end of the third quarter, though, Baldwin had opened up a 10-point lead, and the Bears went on to win, 49-35. Nevertheless, is was a […]

by Tom Utescher Springside Chestnut Hill Academy held a Senior Recognition Day ceremony last Wednesday, just before the school’s ice hockey team played its final home game at the Wissahickon Skating Club. After the contest, visiting Academy of the New Church was glad to never have to face the members of the Ice Devils’ Class […]

by Ed Morrone Shorthanded and in a scenario in which the team would need its two point guards to step up to win ugly, Juan Adames and Jake Hsu were happy to oblige. Adames, a senior veteran, and Hsu, a rising sophomore, have played major roles for the Germantown Academy basketball team all season. However, […]

by Ed Morrone Jared Sprague-Lott is a baseball player first and foremost, but at the same time, his impact on the SCH Academy basketball team has been immeasurable. Sprague-Lott is not the Blue Devils’ leading scorer. In fact, he’s not the second- or third-highest points man in the team’s offense, either. But if you look […]

by Tom Utescher Last week, Germantown Academy made significant strides toward retaining the Inter-Ac League title in girls’ basketball. In a series of road games in a five-day span, the league-leading Patriots completed home/away sweeps of the three teams closest to them in the Inter-Ac standings. On Tuesday they overcame number three Academy of Notre […]

by Tom Utescher After an exhilarating win and a frustrating loss in Friends Schools League basketball competition, Germantown Friends routinely took care of business last Tuesday in a home court contest. Both arriving and departing from GFS, the Falcons of Friends Select School were still looking for their first FSL victory of the season. With […]