Mercury Boys Soccer Roundup: Perkiomen School edges Barrack Hebrew
The Perkiomen School boys soccer team maintained its perfect run Thursday with a 2-1 overtime victory over Renaissance Academy. Brock Reber tallied in the OT segment, with an assist from Zach Kratz, to...
View ArticlePerkiomen Valley exorcises demons by beating Spring-Ford for PAC championship
BUCKTOWN >> For the past decade or so, the Perkiomen Valley boys’ soccer team has been on the wrong end of some of the brightest moments in archrival Spring-Ford’s program history. Thursday...
View ArticleFleetwood boys, Wilson girls claim Berks soccer titles
REIFFTON >> Fleetwood and Wilson met twice on the pitch Thursday night at Exeter High School to decide the matter of winning BCIAA championships. The final results were a draw, nearly mimicking...
View ArticleMercury Boys Soccer Roundup: West-Mont wins in PKs
West-Mont Christian 0, Valley Forge Baptist 0 (W-MC 4-3 in PKs) >> After a scoreless 80 minutes and two overtimes, the Wings defeated Valley Forge Baptist in penalty kicks Friday, 4-3. Tyler Fox,...
View ArticleMetzler makes it so: La Salle tops Lansdale Catholic in PCL quarterfinals
SPRINGFIELD >> Chris Metzler’s had a good career of terrorizing Philadelphia Catholic League defenses. Friday afternoon, he authored another robust performance as he and his senior classmates on...
View ArticleBoys Soccer: District 1 Tournament Brackets
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View ArticleHaverford School, Shipley get their kicks at Talen Energy Stadium
Chester – A few minutes after Haverford School’s 2-0 win against Shipley at Talen Energy Stadium Sunday evening, the Fords’ Nick Pippin described the feeling of scoring at the Talen venue (he tallied...
View ArticleShipley’s Johnny Lenart is Main Line Boys Athlete of the Week
The senior central midfielder and captain has been the leading scorer for the Gators, who were in second place in the Friends School League (as of Monday). “He has been the heartbeat of this team,”...
View ArticleUnionville edges Penn Wood to advance in playoffs
EAST MARLBOROUGH – They call the playoffs the second season – and on Tuesday, Unionville and Penn Wood showed exactly how the postseason is usually so different from the regular season. These two first...
View ArticleMercury Boys Soccer Roundup: Perkiomen School rolls Kimberton Waldorf
Perkiomen School 6, Kimberton-Waldorf 1 >> The Panthers picked up a win over Kimberton during the quarterfinal round of the Tri-County League playoffs. Owen Taylor scored twice while Andy Nguyen,...
View ArticleMay’s free kick helps Downingtown East take down Haverford
UWCHLAN TWP. — Once he saw Alex Floyd hit the turf, Cesar May’s eyes lit up. Floyd, the Downingtown East junior, had just driven at the heart of Haverford’s defense in the 53rd minute Tuesday...
View ArticleGoldstein brace leads Barrack Hebrew
Josh Goldstein netted two goals as Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy downed Renaissance Academy, 2-0 in the Tri-County Independent School League quarterfinals. Goldstein received helpers from Zach Ufberg...
View ArticleOwen J. Roberts holds on to beat Downingtown West, 2-1
BUCKTOWN >> It’s a situation with which the Wildcats have been dealing all season long. Relaxing after getting out to a solid lead has been a bugaboo for Owen J. Roberts. It occurred again...
View ArticleHatboro-Horsham edges Perkiomen Valley in penalty kicks
GRATERFORD >> The Perkiomen Valley boys soccer team gave their fans a season to remember this fall, highlighted by topping Spring-Ford last Thursday night to win the program’s first Pioneer...
View ArticleStevenson’s free kicks send Pennridge past Neshaminy in District 1-4A first...
EAST ROCKHILL >> Pennridge boys soccer coach Pete Valimont said Nick Dunn is not among the Rams’ usual targets in the 18-yard box. Matt Stevenson wasn’t trying to find Dunn on his free kick,...
View ArticleFord saves the way as Archbishop Wood tops La Salle on PKs in PCL semis
PHILADELPHIA >> Connor Ford was named the first team All-Catholic goalkeeper Tuesday and showed why on Wednesday. The No. 2 Archbishop Wood senior was simply tremendous against No. 3 La Salle in...
View ArticleMercury Boys Soccer Roundup: Phoenixville outlasts Lower Moreland
Phoenixville 2, Lower Moreland 1, 2OT >> Jake Perillo scored the game-winner as the No. 5 seed Phantoms dropped No. 4 Lower Moreland in a District 1 Class 3A first round game Wednesday. Doug...
View ArticleYoung, Zweier in giving mood for Strath Haven in district quarterfinals.
Emmett Young and Jake Zweier collected two assists apiece as second-seeded Strath Haven topped seventh-seeded Upper Moreland in the quarterfinal round of the District 1 Class 3A boys soccer tournament....
View ArticleFisher’s poise, McHale’s heroics help Upper Perkiomen defeat Pottsgrove in PKs
POTTSTOWN >> The first thing you notice when talking to Michael Fisher is the confidence. And apparently it’s present 24 hours a day, on and off the pitch. “He’s been talking about it for two...
View ArticleMotivated Roman Catholic tops St. Joseph’s Prep, returns to PCL title game
PHILADELPHIA >> The feeling was all the motivation Roman Catholic senior Eric Williams needed during the season. After losing in the Philadelphia Catholic League championship each of the last two...
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