Great Valley girls come through in second half to top Shanahan

Cali Capetola and Cassidy Hoops scored in the second half to lift Great Valley to a Ches-Mont League girls soccer win over Bishop Shanahan.

Libby Gogan notched an assist and Lauren Birchler made seven saves for Great Valley.

WEST CHESTER RUSTIN 1, SUN VALLEY 0 »

The Knights got a first half goal from Kendall Ammerman and it stood up as Rustin nipped the Vanguards. Gaby Sabeckis and Katie Chisholm notched assists and Nicole Cousens got the shutout in goal for Rustin (2-0, 4-1 overall). UNIONVILLE 4, KENNETT 0 » Sammi Ciccarelli scored twice to lead the Indians past the Demons. Veronica Cantor and Jackie Hug also scored for Unionville (2-0, 4-1). Goalie Abby Hug notched the shutout for the Indians. AVON GROVE 5, COATESVILLE 2 » Jamie Perkins scored twice to power the Devils past the Raiders in a Ches-Mont match. Grace Puffenberger, Nicole Buchanan and Destiny Elings also scroed single goals for Avon Grove (1-2, 1-3-1 overall). Coatesville goals: Huston, Gianna Cognetti. Avon Grove goals: Jamie Perkins 2, Grace Puffenberger, Nichole Buchanan, Destiny Elings. Goalie saves: D’Orazio (C) 18; Kristman (AG) 8.

Girls Tennis

DOWNINGTOWN EAST 7, WEST CHESTER RUSTIN 0 » The Cougars blanked the Golden Knights in a ChesMont clash. Tali Levine, East’s Sammy Roberts and Olivia Davis won in the singles matches, all in straight sets. Rustin falls to 3-2, 4-2 overall.

Singles: 1. Levine (DE) def. Hutsell 6-2, 6-2; 2. 2. Roberts (DE) def. McBride 6-1, 6-2; 3. Davis (DE) def. Manisako 6-3, 6-2. Doubles: 1. Minio-DeCecco (DE) def. DiCampli-Kane 6-0, 6-2; 2. Yatella-Dickson (DE) def. O’Leary-Heckstrom 6-0, 6-3; 3. Byrnes-Traung (DE) def. MontgomeryArmstrong 6-2, 6-1; 4. Burch-Vogt (DE) def. Guldi-McCullough 6-0, 6-1.

COATESVILLE 4, SUN VALLEY 3 »

The Raiders and Vanguard split the doubles matches, but Coatesville won two of three singles to get the Ches-Mont win. Isa- bel Hiller and Marley Jones grabbed straight set wins at Nos. 2 and 3 singles for the Raiders.

Singles: 1. Cronin (SV) def. Kargbo 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; 2. Hiller (C) def. Koons 6-4, 6-2; 3. M. Jones (C) def. Warren 6-2, 6-1. Doubles: 1. Banard-Phillips (C) def. Higgins-Sy 6-1, 6-4; 2. Horne-La (SV) def. Lopez S. Jones 6-1, 6-3; 3. ForeacreLynch (SV) def. Girafalco-Castenada 6-1, 6-0; 4. R. Jones-Berkhiemer (C) def. Smithy-Neubauer 6-4, 6-3. UNIONVILLE 5, GREAT VALLEY 2 » The Indians dropped the first two singles matches, but swept the rest to get the win in Ches-Mont American ac- tion. At No. 2 doubles, the team of Cara Freidman and Morgan Santiguida outlasted Kate Carrigan and Lily Armand, 4-6, 6-0, 6-0. Adira Nair and Alysha Agarwal won for the Patriots. Singles: 1. Nair (GV) def. Wilks 6-0, 6-3; 2. Agarwal (GV) def. B. Santiguida 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; 3. Walter (U) def. Buzan 7-5, 6-0. Doubles: Nolan-Cameron (U) def. McGrath-Oberly 6-1, 6-1; 2. Freidman-M. Santiguida (U) def. Carrigan-Armand 4-6, 6-0, 6-0; 3. Bond-Moriarty (U) def. Flannery-Biles 6-2, 6-4; 4. Felter-Dobbins (U) def. Louie-Reiser 6-0, 6-1. CONESTOGA 7, MARPLE NEWTOWN » In Central League action, the Pioneers cruised past the Tigers, winning six of seven matches 6-0, 6-0. At No. 1 singles, Priya Arazindham had little trouble with Eva Fay. Conestoga improves to 3-1, 5-1 overall.

Singles: 1. Arazindhan (C) def. E. Fay 6-0, 6-0; 2. Wood (C) def. Thorne 6-0, 6-0; 3. Mazza (C) def. Seo 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: 1. Dodge-Herman (C) def. Caldwell-Stipa 6-0, 6-0; 2. Burdick-Kim (C) def. Thompson-H. Fay 6-0, 6-0; 3. Hottenstein-Wieser (C) def. AppletonGiovanotoulos 6-0, 6-0; 4. Ginter-Haley (C) def. Brekus-Avesian 6-0, 6-1. WEST CHESTER HENDERSON 7, KENNETT 0 » The Warriors shutout the Blue Demons in Ches-Mont action. The only three-setter came at No. 3 doubles, where Shanna McCool and Sophie Clavec edged Anna Colamarino and Alena Rybarszyk.

Baxter (WCH) def. G. Lusvardi 6-1, 6-0; 2. Lio (WCH) def. Yue 6-0, 6-1; 3. Ming (WCH) def. S. Lusvardi 6-3, 6-2. Doubles: 1. Knop-Basewell (WCH) def. Fowler-Nowark 6-3, 6-2; 2. CaseyNeiblum (WCH) def. Schmidt-McDonald 6-1, 7-5; 3. McCool-Clavec (WCH) def. Colamarino-Rybarszyk 6-4, 2-6, 6-2; 4. McSwain-Bailey (WCH) def. HughsonBradley 6-2, 6-2.

Boys Golf

OCTORARA 220, GLEN MILLS 278 » The Braves topped the Bulls in non-league action. Hunter King was the medalist and teammates Ben Pappas chipped in with 42. Octorara improves to 4-4 overall.

DOWNINGTOWN EAST 204, COATESVILLE 235 »

Evan Drummond fired a 2-overpar 37 to lead the Cougars past the Raiders. John McClatchy and Andrew McCool added a 40 and 41, respectively, for East. Justin Valentino had a 42 for Coatesville. MALVERN PREP 238, LA SALLE 238 » In a non-league contest, the Friars and the Explorers battle to a draw. Matt Davis won medalist honors with an even-par 36, and Eric McLaughlin and John Updike each chipped in with a 40 for Malvern.

Girls Golf

GREAT VALLEY 172, SPRING FORD 214 » The Pats topped the Rams by 42 strokes. Alivia Juliana was the individual medalist for Great Valley,k and Amanda Heins was second with a 41. DOWNINGTOWN WEST 159, BOYERTOWN 204 » The Whippets topped the Bears thanks to a 38 by Grace Hickey and a 30 from Lily Burn.

Volleyball

UNIONVILLE 3, KENNETT 0 » The Indians defeated crosstown rival Kennett 25-12, 25-11, 25-19. Unionville was led by strong play from Analise Griffiths, Reilly Green, Sophie Brenner and Mel Freifelder. OXFORD 3, SOLANCO 2 » The Hornets prevailed 25-17, 29-31, 25-12, 23-25, 15-13 in a marathon non-league contest. Logan Wolfe led Oxford with 26 kills and three blocks. Sarah Robinson chipped in with 43 digs and Kaitlyn Baker had 22 assists for Oxford. POPE JOHN PAUL II 3, VILLA MARIA 2 » The Hurricanes fell 20-25, 25-21, 25-23, 2225, 15-13 in non-league action. Liz Acchione led the way for Villa with 16 kills, 15 digs and three blocks. Kelsey Hoff (42 assists), Millie Collins (seven kills, seven blocks) and Nicole Cooney (10 kills, 11 digs) also contributed for Villa Maria (20, 2-1 overall). OCTORARA 3, LANCASTER MENONITE 2 » The Braves needed five sets to win a non-conference matchup 25-19, 22-25, 25-15, 23-25, 15-7. Sarah Lazor (15 kills), Claire Croft (10 kills) and Tyra Miller (four aces) paced Octorara (1-1 overall).

College Football

MILLER HONORED BY CIAA » Lincoln strong safety/linebacker Deion Miller was named the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Defensive Back of the Week for his performance on Saturday against Lincoln (Missouri). A junior, Miller becomes the first Lincoln defensive player to earn CIAA weekly honors since Brion Robinson earned Defensive Back of the Week in 2013 and the first Lions player at any position to receive a CIAA Weekly Award since the 2015 season.

Miller recorded a career high 17 tackles which included a school record 14 solo tackles. Five of those tackles came in the red zone, three of which stalled two separate Blue Tiger drives in which Lincoln (Mo.) failed to put points on the board.