Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
Yingling scores 4 to lead Avon Grove to ICSHL girls final
Morgan Yingling scored four goals and Maddie Boulware and Skylar Campanile scored two goals each as the Avon Grove girls ice hockey team beat West Chester East, 9-2, in the semifinals of the ICSHL Girls American Division playoffs on Tuesday night.
Top-seeded Avon Grove will now face No. 2 West Chester Henderson in Wednesday’s championship game at PNY Westtown.
Goalie Ella Hydutsky stopped 17 of 19 shots in the win. BOYERTOWN-OJR 9, DOWNINGTOWN EAST-BISHOP SHANAHAN 1 » Dana Watson scored the only goal for East-Shanahan in the ICSHL Girls National Division semifinals.
PENNHAVEN 4, DOWNINGTOWN WEST 1 »
The Whippets came up short in the semifinals of the ICSHL Girls National Division Playoffs.
Boys Ice Hockey WEST CHESTER EAST 9, DOWNINGTOWN EAST 0 »
Tristan D’Elia and Danny Tirendi each scored two goals as the top-seeded Vikings rolled over No. 5 Downingtown
East in the semifinals of the ICSHL Ches-Mont National playoffs. Michael Cardarelli, Greg Diamond, Luca Touring, Joey Cardarelli and Henry Thornton each scored once for West Chester East. The Vikings will face No. 2 Downingtown West in Wednesday’s final at Ice Line. DOWNINGTOWN WEST 3, AVON GROVE 2 » The second-seeded
Whippets edged No. 4 Avon Grove to reach the championship of the Ches-Mont National playoffs. West will face No. 1 West Chester East. HAVERFORD 10, CONESTOGA 0 » The top-seeded Fords rolled past No. 4 Conestoga in the quarterfinals of the Central League playoffs. Four different Fords had two goals each in the win.
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The Warriors scored one run in the first and never trailed in this Ches-Mont battle. Kevin Wheeler had two hits for Henderson, and pitchers Eddie Smink and Jackson Snyder combined for 17 strikeouts. Sean Regenye and Nicholas Dielh each had two hits for the Longhorns. CONESTOGA 3, HAVERFORD 2 » In Central League action, the Pioneers scored three early runs and then held on to nip the Fords. Drew Lamonica had two hits to pace ’Stoga. Pitchers Shane McCullen, Alex Yucha and Jack Nudy had a combined three-hitter and fanned six. OXFORD 9, DOWNINGTOWN EAST 2 » Ryan Dewees pitched five solid shutout innings for the Hornets, and Joey Morton delivered two hits (including a triple) and drove in two runs to pace Oxford. AJ Lehman and Ryan Grissom each had an RBI for the Cougars. AVON GROVE 4, BISHOP SHANAHAN 0 » Freshman starter Brayden Gregg went six innings, fanned five and walked none to lead the Devils to a shutout victory over the Eagles. Jacob Stretch knocked in two runs and Nick Noga went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two steals to help the Avon Grove cause.
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7, Trailing early, the Whippets rallied to score six runs in the fourth and fifth innings to defeat the Vanguards. Cole Blence notched three hits and teammate Josh Morse drove in three for West. Connor Blence went five innings to record the win.
Softball DOWNINGTOWN EAST 7, OXFORD 6 »
The Cougars rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to erase a deficit and ultimately edge the Hornets in Ches-Mont action. Ainsley Robinson, Brooke Protesto and Sydni Townsend each notched three hits, and Protesto drove in three for East. Ashley Flynn had three RBIs for Oxford. WEST CHESTER EAST 11, WEST CHESTER RUSTIN 1 » Tied early, the Vikings pulled away thanks to an eight-run fifth inning rally to eventually cruise past the Golden Knights. Alyssa
Conlon and Mia Kulp each had multiple hits, including home runs for East. Paige Bentley, Kelly Fricker, Mallory Hardwick, and Emily Gillis all had one hit to lead Bayard Rustin. WEST CHESTER HENDERSON 8, UNIONVILLE 7 » Jordan Melnick blasted a two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning and it was enough to help the Warriors inch past the Longhorns. Melnick drove in a total of three runs and Sdye Zolomij chipped in two hits for Henderson. Unionville was led by Lucy Brucker, who had two hits including a three-run homer. DOWNINGTOWN WEST 10, SUN VALLEY 1 » Meghan Sinkus drove in four runs to spur the Whippets past the Vanguards. Sinkus finished with three hits, and so did her teammates Anne Eliason and Taylor Posner. Starting pitcher Audrey Wright scattered three hits in five inning on the mound and got the victory.
Boys Tennis
WEST CHESTER HENDERSON 7, BISHOP SHANAHAN 0» The Warriors blanked the Eagles in Ches-Mont action. Aansh Depura and Harry Panson prevailed 7-6, 6-4 at fourth doubles to help Henderson improve to 4-2 overall. At No. 1 singles, Aidan Asmus topped Ryan Riotto, 6-2, 6-2.
Boys Lacrosse
CONESTOGA 10, ACADEMY OF THE NEW CHURCH 6 » The Pioneers led from start-tofinish in this non-league contest. Aidan Kelly led the way with three goals and two assists. Joey Allen chipped in with three goals and Patrick Reilly added two goals for ’Stoga.
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The Hurricanes raced out to a 15-3 halftime lead and never looked back. Maggie Cardin led the way with seven goals and four assists. Allie Meyer added four goals and Maggie Traynor chipped in with two goals and an assist. Villa Maria improves to 2-1 overall. DOWNINGTOWN EAST 19, PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 4 » Caroline Brennan poured in five goals and added three assists to power the Cougars to a non-conference victory. Hazel Gardner, Jill Kennedy and Nickie Prendergast each added three goals for East. Prendergast also had four assists and eight draw controls.