Spring field Hall to honor four teams, four athletes
Springfield High School will honor four athletes and four teams at its 2017 Athletics Hall of Fame ceremonies this weekend.
The newest members of the Hall of Fame will be introduced at halftime of the football game against Harriton Friday night and will receive their awards at a dinner at Anthony’s Restaurant Saturday.
Joining the Hall of Fame will be Barbara Atkinson Macaw (Class of 1963), Jeff McBrearty (Class of ’71), James Hardy (Class of ’86), and Dan Geriot (Class of 2006). The Hall also will honor Springfield’s 1944 and 1945 football teams, which were undefeated Class B county champions, as well as the 2003 and 2004 girls lacrosse teams, which won district championships.
Macaw Atkinson helped the 1962 Springfield field hockey team to an undefeated and unscored upon season, and was named outstanding player on the 1962-63 girls basketball team. She was selected outstanding athlete as a senior at Lebanon Valley College and became a PIAA field hockey and basketball official.
McBrearty played soccer, basketball and baseball at Springfield, earning honors as the top male athlete in his graduating class. He was a four-year starter in soccer and most valuable player as a senior at the University of Delaware.
Hardy was an All-Delco basketball player for the Cougars and played at Drexel University.
Geriot scored more than 2,600 points for the Springfield basketball team and was named
Player of the Year in 2005. He was a four-year starter at the University of Richmond, scoring 1,383 points and appearing in the NCAA Tournament twice.
He coached collegiately at Princeton University and Campbell University in North Carolina before joining the staff of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
The West Chester Wild, a team comprised of players from the Brandywine Valley Senior Softball Association, won the ISSA Eastern USA 60 AA championship at a tournament played in Salisbury, Md., recently.
The Wild qualified for the ISSA National Championships in Florida in November.
The Wild swept Starboard/OTS (Delaware) in the final round, taking the first game, 18-15, then scoring five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to claim the deciding contest, 21-20.
The Wild’s Wayne Taylor was named most valuable player of the tournament and was joined on the all-tournament team by teammates John Nitsche, O.W. Johnson, and Eric Carlson.
Among the other members of the Wild were Mike Szczerba, Bill Isakson, Mark Johnson, Jack Freehoff, Bob Ford, Gary Zimmerman, Larry Trout, Joe Bonavita, and Jim Petro.
The Marcus Hook Area Old Timers will hold a reunion from 3-7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, at the Ballrooms at Boothwyn at 1405 Meetinghouse Road.
Tickets are $45 and include a buffet provided by Lia’s Catering as well as an open bar. A slide show presentation will feature memorable photos from the past.
For additional information, contact Charlie Schiliro at 610368-9878 or Marie Massarelli at 302-475-5649.
Ticket reservations are being accepted for Marple Newtown High School’s Athletics Hall of Fame dinner, which will be held Thursday, Oct. 12, at Springfield Country Club.
Joining the Hall of Fame will be athletes Matt Barr, Jen (Gicking) Cadden, Julie Weiss, Todd Fairlie and Pete Massaro, as well as coaches Jerry Williams (wrestling) and Tom Gorski (swimming).
The 1961 and 1962 Marple Newtown football teams, champions of the Suburban Two League, and the Tigers’ 2006 district champion softball team also will be honored.
Information about ticket reservations can be obtained by contacting Gary Becker at gary. becker1@rrd.com.
The Sports Legends of Delaware County Museum, which is located at 301 Iven Avenue in Radnor, is featuring one of the cards from its newest collection of top county sports figures each week on the museum’s website.
The featured card this week is of Bill Reynolds, the retired Paxon Hollow Middle School teacher and athletics director who spent 22 years as a member of the National Football League’s officiating staff as a line judge.
Reynolds was selected for playoff assignments 18 times, and in 1983 he worked Super Bowl 17 between the Washington Redskins and Miami Dolphins.
After retiring as an on-field official in 1997, he became an NFL replay judge. He also has been an observer at college games.
The Sports Legends Museum is continuing its drive to raise funds to have a statue erected of Radnor High graduate Emlen Tunnell, a World War II hero and the first African-American elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Museum curator Jim Vankoski recently announced that former Chester High athlete Bo Ryan, retired University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach, made an offer to help the statue committee reach its fund-raising goal of $75,000 by coming up with the $20,000 it still needs for its final payment.
“If there is an individual, club, organization, business, or company willing to donate $10,000, I will match it with a donation of the final $10,000,” Ryan said. “Let’s get this done.”
For additional information, visit www.sportslegendsofdelawarecounty.com or www.emlentunnell.com.
Tryouts for the Horizon Field Hockey Club’s U12 2018 indoor teams will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, at Westtown School. Registration fee is $30.
For additional information or to register, visit horizonfhc@ gmail.com.