Haven survives in OT to advance to District 1 Class 3A soccer final

With two minutes to go in regulation, Strath Haven’s boys soccer season appeared to be over. The Panthers trailed topseeded Bishop Shanahan by a goal in the District 1 Class 3A semifinals, and with only two teams moving on to the PIAA tournament, the end appeared to be near.

And then the offense came to life.

Ethan Birch and John Francis found the back of the net to keep Strath Haven alive with a 2-1 victory over the Eagles in overtime Saturday night.

Birch scored with 1:26 remaining in regulation and Francis tallied the winner 2:14 into overtime to send the fourthseeded Panthers into Wednesday’s district final against thirdseeded Holy Ghost Prep, a 1-0 winner over No. 2 Pottsgrove in double overtime. The championship game is at Phoenixville High School at 7 p.m.

The victory also secured a berth in the PIAA tournament for Strath Haven. Emmit Young had an assist for the Panthers and goalie Charlie Shankweller made eight saves.

Girls Tennis

Radnor’s run in the PIAA Class 3A team tournament came to an end in the semifinals.

After scoring a 3-0 win over District 7 champion Peters Township the Raiders dropped a 3-1 decision to Downingtown

West, the No. 2 seed out of District 1 Friday at the Hershey Racquet Club.

Grace Frigerio and Mia Xie scored a 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 victory over Bella Englesberg and Emma Scarton to secure the win over Peters Township. Kanon Ciarrocchi and Lucy Hederick recorded straight sets victories at first and third singles, respectively.

Annie Burton and Caroline Egg-Krings had the only victory against Downingtown West. They registered a a 6-3,

6-0 win over Alyssa Dehart and Kaitlyn Pacheco at first doubles. The Whippets used straight sets victories at second and third singles, and second doubles, to beat the Raiders for the second time in the playoffs. Downingtown West beat Radnor, 3-2, in the District 1 semifinals.

The victory sent DW into the Saturday’s championship match against Fox Chapel, the No. 2 seed out of District 7.

Ciarrocchi and Hederick will be back at the Hershey Racquet Club Friday for the PIAA Class

3A doubles championship. The District 1 champions will take on Ellie Santora and Renee Long of Shady Side Academy, the No. 3 team from District 7, in the first round.

Delco Christian’s Brette Foutch and Sara Stahl will compete in Class 2A. The District 1 champs face Abby Rosman and Mia Rosman of Somerset, the champions from District 5, in

Friday’s first round.

Cross Country

Senior Owen Maier finished eighth to lead Episcopal Academy to a third-place finish in the Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association championship Saturday at Belmont Plateau.

Maier covered the 5,000-meter course in 16 minutes, 55.6 seconds. Junior Bradley French and freshman Charlie Kraftson also finished in the top 20 for EA. French was 15th and Kraftson 20th.

Vincent Scauzzo was the top finisher for the Haverford School, which was eighth in the team competition. Scauzzo placed 35th.

Westtown edged Germantown Academy by a point for the team title. Robert DiDonato and Matt Sandifer went 1-2 for GA.

On the girls side, Lindsey Smith took seventh and Therese Trainer ninth to pace Notre Dame to fourth in the team competition. Cara Stevenson was

13th for ND.

Jilliana McEntee placed 16th and Alexandra Gobran 19th as Episcopal Academy was fifth in team scoring. Caroline Shannon and Sarah Toth finished 32nd and 33rd, respectively, to lead Agnes Irwin to eighth place.

Lydia Russell of Friends’ Center was the individual winner and her team took home the team championship trophy.