Four more new winners at Grandview
Saturday night racing action finally returned to Grandview Speedway after two weeks off courtesy of Mother Nature with four different winners and one repeat winner in the respective classes in the T.P. Trailer and Truck Equipment sponsored night.
The T.P. Trailers 30-lap NASCAR 358 Modified Feature saw New York native Brian Krummel, who left his hometown track of Middletown, N.Y., mid-season last year to pilot the David Zubikowski Racing No. 17Z, finally had his dream come true when he captured his first career win at the track. An emotional victor, with tears in his eyes, thanked ‘Zubi’ and the entire crew for giving him a wicked fast car. Being somewhat “gun shy” to go on the outside after what he encountered in the opener, Krummel was able to run the high line and felt at ease. An impressive field of 38 Modifieds were on hand can cut to 28 feature starters by four qualifying heat races.
Wayne Pfeil sporting a huge No. 7, dedicated to his father
First Round Today
(17) CR South at (16) CR North (20) William Tennent at (13) CB East (18) Avon Grove at (15) Conestoga (19) Bensalem at (14) Methacton ----
Second Round Wednesday, May 24
CR North/CR South at (1) D’town West (9) Souderton at (8) Neshaminy WT/CB East at (4) Pennsbury (12) D’town East at (5) Quakertown AG/Conestoga at (2) Hatboro-Horsham
(2) Hatboro-Horsham
(10) Garnet Valley at (7) Perk Valley Bensalem/Methacton at (3) Spring-Ford (11) Boyertown at (6) North Penn
---Quarterfinals Friday, May 26, at higher seed ---Semifinals Tuesday, May 30, at higher seed ---Final Thursday, June 1, 4 p.m., Immaculata U. Four teams advance to PIAA Tournament First Round Today
(16) Upper Merion at (1) Interboro (9) Bishop Shanahan at (8) WC Rustin (13) Strath Haven at (4) Harriton (12) Phoenixville at (5) Springfield (D) (15) Wissahickon at (2) Holy Ghost Prep (10) Upper Moreland at (7) Henderson (14) Unionville at (3) Chichester (11) WC East at (6) Marple Newtown
---Quarterfinals Wednesday, May 24, at higher seed ---Semifinals Friday, May 26, at higher seed ---Final Tuesday, May 30, 4 p.m., Immaculata U. Four teams advance to PIAA Tournament Semifinals Tuesday, May 23
L 3 4 5 6 11 16 L 3 6 8 9 12 13 (4) Octorara at (1) Pope John Paul II (3) Lower Moreland at (2) New HopeSolebury
---Final Thursday, May 25 4 p.m., Plymouth Township One team advances to PIAA Tournament
Ac. (8) Westtown (13) at Springside-Chestnut Hill (4) Germantown Friends (12) at Episcopal Ac. (5) Malvern Prep (2) bye Hill School (10) at Friends’ Central (7) Barrack Ac. (14) at Haverford School (3) Shipley School (11) at Perkiomen School (6)
---Quarterfinals Thursday, May 25 ---Semifinals Saturday, May 27
Teams TBA at Perkiomen School, 4 p.m. Teams TBA at Upper Perkiomen, 4 p.m.
Championship Saturday, May 27
Semifinal winners at Upper Perkiomen, 7 p.m. Spring-Ford Perkiomen Valley Owen J. Roberts Boyertown Methacton Phoenixville Pope John Paul II Upper Merion Pottsgrove Norristown
---PAC Playoffs Semifinals Tuesday, May 9
Spring-Ford 11, Boyertown 6 Owen J. Roberts 9, Perkiomen Valley 8
---Championship Thursday, May 11
Spring-Ford 9, Owen J. Roberts 5
First Round Tuesday, May 16
Ridley 15, Council Rock North 10 Downingtown East 9, Great Valley 8, OT Upper Dublin 8, CB South 7 CB West 7, Boyertown 6 WC East 16, Owen J. Roberts 8 Haverford 10, Wissahickon 3 Pennridge 13, Unionville 12 WC Rustin 8, Souderton 6
---Second Round Thursday, May 18
Avon Grove 12, Ridley 3
Downingtown East 8, Perkiomen Valley 4
Spring-Ford 12, Upper Dublin 7 Central Bucks East 11, Central Bucks West 6 Garnet Valley 17, West Chester East 5 Haverford High 12, North Penn 11 Conestoga 19, Pennridge 3 Hatboro-Horsham 9, West Chester Rustin 4
---Quarterfinals Saturday, May 20
Avon Grove 12, Downingtown East 3
Central Bucks East 6, Spring-Ford 5
Garnet Valley 8, Haverford 4 Conestoga 12, Hatboro-Horsham 2
---Semifinals Tuesday, May 23
Central Bucks East (5) at Avon Grove (1), 4 p.m. Conestoga (3) at Garnet Valley (2), 4 p.m.
5-6 Playbacks Tuesday, May 23
Downingtown East (5) at Spring-Ford, 4 p.m. Haverford (10) at Hatboro-Horsham (6), 4 p.m.
---Final Thursday, May 25
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 3 1 0 Semifinals winner at site and time TBA 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 9 9
Six teams advance to PIAA Tournament.
Wayne who passed away last year, with a smaller No. 72 in the middle; led the 25-lap BRC NASCAR Late Model feature from start to finish for his season first victory.
The NASCAR Sportsman division had their first repeat winner of the year when Ryan Lilick stood in the winner’s circle once again at the drop of the checkered in the 25lap event.
The Blast From The Past Vintage racers ran the Modified and Vintage Cars in a combined 15-lap feature event. Ron Myers won the Modified portion while Andy Cassel, who finished fifth, was declared the winner in the Vintage Car ranks with the highest finish. NASCAR T.P. Trailers Modified Feature (30-Laps): 1. Brian Krummel, 2. Craig Von Dohren, 3 Jared Umbenhauer, 4. Jeff Strunk, 5. Kyle Borror, 6. Duane Howard, 7. Ryan Grim, 8. Doug Manmiller, 9. Chris Esposito, 10,. Kyle Weiss, 11. Kevin Hirthler, 12. Frank Cozze, 13. Mike Laise, 14. Mike Gular, 15. Ryan Watt, 16. Ray Swinehart, 17. Addison Meitzler, 18. Justin Grim, 19. Dan Waisempacher, 20. Joe Fanelli, 21. Briggs Danner, 22. Danny Erb, 23. Mike Kellner, 24. John Willman, 25. Steve Swinehart, 26. Blaine Bracelin, 27. Brett Kressley, 28. Kenny Gilmore. DNQ: Brian Houseknecht, Chris Gambler, Mike Mahaney, Bobby Gunther-Walsh, Kory Fleming, Mark Kratz, Brett Gilmore, Ryan Kunkle, Colt Harris and Ron Seltmann Jr. BRC Late Model Feature (25-Laps): 1. Wayne Pfeil, 2. Kyle Merkel, 3. Steve Todorow, 4. Chuck Schutz, 5. Bryon Sipe, 6. Steve Wilson, 7. Lou Egrie Sr., 8. Ron Kline, 9. Brian Shuey, 10. Andy Cassel, 11. Dirk Rimrott, 12. Shawn Horning, 13. Drew Weisser, 14. Todd Ravel. Marple Newtown Christian 2
---Quarterfinals Saturday, May 20
Springfield-Delco 14, Harriton 6 Radnor (5) at Bishop Shanahan (4), TBA WC Henderson 11, Springfield-Montco 2 Strath Haven 10, Marple Newtown 7
---Semifinals Tuesday, May 23
Radnor/Bishop Shanahan at SpringfieldDelco (1), 4 p.m. Strath Haven (3) at West Chester Henderson (2), 4 p.m.
---Final Thursday, May 25
Three teams advance
Liberty Division
Owen J. Roberts Perkiomen Valley Spring-Ford Boyertown Methacton Norristown
Frontier Division
Pope John Paul II Upper Merion Upper Perkiomen Phoenixville Pottsgrove Pottstown
---PAC Playoffs Semifinals Tuesday, May 9
Spring-Ford 16, Pope John Paul II 9 Owen J. Roberts 11, Perkiomen Valley 10
---Championship Thursday, May 11
17, Devon Prep-Delco to PIAA W 10 6 6 4 4 0 W 10 8 6 4 1 1 Tournament. Owen J. Roberts 11, Spring-Ford 4
First Round Tuesday, May 16
Downingtown East 14, Boyertown 12 Garnet Valley 17, WC Henderson 5 Perkiomen Valley 8, Spring-Ford 7 Methacton 18, Pennridge 15 Great Valley 20, CB East 8 CB South 7, Downingtown West 6 Harriton 20, Souderton 12 Strath Haven 13, Hatboro-Horsham 5
---Second Round Thursday, May 18
Downingtown East 6, CB West 5 Garnet Valley 12, Upper Dublin 5
Springfield-Delco 11, Perkiomen Valley 7 WC Rustin 14, Methacton 13
Conestoga 18, Great Valley 6 Abington 9, Central Bucks South 5
Owen J. Roberts 14, Harriton 10
Strath Haven 11, Unionville 9
---Quarterfinals Saturday, May 20
Great Valley 17, Downingtown East 7 Springfield-Delco 11, WC Rustin 7 Conestoga 11, Abington 5
Owen J. Roberts 12, Strath Haven 6 ---Semifinals Tuesday, May 23
Springfield-Delco (4) at Garnet Valley (1), 4 p.m. Owen J. Roberts (3) at Conestoga (2), 5 p.m.
5-7 Playbacks Tuesday, May 23
Downingtown East (17) at West Chester Rustin, 4 p.m. Strath Haven (11) at Abington (7), 4 p.m.
---Final Thursday, May 25
Semifinal winners at site and time TBA Seven teams advance to PIAA Tournament.
First Round Wednesday, May 17
L 0 4 4 6 6 10 L 0 2 4 6 9 9 Villa Maria 20, Interboro 0 Upper Merion 13, Mt. St. Joseph 12 Bishop Shanahan 14, Upper Perkiomen 9 Merion Mercy 12, Penncrest 9 Radnor 17, St. Basil 1 Pope John Paul II 18, Chichester 3 Upper Moreland 22, Jenkintown 7 Gwynedd Mercy 20, Villa Joseph Marie 9
---Quarterfinals Saturday, May 20
Villa Maria 22, Upper Merion 4 Bishop Shanahan 17, Merion Mercy 9
Radnor 16, Pope John Paul II 4
Gwynedd Mercy 15, Upper Moreland 5
---Semifinals Tuesday, May 23
Bishop Shanahan (5) at Villa Maria (1), 4 p.m. Radnor (3) at Gwynedd Mercy (2), 4 p.m.
---Final Thursday, May 25
Semifinal winner at site and time TBA Four teams advance to PIAA Tournament.
Liberty Division
Spring-Ford Owen J. Roberts Perkiomen Valley Boyertown Methacton Norristown
Frontier Division
Upper Perkiomen Phoenixville Pottsgrove Pope John Paul II Upper Merion Pottstown
---PAC Playoffs Semifinals Tuesday, May 16
Perkiomen Valley 3, Spring-Ford 1, 8 inn. Upper Perkiomen 3, Owen J. Roberts 2
---Championship Thursday, May 18
Perkiomen Valley 2, Upper Perkiomen 0
First Round
(17) Garnet Valley at (16) Ridley (20) Upper Darby at (13) Owen J. Roberts (18) CB East at (15) CR South (19) Pennridge at (14) Pennsbury
---Second Round Wednesday, May 24
Garnet/Ridley at (1) Spring-Ford (9) Quakertown at (8) Haverford U. Darby/OJR at (4) North Penn (12) CB South at (5) Perk Valley CB East/CR South at (2) Neshaminy (10) Avon Grove at (7) Hatboro-Horsham Pennridge/Pennsbury at (3) Coatesville (11) Boyertown at (6) CR North
---Quarterfinals Friday May 26 ---Semifinals Tuesday, May 30 ---Final Thursday, June 1 Five teams advance to PIAA Tournament First Round
W 15 12 12 10 6 2 W 14 8 7 6 3 0 Wednesday, May 24 (16) Strath Haven at (1) Penncrest (9) Phoenixville at (8) Great Valley (12) Springfield (D) at (5) Mt. St. Joseph (13) Marple Newtown at (4) Interboro (14) Harriton at (3) WC Henderson (11) Kennett at (6) WC East (10) Upper Moreland at (7) Sun Valley (15) Radnor at (2) Bishop Shanahan
---Quarterfinals Friday, May 26, at higher seed ---Semifinals
L 1 4 4 6 10 14 L 2 7 9 10 12 16 Sportsman Feature (25-Laps): 1. Ryan Lilick, 2. Nathan Mohr, 3. Brian Hirthler, 4. Ryan Beltz, 5. Ryan Shupp, 6. Jim Housworth, 7. Louden Reimert, 8. Brad Grim, 9. Ryan Higgs, 10. Brad Arnold, 11. Kyle Lilick, 12. Mike Mammana, 13. Jack Butler, 14. Curt Bettler, 15. Kenny Bock, 16. Mark Kemmerer, 17. Jeromy Guistwite, 18. Craig Whitmoyer, 19 Mike Lisowski, 20. Dean Bachman, 21. Dylan Swinehart, 22. Paul Houseknecht, 23. Joe Funk III. 24. Derrick Smith. DNQ: Andy Clemmer, B.J. Joly, Pat Conrad, Andy Kreis. Vintage Car Feature (15-Laps): 1. Ron Myers, 2. Ron Phillips, 3. Brett Peters, 4. Todd Lapp. 5. Andy Cassel, 6. Dave smith, 7. Mike Garris Sr., 8. Wyatt Jacobus Sr., 9. Jay Garris, 10. Lynn Peters, 11. Joe Walbert Jr.. DNF: Bobby Hall. DNS: Fred Simmons, Doug Miller, Bill Gerhart.
Semifinals Wednesday, May 24
(4) Pope John Paul II at (1) Upper Perkiomen (3) Nazareth Academy at (2) Villa Maria
---Final Wednesday, May 31 One team advances to PIAA Tournament BOYERTOWN:
The district is seeking coaches for middle school field hockey (two), head and assistant boys soccer (two), assistant girls soccer and high school assistant girls volleyball. Forward all resumes to to Nick Palladino, Director of Athletics, at dpalladino@ boyertownasd.org. Sports notices must be e-mailed (sports@pottsmerc.com) to the sports department. No phone requests will be accepted. A contact name and phone number should be included with each notice. Specific publication dates cannot be guaranteed. The Spring-Ford Baseball program will be conducting a summer camp open to players ages 8-15 Monday, June 26 through Thursday, June 29 at Upper Providence Recreation Center. For more information, contact head baseball coach Jamie Scheck at jsche@spring-ford.net or call (610) 4573799. Registration ends June 17. Sports Enterprise is looking for area players cut from their Youth Legion Teams interested in playing Youth Legion Baseball in Pottstown. 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Register for private lessons and group instructional classes with Boyertown American Legion manager Rick Moatz and New York Mets Triple-A prospect Zach Lutz at the Rick Moatz Baseball and Softball Training Center by contacting info@rickmoatzbst.com or calling 610763-4053. Rick Moatz 14U Fall Developmental Team is accepting registrations for private instruction. More information: Contact Moatz at www.rickmoatzbst.com or 610763-4053. Register now for private or group sessions with Elite Baseball at 1100 Grosser Rd., Gilbertsville. Elite Baseball is also accepting registrations for the fall 14U developmental team. More information: Contact Josh at jhartline5@comcast.net or 484-363-0567. The Kingplex is open for individual lessons or group instruction at its 116 N. Limerick Rd, Limerick facility. Lessons will begin Nov. 13, executing all phases of the game. All ages welcome. More information: Calls 610639-6863 or e-mail king1327@comcast.net. Instructional sessions for area catchers ages 6-16 years are available by calling Joe Pachik (484-529-7348) and leaving a message. The Fencor AAU girls club has begun holding tryouts for its spring elite travel teams (Grades 4-8) at Germantown Academy. More information: Go to www. fencor.org or email fencor@fencor.org. Athletes for Better Education (AFBE) will be holding regional tournaments May 26-28 (Kutztown University), June 2-4 (Boyertown, Red Lion), June 9-11 (Kutztown University) and June 16-18 (Exeter). There will be divisions for boys and girls in the following age groups: 10 & under, 11&under, 12&under, 13&under, 14&under, 15&under, 16&under and 18&under; each team will be guaranteed three games. Registration deadlines are May 28 (Kutztown University) and June 2 (Exeter). More information and registration: Visit www.afbe.org or contact Jason Bieber (866-906-2323, jbieber@afbe.org). 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All proceeds from the race will go to local resident Jake Weeks, who is battling leukemia. Awards will be given to the first overall male and female finishers, plus the top three males and females in the age groups of 14&Under, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60+.Entry fee is $30 if registered by Sunday, May 21; $35 after that date. Online registration can be done at www.pretzelcitysports. com. More information: Contact race director Elijah Weeks at 484-948-0867 or eweek490@live.kutztown.edu. FC Montco Soccer Club has additional playing and training opportunities for current U14 and older males interested in working with Premier Level/College Soccer Coaches, who have proven track records of player development. More information: Visit http://www.fcmontco. com or go the website and e-mail the team manager or the coach. 16U Hurricanes Travel Team is looking to round out its 2017 roster. All positions are welcome, with only three spots available. More information: Call Rocco Moyer at 484-704-7476. The 16th annual Wildcat Softball Camp will be held from June 13th-16th at the Coventry Little League Complex. The camp is open to all girls entering grades 2-9. Any questions please contact Kevin Kirby kkirby@ojrsd.com 267-718-5480 or Jen Beaver jbeaver@ojrsd.com 610620-4007. The All American Tennis Camp, for boys and girls ages 10-18, will be held July 16-20 and 23-27 at Kutztown University. More information: Call Ted Snyder at 610-413-6865.