Watson’s ace aids Spring-Ford golf’s win over Phoenixville
Luke Watson summed up Thursday’s strong outing by the Spring-Ford boys golf team. And he did it in one stroke. Watson scored a hole-in-one on the third hole at Turtle Creek while the Rams were handling Phoenixville in their Pioneer Athletic Conference match, 178-206. Three Spring-Ford golfers shot below par on the par-36 layout, followed by Watson and Josh Brauer carding five of the day’s seven lowest scores.
Axel Kalbach led the way with his threeunder 33, followed by Nate Pierce (34) and Steven Stumpo (35). Watson came in with a 37, and Josh Brauer added a 39.
Phoenixville’s low man was Mitchell Schwartz at 37. Parker Stevens tied Brauer with a 39. OWEN J. ROBERTS 188, POTTSGROVE 224 » Jack Murray took low-man honors for the Wildcats in their PAC victory over the Falcons at Kimberton.
Murray checked in one-over at 35, one of four golfers from Owen J. with sub-40 cards. Ryan Glenn and Conrad Benford had 37s and Nick Massa a 39 ahead of teammate Ben Samuelson (40) and Pottsgrove co-leaders Cameron Mowery and Steve Rinda (41s). CONRAD WEISER 311, DANIEL BOONE 320 » Colton Yenser was the bright spot for the Blazers in their Berks Conference match with the Scouts at Arrowhead.
Yenser was low man in the match with an even-par 70. He was Boone’s lone player to shoot in the 70s, Ben Sjosten next with an 82 and Chase Ring with an 83.
Girls golf
UNIONVILLE 170, SPRING-FORD 195 » Charlotte Scully’s sub-40 round keyed the Indians in their non-league victory over the Rams at Linfield National.
Scully shot a 39 on the par-35 Linfield layout while Unionville turned in the match’s four lowest cards. Amelia Dicicco
and Aleena Ghanta were Spring-Ford’s co-leaders at 47.
Girls tennis
The Warriors won all pairings in two sets to control their PAC match with the Wildcats.
The marquee first-singles duel between Methacton’s Dina Nouaime and OJR’s Elaina Lee saw Nouaime win 6-2, 6-4. The Warriors’ first-doubles team of Anna Ryu and Angie Kuang was most dominant, winning 6-0, 6-3. SPRING-FORD 7, UPPER
PERKIOMEN 0 » The Rams’ domination of the singles bracket was a key to their PAC victory over the Indians.
Tori Alexander, Kathryn Alvarez and Isabel Mejia won their matches (first through third singles) by identical 6-0, 6-0 sets. SF got similar showings at second doubles (Lucy Olsen/Emma Griffin) and fourth doubles (Hannah Sharkey/Breanna Weigelt) while dropping just four games on the day. PERKIOMEN VALLEY 7, POTTSTOWN 0 » The Vikings dropped just one game throughout the lineup on the way to their PAC sweep of the Trojans.
Nadja Townsend and Kay Mahon won their respective first- and secondsingles contests by identical 6-0, 6-0 scores, as did the first-doubles team of Meghana Sahasrabuddhe and Kayla Nassoiy. POTTSGROVE 7, NORRISTOWN 0 » Alex Harvey and Grace Myers were the individual stars for the Falcons as they swept the Eagles in their PAC match.
Harvey and Myers scored 6-0, 6-0 victories at second and third singles, respectively. Pottsgrove’s doubles lost just one game in their portion of the bracket. PHOENIXVILLE 7, UPPER MERION 0 » The Phantoms dropped just three games in singles play as they blanked the Vikings in their PAC match.
Julie Gumieniak’s 6-0, 6-0 roll at first singles headed Phoenixville’s run, Alex Rieg added a 6-1, 6-0 win at third singles. DANIEL BOONE 7, READING 0 » Rachael Haag and Paige McDonald had the best individual outings for the Blazers as they blanked the Red Knights in their Berks Conference match.
Haag and McDonald won their respective fourth- and fifth-singles duels by 6-0, 6-0 scores. Boone took two other singles in straight sets. LANSDALE CATHOLIC 4, POPE JOHN PAUL II 1 » A sweep of the singles bracket fueled the Crusaders’ non-league victory over the Golden Panthers Wednesday.
PJP’s lone point came at first singles, where Veronica Marinari handled LC’s Shannon Carr 6-0, 6-3.