Pottsgrove, Pottstown field hockey tie 1-1 for second time this season
Their second meeting went just like the first.
The Pottsgrove and Pottstown field hockey teams staged a rematch Thursday on the Falcons’ home turf. And the encore to their previous 1-1 overtime tie was duplicated this time around.
Pottstown’s Courtney Bratten scored with an assist from Onjelay Nixon in under three minutes in the first half. The score remained unchanged until Jayde Yorgey was able to tie it up in under six minutes into the second half.
Lilian Stirk had six goalie saves for a Pottstown unit that was outshot by its neighboring rival (8-2) and headed in corner shots (4-2). Amanda Stone had a threesave day in goal for Pottsgrove. SPRING-FORD 8, NORRISTOWN 0 » Ashley Sessa and Mary-Pat McKenna each figured in on pairs of goals to help the Rams roll the Eagles in PAC Liberty Division play.
Sessa had two goals, and McKenna had a goal and assist, while helping SpringFord open a 6-0 first-half lead. Mackenna Maloney, Shannon Kennedy, Kylie Martin, Annalese Early and Peyton Nitto completed the Rams’ scoring with Olivia Wilson and Caroline Snyder getting credit for other assists. CONRAD WEISER 2, DANIEL BOONE 1 » Elena Tulli scored the winning goal with 6:48 left to lift the Scouts past the Blazers.
Morgan Kopcik scored the other goal for Conrad Weiser — they both came in the second half — and Mackenzie Ring had the goal for Daniel Boone.
Boys golf
UPPER PERKIOMEN 218, PERKIOMEN SCHOOL 245 » The Indians won the annual bragging-rights duel with the Panthers at Macoby Run G.C.
While Drew Steinmetz gave Perkiomen low-man honors at 38, UP turned in the next six five scores behind Brett Miller’s 41 and Macauley Swenk’s 43. Don States followed with a 44, and Zach Rozanski and Zach Gehman with 45s.
Girls golf
PAC CHAMPIONSHIPS » Downingtown East went 1-2 in the Pioneer Athletic Conference’s individual tournament at Gilbertsville G.C., heading the list of 11 golfers who’ve qualified for the District 1 tournament.
Liddie McCook led the way with a 73, followed by Ava O’Sullivan’s 79. Phoenixville’s Morgan Frampton was the area’s highest finisher with an 80, and Spring-Ford’s Amelia DiCicco tied for seventh at 94.
DiCicco’s teammate, Aleena Ghanta tied for 10th with a 95. Methacton placed four individual alternates in Jackie McCue (12th, 96), Sarah Lawrie (tie 13th, 97), and Ashley Liu and Casey Walker (tie 15th, 98).
Boys soccer
PERKIOMEN VALLEY 1, OWEN J. ROBERTS 0 » Max Chamorro scored with 1:47 left in the second overtime period to lift the Vikings past the Wildcats in their PAC Liberty Division clash.
Josh Moyer made seven saves in goal to get the clean sheet for PV. Ryan Walker had six stops in the Owen J. cage. WILSON 4, DANIEL BOONE 1 » Tyler Dell had two goals and an assist and Patrick Ndambo had two goals to lead the Bulldogs past the Blazers.
Max Stefanelli scored the lone goal for Daniel Boone, with Caleb Rahn on the assist. WEST-MONT CHRISTIAN 4, CONCORD CHRISTIAN 3 » The Wings rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win 4-3 over Concord Christian in Atlantic Coast Christian AC play.
Sam Landis scored the first goal for West-Mont with 16 minutes left in the game, and he scored the goahead goal with just under two minutes left. Isaiah Fagan scored the other for the Wings.
Girls soccer
SPRING-FORD 1, POPE JOHN PAUL II 0 » Nandini Patel gave the Rams all the offense they needed to win their PAC divisional crossover game with the Golden Panthers.
Patel made a diagonal run and received a pass from Hope Flanegin’s through ball. Spring-Ford finished with 20 shots on goal, seven corner kicks and six saves by Riley Wallace. Stacy Kormos had nine saves for PJP. OWEN J. ROBERTS 6, PERKIOMEN VALLEY 0 » The undefeated Wildcats dominated the Vikings with three goals in each half in a PAC Liberty victory.
Hannah Delahaye had a hat trick, Bailey Hunt had a goal and three assists while Mia Baumgarten and Veronica Roach also scored. CONRAD WEISER 5, DANIEL BOONE 1 » Peyton Schwalm’s two-goal showing headed the Scouts in their Berks Conference victory over the Blazers.
Lily Ferguson had Boone’s goal in the first half, with Anna Lambert on the assist. Jenna Heasley and Ariana Trautz shared goaltending duties, turning away a respective six and three shots. PERKIOMEN SCHOOL 4, KING’S CHRISTIAN 0 » Scoring pairs of goals in each half, the Panthers blanked King’s Christian in their Tri-County League game.
Maddi Springman, Cece Vasallo, Maeve Gleason and Carley Smith all had goals for Perkiomen, which had a 15-2 edge in shots on goal and 4-0 lead in corner kicks.
Girls tennis
UPPER MERION 6, POTTSTOWN 0 » The Vikings handled the Trojans in this PAC pairing, which saw one singles suspended by rain.
Pottstown’s best individual showing came in the suspended first singles, where Sierra Everett won four games before the weather halted the proceedings three games into the second set. PHOENIXVILLE 7, NORRISTOWN 0 » The Phantoms turned in a perfect showing in singles on the way to their PAC victory over the Eagles.
Julie Gumieniak, Gina Brown and Alex Rieg all won by 6-0, 6-0 scores. Phoenixville lost just two games throughout the lineup. SPRING-FORD 4, OWEN J. ROBERTS 3 » The Rams’ sweep of the doubles bracket offset the Wildcats’ domination of singles for a narrow PAC win.
Spring-Ford’s best individual showing came from its fourth-doubles tandem of Hannah Sharkey and Breanna Weigelt, who scored a 6-2, 6-0 victory. Owen J. was headed by Elaina Lee’s 6-3, 6-3 showing at first singles.
Girls volleyball
UPPER MERION 3, PERKIOMEN VALLEY 1 » Upper Merion won its PAC divisional crossover match with Perk Valley by set scores of 25-20, 25-20 and 25-10. PV’s lone win was in the first set, 2522.
Lia Torrillo had 14 kills for Perk Valley, which got eight kills and three blocks from Sarah straub; two aces, four kills, 27 assists and 16 digs from Grace Herbein; and two aces and 22 digs from Liz Caruso. OWEN J. ROBERTS 3, COLLEGIUM CHARTER 0 » The Wildcats won their non-league pairing with Collegium by set scores of 25-14, 25-13 and 25-15.
Michelle Frank had two aces, seven kills, one block and four digs for Owen J. Michelle Mayk contributed four kills, one assist and two blocks; Jordyn Chambers one ace, 17 assists and one block; Mikayla Johnson two aces, five kills and four digs; and Gabi Tamburro two aces, four kills and five digs. RIDLEY 3, PHOENIXVILLE 0 » The Green Raiders swept the Phantoms in their nonleague match by set scores of 25-18, 25-14 and 25-14
Keara Hennessey had 11 assists and 14 digs for Phoenixville, which got seven kills and 15 digs from Kayla Grammerstorf; and three kills and eight digs from Romina Broglia. SPRING-FORD 3, C.B. WEST 2 » The Rams were extended to the limit by the Bucks, but they were able to win this non-league match. Set scores were 25-17, 26-28, 2426, 25-10 and 15-11.
Olivia Olsen had 20 kills for Spring-Ford, which also got 27 assists from Anoushka Pateo, 39 digs from Grace Kraft and 22 kills from Rylee Clarke. WEST-MONT CHRISTIAN 3, CONCORD CHRISTIAN 0 » The Wings won this Atlantic Coast Christian AC match by set scores of 25-13, 25-20 and 25-20.
Rachel Hetrich had seven aces and five assists for West-Mont.