Methacton’s Nouaime, Prince advance to District One Doubles Tournament final

Dina Nouaime and Tina Prince were an unbeatable duo Saturday.

Methacton’s representatives to the District 1 Doubles Tournament enhanced their showing with an advance to the championship match. They won twice in straight sets to qualify for a title showdown with Harriton’s Sophia Sassoli and Saige Roshkoff, the competition’s top seeds.

Nouaime and Prince opened the day with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Conestoga’s Priya Aravindham and Olivia Dodge. They followed that showing with a 6-1, 6-4 verdict over Radnor’s Kanon Ciarrocchi and Lucy Hederick.

The Sassoli/Roshkoff tandem’s advance at the top of the bracket resulted in the elimination of Spring-Ford’s Tori Alexander and Kathryn Alvarez. Alexander/Alvarez, who joined Nouaime/ Prince in the quarterfinal round, were handled by the Harriton team 6-0, 6-1.

The district final will be played noon Wednesday, Oct. 24 at Legacy. Matches to determine third and fifth place will also be staged.

Boys soccer

HILL SCHOOL 5, BLAIR AC. 3 >> The Blues rode a strong second half’s offense to victory over Blair Academy in their Mid-Atlantic Prep League game.

The Hill (3-0) took a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute on the first of Josh Shepherd’s two goals. His second in the 50th minute was equalized two minutes later on another free kick goal from the hosts, but the locals then grabbed control of the match on goals from Caleb Gerdeman, Zach Barrett and Jordan Mugisha.

Hill assists came from Kyle Sullivan, Barrett, Shepherd and Sam Beckett. UPPER BUCKS CHRISTIAN 3, WEST-MONT CHRISTIAN 1 >> The Wings fell to UB Christian in the Atlantic Coast Christian Athletic Conference championship game on Saturday.

Tyler Fox scored WestMont’s lone score. The team finished the season with a 15-5 overall record. WEST CHESTER EAST 1, PERKIOMEN VALLEY 0 >> Driss Benslimane scored an unassisted goal in the 27th minute to left East past Perk Valley in a non-conference battle of the Vikings.

Josh Moyer finished with a pair of saves in goal for PV while Clint Rehrig had four saves for East to preserve the shutout.

Field hockey

HILL SCHOOL 5, BLAIR AC. 4 >> The Blues consistently answered Blair’s scoring plays with their own on the way to edging their MAPL hosts.

Logan Clouser and Ashley Kling each had pairs of goals for the Hill, Clouser getting both hers in the first half — the first on a penalty stroke. Josephine Palde also scored for the Hill, helping them to an early 3-1 lead,

Girls tennis

BLAIR AC. 5, HILL SCHOOL 2>> The Blues had most of their success in the singles bracket during their MAPL match with Blair.

Hill’s points came from Carla Canales at fourth singles and Hayley Wisniewski at sixth singles. Its third-doubles team of Wisniewski and Marina Mendez also won, but Blair got the team point for winning the other two pairings.

Boys cross country

HILL SCHOOL 25, BLAIR AC. 32 >> Tucker Dunn led the way for the Blues in their MAPL race with Blair Academy.

Dunn finished second to Blair’s Will Arnold, who came in first with help from a sprint over the final 100 meters. Jamie Olson followed in third place and Michael Soland finished fifth.

Girls cross country

BLAIR AC. 26, HILL SCHOOL 29 >> Olivia Tullman claimed individual race honors for the Blazers, but host Blair secured enough high finishes to claim the team victory in this MAPL meet.

Tullman covered the Blair course in 20:43. Maddie Kershner was fifth in a personal-best 22:00, and Lilian Rizek followed in 22:31.