Shivak winner gives Falcons 2OTwin
After relinquishing a lead late in regulation, the Pottsgrove boys soccer team found a way to bounce back in Monday’s game against Owen J. Roberts — even if it did take a little time.
With four minutes, 30 seconds remaining in the second over time, Landon Shivak found the back of the net for the Falcons, sending his squad to a 2-1 Pioneer Athletic Conference victory. The win gave Pottsgrove (2-2-1) its second in three games following an 0-2-1 start to the season, while the Wildcats fell to 1-5.
Shane Gleason put Pottsgrove on the board first, scoring with 30:34 left in the second half to give his team a 1-0 lead. OJR’s Julian Fuanro scored off an assist from PJ DePorry with 26 seconds left in regulation to knot the score, 1-1, and send the game into overtime before Shivak won it for the Falcons. BERKSCATHOLIC6, DANIELBOONE0 » Julia Bressler had two goals and two assists and Ava Perella scored two goals to lead the Saints over the Blazers in Monday’s Berks League action.
Ashley Finkbiner had a ninesave day in goal for Boone (2-21, 5-3-1).
Girls soccer
SPRING-FORD 1, PERKIOMEN VALLEY (OT) » Ally McVey scored the game’s lone goal off a defensive misclear to give the Rams an overtime PAC victory Tuesday.
McVey’s goal was the lone blemish on the day for PV keeper Riley Hill, how made 12 saves and kept a clean sheet in regulation. Spring-Ford goalie RileyWallace made three saves to record the shutout.
POTTSGROVE 2, BOYERTOWN 1 » Hailey Strain’s 62nd minute goal off an assist from Avery Makoid provided the difference for the Falcons in Tuesday’s PAC matchup.
Boyertown’s Sam Devlin opened the game’s scoring in the fourth minute. Pottsgrove responded six minutes later with Lana Sorg scoring off an assist from Eliana Paez. DANIEL BOONE 4, MUHLENBERG 1 »
KileyMcEntee, Nylah Cody, Mag
gie Holloway and Gabby Fontana found the back of the net in Monday’s Berks matchup.
Holloway and Nicole Brown added assists, while Jenna Heasley made one save in goal.
Field hockey
UPPER PERKIOMEN 2, OWEN J. ROBERTS 0 » Two fourthquarter goals powered the Indians to Monday’s PAC win.
Bella Carpenter (assisted by Colleen Crenti) and Ashlyn Gatto both scored goals for UP in the final period to keep the Indians at the top of the league standings with a 5-0-1 mark.
Amy Erb and Reilley Hagarty combined for five saves in the Owen J. Roberts (3-3) goal, while Lynssi Joyce saved 11 shots for Upper Perk.
SPRING-FORD 6, POTTSGROVE1 Alysia Collins’ two goals sparked the Rams to a PAC victoryMonday— their first of the season.
Alexa Collins, Nina Scott, Alyssa Mozi and Emma Friend also tallied scores for Spring-Ford (1-5)with Abbey Boyer picking up two assists. Mackenzie Savage made five saves for the Rams.
Riley Simon scored for Pottsgrove (0-6), which also got four-save goalkeeping from Mackenzie Johnson.
Girls volleyball
BOYERTOWN 3, SPRINGFORD 1 » Despite dropping the first set of Monday’s PAC match, Boyertown (60) maintained its unbeaten mark with a four-set victory, winning 17-25, 24-14, 25-19 and 25-15.
Maddie Lebiedzinski (26 digs), Gabby Studevan (22 digs, 15 servepoints), Clarke Gilmore (9 Kills) and Ally Plitnick (12 assists) were standouts for the Rams (24).
Spring Ford lost 3-1 against Boyertown PERKIOMENVALLEY3, POTTSGROVE0» The Vikings improved to 5-1 with Monday’s PAC win over the Falcons, winning 25-10, 25-22 and 25-16 to set up a battle for first place Wednesday against Boyertown.
Isabel Clauhs, Senior (2 aces, 9 kills), Ella Beckman (2 aces, 8 kills, 12 assists), LilahMaus, Junior (4 kills), and Camila Leyes (1 digs, 1 assist) shone for the Vikings.
METHACTON 3, OWENJ. ROBERTS 0 » The Warriors swept the Wildcats 25-12, 25-18, 25-21 in Monday’s PAC match.
Statistical stars forMethacton (4-2) were Melinda Eglinton (9 kills, 23 digs), Mandy Baldwin (9 kills, 11 digs), Ali Hazlett (12 kills, 1 dig), Meghan Haftl (30 assists, 2 aces, 1 dig), Emma Ginther (14 digs, 2 aces, 1 assist), Madi Roth (1 ace, 9 digs) and Emme Brunt (3 aces, 4 digs).
Bridget Kowalski (6 digs), Ellie Kalbach (15 assists), Jessica Taney (3 blocks, 5 kills) stood out for OJR among others.
WILSON 3, DANIEL BOONE 0» The Blazers dropped Wednesday’s Berks match in straight sets. For Boone. AubreyHunt (9 kills, 4 aces, 2 blocks), Ashley Kriebel (7 kills, 7 digs, 2 blocks) and Jayda Kugler (18 assists, 1 ace, 4 digs) were standouts in the loss.
GIRLSTENNIS PERKIOMEN VALLEY 7, POTTSGROVE 0 » The Vikings swept the Falcons in Monday’s PAC match, not dropping any sets in the process.
The doubles teams of Sam Swarr/Sydney Boardman and Victoria Anglace/ Hannah Cox did not drop a game in their matches, while Gracie Strohecker lost just one game in first singles.
PHOENIXVILLE 7, POTTSGROVE 0 » The Phantoms won all three singles matches and the two doubles that were played Tuesday.
Caroline Mercer, Vicky Deluca and Kiley Mangialardi won singles matches, while Annie Asher/Rachel Wascoe and Caroline Schwartz/Elizabeth Snavely.
Girls Golf
BOYERTOWN225, HATBOROHORSHAM230 » While Hatboro’s Sammy Fuchs (47) was the low scorer, the Bears came awaywithTuesday’s PAC victory.
Emily Burger (51) and Kylie Wood (52) were the low scorers for Boyertown, followed by Larissa Sotingco, Maddie Brennan and Autuman Nuss.
Girls Cross Country
METHACTON 15, POTTSGROVE 55 » The Warriors had the top six finishers and nine of the top 10 runners, including race winner Molly Thomas (21:05) in Tuesday’s PAC win over the Falcons.
Bipasha Molston (22:18) and Iris Gong (22:27) followed Thomas for a 1-2-3 Warriors finish. Pottsgrove’s Noelle Barone (24:45) finished seventh to give the Falcons their top finish.
Perkiomen Valley 15, Upper Merion 50 >> Sienna Miller won Tuesday’s PAC racewith a time of 19:29 as PV swept the top 10 spots.
Summe Watts finished second followed by Delaney O’Sullivan and Megan Furlong.
Boys Cross Country
METHACTON 15, POTTSGROVE 55 » The Warriors had the top eight finishers in Tuesday’s PAC meet.
Vaughan Lackman won the racewith a time of 17:27, followed by Chris McGlynn (18:21), Chris Spletzer (18:30) and Charlie D’Orazio. Brendan Vaughan (19:17) and Jase Smith (19:31) finished ninth and 10th for Pottsgrove, respectively.
PERKIOMEN VALLEY 18, UPPER MERION 37D » Kabiru Brown (17:13) and Dan Hayman (17:42) went 1-2 for PV in Tuesday’s PAC win.
Parker edge finished third for the UpperMerion.