NP boys, CB West girls receive high seeds
Bucks No. 1, Knights No. 7
Avon Grove and Springfield Delco are top boys seeds and Central Bucks West and Villa Maria are top girls seeds according to the District One seeding committee, which presented the potential district brackets at a meeting at Harriton High School Saturday morning.
The committee was quick to stress that the brackets are to be considered tentative until they are officially released Sunday at noon on the District One website.
Among the local teams, North Penn, Hatboro-Horshan, Wissahickon, Pennridge, Souderton and Upper Dublin found spots in the boys’ Class AAA bracket, while SpringfieldMontco was the lone boys representatives at Class AA.
On the girls side, Upper Dublin, Abington, Pennridge, Hatboro-Horsham, Souderton secured Class AAA spots, while Upper Moreland, Upper Merion, Gwynedd Mercy, Mount Saint Joseph and Jenkintown are all part of the Class AA bracket.
For some coaches in attendance, the hard-earned berths
“It was also important for us to get that first-round bye, because we’re kind of banged up and we can use the time off to get healthy.” — Rick Smith, NP coach
were signs that their respective programs are on their way to respectability.
Both North Penn boys coach Rick Smith and Pennridge mentor JP Banks are proud to be seeing their respective programs on the rise.
“I’m excited for our kids,” said Smith of his seventhseeded Knights, who will open play at home Thursday night (7:00) against the winner of the HaverfordWissahickon game. “It’s a credit to their work ethic.
“It was also important for us to get that first-round bye, because we’re kind of banged up and we can use the time off to get healthy.”
As for Banks’ Rams, the coach is very happy that his team has shown an upward turn toward success after years of mediocrity.
“There were some great roots here,” Banks said, “and we just put our twist on things, and the kids have stuck to the plan.
‘We’re about where we thought we’d be in the bracket. We felt it was a good, productive year for our kids.”
As for the girls’ coaches, Upper Dublin head coach Dee Cross said she was excited about her team’s No. 8 seeding, as it will give her team an opportunity to bounce back from a crushing 18-6 loss to Boyertown in the Cardinals’ season finale.
“It gives us an opportunity to show what we can do coming off that loss,” Cross said. “We were told nothing is official until Sunday, so I don’t know if that will change things, but I think we’ll be excited to show what kind of team we are.
“Give Boyertown credit, they really took it to us. But I don’t think we feel we’re the team that lost to them that badly.” District One Lacrosse
BOYS AAA
(Times and Sites TBA) Tuesday, May 16 No. 17 Ridley at No. 16 Council Rock North No. 24 Great Valley at No. 9 Downingtown East No. 20 Central Bucks South at No. 13 Upper Dublin No. 21 Boyertown at No. 12 Central Bucks West No. 18 West Chester East at No. 15 Owen J. Roberts No. 23 Wissahickon at No. 10 Haverford No. 19 Unionville at No. 14 Pennridge No. 22 Bayard Rustin at No. 11 Souderton Thursday, May 18 Ridley/CR North winner at (1)Avon Grove Downingtown East/Great Valley winner at (8) Perkiomen Valley Upper Dublin/Central Bucks South winner at (4)Spring-Ford Central Bucks West/Boyertown winner at (5) Central Bucks East Owen J. Roberts/WC East winner at (2) Garnet Valley Haverford/Wissahickon winner at (7) North Penn ,7pm Pennridge/Unionville winner at (3) Conestoga Souderton/Bayard Rustin winner at (6) Hatboro-Horsham
BOYS AA
Wednesday, May 17 No. 9 Harriton at No. 8 Holy Ghost Prep No. 12 Phoenixville at No. 5 Radnor No. 10 Pope John Paul II at No. 7 Springfield No. 11 Devon Prep at No. 6 Marple Newtown Saturday, May 20 Holy Ghost/Harriton winner at (1) Springfield-Delco Radnor/Phoenixville winner at (4) Bishop Shanahan Springfield/PJP winner at (2) WC Henderson Marple Newtown/Devon Prep winner at (3) Strath Haven
GIRLS AAA
Tuesday, May 16 No. 17 Great Valley at No. 16 Central Bucks East No. 24 WC Henderson at No. 9 Central Bucks South No. 20 Perkiomen Valley at No. 13 Boyertown No. 21 Methacton at No. 12 Garnet Valley No. 18 Downingtown East at No. 15 Harriton No. 22 Downingtown West at No. 10 Strath Haven No. 19 Souderton at No. 14 Spring-Ford No. 22 Hatboro-Horsham at No. 11 Pennridge Thursday, May 18 Great Valley/CB East winner at (1) Central Bucks West Henderson/CB South winner at (8) Upper Dublin Perk Valley/Boyertown winner at (4) Springfield-Delco Methacton/Garnet Valley winner at (5) Bayard Rustin Downingtown East/Harriton winner at (2) Conestoga Downingtown West/ Strath Haven winner at (7) Abington Souderton/Spring-Ford winner at (3) Owen J. Roberts Hatboro-Horsham/Pennridge winner at (6) Unionville
GIRLS AA
Wednesday, May 17 No. 16 Interboro at No. 1 Villa Maria No. 9 Mount Saint Joseph at No. 8 Upper Moreland No. 12 Upper Perkiomen at No. 5 Bishop Shanahan No. 13 Penncrest at No. 4 Merion Mercy No. 14 St. Basil at No. 3 Radnor No. 11 Jenkintown at No. 6 Pope John Paul II No. 10 Upper Merion at No. 7 Chichester No. 15 Villa Joseph Marie at No. 2 Gwynedd Mercy