The Mercury (Pottstown, PA)

Corropoles­e, Crist carry S-F by Pottsgrove, 5-0

- By Mercury staff sports@pottsmerc.com

Field Hockey

SPRING-FORD 5, POTTSGROVE 0 >> Kate Crist and Julia Corropoles­e both netted a pair of goals in the Rams’ PAC crossover win Wednesday. Emma Friend had two assists, and Angelina Pinciotti scored a goal for SpringFord. Abbey Boyer and Mackenna Maloney also had assists for the Rams. Ashley Della Guardia and Lauren Ruffo combined for three saves in the cage for Spring-Ford, while Mackenzie Johnson made eight saves for the Falcons.

OWEN J. ROBERTS 7, POTTSTOWN 0 >> The Wildcats proved too much for the Trojans in a PAC crossover win Wednesday. Seven individual scorers for OJR included Maddi Koury, Kylee Laloup, Emma Kircher, Jenna Kirby, Emily Morrisey, Juliana Capece and Kendall Mcneff. Lillian Stirk made 21 saves for Pottstown.

OLEY VALLEY 4, METHACTON 3 >> The Warriors dropped an overtime thriller to the Lynx on Tuesday. Alexa Kratz netted two goals for Methacton; Jayme Weber followed up to put the score at 3-3. Oley Valley’s Sophia Gladieux was the star of the game, scoring a hattrick and assisting on the other goal as well.

Boys Soccer

BOYERTOWN 6, UPPER PERKIOMEN 0 >> Six Bears found the back of the net in the PAC crossover win Tuesday.

Matt Kerr, Ryan Foskey and Landon Wenger scored in the first half before Dimitri Randjelovi­c, Nick Willson and Tyler Seidel added goals in the second half for Boyertown. Seidel, Jacob Groff, Andrew Benning and Noah Barnes tallied assists, and Mason Kurtz and Tanner McCafferty split halves for the clean sheet.

PERKIOMEN VALLEY 6, POPE JOHN PAUL II 0 >> Matt Holmes, Adam Natoli, Declan Loughney, Jack Hodson, Alex Tucholke and Brayden Basile scored for the Vikings in the PAC crossover win Tuesday.

Tucholke, Alex Romas, Cole Campbell, Owen Slack and Leo Zarzeka had assists for PV.

METHACTON 2, PHOENIXVIL­LE 0 >> A pair of second-half goals enabled the Warriors to break out of a deadlock with the Phantoms and claim victory in this PAC divisional crossover game Tuesday.

Andrew Kacala converted a pass from Parker Stevenson while Brett Eberly added an unassisted tally. Tyler Andorn needed to make just three saves in goal to record the clean sheet while Gavin Perillo had a six-save game for Phoenixvil­le.

Girls Soccer

PERKIOMEN VALLEY 2, POPE JOHN PAUL II 1 (2OT) >> Cassidy Polignano scored from 20 yards out in double overtime off an assist from Mackenzie Patla to give the Vikings a 2-1 PAC crossover win Tuesday.

After PJP’s Rayan George broke a scoreless tie in the second half, PV’s Nikki Foller-Moll found a streaking Dorothy Chessire to tie the game with less than two minutes left in regulation.

Both goalkeeper­s were busy as PV’s Riley Hill made eight saves and PJP’s Delaney Cordrey saved seven shots.

METHACTON 3, PHOENIXVIL­LE 1 >> Kristen O’Brien netted a pair of goals off assists from Mackenzie Coupe and Ruby Murray in the Warriors’ PAC crossover win Tuesday.

Madia Mazzucola scored Methacton’s third goal off an assist from Kate Evans. Ava Labik scored the Phantoms’ lone goal on a free kick from 30 yards out. Methacton’s Kate Green (4) and Mairi Smith (3) combined for seven saves, while Phoenixvil­le’s Ella Stout saved eight shots.

PERKIOMEN SCHOOL 2, ABINGTON FRIENDS SCHOOL 1 >> Cece Vassallo and Rianne Moll led the Panthers to their home win against the Roos on Tuesday.

Girls Volleyball

PERKIOMEN SCHOOL 3, FAITH CHRISITIAN ACADEMY 0 >> The Panthers swept their sets by scores of 25-23, 25-21, and 25-18 to advance to a 2-1 record.

METHACTON 3, OWEN J. ROBERTS 0 >> The Warriors won 28-26, 25-17, 25-13 in straight sets to stay unbeaten in the PAC. Melinda Eglinton had nine kills and 10 digs, and Sydney Zerbe had eight kills and 11 digs. Meghan Haftl had 29 assists. Elly Brunt made 20 digs to go along with two aces, and Emma Ginther added 11 digs and two aces. POPE JOHN PAUL II 3,

SPRING-FORD 0 >> The Golden Panthers swept Tuesday’s PAC match with the Rams by set scores of 25-15, 25-10 and 25-20.

Statistica­l stars for PJP were Hanna Tulli (12 kills, three blocks), Sarah Ward (nine kills), Haley Spotts (four kills, four blocks), Chelsea Harvey (25 assists, three service aces), Tea Pasquale (nine digs, three service aces) and Jessie Donovan (six digs, two service aces).

COLLEGIUM CHARTER 3, PHOENIXVIL­LE 0>> The Phantoms fell 25-23 25-16 and 25-10 in Wednesday’s non-league defeat. Alexa Grammersto­rf had five kills and six digs, Avery Stackhouse had six aces, one kill and two digs, and Riley Dahar had two kills for the Phantoms.

Boys Golf

OWEN J. ROBERTS 204, UPPER PERKIOMEN 223 >> At Macoby Run, Victor Mominey shot an even-par 36 to lead the Wildcats to a PAC win Wednesday.

Nick Parr was second with a 41 while Conrad Benford and Christian Brofft shot 42 for OJR. Nate Reinhart’s 43 was best for Upper Perk. SPRING-FORD 187, NORRISTOWN 253 >> At Turtle Creek, with Nate Pierce’s 1-under 35 leading four Rams in the 30s, Spring-Ford topped Norristown despite Josh Ryan’s 2-under 34.

Spring-Ford’s other leading scorers were Luke Watson (36), Tom Dougherty (38) and Noah Kim (38). Mike Romano shot 39 for the Eagles.

METHACTON 209, NORRISTOWN 263 >> Nick Martin (41) and Sean Cooper (42) had the top scorers for Methacton in the PAC win Tuesday. Jeff Cooper and Trevor Keaton both shot 42 for Methacton, while Andrew Lasecki rounded out the Warriors’ scorers with a 44. Norristown’s Josh Ryan had the low score of 37.

PHOENIXVIL­LE 207, POTTSGROVE 238 >> Kyle Resuta’s sub-40 round led the Phantoms to a PAC win over the Falcons at Pickering Valley on Tuesday.

Resuta shot a 39, followed by Bryan Maguire’s 40 and Parker Stevens’ 41 for Phoenixvil­le. Steven Rinda led Pottsgrove with a 43.

Boys Cross Country

Pottsgrove 25, Pope John Paul II 34 >> Pottsgrove’s Brandon Henriksen won Wednesday’s PAC dual in 20:02 to lead the Falcons to the team win. Pottsgrove had five of the top eight finishers, with Simon Keen placing third (20:33) and Aiden McDonald in sixth (21:31). Jack Brosius led PJP in 20:30 while Jason DiMarco and Jack Flynn finished 4-5 in 21:00 and 21:09, respective­ly.

DANIEL BOONE QUAD MEET >> The Blazers had a great team showing Tuesday, beating out Muhlenberg (20-41), Reading (18-45) and Schuylkill Valley (24-34).

Alex Pingitore scored 3rd overall in 18:42 and Luke Gehringer came in at 5th in 19:19. Jacob Santos and Riley Houck rounded out the Blazers’ top four, both running sub-20 on the course.

Girls Cross Country

POPE JOHN PAUL II 21, POTTSGROVE 39 >> The Golden Panthers had four of the top five finishers to win Wednesday’s PAC dual. Pottsgrove’s Naomi Hillen won the race in 23:41 but PJP followed strongly with Gianna Cagliola (2nd, 23:50), Isabella Greco (3rd, 24:10), Natalie Florig (4th, 24:13) and Katy Todd (5th, 24:22). Calista Faust was Pottsgrove’s second finisher (6th, 24:47).

DANIEL BOONE QUAD MEET >> The Blazers dominated this quad-meet, with all seven runners finishing in the top eight of the race. Vivian Kase, Ashley Benoit, Hannah Santos, and Sierra Rivera were the first four finishers, running 22:07, 22:11, 22:19, and 22.36.2 respective­ly. Renee Camburn, Olivia Poore, and Carlina Davis rounded out Daniel Boone’s top seven.

Girls Tennis

HILL SCHOOL 6, WESTTOWN 1 >> A singles sweep carried the Hill in a non-league match Wednesday. Elena Zhang, Melissa Xu, Mofe Akinyanmi, Addie Steele, Zoya Holin and Ava Carosella were pro-set winners for Hill.

METHACTON 6, UPPER MERION 1 >> The Warriors won all but one match in the PAC win Tuesday. Iren Biju, in third singles, and the doubles teams of Hanna Kim/Katie Chan and Siani Ford-Barkley/Shrindhi Danibhotla were the standouts, winning all but one game in their matches. Upper Merion’s Rhea Desai won in first singles for the Vikings’ lone point.

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