The Mercury (Pottstown, PA)

Hill football ends 2019 season with a victory

- By Mercury staff sports@pottsmerc.com @PottsmercS­ports on Twitter

It was the happy conclusion to a season that was anything but.

The Hill School football team was oh-for-2019 headed into Saturday’s game with archrival Lawrencevi­lle School. But it got redemption by rolling to a 49-19 victory in their MidAtlanti­c Prep League finale in New Jersey.

The Hill (1-7) overcame two Lawrencevi­lle leads in the second quarter, including an early 13-0 hole, to prevail over the Larries for a second straight year. Will Lyman caught a 32yard scoring pass with 4:32 left in the half for a 24-19 lead that was not topped the rest of the way.

Zayid Aziz had pairs of passing and rushing touchdowns on the afternoon. Michael Jamerson had an 80-yard TD run and two intercepti­ons — one of them a “pick six” — and Gernard Finney capped the day’s scoring with a long run for the Hill’s final TD.

Field Hockey

PERKIOMEN VALLEY 2, OWEN J. ROBERTS 1 >> Lauren Keyte and Kaci Shelton tallied goals as the Vikings knocked off the Wildcats in the District 1-3A third place game Friday.

Danielle Hamm assisted on Keyte’s score. Julia Lamb tallied the Wildcats’ lone goal. Ashley Derrick made 10 saves for PV, while Cayden Jarvis saved two shots for OJR.

Perkiomen Valley will play the District 2 champion in the first round of the PIAA Class 3A tournament, and the Wildcats face the District 11 champion on Tuesday to open states. HILL SCHOOL 3, LAWRENCEVI­LLE 0 >> Hill’s win over their Mid-Atlantic Pre League rival clinched a MAPL championsh­ip and the inaugural Meigs-Green Cup, given to the overall winner of Saturday’s matchup between the two schools. Josephine Palde and Kennedy Cliggett tallied two of Hill’s scores.

Boys Soccer

HILL SCHOOL 2, LAWRENCEVI­LLE 1 >> Noah Toole and Kyle Sullivan netted goals Saturday in Hill’s win over its MAPL rival

Girls Soccer

BALDWIN 2, PERKIOMEN

SCHOOL 1 >> The Panthers bowed out in the first round of the PAISAA Tournament with a 4-3 defeat in penalty kicks.

Goalkeeper Abbey Glavin stood on her head for the Panthers. She made 24 saves, limiting Baldwin to just one goal in the first half before keeping away the potential game-winning goal in the second half and two overtime periods.

 ?? COURTESY HILL ATHLETICS ?? The Hill School football team defeated MAPL rival Lawrencevi­lle for its first win on Saturday.
COURTESY HILL ATHLETICS The Hill School football team defeated MAPL rival Lawrencevi­lle for its first win on Saturday.
 ?? COURTESY PERKIOMEN SCHOOL ATHLETICS ?? The Perkiomen School eight-man football team won the inaugural Keystone State Football League on Saturday.
COURTESY PERKIOMEN SCHOOL ATHLETICS The Perkiomen School eight-man football team won the inaugural Keystone State Football League on Saturday.

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