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Kinney, Cheltenham rally past Wissahickon
CHELTENHAM 35, WISSAHICKON 20 » Sparked by a pair of huge plays by senior Tyzeem Kinney, the Panthers rallied for the win on Friday.
His 25-yard touchdown run broke a 14-14 tie with 8:33 remaining in the game, and just over a minute later, Kinney came up with a pick six that upped the Panthers’ lead to 28-14.
Early on, it was the Trojans taking a 7-0 lead, thanks to a 57-yard Kyle Lehman touchdown run to end the first quarter. Cheltenham quarterback RJ Taylor scored on a quarterback sneak to make it a 7-7 game at the half.
The Panthers opened up a 14-7 lead early in the third quarter only to watch Jeremiah Clark even the score with a four-yard TD reception from Aidan DeFeo.
Field hockey WISSAHICKON 3, QUAKERTOWN 0 »
Brynne Miller scored two goals and Ella Hummel added two assists for the Trojans in an SOL Liberty win on Friday. SPRINGFIELD TWP. 4, UPPER MORELAND 0 » Anna Jablokov scored two goals in the firt quarter as the Spartans picked up the win on Friday. Annie Coll and Emma Yoder also scored for Springfield with assists from Stella Nelson and Norah Conlin. WISSAHICKON 5; ABINGTON 0 » Riley Ball scored Wissahickon’s first two goals as the Trojans won their fifth straight by shutting out Abington in the SOL Liberty matchup.
Brynne Miller, Ella Hummel and Julia Schools each had a goal and an assist for Wissahickon (14-10, 13-0-0 division). Kate Lovensheimer added an assist.
Abington goalie Marilyn Capps had 20 saves as the Galloping Ghosts (9-60, 8-5-0) had a three-game win streak snapped. SPRINGFIELD (M) 6, WILLIAM TENNENT 0 » Annie Coll scored twice and dished out two assists as Springfield stopped a two-game skid by blanking William Tennent for an SOL Freedom win.
Emma Yoder had two goals and an assist for the Spartans, (9-5-0, 8-4-0 division) who led 4-0 at halftime. Norah Conlin finished with a goal and an assist while Hailey Lesniak added a goal.
PJP II 4, WOOD 0 » Abby Wilmot, Fiona Burke, Kelly Pires and Cate Mink scored as the Golden Panthers picked up the nonconference win on Monday.
WISSAHICKON 6, HATBOROHORSHAM 0 » Kendall Crowley collected the hat trick as the Trojans won going away on Monday. Julia Schools, Sophia Havrilla and Morgan Risnychok added goals for Wiss. Ella Hummel added two assists, while Raven Hiller madded 33 saves for the Hatters.
Girls volleyball
UPPER MERION 3, ABINGTON 0 » The Vikings won in three close sets by scores of 25-21, 25-22 and 27-25 on Saturday. The Vikings played the last match in the only gym that the Viking volleyball program has known. Next year, the UM will enter a brand new school. The volleyball team’s final record in the old gym will stand at 248-28 for a .900 winning percentage over 28 years. That includes a 32-5 record in District 1 playoff matches. In the Abington match, freshman Sophis Schweikert slammed down 31 kills while defensive counterpart Vanessa Hutchinson had 24 digs. Hutchinson also served 14 points (4 aces). Caitlyn Daywlat dished out 34 assists while Julia Giammarco filled the stat sheet with 9 service points (3 aces), five kills and eight digs.
UPPER DUBLIN 3, UPPER
MERION 2 » The Vikings fell in five tough sets on Friday 25-16, 18-25, 14-25, 26-24 and 15-11. Personal season highs were reached by Raven Albrecht in digs with 16, Sydney Bright with 12 kills, Caitlyn Daywalt with 45 assists and Julia Giammarco with 21 digs. HATBORO-HORSHAM 3, BOYERTOWN 0 » Grace Howard had 53 assists, eight digs and four aces as HatboroHorsham topped Boyertown in four sets 27-25, 2628, 25-20, 25-20 to earn a nonleague win.
Kayla Jones led the Hatters with 18 kills while Nastya Tsetsko put down 17 kills. Jade Lauzier and Isabella Bombas added 11 and nine kills, respectively.
Hatboro-Horsham finished with 16 aces paced by Jones’ five. Howard finished with four aces, Maci Lumpkin had three, Lauzier collected a pair with Abigail Kostmalski and Ava Santo each having one. HATBORO-HORSHAM 3, WISSAHICKON 1 » The Hatters overcome a first-set loss to beat the Trojans 13-25, 2512, 25-17, 25-21.
Grace Howard led HH with 36 kills. Nastya Tsetsko added 13 kills and Izzy Bombas had seven. METHACTON 3, NORRISTOWN 0 » Mel Eglinton had 12 kills and five aces to lead the Warriors to a PAC win over the Eagles in straight sets 25-3, 25-4, 25-8.
Meg Haftl added 36 assists and Mianny Ly had eight aces.
Girls soccer
0 » The Cardinals UPPER MORELAND 3, stunned the Ghosts on SPRINGFIELD TWP. 0 » Kyra Monday in SOL Liberty Favors scored two goals action. Despite the loss, and added one assist as Carley Slavin, Maura Day the Golden Bears picked and Caroline Hughes continue up an SOL Freedom victory to stand out for the on Friday. Brooke Ghosts.
Lobban got the gamewinner WISSAHICKON 3, HATBOROHORSHAM and Willow Taylor 2 » Margaret added two assists for Upper Wilde got the game winner Moreland. early in the second HATBORO-HORSHAM 2, half and the Trojans held ABINGTON 1 » Carley Slavin on for the SOL Liberty win scored the lone goal of the on Monday. Emma Baker game for the Ghosts on led the way for Wiss with Friday in defeat on Friday. a goal and an assist, while UPPER PERK 6, UPPER MERION Anna May also scored for 0 » Kate Si2tko and the Trojans.
Sarah Fisher both tallied LOWER MORELAND 2, UPPER a pair of goals as the Indians MORELAND 0 » Nikki completed an unbeaten Sahl scored with five seconds PAC Frontier run left in the first half on Thursday. and Lower Moreland rallied UPPER MERION 2, CHELTENHAM for the win on Monday. 0 » Kyra Favors scored Morgan Pennisi added a goal in each half as Upper an insurance goal for LM Moreland ended a twogame in the second half at the losing streak with a 49:27 mark. shutout SOL Freedom victory.
Willow Taylor assisted on Favors’ first tally while
Annalise Messina had the helper on the second for the Golden Bears (7-6-1,
6-6-1 division).
GWYNEDD MERCY 4, MERION
MERCY 0 » Keira Cassidy scored back-to-back goals in the 27th and 28th minutes to lead the Monarchs to an AACA win.
Caroline Drakely added a goal and an assist for
GMA while Riley Morris made it 4-0 in the 39th minute.
Ellie Verrill recorded the shutout in goal with five saves.
UPPER DUBLIN 1, ABINGTON
Boys soccer
SPRINGFIELD TWP. 3, UPPER MORELAND 1 » Riley Martin had one goal and two assists as the Spartans picked up the win on Friday. Peter Schmidt scored two goals for Springfield. Max Gerlach scored for Upper Moreland. ABINGTON 4, WISSAHICKON 0 » Abington scored twice in each half in earning a shutout SOL Liberty victory.
The Galloping Ghosts (13-1-1, 11-1-1) have won three straight while Wissahickon (6-8-1, 6-7-0) lost its third in a row. SPRINGFIELD (M) 1, WILLIAM TENNENT 0 » Tommy Bailey
scored off George Navo’s assist in the second half as Springfield edged William Tennent for their fifth straight win.
The Spartans improved to 10-3-1 (9-3-1 division) while Tennent fell to 6-8-1 (6-6-1).
Girls tennis
SPRING-FORD 5, WISSAHICKON 0 » The Rams didn’t drop a set in dispatching the Trojans in the District 1-3A second round on Tuesday. Isabel Mejia defeated Yiyi Huang 6-1, 7-5 in the best match of the day.
METHACTON 4, RADNOR 1 » The Warriors opened play in the District 1-3A Tournament with a win on Monday behind dominant singles play. Alice Liang, Hana Nouaime and Anika Suresh all won in straight sets for the Warriors. SPRING-FORD 5, MOUNT ST. JOSEPH 0 » The Rams coasted to the win without dropping a set on Monday. Mia Matriccino set the tone at No. 1 singles with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Dylan Conroy.
Boys water polo
WISSAHICKON 16, SOUDERTON 10 » Danny Crump scored four goals and grabbed four steals as the Trojans celebrates Senior Night with a win over Souderton.
Alex Fedorczak added two goals, AJ Pounds two goals, one assist and three steals and Morgan Wilson made 12 saves in goal for Wissahickon.