Suburban One League honors are announced

Staff reports Basketball

SOL ALL-LEAGUE » The Suburban One League announced its all-league teams and it definitely had a local flavor to it. For the boys, the SOL Colonial honored Souderton senior Jay Bonnet and Pennridge’s Matt Campione with firstteam honors. The SOL Freedom not surprisingly had a Cheltenham flavor with freshman Josiah Hutston, senior Rasheem Dearry and senior Justin Savage all first-team honorees. PW led the SOL Liberty first team with selections junior Qudiar Bennett and sophomore Jaden Colzie. For the girls, Souderton junior Casey Harter and Pennridge junior Katie Yoder were both first-team honorees in the SOL Colonial. The SOL Liberty was dominated by PW with three first-team selections in se- nior Kaitlyn Flanagan, ju- nior Abby Sharpe and senior Lainey Allen.

BOYS BASKETBALL SOL COLONIAL First Team

Jay Bonnet, Souderton, Sr. Matt Campione, Pennridge, Jr. Jacob Cummiskey, CB East, Soph. Michael Farley, CB South, Sr. Aidan Weaver, CB East, Sr. Second Team

Joey Larkins, North Penn, Sr. John Lee, CB West, Sr.

Tyler Meinel, CB South, Jr. Aleks Smith, Souderton, Sr. Brett Young, CB East, Sr, Honorable Mention

Liam Cummiskey, Sr., CB East Jay Macalindung, CB South, Sr. Milind Pulugura, North Penn, Sr. Joe Rooney, CB South, Sr.

Tyriq Toney-Bailey, CB East, Sr, SOL FREEDOM

First team

Rasheem Dearry, Cheltenham, Sr. Justin Savage, Cheltenham, Sr. Matt Tiernan, Upper Moreland, Sr. Dylan McKenzie, Springfield-Montco, Jr. Josiah Hutston, Cheltenham, Fr.

Second Team

Kirby Mooney, Tennent, Soph. Brandon Bush, Cheltenham, Sr.

Ben Cooney, Springfield-Montco, Sr. Byron Hopkins, Upper Moreland, Sr. Brian Grant, Lower Moreland, Sr. Honorable Mention

John Kroll, Lower Moreland, Soph. Timmy Stanfield, Tennent, Sr.

Miles Demby, New Hope-Solebury, Soph. Elias Walker, Cheltenham, Sr. Braden Alicea, Lower Moreland, Sr.,

SOL LIBERTY First Team

Derrius Lucas, Sr., Abington DJ Cerisier, Jr., Upper Dublin Earl Stout, Jr., Wissahickon Qudiar Bennett, Jr,, PW Jaden Colzie, Soph., PW

Second Team

Connor Fields, Sr., Abington

Noah Schlossser, Jr., Hatboro-Horsham Colin O’Sullivan, Jr., Upper Dublin Seaton Kukla, Jr., Upper Dublin Josh Twersky, Sr., Wissahickon Honorable Mention

Fhenyx Scutt, Sr., Abington

Ty Wilkin, Jr., Quakertown

Dom Vacchiano, Soph, Wissahickon Morgan Wilson, Sr., Wissahickon Marshall Baker, Sr., PlymouthWhitemarsh

GIRLS BASKETBALL SOL COLONIAL ALL-LEAGUE

First Team

Elise Duffy, CB East, Sr, Casey Harter, Souderton, Jr. Taylor Hinkle, CB South, Sr. Emily Spratt, CB West, Sr, Katie Yoder, Pennridge, Jr.

Second Team

Anna Barry, CB East, Soph. Anna Croyle, Pennridge, Soph. Tai Henkels, CB West, Jr.

Teya McConnaha, Jr., Souderton Caleigh Sperling, Soph., North Penn

Honorable Mention

Erin Bohmueller, Souderton, Jr. Katie Finnan, CB West, Jr. Ryan Hodder, Pennridge, Sr, Abby Plaugher, North Penn, Jr. Yordana Samayoa, CB South, Soph.

SOL FREEDOM ALL-LEAGUE First Team

Emmy-Faith Wood, Upper Moreland, Jr. Holly Gohl, Upper Moreland, Soph. Reagan Chrencik, New Hope-Solebury, Jr.

Madi Fasti, New Hope-Solebury, Sr. Jess Dugo, Lower Moreland, Sr.

Second Team

Kiera Coyle, Upper Moreland, Sr. Izzy Elizondo, New Hope-Solebury, Fr. Liz Neeld, Lower Moreland, Sr. Mikahila Leighton, Cheltenham, Sr. Courtney Bragen, Tennent, Sr. Honorable Mention

Emma Hurley, Upper Moreland, Sr. Jayla Daniels, Springfield-Montco, Soph. Amelia Yevoli, Cheltenham, Sr. Chase Dubzak, Tennent, Sr.

Emily Wilson, New Hope-Solebury, Fr.

SOL LIBERTY ALL-LEAGUE

First Team

Cire Worley, Abington Kaitlyn Flanagan, Sr, PW Abby Sharpe, Jr., PW

Lainey Allen, Sr., PW

Amy Ngo, Soph., Upper Dublin Second Team

Jaida Heim, Jr., Abington

Abril Bowser, Jr., Abington Alice Hall, Sr., Hatboro-Horsham Erin Daley, Jr., PW

Jordyn Thomas, Sr., PW Honorable Mention

Dani Brusha, Fr., Abington Carolyn Sipperell, Jr., Quakertown Bliss Brenner, Sr., Upper Dublin Geena Sarnoski, Sr., Upper Dublin Kaitlyn McGeary, Sr., Wissahickon

Wrestling

GIRLS WRESTLING GIVEN EMERGING SPORTS STATUS » SanctionPA is excited to announce the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) has named girls wrestling as the first sport to achieve Emerging Sports Status.

The PIAA has voted unanimously to approve girls wrestling as a PIAA Emerging Sport under their new emerging sport process.

This designation indicates that girls wrestling is a sport that the PIAA is tracking for potential full sponsorship and demonstrates that girls wrestling has a clear plan and path to sanctioning in the PIAA’s eyes.

With this adoption, SanctionPA

will provide regular updates to the PIAA Board. Also, girls wrestling will be listed as an Emerging Sport on school sponsorship paperwork.

It does not put girls wrestling under the jurisdiction of the PIAA yet, but communicates the sport is adhering to guidelines and would fit consideration for a full sponsorship model when 100 teams are reached.

The PIAA current rules require a minimum of 100 schools to form official girls wrestling programs before fully sanctioning the sport. Currently, 35 schools have approved girls wrestling programs and are paving the pathway of Pennsylvania high school girls wrestling.

Girls wrestling is the fastest growing high school sport in the country. In Pennsylvania, participation grew by over 80% from the 2020-2021 season to the 2021-2022 season and has experienced over a 200% growth in the past several years. All 12 PIAA district areas have girls participating in wrestling within their area schools. Nationally, there are now 34 state high school associations sanctioning a girls wrestling state championship.

Across the state, the SanctionPA campaign is working to provide educational information and resources to help grow opportunities for girls wrestling and to help promote the addition of girls wrestling programs.

PW CAPTURES THREE GOLDS » The District 1-3A South Wrestling Tournament was held Saturday at Interboro and PW broke through with a big performance.

Jake Williams won at 120, Ashton Wittenberg won at 126, Jared McGee won at 138, Matt Sadel took third at 189 and Ty Borkowski took fourth at 145.

The top four wrestlers in each weight class will move onto the PIAA-3A South East Regional Tournament held at Oxford on Friday and Saturday.

For Hatboro-Horsham, Chris Staub took second at 132, Ryan Allgeier took third at 106 and Joe Martini took third at 145 and Hunter Long took fourth at 189.

For Upper Dublin, Colin Higgins took second at 126, Zach Gallagher took fourth at 106, Dan Gorman took fourth at 132, Gaven Rockey took fifth at 172 and Caden Cerminaro took fifth at 120.

For Wissahickon, Nathaniel Chez third at 172, Grayson Ruffner took fourth at 113 and Julian Memis took fifth at 106,

Girls basketball

METHACTON 45, RUSTIN 43 » The Warriors raced out to a 36-26 lead after three quarters and held on for the win on Saturday, which qualifies them for the PIAA Tournament. It is the sixth time in school history the Warriors (21-4) have qualified for states. Mairi Smith led the way for Methacton with 19 points and 11 rebounds, while Nicole Timko added 16 points and 10 boards herself. Timko now stands with 1,673 points, just 9 points of the all-time record set by Renee Womack in 2008. Next up Methacton will play Neshaminy in playbacks Wednesday, which will help determine the 9th-12th place seedings for states.

GERMANTOWN ACADEMY 38, PERK SCHOOL 30 »

The fourth-seeded Patriots outscored Perk School in every quarter and picked up the win in the first round of the PAISAA Tournament. Kendall Bennett led the way with 10 points and 13 rebounds. Jessica Apotnik also scored 15 points and collected 8 rebounds for GA.

GERMANTOWN ACADEMY 60, NOTRE DAME 55 »

The Patriots raced out to a 44-28 lead after three quarters and held on for the InterAC win on Tuesday night. Kendall Bennett led the way for GA with 19 points and 10 rebounds, including 5-of-6 from the freethrow line. Jenna Apotnik added 10 points, 4 assists and 4 steals, while Isabella Casey had 5 points and 10 rebounds.

Boys basketball FRIENDS CENTRAL 64, GA 63 »

FC went on a furious 2512 second-quarter run and then held on for the 1-point win on Tuesday. Blake Smith did his part scoring 11 of his team-high 20 points in the fourth quarter. Casey Traina also added 12 for GA.