Chestnut Hill Local

by TOM UTESCHER

A group of graduating lacrosse players from the area went out on a high note on Memorial Day weekend, winning the High School Senior Division of the U.S. Lacrosse Women's Division National Tournament held at Lehigh University.

Springside School's Erin Lawson, Zan Morley and Lucy Ross and Germantown Academy's Jess Dwinell and Caitlin McKinney all played for the victorious Upper Atlantic region "Gray" team, which was coached by Springside mentor Brooke Fritz.

This was the first year that seniors and underclassmen were separated at the tourney, which started in the 1930's as a gathering of club teams from different regions around the country and began to include high school players in 1985. Because...

More Mount medals at crew "Nationals"

by TOM UTESCHER

At the 2004 Scholastic Rowing Association of America championships on May 28 & 29, Mount St. Joseph Academy's freshman eight became the third Magic boat to win a gold medal in a major national regatta.

Braving the humid, 96-degree weather on the course in Orlando, FL, the Mount ninth graders made it through the qualifying heats and the semifinals and then won the championship race in five minutes, 46.06 seconds. Coxswain Jane Mieczkowski commanded an octet made up by (stroke through bow) Amanda...

Local woman going the distance to honor her father

by TOM UTESCHER

While growing up in Chestnut Hill, Heather DiRienzo used to enjoy her family's Fathers Day outings. Her parents, Herb and Evelyn Oliveiri, used to take Heather and her younger brother Ryan to the Cedarbrook Country Club, where they would spend hours smacking golf balls on the driving range.

Herb used to coach baseball in the old Chestnut Hill Fathers Club program, and he could usually be found cheering from the sidelines at Heather's soccer and softball games. Shortly before his daughter graduated from Mount St. Joseph Academy in 1993, Oliveiri began to suffer a series of minor strokes, and this led to his untimely...

CHYSC baseball

The last week of the season finds the league clearly delineated between top and bottom, but the remaining match-ups include some contests with big implications.

The Dodgers and Pirates will battle for the 5th playoff seed on June 9, while the Dodgers come right back on Friday, June 11 to play spoiler when the Braves attempt to repeat as division champs. That is if the Braves can hold off the charging...

CHYSC Soccer Registration

Saturday, June 19, 2004

Watertower baseball field

1:00-2:30 p.m.

Intramural leagues this year include U-7 (5- and 6-year-olds), U-9 (7- and 8-year-olds), U-11 (9- and 10-year-olds), U-14 (11-, 12- and 13-year-olds), and U-17 (14-, 15- and 16-year-olds); all ages as of 7/31/04. New families need to bring their birth certificates, etc.

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