Chestnut Hill Sports

Mount closes out Hatboro Horsham league
by TOM UTESCHER
In their final week of games in the Hatboro Horsham summer league, the Mount St. Joseph Magic came away with a split, topping the league host Hatters on Monday, 50-24, and then getting edged out by Pennridge High School, 47-43, on Wednesday night. On Monday the Mount was missing two of its top players, Sarah McGorry and Laura Johnson, but the Magic still had a full bench while Hatboro Horsham had just one sub available. Young Mounties such as Ryan Gallagher, Shannon Bridges, and Jenny Sabia helped the locals gain a 24-13 foothold by halftime.

Ursinus tops CHC in summer league
The Chestnut Hill College Griffins started sluggishly in last Wednesday’s contest in the NCAA women’s division of the Malvern summer league, falling behind Ursinus, 16-8, in the first nine minutes. The locals came back to make a game of it, but Ursinus scored the last four points of the night to pull out a 44-40 victory.

Germantown Academy wins bout between Patriots
In a summer league set-to involving two basketball teams with the same nickname, it was the Patriots of Germantown Academy who prevailed last Monday in a 39-33 double-overtime contest again Central Bucks East High School. As in several earlier games in the summer campaign, GA was playing without regular starters Caroline Doty and Jesse Carey.

CHA, PCC softball head for showdown
The Chestnut Hill Academy alumni team had captured an 8-6 victory in the opening game of the Club Softball Association finals, and last Thursday evening it looked as though the former Blue Devils might sweep the best-of-three championship series as they took an 8-3 lead over the first three innings.