CHC summer squad jolted by Gwynedd
by TOM UTESCHER
In their last regular-season contest in the Malvern Summer Basketball League, the Chestnut Hill College Griffins fell behind Gwynedd Mercy in the opening minutes and never caught up. The locals were around a dozen points behind the leaders six minutes into the second half, then Gwynedd’s momentum snowballed and the result was a 69-37 defeat for the Hill women.
An opening lay-up for Gwynedd Mercy (also nicknamed the Griffins) was matched by CHC’s Andrea Carter, but after that GMC ran off ten straight points, and the locals didn’t score another field goal until Kate Quintus converted off of a rebound about nine minutes into the game.
Gwynedd was frequently able to strip the ball from the Chestnut Hill players, and CHC did not box out well under the boards. The result was that Gwynedd enjoyed multiple...
Magic master Maidens, are outshone by Jems
by TOM UTESCHER
In the Hatboro Horsham summer league last week the hoopsters of Mount St. Joseph had an easy time of it in a Monday match-up against North Penn High School, as they rolled over the Maidens, 44-19. Lacking two of their starters the following night, the Magic found much rougher going against Villa Joseph Marie, suffering a 33-29 setback.
Ten minutes before Monday’s game the Magic only had four players at the gym, but small groups began arriving from a summer league soccer game and the Mount wound up with an ample bench a few minutes into the action. North Penn stayed close to the locals at first and only trailed 6-8 about eight minutes into the game. The Maidens would manage no more than a lone free throw for the rest of the half, however, and Mount St. Joe led 19-7 at the break.
Emily Johnson canned a three-pointer, a lay-up, and a pair of free...
Springside cruises to summer hoops victory
by TOM UTESCHER
For the first time since the mid-1990's Springside School has established a summer basketball presence, playing in the Upper Gwynedd League in North Wales.
The roster is an amalgam of actual Springside students and other players from the Renegades AAU club program, which is run by the Lions’ new basketball coach, Steve Flynn. Most of the participants are ninth and tenth graders (a few are even younger) and are presided over by Flynn and his AAU colleague Monte Pool.
Play began in the league after the July 4 weekend, but because the action takes place on outdoor courts, thus far about half of the scheduled contests have been postponed due to rain.
Last Wednesday night Springside, officially listed as Team Six, built up...