Springside squash unbeaten at the interlude
by TOM UTESCHER
Despite the absence of their top player for two of the last three matches, the racquetwomen of Springside School prevailed in all three bouts on the road to enter the holiday break with a record of 6-0.
At the Germantown Cricket Club on Dec. 8, the Lions topped host Germantown Friends School, 5-2, and on the following afternoon Springside swept Girls Inter-Ac League rival Baldwin, 7-0. The Lions' regular number one, junior Emery Maine, missed both of those matches due to illness, but she was back in action for a December 14 encounter at Lawrenceville School, where Springside got by the Lady Larries, 4-3.
At Germantown, Allie Dalglish moved up to number one and came away a 3-0 winner, while Anna Heilbrun performed in the second spot and pulled out a 3-2 victory. The Tigers picked up their two individual wins courtesy of 3-0 efforts by the Tilney sisters, Avery (number three) and Carolyn (number four).
Springside's Riley Jacoby and Elspeth Lodge emerged on top...
by TOM UTESCHER
A short-staffed Penn Charter girls basketball squad was outmuscled in the paint and outrun on the open floor last Tuesday, and the result was a 50-37 setback at the hands of visiting Archbishop Ryan High School.
Coming off of a pair of losses at Germantown Academy's tournament the previous weekend, Ryan (3-4) was hungry for a win, and Charter (5-2) was playing without regular starter Julie Bown, a junior forward who was out sick.
"With Julie out we're an even younger team," noted PC Head Coach Kim Morris. "We started a senior, a junior and three sophomores, and the two girls off the bench...
CHA squash tops Shipley, Charter before break
by TOM UTESCHER
With the only blemish on its record a Dec. 7 setback against national number one Lawrenceville, Chestnut Hill ended the 2004 portion of the squash season with an overall mark of 4-1. In their last week of competition in the old year, the Blue Devils blanked Shipley School, 7-0, on Dec. 14 and then won their Inter-Ac League opener the following afternoon over Penn Charter, 6-1. Both were home matches for CHA.
In the first of the recent bouts, Shipley's Jordan Greenberg took the first game of the number one match, 9-4, but Brooks Russell won the next three, 9-2, 9-2, 9-6, to clinch the bout for Chestnut Hill. The other Devils each won their matches in three straight games. Playing two through seven for the locals were Bobby Dickey, Nick Pearson, Bob Goldman, Pat Davis, Tyler Stout and Ian Holton. CHA also won two exhibition bouts, 3-0, thanks to Sam Wetherill and Dave DiDonato, who yielded a total of just three and two points, respectively.
The Blue Devils knew that Penn Charter would pose a more serious challenge. CHA coach Mike Jefferys reminded his charges that up and down the roster, the PC players stood higher...