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Sports
Springside
basketball tripped up by Irwin
by TOM UTESCHER
Springside’s impressive new field house will be open for business
this weekend, and last Friday the Lions played their final basketball
game in the school’s old gymnasium, the scene of so many disappointments
over the decades. With its dying gasp, the defunct facility managed to
cough up one last nasty memory for Springside, as the locals fell to visiting
Agnes Irwin, 69-54, and closed out the 2006 Girls Inter-Ac campaign with
a record of 1-5 (8-13 overall).
Mount St. Joseph Academy’s basketball squad started the new year
with road losses to Nazareth and Villa Maria, but on their home court
last week the Magic were able to even the score.
In light of Katherine “Kat” Bixby’s performance in
last Tuesday’s Friends School League showdown, it seemed particularly
appropriate that the Germantown Friends School guard plans to continue
her hoops career at Ithaca College.
Senior point guard Julian McFadden’s 27 points were unable to boost
Chestnut Hill Academy’s Blue Devils (6-14, 1-6 conf.) over Penn
Charter on Feb. 3. The Quakers (17-9, 7-1 conf.), who honored their seniors
before the game, handed CHA a 67-53 loss in a battle similar to the teams’
last match-up on Jan. 17.
Lakers alone in first place. The undisputed leaders in the Friday night
basketball league are the Lakers as they went to 5-1 with a 66-44 win
over the 1-5 Spurs.
Forwards Lindsey Tornetta and Kate Quintus rang up 20 and 17 points,
respectively, as Chestnut Hill College fought off a late challenge from
visiting Penn State Berks County last Tuesday night to secure a 62-54
victory.
Quintus paired her points with a game-high 17 rebounds for a double-double
and Tornetta took down seven boards for the Griffins, who also received
eight points from Tara Walsh and seven points, seven rebounds, and three
assists from Andrea Carter.
With their second 6-1 squash victory over Springside School this season,
the Penn Charter Quakers secured a tie for the Girls Inter-Ac League championship
on Monday, January 30. Visiting Springside got a 3-1 win in the top spot
from Emery Maine, but literally everything else went PC’s way, as
the hosts captured each of the other matches in three straight games as
they climbed to a 9-1 overall record.
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