August 16, 2007 Issue                                       

©2007 The Chestnut Hill Local

Local Sports

Magarity helps United States capture world championship
by TOM UTESCHER

Colleen Magarity on the attack for the U.S. (Photo by Tom Utescher)

PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO - Just a few years ago, Colleen Magarity wasn’t sure if her athletic destiny would be realized on the basketball court or the lacrosse field. A 2007 Germantown Academy graduate who was also an accomplished soccer player in high school, Magarity decided to cast her lot with lacrosse, and last Saturday afternoon she was absolutely convinced she’d made the right choice.

A member of the United States Under-19 Lacrosse Team, Magarity was celebrating with her comrades in the stadium at Ontario’s Trent University, where they had just won the 2007 World Championship by routing Australia, 18-3, in the gold medal match that marked the conclusion of the eight-day, 11-nation event.

For the victorious U.S. Team the Canadian excursion had been, quite literally, a tour de force. In their 6-0 sweep, the Americans enjoyed a double-digit margin of victory each time out. Their final performance produced the most lopsided win in a gold medal game since the quadrennial U-19 world tourney was launched in 1995.

Bonds’ 756: no asterisk and no joy
by CLARK GROOME

Amid the gnashing of teeth and the often self-righteous analysis, Barry Bonds hit his way into history at 8:51 p.m. PDST on August 7. Swinging on 3-2, he hit an 84-mile-per-hour fastball (a pitch designed be hit out of any park) 475 feet into the left centerfield seats at San Francisco’s AT&T Park. That home run, number 756 in his controversial career, established him as the all-time Major League home run leader, passing Henry Aaron’s 755.