September 20, 2007 Issue                                                     

Local News

Hillers ‘mug’ for Buckley Park
by JAMES KEOUGH

Some of Chestnut Hill’s leading citizens posed for and purchased portraits to raise money for Buckley Park (Photo by Erin Vertreace)

“The Faces of Chestnut Hill,” a project that seeks to support Buckley Park through the sale of portraits of prominent Chestnut Hill figures painted by a local artist, is already off to a good start.

Mt. Airy BID sweeps into town
by JENNIFER KATZ

Just three months old, the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District is already making strides.

A month after naming its inaugural slate of officers — Chair Ken Weinstein, owner of the Trolley Car Diner and one of the BID’s founders; Vice-chair David Young, executive director of Cliveden, a historic home in Germantown; Secretary Pam Thomas and Treasurer Susan Bushu — the BID has started checking items off its to-do list.

Local Sports

Curley comeback no fun for CHA booters
by TOM UTESCHER

CHA’s Joe Breen (#13) heads the ball away from an Archbishop Curley opponent.  Mike Marino (third from left) and Peter Adubato hang back. For more photos visit www.chlocalphotos.com. (Photos by Jimmy J. Pack Jr.)

Holding a 2-0 advantage with just over four minutes remaining in the finals of their own invitational soccer tournament, the Chestnut Hill Academy Blue Devils were on the verge of upsetting one of the premier teams in the state of Maryland last Saturday.

Unfortunately for the home fans, the CHA lead vanished as visiting Archbishop Curley netted two goals in a span of just 28 seconds, and after the 2-2 tie held up through ten minutes of “golden goal” overtime, the Friars claimed victory by beating the Devils, 3-1, in a round of penalty kicks.

The Baltimore booters, who had beaten Friends Select 4-0 in one of Friday’s semifinal games, headed back south with a record of 9-0. CHA came away with a mark of 1-2-1, having claimed its first victory of 2007 in a 2-0 decision over Shipley School in the other semifinal match. Shipley won the third-place game on Saturday morning, topping Select 4-1.

Mount sticksters edged by nation’s top team
by TOM UTESCHER

The Mount’s Nicole Shuster (foreground) and Julia Reinprecht (background, #7) both made goals against the Wyoming Seminary. Both young women above are seen here in a game against Sacred Heart. For more Mount field hockey photos visit www.chlocalphotos.com. (Photo by Jimmy J. Pack Jr.)

KINGSTON, PA - With a little over 15 minutes remaining in last Sunday’s field hockey match, a goal by junior Julie Reinprecht pulled visiting Mount St. Joseph Academy into a 2-2 tie with Wyoming Seminary, the team that had received the number one ranking in the United States this fall in the most prominent of the pre-season polls.

The MSJ Magic, who’d been placed sixth in that same survey, help out hope of a standoff, or perhaps even an upset of the Lady Blue Knights, but the Wilkes Barre-area team had the last word, winning 3-2 on the third goal of the day by Princeton-bound senior Kat Sharkey.

Sharkey’s hat trick, which came with 9:29 to go, helped fashion a 6-0 season record for “Sem,” which is the defending PIAA State Champion in  Class AA. The senior standout is just one of three All-Americans on the squad; the others are juniors Devon Gagliardi and Kelsey Kolojejchick.