September 27, 2007 Issue
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Classified Chestnut Hill Local Don't Miss an Issue, Tell us what you see or Winner of Two |
Local SportsBig-time Tigers; GFS runners are executing an ambitious plan
Hired as boys cross country head coach by Germantown Friends School at the start of the 2004 season, Rob Hewitt watched a Tigers dual meet for the first time and saw the future. The squad was in rebuilding mode, with only a couple of returning varsity runners from the previous fall. What caught Hewitt’s eye was a trio of freshmen – Max Kaulbach, Isaac Ortiz, and Jake McKenzie – and he singled them out for Tom Myran, a fellow observer who was then the Athletic Director at the school. “I could point out those three who would emerge,” he recalled. “You could see it in their stride; they were fluid runners from the beginning.” These three athletes, who train together year-round and run many races almost side-by-side, have served as the foundation for a GFS team that has improved dramatically throughout their tenure and is now receiving recognition at the national level.
CHC men trap Bears, 2-0
The scoreboard still read 0-0 at halftime of last Wednesday’s soccer scuffle at Chestnut Hill College, but it seemed only a matter of time before the Bears of Ursinus College took the lead in the match. The visitors dictated much of the play in the first half and for the most part kept the ball in the Griffins’ half of the field. The Bears were already building a sizable advantage in the shot column, which would later show a total of 31 attempts for Ursinus while the Griffin men managed just five. None of this fazed Chestnut Hill’s first-year head coach Seamus O’Connor, who is clearly a man with a plan. His squad would wind up winning 2-0 on a pair of goals by sophomore Andrew Thorne.
Germantown Friends School fans see soccer, tennis teams triumph
Germantown Friends School supporters had no need to nervously gnaw their fingernails last Thursday afternoon, when the Tigers hosted matches in boys’ soccer and girls’ tennis and won each contest convincingly. In their 2007 Friends School League debut, the Tiger booters (6-2 overall) banged in a pair of goals in each half to conquer the Kangaroos of Abington Friends, 4-0. The GFS courtiers, who had started off this fall by playing most of their toughest opponents all in a row, bagged their first victory of the season, blanking The Christian Academy from southern Delaware County, 6-0. After the soccer match, GFS mentor Matt Zipin generously suggested that Abington had provided more resistance on the field than the numbers on the scoreboard indicated. Nevertheless, goals win games, and the ‘Roos were unable to get anything past Tigers keeper Zach Porges, who finished with six saves.
Chestnut Hill College spikers slip to 0-4 Towards the end of last week, Chestnut Hill College’s volleyball Griffins found themselves lumbered with a record of 0-3 both in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference and overall, but it appeared as if help might be on the way.
Mount cross country knocks off Nazareth Last Tuesday Mount St. Joseph Academy improved its cross country record to 2-0 in Athletic Association of Catholic Academies meets, ringing up a 20-42 victory over the visiting Nazareth Academy Pandas (0-3).
Mount golf, hockey stay on path to playoffs Mount St. Joseph Academy’s golf and field hockey teams, both prime contenders for state championships this fall, easily won each of their regular-season engagements last week, the linksters attaining a 12-0 record while the hockey club improved to 10-1.
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