November 1, 2007 Issue                                       

©2007 The Chestnut Hill Local

Local Sports

Mount hockey wins AACA crown and District debut
by TOM UTESCHER

Senior Brit Gavin scored the first and last goals in Mount St. Joseph’s 6-2 victory over Villa Maria in the AACA finals.  For more photos visit www.chlocalphotos.com. (Photo by Jimmy J. Pack Jr.)

Mount St. Joseph Academy’s field hockey squad launched into the proverbial “second season” last week, locking up its fourth straight Athletic Association of Catholic Academies championships and winning its first game in the PIAA District 1 Class AAA tournament.

Scoring the first five goals of the evening, the Magic continued on to defeat Villa Maria Academy by a 6-2 count in the AACA finals on Monday night. Two days later, they began the defense of their 2006 District 1 championship, hurtling past 17th seed Downingtown West H.S., 7-0, and reaching the 20-win mark with an overall record of 20-1. The top seed for the District 1 playoffs, the Mount saw its quarterfinal bout against number eight Methacton (scheduled for Friday) postponed due to rain.

MSJ star Katie Reinprecht rolled up seven goals in last week’s two outings, while fellow senior Kieran Sweeney, the Mount goalie, recorded her 53rd career shutout in the Downingtown game.

CHA third at Inter-Ac Cross Country Meet
by TOM UTESCHER

Brian Fulton of Malvern Prep (left) and Ned Cunningham of CHA finished second and third, respectively, at last week’s Inter-Ac championships.  (Photo by Leslie Lane)

Malvern Prep maintained its stranglehold on the Inter-Ac cross country title last Monday at the league’s 2007 championship race, while meet host Chestnut Hill Academy bucked a recent trend by turning in its best team effort in many years.

Junior Matt McCullough and senior Brian Fulton gave the Malvern a one-two finish and laid the foundation for a convincing 30-51 victory over runner-up Episcopal Academy. It was the Friars’ fifth straight Inter-Ac championship.

CHA senior Ned Cunningham placed third for the second year in a row, and with a team score of 74, the Blue Devils also came in third in the team standings, which longtime coach Paul Hines said was their best performance since the early 1990’s.

GA Girls second at Inter-Ac crown
by TOM UTESCHER

For the third year in a row, a freshman from the Academy of Notre Dame won the Girls Inter-Ac League cross country championships. Last Monday on Chestnut Hill Academy’s 3.1-mile course, ninth grader Julianne Garvey took first place in 19 minutes and 52 seconds, while her sophomore teammate, defending champion Stephanie Powers, placed third in 20:25.

GFS sweeps league cross country championships
by Justin Goldman

The only problem that any Germantown Friends School cross-country team had at its Friends League championship meet on Tuesday afternoon at Friends’ Central School was footwear. Midway through the JV race, David Waterman lost his shoe and was forced to run the rest of the tricky course with one foot bare. Waterman showed his resolve and finished the race in an impressive 13th.

Mount golf repeats as State Champion
by TOM UTESCHER

Celebrating back-to-back state golf championships for Mount St. Joseph Academy are (L-R): Nicole Weinrich, Carson Price, Coach Will Reilly, Lauren Haney (Captain), Emily Gimpel and Samm Arena. (Photo by Tom Utescher)

YORK, PA  -  “Heritage Hills - that’s where I want to be!”

Okay, in the song by Wheezer they were actually singing about Beverly Hills, but the Mount St. Joseph Academy golf team was perfectly happy to forego the glamour in order to play a couple rounds at the Heritage Hills Golf Resort in Central Pennsylvania last week.