July 17, 2008 Issue                                       

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Local Sports

CHA, Mount rowers part of top twosomes
by TOM UTESCHER

Chestnut Hill Academy’s Don Leatherwood (left) joined up with New Yorker Corentin Morel to win the junior double event at the 2008 Independence Day Regatta.

Chestnut Hill Academy’s Don Leatherwood and Mount St. Joseph’s Mary Maginnis, both rising seniors and both stroke seat rowers in crew, happened upon an unfamiliar formula for success at the Independence Day Regatta, which was staged on the Schuylkill July 5-7.

During the spring scholastic season, Maginnis helps power the Magic’s varsity eight and Leatherwood sculls in a CHA quad, but at the IDR each picked up a gold medal while racing in a two-man boat at the nation’s largest summer regatta.

Column: A Tribute to Yankee Stadium
by IVAN LEVINGSTON

As the 2008 All-Star Game played out on the field of the greatest stadium in the world, fans were aware of the historical significance of the event. When MLB and the commissioners’ office chose Yankee Stadium as the site of the 2008 All-Star Game, they were saying goodbye to baseball’s grandest stage. The House that Ruth Built, the Cathedral, and every other nickname glorifies Yankee Stadium and will continue to honor it as it passes from reality to legend to myth. It has already transcended every other ballpark in America.