July 24, 2008 Issue                                       

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Local Sports

Local players off to Junior World Squash Championships
by TOM UTESCHER

Alex Domenick

Scholastic squash isn’t the first sport that comes to mind during the dog days of summer, but last Saturday three local racquetmen from the Class of 2008 headed overseas to play some of the most important matches of their careers.

Twin brothers Alex and Matt Domenick, who helped Penn Charter win the national high school championship last winter, joined Chestnut Hill native and Lawrenceville School grad Thomas Mattson as part of the team representing the United States at the 2008 Junior Men’s Squash World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland. Reigning U.S. junior champion Todd Harrity, a rising senior at Episcopal Academy, is the fourth Philadelphia area native on the team.

The biennial event consists of an individual tournament, running from July 28 to Aug. 1, and team championships from Aug. 2 to Aug. 7.

Mt. Airy “Stars” have great success at baseball tourney

The Mt. Airy Stars baseball team.

The Mount Airy Baseball program’s age-level tournament teams recently completed a very successful run last week at the annual 21st Ward Commissioners Cup baseball tournament in neighboring Roxborough.  Stars teams competed in every age group from the 9-and-under to the 14-and-under divisions.  The 9-U and 11-U teams both played in the finals, losing hard-fought games to the host teams.  The 12-U, 13-U and 14-U teams all played through the semifinal rounds of competition.