Gabriel Ivins, GFS Class of 2017, on the soccer field. (Photo courtesy of GFS) b y Alyce Callison At Germantown Friends School, the tradition of supporting and developing scholar-athletes is … more

Sam Istvan of the Mt. Airy Stars throws to the plate during the Stars' 5-0, season-opening win on Wednesday. (Photo by Jonathan Vander Lugt) by Jonathan Vander Lugt “I played Legion Ball years ago, … more

Photo by Tom Utescher Chestnut Hill College senior Regina Trabosh, a graduate of Mount St. Joseph Academy, has been named the 2017 recipient of the college's Athletic Director's Award, which is … more

New SCH boys lacrosse head coach Brian Dougherty. by Tom Utescher Recently hired as the new head boys' lacrosse coach at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, former collegiate, professional and national … more

Brian Fischer (right) scores a run in SCH's tournament win over PC on Saturday. (Photo by Jonathan Vander Lugt) by Jonathan Vander Lugt The Springside Chestnut Hill Academy baseball Blue Devils had a … more

Joey Lancellotti (center) of PC celebrating with teammate Matt Gorman (right) during the PAISAA tournament semifinals against SCH. (Photo by Jonathan Vander Lugt) by Jonathan Vander Lugt The 2017 … more

Germantown Friends junior James Wright struggles to stay ahead of a New York rival (bow number three visible) during his gold medal performance at the Scholastic Nationals. (Photo by Tom Utescher) by … more

The GFS tennis team celebrates after winning the Friends Schools League championship on its home courts. by Tom Utescher There were a number of closely matched tennis teams in the Friends Schools … more

GA seniors Ali Crump (left) and Isabelle Jacobs are going on to Harvard and Brown, respectively. (Photo by Tom Utescher) by Tom Utescher After placing fifth in the final Inter-Ac League lacrosse … more

by Jonathan Vander Lugt For each of the team’s area baseball squads, the regular season and conference playoffs ended last week. La Salle, after a fourth-place, 8-4 finish in the … more

SCH junior Aidan Frye delivers a pitch en route to throwing a no-hitter in a 6-0 win against Episcopal Academy. (Photo by Jonathan Vander Lugt) by Jonathan Vander Lugt By now, the Springside Chestnut … more

by Jonathan Vander Lugt Elsewhere in the Inter-Ac, Penn Charter reigns. The Quakers are 4-1 on the strength of a monster two-way season from Joey Lancellotti. The senior, who’s bookending his … more

by Jonathan Vander Lugt Take, for a moment, a look at the current standings in Major League Baseball. Specifically, the National League. There, you’ll see the Cubs with a narrow … more

The SCH and Notre Dame 4 x 400 relay teams were close at the end of the third leg, then anchor Allie Kitchell (second from right) took the baton from Nilah Jordan and the Blue Devils went on to win … more

Here, bunting practice is on the docket at a La Salle practice. The Explorers are in Florida this week for a spring training stint. by Jonathan Vander Lugt The cold weather, to this point, has done a … more

A cadre of GFS players (Thomas Primosch among them, second from right) at a practice in the Lenfest Center in Hunting Park. by Jonathan Vander Lugt Germantown Friends School’s head baseball coach … more

The necessity of finding a new number one singles player and a number one doubles team would have a serious impact on most high school tennis squads, but Penn Charter has appeared to recover quite nicely after losing athletes at those positions as well as two other doubles players from its 2014 roster. more