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Basketball teams from outside the area won the boys’ and girl’s championships at the 2025 Norwood Fontbonne Academy Snowball tournament, but at the 2026 event last week, the trophies stayed closer to home.
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by Tom Utescher
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3/4/26
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When sports teams from traditional rivals Germantown Academy and Penn Charter engage, unexpected things can happen.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/26/26
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On Feb. 11, 2015, the basketball team at Mount St. Joseph Academy defeated Gwynedd Mercy Academy, 29-26, to repeat as champions. Mount St. Joe supporters were destined to wait 11 years until they could celebrate another AACA title.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/19/26
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In their final Inter-Ac League road game on Feb. 10, the girls of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy came away with a loss but still played some of their best basketball of the season.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/19/26
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With a 67-37 victory over visiting Sacred Heart Academy on Feb. 4, Mount St. Joseph Academy secured the top seed for the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies basketball playoffs.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/12/26
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In girls’ basketball, Germantown Academy became the sole occupant of second place in the Inter-Ac League last Friday thanks to a 55-38 home court victory over Agnes Irwin School.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/5/26
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Only nine members of the Germantown Academy wrestling team actually saw action on the mat at Haverford School on Jan. 22, but that was enough for the Patriots to come away with a 58-21 Inter-Ac League victory.
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by Tom Utescher
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1/29/26
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Chestnut Hill College senior Sara Tamoun on Jan. 20 seemed to live up to the nickname of fellow Easton, Pa., athlete Larry Holmes, the boxing champion known as the “Easton Assassin.”
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by Tom Utescher
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1/29/26
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After a lackluster start at Baldwin School on Jan. 13, Germantown Friends took the lead for good in the second quarter and continued on to a 46-29 non-league victory.
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by Tom Utescher
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1/22/26
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In Inter-Ac League girls’ basketball, two significant upsets occurred in the first half of January, and last Friday evening the Germantown Academy Patriots were hoping for a third.
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by Tom Utescher
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1/22/26
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Arriving at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy on Jan. 6, the girls of Germantown Academy were looking to snap a five–game losing streak.
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by Tom Utescher
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1/15/26
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It looked to be an exciting Athletic Association of Catholic Academies basketball battle.
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by Tom Utescher
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1/15/26
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It wasn’t looking like it would be a fortuitous start to the Inter–Ac League basketball season for the girls of William Penn Charter School.
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by Tom Utescher
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1/8/26
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Judging from the two teams’ results against common opponents early in the basketball season, it seemed like the Mount St. Joseph Magic would not have too much difficulty defeating Villa Maria.
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by Tom Utescher
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12/25/25
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So they aren’t from Northwest Philly -- surely just a technicality -- but we would be remiss in not starting this annual review without noting that the Eagles won Super Bowl LIX in February.
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by The Staff
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12/25/25
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In the end, two area girls’ basketball teams from the area with 4-1 records proved to be very evenly matched, although their encounter didn’t start out that way.
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by Tom Utescher
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12/25/25
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The swimming team at Mount St. Joseph Academy secured its second win in the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies on Dec. 10, defeating visiting Merion Mercy Academy, 91-70.
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by Tom Utescher
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12/18/25
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A pair of girls’ basketball games last weekend revealed a lot about the Germantown Academy Patriots.
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by Tom Utescher
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12/18/25
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The girls’ basketball team at Penn Charter last Wednesday recorded its third victory over an opponent from the Mid-Atlantic Prep League, turning away visiting Mercersburg Academy, 50-41.
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by Tom Utescher
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12/11/25
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All of the hard work paid off. The La Salle College High School football team had worked hard since the end of last season to prepare for a state championship run.
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by Patrick Birkhead
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12/11/25
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