This past weekend, 24 of the best female squash players in the world spent five days battling it out on the courts of the Philadelphia Cricket Club at the inaugural Chestnut Hill Classic.
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3/16/23
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After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, hundreds of community members packed Springside Chestnut Hill Academy’s Vare Field House to celebrate the return of Hoops Madness.
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3/16/23
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In the PIAA District 1 Class 5A basketball tournament, Mount St. Joseph Academy won in the first round and lost in the quarterfinals. The Magic then guaranteed themselves a spot among the six District 1 teams.
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by Tom Utescher
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3/8/23
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The girls' basketball team from St. Philip Neri School in Lafayette Hill always seems to be a force to be reckoned with at Norwood Fontbonne Academy's long-running Snowball Tournament.
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by Tom Utescher
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3/8/23
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In the boys' championship game last Sunday at Norwood Fontbonne Academy's 49th Annual Snowball tournament, the Bears claimed a 42-39 victory over Germantown Friends and emerged as the tourney champions.
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by Tom Utescher
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3/8/23
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As in 2022, top-seeded Westtown School met number two Penn Charter in the finals of this year's Pa. Independent Schools girls' basketball tournament.
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by Tom Utescher
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3/1/23
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The Patriots and the Irish were playing for two-out-of-three, as well as the chance to keep their basketball season going. The girls of Germantown Academy and the Academy of Notre Dame had each won …
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by Tom Utescher
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2/27/23
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After trailing 17-13 at halftime, the host Bears were ahead 34-33 at the end of the third quarter and also led by one point late in the fourth period.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/27/23
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At last Tuesday's Inter-Ac League hoops contest, the Academy of Notre Dame recorded a 42-18 victory over visiting Springside Chestnut Hill.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/19/23
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Penn Charter's wrestlers literally stepped into the spotlight for last Friday's Senior Night meet.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/19/23
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In a non-league middle school basketball contest, the girls of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy middle school varsity squad jumped out to an early lead, but Norwood Fontbonne Academy soon made a game of it.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/19/23
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In girls' basketball, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy took a break from tough Inter-Ac League competition last Monday, hosting a non-league contest.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/9/23
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Last Tuesday at Penn Charter, the Quaker girls took on what was very likely the last team that could prevent them from making an undefeated run through the Inter-Ac League.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/9/23
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Historically, Mount St. Joseph Academy has won the great majority of basketball games it has played against Villa Joseph Marie. They did it again.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/9/23
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Late last week, Penn Charter was pretty much assured of making an undefeated run to its second straight championship in girls' basketball. However, on Friday night there was a pitched battle for second place.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/9/23
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Mount St. Joseph Academy's swim team raised its record to 3-0 last Wednesday in Athletic Association of Catholic Academies dual meets.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/1/23
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For their second meeting on the ice this season, the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy and Germantown Academy hockey teams took a trip up Route 309.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/1/23
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In their last home dual meet in the Inter-Ac League this winter, the Blue Devils of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy lost to the Quakers of Penn Charter.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/1/23
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After upsetting nationally ranked Jefferson University last Wednesday, the Chestnut Hill College women survived an uncomfortably close fourth quarter against Caldwell (N.J.) University.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/1/23
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In last Thursday's Athletic Association of Catholic Academies basketball bout, host Mount St. Joseph Academy fell to Villa Maria, 56-50.
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by Tom Utescher
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1/26/23
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