|
In last Thursday's Athletic Association of Catholic Academies basketball bout, host Mount St. Joseph Academy fell to Villa Maria, 56-50.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
1/26/23
|
|
The Germantown Friends girls traveled to Bucks County last Tuesday to take on a George School hoops squad that is aiming to move up out of the middle of the pack in the Friends Schools League.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
1/26/23
|
|
Just past mid-January, nothing was set in stone yet in the quest for the girls' basketball championship in the Inter-Ac League, but last Friday, Penn Charter made a big step towards retaining its title.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
1/26/23
|
|
Five minutes into last Friday's Inter-Ac League basketball game, host Springside Chestnut Hill Academy was keeping it close with the Academy of Notre Dame. Then the situation deteriorated.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
1/19/23
|
|
The Germantown Academy girls lost a close basketball game in their final contest of 2022, when GA was missing two important starters. Not anymore.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
1/19/23
|
|
In boys' squash, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy posted its first win of the season last Tuesday, knocking off the visiting Friars of Malvern Prep, 6-1.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
1/18/23
|
|
When they met on the basketball court last Tuesday for the first game of 2023 and the resumption of the Inter-Ac League campaign, both Penn Charter and Episcopal Academy owned overall records under .500.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
1/12/23
|
|
When a wrestling team has no one participating in six of the 14 weight classes in a dual meet, the result is usually a lopsided loss. That's not what happened to Germantown Academy last Friday.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
1/12/23
|
|
The women of Chestnut Hill College were 5-6 overall a few days before the end of 2022, but won on the road on the last day of the year and then opened 2023 with a victory.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
1/12/23
|
|
In men's basketball, Chestnut Hill College had been seesawing back and forth across the .500 mark for much of last month, but a victory in the Griffins' first contest of 2023 was their third win in a row.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
1/12/23
|
|
Several girls' basketball teams in the area traveled to out-of-state tournaments last week. Germantown Academy had already done that before Christmas, so last week the Patriots only ventured as far as Cardinal O'Hara.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
1/4/23
|
|
Penn Charter performed well at the top and bottom of the team ladder, but visiting Springside Chestnut Hill Academy won the third through seventh flights to clinch a victory.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
12/23/22
|
|
In the Inter-Ac League opener for both teams, defending champ Penn Charter started the 2022-23 campaign with a 55-37 victory at Germantown Academy last Tuesday.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
12/23/22
|
|
At first glance, the tail end of the basketball schedule looked like an intense stretch for the girls of Germantown Friends. As it turned out, GFS was not seriously challenged.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
12/23/22
|
|
For a number of years, girls' basketball teams in the area could have been forgiven for penciling in a "W" where Academy of the New Church appeared on the schedule. No more.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
12/14/22
|
|
Penn Charter played its boys' squash season opener last Thursday, hosting nearby rival Germantown Friends.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
12/14/22
|
|
December was not even a week old, but last Tuesday's non-league basketball battle at Penn Charter had a playoff feel to it.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
12/14/22
|
|
The father of a Springside Chestnut Hill Academy wrestler was a little late getting to the Blue Devils' meet at Germantown Friends School last Tuesday But the encounter was so brief, he missed the matches and several exhibition bouts.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
12/7/22
|
|
On their first day back after Thanksgiving weekend, the basketball players at Mount St. Joseph Academy made the short trip out to Germantown Academy for a preseason scrimmage.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
12/7/22
|
|
A group of pioneers in women's crew, members of what became known as the Vichy Eight, were inducted recently into the National Rowing Hall of Fame, including Chestnut Hill resident Barbara Hoe.
more
by Tom Utescher
|
11/30/22
|
