Mercury Roundup (May 6): Owen J. Roberts girls lacrosse clinches 6th straight PAC championship
GIRLS LACROSSE
Owen J. Roberts 19, Norristown 0
HIGHLIGHTS: The Wildcats clinched their sixth consecutive outright Pioneer Athletic Conference championship with Thursday’s PAC Liberty win over the Eagles coupled with a loss by Methacton.
Seniors Maddie Capaldo, Emily Himmelreich and Maggie Kilgallon tallied hat tricks as OJR celebrated its Senior Night.
With two league games left against Spring-Ford on Friday and Phoenixville on Monday, OJR (9-0 Liberty, 13-0 PAC) is at least three games up on the rest of the PAC.
Owen J. Roberts 0 0 – 19
Norristown 0 0 – 0
Goals: Owen J. Roberts – Maddie Capaldo 3, Emily Himmelreich 3, Maggie Kilgallon 3,Grace Kratz 2, Carli Sharpe 2, Gabbi Koury 1, Kalli Mullen 1, Blakely Doyle 1, Brooke Cano 1.
Assists: Owen J. Roberts – Gracyn Smith 2, Emilly Himmelreich 1, Cailin Harrington 1, Gabbi Koury 1, Alexa Vogelman 1, Sierra Milano 1, Emery Horn 1.
Track box scores, game schedules and recent news on the Pioneer Athletic Conference Girls Lacrosse page: https://papreplive.com/girls-lacrosse/pioneer-athletic-conference/
Pottsgrove 22, Upper Perkiomen 8
HIGHLIGHTS: The Falcons erupted for 13 first-half goals Thursday on the way to rolling the Indians in their PAC Frontier Division game.
Sydney Wasdick and Sydney Tornetta shared game scoring honors with seven goals apiece for Pottsgrove. MaryKate Sitko was UP’s leading scorer with a hat trick.
Upper Perkiomen 5 3 – 8
Pottsgrove 13 9 – 22
Goals: Upper Perkiomen – MaryKate Sitko 3, Olivia Rogers 2, Lindsay Bieler 2, Bella Carpenter 2. Pottsgrove – Sydney Wasdick 7, Sydney Tornetta 7, Riley Simon 3, Katie Bean 2, Alaura O’Neill 2, Ava O’Neill 1.
Assists: Pottsgrove – Sydney Tornetta 5, Katie Bean 3. Ava O’Neill 1.
Saves: Pottsgrove – Liz Guerrette 2, Makenzie Johnson 2.
Phoenixville 9, Upper Merion 8
HIGHLIGHTS: The Phantoms got scoring from six players as they edged the Vikings in Thursday’s PAC Frontier Division game.
Gianna Thaxton, Alana Lathan and Lucy O’Donnell each scored pairs of goals for Phoenixville. Cat Merritt gave UM a game-high five goals.
Thursday was Upper Merion’s (8-1 Frontier) first division loss of the season, keeping Phoenixville (6-2) in the division race.
Phoenixville 5 4 – 9
Upper Merion 5 3 – 8
Goals: Phoenixville – Gianna Thaxton 2, Alana Lathan 2, Lucy O’Donnell 2, Jaime Michaud 1, Kira O’Donnell 1, Andrea Hook 1. Upper Merion – Cat Merritt 5, Bella DiSanto 1, Sam Walmsley 1, Julianna Callison 1.
Assists: Phoenixville – Jaime Michaud 3, Gianna Thaxton 1, Upper Merion – Bella DiSanto 3, Cat Merritt 2.
Saves: Phoenixville – Maddy Schramm 12. Upper Merion – Anya Waller 7.
Spring-Ford 10, Methacton 9
HIGHLIGHTS: The Rams ended the Warriors’ slim PAC title hopes with Thursday’s PAC Liberty victory
Abbey Boyer netted four goals, while Alyssa Mozi and Madi Doyle chipped in a pair each.
Jayme Weber tallied a hat trick for Methacton.
Spring-Ford 6 4 – 10
Methacton 4 5 – 9
Goals: Spring-Ford – Abbey Boyer 4, Alyssa Mozi 2, Madi Doyle 2, Brenna Whiteside 1, Summer Smith 1, Methacton – Jayme Weber 3, Megan Sanelli 2, Delaney Smith 2, Julia McCann 1, Ruby Murray 1.
Assists: Spring-Ford – Jordyn Edwards 1, Methacton – Julia McCann.
Saves: Spring-Ford – Ilyana Jones 5, Methacton – Mackenzie Clark 3.
BOYS LACROSSE
Owen J. Roberts 12, Phoenixville 8
HIGHLIGHTS: With seven players figuring in on the offense Thursday, the Wildcats outlasted the Phantoms in PAC play.
Josh Devine netted a hat trick to lead Roberts, which saw Chase Jorgensen, Will Whitlock and Patrick Deanna add pairs of goals.
Owen J. Roberts 3 5 1 3 – 12
Phoenixville 0 1 3 0 – 4
Goals: Owen J. Roberts – Josh Devine 3, Chase Jorgensen 2, Will Whitlock 2, Patrick Deanna 2, Will Jaeger 1, Gabe DellaPenna 1, Dylan Mercadante 1. Phoenixville – Andrew Carranti 2, Bryan Magu8ire 1, Ryan Gilleland 1.
Assists: Owen J. Roberts – Will Jaeger 4, Dylan Mercadante 2, Will Whitlock 2, Josh Devine 1. Phoenixville – Bryan Maguire 1, Ryan Gilleland 1, Jack Kelly 1.
Saves: Owen J. Roberts – Jared Devine 9. Phoenixville – Nolan Martin 8.
Track box scores, game schedules and recent news on the Pioneer Athletic Conference Boys Lacrosse page: https://papreplive.com/boys-lacrosse/pioneer-athletic-conference
Methacton 15, Boyertown 7
HIGHLIGHTS: The Bears weren’t able to overcome a 6-1 halftime deficit against the Warriors in Thursday’s PAC game.
Aidan McFalls scored a hat trick for Boyertown.
Goals: Boyertown – Aidan McFalls 3, Gage Parker 2, Adam Gallagher 1, Mason Barndt 1.
Assists: Boyertown – Aidan McFalls 1, Luke Heimbach 1, Adam Gallagher 1.
Spring-Ford 15, Gov. Mifflin 8
HIGHLIGHTS: Nick Teets headed a potent offensive that lifted the Rams over the Mustangs in Thursday’s non-league outing.
Teets scored a hat trick while teammates Aaron Judge, Will Fish and Christian Marchini each hit for two goals. J.T. Lundquist and Matt Smith (seven) combined to stop 12 shot at the Spring-Ford nets.
Gov. Mifflin 2 1 2 3 – 8
Spring-Ford 3 5 6 1 – 15
Goals: Gov. Mifflin – Rock 4, Matthieu 2, Gallen 1, Enriquez 1. Spring-Ford – Nick Teets 3, Aaron Judge 2, Will Fish 2, Christian Marchini 2, Matt Smith 1, Joey Chillano 1, Justin Wixted 1, Nick Antonio 1, Joe Brogan 1, Joey O’Donnell 1.
Assists: Spring-Ford – Nick Teets, Aaron Judge 1, Joey Chillano 1, Justin Wixted 1.
Saves: Gov. Mifflin – Rocco Leporochi 4. Spring-Ford – Matt Smith 7, J.T. Lundquist 5.
Schuylkill Valley 10, Daniel Boone 6
HIGHLIGHTS: Kyle Moats had four goals and an assist to lead the Panthers over the Blazers in Thursday’s Berks League game.
Zack Moats had two goals and two assists and Ben Eddinger two goals and one assist for Schuylkill Valley. Colin Wagner had four goals for Daniel Boone (1-8, 1-13).
Daniel Boone 4 2 0 0 – 6
Schuylkill Valley 7 3 0 0 – 10
Goals: Daniel Boone – Colin Wagner 4, Aidan Laws 1, Jude Segaline 1. Schuylkill Valley – Kyle Moats 4, Zach Moats 2, Ben Eddinger 2, Layton Crespo 1, Arnold Wolf 1.
Assists: Daniel Boone – Joe DiGiacomo 1, Chase Ring 1. Schuylkill Valley – Zach Moats 2, Kyle Moats 1, Ben Eddinger 1, Layton Crespo 1.
Saves: Daniel Boone – Antonio Rulli 15. Schuylkill Valley – Caleb Miller 13.
BOYS TENNIS
Radnor 5, Spring-Ford 0
HIGHLIGHTS: Spring-Ford saw its run in the District 1-AAA Team Tournament ended Thursday with Radnor sweeping the first-round pairing.
Spring-Ford’s best showing came at second singles, where Ryan Miller extended Radnor’s Ryan Klein in a 7-5, 6-2 duel.
Singles: Ariston Fonseca (Ra) def. Cameron Moore 6-0, 6-2; Ryan Klein (Ra) def. Ryan Miller 7-5, 6-2; Garrett Spillerman (Ra) def. Colton Pollock 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: Heonjin Kim/J.P. Pruett (Ra) def. Josh Pergine/Navein Suresh 6-3, 6-3; Sam Hilbert/Ryan Movsowitz (Ra) def. Dan Thorpe/Ethan Shakour 6-2, 6-4.
MAPL
Hill School 7
Hun School 0
Singles: Dev Sharma (HS) def Lleyton Shaw 6-3, 6-4; Nikheel Madhoo (HS) def Kevin Jaeger 6-0, 6-1; Alex Waldman (HS) def Andrew Zhang 6-3, 6-0; Philippe Jin (HS) def Eshar Hans 6-0, 6-0; Ryan Park (HS) def Arjun Kumaar 6-0, 6-1; Anders Mortenson (HS) def Ben Biondi 6-4, 7-5.
Doubles: Dev Sharma/Miki Osada (HS) def. Lleyton Shaw/Kevin Jaeger (Hun) 8-1; Nikheel Madhoo/Will Biggs (HS) def. Andrew Zhang/Scott Richmond 8-4; Alex Waldman/Philippe Jin (Hill) def. David Shaw/Eshar Hans 8-2.
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Pope John Paul II 95, Pottstown 55
HIGHLIGHTS: Josh Douris-Little was fastest in the sprints, his two-win showing key to the Golden Panthers outrunning the Trojans in Thursday’s PAC Frontier Division meet.
Douris-Little clocked an 11.72 in the 100 and 24.33 in the 200. The PJP win negated Jazeel Watson giving Pottstown a sweep of the jumps and Darius Smallwood clocking a 1:52 in the 800.
RESULTS: 300 IH-Smallwood (Pt), 39.03; 4×800-Pope John Paul II, 10:11.85; 100-Douris-Little (PJP), 11.72; 1,600-DiMarco (PJP), 5:18.08; 400-Masewicz (Pt), 54.57; 4×100-Pope John Paul II, 46.84; 110 HH-Green (Pt), 17.88; 800-Smallwood (Pt), 1:52.85; 200-Douris-Little (PJP), 24.33; 3,200-McCafferty (PJP), 11:04.61; 4×400-Pottstown, 3:44.75; High jump-Watson (Pt), 6-0; Long jump-Watson (Pt), 17-5; Triple jump-Watson (Pt), 40-6 1/2; Pole vault-Love (PJP), 8-0; Shot put-Mader (Pt), 35-1; Discus-Pratt (Pt), 92-8; Javelin-Warren (PJP), 102-8.
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
Pope John Paul II 108, Pottstown 22
HIGHLIGHTS: Kayla Croiger was a three-event winner for the Golden Panthers Thursday, keying them in their runaway win over the Trojans in PAC Frontier Division competition.
Croiger got her firsts in the 300 intermediate hurdles, the high jump and pole vault. Pottstown’s firsts all came in the field: Ashley Weller in the shot put, Arianna Torres in the discus and Mikayla DeLuca in the long jump.
300 IH-Croiger (PJP), 51.2; 4×800-Pope John Paul II, 13:23.41; 100-Lesinski (PJP), 13.27; 1,600-Todd (PJP), 5:38.12; 400-Crossan (PJP), 1:00.28; 4×100-Pope John Paul II, 53.58; 100 LH-Moroz (PJP), 17.8; 800-Todd (PJP), 2:39.10; 200-Lesinski (PJP), 27.36; 3,200-Cagliola (PJP), 11:18.48; 4×400-Pope John Paul II, 4:32.02; High jump-Croiger (PJP), 4-10; Long jump-DeLuca (Pt), 11-1 1/2; Pole vault-Croiger (PJP), 7-6; Shot put-Weller (Pt), 28-4; Discus-Torres (Pt), 61-9 1/2; Javelin-Jackson (PJP), 55-1.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Wilson 3, Daniel Boone 0
HIGHLIGHTS: Brady Hart had 16 kills and three blocks Thursday as the Bulldogs (10-0, 11-3) defeated the Blazers (3-7, 9-8) in Berks League play. Set scores were 25-14, 25-19 and 26-24.
For Daniel Boone, Josh Smith had six kills and two blocks, Ian Wright had 22 assists and Logan Emory had five kills and three blocks.
