Mercury Roundup (Oct. 5): Blowouts abound in PAC soccer

Boys Soccer

Perkiomen Valley 4, Norristown 0

Highlights: Owen Slack figured in on two of the Vikings’ goals in their PAC Liberty Division shutout of the Eagles. Slack scored one goal and assisted on another.
Norristown 0 0 – 0
Perkiomen Valley 2 2 – 4
Goals: PV – Owen Love 1, Owen Slack 1, Javier Schorle 1, Ryan Taormina 1.
Assists: PV – Grayson Boelter 1, Owen Slack 1.
Saves: PV – Angelo 5. Nt – 3.

Phoenixville 5, Pope John Paul II 2

Highlights: The Phantoms went on a three-goal tear in the second half as they pulled away from the Golden Panthers to win their PAC Frontier Division game.
Phoenixville had a balanced offense, with Mike Sposato making two assists.
Phoenixville 2 3 – 5
Pope John Paul II 1 1 – 2
Goals: Px – Efe Ulcay 1, Ricky Kaniewski 1, Eric Palena 1, Evan DesMarais 1, Kedaar Vyas 1. PJP – Jack Heffner 1, Ben Rubinich 1.
Assists: Px – Mikey Sposato 2, Nolan Bruno 1. PJP – Emilio Stipe 1.

Upper Merion 6, Pottsgrove 1

Highlights: Bolstered by a first-half scoring surge, the Vikings ran away from the Falcons to win their PAC Frontier Division matchup.
Landon Shivak had Pottsgrove’s lone goal in the second half.
Upper Merion 4 2 – 6
Pottsgrove 0 1 – 1
Goals: UMe – Lamey Casey 1, Eric Kenworthy 1, Vo. Brandon 1, Rojek Patryk 1, Gurung Koshis 1, Kaushik Arjun 1. Pg – Landon Shivak 1.

Methacton 3, Owen J. Roberts 2

Highlights: Brayden Ahlum assisted on the Warriors’ first and final goals to help them outlast the Wildcats in their PAC Liberty Division game.
Ethan Williams figured in on both OJR’s goals, scoring the second off a penalty kick.
Owen J. Roberts 1 1 – 2
Methacton 1 2 – 3
Goals: OJR – Finn Purtle 1, Ethan Williams 1. Me – Aryaman Punshi 1, Otto Hull 1, Eddie Carbajal 1.
Assists: OJR – Ethan Williams 1. Me – Brayden Ahlum 2, Matt Weber 1.
Saves: OJR – Andrew Keddie 4. Me – Steven Remish 2.

Upper Perkiomen 6, Pottstown 0

Highlights: Austin Farrington got his varsity career off to a flying start with a shutout of the Trojans in their PAC Frontier Division contest.
Farrington’s clean sheet was facilitated by big play from Mike Kuzckowski, who scored one goal while assisting on two others for UP.

Goals: UP – Calvin McGonigle 1, Braeden Jerrom 1, Mike Kuzckowski 1, David Schwab 1, Logan Watkins 1, Jim Friedman.
Assists: UP – Mike Kukzckowski 2, Nick Aron 1, Blake Schwenk 1, Logan Watkins 1, Aiden Heisler 1.

Monday

Pottsgrove 1, Pope John Paul II 0

Highlights: Landon Shivak’s penalty kick with 12:28 left in the first half held up as the winner for the Falcons in Monday’s PAC Frontier win. Pottsgrove had the advantage in shots on goal at 8-5.

Spring-Ford 3, Governor Mifflin 0

Highlights: Justin Russell scored a pair of goals and Eric Moriarity’s three saves preserved the shutout as the Rams (9-2-1) won their fifth straight game in non-league action Monday.
Goals: SF – Justin Russell 2, Cameron Jones.
Assists: SF – Tyler Wellington, Joey Ricevuto, Cole Preschutti.
Saves: SF – Eric Moriarity 3; GM – Emilio Santiesteban 8.

Girls Soccer

Perkiomen Valley 8, Norristown 0

Highlights: Emma Stankunas’ two-goal outing headed a balanced offense for the Vikings in their PAC Liberty Division romp over the Eagles.
A total of 12 PV players figured in the scoring, while the defense didn’t require three goaltenders to handle any shots.
Perkiomen Valley 6 2 – 8
Norristown 0 0 – 0
Goals: PV – Emma Stankunas 2, Nicole Bottomly-Lytle 1, Lily Tremba 1, Gianna Mallee 1, Gianna Corropolese 1, Haley Moyer 1, Camryn Beers 1.
Assists: PV – Rylee Rosati 1, Rylie Pinkerton 1, Nicole Bottomly-Lytle 1, Madison Lindsay 1, Lily Tremba 1, Rain Boyd 1, Mia Milleo 1.
Saves: PV – Julianna Sterchak, Kailie Picard and Olivia Hulayew 0. Nt – Kayliana Henry 9.

Upper Perkiomen 7, Pottstown 0

Highlights: The Indians struck 33 seconds into the game and never looked back as they blanked Pottstown in PAC Frontier action Tuesday.
Pottstown 0 0 – 0
Upper Perkiomen 5 2 – 7
Goals: UP – Mary Kate Sitko 2, Sarah Fisher 2, Megan Cairns, Elyse Kreiner, Jada Roderick.
Assists: UP – Sarah Fisher, Megan Cairns, Sara Edwards, Lauren Powers, Mary Kate Sitko.
Saves: UP -Gabby Neal 1; PT – Jayla Zipay 12.

Phoenixville 4, Pope John Paul II 1

Highlights: Caroline Flick and Natalie White sparked the Phantoms’ offense in Tuesday’s PAC Frontier Division victory over the Golden Panthers.
Flick had two of Phoenixville’s goals while White was credited with three assists. Lauren Rezza, assisted by Erin Flanagan, had PJP’s lone score.
Pope John Paul II 1 0 – 1
Phoenixville 2 2 – 4
Goals: PJP – Lauren Rezza 1. Px – Caroline Flick 2, Sydney Goodhart 1, Brooke Rosenbaum 1.
Assists: PJP – Erin Flanagan 1. Px – Natalie White 3, Jaime Michaud 1.
Saves: PJP – Kyanni Escudero 13. Px – Ella Stout 8.

Pottsgrove 6, Upper Merion 0

Highlights: Emily Vishio figured in on three Falcon goals on the way to their roll of the Vikings in PAC Frontier Division play.
Vishio scored one of Pottsgrove’s first-half goals, and she assisted on others by Leah Henzes and Lexi Leaman.
Pottsgrove 4 2 – 6
Phoenixville 0 0 – 0
Goals: Pg – Brianna Thorum 1, Emily Vishio 1, Leah Henzes 1, Lexi Leaman 1, Keleigh Nihart 1, Ava Leaman 1.
Assists: Pg – Emily Vishio 2, Avery Makoid 1.
Saves: Pg – Ella Smith and Zoe Winterbottom.

Spring-Ford 6, Boyertown 1

Highlights: Reese Kershner notched a hat trick and had an assist, and Kamryn Pufko added a brace as the Lady Rams rolled over the Bears in PAC Liberty Division action.
Claire Lanzisera also had a goal and three assists in the win for Spring-Ford (10-3-1).

Penn-Jersey League

Perkiomen School 7, Solebury School 0

Highlights: Bria Moyer and Cece Vassallo each scored pairs of goals to lead the Panthers in their Penn-Jersey League whitewash of Solebury School.
Moyer and Vassallo were also credited with assists as Perkiomen opened a 5-0 lead in the first half.
Goals: PS – Bria Moyer 2, Cece Vassallo 2, Chiara Plata 1, Janice Zeng 1, own goal.
Assists: PS – Bria Moyer 1, Cece Vassallo 1, Cheyenne McCloud 1, Natalie Sanft 1.

Golf

Perkiomen School 224, Church Farm School 311

The Panthers won a decisive match against The Church Farm School, led by August Berndtsson’s one-under-par round of 35,
Pierce Laessig 45, Zach Glavin 45, Lilly Hetrick 49 and Luke Stubbifield 50 also figured in the Perkiomen scoring.

Malvern Prep 197, Hill School 219

Highlights: Though the Blues dropped Monday’s match at Applebrook Golf Club, they had the highlight of the day.
As play concluded, Thomas Beaudoin used a gap wedge on the ninth hole — an intimidating 135-yard par-three with an elevated green an d trouble everywhere. The shot bounced twice and drained into the hole for his first hole-in-one, sending both teams watching near the green into a pandemonium before Hill’s golfers rushed up the fairway to celebrate with their teammate.
Gregor Weissenberger’s five-over 41 was the best score of the day for Hill. Also scoring were Beaudoin (43), Nick Rafetto (43), Terry Shao (46) and Lucas Steinmetz (46).

Girls Tennis

Upper Perkiomen 6, Upper Merion 1

Singles: Hope Thompson (UP) def. Chloe Doan 0-6, 6-1, 6-1; Maddy Dyer (UP) def. Izzy Greenberg 6-4, 6-0; Sara Andrasak (UP) def. Colette Egan 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.
Doubles: Reesa Glauner/Adele Eaton (UMe) def. M’Lynn Poulson/Liz Greczek 6-2, 6-1; Emily Vogel/Cassidy Bush (UP) def. Brooke Puglisi/Rhianna Fierra 7-5 (4), 6-4; Emma Jago/Emi Sensinger (UP) def. Visha Patel/Aline Hernandez 6-0, 6-1; Alayna Phillips/Jada Leidy (UP) def. Tha Ngo/Maria Pemberton 6-2, 6-0.

Owen J. Roberts 5, Pope John Paul II 2

Singles: Allison Root (OJR) def. Tess Crossan 6-0, 6-0; Sonya Soeder (OJR) def. Mia Delmoro 6-3, 6-0; Alexis Withers (OJR) def. Kelly O’Connor 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Doubles: Kate Callahan/Isabel Withers (OJR) def. Cathe Fiore/Mia Zernick 6-3, 6-2; Carlee Bonanno/Lauren Koster (OJR) def. Sofia Pieri/Danielle Campanella 6-1, 6-1; Claire Schiele/Olivia Butera (OJR) def. Caroline Aldred/Ava Sellers 6-1, 6-3; Victoria Wagner/Molly Houchins (PJP) def. Faith Turnbull/Katie Balzaro 6-4, 7-5.