The Reporter/Times Herald/Montgomery Media Local Roundup (March 30): Upper Dublin survives test from Pennridge
Girls lacrosse
Upper Dublin 12, Pennridge 11 >> Aditi Foster scored five goals and added two assists as the Cardinals won a thriller on Wednesday in SOL crossover action. Paige Dinkel added three goals, while Julie Zlonitkoff also scored two for the Cards. Also tallying goals for Upper Dublin were Anna DiMartile and Cami Rosenthal. Grace Roscia and Maddy Edinger both scored three goals for Pennridge.
Boys lacrosse
Germantown Academy 16, Pennridge 4 >> The Patriots went ahead 6-0 after one quarter and coasted to the nonconference win on Wednesday. Drew Ferguson, Matt Seiler, Jack Leuthe and Ben Souder scored for the Rams.
Upper Dublin 13, Quakertown 1 >> The Cardinals had little trouble in rolling to the SOL American win on Wednesday. Vijay Foster led the way with four goals, while Will Bailey and Jackson Simons each added two goals and two assists.
Baseball
Methacton 16, Norristown 1 >> The Warriors opened PAC play with a romp on Wednesday afternoon in five innings. Mathew Christian earned the win on the mound, striking out six in four innings of shutout ball. His brother Michael Christian helped provide the offense with two hits and an RBI. Methacton had 15 hits, but only three extra bases hits, two were doubles from Kross Howarth, who finished with six RBI’s in all.
Softball
Archbishop Wood 13, Upper Dublin 2 >> Winning pitcher Dakota Fanelli struck out nine, scattered four hits and allowed just one earned run for Wood on Wednesday in a nonconference game. Fanelli also brought the lumber with two doubles and two runs scored, while Julia Yogis also doubled and tripled. For Upper Dublin, Bella Fiore was 2-for-2 with a double and Kaelin Penna hit an RBI double and scored.
Dock 15, Plumstead Christian 4 >> The Pioneers traveled to Plumstead Christian Wednesday and scored early and often in a BAL matchup. With the game in hand, the bench was emptied and the game ended after five innings. Maggie Dowell doubled and had three RBI’s, Aubrey Gahman scored three runs and Sophia Mercure added two hits and two RBIs for Dock. Gahman picked up her varsity win with nine strikeouts over five innings.
Boys tennis
Spring-Ford 5, Methacton 2 >> In a heavyweight PAC showdown, the Rams won four three-set matches and came out with the win. Spring-Ford swept the singles matches, all in three sets. Cameron Moore set the tone with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 win at No. 1 singles over Dylan Wen in a possible preview of the PAC singles championship. S-F then got a big win at No. 1 doubles from Ethan Shakor/Jake Kolevas 1-6, 7-5, 6-1 over Akash Suresh/Karim Jayaram.
Wissahickon 7, Plymouth Whitemarsh 0 >> The Trojans didn’t drop a set in picking up the SOL Liberty win on Tuesday. Danny Zappin picked up a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 3 singles over Zachary Small in one of the closest matches of the day.
