Mercury Roundup (Aug. 31): Bliss’ pair helps Boyertown hockey handle Phoenixville 5-1

Field Hockey

Boyertown 5, Phoenixville 1

Highlights: Alex Bliss scored a pair of goals and Taylor Havrilla, Elise Eves and Emily Wilson added scores in the Bears’ PAC crossover win against the Phantoms Wednesday.
The Bears led 3-1 at half.

Upper Merion 8, Pottstown 0

Highlights: Ashley Evitts’ hat trick helped the Vikings to a PAC Frontier win over Pottstown Wednesday.
Also tallying for Upper Merion were: Rylie McGrath (2 goals, 1 assist), Chloe Wardlow (goal), Elle Meade (goal), Julianna Callison (goal) and Becca Shuler (2 assists).

Kennett 4, Spring-Ford 2

Highlights: Kennett broke out in the third quarter on goals from Whitney Walker and Mary Carroll and downed Spring-Ford in non-league action Wednesday.
Eva Drumbore got SF on the board late in the first quarter but Kennett scored four in the second half to turn the match. Other scorers were Sarah Fritz and Jordyn MacMillan while Bridget Wells had two assists.
Katie McCreary made 14 saves for the Rams.
Spring-Ford 1 0 0 1 – 2
Kennett 0 0 2 2 – 4
Goals: K-Sarah Fritz, Whitney Walker, Mary Carroll. Jordyn MacMillan; SF-Eva Drumbore, Julia Corropolese
Assists: K-Bridget Wells 2, Kaitlyn Stolp; SF-Nina Scott
Shots: SF 10, K 18
Corners: SF 6, K 10
Saves: SF-Katie McCreary 14; K-Maddi Sears 8

Oley Valley 3, Methacton 1

Highlights: Wednesday at Eagleville, Izzy Buehler, Karlee Howard and Alexandra Lopez each scored goals for the Lynx. Elena Weychert scored the Warriors’ goal.
Oley Valley 1 2 -3
Methacton 0 1 – 1
Goals: OV-Karlee Howard, Isabella Buehler, Alexandra Lopez; M-Elena Weychert
Assists: OV-Molly Rothenberger, Mia Woodward; M-Renee Blakee
Corners: OV 10, M 5
Saves: OV-Cenora Grim 3; M-Emily Drake 4, Natalie Drake 5

Owen J. Roberts 3, West Chester Rustin 1

Highlights: The Wildcats dominated play and got goals from Kylee Scherer, Larissa Schell, Evie Wolters for a non-league win Wednesday.
Bayard Rustin 1 0 – 1
Owen J. Roberts 2 1 – 3
Goals: WCR-Lexi Harrison; OJR-Kylee Scherer, Larissa Schell, Evie Wolters
Shots: WCR 3, OJR 20
Corners: WCR 0, OJR 16
Saves: WCR-Corinne Weber 17; OJR-Katja Larsen 2.

Boys Soccer

Methacton 2, Norristown 0

Highlights: Zach Willen and Brayden Ahlum scored second-half goals and reigning PAC champion Methacton (2-0) hit the ground running in its PAC opener Wednesday.
Ahlum had an assist, as did Lucas Capelini. Wyatt Stemler saved a penalty kick in the first half for the Warriors.
Norristown 0 0 – 0
Methacton 0 2 – 2
Scoring: M- Zach Willen (assisted by Brayden Ahlum); Brayden Ahlum (assisted by Lucas Capelini)
Goalies: M-Wyatt Stemler 2 saves; N-Dilan Carrasco-Palmer 4 saves
Corners: M 7, N 0.

Upper Perkiomen 3, Kutztown 0

Highlights: Logan Watkins scored early on a nice pass from Christian McGillen that send UP on its way in a non-league win Wednesday. In the second half, UP kept the scoring going after Matthew Fisher scored from top of the 18 off a nice square pass from McGillen. The Tribe tallied their third on a combination from McGillen, Fisher, and Ethan Barr that ended in a cross from Barr to the head of Jim Friedman for the goal.
Austin Farrington earned the shutout in UP goal.

Owen J. Roberts 3, Daniel Boone 0

Highlights: Joey Kish, Ethan Williams and Nick Gambone each had a goal and an assist and OJR topped non-league neighbor Daniel Boone Wednesday.
DB keeper Tucker Griffin made 14 saves. Andrew Keddie needed only three saves for OJR.

Tulpehocken 4, Pottsgrove 0

Highlights: Tulpehocken lowered the boom with three second-half goals in a win over Pottsgrove Wednesday.
Elixir Aguirre, Nico Paul-Chandia, Erick Sanchez and Mason Lillis scored for Tulpehocken, which out-shot Pottsgrove 20-0.
AJ Lattanze made 16 saves for the Falcons.

Girls Soccer

Phoenixville 3, Faith Christian 1

Highlights: Jaime Michaud and Caroline Flick were on the double as Phoenixville won a non-league contest Wednesday.
Michaud scored two goals and Flick contributed two assists for the Phantoms, which also got a goal and an assist from Hadley Mardis.
Emine Ulcay made seven saves for Phoenixivlle, which led 2-1 at the half.

Bishop Shanahan 2, Pope John Paul II 0

Highlights: The Eagles scored a goal in each half to earn the non-league win. Kyanni Escudero made eight saves for PJP.

Boys Golf

Methacton 196, Pottsgrove 257

At Skippack GC
Methacton (196): Christian Kay 37, Devin Charles 38, Matthew Rieger 39, Bobby Kleckner 40, Anthony Feliciani 42.
Pottsgrove (257): Cooper Simon 46, Koda Brown 49, Carter Burg 54, Dylan Penot 54, Mike Kawczyinski 54.

Perkiomen Valley 201, Pope John Paul II 204

At Raven’s Claw (par 36)
Perkiomen Valley (201): Ayush Patel 39, Shea Fusco 39, Clark Roynan 40, Evan Lichtenstein 41, Andrew Brendlinger 42.
Pope John Paul II (204): Jack Brennan 39, Aidan Canning 40, Ryan McQuarrie 40, Adam Profrock 42.

Spring-Ford 188, Downingtown West 205

At Turtle Creek (par 36)
Downingtown West (205): Brady Manning 37, Bret Bergey 38, Steve Wogram 42, Luke Chambers 44, Jackson Geyer 44
Spring-Ford (188): Chris deHaan 37, Luke Fazio 37, Jaden Minter 37, Shaun Drover 38, Jake Blackmore and Charlie Ferrise 39

Daniel Boone 227, Wyomissing 242

At Reading CC (par 45, 12 holes)
Daniel Boone (227): Chase Yenser 48, Eli Rhoads 59, Chase Cleaver 60, Zach Hasara 60.
Wyomissing (242): Matt Latouorelle 52, Declan Filoon 61, Chase Maggs 63, Nick Hoffman 66.

Girls Golf

Spring-Ford 154, Hatboro-Horsham 206
At Talamore CC (par 35)
Spring-Ford (154): Alie Adams 37, Nicole Yun 38, Cierra Griffith 38, Morgan Kunze 41.
Hatboro Horsham (206): Sammy Fuchs 48, Haley Wallach 48, Sarah Howard 51, Mina Cho 59.

Girls Tennis

Pope John Paul II 7, Pottsgrove 0

Singles: Mia Zernick (PJP) def. Rachel Lilliendahl 6-4, 6-4; Claire Schiele (PJP) def. Alaina Hathaway 0-6, 6-2, 10-4; Alana Swartz (PJP) def. Vianna Le, 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles: Bailey Finkelmeier/Ally Mooney (PJP) def. Abby McDonald/Bella Nagy, 6-0, 6-1; Maddie Ward/Olivia Butera (PJP) def. Samantha Mohollen/Vanessa Latshaw, 6-2, 6-2; Molly Houchins/Victoria Wagner (PJP) def. Sydney Kothe/Nyae Mason, 6-0, 6-0; Maddie Magasich/Karly Brescia (PJP) def. Rebecca Hoffman/Paige Petersen, 6-3, 6-1.

Methacton 6, Upper Dublin 1

Singles: Hana Nouaime (M) def. Ciara Peyton, 6-1, 6-1; Alice Liang (M) def. Eva Yang, 6-0, 6-1; Lauren Montgomery (M) def. Kaelin Penna, 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: Anika Suresh/Morgan Coupe (M) def. Ava Trauger/Brie Wattington, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5); Dru O’Brien/Carlee Dellose (M) def. Maddie St. Pierre/Nyla Mathews, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2; Megan Quan/Raegan Penna (UD) def. Julia Miccoli/Shannon O’Leary 6-1, 6-2; Olivia Schneier/Sol Martin (M) def. Marianna Locati/Katie Lydzinski, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

Girls Volleyball

Pottsgrove 3, Chichester 2

Highlights: Pottsgrove prevailed in five sets, 25-19, 13-25, 20-25, 25-23, and 15-11.
Statistical leaders for the Falcons were: Raelyn Eisenhard (10 assists, 7 kills), Lizzie McAllister (6 assists), Rylie Eisenhard (7 kills), Avery Gleason (4 kills, 8 service points, 5 aces), Madi Arpino (13 service points, 4 aces) and Chelsea Wasdick (8 digs).

Pope John Paul II 3, Bishop Shanahan 0

Highlights: The Golden Panthers won in straight sets 25-15, 25-19, 25-17 in a non-league outing Wednesday.
Hutton Cordrey had 11 kills, 17 digs and 8 service points, Grace Cooper had 17 digs, Natalie Ricevuto had eight kills and Madison Monahan had 28 assists and 12 service points.

Methacton 3, Springfield-Delco 1

Highlights: Methacton won in four sets, 25-14, 25-7, 14-25, 25-18. Methacton was led by Kayla Ginther with 12 kills and 7 aces and Makayla Batten with 7 kills and 2 blocks. The offense was led by setter Rachel Pettine with 32 assists. The second set saw Jordan Toth serve 12 straight points to put the game away.

Wissahickon 3, Pottstown 0

The Trojans won in three sets, 25-2, 25-3, 25-8.