2015 Mercury All-Area Girls Cross Country Teams
FIRST TEAM Allison Brunton, Owen J. Roberts Junior … Second in PAC-10 meet … 22nd in District 1-AAA meet … 48th in PIAA-AAA meet...
Spring-Ford downs Pottstown in both teams’ PAC-10 opener
POTTSTOWN >> They’re both trying to solidify lineups at present. No surprise there, considering the 2015-16 campaign is less than two weeks old and...
Pace clinches Pottsgrove’s victory over Wissahickon
LOWER POTTSGROVE >> It was a memorable way to christen a new gymnasium. Dramatic? Yes. Nerve-wracking? Very much so. But memorable nonetheless. Pottsgrove got...
Mercury Area Wrestling Preview
BOYERTOWN Coach: Pete Ventresca, 11th year. Last year’s record: 9-0 PAC-10, 21-2 overall. Wrestlers to watch: Gregg Harvey, Sr., 182; Tommy Killoran, Sr., 285; Garrett...
Upper Moreland handles Pottstown, 33-6
WILLOW GROVE >> Qualifying for the District 1 playoffs requires a team achieve a certain level of success during the regular season. Advancing up...
Kirshenbaum takes ninth at PIAA Class AAA Championships
HERSHEY >> It can’t be said Jeff Kirshenbaum doesn’t move at a fast pace. Certainly not on cross-country courses around the state. And not...
Glodek steers Perkiomen Valley to best PIAA finish since 1981
HERSHEY >> Annie Glodek had two reasons to be happy Saturday. Glodek had parts in two memorable finishes by the Perkiomen Valley girls cross...
Pottsgrove wins backyard brawl with Pottstown, 21-9
LOWER POTTSGROVE >> There were a number of storylines circling around Friday’s Pottsgrove/Pottstown game. The latest installment of annual clash between the intense neighboring...
Pottsgrove tops Bishop Shanahan for first district title since 2008
NEWTOWN >> To be sure, none of them were part of the last Pottsgrove boys soccer team to win a district title. But Thursday...
Pottsgrove stuns Holy Ghost Prep, 2-0
FRANCONIA >> It’s been a dominant power in Pennsylvania’s Class AA ranks, a perennial district champion and state-level qualifier. But the Holy Ghost Prep...