2022 Mercury Boys Lacrosse Team-by-Team Preview
BOYERTOWN Coach: Grady Wise, 6th season. Last year’s record: 8-8, lost to Downingtown East in District 1-3A first round. Players to watch: Adam Gallagher,...
Perkiomen Valley leads with defense in takedown of Methacton in all-PAC state playoff game
ROYERSFORD >> Methacton and Perkiomen Valley were slated to make Pioneer Athletic Conference girls basketball history before they even took the court Friday night....
Mercury All-Area: Kohler’s career comes full circle with Perkiomen Valley back on top of PAC
Ethan Kohler appeared destined for greatness the moment he arrived on the local high school football scene. In 2018, freshman Kohler filled in on...
Mercury Week 12 Football Review: From A to Z – recapping the year in area high school football
It was the season we all needed. After a hectic 2020 that saw many area schools lose out on considerable portions of their gridiron...
Mercury Week 11 Football Review: Unsung heroes leave an impression for PAC teams in postseason exits
Of the six PAC football squads that qualified for the District playoffs in their respective classifications this season, only two – Perkiomen Valley (6A)...
Pottsgrove pulls out all the stops in 4A semifinal victory over Upper Moreland
“Special teams are a third of the game.” It’s an old coach’s mantra, meant to remind players not to let down just because the...
Mercury Week 10 Football Review: Late comeback shows thrill, agony of District 1 playoff system
It was just about time to say goodbye. Down 13-0 and unable to generate much offense all night, Pottsgrove found itself in dire straits...
Perkiomen Valley reclaims place atop PAC, wins championship over Pope John Paul II, 30-0
GRATERFORD >> Rob Heist had been here before. So had his quarterback, Ethan Kohler. But they hadn’t been here with this group — a...
Mercury Week 9 Football Review: What’s at stake during PAC Crossover Week?
Since the advent of the two-division system in 2016, each regular season has concluded with ‘Crossover Week’ – an event in which Liberty and...
Koch passes 1,000 as Phoenixville cruises by Pottstown, 41-7
PHOENIXVILLE >> Owen Koch’s high school football career has offered repeated glimpses of what might be. His senior year has become the realization of that...