Mercury-All Area: Spring-Ford’s Engro strikes balancing act, leads Rams to title
When Ryan Engro was about eight years old, he was happily playing running back in a youth league game when his coach and dad...
Tamaqua ends Pope John Paul II’s breakthrough season in state opener
BUCKTOWN >> After Friday night’s season-ending loss, Pope John Paul II head coach Rory Graver gathered his squad at one end of the field,...
With district title secured, Pope John Paul II turns attention to states, Tamaqua
The best thing about playoff season is every “big game” is followed by an even more pivotal contest. Fresh off toppling previously undefeated Neumann...
Stingy Conestoga blanks Freedom to reach state semifinal
ROYERSFORD >> The hardest thing about playing Conestoga’s girls’ soccer team is the complete lack of margin for error. The Pioneers put on a...
Pope John Paul II takes thriller over Neumann Goretti for District 1/12 3A title
PHILADELPHIA >> No one needed to remind Dylan Walker of the stakes. “I mean, it was do or die,” the Pope John Paul II...
Unbeaten Neumann Goretti stands in way of Pope John Paul II’s district dreams
The Pope John Paul II football team has already enjoyed its finest season in program history. The Golden Panthers won the Pioneer Athletic Conference...
Kerr’s return boosts Boyertown to comeback win over Whitehall in PIAA opener
BUCKTOWN >> Matt Kerr missed most of Boyertown’s district title game on Saturday with an injured ankle. He wasn’t expected to play in Tuesday’s...
Blair, Haverford run over Spring-Ford for program’s first district playoff win
ROYERSFORD >> They knew what was coming, but they were powerless to stop it. Asked earlier this week what most concerned him about first-round...
Mercury Football Preview: Locals embrace balance ahead of district playoffs
One of the larger points of emphasis this season for some of the Pioneer Athletic Conference’s top squads was the gradual transition to more...
Spring-Ford wins PAC championship, 38-21 over Pope John Paul II
ROYERSFORD >> It wasn’t a virtuoso performance by any means. But it ended in victory nonetheless, and that above all tells the story of...