Mercury Roundup (April 28): Fast-starting Spring-Ford handles Methacton to reach 6-0 in PAC
Spring-Ford 14, Methacton 7: A flying start from the Rams saw them open a 7-0 first-quarter lead and never look back in a PAC win Thursday. Justin Wixted (3 assists) and Christian Marchini scored four goals apiece for S-F, which stayed unbeaten in the PAC at 6-0 (8-3 overall).
Results
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring-Ford | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Methacton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
Goals: SF-Christian Marchini 4, Justin Wixted 4, Lance Terrizzi 2, Will Bonowitz, Will Fish 2, Cam Kaercher; M-Matt D’Orsogna 3, Brendan Sanelli 2, Jimmy Maro, TJ Casatelli
Assists: SF-Wixted 3, Terrizzi, Fish, Carson Bogdan; M-Gunnar Seaman 2, Sardo
Saves: SF-Brad Vanella 5, Colin Shoemaker 2; M-Owen Avelar 8.
Owen J. Roberts 14, Interboro 4: Will Jaeger, Josh Devine and Pat DeAnna each had involvement in five or more goals as OJR cruised by Interboro in a PAC win Thursday.
Results
| Team | T |
|---|---|
| Interboro | 4 |
| Owen J. Roberts | 14 |
Scoring: OJR-Will Jaeger 3g 3a, Josh Devine 2g 4a, Jutty Daubert 1g, Parker Waldman 1g 2a, Will Whitlock 2g, Pat DeAnna 4g 1a, Eric Twadell 1g, Owen Clefisch 3a, Drew Hrynkow 1a
Saves: OJR-Brady Callahan 2, Ethan Miller 2.
Perkiomen Valley 13, Pope John Paul II 4: Matt Farrington had 3 goals and 5 assists while Shea Fusco had 3 goals 3 assists for the victors. The Vikings face off unit won all but two face offs led by Dallas Pulliam (7/8), Colin Delo (6/7), and Noah Delo (6/6).
Results
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perkiomen Valley | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Pope John Paul II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Scoring: PV-Matt Farrington 3g 5a, Brad Curci 3g, Shea Fusco 3g 3a, Aidan McCabe 1g 1a, Ethan Schauer 1g 1a, Patrick Lamirande 1g; PJP-Connor Gucwa 1a, Eric Zadroga 2g, Ian Young 1g 1a, Luke Sykes 1g
Saves: PV-Charles McCue 1; PJP-Sean Fallon 7
Upper Merion 13, Pottsgrove 3: Casey Lamey’s three goals and three assists led the Vikings to the PAC win after building a 10-0 halftime lead.
Results
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Merion | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Pottsgrove | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Scoring: UM-Casey Lamey 3G 3A, Justin Besz 2G 2A, Collin McCormick 2G 2A, Kevin Roseland 2G 1A, Lincoln Jones 2G, Qwynne Seals 1G 1A, Brayden Marino 1G
Saves: UM-Rocco Lindelow 7, Dom Caciavillani 3
Boyertown 18, Phoenixville 0: Aidan McFalls scored five goals with two assists and Wyatt Yerger was 21-for-21 on the faceoff as the Bears blanked the Phantoms. Michael McMahon and Max Goodrich combine for a shutout.
Scoring: Boy-Tyler Diffenderfer 3G 1A, Adam Gallagher 3G, Ryder Gehris 2G 1A, Aidan McFalls 5G 2A, Gage Parker 1G 6A
Gio Daddario 1G, Luke Heimbach 1G, Jason Oakes 1G, Brayden Kuhar 1G, Gavin Loshnowsky 1A.
Baseball
Pope John Paul II 11, Norristown 8: Brendan Kenning swung the big bat for the Golden Panthers, whose second-inning five-spot helped lift them past the Eagles in PAC divisional crossover play.
Kenning drove in four runs off 3-for-4 hitting highlighted by two doubles and a triple. Nik Rubendall had another three RBI with a 2-for-3 bat.
Results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norristown | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Pope John Paul II | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | 11 | 10 | 2 |
Upper Perkiomen 12, Pottstown 0: Peyton Borchelt (double, triple) and Kyle Mazzie had three-hit games as Upper Perk handled Pottstown in a five-inning meeting. Braden Reig chipped in two hits and four RBI for UP.
Results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Perkiomen | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| Pottstown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Hill School 17, Westtown 7: Kenneth Palmieri had a home run, double and three RBI as Hill put up eight runs in the first and second innings in a five-inning non-league win.
Jake Voynar was 3-for-4 with two RBI, winning pitcher Sam Soderman had two hits and two RBI and Gilbert Saunders was 2-for-3 with 2 RBI for Hill, which won despite a poor defensive performance (8 errors).
Softball
Norristown 8, Pope John Paul II 4: Ryan Morse led in the circle and at the plate for Norristown. The lefthander allowed zero hits and struck out 10 over 6 innings pitching while going 2-for-2 at the plate with two RBI.
Results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pope John Paul II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Norristown | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | x | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Upper Perkiomen 15, Pottstown 0, 3 inn.: Madalyn Dyer had two hits and two RBI and Kaylyn Adair drove in three runs as Upper Perk eased by Pottstown in three innings. Erin Gray allowed only one hit in the pitching win.
Results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pottstown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Upper Perkiomen | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
Boys Tennis
Spring-Ford 4, West Chester Rustin 3
Singles: Cameron Moore (SF) def. Sam Page 6-2, 6-2; Jack Benedetto (WCR) def. Navein Suresh 6-4, 6-3; Henry Damiani (SF) def. Carter Gilliano 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles: Ryan Jackson/Wesley Green (WCR) def. Ethan Shakour/Jack Kolevas 7-5, 6-4; Yash Rohera/Neng Jiang (SF) def. Vijay Upadhyay/Cameron Benedetto 7-5, 6-2; Jacob Collier/Sean Lambert (SF) def. Shane McCune/Nathan Eskinder 6-2, 6-1; Robert Vitullo/Peter Apostolico (WCR) def. Sahil Desai/Arnav Pallem 6-2, 6-3.
