GIRLS SOCCER
Phoenixville 3, Pope John Paul II 1
After taking a one-goal lead into halftime, Phoenixville’s girls soccer team’s offense erupted in the second half in a 3-1 win over Pope John Paul II Friday afternoon at Washington Field.
Caroline Flick drilled a pair of unassisted goals in the second half to break the game open as the Phantoms (2-1, 1-1) took a 3-0 lead midway through the second half.
“I think we really just changed our mindset,” Flick said. “We were able to find our forwards a lot more. Me and the other forwards were able to connect and find each other. We changed our mindset a little to more attacking because last game, we focused more on defending.”
Jaime Michaud initially put Phoenixville ahead off a feed from Molly Cirone at the 31:52 mark. It was the first time the Phantoms drew first blood this season.
“It really made our momentum a lot stronger because usually we don’t score first,” Flick said. “Scoring first really pushed us to get those other goals a lot easier.”
With 5:26 to go in the game, junior forward Cameron Schuler put away a penalty kick past Emine Ulcay (five saves) to put Pope John Paull II (2-3, 1-1) on the board. Kyanni Escudero made 10 saves for Pope John Paul II, which was outshot 16-13.
“Coming off of last year, we didn’t score a lot, so being able to get that conference win I think is really gonna get our momentum stronger going into our next games,” Flick said.
Perkiomen Valley 3, Boyertown 1
Highlights: The Vikings found the net three times in a 16-minute span late in the first half to top the Bears on the road Friday. Ashley Pickles had a goal and an assist. Mia Mileo opened the scoring, followed by Rain Boyd. Karly Sheahan netted Boyertown
Perkiomen Valley 3 0 – 3
Boyertown 1 0 – 1
Scoring
PV: Mia Milleo, assisted by Ashley Pickles, 20:20 1H
PV: Rain Boyd, unassisted, 12:42 1H
PV: Ashley Pickles, assisted by Dorothy Chesshire, 4:00 1H
BT: Karly Shehan, PK, 0:43 1H
Saves: Jules Sterchak (PV) 6 saves; Corrine Bieber (BT) 1 save
Shots: PV: 14; BT: 7
Corners: PV: 4; BT: 6
Upper Perkiomen 6, Upper Merion 1
Fueled by a hat trick from Sarah Edwards and six straight goals, Upper Perkiomen girls soccer flew out to a 6-1 win over Upper Merion. Edwards was assisted by Mary Kate Sitko in the fourth minute, Lauren Fisher in the 44th minute and Peyton Hill in the 65th minute.
Fisher found the back of the net off an assist from Edwards in the 50th minute. Megan Cairns was assisted by Fisher (20th minute) and Sarah Straup was assisted by Kate Sitko (51st minute). Upper Merion got on the board in the 70th minute of play.
Upper Perkiomen 2 4 – 6
Upper Merion 0 1 – 1
Scoring
UP: Sara Edwards, assisted by Mary Kate Sitko, 4th min
UP: Megan Cairns, Sarah Fisher, 20th min
UP: Sara Edwards, Lauren Powers, 44th min
UP: Sarah Fisher, Erin Edwards, 50th min
UP: Sarah Straup, Mary Kate Sitko, 51st min
UP: Sara Edwards, Peyton Lill, 65th min
UM: N/A, 70th min
SHOTS: UP: 20 attempted, 12 on goal; UM: 11 attempted, 4 on goal
SAVES: Ava Long (UP) 2 saves; Upper Merion – 8
Pottsgrove 7, Pottstown 2
Emma Gonzalez scored a hat trick and four different players found the back of the net in a 7-2 Pottsgrove girls soccer win over Pottstown. Kayla Petri netted a pair of goals and Julia D’Agostino and Lily Shuster added one each.
Gonzalez made one assist along with Emma Knox, Zoe Winterbottom and Lily Shuster. Abby Baker recorded two assists.
Germantown Academy 1, The Hill School 0
The Hill School dropped a 1-0 girls soccer tilt to Germantown Academy after the latter put a goal away with three minutes left in the game.
BOYS SOCCER
Upper Perkiomen 4, Upper Merion 0
Following a 1-0 lead at the half, Upper Perkiomen put away three in the second half to break open a 4-0 win over Upper Merion. Jimmy Friedman scored twice along with Logan Watkins and Nick Durrant. Brae Jerrom made two assists and Mateo Schneidt and Matthew Fisher both had one. Austin Farrington recorded six saves in net for Upper Perkiomen.
Boyertown 1, Perkiomen Valley 0
Following a scoreless first half, Adam Becker scored the game-winner on a free kick in a 1-0 Boyertown boys soccer win over Perkiomen Valley. The Bears outshot the Vikings 4-1 and had five corners to Perkiomen Valley’s two. Justin Angelo came up with three saves for the Vikings while Brayden Risser made one.
FIELD HOCKEY
Spring-Ford 2, Owen J. Roberts 1
Highlights: Nina Scott set up Julia Corropolese for the tie-breaking and game-winning goal with 8:41 to play and the Rams downed the Wildcats in a PAC Liberty game Friday.
Owen J. Roberts 1 0 0 0 – 1
Spring-Ford 1 0 0 1 – 2
Scoring
SF-Nina Scott, 14:47 1Q
OJR-Evie Wolters, 1Q
SF-Julia Corropolese (Nina Scott assist), 8:41 4Q
Shots: SF 14, OJR 10
Corners: SF 9, OJR 9
Saves: SF-Katie McCreary 9, OJR-Katharine Lorsin 12.
Upper Perkiomen 6, Upper Merion 0
Upper Perkiomen field hockey improved to 4-1 with a shutout over Upper Merion. Jess and Julia Traynor mirrored one another with two goals and one assist. Ava Sensing and Abby Rodenberger both added a goal each while Regan Fiorito assisted two. Emma Lajeunesse made her second career shutout with two saves.
Pottsgrove 6, Pottstown 0
Ava Sibley and Mailei Schechterly each had a goal and an assist to lead the Falcons over the Trojans Friday in a PAC match.
Riley Kalejta, Cecilia Burg, Jaina Strunk and Averie Faison also had goals for Grove.
Taetum Robbins made 15 saves for Pottstown.
Methacton 4, Norristown 0
Four first-half goals allowed Methacton to ease by Norristown Friday. Carmela Maro (goal, assist), Lea DeWan, Renee Blake and Abby Reger handled the scoring while Elena Weychert and Ceci Rehak had assists for the Warriors.
Pope John Paul II 2, Phoenixville 1
Abby Wilmont and Cate Mink both found the back of the cage in a 2-1 Pope John Paul II field hockey win over Phoenixville. Mink assisted Wilmont’s goal and Gianna Manza made six saves. The Golden Panthers made six defensive saves altogether.
Boyertown 4, Perkiomen Valley 0
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Perkiomen Valley 3, Spring-Ford 1 (31-29, 25-16, 19-25, 25-17)
Perkiomen Valley girls volleyball took a 3-1 win over Spring-Ford backed by an 18-kill performance from Naomi Clauhs. She tacked on six aces with three blocks and 12 digs.
Olivia Wusinich made 15 assists with an ace, kill and five digs. Emily Chung also had 15 assists and made a pair of aces with three kills and eight digs. Sydney Pinkerton made five kills and four digs and Alexis Boozer recorded nine digs and two aces.
Boyertown 3, Souderton 0 (26-24, 26-24, 25-21)
Carly Little led Boyertown girls volleyball with a 13-kill outing in a straight-set victory over Souderton. Sydney Scheck made 19 assists and Carolyn Osborne added 13 assists with two blocks. Kyra Neiswender made 14 digs and Cora White registered eight kills and six blocks.
Owen J. Roberts 3, Pottsgrove 0
Sarah Mominey served 10 aces with 20 assists and six digs for a straight-set victory for Owen J. Roberts over Pottsgrove. Katie Arcara served five aces as well and tacked on 14 kills with six digs. Meghan Touhey registered nine kills with 15 digs and three blocks. Alaina Prekup had six kills and two aces.
Coventry Christian 3, Alliance Christian 2 (25-19, 25-16, 22-25, 21-25, 15-10)
Up 2-0, Coventry Christian fended off a comeback from Alliance Christian and took a five-set win. Leah Boyd registered 13 assists and three aces. Kayla Stokes made 11 digs, four aces and five kills.
Methacton 3, Norristown 0
GIRLS TENNIS
Upper Perkiomen 7, Norristown 0
First singles: 1. Hope Thompson (UP) def. Jada Lomax 6-1, 6-0; 2. Maddy Dyer (UP) def. Sarai Marks 6-0, 6-0; 3. Emily Vogel (UP) def. Emma Odete 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: 1. Addison Rennells/Emi Sensinger (UP) def. Anne Salvo/Natalie Rivera 6-0, 6-0; 2. Makena Clemens/Mady Frantz (UP) def. Ruth Bakitube/Abylene Trujillo 6-1, 6-0; 3. Alayna Phillips/Jada Leidy (UP) def. Marlene Flores-Chavez/Tavona Jackson; 4. Erin Weber/Carly Heiser (UP) via forfeit.
Spring-Ford 7, Pope John Paul II 0
Singles: Mia Matriccino (SF) def. Mia Zernick, 6-0, 6-0; Evelyn Mejia (SF) def. Claire Schiele, 6-0, 6-0; Cady Krause (SF) def. Alana Swartz, 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: Alexis Luo/Chloe Moore (SF) def. Bailey Finkelmeier/Ally Mooney, 6-0, 6-1; Katie Tiffan/Ayushi Jain (SF) def. Olivia Butera/Maddie Ward, 6-1, 6-2; Brooke McPike/Kacie Rohn (SF) def. Molly Houchins/Victoria Wagner, 6-1, 6-2; Bryn FrankhouserAlexis Frotell (SF) def. Karly Brescia/Ella Zernick, 6-2, 6-2.
Phoenixville 7, Pottsgrove 0
Singles: 1. Vivona Xu (P) def. Rachel Lilliendahl 6-1, 6-0; 2. Elise Pham (P) def. Alaina Hathaway 6-3, 6-1; 3. Rachel Wascoe (P) def. Vianna Le 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: 1. Madeline Kerry/Megan Schulz (P) def. Abby McDonald/Samantha Mohollen 6-1, 6-4; 2. Alison Slifer/Gwen Matale (P) def. Bella Nagy/Vanessa Latshaw 6-2, 6-1; 3. Ava DeMutis/Ella Pietyzykowski (P) def. Nyae Mason/Ariana Bland 6-0, 6-1; 4. Sophia Prattle/Lindsay Richter (P) def. Bree Kennedy/Damaris Hairston 6-0, 6-0.
Methacton 7, Upper Merion 0
Singles: 1. Alice Lang (M) def. Chloe Doan 6-0, 6-1; 2. Lauren Montgomery (M) def. Izzy Greenburg 6-0, 6-0; 3. Anika Suresh (M) def. Brooke Puglisi 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: 1. Morgan Coupe/Joanna Chung (M) def. Colette Egan/Ishita Siagh 4-6, 6-0, 10-5; 2. Carlee Dellose/Pru O’Brien (M) def. Manari Siagh/Brenna Ryan 6-2, 6-1; 3. Shannon O’Leary/Julia Miccoli (M) def. Gail Mokotem/Alina Hernandez 6-1, 6-0; 4. Sol Martin/Olivia Scheevier (M) def. Visha Patel/Catherine Lee 6-0, 6-1.
BOYS GOLF
Phoenixville 209, Pottsgrove 232
At Landis Creek
Pottsgrove (232): Cooper Simon 40, Koda Browne 41, Carter Burg 49, Garrett Bartosiewicz 50, Brayden Hires 52.
Phoenixville (209): Ryan Jasudowich 35, Will Linko 39, Jake Geiger 41, Sai Upodhyay 47, Gordon Picondillo 47.
Pope John Paul II 238, Owen J. Roberts 241
At Kimberton Golf Club – Par 34
OJR (241): Stefania Fedun 36, Erik Harken 37, Luke Riefenstahl 39, Patrick Schlegel 41, Brody Calle 43 and Olivia Savochka 45.
PJP (238): Jack Brennan 38, Aidan Canning 38, Giavanni Sarmento 39, Ryan McQuarrie 40, Patrick McNeary 41 and Adam Profrock 42.
