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EVENTS OF DEC. 5
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for boys varsity/JV basketball vs. Abington Friends
You miss your first eight shots and allow your opponent to score the first 10 points.
EVENTS OF DEC. 4
Penn Charter's girls squash team again has taken a trip to
Dominationville.
Monday, the visiting Quakers bested Harriton, 8-1.
The most compelling matches featured senior captain Meredith Bernstein
and junior Lexie Kaiser. Five games were required in each and the final scores
were 3-2. Junior Hatti Specter needed four games to win her match.
Also victorious were seniors Charlotte Murray and Chloe Master and
juniors Elisabeth Ross, Alexa Lenfest and Mia Bezar.
Bezar yielded just four points. The total for Murray was eight.
EVENTS OF DEC. 2
In Day 2 of a showcase event at Shipley, Penn Charter's girls
basketball team met the host and suffered a 47-29 defeat.
No Quakers reached double digits. Soph Hayley Hunt
(nine) and junior Emma Maley (eight) came close.
EVENTS OF DEC. 1
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for JV/varsity boys basketball vs. Academy of the New Church.
After watching the junior varsity post a 63-7 victory in
the first game of a basketball doubleheader Friday at Academy of the New Church,
Penn Charter's varsity found it difficult to charge out of the gate with
outrageous energy.
But a slow start, plus some late-game difficulties at
the foul line, did not prevent the Quakers from claiming a 54-49 win.
Senior Mason Williams led the way with 20 points while
junior sub Dylan Topaz added 17. The latter drained three treys and went 4-for-4
at the line in the waning moments to keep ANC at arm's length.
The girls traveled to Shipley for a showcase event and
fell to Westtown, 47-38.
Soph Carmen Williams (Mason's sister) and classmate Kait Carter halved 26 points.
EVENTS OF NOV. 30
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for: boys squash, middle school practice and varsity vs. Conestoga.
Every team's opener should turn out this well.
Thursday, Penn Charter's boys varsity
squash squad opened its season with a match against visiting Conestoga and
stormed to a 9-0 victory.
Senior Marker Angelakis, in the No. 2 spot, was the
most dominant Quaker. He won by 3-0 and lost just five points. To boot, he
achieved perfection by winning the second game 11-0.
No. 9 Tom Bradbeer, a junior, allowed just 10 points
while No. 1 Marco Rodriguez, a senior, and No. 6 Philip Price, an eighth grader,
surrendered 11 apiece.
The other winners: junior Max Lubowitz, senior Ben
Swanson, freshman Ryan Yeatman, eighth-grader Oliver Leedale-Brown (his dad,
Damon, is the coach), and junior Rohan Bhambhani.
Only two matches required four games.
The girls traveled to Shipley for their second match of
the season and the first ever played on the Gators' new courts. Likewise, they
were completely dominant, at 9-0.
No match lasted more than three games.
Juniors Elisabeth Ross and Hatti Specter dropped just
seven points apiece. Junior Alexa Lenfest and senior Charlotte Murray were next
with eight apiece and senior Chloe Master was right behind at nine.
The other winners: senior Gwen Davis, junior Mia Bezar,
senior Meredith Bernstein and junior Alexis Kaiser.
EVENTS OF NOV. 28
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for boys basketball vs. Germantown Friends/girls basketball vs.
Friends' Central.
Because Williams is a common
surname, you can't assume a guy and gal are brother and sister.
But Penn Charter's respective basketball squads DO
feature siblings in Mason and Carmen Williams and Tuesday they fueled opening
day victories.
Mason, a senior, drilled four treys en route to 22
points as the boys bested visiting Germantown Friends, 58-32. Then it was
Carmen's turn. In the second game of a Dooney Field House doubleheader, the soph
totaled 15 points, five rebounds and four assists in a 57-40 triumph over
Friends' Central.
Meanwhile, remember the Hnatkowsky brother-sister hoops
duo (Mike "Neeko"/Lexi) from last year? Their sister, a ninth grader named Kait,
added 10 points.
For the boys, soph Ryan "Pooch" Holmes had 12 points
and three assists while junior sub Brendan Thomas hustled for four steals.
Other contributors for the girls: Soph Kait Carter had
nine points, five boards and three assists; junior Emma Maley had three assists
and five steals; and soph Hayley Hunt mixed eight points with
five boards.
Girls squash needed to wait until
nighttime to open its season and the result was a 6-3 win over Conestoga.
The score was 2-2 through the
first four matches with PC's wins going to junior Mia Bezar and senior Meredith
Bernstein by 3-0 scores. The Quakers then roared to 4-1 domination thanks to
junior Alexa Lenfest and senior Elisabeth Ross by 3-0 and seniors Chloe
Master/Charlotte Murray by 3-1.
EVENTS OF NOV. 20
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for: practice for girls basketball, boys/girls swimming, boys basketball,
wrestling.
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No
games yet for winter sports.
EVENTS OF NOV. 11
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Football vs. Gtn. Academy: pregame,
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Fake news: The last time Penn Charter's football team won nine games,
the players traveled to games in trains or horse and buggies.
Wait, that might be legit news because the year was
1905.
YOU can research that one, folks (smile). We'll stick
with this year's nine-win season.
Saturday, the grid Quakers (9-1) highlighted PC-GA Day
by posting a 26-17 victory over visiting Germantown Academy, thus upping their
outrageous advantage in the series to 84-36-11.
After falling into a 14-0 cavern, PC rallied hard as
senior Will Samuel passed 17-for-31 for 234 yards and three touchdowns -- one
apiece to classmate John Washington (6-85) and juniors Brendan Thomas (5-35) and
Edward Saydee (4-78). Soph Ryan Bradby mixed two field goals with two PAT while
Saydee carried 22 times for 103 yards.
Washington, who also forced a fumble and made the
game-clinching interception, was awarded the Geis MVP Trophy.
Junior Gavin Tygh,
with three TFL, was also a defensive stalwart.
PC and GA tied for Competition Cup honors at 5-5.
Boys golf triumphed a while back. Saturday's other
winners were boys cross country (27-28), girls soccer (4-0) and girls water polo
(9-6).
Eighth grader Oliver Leedale-Brown, breaking his PR by
more than a minute, paced the XC guys with a second-place finish. The other
scorers: frosh Drew Gillespie (4th), junior Alex Turner (6th), senior Blaise
Ciarrocchi (7th) and soph Luke Jaspan (8th).
The major girls scorers were senior Giovanna "Gi"
DeMarco in soccer (three goals) and soph Hayley Hunt (eight) in water polo.
Boys soccer, boys water polo, girls tennis, girls cross
country and field hockey were bested.
Frosh Emma Zwall provided the highlight for the losing
teams by placing first in XC. Also, senior Connor Sullivan won the Rumpp Award
for being named PC's MVP in the game vs. GA.
EVENTS OF NOV. 9
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for: Girls soccer at Episcopal in a PAISAA semifinal.
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What's the deal with the goalie gods? Why are they mad at Penn
Charter?
Not too long ago, senior Mack Listman was lost to the
girls soccer team due to concussion issues.
Monday, the boys visited SCH Academy for a PAISAA
quarterfinal and junior Kyle Earley became unavailable after suffering a broken
finger during warmups.
Thursday, the girls visited Episcopal Academy for a
tourney semifinal and Listman's successor, junior Riley McDade, broke a finger
not long into the first half . . . though she toughed things out and a diagnosis
wasn't made until halftime.
The Quakers lost both contests by 1-0 scores.
In this game, soph Kait Carter pitched a shutout beyond
intermission.
Both teams will end their seasons Saturday as part of
PC-GA Day.
EVENTS OF NOV. 7
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for: PAISAA soccer tournament, girls vs. Baldwin & boys vs. SCH
Academy.
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Giovanna DeMarco, the senior
headliner of Penn Charter's girls soccer team, is called "Gi" by friends and
teammates.
Tuesday, the spelling of that nickname could have
changed to "Geeeee!" As she was truly amazing.
DeMarco has earned national accolades and she showed
why Tuesday while leading the Quakers past visiting Baldwin, 3-1, in the
quarterfinal round of the PAISAA Tournament.
Thanks to impressive individual moves and perfect
shots, Gi scored the first two goals about 90 seconds apart a shade before the
halfway point of the first half. Later, she had a marvelous assist on a goal by
soph Sara Shipon.
Soph Riley McDade was the goalie for coach Darci
Spencer's squad.
The boys, at SCH Academy, also competed in a PAISAA
quarterfinal. The result was a 1-0 loss.
In the post-game gathering, coach Bob DiBenedetto's
first move was to heap praise upon soph goalie Chase Williams.
Williams is a backup. But he was forced into action
for this one after junior Kyle Earley, the starter, broke a
finger while stopping a shot in warmups.
EVENTS OF NOV. 5
Penn Charter hosted the water polo championships for Eastern private
schools Sunday and performed well while compiling a 1-1 record.
In fact, coach Brian Hecker feels his gals lately "have been playing
their best polo of the season" and that has him excited for Saturday's game vs.
Germantown Academy.
PC's results: a 16-15 win over Lawrenceville School (NJ) and a 9-7 loss
to Hill School.
The Lawrenceville game featured a 9-6 edge in the second half. Soph
Hayley Hunt turned six shots into five goals and classmate Sally Foley went
4-for-4 in her most noteworthy varsity outing. Junior Molly Visco added three
goals. All six starters had at least one steal.
Hill was the No. 1 seed and PC spent some time in Feelin' Giddy Land,
thanks to a 6-3, third-quarter lead. But Hill, the eventual champ, responded
with five consecutive goals and wound up surviving. Hunt (three) and Visco (two)
finished the game as PC's top scorers.
In the boys version of the tournament, played over two days, the Quakers
dropped verdicts to Hill, Pingry School (NJ) and St. Benedict's (NJ).
In those last two games, frosh Zach Kaplan totaled nine nine apiece of
goals/steals. Senior Alex Koenig added four scores vs. SB and soph Bret Brogan
had six steals.
EVENTS OF NOV. 4
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for: football vs. Episcopal.
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Episcopal was missing its franchise rusher and starting quarterback
due to injuries, but as Saturday's football game at Penn Charter reached
intermission, the Churchmen owned a 17-14 lead.
Second half? Glad you asked.
The Quakers roared to four touchdowns on six
possessions and claimed a 42-17 victory, notching an eighth win for the first
time since 2006 and giving them a chance to finish with nine for the first time
since 1905 if archrival Germantown Academy can be conquered next Saturday.
Headliners were numerous.
Senior John Washington made four catches for 122 yards
and two TDs and added a third score on a 1-yard run. Junior Edward Saydee netted
141 yards and two scores on 23 rushes while senior Will Samuel passed 7-for-11
for 153 yards and the two scores to "Wash." On the defense, junior ends Gavin
Tygh and Ryan Maloney, counting sacks and TFL, were in on seven stops for
losses.
A cool moment occurred right before the game when Dan
Rosania, the special needs son of former PC star Bob Rosania (Class of 1982),
served as an honorary captain for the coin toss via the Athletes Helping
Athletes program.
EVENTS OF NOV. 3
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for: boys soccer vs. Shipley in first round of PAISAA Tournament.
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Despite the date (Nov. 3), the weather was still balmy
Friday as Penn Charter's boys soccer team hosted Shipley in the first round of
the PAISAA Tournament.
How the game unfolded certainly was different, however.
In many contests this season, the first half has
offered no goals . . . and often nothing even close to a goal.
But this time, the Quakers tallied just 90-odd seconds
into the game and that counter stood up in a 1-0 victory.
Sophomore Jude Shorr-Parks was the first guy to make it
possible. He made an all-out dash toward the back line, a shade outside the
right post, and impressively kept the ball from going out of play. He also fired
a sharp-angle pass toward the middle and senior Andrew Morris, thank you very
much, pounded it past the goalie.
Morris and many other Quakers then ran over to the
far-side stands, so they could celebrate with roughly 30 student rooters. Later,
that portion of the crowd surpassed 40.
With plenty of help from Morris, senior Connor Sullivan
and soph Ryan "Pooch" Holmes, junior Kyle Earley earned a shutout.
Field hockey also met Shipley, on the road, in the
first round of the PAISAA Tournament.
The result was a 3-2 loss, in two overtimes.
Senior Catherine "Catmac" McInerney, off a corner, scored PC's first goal.
Junior Elisabeth "ER" Ross also tallied.
EVENTS OF NOV. 2
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for MS football vs. SCH Academy.
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No varsity events
today.
EVENTS OF NOV. 1
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for: MS girls tennis vs. Shipley MS boys JV/varsity soccer vs.
Malvern.
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No varsity events
today.
EVENTS OF OCT. 31
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for: Golf vs. Germantown Academy.
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Competition in the annual PC-GA Day commenced Tuesday at Huntingdon Valley
Country Club and coach Travis Larrabee's linksters rolled past
Germantown Academy by 7 1/2 to 1/2 in a match play event.
The other contests will take place on the actual PC-GA
Day -- Saturday Nov. 11
Seniors Brian Isztwan and Archie Filshill led the way
by winning their matches with identical 4 and 2 performances. (Meaning: They
were up four holes with two remaining. Thus, the match was over.)
PC's 3 and 2 winners were frosh Patrick Isztwan (Brian's brother) and seniors
Noah Schwartz and Dante DiStefano. Three more seniors also participated. Blake
Target and Marker Angelakis collected wins and Matt Barkann was part of a tie.
"I was particularly pleased that all seven seniors got to be part of the
eight-man lineup, and so were they," Larrabee said. "Nice way
to finish up. This was a well played match for us. Since we've gone to
this match-play format vs. GA, this is our most lopsided victory."
Boys soccer bested Malvern, 1-0, in a home game and
coach Bobby DiBenedetto found it impossible to contain his excitement.
"We've been trying this play for 30 years!" he said.
"And it NEVER worked until today."
He was referring to himself and assistant Tom Ciolko.
Tom began coaching Bobby, then 14 years old, with the Juniata Express club team.
In the 1989 season, Tom was North Catholic's coach and Bobby was a senior player
for the Falcons. Now, Tom is Bobby's long-time assistant.
The play, a free kick, began roughly 22 yards out.
Junior Billy Melnick chipped the ball over the defensive wall and soph Jude
Shorr-Parks, having run around that wall, pumped the ball home from a spot near
the right post. He was no more than six yards out.
"It was so cool to see it work, perfectly," DiBenedetto
said.
Junior Kyle Earley earned the shutout.
"We played an excellent game." DiBenedetto said. "We
were the dominant team."
Boys water polo hosted Malvern and fell, 15-7.
Senior Sean McLafferty scored twice while junior Will
Tanner and soph Bret Brogan halved six steals.
Field hockey made the trek to Notre Dame and lost by a 10-1 score.
EVENTS OF OCT. 30
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for: girls JV soccer vs. Notre Dame, girls/boys water polo vs.
Friends' Central.
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Only in the Charter (smile).
Monday, the Boyes cousins helped two girls teams claim
victories.
In water polo, played at home against Friends' Central,
soph Samantha Boyes totaled four goals and three steals to spark a 7-5 victory.
In soccer, Maggie Boyes, also a soph, scored a goal in
the Quakers' 4-0 triumph at Notre Dame.
WP's other primary contributors were soph Sally Foley
(two goals), junior Stella Singer (one) and classmate Annika Murray (two
assists).
Soccer was fueled primarily by senior all-timer
Giovanna "Gi" DeMarco, who owns a national profile. She scored the second and
fourth goals and eighth grader Kayla Bradby earned a nice assist on the latter.
Frosh Kait Haughey took care of the first counter. Soph Riley McDade recorded
the shutout.
Boys water polo also hosted undermanned Friends'
Central and substituted freely while rolling, 15-7.
Seven players scored. The leaders were soph Lance Rainer (five)
and frosh Zachary Kaplan (three).
EVENTS OF OCT. 28
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for: Football vs. SCH Academy.
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The cross country state championships for independent
schools were held
Saturday at Belmont Plateau, in Fairmount Park, and PC's girls claimed
third among 12 schools with 70 points.
Frosh Emma Zwall continued her eye-popping success by
winning the race with a meet record of 19:00.70. The mark previously belonged to
2013 PC grad Catie Skinner, who set it as a soph in 2010
with a time of 19:10.07.
Also finishing in the Top 20 for coach Andy Zuccotti
were juniors Mary McDavid (15, 21:15.50) and Abby Zwall
(Emma's sister, 16, 21:19.20), and sophs Alicia Newman (18,
21:26.70) and Sophia Solomon (20, 21:34.00).
The boys placed 11th among 14 schools with 269 points.
PC's top runner was frosh Drew Gillespie (39, 18:52.50).
Meanwhile, the football team has put itself into
position to sniff very rare air.
Though this squad includes just four returning
starters, its overall record now stands at 7-1 following
a 28-7 win
over visiting SCH Academy.
Two games remain -- the next two Saturdays vs.
Episcopal Academy, then Germantown Academy -- and coach Tommy Coyle's squad has
a chance to become PC's first eight-game winner since 2006 and nine-game winner
since 1905.
In this one, junior Edward Saydee carried 21 times for
153 yards and two TDs while senior John "Johnny Wash"
Washington scored twice thanks to four catches for 115 yards. Their longest
six-pointers covered 70 and 60 yards, respectively.
A strong defensive performance was highlighted by frosh
Matthew Marshall (two sacks, fumble recovery) and juniors Ryan Maloney (two
sacks, one TFL) and Terence Thompson (two TFL).
EVENTS OF OCT. 27
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It was only one win. But it probably felt like three, or even four,
to a young, inexperienced team that has often experienced rough moments this
fall.
Friday, Penn Charter's field hockey squad hosted
Baldwin in an Inter-Ac game and stormed to a 10-0 victory.
Senior Ava Nicolucci and soph Avery Myers paced the
jubilant Quakers with four and three goals, respectively. Myers notched hers on
just five shots. Goals by freshman Kaylee Dyer and seniors Lily Carpenter and
Catherine "Catmac" McInerney completed the scoring.
Shortly into the second half, Nicolucci tallied after
accepting a long right-side feed from Dyer. Only two minutes later, off a corner
pass from Nicolucci, McInerney sent a rocket past Baldwin's goalie from maybe 20
yards out. Soon, Myers was converting a backhand slap.
Impressive goals ruled the day.
All along, PC's defense, keyed primarily by McInerney,
played so well that frosh goalie Zora Johnson needed to make just two saves to
record the shutout.
Girls soccer also played Baldwin
at home and lost, 3-1. Soph Kait Haughey's goal prevented a shutout.
Boys soccer visited Episcopal and
fell by the same score. Soph Ryan Bradby tallied for PC. Also at EA, boys water
polo went down to defeat.
EVENTS OF OCT. 26
Ending a drought is always fun.
When accomplishing that feat occurs in exciting fashion, it pretty much feels
like New Year's Eve.
Brian Hecker is in his fourth year as Penn Charter's girls water polo coach
and, prior to Thursday, his crew had never beaten Episcopal Academy.
This score was 14-13, thanks to a 9-4 advantage in the second half.
The winning goal was scored by senior Bela Metz on what Hecker termed "a
beautiful pass" from classmate Greer Guyer.
Soph Hayley Hunt fired seven shots and converted each and every one. Freshman
Sally Foley and senior Ellen O'Malley added two goals apiece while junior
Natalie Driscoll and soph Molly Visco added singletons. Foley, Guyer and Hunt
thirded nine steals. Plus, junior Zoe Tierno packed nine saves (of 12 total)
into the second half.
Hecker was especially pleased by his team's steal/turnover ratio, 16 to 12.
Wednesday, in a loss to Lawrenceville School (NJ), the team's 10 thefts were
dwarfed by 22 cough-ups.
In that game, Hunt notched six goals. Guyer and O'Malley had two apiece.
Both contests were played in PC's pool.