Mercury High School Sports Roundup (Oct. 4
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
Girls Soccer
Spring-Ford 3, Perkiomen Valley 2 (2OT)
Spring-Ford rallied from a 2-0 halftime deficit in a thrilling Saturday afternoon PAC showdown, culminating in a Maddie Budka game-winning goal off an assist by Molly Kennedy 3:21 into the second overtime. The same combination delivered the game-tying tally 15:55 into the second half, this time with Kennedy scoring and Budka assisting. Ava Hissong also scored for the Rams, while Taylor Martin and Giavanna Marciano were the Perk Valley goal-scorers. Brianna Young added an assist for the Vikings, who got 17 saves from a stellar Anna Mecouch in goal. Olivia Neild turned away eight PV shots in goal for Spring-Ford.
Peddie School 2, Hill School 0
Reese Kowal and Aubrey Shaulis scored goals for Peddie and goalie Sadie Lawrence produced a clean sheet with three saves as Hill fell to Peddie on Saturday.
Upper Perkiomen 2, Fleetwood 1
Penncrest 1, Upper Merion 0
Boys Soccer
Perkiomen Valley 1, Delaware County Christian School 0
Matteo LoRegio's first-half goal was the difference-maker for Perkiomen Valley, which earned a hard-fought non-league win. LoRegio broke through after the Vikings applied waves of pressure on the reigning District 1-1A state champs in the first half, and PV keeper Gavin Moser made one save in the win.
Haverford 3, Methacton 0
Nate Spangenberg, Owen Papurt and Emilio Jiordano all scored for Haverford, which picked up a Saturday non-league win over Methacton. Cole Webb and Jason Lugo-Munoz teamed up to make a dozen saves in a losing effort for the Warriors.
Hill School 6, Peddie School 0
Peddie School 45, Hill School 42
Girls Tennis
Peddie School 7, Hill School 0
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
Phoenixville 42, Pottstown 0
Talon Romance tossed three touchdown passes — two to Kevin Kingsbury and another to Deacon Williams, and Williams added 93 yards on the ground and an additional score as the Phantoms (5-1, 2-1 PAC Frontier) won their second straight game. Pottstown (1-6, 0-3) dropped its fifth straight game.
Upper Perkiomen 50, Upper Merion 28
Brody Weiss rushed for three scores and Zach Schwartz added two of his own as Upper Perkiomen (4-3, 1-2 Frontier) snapped a three-game skid at Upper Merion on Friday night. Vikings QB Jackson Solley connected twice with Kylee Hill through the air for touchdowns, while Erik Ramirez-Perez also grabbed two scores – one from Solley and an 87-yarder from Isaiah Wright. UM fell to 1-6 and 1-2 with the defeat.
Owen J. Roberts 42, Boyertown 0
The Wildcats secured their second consecutive shutout victory on Friday night, improving to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in PAC Liberty games. OJR can lock up second place in the division with wins at Methacton (Oct. 10) and Spring-Ford (Oct. 19) to close out its Liberty slate. Boyertown fell to 0-7 and 0-3 and will try its luck at an elusive first win when it hosts Spring-Ford on Friday night.
Methacton 26, Norristown 7
Methacton (3-4, 2-1) won for the third time in its last four games to stay in the PAC Liberty hunt heading into a critical home showdown with OJR on Thursday night. Norristown fell to 3-4 and 0-3 as the Eagles dropped their fourth consecutive contest.
Girls Volleyball
Upper Merion 3, Boyertown 0 (26-24, 25-17, 25-15)
Sophia Schweikert had 15 kills and Raven Albrecht posted 33 assists to lead the Vikings to victory over Boyertown. Valeria Paneto added 11 digs and Sydney Bright contributed four aces among her 14 service points.
Spring-Ford 3, Marple Newtown 0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-14)
Lauren Angelucci led the Spring-Ford attack with 18 kills in a Friday non-league win. Elle Sossong (six kills, four blocks, two digs and an ace) and Marley Angelucci (26 assists, two kills, three digs and an ace) also made significant contributions to the victory.
Phoenixville 3, Upper Perkiomen 1 (25-18, 25-15, 21-25, 25-20)
Phoenixville earned a hard-fought four-set win over Upper Perk, getting 13 kills, four digs and four aces from Kristen Brown and three kills, six digs and six aces from Ryleigh Galbreath. Annabelle Collins (four kills, six blocks), Gianna Buce (12 digs) and Megan Sakowski (nine digs) all showed up for the Phantoms in a big way as well.
Springfield Delco 3, Owen J. Roberts 0
Field Hockey
Methacton 6, Downingtown East 0
Carmela Maro scored three times for the Warriors, who also got goals from Lea DeWan, Kyra Maurer and Anna Bravo in a Friday non-league triumph. Adriana Hopple assisted on four of Methacton's six goals, and Maddie McKenney had one save in goal.
Norristown 5, Academy Park 0
Faith Christian Academy 6, Pope John Paul II 0
Hill School 9, Peddie School 0
Girls Soccer
Phoenixville 2, Upper Merion 0
Taylor Schneider and Maya Williams each scored in leading Phoenixville to a shutout victory of Upper Merion on Friday.
Pope John Paul II 3, Lansdale Catholic 1
Leighton Bono tallied two goals for PJP, which also got a score from Camryn Love in the Golden Panthers' non-league victory over Lansdale Catholic.
Boyertown 4, Conrad Weiser 0
Boys Soccer
Upper Merion 6, Pope John Paul II 2
Cross Country
Top finishers in each gender from area schools at the Paul Short Run, held Oct. 4-5 at Lehigh University:
Boyertown: Boys – Aiden Voth (7th HS Brown, 16:18.40); Girls – Evangelina Montanye (19th HS Brown, 19:35.60)
Methacton: Boys – Charles Reith (57th HS Gold, 16:33.30); Girls – Juliana Trigone (123rd HS Brown, 22:20.20)
OJR: Boys – Nolan Walters (15th HS White, 17:12.20); Girls – Jane Kratz (5th HS Gold, 18:08.70)
Perk Valley: Boys – Kyle Tracey (30th HS Gold, 16:01.70); Girls – Claire Mages (118th HS Gold, 20:56.10)
Phoenixville: Boys – Kyle Padilla (50th HS Brown, 17:15.80); Girls – Zoe Cimo (16th HS Brown, 19:26.60)
PJP II: Boys – Aiden Radcliffe (97th HS Brown, 17:52.30); Girls – Grace DiBricida (44th HS Brown, 20:48.40)
Pottsgrove: Boys – Aidan Hakes (123rd HS White, 19:10.90); Girls – Elsa Lucas (17th HS White, 20:32.10)
Spring-Ford: Boys – Gus Smith (55th HS Gold, 16:30.40); Girls – Abigail Tuturice (21st HS Brown, 19:39.90)
Hill School: Boys – Henry Zidek (24th HS White, 17:21.50); Girls – Michelle Lawrence (42nd HS White, 21:35.50)
