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Mother-Daughter Duo from Spring City Take On Bike Ride to Support Fight Against Multiple Sclerosis
Laura and 12-year-old Gabriella Geiger are preparing for their long ride in September. Laura and 12-year-old Gabriella Geiger, a mother-daughter duo from Spring City, decided to participate in the Bike MS: City to Shore Ride to support the fight against multiple sclerosis (MS), inspired by her cousin who has long participated, writes Courtney Diener-Stokes for The Daily Local News.
Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson's childhood home in Montgomery County to be demolished
The abandoned Wyncote property where baseball legend Reggie Jackson grew up will be torn down to make way for a proposed parking lot, the Cheltenham Board of Commissioners decided Wednesday. The two-story property at 149 Greenwood Ave. doubled as a family home and a tailor shop that Jackson's father, Martinez,...
@BlackBearLC boys’, girls’ tryouts moved to Thursday due to inclement weather
Black Bear Lacrosse Club based in Collegeville, PA has moved its Boys Class of 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030 (11th to 7th grade) teams to Thursday July 18th at Perkiomen Valley High School on their Baseball Turf Field due to the severe weather expected Wednesday Evening times listed below.
Museum shows many Delco athletes were peers of national greats
Hoping to introduce the legions of world-class Delaware County athletes to people who simply might not know about them, the Sports Legends of Delaware County Museum (SLDCM), 301 Iven Ave., Wayne, has created a name-association game, comparing some local names to other athletic personalities that went on to fame throughout the past century.
DOUBLE MODIFIED FEATURES THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY ON T.P. TRAILER AND TRUCK EQUIPMENT NIGHT
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Double the action this Saturday night at Grandview Speedway!. The T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds will be in the spotlight this Saturday night at Grandview Speedway, when they will be running TWO 30-lap feature races as part of a NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series program which also includes the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman starting at 7:30 pm.
Yardley C.C., Aronimink G.C. Tie in Weather-Shortened 2024 Philadelphia PGA Pro-Junior Team Championship
Elverson, Pa. (July 17, 2024) — After three severe weather delays, teams from Yardley (Pa.) Country Club Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa., tied for the top prize in the 2024 Philadelphia PGA Pro-Junior Team Championship at French Creek Golf Club. Following the lengthy delays, the event was cut to nine holes.
Raise a future Olympian at The Little Gym
The Olympic Games kick off in Paris next week and many kids will be looking up to all the amazing athletes who come across the screen. One sport in particular, gymnastics, has a profound impact on child development. Parker Wilson from The Little Gym of Ardmore joined PHL17 with the “Fab Four” movements that can […]
Getting to know 2025, Villanova Women's Basketball commit, Kennedy Henry
Villanova coach Denise Dillon continues to have a great off season for the Lady Wildcats. Coach Dillon brought many key transfers in to fill the holes that they needed to compete this season and now after a very impressive 2024 class that includes Canadian star Jasmine Basoce. Villanova gets a huge commitment to start their 2025 class in high level four-star guard Kennedy Henry.
Chesterbrook wins final swim meet; Langley ties for first place
The Chesterbrook Tiger Sharks (4-1) ended their summer regular swimming season with a 290-130 road victory over Donaldson Run in Division 1 Northern Virginia Swimming League action. Chesterbrook finished second in the division standings. In the win, double race winners were Katherine Talbert, McKenzie Cory, Emma Maher, Mara Wilson, Ezra...
Big East Basketball Hot Seat
This offseason we are continuing to evaluate the job stability of coaches in different conferences. This week, it is time to look at the Big East. The schools in this conference are all basketball-first schools, which can often lead to higher expectations and shorter leashes for coaches. While many coaches are not currently on the hot seat, we could see a few getting warm by the end of the season.
Griffins’ Clark and Maska Named to 2023-2024 NABC Honors Court
Kansas City, Mo. – (7/18/2024) – Earlier this week, Gwynedd Mercy University men's basketball graduate Manny Clark (Pottsgrove, Pa.) and senior Kyle Maska (West Deptford, N.J.) were two of more than 2,100 student-athletes to earn recognition on the 2023-2024 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court (.PDF). The NABC Honors Court, which honors junior, senior, and graduate men's basketball student-athletes who complete the given academic year with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher. The individual honors were announced on Monday, July 15, alongside the association's Team Academic Excellence Awards. This year, 360 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards.
Former Wissahickon Star Athlete Continues to Impress at Manor College
Wissahickon High School graduate Eddie Fortescue continues to excel at Manor College as a three-sport athlete. Wissahickon High School graduate Eddie Fortescue continues to excel at Manor College as a three-sport athlete, writes Mike Cabrey for The Times Herald. Fortescue was a member of four sports teams – soccer, basketball,...
Volleyball Earns Prestigious Academic Recognition from AVCA
HAVERFORD, Pa. - The Haverford College volleyball program has earned the 2024 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, sponsored by INTENT. Additionally, Haverford was named a 2024 Team Academic Honor Roll program, an honor bestowed upon the top 20 percent of team GPAs from each division, representing the highest scholarly achievement in the sport of volleyball.
Class of '25, OL, Kenny Hampe on his recruitment and 'Nova
Class of 2025 prospect, Kenny Hampe is a 6-3, 285 pound, high level interior offensive linemen who plays for Muncy High School in Muncy, Pennsylvania. He continues to evolve and more programs are starting to notice of his talents, including Villanova. The Pennsylvania prospect talked to me about his visit to Villanova and the rest of his recruitment for VUSports.
Six Wildcats Tabbed CSCAA Scholar All-Americans
RICHMOND, Va. – Six members of the Villanova Swimming and Diving team earned second-team Scholar All-America distinction from the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). On the women's side, Molly Benson, Arabella Lee, Audrey Pastorek and Meghan Tiernan made the list while Nolan Danus and Nicholas Jubilee represented the men's team.
Wildcats Attend Athlete Activism Summit
VILLANOVA, Pa. – Villanova found itself represented at the Athlete Activism Summit at the end of June for the first time ever with a small group of student-athletes and staff making their way to Louisville, Ky. for the four-day event. Representing UNITAS' Athlete Ally affinity and ally group, rising...
Golf Reveals Fall Schedule for 2024 Campaign
VILLANOVA, Pa. – Villanova golf head coach James Wilkes announced a challenging schedule for his squad in the 2024 fall campaign on Wednesday morning. The Wildcats will compete in six fall tournaments, making a return trip to four different events with three new courses on the horizon for the Villanova golfers.
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