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Western Wayne senior Olivia Ford captures another boxing crown in Kansas
After a nearly five-month layoff, Olivia Ford returned to the ring this past week and did so in spectacular fashion. Ford traveled to Wichita, Kansas, to compete in the 2024 National Junior Olympics and Summer Festival, which is hosted by USA Boxing. There, she posted a pair of dominating wins en route to...
10 Tips for Summer Water Safety
Goldfish Swim School’s core focus is to teach children how to swim, and how to be safe in and around the water by providing them with encouragement, support, and water safety skills & knowledge. At Goldfish, located in Doylestown, they want kids - and their parents - to always feel comfortable in the water. By repeating water safety skills every week and drawing extra attention to water safety during this time of year, they are making sure kids know instinctively what to do in potential scenarios.
Player Previews in 100 Days – Day 49: Chase Smith, Plymouth Whitemarsh HS
Coaches Comments: Chase will be a 3 year starter for us at Corner this year. He is a 6’1 170lb DB who is physical, fast and has great ball skills. He is a sure tackler in open space and can lock up team’s best receivers in man. He’s got great playmaking ability when the ball is in the air.
This standout from Doylestown is named our high school Boys' Lacrosse Player of the Year
Be it a 200-yard rushing game in the fall or a dominating performance in the faceoff circle in the spring, one thing about La Salle High senior Stevie Davis remains the same. "He's just a humble kid that really wants to see his teammates do well and will do anything to help a team win," La Salle High boys' lacrosse head coach Rob Forster said.
Manmiller Pockets $3,000 in Thunder on the Hill Triumph
BECHTELSVILLE, PA – Doug Manmiller of Shoemakerville, PA picked up the win in the NASCAR 358 Modified portion of the exciting Tuesday night doubleheader. Manmiller overtook Timmy Buckwalter on the third lap of the 30-lap main event. Buckwalter remained in contention for the win in chase of the $2,000 bonus posted by Pioneer Pole Building for a first time Thunder on the Hill Modified feature winner.
La Salle High football standout makes college choice
Word spread quickly in the college football world after rising La Salle High senior Chris Fileppo verbally committed to play at James Madison University. "Chris was a little bit of a late bloomer to the whole recruiting process," said new La Salle High head coach Brett Gordon, who starred for the Explorers at...
Logan Schuchart wins Pa. Speedweek 410 sprint car feature at Grandview Speedway
Logan Schuchart of Hanover outdueled defending Pa. Speeweek champion Anthony Macri of Dillsburg Tuesday night to take the checkered flag in the Hodnutt Cup 410 sprint car feature at Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville. The Hodnutt Cup victory at Grandview was Schuchart’s first of the Pa. Speedweek series and earned him...
Upper Moreland girls’ LAX earns Courier Times/Intelligencer Team, Coach, and Player of the Year honors
Upper Moreland’s girls’ lacrosse team has been named the Courier Times/Intelligencer Team of the Year for the second straight season. The Golden Bears leveraged their 2023 Suburban One League title and first-ever PIAA Class 2A tournament appearance to qualify for the state tournament again this year, winning a first-round game for the first time following a fourth-place finish in the PIAA District One tournament.
Rutgers Football Tales of the Tape: 2026 commit Gavin Sidwar
Rutgers has started its 2026 recruiting early and landed its first hard commit in quarterback Gavin Sidwar from La Salle College High School in Warrington, PA. Whether or not you agree with colleges recruiting talent that young, they are, and Rutgers is adjusting to the times. Either way, Sidwar has some strong elements to his young game that cannot go unnoted.
Legion baseball: Tigers win 3rd in a row
Editor's Note: The photo captions for this article have been updated. The previous version based player identifications on a team roster that entered names using a different numbering system. The Doylestown Tigers (6-4) extended their win streak to three in emphatic fashion on Monday night with an 11-1 win over...
GYAC 11U baseball brings home second straight Southeastern PA Cal Ripken State Tournament title
Glenside Youth Athletic Club’s 11U baseball team brought home their second consecutive Southeastern PA Cal Ripken State Tournament title after defeating South Parkland 12-1 on Tuesday, July 2. The win topped off a week which saw the Glenside Ghosts outscore their opponents 46-12 for a 5-1 record. The Ghosts...
Tomlinson turns in terrific performance
Tyler Tomlinson, a rising sophomore track and cross country runner from Central Bucks East, recently competed in the New Balance National Outdoor meet, an event showcasing the nation’s top high school track and field athletes as they conclude their spring season. Tomlinson, known as the “PA Hometown Favorite,” raced in the freshman 1-mile event at the New Balance Nationals at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. He finished second overall with a time of 4:22, earning a national medal.
Faith Christian's Bachmann brothers win wrestling gold medals at 17-and-under Pan Am Games
No matter if it's a huge international wrestling meet in the Dominican Republic or a car ride to Virginia to get to a practice to hone their skills, it's all about getting better at their sport for Joey and Fred Bachmann. "Make no mistake about it," Faith Christian head wrestling...
Dave Spadaro to speak at Chamber keynote event
The next keynote program of the Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce takes place on Thursday, July 11, at Sentient Workspace, 1000 Northbrook Drive, Suite 100, Feasterville-Trevose. Networking and breakout is from 8:30 to 9 a.m., and the program is from 9 to 10:15 a.m. Dave Spadaro, Philadelphia Eagles insider,...
Super Seniors: Rams Croyle and Grenda led a soccer team for the ages
Different year. And a very different result. Central Dauphin squeaked by Pennridge 2-1 in the 2022 PIAA 4A girls soccer championship game in Mechanicsburg. The loss stung heavily, and Pennridge remembered the feeling. “I think a big contributor to this year was losing it in 2022,” noted senior midfielder Liv...
Villanova Volleyball 2024 Schedule Features 29 Matches and Big East Championship
Villanova volleyball, fresh from their inaugural foreign tour, revealed their 2024 schedule, consisting of 29 matches, four non-conference tournaments, and 18 league games aimed at securing another spot in the BIG EAST Tournament. 29 matches scheduled for the 2024 season. 4 non-conference tournaments planned. 18 league games awaiting the Wildcats.
Lenape Valley Foundation Golf Outing raises $66,500
Lenape Valley Foundation hosted its 15th annual Golf Outing on June 17, at Doylestown Country Club. The event, co-chaired by LVF board members Robert Marchand and Joseph Nolan, attracted 131 golfers and raised more than $66,500. Proceeds from this year’s event will support the opening of the Bright Path Center, a new behavioral health crisis center in Doylestown that will greatly improve the environment and quality of care for children, adults and families who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis. The center’s groundbreaking took place in May and it is scheduled to open in 2025.
RED HILL’S SALUTE TO LEVI JONES USAC SPRINT EVENT RESCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 15
RED HILL’S SALUTE TO LEVI JONES USAC SPRINT EVENT RESCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 15. Sumner, Illinois (July 3, 2024)………Morning showers and a forecast calling for incoming heavy thunderstorms has forced postponement of the Wednesday, July 3, Salute to Levi Jones program featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship at Red Hill Raceway in Sumner, Illinois.
LOOKING BACK ON SPORTS HISTORY
Two years after opening its doors in 1967, Delaware County Community College (DCCC) fielded tits first basketball team in the fall of 1969. The coach that inaugural season was John Wise, whose father had been the head basketball coach at Clifton Heights High School and later as an assistant at Penn.
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