By Steve Sherman
Sports Editor
Moments after seeing their season end in a heartbreaking triple overtime loss to Ocean Township, the tears streamed down the faces of the members of Hopewell Valley’s field hockey team.
Who could blame them?
Despite being outshot two-to-one in regulation, the Bulldogs took it to the Spartans through back-to-back overtime periods, outshooting Ocean, 8-1, in that time span.
“Everybody elevated their level of play in overtime. That was led by the seniors with a sense of urgency,” stated HoVal head coach Pam Edwards. “We only had a certain amount of time left and we really needed to try to get the ball down there and score."
Despite all their efforts, Hopewell could not get a ball past Ocean goalkeeper Laura Cummings. And the Spartans failed to get one past Bulldogs keeper Natalie Winters through 50 minutes of regulation and those two extra sessions.
Ocean finally got the win when it made good on four of its five penalty strokes and Cummings made waffle saves on a pair of Hopewell’s attempts. Ocean’s bench erupted when freshman Sarah Abdelaziz put a shot into the left side corner of the cage sending the Spartans home winners in an NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III Tournament pairing Nov. 4 at Central High.
“It’s exciting, it’s disappointing, it’s frustrating--that’s how it went in this game,” stated HoVal co-captain Annie Rosenblatt, afterward. “I think it was a good game--an even match. We were in it the whole time but somebody has to win and somebody has to lose.
“Unfortunately it was us.”
At the end of regulation, the Bulldogs trailed in the shots category, 9-4. They had been out-cornered, 12-7. Only some nifty goalkeeping by Winters got them to overtime.
If Hopewell was outplayed in regulation, it certainly was not in the extra sessions. The Bulldogs were awarded three penalty corners and got off five shots in the first overtime. That’s one more shot for the black and gold than they tallied in regulation.
Though she was ridden off by a Spartan defender, sophomore Tess Brzezynski was the first Hopewell player sprung loose with the ball inside the circle. Rosenblatt was next but she couldn’t put the ball past Cummings, despite repeated whacks at the ball from the goalmouth. Senior Lauren Colasanti connected on a pair of bullets from the top right side of the circle but again, Cummings was equal to the task.
Rosenblatt next tried to lead senior Cassidy Straniero with a cross only to see her classmate ridden off by an Ocean defender. Annie’s next attempt at reaching the back of the cage saw her shot glance of Cummings’ glove side. From there, the ball danced tantalizingly in the goalmouth within reach of Straniero, who took a whack at it only to see it roll wide right of the cage.
“There were times when we were pounding away,” stated Edwards. “We just needed to get one last stick on the ball.”
The first overtime ended with sophomore Alicia Wagner’s end-to-end run. The second extra session began with the same play by junior Ellie Yusko, who fed Wagner standing a few feet from the goal line. Alas, Wagner’s shot missed.
Three more missiles launched by Straniero, Rosenblatt and freshman Colby Husong failed to connect. From the left side of the cage, Wagner then sent a cross over to Yusko on the right only to see Cummings make a successful diving attempt at poking the ball away.
Edwards, meanwhile, implored her team to get the shot off earlier.
“There were times when we were taking the ball in a little bit more and trying to shoot,” said the coach, “instead of getting to the top of the circle and just crack it.”
Again from the left side, Straniero sent a ball across the goalmouth. Had someone been standing on the right, HoVal would have advanced but again, no one was there.
“It’s obviously frustrating and we were really close. We controlled the possession through most of the overtimes,” stated Rosenblatt. “There’s not a lot to say except that we just really wanted to win then instead of having the game go to [penalty] strokes.”
And so ends another successful season for the Bulldogs. Last year’s Mercer County champions, HoVal got past Princeton this year 1-0 on a goal by Husong in the MCT quarters only to see its chance at a county repeat title evaporate with a 2-1 loss to Robbinsville.
The Bulldogs won their state opener 2-0 at home versus Lawrence on goals by Hussong and Wagner and finished the season at 16-4.
Though Hopewell will say goodbye to seven seniors on the team come spring, the Bulldogs return nine juniors to next year’s team including Winters, Yusko and defenseman Meredith Magafin.
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NOTES: With the win, Ocean pushed its record to 13-4-1. The Spartans finished third place in the Shore Conference and made it to the quarterfinals of the SC Tournament where they lost to Wall.

Labels: field hockey, Hopewell Valley

By Steve Sherman
Sports Editor
It’s decided.
The first of 13 Pennsbury seniors has made her college commitment.
While there are bound to be several more to go down this road for the orange and black this school year, midfielder Jennalise Taylor is the first field hockey player to make an agreement to jump to the NCAA.
Taylor made a verbal agreement toward the end of the summer that never was. She’ll attend Quinnipiac University, a Division I program located near New Haven, Connecticut.
Jennalise also considered the University of Vermont, Northeastern and Temple. But Quinnipiac was the first school visited by Taylor and also the first to present an incentive.
“They offered a scholarship and also I love the school--it’s my number one choice,” stated Taylor. “Going to a good school was important to me and this school is expensive so...”
While Taylor’s second choice was Temple, she would have had to try to make the Owls as a walk-on recruit. In the end, it never came down to that.
“It just worked out so well,” stated Taylor. “I’m really excited to go there.”
While Jennalise did not reach the scoring column in any of the Falcons’ six league wins, she is a leader on and off the field say her coaches and that’s probably the number one reason she was chosen among this large group of seniors to be one of three Pennsbury co-captains.
“She makes sure she gets the most out of herself and her teammates everyday,” stated Pennsbury volunteer assistant coach Tracey Arndt.
“She does whatever it takes to win.”
The Bobcats are guided by none other than Becca Kohli, a native of Yardley and graduate of Pennsbury High School where she was a three-sport athlete who played basketball and track in addition to field hockey. Kohli was inducted into the Pennsbury Athletic Hall of Fame in October 2006.
After establishing the program at Quinnipiac from scratch 13 years ago, Kohli has built the Bobcats into an annual Northeast Conference (NEC) power and a formidable regional opponent.
In 10 seasons in the league, Quinnipiac has registered a 57-23 mark against NEC opponents in regular-season play and has owned at least a share of seven conference titles.
The Bobcats last went to the NEC tournament finals in 2006. Quinnipiac won the league finale in 2003, defeating Rider, 2-1, in the title tilt and earning its second trip to the NCAA tournament in three seasons.
The Bobcats have punched their ticket to the conference championship in eight of their last nine campaigns.
“She’s a really, really good person and a great coach,” stated Taylor of Kohli. “She’s really easy to get along with and really serious at the same time.”
Both Kohli (nee Main) and Arndt (nee Larson) played collegiate hockey at Penn State and both have played the sport on an international level with Becca helping Team USA to a bronze medal as a member of the U.S. National Elite Team in the 1994 World Cup.
A 1994 graduate of PSU, Kohli preceded Arndt playing field hockey for the Nittany Lions. Still, Arndt said Kohli served as a mentor to her playing the sport at Penn State from 1996 to ’99.
As recently as 2006, both Arndt and Kohli have been named coaches of the US Field Hockey Association. Arndt says she enjoys the relationship Pennsbury has with the collegiate coach.
“It’s been really nice to have someone in the Division I realm that knows what Pennsbury’s like, knows what the girls who come out of here are like and be able to create a relationship between Pennsbury and Quinnipiac,” stated Arndt.
It’s also nice to know that Taylor will be coached by a former Falcon, said Arndt.
“It’s cool,” said Coach Tracey.
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NOTES: Pennsbury pushed its record to 7-2 overall, 6-0 in the SOL National Conference with a 5-0 win over Truman on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at home. The Falcons also hold wins over Council Rock North (1-0) and CR South (3-2)

Labels: field hockey, Pennsbury

By Steve Sherman
Sports Editor
One of Pennington’s goals this season is to improve over last year’s 8-8 record.
Wednesday’s 3-1 triumph over the Solebury School lifted the Red Raiders to 3-3 so whether or not Pennington will reach its objective remains to be seen.
One thing is for sure however, the Red Raiders are winning the close ones, something Pennington had problems with last year.
Including Wednesday’s triumph over the Spartans, the Raiders have recorded all three of their wins by two goals or less. Pennington recorded its first win Sept. 14 with a hard-fought 1-0 road victory over Nottingham. Two days later at home, the Raider outpaced Morrisville, 2-0, at home.
“A lot of the time, we’ve lost those games in past years so I think it’s good that we’re winning them, even though it might only be by one or two goals,” stated Pennington senior co-captain Maddie Scherer, a midfielder playing in her fourth and final year for the Red Raiders.
While junior midfielder Lexi Sorrentino put a pair of goals into the back of the cage against Solebury, it was senior halfback Melissa Iorio, of Hopewell Township, who tallied the game-winner.
Pennington led, 2-0, by the break and made that edge stand up with both teams scoring once apiece after the intermission.
“In these games that we’re playing that are close wins, the girls are playing with a lot of heart,” stated first-year head coach Wendy Morris, who has taken the reigns of the team from longtime skipper Ida Malloy.
“We’re playing teams where the game could go either way,” added the new coach. “Luckily, they’ve gone OUR way.”
Malloy isn’t the only one missing from the field hockey program here. With graduation, the Raiders lost three seniors including starting keeper Amanda Flores and center-backfielder Paige Scharite.
Playing in between the pipes this year at Pennington is Morgan Huth, a player who was stationed at midfield last season.
“She’s doing so awesome in goal for us this year,” stated Scherer. “It’s really good to have her step up.”
And stepping up in place of Scharite at center-back has been Iorio.
“We’ve had to shift back to the defense,” explained Scherer.
While that defense helped Pennington come out ahead the last day of September, Iorio says her side performed better before the break.
“Our confidence got a little too high in the second half. That’s just something our team has to work on,” she said.
“I think overall, we played really well though.
“We worked together as a team, and we communicated. We had great stick skills. It was good that we got the ball in the cage three times.”
While wins are always good, there are just 20 girls in the program, many of whom are either playing a new sport or a new position. Pennington’s lack of depth stood out in lopsided losses to Hun, New Hope-Solebury and Morrestown Friends.
“Those games weren’t as close but those teams have a lot more depth than we do,” stated Morris. “We have a lot of girls who are playing for the first time.”
And Morris, a coach with more than 20 years coaching experience at Pope John XXIII High School in Sparta, is right there to guide the newcomers and veterans alike,
“She’s really worked on developing stick skills and [new] positions on the field. A lot of girls haven’t played before,” stated Scherer.
“It’s been really good as far as teamwork and learning new things.”
“Coach Morris has been so positive and worked us really hard.
“And we need the work so it’s good.”
“I’m here to grow the program. It’s a good group and they’re making progress,” said Morris.
In addition to the desire to outpace the performance posted by the 2008 team, Iorio, Scherer and their cohorts would like to build for the future.
“We want to develop stick skills for the new players so when everyone is rising up, we’ll be stronger as a program,” explained Sherer.
Iorio sees players stepping up on both sides of the ball.
“Maddie [Scherer] is crazy--she scores a lot. And Lexi Sorrentino is really good with getting the ball in the goal.
The Raiders also have some players stepping up on defense, among them junior Kate Kuzo and sophomore Gina Molinero. After missing most of last season due to injury, Kuzo is back on defense, stronger than ever, says Iorio.
“She was injured last year but she’s really stepping it up this year,” said Iorio.
“Overall our defense is really strong this year. There’s a lot more people to rely on and do well.”
That much has been demonstrated thrice over now in three wins for Pennington.

Labels: field hockey, Pennington

By Steve Sherman
Sports Editor
Six games into the season and the Lady Warriors are without a win in field hockey.
What!
“This is a bit of a change for us,” said Bristol head coach Melanie Jenigen. “I don’t think we’ve ever been under .500 since I’ve been here.”
Last season, Bristol earned a spot in the District One Class AA tournament after going 11-6-1, 7-5 in the Bicentennial Athletic League (BAL).
After a 3-1 loss to the Truman Tigers Sept. 22 on the turf at Henry Morgan Stadium, the Lady Warriors were sitting at 0-5-1.
“Last night, I thought we outplayed them; we just couldn’t score,” stated Jenigen. “That’s a young thing. They get around the goal and get a little happy feet.”
Making matters worse, Bristol is also winless in the BAL, having been shut out by all three league foes.
The Warriors opened the season with back-to-back shutout losses to New Hope-Solebury (3-0) and Plumstead Christian Academy (5-0).
“[Scoring] hasn’t been a problem in the past; we’ve been pretty strong [offensively] up to now,” stated Jenigen.
But that was before the departure of Kelee Pinto, a player who tallied more than 40 assists her last three years at Bristol.
Last season, Pinto added 7 goals and 15 assists to her scoring resume but now she’s gone as are Jenn Jeager, Nicole Adamson and Bridgette Wise.
In addition to their league losses, the Warriors lost 3-1 to Bensalem and fell 4-2 in their season opener with AACA rival Villa Joseph.
A lone 2-2 tie to Friends Select is the only thing standing between Bristol and an 0-6 record. Despite their season mark, Jenigen insists her team has improved.
“We keep getting better in each game,” said the coach. ‘We lost [to Truman ], 3-1, but [we] actually played a lot better than what the score showed.
“We were in it.”
A few days before the loss to the Tigers, the Warriors took Lower Moreland to overtime before falling on a goal about seven minutes into the extra session. According to Jenigen, goalkeeper Gabby Frake stopped the initial shot but had no chance to get herself in front of the rebound.
Coach says her side knows it can always expect a battle from the Lions.
“Since I’ve coached here, Lower Moreland is our main rival; it’s like Dallas-Eagles,” explained Jenigen. “They want to beat us and we want to beat them
Last year, Bristol split with the Lions. The year before the Warriors won both. This year, according to Jenigen, Bristol hadn’t played well until facing LM but made sure they stepped up for that game.
The worst of the shutout losses came Sept. 18 when the Warriors lost 5-0 to Plumstead.
“I don’t think the score showed what our capability is,” stated Jenigen. “We were really good between the 25s; once we get over the 25 either way, we’re a little weak and that’s experience.”
Like Pinto last year, junior Leighann Morris has jumped from a forward line position to the midfield. That has meant making adjustments, said the coach.
“She's still getting used to that. Last night [vs. Truman], she had a really strong game. Against Lower Moreland, she had a really strong game. So I only see here getting better."
Sophomore Mackenzie Faight is another player the Warriors look to in the attack.
“She has really good stickwork and she’s really explosive, offensively and she has a lot of speed,” stated Jenigen, of Faight. “She’s a sophomore so she’s only going to get better.”
“We try not to rely on sophomores too much but we use her,” added the coach. “She’s been consistent every game and that’s been very good for us.”
Sophomore Daniella Reilly is another player who has been solid for the Warriors this season.
Both Reilly and Faight are splitting time between midfield and the front line.
Sophomore Morgan Cullen is another player earning a lot of minutes in the starting lineup.
“She’s been very strong—a solid player for us this year,” stated Jenigen. “And she’s getting better each game.”
Bristol’s defense is anchored by backfielder Mariah Strobele and their keeper Gabby Frake. The junior cage minder worked on her game a lot in the offseason and it shows. Against Lower Moreland, Frake posted 12 saves and practically stood on her head while shutting the Lions out in regulation.
“This year, she has stepped it up tremendously,” stated Jenigen. “Against Lower Moreland, she was unbelievable; she kept us in that game.”
Last year, Frake was a solid goalie playing behind a strong defensive unit anchored by Adamson and Wise.
“We were solid on defense last year so she didn’t see that much,” explained Jenigen. “We really didn’t know what we had back there.”
‘This year, she’s so confident. She knows what she’s doing back there. She’s playing the ball with no mistakes whatsoever.”
And that’s a good thing--something for the Lady Warriors to build on as they make their way through this most unusual of seasons for Bristol field hockey.
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NOTES: Senior co-captain Kelly Pond was injured in camp and is struggling to make her way back into the lineup. Bristol beat Truman last year, 1-0, on a goal by Jeanie Shapcott.
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2009 RESULTS
Sept. 4 @ Villa Joseph Marie 2-4 (L)
Sept. 9 Friends Select 2-2
Sept. 10 Bensalem 1-3 (L)
Sept. 17 New Hope-Solebury 0-3 (L)
Sept. 18 Plumstead Christian 0-5 (L)
Sept. 21 @ Lower Moreland 0-1 (L)
Sept. 22 @ Truman 1-3 (L)

Labels: Bristol, field hockey

By Steve Sherman
Sports Editor
Having experienced several early season offensive woes, Council Rock North got a visit yesterday (Sept. 17) from Harry S Truman.
It would appear that a skirmish with the Tigers was all the Lady Indians needed to get their offense headed in the right direction.
The Rock scored four goals in the first half then doubled that total after the intermission in an 8-0 triumph over Truman. For North, it was its first league win of the season. In the Indians’ previous matchup, the team failed to score at all Sept. 15 in a 1-0 loss to SOL National conference rival Pennsbury.
Becky Ely tallied the winning strike early in this one. She’d add goal No. 6 on a corner opportunity later on in the second half and an assist on goal No. 3 drilled into the cage by Sarah Rowland in the first half. For her part, Rowland tallied a hat trick, putting goals No. 3, 5 and 8 into the cage.
Sophomore Hannah Plappert posted goals No. 2 and 4. Sister Elly Plappert, a senior at North scored goal No. 7 while adding three assists. Assists were also registered by Alex Kuzma (on the game-winner), Sara Clark, Rebecca Houser and Devin Everett, who had two.
The win over the Tigers evens the Rock’s league record out at 1-1. North is 2-3 overall on the season. The Indians also won a non-league affair against Episcopal Academy, taking that game by a 2-1 score. The team’s losses have come at the hands of Wissahickon and Oley Valley.
Meanwhile, Truman falls to 0-1-1 overall on the season, 0-1 in the SOL National conference. HST senior Sarah Pote stood tall in goal for the Tigers. Amanda Krause played the same position at the other end of the field but may have been the most lonely player on the field in this one.
Next up for North is a trio of league affairs starting with Monday’s night game 7 p.m. at William Tennent. From there the Indians travel to Neshaminy on Wed., Sept. 23 for a 3:30 p.m. matchup followed by a home pairing vs. Bensalem 3:30 p.m. Fri., Sept. 25.
Meanwhile, Truman has the weekend to get ready for Neshaminy, whom it hosts at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21. At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the Tigers host cross-town rival Bristol on the turf at Henry Morgan Stadium. The on Friday Truman travel to Bensalem for a 3:30 p.m. pairing.

Labels: Council Rock North, CR North, field hockey

By Steve Sherman
Sports Editor
Conwell-Egan Catholic (CEC) dropped a Sept. 16 home pairing with Cardinal O’Hara, falling to the Lady Lions, 5-1. Still, it was a far cry better than the Eagles’ opener, a 10-0 drubbing suffered at the hands of Archbishop Carroll.
“We’re off to a slow start,” stated CEC head coach Lorraine Lodise “But these two teams are among the best in the Catholic League.”
“I think this team will improve a lot as the season progresses,” added the coach. “I think it’s going to turn out a lot different than how we’ve gotten started.”
Among the captains leading the Conwell field hockey team this season are midfielder Cassie Fario, along with backfielders Jess South and Kaity Malone.
“We have a lot of strong leadership on this team,” stated Lodise. “And I believe they are going to move this team past this.”
Currently, CEC is busy solidifying its defense with junior Kat DiFilipio in goal for the now departed Jamie Macenka, who played between the posts for the past three seasons.
South says the new keeper is holding her own.
“It’s her first year; she never played goalie before but we didn’t have a goalie at all," said Jess.
“She’s doing good for her first couple games."
Yesterday in the pouring rain, the Eagles fell behind, 3-0, at the intermission before senior forward Becca Mutek put a ball into the back of the O’Hara cage midway through the second half with help from senior forward Ashley Soltys.
Malone gave us her thoughts of the rain-soaked affair after the game’s conclusion.
“Today’s game was better than last week’s game. Last week, we started out good but then we lost it,” stated Malone. “This week, we started out a little shaky but then in the second half, we pulled through and scored a goal.”
Other than its two regular season losses, CEC defeated Villa Jo Marie, 3-0, in a preseason scrimmage and outpaced Morrisville, Jenkintown and Plumstead in a Play Day for the Lady Eagles.
Last season, Conwell Egan won just three games including wins over St. Hubert’s and Archbishop Prendergast.
“Last year wasn’t great—I think we had three wins. But it was a tough year because most of the lineup was juniors,” stated Malone. “This year, we’re all seniors so it should be a better year.”
“I think we did pretty good,” stated Fario of the team’s 2008 campaign. “We worked really hard. It’s just that the score didn’t come out the way that we wanted it to.”
Of their three triumphs taken in ‘08, the win over the Bambies was best, say the girls.
“The Hubert’s game was one of our best games. It was a game like this where it was pouring rain,” explained Malone. “They delayed it but when we got out there, we just dominated the whole game.”
With 13 seniors on the squad this year, the girls believe that they’ll emerge with a better record in their current campaign than the one they waged last season.
“We’re going to do pretty good this year,” stated Malone. “We’ve gotten two of the toughest games out of the way so hopefully the rest of the games are wins.”
Fario thinks her team can right itself with a little self-motivation.
“We’re doing alright; we just have to push each other,” she said. “It seems like it takes us a while to get motivated but I’m sure by the next game, we’ll be ready.”

Labels: Conwell-Egan, field hockey

The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) announced its 2008 National Academic Squad recently and nine St. Joseph's University (SJU) players found their names on the list including Langhorne's own Jen Wrublesky.

A Neshaminy High School alum and an SJU sophomore forward, Wrublesky was among the conference leaders in shots, scoring three goals and adding four assists in a season that saw the Hawks reach the Atlantic 10 Championship semifinals for a fifth straight year.

Last year as a freshman at St. Joseph's, Wrublesky was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and the team's Offensive Player of the Year after leading St. Joseph's with 10 goals and 24 points while tying for the lead with four game-winning goals.

For her efforts, Wrublesky also earned All Mid-Atlantic Region First Team, Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team and All-Rookie Team honors as a freshman.

SJU junior midfielder Kellie Walter paced the Hawks this season with career highs in goals (10), assists (7) and points (27).
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Compiled by Sports Editor Steve Sherman.

Labels: field hockey, Neshaminy

The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) announced its 2008 National Academic Squad March 3 and nine St. Joseph's University (SJU) players found their names on the list including Langhorne's own Jen Wrublesky.

A Neshaminy High School alum and an SJU sophomore forward, Wrublesky was among the conference leaders in shots, scoring three goals and adding four assists in a season that saw the Hawks reach the Atlantic 10 Championship semifinals for a fifth straight year.

Last year as a freshman at St. Joseph's, Wrublesky was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and the team's Offensive Player of the Year after leading St. Joseph's with 10 goals and 24 points while tying for the lead with four game-winning goals.

For her efforts, Wrublesky also earned All Mid-Atlantic Region First Team, Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team and All-Rookie Team honors as a freshman.

SJU junior midfielder Kellie Walter paced the Hawks this season with career highs in goals (10), assists (7) and points (27).
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Compiled by Sports Editor Steve Sherman

Labels: field hockey, Neshaminy

Labels: boys soccer, field hockey, Football, Pennsbury

Three of Lisa Pennington's charges are taking their game to the next
level including Neshaminy seniors (from left) Alexa Doyle (Kutztown),
Moriah Allen (Villanova) and Marlaine Schneider (Rider).

Labels: field hockey, Neshaminy

Neshaminy High School has announced more than a dozen student-athletes who have accepted award scholarships to the following schools.
The 13 students were recognized for their achievements at a signing ceremony held at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon (Feb. 4) in the Neshaminy High School HUB.
Four of the students are members of the football team that went 12-2, captured the SOL National Conference championship and earned a berth in the District One Class AAAA finals.
Six are members of Coach Rich Reice's soccer teams including boys co-captain Kyle Soroka, who led his team to the District One Class AAA finals as well as a berth in the PIAA AAA semifinals.
Reice's girls' team went far too, earning a hard-fought win over Council Rock North after falling in overtime to CB West in the district semis. The win over the Indians meant that Neshaminy would finish third in the D-I AAA tourney.
In states, the Lady Redskins made it all the way to the PIAA AAA quarters, falling in overtime to Lower Dauphin.
Three are field hockey players, members of Lisa Pennington's squad that captured a District One Class AAAA championship, 25 years after Pennington and her crew did it, guided by former skipper and Athletic Director Sheila Murphy.
- Sports Editor Steve Sherman

Jay Colbert, New Hampshire, Football
Dan Shirey, Villanova University, Football
Paul Carrezola, Rutgers University, Football
John Zavorski, Kutztown University, Football
Kyle Soroka, Villanova University, Soccer
Zach Turchi, LaSalle University, Soccer
Marlaine Schneider, Rider University, Field Hockey
Moriah Allen, Villanova University, Field Hockey
Alexa Doyle, Kutztown University, Field Hockey
Kelli Kerr, Millersville University, Soccer
Lyndsay Pierson, University of Pittsburgh, Soccer
Diana Rowan, West Chester, Soccer
Jennifer Anne Hutchinson, West Chester, Soccer

Labels: boys soccer, field hockey, Football, Neshaminy

Pennsbury senior Leigh Deininger has chosen to continue her athletic career at St. Joseph's University as a field hockey player.
A standout midfielder in both hockey and soccer, Deininger was more experienced playing soccer for the YMS Speed Demons for the past seven years.
Deininger started playing soccer competitively when she was 8-years-old, under the tutelage of her dad Roger who was a standout in the sport at Shippensburg.
Last season in hockey, Deininger was an SOL National Conference first team selection, helping Pennsbury to the first round of districts.
Deininger will join three male student athletes at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5 when the four will sign Division I National Letters of Intent at the PHS TV studios on the East campus.
The Pennsbury boys who are signingThursday include soccer players Eric Schoenle (Mount St. Mary's) and Alex Ockford (West Virginia) in addition to linebacker Steve Marck, who is headed to Miami of Ohio to join his brother C.J.
- Sports Editor Steve Sherman

Labels: boys soccer, field hockey, Football, Pennsbury