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Cardinal Dougherty’s Joe Bozzelli made sure that the Cardinals would win their first boys’ soccer game of the season by getting involved in each goal Dougherty scored yesterday.
Bozzelli scored a goal and assisted on three others as the Cardinals tripped visiting West Catholic, 4-1, in a Catholic League Blue Division game.
Mitchell Ballah chipped in with a goal and an assist while Bob Brumbach and Carey Thomas picked up single goals. Joe Smith scored for the Burrs, but Dougherty goalie Mike Bowling stopped 12 other shots.
Mentioned: Upper Dublin High School | Pottstown High School | Hatboro-Horsham High School | George School | Ridley High School | Cardinal Dougherty High School | Council Rock High School South | Norristown Area High School | Coatesville Area Senior High School | Pennridge High School | West Philadelphia Catholic High School | North Penn High School | Plymouth Whitemarsh High School | Friends Central Upper School | Academy Park | Archbishop Carroll | Bartram | Bishop McDevitt | Bok | Conwell-Egan | Edison | Faith Christian | FitzSimons | Germantown | Glen Mills | Kennedy-Kenrick | Lamberton | Lansdale Catholic | Lincoln | Lower Moreland | Mastbaum | Methacton | Monsignor Bonner | Neumann-Goretti | North Catholic | Pennsbury | Phil-Mont Christian | Quakertown | University City | Upper Merion | Upper Moreland | Upper Perkiomen | Springfield (M)
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Heather Jackson scored three goals, and Haley O’Donnell registered her first varsity goal as host Academy Park coasted past Chichester, 5-0, in a Del-Val League game.
Joe Forte also scored for the Vanguards (3-3-1, 2-0-1).
O’Donnell was an early substitute for Academy Park. Jackson now has four goals in seven games.
Interboro peppered Penn Wood goalie Owumni Jolaoso with 27 shots, but got only one by her and that turned out to be the game-winner for Shannon Deihl.
Erika Tambon assisted on the goal with 13:51 minutes left in the first half.
Amanda Hoffman needed to make only three saves in goal the shutout.
Mentioned: Hatboro-Horsham High School | Phoenixville Area High School | Archbishop Wood High School | Cardinal O'Hara High School | Abington Senior High School | Council Rock High School South | Archbishop Ryan High School | Spring-Ford Area High School | Friends Central Upper School | Penn Wood High School | Academy Park | Archbishop Carroll | Archbishop Prendergast | Bishop McDevitt | Central Bucks East | Chichester | Council Rock North | Germantown Academy | Interboro | Lansdale Catholic | Little Flower | Methacton | Neshaminy | Owen J. Roberts | St. Pius X | Upper Perkiomen
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It was Maura Gifford’s birthday, but Lansdale Catholic’s soccer team was doing the receiving and not the giving.
Gifford’s goal in the game’s 74th minute clinched the 2-0 nonleague win at rival Gwynedd-Mercy.
Most of the game was a scoreless tie until the 67th minute when freshman Hannah Whitby scored.
Seven minutes later, Gifford, a senior, put the game away with the insurance goal.
Kelly McGlynn scored 20 minutes into the first half for the game-winner in Abington Friends’ 2-0 win at Bishop McDevitt.
The Kangaroos got a second-half insurance goal from Robyn Harding.
Mentioned: Pottstown High School | Wissahickon High School | Phoenixville Area High School | Unionville High School | Perkiomen Valley High School | Norristown Area High School | Archbishop Ryan High School | Abington Friends School | Spring-Ford Area High School | Friends Central Upper School | Bishop McDevitt | Boyertown | Delco Christian | Friends Select | Germantown Academy | Gwynedd-Mercy | Kennett | Lansdale Catholic | Little Flower | Mercy Vocational | Methacton | Morrisville | Owen J. Roberts | Pottsgrove | St. Pius X | Upper Perkiomen
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Here is the boys' soccer roundup:
Hamed Badini scored all of Parkway Center City’s goals in a 4-2 Public League soccer win at Edison.
Badini scored three of his goals in the first half. Jose Collazo and Erickson Santiago scored for the Owls.
In other league games:
Mentioned: Upper Dublin High School | Pottstown High School | Hatboro-Horsham High School | Wissahickon High School | Phoenixville Area High School | Central Bucks South High School | Archbishop Wood High School | Perkiomen Valley High School | Norristown Area High School | Valley Forge Military Academy & College | Cheltenham High School | Central Bucks West High School | Spring-Ford Area High School | North Penn High School | Avon Grove High School | Plymouth Whitemarsh High School | Bartram | Bok | Central | Central Bucks East | Church Farm | Council Rock North | Del-Val Charter | Edison | FitzSimons | Germantown | Interboro | Lamberton | Mastbaum | Methacton | Neshaminy | Owen J. Roberts | Parkway | Pennsbury | Souderton | St. Pius X | University City | Upper Merion | Upper Moreland | Upper Perkiomen | Washington | William Tennent | Franklin Towne Charter | Springfield (M)
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Senior striker Amanda McKinley scored all three of her goals in the first half as Spring-Ford went on the road and earned a 5-2 Pioneer Athletic Conference win at St. Pius X.
McKinley scored two of her goals in the first half when the Rams jumped out to a 3-1 lead.
Maddy Jackson, who had three assists, and Morgan Popko also scored for the Rams. Nikki Lynch added a pair of assists for the Rams (3-3 overall, 2-1 league), who got seven saves in goal from Allie Sasak.
Mentioned: Spring-Ford Area High School | Agnes Irwin | Delco Christian | Methacton | St. Pius X | Upper Perkiomen
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The logjam of unbeaten teams in Suburban One American Conference field hockey has been loosened a bit, thanks to a 4-0 win by host Wissahickon over Upper Dublin Monday.
Going into the game the Trojans were 4-0 overall, 2-0 league. Upper Dublin had won both of its league games, but dropped its only other two nonleague games.
Wissahickon took control by getting a pair of goals in each half and eight saves from goalie Jess Scannapieco, Lauren Becker, Zoe Kale, Colleen Lynch and Alyssa Tourdot scored.
Mentioned: Upper Dublin High School | Wissahickon High School | Cardinal O'Hara High School | Academy Park | Agnes Irwin | Bristol | Delco Christian | Interboro | Jenkintown | Lower Moreland | Methacton | Upper Perkiomen
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Stef Pirri assisted on goal goals as host Downingtown West topped Upper Perkiomen, 2-0, in a nonleague game.
Emma Slattery and Caitlin Walsh scored and Liz Coyne had nine saves in goal for the Whippets (6-1).
In other nonleague games:
Ridley overwhelmed host Sun Valley, 14-1, behind three goals from Maggie Smith.
Mentioned: Ridley High School | Cardinal O'Hara High School | Downingtown West | Gwynedd-Mercy | Interboro | Methacton | Mount St. Joseph | Nazareth Academy | St. Pius X | Sun Valley | Upper Perkiomen | Villa Maria
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Here is the Friday girls' soccer roundup:
Kelly Monoghan’s goal 10 minutes into the second half gave Radnor a 1-0 Central League win at Lower Merion. Monoghan scored off a corner from Kelly Buckley. The Red Raiders are 5-0-2 overall, 4-0-2 league.
Catholic Academies
Mentioned: Unionville High School | Cardinal O'Hara High School | Radnor High School | Strath Haven High School | St. Basil Academy | Avon Grove High School | Boyertown | Downingtown East | Downingtown West | Garnet Valley | Great Valley | Gwynedd-Mercy | Lower Merion | Merion Mercy | Methacton | Nazareth Academy | Octorara | Phil-Mont Christian | St. Pius X | Villa Joseph Marie | Villa Maria | West Chester Henderson
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Jasmin James needed only to cross the street to play next-door neighbor Central Tuesday.
The familiar surroundings must have helped both James and her Girls High teammates in a 5-2 Public League field hockey win as she scored all five goals.
The game was not without an element of drama as the teams took a 2-2 tie into the second half and James got loose for the winning goal and two insurance tallies.
Most of James’ goals were off rebounds, but one came assisted by Brandy Tucker.
In other league games:
Kelsey Palmer found the range on all three of Washington’s goals in a 3-0 win at rival Lincoln.
Other than Palmer, though, Lincoln goalie Jennipher Zorrilla was perfect in 10 opportunities. Washington goalie Julianna Garcia did not face a shot, but got the shutout.
Mentioned: Upper Dublin High School | Baldwin School | Wissahickon High School | Germantown Friends School | George School | Perkiomen Valley High School | Shipley School, The | Cheltenham High School | North Penn High School | Avon Grove High School | Penn Wood High School | Archbishop Carroll | Central | Central Bucks East | Council Rock North | Downingtown West | Friends Select | Germantown Academy | Great Valley | Jenkintown | Kennett | Lincoln | Little Flower | Methacton | Mount St. Joseph | Northeast | Octorara | Penn Charter | Pennsbury | Plumstead Christian | Sun Valley | Villa Joseph Marie | Washington | Westtown | Rhodes | Springfield (D) | Springfield (M)
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Here is Tuesday's boys' soccer roundup:
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Win Ton came through with a pair of goals and led Engineering & Science past visiting Kensington, 4-0.
Ben Brewer and Abukubar Mohammed also scored for the Engineers who got six saves and a shutout from goalkeeper Chris McFarland.
Mentioned: Upper Dublin High School | Pottstown High School | Hatboro-Horsham High School | Martin Luther King Jr. High School | Phoenixville Area High School | New Hope-Solebury High School | Oxford Area High School | Germantown Friends School | Cardinal Dougherty High School | La Salle College High School | Perkiomen Valley High School | Perkiomen School | Norristown Area High School | Archbishop Ryan High School | Coatesville Area Senior High School | Valley Forge Military Academy & College | Shipley School, The | Abington Friends School | Cheltenham High School | Delaware Valley Friends School | Spring-Ford Area High School | North Penn High School | Plymouth Whitemarsh High School | Friends Central Upper School | Penn Wood High School | East High School | Academy Park | Archbishop Carroll | Bodine | Boyertown | Central Bucks East | Christian Academy | Christopher Dock | Devon Prep | Father Judge | Furness | Girard College | Great Valley | Haverford School | International Christian | Kennett | Kensington | Lower Moreland | Malvern Prep | Masterman | Methacton | Monsignor Bonner | Morrisville | Octorara | Owen J. Roberts | Penn Charter | Solebury School | Souderton | St. Pius X | Sun Valley | Swenson | Upper Merion | Upper Moreland | Engineering & Science | Franklin Towne Charter | Holy Ghost Prep | Kimberton Waldorf | West Chester Rustin
