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Lou Rabito

Gilbertsville´s Wynnie McCann played for the U.S. national baseball team in Venezuela in the Women´s World Cup last month. Her team captured a bronze medal, above.

For Boyertown girl, a full summer on the diamond

She's a girl among women in a male-dominated game

Think you have a great story about what you did over summer break? It won't top Wynnie McCann's. Hers is the stuff of novels - only it's real and, at times, too real - complete with plot twists and a random act of violence.

Chichester coach Ryan Smith stepped into the job after the untimely death of coach Bob Shull from leukemia in June.

Keeping coach's legacy alive

Chichester builds and bonds, in memory of a lost mentor.

Keeping a coach’s legacy alive

Lou Rabito: If life is fair on the high school football fields, the Chichester Eagles will win a few games this season.

Members of the St. Joseph´s Prep varsity eight with coxswain (from left) Brendan Courtney, Steve Lezynski, Colin Kane, Zac Munsell, and Carter Law train for their trip to the Henley Royal Regatta. The nine Prep boys, undefeated this season, will make their first appearance at Henley. The Hawks last competed there in 2008, with an all-senior crew.

Varsity eight caps a special year.

St. Joseph's Prep returns to Henley

St. Joseph's Prep crew preparing for Henley

The prominence of the Henley Royal Regatta hangs unmistakably on a second-floor wall of the St. Joseph's Prep boathouse on Kelly Drive. A banner chronicles the Hawks' history in the regatta's Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup. Their years of participation, from 1980 through 2008, and finishes are displayed. Next to that are two pieces commemorating the Prep's 2000 championship: a framed, poster-size photo of the crew, and a portrait of the Cup

Life after gymnastics: How about joining the circus?

Matt Greenfield wasn't the first 12- or 13-year-old to go to the circus and quickly figure out what he wanted to do when he grew up.

For George School coach, nasty blow was a blessing in disguise

He hit fly balls to the outfielders. He pitched batting practice. The next thing John Gleeson remembers - six days later - he was in a hospital.

For George School coach, nasty blow was a blessing in disguise

He hit fly balls to the outfielders. He pitched batting practice. The next thing John Gleeson remembers - six days later - he was in a hospital. What happened in between would be one of what Gleeson calls the most memorable times of his life, if only he could recall any of it.

At Elwell Field in Haverford Township, Barrack Hebrew´s Daniel Saewitz delivers a pitch to Life Center´s Jonathan Wilkins.

Barrack Hebrew's road warriors

Without a field of their own, the Cougars are at home on seven diamonds.

For Barrack Hebrew, home on the road

Lou Rabito: What did Barrack Hebrew baseball players call it when they boarded a bus at their Bryn Mawr school and traveled to Philadelphia to play at FDR Park, near the Wachovia Center?

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