High School Sports
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Bonner-Prendie Grad Kevin McGonigle Makes State Gatorade Player of the Year
Pennsylvania’s premier baseball player graduated from Bonner-Prendergast High School June 9, writes Matt Breen for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Kevin McGonigle, who grew up in Aldan, is expected to be a first-round pick in July’s MLB draft, and has been named Gatorade’s Pennsylvania Player of the Year. The Bonner-Prendergast graduate hit .474 this season. He was…
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Sun Valley Grad, Rolling Green Instructor Makes It to PGA Championship
Sun Valley grad Braden Shattuck, a golf instructor at Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, will be heading with 19 others to the PGA Championship in two weeks, according to the Associated Press, as reported in the Daily Times. Pennsylvania club pro Shattuck was the All-Delco Golfer of the Year in 2011. He got into…
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Strath Haven’s Allie Wilson Works as a Pro but has Olympic Dreams
Allie Wilson, a graduate of Strath Haven High School from Wallingford, is ranked 12th in the world in the 800 meters, setting her career-best time of 1:58:09 last summer in Switzerland. But in 2019, the five-time All-Delco honoree wasn’t sure if she even wanted to take the track in the 800-meter run at the NCCA…
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Record-Breaker at Episcopal Academy Runs at the Penn Relays
You might say that Abaas Hunter, an Episcopal Academy freshman, was born to run. “As soon as he was able to walk,” said Hunter’s father, Ron Asaad Hunter. “I don’t even think he crawled. I think he went straight from sitting on all fours, to waddling, and then running.” Earlier this month, Hunter set a…
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Radnor Raptors Rose to Legacy Status This Basketball Season
The boys’ basketball team at Radnor had the kind of season that could leave a permanent mark in the record books, writes Matthew De George for PA PrepLive. “That would be awesome,” said Radnor Raptors’ Jackson Hicke. “There’s certainly potential for that. What we did this year was memorable and kind of hard to replicate…
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Haverford Grad Mike McDermott Played in the Masters but Didn’t
Mike McDermott, a Haverford High graduate with a talent for golf, kind of made it to the Masters, writes Marcus Hayes for The Philadelphia Inquirer. McDermott was a “marker” April 7 for Masters player Mike Weir. Weir lost his partner, Kevin Na, after nine holes April 6 due to illness. The two-time Philadelphia Amateur champion…
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Episcopal Academy Boys Track & Field Team on National Stage
The Episcopal Academy’s Boys Track & Field team in Newtown Square has risen to the national stage after winning its first-ever state championship last month, writes Renee Washington for 6abc. Freshman Abaas Hunter took first place in the freshman 400m at the New Balance Nationals March 9, setting a new school record of 49.52. On…
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Amaris Baker Wasn’t Getting Noticed. Now at Harcum, She’s a National Lead Scorer
Cardinal O’Hara graduate Amaris Baker was unclear about her next move after a year with the Division I Kennesaw State women’s basketball team. No one had expressed much interest in her after an injury limited her playing time and she was questioning her future in the game. She sought a program closer to home and,…
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Aston Girl Hopes Girls Wrestling Can be a Sanctioned Sport in PA
Eighth-grader Jameson Strickland is on the boys’ Northley Middle School wrestling team in Aston. She’s been wrestling since she was 7 and was often the only girl competing, writes Katherine Scott for 6abc. These days, she does have company. There are three other girls on the Northley team. “Women’s wrestling is the fastest growing sport…
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Jordyn Walker Breaks Track Records as He Pursues Nursing Degree
Senior Jordyn Walker, a Chester native and Devon Prep grad, had never heard of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. until he was a senior in high school, reports the university. Now he’s breaking track and field records there and is graduating in May with a nursing degree. Walker said he chose the…
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Bonner Grad Jim Haley Signed by Phillies to Minor League Deal
The Phillies have reportedly signed Bonner & Prendergast High graduate Jim Haley to a minor league deal, writes Matthew DeGeorge with the Daily Times. The 27-year-old had six seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays, after they drafted him in the 19th round of the 2016 draft. In 2022, he was with the Triple-A Durham Bulls,…
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Neumann-Goretti’s Eric Gentry, One of Most Unique Defenders in College Football, Turned His Imposing Height into His Greatest Strength
By his junior year at Neuman-Goretti High in Philadelphia, USC linebacker Eric Gentry grew to an impressive height of 6 feet 6, writes Ryan Kartje for the Los Angeles Times. His weight took a bit longer to catch up, and the young player soon found himself struggling to feel comfortable in his own body. However,…
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No Sibling Rivalry on This Notre Dame Field Hockey Team
The field hockey roster of the Fighting Irish at the Academy of Notre Dame in Radnor is an anomaly, writes Terry Toohey for the Daily Times. There are six sets of siblings on the varsity roster. Of the 21 players, 12, or 57 percent, are sisters, including one set of twins. “I never had anything…
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Father-Son Coaching Team Bring Marple High Football Success
There’s a father-son coaching team, Harry and Chris Gicking, at Marple Newtown High School that is quite the dynamic duo, reports the CBS3 staff. Football head coach and athletic director Chris Gicking has a close working relationship with his father, defensive line coach Harry Gicking. Under their guidance, Marple Newtown has had a 4-0 start.…
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Academy of Notre Dame Athlete Maggie Pina Sets Out an Unusual Goal
Academy of Notre Dame de Namur graduate Maggie Pina had originally set out to play field hockey at Villanova University, but later switched paths to join the women’s basketball team at Boston University. Now, she has combined her love of both sports at the college level, writes Mark Fraenkel for Boston University’s The Daily Free…
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Remembering Community College Basketball Coach Larry Yarbray
Larry Yarbray, head coach of the men’s basketball team at Delaware County Community College and former Chester High head basketball coach, has died following a bicycle accident Saturday morning in Dover, Delaware, writes Bob Fernandez for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “He’s like a legend,” said Maurice Nelson, 30, who played for Yarbray at Chester High. “He…
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There’s a Lesson for All of Us in New Book About Kobe Bryant’s Formative Years on the Main Line
There have been several books written about basketball legend Kobe Bryant, and there will undoubtedly be several more. None, however, will have his local connections leaping off the page like they do in The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality by Mike Sielski, a Bucks County resident and an uber-talented sportswriter for The…
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New Podcast Chronicles Kobe Bryant’s Lower Merion Years, Meteoric Rise from Basketball Obscurity to Legend
The new 12-episode podcast “I Am Kobe,” hosted by Philadelphia Inquirer journalist and author Mike Sielski, chronicles the early years of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, including his time at Lower Merion High School through his first year for the Los Angeles Lakers, writes Shawn Grant for The Source. The 12-episode series reveals never-before-heard tapes of…
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