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Haverford Resident to Be Inducted into National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Time has turned a deep desire for a national lacrosse championship into a deep appreciation for the mere chance to play the game with great teammates, and history will still look back fondly at Haverford resident Doug Knight now that he will be inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. “I used to (say)…
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First Golf Pro at Wallingford’s Springhaven Club Won Inaugural U.S. Open in 1895
Horace Rawlins, the winner of the inaugural U.S. Open in 1895 and the first professional at The Springhaven Club in Wallingford, narrowly avoided death on June 25, 1903, writes Frank Fitzpatrick for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Just eight years after being crowned the winner of the very first U.S. Open, Rawlins was shot at by a…
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Garnet Valley Graduate Drafted by Minnesota Twins
He pulled out of a college slump and has now hit a career home run. Garnet Valley High School alum Andrew Bechtold was drafted into professional baseball last week by the Minnesota Twins. After two disappointing seasons at the University of Maryland, Bechtold stepped back to the plate for Florida’s Chipola Junior College and knocked…
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Delaware County Proves It’s the Hub of High School Lacrosse in Pennsylvania
Between the boys and girls, a total of four Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association titles were up for grabs last weekend at West Chester East High School. Three of them were won by Delaware County schools. Led by Syracuse-bound senior Sam Swart, the Archbishop Carroll girls defeated Springfield, 9-8, in an All-Delco final in the PIAA…
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Darby Native Propels Florida to Back-to-Back NCAA Track and Field Championships
Darby native and Penn Wood High School graduate Eric Futch, a redshirt senior at the University of Florida, won the 400-meter hurdles at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., on Friday, thus propelling his Gators to their second-consecutive NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field championship. Futch, the reigning champion in the 400-meter hurdles from last…
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Garnet Valley Graduate Named Lacrosse All-American at James Madison
A dominant year crowned with a pair of college records, a conference championship, conference Player of the Year honors, and now dual All-American accolades has put Glen Mills native Haley Warden in the national lacrosse spotlight. This season, the Garnet Valley High School graduate scored 28 goals and contributed eight assists as a junior midfielder…
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Haverford College Grad Ditches Legal Career to Create Popular Distance-Running Website
Bryon Powell, a 2000 graduate of Haverford College, ditched his legal career to start iRunFar.com, one of the world’s most popular websites for ultra and trail running, writes Mara Miller for Haverford College. Powell was an enthusiastic cross-country and track athlete during his years at Haverford. After completing his major in history, he found post-graduation…
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Honorary Degree Rights Decades-Old Wrong for Chester Basketball Star Forced Out of College
It was the second college in the nation to go co-ed and second again to admit African-American and Native American students, yet progressive Alfred University in western New York forced out a black star athlete from Chester for dating a white administrator’s daughter. The 1959 scandal was hushed for decades … until new university president…
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Villanova Breaks Its Record for NCAA Academic Excellence
Villanova’s student-athletes loom large on the field and court, but they’re just as dominant off it too. The Wildcats just shattered last year’s high mark in academic excellence with back-to-back school records in their NCAA Academic Progress Rate recognition. The NCAA bestowed public recognition awards to 15 Villanova athletic programs for attaining a rank in…
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Neumann University Senior Sets New Standard for Term ‘Student-Athlete’
Haley Broomell has set a new standard for the term “student-athlete” at Neumann University. A biology major and native of Woodstown, N.J., Broomell won the university’s John A. Phillips Scholar Athlete Award and the Valedictory Medal at the April 21 academic awards convocation. The Valedictory Medal is presented to the student who earned the highest…
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Fitness Advocate, Doctor-in-Training from Upper Darby Enters Local Bodybuilding Competition
Upper Darby native Brittany Williams, a fitness advocate and aspiring doctor, will be going for the crown at this year’s Ms. Natural Philly bodybuilding competition, writes Kimberly Garrison for the Philadelphia Inquirer. “I see nutrition and exercise as the key cornerstones of good health, and I plan to incorporate that into my medical practice one day,”…
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Martin Ingelsby Follows Father’s Footsteps into Delco Athletes Hall of Fame
The man who starred for Archbishop Carroll, then orchestrated the point at Notre Dame, and now coaches the University of Delaware men’s basketball team has found his way into the Delaware County Athletes Hall of Fame in one of the shortest timespans. Martin Ingelsby, 38, was recently inducted into the Hall of Fame Class of…
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Sharon Hill Native the Original NFL Draft Guru
He pored over and analyzed college football’s top NFL prospects even before some professional coaches did. In the early 1980s, Bill Werndl, one of the original draft gurus, began compiling a magazine-sized pamphlet, Ourlads’ Guide to the NFL Draft, for his 44 subscribers. Today, the NFL Draft has gone “from Bill Werndl hawking 44 books in…
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Soccer for Success Helps Kick Chester’s Bad Habits
In its fourth year, Chester Upland Soccer for Success is scoring goals against the state’s “most dangerous city to live in.” “We truly believe we provide a tremendous program that is impacting kids here in Chester and the greater community,” said Founding Executive Director Brent Jacquette in a Huffington Post report by Louis Bolling. “We’ve…
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Football All-Stars to Compete in Hero Bowl Benefiting Families of First Responders
Every year, it seems our communities are shaken by the tragic loss of a brave first responder, whether he or she serves as police officers, firefighters, or emergency medical personnel. When that happens, the Delaware County community comes together to support the families and fellow first responders. Since 1977, the Hero Scholarship Committee has been…
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Radnor Alum Scores Leadership Position in New Professional Sports League
A former three-sport athlete from Radnor High School recently scored a big career goal by joining the leadership team of a year-old professional sports league for the nation’s fastest-growing sport. Jazmine Smith has been named Director of League Diversity for the United Women’s Lacrosse League just ahead of its second-season opener in May, according to…
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Autism Bowling League Holds Celebratory Breakfast at MacDade Bowl
The Autism Spectrum Disorder Bowling League held a celebratory breakfast at the MacDade Bowl in Holmes earlier this month, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. The event marked the end of the season for the league. The league members now get to enjoy a few weeks off before the action resumes again in June…
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Haverford School Grad, NFL Network Analyst to Entertain with Local Stories During Draft
Mike Mayock, an NFL Network draft analyst and Haverford School graduate, will entertain guests at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and viewers across the nation during this year’s NFL draft, writes Zach Berman for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Mayock, who is lead draft analyst at the NFL Network, has become one of the most recognizable faces…
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