Boerth, Strath Haven growing nicely together
MIDDLETOWN — Strath Haven’s boys soccer team isn’t the same one that traveled to the PIAA Class 3A final last year. The Panthers know that, perhaps no one more than Peter Boerth, the striker who is...
View ArticleUnionville blanks Downingtown West, takes sole possession of first place
EAST MARLBOROUGH >> The offense remains an issue, but when you play defensive soccer the way the Unionville boys do, it can make up for a lot of deficiencies. “It is so nice – our defense is a...
View ArticleGoalkeepers shine as CB West, CB South play to draw
DOYLESTOWN >> AJ Peev wanted more. Sure, the Central Bucks South midfielder was very happy with the way he and his teammates played Tuesday night on the road against Central Bucks West, but Peev...
View ArticleJones on target as North Penn tops Pennridge
TOWAMENCIN >> Josh Jones is hard to miss on a soccer field. The North Penn junior towers at 6-foot-5 in the middle of the park, a ball-winner on defense and a target man on offensive set pieces....
View ArticleSet pieces send Phoenixville past Upper Merion
UPPER MERION >> Phoenixville scored two goals on set pieces to pick up a 2-0 Pioneer Athletic Conference Frontier Division win over Upper Merion Wednesday afternoon at Upper Merion Area High...
View ArticleMercury Boys Soccer Roundup Sept. 25
Perkiomen Valley 1, Owen J. Roberts 0 >> Alfredo Grimaldi scored with 37 minutes left in the second half, giving the Vikings their margin of victory in Wednesday’s PAC Liberty Division game with...
View ArticleHatboro-Horsham starts fast, tops Upper Dublin
UPPER DUBLIN >> Whatever the Hatboro-Horsham boys soccer team said before breaking their huddle against Upper Dublin worked. The Hatters scored goals in the first two minutes of each half to...
View ArticleParker’s goal earns Delco Christian an overtime win
Ryan Parker took a feed from Max Cardone and scored the game-winning goal in overtime as Delco Christian beat Barrack Hebrew Academy, 1-0, Thursday. The goalies dominated regulation, with Josiah...
View ArticleMercury Roundup Sept. 27
Boys soccer Boyertown 1, Phoenixville 1, OT >> Gavin Perillo’s 10 saves helped the Phantoms hold off the Bears for a PAC cross-division draw Friday. Boyertown’s goal was scored by Kolby Houck,...
View ArticleHaverford High defeats Kennett
Evan Carfrey, Declan Sminkey, Trey Emeno and Aidan Tripler all scored a goal to lead Haverford High to a 4-1 nonleague win over Kennett. Duncan Riegler, Sean Brown and Marc Bronstein played well...
View ArticleHark! … Haverford School cashes in on his timely free kick against Malvern Prep
MALVERN — For 70 minutes Tuesday afternoon, Haverford School hammered away at Malvern Prep’s defense, waiting for something to click. They’d possessed and probed, played long and short, yet on each...
View ArticleMercury Boys Soccer Roundup Oct. 1
Perkiomen Valley 5, Norristown 1 >> The Eagles took the early lead when Diego Guzman dribbled past two defenders, but PV responded with three goals before the half including a beautifully struck...
View ArticleFather Judge uses first-half goal to edge Lansdale Catholic
LANSDALE >> The Lansdale Catholic boys soccer team has been meandering through a scoring drought recently and Tuesday afternoon the Crusaders could not find their way out of it. In a tight battle...
View ArticleNorth Penn’s Jones relishes chance to train at Real Madrid
Presented the opportunity of a lifetime, one of the first things Josh Jones did was call his high school coach to apologize. Jones, a junior midfielder on North Penn’s boys’ soccer team, was one of 32...
View ArticleBoyertown ends losing streak to Owen J. Roberts on Senior Night, 2-1 in OT
BOYERTOWN >> Most Senior Nights are reserved for occasions when the celebrating home team is a firm favorite to win. The Boyertown boys soccer team’s schedule maker didn’t get that memo...
View ArticleBado shines as Abington tops Upper Moreland
ABINGTON >> It was a finish a top-flight player in Europe would have been happy with and it happened at Abington’s stadium. Galloping Ghosts junior Arsen Bado, in his first year playing organized...
View ArticleSecond-half goals earn Radnor win over Marple Newtown
Matt Miller and Ben Engstrom tallied in the second half as Radnor bested Marple Newtown, 2-0, in Central League boys soccer action Thursday night. Michael Sears provided an assist. Cole Schwartz kept...
View ArticleBoyertown makes most of chances, overtakes Spring-Ford 3-2
ROYERSFORD >> Mason Kurtz didn’t seem to mind the trade. The Boyertown goalkeeper gave his voice. But in return he got one of the biggest wins of a Bears’ season that has already had a few. “I...
View ArticleWest Chester Rustin blanks shorthanded Kennett
WESTTOWN – It is no secret that a string of season-ending injuries to four starters has hampered the Kennett boys’ soccer squad. On Thursday, in a Ches-Mont clash with playoff implications at West...
View ArticleMercury Boys Soccer Roundup Oct. 5
Boyertown 4, Wilson 1 >> Nick Wilson scored twice Saturday, including a penalty kick in the second half, and the Bears rallied from an early deficit to defeat the Bulldogs in non-league play....
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