Methacton Athletics

Dear Methacton Families and Community,

This week we want to give a shout out to a member of the high school football team, DJ Ballinger. DJ was selected as an honorable mention to the 5A All-Eastern PA football team. This team represents the best players in football in the eastern part of Pennsylvania.

You can find the full article below:

https://www.easternpafootball.com/2023-class-5a-all-easternpafootball-com-team/

Go Warriors!

Sincerely,

John M. Smink

Director of Athletics and Activities

Field Hockey: The HS field hockey team will be hosting a Youth Field Hockey Indoor Winter Clinic at Woodland Elementary School. Information about dates, times, and registration can be found on the youth league website and the flyer attached. First session is Tuesday 1/9/24.

HS Boys Lacrosse: The boys lacrosse team will be hosting indoor practices on January 13th and January 20th from 12:15 - 1:30pm at the ASC Training Center in Collegeville. If your student athlete would like to attend, there is a mandatory waiver that needs to be filled out and returned to the coach: Coach Pannella - rpannella@methacton.org, you can also reach out to him directly with any questions.

The Warriors had a competitive week of basketball. The Warriors played Pottstown and lost with a score of 72-68. Sal Iemmello played very hard and competed in the game with 8 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists.

The next game the Boys Basketball team played was Boyertown. After quite the battle, the Warriors won 61-47. Alex Hermann was a key contributor for the team with 18 points.

The next game the Boys Basketball team played was Plymouth Whitemarsh. After quite the battle, the Warriors won 66-65. Manny Rodriguez was a key contributor hitting the game-winning shot as time expired. We look forward to another competitive week and challenges ahead. Go Warriors!

Upcoming Events:

Wednesday 1/17 - Game vs. Perkiomen Valley (AWAY)

Thursday 1/18 - Game vs. Phoenixville (HOME)

Saturday 1/20 - Game vs. Emmaus (AWAY)

The Lady Warriors defeated Boyertown on Thursday night 49-38. Junior Abby Arnold scored 17 points, Sophomore Avery Kenney scored 7 points, junior Jenna Kauffman scored 6 points, and senior Courtney Freese scored 6 points. This game was also the 17th annual Shoot For The Cure night, where the program raised close to $1100.00 to be donated to the PA Breast Cancer Collation. Since hosting this event, the Lady Warriors have donated over $21,000.00 for this cause. It was a great night for our community, and for our 7th and 8th graders in the district, as they played a game at halftime. The JV Lady Warriors also defeated Boyertown 39-7. Sophomores Lindsay McCann and Olivia Organtini scored 12 and 6 points.

On Saturday, the Lady Warriors fell to Pennridge 71-54. Junior Abby Arnold led the way with 23 points, Freshman Abby Masotta scored 10 points, and Junior Jenna Kauffman scored 8 points. The team is now 2-11 and 2-3 in the league. The JV Lady Warriors defeated Pennridge in a final score of 33-32. Sophomores Olivia Organtini and Lindsay McCann scored 10 and 7 points. The team is now 9-2. On Saturday, the 4th graders from MARA played at halftime for the 2nd annual MARA day. The young girls were super excited to play on the high school court.

Upcoming Events:

Thursday 1/18 - Game vs. Phoenixville (AWAY)

Friday 1/19 - Game vs. Pottstown (AWAY)

Saturday 1/20 - Game vs. North Penn (AWAY)

This week was full of games for the Varsity Cheer team! The highlight was cheering the girls' basketball team on to a win over Boyertown at the Shoot for the Cure game on Thursday! A great night for a wonderful cause!

As the team focuses on States later this month, they will travel to the Cougar Classic next weekend to fine tune their competition routine. Upgrades and focusing on the details are the team goals this week. Can't wait to see them hit the mat again!

Upcoming Events:

Sunday 1/21 - Cougar Classic Invitational @ (AWAY)
Friday 1/26 - PIAA State Competition (AWAY)

Saturday 1/27 - PIAA State Competition (AWAY)

The Girls Track and Field Team traveled to Alvernia University on Friday night and continued to add personal and school records to their outstanding season. Senior Molly Thomas set her second school record of the season, this time in the 3000m run, with a time of 11:02.38, placing 3rd in the event. Fellow senior Kenslee O'Donnell, also set a PR in the 60m Hurdles with a time of 9.75 seconds, a time that places her in the top 25 of the State. Setting a PR in the 200m and qualifying for the State Championship Meet in her 4th event, Summer Mellow cruised to 25.77 mark in the event. Junior Soleil Bond-Johnson had her best Long Jump of the season at 16' 4", qualifying her for the Meet of Champions.

Additional impressive performance came on two relays. The 4x800 relay of Juliana Trigone, Sadie Fitch, Ashley Hermus and Kate Thomas placed 3rd in the event. The 4x200 relay of Sarah Waters, Kayla Murphy, Bhavi Patel and Gabi Dwyer - all freshmen, placed 7th overall against the Varsity teams of the competing schools.

The Lady Warriors are off from competition for the next couple of weeks as they gear up for the post-season.

Upcoming Events:

Friday 2/2 - Meet at Lehigh University (AWAY)

The Methacton Boy's Track Team traveled to the NYC Armory Sunday night along with 150 other PA schools, to compete against some of the fiercest competition the region has to offer.

The night started for Methacton with the Boy's 4x800, a heavily seeded race that saw the top 4 teams finishing with the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th fastest times in the entire country and another 3 teams running in the top 25. Charlie Reith, Mitchell Alexander, Matthew Sandner and Curtis Alexander competed hard to finish 13th in the race with a time of 8:33.08, currently 24th in the state.

Shortly afterward, Colin O'Donnell led the charge for the warriors in the Mile with a 19th place finish and big PR of 4:42.55. He was the fastest sophomore in the field. Teammates Ben Freese and Akhil Yeluri also ran PRs, both finishing in the top 45 out of 130 athletes.

In the sprints, Brandon Lee ran a 7.68 in the 60m dash, a big PR. Warren Simard and JJ Layos led the way in the 200 and 400.

However, about halfway through the meet Yasser Jarhale put an exclamation mark on the night for the warriors, finishing 4th in the boy's high jump. Jumping 5-11 on his first attempt, he easily beat his PR from the spring season. He will look to build on this mark in the coming weeks, as the 5-11 mark puts him 27th in the state.

The night wasn't over for the team. In the field, Jr David Burnette threw a big PR of 38-02 in the shot put for a 14th place finish.

The warriors will travel a small group of athletes up the street to Ursinus this Friday before dedicating a few weeks to training. The young team continues to improve and gain valuable experience.

Upcoming Events:

Friday 1/19 - Collegeville HS Invitational @ Ursinus College (AWAY)

The boys continue to strengthen their lead in the PAC conference with two additional wins last week. The boys defeated Pottsgrove (Thursday) and Pope John Paul (Friday). We continue to see time improvements across the board and looking forward to a competitive 2nd half of the season.

This week we will swim Spring Ford on Thursday. This will be our most challenging PAC league meet so far as they have not lost a league meet yet. There will be strong competitive races from both teams which will help the boys to continue to solidify qualifying times for PAC Championships and Districts.

Upcoming Events:

Thursday 1/18 - Meet vs. Springford (HOME)

Girls won both PAC 10 conference meets last week against Pottsgrove and PJP. We are winding down with our dual meet season and will prepare for PAC 10 championships February 10th. Girls with standout performances were:

Sophomore Abby Kang - PAC qualifying time in the 200 IM, already achieved PAC qualifying time in 100 Breast but had a personal best time in 100 breast on Friday against PJP.

Freshman Emerson Brown continuing to improve her personal best times in the 200 free and 500 free.

Upcoming Events:

Thursday 1/18 - Meet vs. Springford (HOME)

The wrestling team had no competitions this week as the team prepares for the big week ahead. On Wednesday the Warriors will travel to Boyertown to take on a tough Bears squad. On Saturday they will travel to Pottsgrove High School for the Pioneer Athletic Conference individual tournament. The team currently has a dual meet record of 8-2.

Wrestlers with 10 or More Wins

Ryan Hayes, 18-2

Matty Shumaker, 18-2

Dylan Pachik, 17-5

Brayden Giovinco, 13-7

Gavin Rose, 12-6

Jack Hayes, 11-4

Collin O'Neill, 10-4

Team Pin Leaders

Matty Shoemaker, 14

Brayden Giovinco, 11

Ryan Hayes, 11

Dylan Pachik, 10

Collin O'Neill, 7

Upcoming Events:

Wednesday 1/17 - Match vs. Boyertown HS (AWAY)

Saturday 1/20 - Pioneer Athletic Conference Individual Tournament @ Pottsgrove HS (AWAY)

The Unified Bocce team had their first match of the season last Thursday at home with Upper Merion. The Warriors were defeated by a score of 1-3 but it was an overall strong showing for the first match of the season. Three out of the four games were close with one going into a tiebreaker. Thank you to everyone (including Unified Alumni) that came out to support the team!

The Perk Valley match on January 16th is postponed and will be played in January 30th.

Follow Methacton unified sports on social media:

Instagram - methactonunified

X (Twitter) - @MethactonF

Upcoming Events:

Tuesday 1/23 - Match vs. Pottsgrove (HOME) Senior Day

Email: jsmink@methacton.org
Website: www.methactonwarriors.org
Location: 1005 Kriebel Mill Road, Eagleville, PA, USA
Phone: 610-489-5000
Twitter: @methactonsports