Methacton Athletics
Week of April 29, 2024
HS Sports
Boy's Tennis Team
Please congratulate our Boy's Tennis team for winning the PAC championship with an undefeated season for the second year in row!
Go Warriors!
Good Luck!
Sincerely,
John M. Smink
Director of Athletics and Activities
Commitment Day Athletes 2023-2024
Aubrie Wells
Saint Francis University
Spring College Commitments
Unified Track & Field
Please come out and support our team on Thursday, May 2nd - Home Meet and Senior Day
3:00 - Senior Recognition
3:15 - Meet begins in the stadium against Upper Merion and North Penn
The following Seniors will be honored:
Mia Chan, Allison Conrad, Jiya Dedhia, Anna Dedhia, Catherine DeMontaigne, Alex Greenwalt, Alex Hermann, Preston Hull, Shivani Joshi, Taylor Lee, Anna Rees, Own Rovinsky, Jocelyn Tjoe, and Justin DiFilippo
Upcoming Events:
May 2 - Home meet and Senior day
Baseball
For the second week in a row the Warrior pitching staff had to battle through four games in four days. This past week included five games, with a double header on Monday and games on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
The week started with a big double header on Monday night at Perkiomen Valley where we finished our extra-inning marathon home game from April 11 in addition to our regularly scheduled away game to follow. In game one, Evan Jones came in and shut the side down in the top of the ninth inning and Chase McNally quickly scored leadoff base runner Nick Remish with a sacrifice fly to walk it off in the bottom of the ninth inning and give the Warriors the victory 5-4. In game two Methacton took the momentum from game one and immediately carried it into the night cap with a dominating performance in all facets of the game resulting in a 13-1 win. Evan Jones earned the victory on the mound with four strong innings. Tommy Kratz had four hits and four RBI while Casey Behan and Kasey Humes had three hits each. Liam Greenberg added two hits and an RBI of his own.
On Tuesday, Methacton hosted returning PAC champion Phoenixville. The rematch from the championship game did not disappoint. Methacton defeated Phoenixville 3-2 with a strong pitching performance from Will Christian, who earned the victory with six strong innings. Austin Frank recorded the one, two, three save in the seventh. Chase McNally had two hits, Tommy Kratz added two hits, a run scored and an RBI. Ben Clark had the biggest hit of the game with a two-run single.
Methacton next traveled to Pottsgrove on Wednesday afternoon for game four of the week. Methacton won 17-6 with freshman Chase Nolan earning the victory on the mound and senior James DeHaven throwing well in relief. Cam Serafin highlighted the offense with a grand slam. Casey Behan added a two-run homerun. Carmine Maro led the Warrior offense with four hits and three RBI. Liam Greenberg had three hits and an RBI. Bryce Lohsen, Nick Remish and Dom Lamalfa had two hits each.
Finally, the Warriors hosted rival Norristown on Thursday to close out the five game week. Methacton had their work cut out for them with Norristown throwing their left handed division one bound ace who performed at a very high level for seven strong innings. In a hard fought game, Methacton defeated Norristown 3-2. Austin Frank earned the victory on the mound, pitching into the sixth inning and giving up only two hits and no earned runs. Tommy Kratz finished off the sixth and seventh to earn the save. Casey Behan scored on a pass ball after a leadoff double to score the first run of the game. Kasey Humes had the biggest hit of the game when he followed a double by Chase McNally with a double of his own to score Ben Clark and McNally.
With a very successful 5-0 week of baseball Methacton sits at 11-3 on the season and will take on first place OJR on Monday, 4/29 at 4:00 at Methacton.
Aside from the five game week, the baseball program hosted its 100 inning Marathon Game Fundraiser on Saturday morning. It was a great day of baseball, friends, family, and great food. A special thanks to all of the parents for their hard work in preparing for the fundraiser.
For updated schedules please visit https://methactonwarriors.org/main/teamschedule/id/21056/seasonid/4795865
Boys Lacrosse
The team rebounded Thursday with a big win over rival Boyertown after a heartbreaking loss Tuesday night to Upper Merion. With PAC hopes still in the mix we look to make progress as well as firmly securing our district playoff bid this week with two more PAC matchups. As the season winds down, we want to remind all seniors from every sport to give it your all!!
Notable Performances -
Wyatt Stemler with a 20 save night in our big win.
Michael Maro and Christian Kay for being assist machines.
Cole Kleger for being a field general keeping our defense solid.
Upcoming Games -
Tuesday 4/30 @ PJP 345pm
Thursday 5/2 vs SF 7pm
Softball
Last week the Methacton softball team went 3-0 with wins against Perk Valley, Norristown, and Pottsgrove. Sydney Hockenbrock continues to stay hot at the plate. She batted .714 for the week.
Jillian McTamney, Mady Krupiewski, and Madelyn Polonsky also contributed multiple hits over the games.
The entire team played exceptional defense in all three games.
The Lady Warriors have three games again this week all on the road.
Upcoming Events:
Monday – OJR - Away
Wednesday – Pottstown - Away
Friday - Spring Ford – Away
Girls Lacrosse
The girl's lacrosse team had an eventful week with games, fundraisers, and traveling. Monday’s game against PV was an incredible win in overtime 15-14. The tie-breaking goal was scored by Bella Catania. Wednesday’s Autism Awareness Fundraiser was paired with the game against Phoenixville, which ended with a loss of 13-5. Megan Wertz did an incredible job singing The National Anthem at the start of the game. The girls turned it around and won 16-3 against Norristown.
The girls had a great time playing at State College Area High School on Saturday. The experience of visiting Penn State University, and seeing the PSU women’s lacrosse team beat Ohio State were great opportunities for the team to learn and bond with each other. The game ended with a loss of 12-10, but the team played hard until the very end. Renee Blake had an amazing game with 4 goals, followed by Captain Giada Catoia with 3. Bella Catania, Brayden Williams, and Carmela Maro had 1 goal each. Goalie Callie Fisher had an amazing 15 saves.
The team looks forward to this upcoming week against OJR, Spring-Ford, and Boyertown. Thursday’s game against Boyertown will be senior night, so come out to support the girls!
Boys Tennis
Boy’s tennis had an exciting jam packed week wrapping up our league matches with team wins over Upper Perk, Upper Merion and Springford. The Warriors officially clinched the PAC Championship with an undefeated league season for the second year in a row! Seniors Akash Suresh, Arnav Tiwari, Kameron N’Goran and Gavin Jacobs competed in the PAC doubles tournament on Thursday and Friday. Kameron and Gavin finished in third place and Akash and Arnav finished in second. It was a strong tournament for the Warriors with both teams advancing to the semifinals and finals. Both of our doubles teams qualified for the district doubles tournament which will take place May 10.
Girls Track & Field
On Thursday, 10 of the athletes from the Girls Track & Field team traveled to the University of Penn for the Historic Penn Relays. Kate Thomas, Molly Thomas, Summer Mellow, Kenslee O'Donnell, Aubrey Beaugard, Soleil Bond-Johnson, Juliana Trigone, Alyssa Lineen, Nicole Walsh, and Marlie Klein all did wonderful competing at the Penn Relays. The 4x800 ran a 9:38.71, the 4x100 ran a 49.70, and the 4x400 ran a 4:15.26. Summer Mellow competed in the Long Jump with teams from as far away as Jamaica. Summer made it to the finals and scored 9th overall with her best jump being 18-1.
On Saturday, the Girls traveled to Downingtown West and competed through some unseasonable April weather conditions for the Whippets Invitations. Some highlights from this meet include:
- Summer Mellow placed 1st in the 100m Dash
- Kate Thomas placed 2nd in the 800m Dash
- Molly Thomas placed 2nd in the 1600m Run
- Methacton girls got a clean sweep in the 100m Hurdles with Kenslee O'Donnell placing 1st, Eva Rojas placing 2nd, and Averi Greeley placing 3rd.
- Soleil Bond-Johnson tied for 2nd in the Long Jump
- Sage Bowman placed 1st in the Javelin
- Victoria James placed 1st in the Shot Put
Upcoming Events:
· 4/30-Methacton vs. OJR (HOME)- Senior Night
· 5/3-West Chester Henderson Hoka Invitational (AWAY)
Boys Track & Field
The boy's track team had an exciting week of competition as they move into the latter half of the competitive season.
This week featured the historic Penn Relays.
On Friday, the 4x1 relay of Dylan Weber, Avery Smith, Brody Mellow and Wes Conover ran 43.93.
Saturday, Wes Conover joined Yasser Jarhale and sophomores Warren Simard and JJ Layos to compete in the Suburban A section of the Penn Relays. 4x4.to took 6th place and ran their fastest time of the year with a time of 3:34.61. The future is bright with two sophomores gaining valuable Penn Relays experience.
Outside of Penn Relays, the team also traveled to Downingtown West's New Balance Whippet Invitational. The distance runners got the day started in the 1600, showcasing their depth as a team and running to some impressive PRs. Brock Yoder and Colin O'Donnell ran times of 4:29.14 and 4:32.86, both their fastest of the year. Their times are the best freshman and sophomore marks in Methacton history. Also running in the 4:30s were juniors Mitch Alexander, Curt Alexander, Charlie Reith and Quinn Kumfert. All 6 of the warrior's times moved them up to the top 20 in school history for the event. Tyler Rifkin and Ben Freese also had big personal records.
In the throws, it was a big day to bring home some hardware, as Nico Lumbrano won two events, winning both the shot put and discus. Abel Robles threw a huge PR in the process of 107 feet and 7 inches, good enough for 5th place. In the shot put, all 4 throwers placed in the top 8. Abel Robles was second, Shane Corne 5th and Bedirhan 8th. Shane Corne and Logan Courtney also placed in the top 5 in javelin.
Moving to the jumps, Hezekiah Wright Jones moved his PR even further with a jump of 39 feet and 6 inches in the triple. He will eye the 40 foot mark as he prepares for PACs.
Newcomers Jeremiah Villanueva and Trey Johnson ran to PRs of 12.19 and 12.33. Jeremiah also broke 25 in the 200 meter dash.
Closing out the day was Will Groschopp's big PR in the 3200, which qualified him for his first PAC championship. Currently, 11 out of 24 qualified runners in the PAC 3200 are from Methacton.
The Warriors host their senior night against Owen J on Tuesday, before moving into postseason competition at the Henderson Invitational.
Methacton Athletics
Email: jsmink@methacton.org
Website: www.methactonwarriors.org
Location: 1005 Kriebel Mill Road, Eagleville, PA, USA
Phone: 610-489-5000
Twitter: @methactonsports