Methacton Athletics
Week of March 11, 2024
HS Sports
Dear Methacton Families and Community,
We wanted to shout out all the Methacton athletes selected to PAC All-conference or All-Liberty teams for the winter season. Congratulations on all your hard work and accomplishments this season!
Go Warriors!
Sincerely,
John M. Smink
Director of Athletics and Activities
Upcoming Events!
Mark your calendars!! The HS Athletics Office will be hosting our second Commitment Day of the 2023-2024 school year on Thursday, April 4th. The Commitment Day event will be open to any SENIOR student-athlete who is planning on playing a sport at the next level (DI, DII or DIII).
- STUDENTS are responsible for signing up for this event, they can stop into the East Wing Athletics Office in the HS to sign up and get more information.
2024 Warrior Softball Winter Youth Clinic - flyer attached
- Saturday, March 23, 2024 (deadline for pre-registration March 19th )
Handouts from NCAA Clearing House Events on 2/28/24
Boys Basketball
The Warriors had a competitive week of basketball. The Warriors played Archbishop Wood and lost with a score of 81 - 73. Christian Matos played very hard and competed in the game with 28 points.
The team would like to thank everyone for contributing to a successful season, in particular the class of 2024 for putting in the hard work, effort and time to help continue the tradition of Methacton basketball.
Good luck to the seniors in all future endeavors!
Boys Swimming
Congratulations to the All-Conference winners for the 2023-24 season.
Medley Relay - 2nd Team - Dante Pineiro, Christian Lebold, John Du, Eric Zang
Individual Medley - Lucah Petriello (2nd Team), Jake Roberts (Honorable mention)
500 Freestyle - Chrisitan Lebold (1st Team)
200 Free Relay - Honorable Mention - Eric Zang, Davis Rees, Dante Pineiro, Christian Lebold
100 Breaststroke - Christian Lebold (1st Team)
The boys' medley relay will continue training as they have qualified for the PIAA State Championship meet. Congratulations Dante, Christian, John, Eric, and Lucah (alt.)!
State championships will be held at Bucknell University 3/13-3/14.
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday 3/12 - State Championship Meet @ Bucknell University (AWAY)
Wednesday 3/13 - State Championship Meet @ Bucknell University (AWAY)
Girls Swimming
Senior Madison Wimmer is still training for her upcoming PIAA State Meet. She is seated 5th in the State for the 200 and 500 freestyle events. The meet is scheduled for March 13th - 15th.
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday 3/12 - State Championship Meet @ Bucknell University (AWAY)
Wednesday 3/13 - State Championship Meet @ Bucknell University (AWAY)
Thursday 3/14 - State Championship Meet @ Bucknell University (AWAY)
Boys Indoor Track
Jason Nagle competed at the New Balance nationals Thursday March 7th after qualifying in the freshman Mile. He ran a PR of 4:46.12 to wrap up a stellar debut indoor season. That time is a full 8 seconds faster than the previous freshman school record. Congrats to Jason!
Girls Indoor Track
This past weekend, eight athletes from the Girl's Track Team competed at the national level in New York City at the prestigious Nike Indoor National Track Championships.
Nicole Walsh(Sophomore), Jillian McTamney(Junior), Kenslee O'Donnell(Senior), and Summer Mellow(Senior) started the championship weekend off on Friday with a great showing in the 4x200 meter relay with a 17th place finish in the Emerging Elite division.
On Saturday, Summer Mellow competed in the 60 meter Emerging Elite preliminaries with a 9th place finish, out of over 100 competitors, qualifying her for the semi-finals on Sunday.
Freshman, Marlie Klein, the only underclassmen to qualify for an individual event, ran in the Emerging Elite 800 meter dash. She finished the race with the second fastest freshman time, and an impressive 23rd overall placement.
Senior, Kate Thomas, finished her individual indoor season with an outstanding performance in a very competitive 800 meter Championship Division, with a 46th place finish in the nation.
The 4x800 meter relay team of Marlie Klien(Freshman), Julianna Trigone(Junior), Molly Thomas(Senior), and Kate Thomas(Senior) started off Sunday's competition in the Emerging Elite division with an excellent 14th place finish.
Summer Mellow finished the day in her individual events with some stellar performances. She started the morning by qualifying for the finals in the 60 meter dash, and ultimately placing 8th overall in the finals. Summer went on to compete in the Championship Long Jump competition Sunday afternoon. She finished with an indoor personal record of 18'2.25" jump, and an 18th place finish in the nation.
Congratulations to all of these outstanding athletes on an amazing indoor track season!
Baseball
The Methacton baseball program had a great fall season and a productive January and February winter off-season at the All Sports Center in Trappe. The hard work leading up to the season showed throughout this first week of tryouts. Given the number of returning varsity players, along with an outstanding crop of younger players, we have great opportunities for competition all over the field.
Our seniors have been doing a great job of leading this group by doing the right things towards earning success. The 2024 team is very much looking forward to the challenge of proving to ourselves and to our opponents that we can compete at a high level in one of the toughest baseball conferences in the state of Pennsylvania. We look forward to getting to work on building off of the learning experiences from 2023.
A shout out to our players and coaching staff for all of the volunteer time that they have put in since the end of last season. It will pay off this Spring!
GO WARRIORS!
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday 3/12 - The Methacton Baseball program will be having a Dine and Donate fundraiser at Carfagno’s Main Street Pizzeria. Please come out and support Main Street Pizza and Methacton Baseball!
Monday 3/18 - Game vs. Upper Moreland (AWAY)
Wednesday 3/20 - Game vs. Lansdale Catholic (HOME)
Boys Lacrosse
Coach Comments - I am very optimistic for this upcoming season now that we as a team and as a staff have had a full year of offseason to develop a culture of hard work and preparation. While our record last year did not reflect much success, there were many games that the boys fought hard, and it could have gone either way. This year with a strong leadership core in our senior group and returning stars in our underclassmen we look to make a run into the PAC and District playoffs.
2024 Captains - Cole Kleger, Wyatt Stemlar, Levi Borkowski, Michael Maro
Returners - This year we are returning 16 seniors with some notable starters being seniors Cole Kleger, Wyatt Stemlar, Levi Borkowski, Max Little, Junior Lukas Regar, and sophomore Michael Maro
Newcomers - In addition, we are welcoming a large class of freshmen players into our program allowing us to grow towards the future and provide depth at the JV level.
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday 3/12 - Scrimmage vs. Unionville (HOME)
Wednesday 3/13 - Scrimmage vs. Plymouth Whitemarsh (AWAY)
Girls Lacrosse
Girl's Lacrosse had a successful first week of the season. Tryouts resulted in all girls making it on JV or Varsity with no cuts to the team!
Practices focused on agility, speed, endurance, stick skills, and teamwork to help the girls prepare for their scrimmage vs. Pennridge this Wednesday at 3:45 in the stadium. Friday will be the first game of the season at Upper Dublin HS at 4:15. Everyone's looking forward to a great second week (and the team dinner on Thursday evening)!
Upcoming Events:
Wednesday 3/13 - Scrimmage vs. Pennridge (HOME)
Friday 3/15 - Game vs. Upper Dublin (AWAY)
Softball
The softball team got started last Monday. Both varsity and Junior varsity are looking to have a fun and successful season.
Varsity will have great leadership as we return 7 seniors:
Courtney Freese
Madison Krupiewski
Mia Pettine
Madelyn Polonsky
Kaydance Iorio
Maddy Baker
Rachel Pettine
Juniors Jillian McTamney, Jenna Kaufman, Soleil Bond- Johnson, and Lindsay Gebhardt will also be major contributors in the 2024 season.
Sophomores Sydney Hockenbrock, Madison Isbrecht, Reagan O’Donnell, Adrianna Hopple will also be critical to the teams success.
Two freshman Kaitlin Pettine and Sadie Fitch show great potential and may earn varsity playing time.
The 2023 team had a very successful season. They qualified for district playoffs and won their opening round game.
The 2024 team is looking to go even further this season!
Upcoming Events:
Monday 3/11 - Scrimmage vs. North Penn (HOME)
Wednesday 3/13 - Scrimmage vs. Archbishop Carroll (HOME)
Friday 3/15 - Game vs. Downingtown East (AWAY)
Boys Tennis
The outlook for the boys tennis team looks promising and everyone is pumped to keep our momentum going that we had last season. We have only lost 3 of our 11 varsity players from last spring so with the depth of the returning players we are hopeful to regain our PAC Championship title and make a name for ourselves in the districts.
Returning players to keep an eye out for are our number one player junior Dylan Wen who won the singles and doubles PAC title last season. Also senior Akash Suresh who won the doubles title with Dylan. Additional returning varsity players include Arnav Tiwari, Kameron N’Goran, Karun Jayaram, Gavin Jacobs and Nidish Chintala.
We are continuing challenge matches this upcoming week and will make our final line up for the season and prep for our opening matches the following week.
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday 3/19 - Match vs. Norristown (HOME)
Thursday 3/21 - Match vs. Phoenixville (AWAY)
Boys Track & Field
The Methacton Boy’s Spring track team began practice last Monday. The coaches are pleased with the work ethic and leadership so far. Over 80 HS boys came out for tryouts that first week!!
They will have 3 weeks of uninterrupted training before their first meet against Norristown on 3/26.
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday 3/26 - Meet vs. Norristown (HOME)
Girls Track & Field
The 2024 Girls Track & Field team is gearing up for a great season! Our student-athletes came ready to practice hard this first week and they are eager for our 1st meet. We have nearly 80 girls on our roster this season, so will have a wide variety of talent and abilities that we are ready to let shine on the track.
The girls did not let the rainy weather slow them down this week. On Tuesday & Wednesday, we had to take our practice inside. The girls adjusted wonderfully and consistently worked hard in the workouts and drills. On Thursday & Friday, we were back outside, and the girls were able to practice their skills in their desired events.
The Girls Track & Field team elected their captains for the season on Friday. Our team will be led by Summer Mellow, Kenslee O'Donnell, Kate Thomas, and Molly Thomas.
Coach Comments: This season we have a great coaching staff that has years of experience. We also have numerous returners! I am very optimistic about our upcoming season; we have an abundance of abilities and many athletes with strong leadership skills. I am hoping to build a strong & cohesive team of student-athletes to make a run in the post-season playoffs.
A special, HUGE accomplishment shoutout to Kate Thomas, Molly Thomas, Summer Mellow, Kenslee O'Donnell, Marlie Klein, Jillian McTamney, Jules Trigone, and Nicole Walsh! These ladies competed in an Indoor National Track & Field Competition at the Armory Track in New York this weekend. What an outstanding way to wrap up the indoor season!
Upcoming Events:
Saturday 3/16 - Phoenixville Classic Invitational @ Phoenixville HS (AWAY)
Tuesday 3/26 - Meet vs. Norristown (HOME)
Unified Track & Field
The Unified Track and Field Team had over 65 student athletes come out to the first week of practice. The competition team roster will be released this week and will consist of just under 30 participants. All other team members will continue to train throughout the season.
Key returners are Taylor Lee, Preston Hull, Joycelyn Tjoe, Justin DiFillippo, Gus Mandracchia, Ryan McCann, and Brianna Katz.
Newcomers include JJ Mascaro, Chase Hoven, Julia Policastro, Aiden Ludwig, Eva Doulgerakis, and Alex Greenawalt.
Other members of the senior class include Mia Chan, Allie Conrad, Jiya Dedhia, Anna Dedhia, Catherine DeMontaigne, Alex Hermann, Joshi Shivani, and Anna Rees.
Full Meet schedule:
Thursday 4/11 - Tri-Meet vs. Springfield Township & Souderton @ Springfield Township (AWAY) 3:30
Tuesday 4/16 - Tri-Meet vs. Perkiomen Valley Springfield Township @ Perkiomen Valley (AWAY) 3:00
Thursday 5/2 - Tri-Meet vs. Upper Merion & North Penn (HOME) 3:00
Methacton Athletics
Email: jsmink@methacton.org
Website: www.methactonwarriors.org
Location: 1005 Kriebel Mill Road, Eagleville, PA, USA
Phone: 610-489-5000
Twitter: @methactonsports