Methacton Athletics

Dear Methacton Families and Community,

We hope everyone had a good Spring Break!

We are looking forward to another busy week this week. Come on out to celebrate two senior celebrations for both the boys and girls track teams on Tuesday, 4/11 starting at 3:15, and the girls lacrosse on Friday, 4/14 starting at 6pm. We look forward to honoring all the seniors and highlighting their high school careers and future plans. Hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

John M. Smink

Director of Athletics and Activities

On Monday, 4/3 the baseball team defeated Perkiomen Valley 2-1 on the road. Evan Jones earned the win on the mound for the Warriors, striking out 8 and pitching into the sixth inning. Tyler Weil-Kasper picked up the one out hold and Ty Lohsen picked up the one, two, three save. Kross Howarth had a big RBI single in the third and Mike Christian added the second RBI with a bases loaded walk, also in the third. Tommy Kratz led the way for the Warriors offensively with three hits and a walk, including a double.

On Wednesday, 4/5 the Warriors traveled to Norristown and won the contest 14-4 in six innings to improve to 5-0 on the season. Matthew Christian earned the win on the mound for the Warriors. Kross Howarth, Jake Chapman and Tripp Shytle had two hits each to lead the Methacton offense, with a Howarth 4th inning three run homerun to center field breaking the game open. Howarth also had a two run single for five RBI on the day.

The 5-0 Warriors will now have off until April 12th when we will host Pope John Paul II in our home opener.

Upcoming Events:

4/12 - Game vs. Pope John Paul II (HOME)

4/14 - Game vs. Owen J. Roberts (HOME)

The softball team won their only game last week vs. Perk Valley by a score of 10-5.

Offense was sparked by Mady Polonsky who scored 3 runs and Riley Kairer who knocked in 3 RBI’s.

The team has 3 Pac games this week. Tuesday at home vs Norristown, Wednesday at PJP, and Friday at OJR.

Upcoming Events:

4/11 - Game vs. Norristown (HOME)

4/12 - Game vs. Pope John Paul II (AWAY)

4/14 - Game vs. Owen J. Roberts (AWAY)

The Boys Track & Field team picked up a win against a great Perkiomen Valley team Tuesday afternoon 91-50 to bring their dual meet record to 2-0. Leading the way was Zachary Willen, who won 3 events (100, 200, and 400). Other notable highlights were Jack Alpher's district qualifying javelin throw of 166 feet. The distance runners outscored Perk Valleys 30-2, sweeping the 3200 and qualifying 4 runners in the event. (Akhil Yeluri, Mitch Alexander, Charlie Reith, Tyler Rifkin).

Upcoming Events:

4/11 - Meet vs. Boyertown (HOME)

4/14 - Cardinal Invitational @ Upper Dublin (AWAY)

The Methacton girls battled a very strong Perkiomen Valley team all meet long. While we fell behind in the point tally in the beginning of the meet, a strong rally towards the end of the meet almost made the difference. We came up short by just 3 points with PV winning 76.5 to 73.5. Some notable performances by the team are noted below:

· Summer sweeping the 100m, 200m and Long Jump

· Our team of Analiesa, Soleil, Alyssa and Summer earning the win in the 4x100 relay

· Joanna, Nicole and Maddy sweeping the Triple Jump

· Elena coming back from an off-season injury to win the Discus

· Bispasha and Molly T taking 1st and 2nd in the two mile

· Caroline and Emily B with strong throws in the Shot Put to take 1st and 3rd

· Kenslee and Bella taking 2nd and 3rd in the 400m

· Kenslee and Isabelle running strong in the 300m hurdles with a 2nd and 3rd

· Mia taking 2nd in the Pole Vault

· Molly T taking second in the mile and sister Kate 2nd in the 800.

· Analiesa and Isabelle taking 2nd and 3rd in the 100m hurdles

Upcoming Events:

4/11 - Meet vs. Boyertown (HOME)

4/14 - Cardinal Invitational @ Upper Dublin (AWAY)

The Unified Track team hosted Spring-ford and Souderton. The meet was cut short by the rain and will be finished later on in April. Methacton’s 100 meter relay team was selected to compete in the Penn Relays. This will be the first time that a Methacton Unified Track team has participated in the Penn Relays. The team is also getting ready for our second meet against Springfield (Montco).

4/12 - Continuation of the Tri-Meet vs. Souderton & Springford (HOME)

4/19 - Tri-Meet vs. Pottsgrove & Norristown (AWAY)

4/27 - Penn Relays (AWAY)

4/27 - Tri-Meet vs. Springfield Township & Perkiomen Valley (AWAY)

The boys went into spring break on a high note defeating Phoenixville 11-7. We will be looking to get back to work on Monday and carry that momentum into our 3-game road trip coming up this week.

Player Highlight - Will Little

Will is a senior and one of our 4 captains this year. Will is a player who takes control and leads with his knowledge and passion for the game. As a midfielder, Will is expected to do it all, being both and offensive and defensive stand out. There is no doubt that we are a better team with Will on the field and with one of the best motors on the team we are lucky to have him out there for most of the game.

Upcoming Events:

4/11 - Game vs. Abington (AWAY)

4/13 - Game vs. Interboro (AWAY)

4/15 - Game vs. Bethlehem Freedom HS (AWAY)

Megan Sanelli and Michelle Zhai continue to lead the Warriors on the offense this season. Both are neck and neck with the number of goals thus far.

The Team's record is now 6 wins and 2 losses. They play Spring-Ford tomorrow night and senior night is Friday night against Upper Perk.

Upcoming Events:

4/12 - Game vs. Springford (AWAY)

4/14 - Game vs. Upper Perkiomen (HOME)

Boys tennis had another exciting week last week with two more 7-0 league wins over Pope John Paul and Pottsgrove. The boys haven’t dropped a match yet in the PAC and would be beyond thrilled to keep the momentum going for this week’s matches. We have 2 more league matches this week against Spring-Ford and Phoenixville. On Friday we have our PAC singles tournament which will take place at Perk Valley. Dylan Wen, Akash Suresh and Ethan O’Brien will represent the Warriors this Friday!

4/12 - Match vs. Springford (AWAY)

4/13 - Match vs. Phoenixville (HOME)

4/14 - PAC Singles Tournament @ Perk Valley (AWAY)

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