Methacton Athletics

Dear Methacton Families and Community,

We have a shoutout for members of the HS Field Hockey team who were recognized by the Pennsylvania High School Field Hockey Coaches Association (PHSFHCA) and selected to the 2022 All State Academic Team for earning a GPA of 3.6 or higher.

9 Field Hockey players will receive a certificate from PHSFHCA for this outstanding achievement!!

Nicole Uebele

Avery Schwartz

Abby Reger

Emily Drake

Elise DeWan

Lily DeWan

Olivia Coppa

Giada Catoia

Renee Blake

Congratulations to them for their hard work not only on the field but in the classroom!!

We would also like to invite everyone out to celebrate the HS baseball team for their senior day celebration on Saturday 4/22, starting at 11am. We look forward to honoring another group of terrific 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 Wednesday, the baseball team dropped a heartbreaker in extra innings to Pope John Paul II at home for the first loss of the season. Ty Lohsen threw a tremendous game, pitching into the sixth inning and striking out ten PJP hitters.

The Warriors immediately bounced back, however, by defeating Owen J. Roberts 6-5 in a ten inning thriller on Friday afternoon. Tyler Weil-Kasper led the offense with three hits, including an RBI and a double while Tommy Kratz and Ty Lohsen added two hits each. Kross Howarth threw a gem into the sixth inning and then gave way to Mike Christian who earned the win in five plus innings of relief. Ty Lohsen led off the bottom of the tenth inning with a double and then scored to win the game in exciting walk-off fashion.

The Warriors sit at 6-1 on the season.

Our feature athletes for this week are Tripp Shytle and Kross Howarth who share the team lead in average (.400) and in hits (8) so far this season. Howarth has an impressive team leading .571 on base percentage to go along with a team leading 8 RBI.

Methacton will host first place Spring-Ford on Monday afternoon at 4:00 pm.

Upcoming Events:

4/17 - Game vs. SpringFord (HOME)

4/19 - Game vs. Upper Merion (AWAY)

4/21 - Game vs. Boyertown (AWAY)

4/22 - Game vs. Cheltenham (HOME) - Senior Day!

The Methacton Softball team won 2 games and lost 1 last week.

In game one vs Norristown, Riley Kairer, Jenna Kaufman, Kaydance Iorio, and Jillian McTamney had multiple hits. Senior, Meg Lineen pitched a shut out.

In game two vs PJP, the team scored 13 runs. The offense was led by Ashley Fisher, Riley Kairer, Avery Schwartz, Mady Krupiewski, and Mia Pettine. Courtney Freese pitched a flawless game.

In a game three loss to OJR, Riley Kairer, Avery Schwartz, and Mady Krupiewski had a great day at the plate.

The Lady Warriors have 3 more games this week. Monday at S-F, Wednesday at home vs. Upper Merion, and Friday at home vs Boyertown.

Upcoming Events:

4/17 - Game vs. Springford (AWAY)

4/19 - Game vs. Upper Merion (HOME)

4/21 - Game vs. Boyertown (HOME)

The Methacton Boy's Track & Field team competed two days over the weekend, first traveling to Upper Dublin for the Cardinal Invite on Friday and then attending the Ron Liver's Invitational at Perkiomen Valley on Saturday. It was a successful weekend for the boy's team as a whole, who headed to both invites eyeing some big performances.

Cardinal Invitational (April 14)

At the Cardinal Invite, the team showed their versatility across the board, with 5 student-athletes earning a silver medal in their respective events:

• Zachary Willen in the 200
• Aryaman Punshi in the 110 hurdles
• SahBri Hill in the Triple Jump
• Nicholas Willen in the 800
• Jack Alpher in the Javelin.

Zachary Willen and SahBri Hill were able to hit district qualifying marks in the process. Later that evening, Evander Lackman competed in the fast heat of the showcase 3200, featuring many of the fastest distance runners in the area and state. He set a 19 second PR in the process for the 6th fastest 3200 in school history. Other notable performances from the evening were Wes Conover's 6th place finish in the 200, Akhil Yeluri's 9th place finish in the 1600 and freshman Colin O'Donnell's PAC qualifying performance in the 3200.

Ron Livers Invitational (April 15)

Saturday morning the Warrior's traveled to the Viking Invite represented by a different group of athletes on the team. The afternoon was headlined by a trio of sophomore performances in the 1600. Charlie Reith and Mitchell Alexander both ran to huge PR's to grab 3rd and 5th place, both qualifying for PACs in the process. Tyler Rifkin also shaved 5 seconds off of his PR for a time of 4:53. On the throws side, Tyler Deal and Will Tims both impressed with big PR's in the discus, inching closer to the 100' barrier and the PAC standard. Logan Courtney matched his PAC qualifying throw from a few weeks ago with a mark of 132-5.

Upcoming Events:

4/17 - Freshman Penn Relay Trials @ Hatboro Horsham (AWAY)

4/19 - Meet vs. Springford (AWAY)

4/21 - Bob Friday Invitational @ West Chester Henderson (AWAY)

Last week was very successful for the girls track team. Results from the two meets last week are below.

Boyertown Dual Meet (April 11th)

The team jumped out to a quick start with a sweep in the 300m hurdles followed by a win in the 4x800 relay and a 1 - 2 in the Long Jump. The strong results continued all meet long as we came away with a dominant win over Boyertown with a final score of 108 to 42. Lots of notable performances by the team are noted below:

● Summer sweeping once again sweeping 100m, 200m and Long Jump - plus running a

new school record in the 100m with a time of 11.99

● Our team of Analiesa, Soleil, Kenslee and Summer earning the win in the 4x100 relay

(running a District qualifying time)

● Elena and Emily B with strong throws in the Discus to take 2nd & 3rd

● Bispasha taking the win in the mile

● Kenslee, Analiesa and Isabelle sweeping the 300m hurdles

● Another sweep in the Pole Vault by Aubrie, Marin and Sydney

● Kate T and Bella taking 1st and 3rd in the 400m

● Sage and Eva taking 2nd and 3rd in the Javelin

● Another hurdles sweep in the 100m by Analiesa, Lucy and Isabelle

● Molly T and Jules going 1 - 2 in the 800 meters.

● Olivia, Soleil and Elena taking all the top spots in the High Jump

● Joanna and Maddy going 2nd and 3rd in the Triple Jump

● Annabelle and Melina taking 1 and 2 in the 2 mile

● Caroline taking 2nd in the Shot Put

It was also our final home meet of the year and Senior Night. We celebrated our stellar senior

class teammates with a track and field sendoff plus a post meet celebration. Best wishes to our graduating seniors: Analiesa, Bella, Bispasha, Elena, Isabelle, Kirsten, and Lucy.

Cardinal Invitational (April 14)

Great weather led to great performances by the Girls at the Cardinal Invitational. Some of the evening’s highlights:

● Summer had an amazing first jump of 18-11.75 which easily won the Long Jump competition. She also went on to win the 100 meter in the time of 12.08.

● Emily B started with two solid throws in the Discus but nailed the last one with a PR of 89-04 for 2nd place.

● Analiesa ran another District time in the 100m hurdles (16.05) to take 2nd place.

● Molly T clocked a strong mile (5:21.92) to win that event.

● Kenslee ran a fast 300m hurdles (47.29) to take 3rd in that event.

● Kate T took 3rd in the 800 meters in a time of 2:23.52

● Olivia jumped a PR of 4-08 in the High Jump.

● Marin vaulted herself a new PR in the Pole Vault (8-0).

● Emerson threw a PR in the Discus (73-04).

This week is a very busy one for the team. Our freshman 4x100 relay team of Averi, Emily T,

Nicole and Sage run Monday at the Penn Relays Trial meet. We travel to Spring-Ford for a

tough away meet on Wednesday and finally head to the Kellerman (Great Valley Invitational) on Saturday.

One final coach note, it has been great to see how the team rallies around each other and

cheers each other one. This was very noticeable at our Duel Meet and last night’s invitational. A great show of team spirit!

Upcoming Events:

4/17 - Freshman Penn Relay Trials @ Hatboro Horsham (AWAY)

4/19 - Meet vs. Springford (AWAY)

4/22 - R. Joseph Kellerman Invitational @ Great Valley (AWAY)

Methacton’s Unified Track Team defeated Spring-Ford last week and lost to Souderton in their first tri-meet of the year. Strong performances by Steven Kent, Justin Difillippo, and Al Faal helped carry the team. The team is preparing for its next meet tri-meet vs. Pottsgrove & Norristown.

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 picked up another win versus Phoenixville this week before falling just shy of upsetting a tough Bethlehem Freedom team Saturday morning. We are looking forward to a quick turnaround back to PAC play against OJR Tuesday at home.

Player Highlight - Matt Shumaker

Matt is a sophomore who started the season as a swing player playing most of his time at the JV level. However, after an injury to our star face off player Levi, Matt has stepped up and has been even better than expected. His style of play is relentless and has given us many opportunities to gain possession of the ball. It is no surprise Matt was ready to rise to the challenge as he is also a distinguished wrestler and you can see that in his tough never quit attitude and play.

Upcoming Events:

4/18 - Game vs. Owen J. Roberts (HOME)

4/21 - Game vs. Pottsgrove (AWAY)

MHS girls’ lacrosse added to their record last week, recording both a win and a loss. MHS played Spring-Ford in a tightly contested game but came up short losing by 1 goal 13 -12. Megan Sanelli and Michelle Zhai continue to lead the team in scoring averaging 4 goals/game each.

MHS rebounded on Senior night against Upper Perk with a win 16- 11. Senior Emily Drake stepped into the cage in the 2nd half and made 10 saves.

The teams record is now 7-3. This week the team faces Boyertown on Tuesday and PV on Thursday night with its first Autism Awareness game.

Upcoming Events:

4/18 - Game vs. Boyertown (HOME)

4/20 - Game vs. Perkiomen Valley (HOME) - Autism Awareness Night

Boys tennis is coming off another big week with league wins over Springford and Phoenixville. The boys once again came up strong with everyone winning their matches giving us 2 more 7-0 victories. The team is now 7-0 in the PAC with four more league matches to go to potentially clinch the league championship!

The league singles tournament also began last week. Dylan Wen, Akash Suresh and Ethan O’Brien all represented the Warriors at PV on Friday. Ethan O’Brien lost to Pope John Paul’s number one player in a 1 hour and 45 minute marathon. Akash Suresh received a bye in the first round and won his first match against Phoenixville. In his next match unfortunately Akash got injured and had to forfeit after dominating 6-2 in the first set. Dylan Wen is the number one seed and got a bye first round and then had wins over Boyertown and PV and will continue on to the next rounds on Tuesday. Akash will also get to play for a district spot as the top 5 move on to the district tournament which will be this Friday.

4/17 - Match vs. Upper Perkiomen (AWAY)

4/18 - PAC Singles Tournament Day 2 @ Perk Valley (AWAY)

4/19 - Match vs. Pottstown (HOME)

4/21-22 - District Singles Tournament @ Springfield YMCA (AWAY)

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