Methacton Athletics

Dear Methacton Families and Community,

We are excited to announce that the Athletic Department, in collaboration with the high school Counseling Department, will be hosting a parent/guardian information meeting focused on collegiate athletics.

• Event Details:
• Date: February 28, 2024
• Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Location: High School Cafeteria

• What to Expect: During this informative session, we will cover essential topics related to collegiate athletics, including the NCAA Clearinghouse requirements. Additionally, we are excited to welcome a guest speaker who will share valuable insights and advice about navigating the collegiate athletics landscape.

• Who Should Attend: Parents and guardians of student-athletes are strongly encouraged to attend this meeting. Student-athletes themselves are also welcome to join their parents as we explore the opportunities and requirements associated with collegiate athletics.

• Why Attend: Understanding the intricacies of collegiate athletics and the NCAA Clearinghouse process is crucial for both student-athletes and their families. This meeting will provide valuable information to help you support your student-athlete's aspirations and make informed decisions about their future.

Please RSVP to the Athletics Office using the SignUp Genius Link below by Monday 2/26.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084BADAE2AA5F5C70-47796039-ncaa

Thank you for your continued support of our student-athletes in their academic and athletic endeavors.

Go Warriors!

Sincerely,

John M. Smink

Director of Athletics and Activities

Event alert!

Are you competitive? Do you like friendly competition and a chance to win fun prizes? If so, this event is for you! Come on out and support the Methacton Education Foundation's DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT on Sunday March 17th!!

Doors open at 12PM, Tournament starts at 1PM.

Sign up and register a team for the tournament or check out how you can become a volunteer or sponsor for the event.

Proceeds from this event will fund Methacton Education Foundation grants supporting STEM, programs that benefit economically disadvantaged students, career readiness, and student wellness in the Methacton School District.

More info can be found on the flyer below or by visiting www.methactonfoundation.org/dodgeball.

We hope to see you there!

Boys Spring Track: All athletes interested in joining the Boy’s Spring Track team should attend a preliminary meeting on February 14th in the LGI from 3pm-4pm. Spring season/practice will begin on March 4th, with time trials starting on March 8th.

The Warriors had a competitive week of basketball. The Warriors played Perk Valley in the PAC quarterfinals and lost with a score of 47-44. Alex Hermann played very hard and competed in the game with 14 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists.

We look forward to an off week and earned a first round bye for districts. The Warriors begin districts during the second round on February 20th. We will play the winner of the C.B. South/Pennsbury game played on Friday 2/16.

Go Warriors!

Upcoming Events:

Tuesday 2/13 - Scrimmage vs. Upper Moreland (HOME)

Tuesday 2/20 - Second Round District Playoff Game vs. TBA (HOME)

This was a low key week for the cheer team- finally! After reveling in their PAC win, the team enjoyed a bit of a break before cheering on the boys' basketball team in the first round of the PAC playoffs. The game was exciting and fast-paced, and while it didn't end the way we wanted, it proved that District play will be exciting for the Warriors. The cheer team is looking forward to supporting the team in their playoff journey!

We had a very special honor for one of our senior cheerleaders that we wanted to highlight. Captain Jorja Rembert was presented with a scholarship from the Dennis Rapp Memorial Scholarship Fund. This honor was presented during the Season Rapp Showcase, where the team performed along with numerous other local teams. This scholarship recognizes local cheer athletes who are hard-working, reliable, perseverant and positive leaders. Jorja is all of these and more- we are so very proud of her!!

The boys had an exciting meet on Friday at the PAC Championships held at Upper Merion High School. The energy on deck matched the level of success from each boy on the team. We had lots of personal bests and podium finishes. Christian Lebold is the only swimmer of the meet to have two 1st place finishes in his individual event. Christian also broke a pool record in 100 breaststroke going 58.36; the previous record was held by Blaise Sadowski from Spring-Ford with 1:01.05. Some of our top 6 finishes (top 3 are podium finishes) are:

Medley Relay (3rd) - Dante Pineiro, Christian Lebold, John Du, Eric Zang

200 Freestyle - Jake Kallal (4th). Brock Yoder (5th)

200 IM - Lucah Petriello (2nd)

50 Freestyle - Eric Zang (3rd)

100 Fly - John Du (1st), Jack Dowell (6th)

200 Freestyle Relay (2nd) - Eric Zang, Davis Rees, Dante Pineiro, Christian Lebold

100 Freestyle - Davis Rees (6th)

500 Freestyle - Chistian Lebold (1st), Marcus Rasmussen (4th), Jake Kallal (5th)

100 Backstroke - Dante Pineiro (6th)

100 Breaststroke - Christian Lebold (1st)

400 Freestyle Relay - A Relay - 4th (Brock Yoder, Lucah Petriello, Davis Rees, Jake Kallal)

B Relay - 6th (Marcus Rasmussen, Jason Phan, Anderson Chan, John Du)

Other notable swims include boys who made the District consideration cut time in their event:

200 Medley Relay (Dante Pineiro, Christian Lebold, John Du, Eric Zang)

200 Free - Brock Yoder, Jake Kallal, Marcus Rasmussen

200 IM - Lucah Petriello (secured a faster seed time for Districts)

50 Free - Davis Rees, Eric Zang (secured a faster seed time for Districts)

100 Fly - Jack Dowell, Jason Phan, John Du (secured a faster seed time for Districts)

200 Free Relay (Eric Zang, Davis Rees, Dante Pineiro, Christian Lebold)

100 Free - Brock Yoder, Davis Rees

500 Free - Christian Lebold, Marcus Rasmussen, Jake Kallal (all 3 secured faster seed time for Districts)

100 Back - Anderson Chan, Dante Pineiro (secured faster seed time for Districts)

100 Breast - Jake Roberts, Christian Lebold (secured a faster seed time)

Boys who already have consideration qualifying times in their events from in season meets:

200 IM - Jake Roberts

100 Free - Eric Zang

500 Free - Brock Yoder

100 Breast - Lucah Petriello

400 Free Relay

In the next week, we will find out which boys make the top 40 list to swim at Districts which will be held in York, PA on 2/23 & 2/24

Upcoming Events:

Tuesday 2/13 - Last Chance Meet @ Upper Dublin HS (AWAY)

Friday 2/23 - District Championship Meet day 1 (AWAY)

Saturday 2/24 - District Championship Meet day 2 (AWAY)

We had an amazing PAC championships. 99% of the Girls swim team had personal and lifetime best times in their swimming events on Saturday. I could highlight each and every one of the girls. Great ending to the regular high school swim season!

Senior Madison Wimmer placed first in her two events and set two pool records at Upper Merion High School in the 200 IM and 100 free. She was also part of the 400 Free relay team that finished 2nd place and qualified for the district meet.

Junior Truly Sommer placed third in the 500 free with a personal best time and was also part of the 2nd place 400 free relay team.

Sophomore Lucy Michel swam personal best in the 50 free and made the district consideration time. Lucy was also part of the 2nd place 400 free relay that qualified for Districts.

Junior Sam Cancro had personal best time in the 100 free and was also a part of the 400 free relay team that qualified for Districts.

Senior Julia Landsberg qualified for the district consideration time in the 100 backstroke.

Again the whole high school girls team had personal and lifetime best times in all their individual events!

We have six girls continuing to practice and getting ready for our District meet next Friday 2/23 and Saturday 2/24.

Upcoming Events:

Tuesday 2/13 - Last Chance Meet @ Upper Dublin HS (AWAY)

Friday 2/23 - District Championship Meet day 1 (AWAY)

Saturday 2/24 - District Championship Meet day 2 (AWAY)

The Methacton Boys Track team built on this season's success with two meets early in the week. First, the team traveled to the Armory's NJ Varsity classic, to compete against some of the best state in the PA NY, CT and NJ region.

Avery Smith set the tone for the team with a PR of 6.78 seconds in the 55m dash, good enough for an 11th place finish. Brody Mellow ran the fastest time for a Warrior this season in the 200, with a big PR and sub 24 time of 23.87. In the distance events, Mitchell Alexander, Curtis Alexander and Matthew Sandner all broke 4:40 in the 1600. One heat later, Jason Nagle set the Freshman school record in the 1600/Mile with a time of 4:47, 5 seconds faster than the previous record.

The following day, at Perkiomen Valley's shot put only meet. David Burnette continued his breakout JR year with a throw of 41-10, narrowly missing the finals.

The young warriors team will have one more meet this season at the Garden State Invite, before gearing up for spring.

Upcoming Events:

Friday 2/16 - Garden State Invitational @ Ocean Breeze Track & Field Complex (AWAY)

The Girls Winter Track and Field Team was off from competition last week. They compete this Friday at Lehigh University in the Meet of Champions. This is the last opportunity for the athletes to qualify for the State Championships, held at Penn State University on Sunday, February 25.

Athletes that have qualified for the Meet of Champions include:

Marlie Klein: Distance Medley Relay, 4x400 Relay

Nicole Walsh: 4x200 Relay

Soleil Bond-Johnson: Long Jump

Jillian McTamney: Distance Medley Relay, 4x200 Relay, 4x400 Relay

Juliana Trigone: Distance Medley Relay

Sydney Young: Pole Vault

Summer Mellow: 60m Dash, Long Jump and 4x200 relay

Kenslee O'Donnell: 60M Hurdles, 4x200 Relay, 4x400 Relay

Kate Thomas: Distance Medley Relay, 800m, 4x400 Relay

Molly Thomas: Distance Medley Relay, Mile, 3000m

Upcoming Events:

Friday 2/16 - Meet of Champions @ Lehigh University (AWAY)

Warrior Wrestlers Place Second at the Panther Duals

This past weekend the Warrior wrestlers finished in second place in a field of eight teams at the Panther Duals at Strath Haven High School.

• In the quarterfinal round the Warriors faced Conestoga. After trailing by a score of 33-12, the Warriors won six consecutive bouts to defeat the Pioneers 37-33.

• In the semifinals the Methacton matmen rolled over Penncrest by a score of 45-26. Key wins were turned in by Tucker Hazelton, Brayden Giovinco, Augie Reith, and Joe Civitello. With a fall in just 14 seconds, Civitello's fall marks the fastest fall by a team member thus far this season!

• In the finals the Warriors fell to West Chester Henderson 42-29. Freshmen Liam Goldich turned in an outstanding performance with a 15-0 technical fall over his opponent at 172 pounds.

Gabe Franks, Brayden Giovinco, Dylan Pachik and Matty Shumaker all finished the day with a 3-0 record. While Augie Reith, Tucker Hazelton and Gavin Rose each went 2-0 on the day.

Methacton has concluded their regular season with a 10-7 record. They now move on to the post season which starts with the District 1 North Tournament at Perkiomen Valley High School on Saturday, February 24th.

Methacton Pin Leaders

Matty Shumaker, 24

Brayden Giovinco, 17

Dylan Pachik, 16

Ryan Hayes, 15

Gavin Rose, 11

Collin O'Neill, 10

Upcoming Events:

Saturday 2/24 - District 1 North Tournament @ Perkiomen Valley HS (AWAY)

The Unified Bocce team finished their regular season with a tie 2-2 against North Penn on February 7th. Methacton Team 1 qualified for the Montgomery County Bocce Championship which will be held at Upper Merion High School on Monday, February 26th, beginning at 3:00 pm. The top 2 teams in Lower Montgomery and the top 2 teams in Upper Montgomery based on regular season rankings advanced to this championship.

Methacton Team 1: Record 6-2

Allie Conrad - Sr (Captain)

Catherine DeMontaigne - Sr

Steven Kent - Sr (Captain)

Gus Mandracchia - Sr

Eva Doulgerakis - Jr

Mianna Ly - Jr

Ryan Alzamora - So

Julia Policastro - Fr

Methacton Team 2: Record 4-4

Taylor Lee - Sr (Captain)

Joycelyn Tjoe - Sr (Captain)

Ryan McCann - Sr

Alex Greenawalt - Sr

Lukas Reger - Jr

Madison Roeger - Jr

Arden Hartranft - So

JJ Mascaro - Fr

Go Warriors!

Social Media:

Instagram - methactonunified

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Upcoming Events:

Monday 2/26 - Montgomery County Bocce Championship @ Upper Merion HS (AWAY)

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