Indoor Track & Field overview
Welcome to the Home of La Salle High School Indoor Track & Field. The La Salle College High School running program (Cross Country - Track & Field) is among the most storied in the entire Philadelphia area. There is a rich tradition of success for the Explorers, not only in the Philadelphia Catholic League, but in Philadelphia, on the East Coast, and even Nationally.
| Opponent | Date | Result | Score |
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Happy Valley Invitational
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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Win | 218-249 |
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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Win | 231-255 |
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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Win | 259-272 |
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Intersquad
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vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
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Win | 163-204 |
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vs.
Neshaminy High School
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vs.
Upper Dublin High School
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vs.
Neshaminy High School
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vs.
Upper Dublin High School
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vs.
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
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Win | 214-260 |
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vs.
Wissahickon Senior High School
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Win | 236-263 |
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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Win | 234-245 |
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vs.
Abington High School
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vs.
Abington High School
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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Loss | 219-205 |
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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Win | 185-188 |
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vs.
@ Wolvearena, Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School
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Win | 23-6 |
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JRK Classic Day 1 @ Pine Richland High School vs Seneca Valley
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Tie | 1-1 |
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JRK Classic Day 1 @ Pine Richland High School vs Seneca Valley
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Loss | 2-0 |
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JRK Classic Day 2 @ Pine Richland High School vs Kiski Prep
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Win | 6-2 |
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JRK Classic Day 2 @ Pine Richland High School vs Kiski Prep
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Tie | 1-1 |
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vs.
Episcopal Academy
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Loss | 227-217 |
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vs.
Episcopal Academy
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Loss | 252-236 |
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vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
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Win | 195-338 |
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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Win | 237-239 |
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vs.
Unionville High School
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Win | 263-268 |
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vs.
Upper Merion High School
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Win | 18-7 |
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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Win | 254-261 |
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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Win | 43-8 |
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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vs.
Christian Brothers Academy
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Win | 3-0 |
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vs.
Christian Brothers Academy
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Loss | 1-2 |
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Downingtown West Scrimmage @ Starr Farm Park
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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Win | 42-35 |
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10:15 am vs Pennridge; 11:45 am vs Wilson; 4:15 pm vs North Penn
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vs.
@ La Salle Academy (RI), Christian Brothers Academy
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Tie | 1-1 |
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La Salle Academy @ La Salle Academy (RI)
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Win | 2-1 |
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vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
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Win | 207-259 |
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vs.
Springfield Township High School (Montgomery County)
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Win | 13-5 |
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vs.
Springfield Township High School (Montgomery County)
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Win | 15-7 |
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vs.
William Tennent High School
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Win | 8-0 |
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vs.
@ Murphy Rec Center (4th and Shunk), Neumann-Goretti High School
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Win | 8-0 |
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vs.
Haverford School
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Win | 123-127 |
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vs.
Roman Catholic High School
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Win | 12-0 |
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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Win | 2-0 |
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vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
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Win | 6-0 |
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vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
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vs.
Salesianum School
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Win | 28-17 |
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vs.
Upper Dublin High School
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Win | 229-272 |
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vs.
Salesianum School
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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Loss | 0-1 |
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vs.
Lower Merion High School
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vs.
Lower Merion High School
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Win | 14-2 |
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vs.
William Penn Charter School
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Win | 207-254 |
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vs.
Devon Preparatory School
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Win | 241-252 |
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vs.
Roman Catholic High School
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vs.
Roman Catholic High School
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Win | 1-0 (OT) |
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vs.
Haverford School
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Loss | 256-242 |
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vs.
Archbishop Carroll High School
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Win | 229-336 |
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PCL #1
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vs.
Haverford School
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Win | 12-7 |
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vs.
Haverford School
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vs.
Salesianum School
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Win | 14-0 |
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vs.
Abington High School
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Win | 8-0 |
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vs.
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
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Briarwood Invitational
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vs.
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
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Win | 5-1 |
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vs.
Calvert Hall College High School
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Win | 48-7 |
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@ Flourtown Sandy Run Sportsmans Association
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Round 1
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Win | 4-0 |
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vs.
Central Bucks East High School
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Win | 1-0 |
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vs.
@ Linfield, Devon Preparatory School
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Win | 230-269 |
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vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
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Win | 2-0 |
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vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
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vs.
Spring-Ford Senior High School
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Win | 159-163 |
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vs.
William Penn Charter School
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Win | 129-156 |
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vs.
Roman Catholic High School
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Win | 6-0 |
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PCL #2
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vs.
Roman Catholic High School
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Win | 201-262 |
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vs.
Devon Preparatory School
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Loss | 2-1 (2 OT) |
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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Win | |
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vs.
Devon Preparatory School
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Whippets Invitational
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Upper Dublin Tournament (North Penn @ 1PM, Upper Dublin @ 3:30PM, Pennridge @ 6PM)
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@ Flourtown Sandy Run Sportsmans Association
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Round 2 @ Home
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Win | 5-0 |
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vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
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Win | 221-241 |
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vs.
Imhotep Charter School
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vs.
Bensalem High School
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Win | |
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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Loss | 0-1 |
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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Win | 2-1 (OT) |
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vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
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Win | 221-255 |
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vs.
Salesianum School
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Win | |
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vs.
Perkiomen Valley High School
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vs.
Perkiomen Valley High School
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Win | 16-10 |
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vs.
Haverford School
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vs.
Roman Catholic High School
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Win | 26-0 |
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vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
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Win | 9-0 |
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vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
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Beast of the East Day 1 (6 pm vs Hazleton, Loss = 8:30 pm, Win = 9:20 pm)
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vs.
Roman Catholic High School
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Loss | 39-36 |
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Beast of the East Day 2
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Beast of the Easy (8:15 am vs TBD, Win = 10:35 am, Lose = 12:50 pm)
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Carlisle Invitational
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@ Flourtown Sandy Run Sportsmans Association
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Round 3
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Win | 3-2 |
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Kings Head Regatta @ Upper Merion
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vs.
Roman Catholic High School
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Win | |
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vs.
@ St. Martin's, William Penn Charter School
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Win | 189-206 |
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vs.
Roman Catholic High School
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Philadelphia Catholic League Championship
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Loss | |
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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Win | |
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vs.
Salesianum School
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vs.
Salesianum School
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Loss | 0-1 |
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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Win | |
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PCL #3
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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Tie | 14-14 |
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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vs.
Episcopal Academy
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Win | 184-187 |
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vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
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vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
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Tie | 0-0 (2OT) |
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vs.
Salesianum School
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Win | |
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JV State Tournament (8 am Wilson, 11:20 am Pennridge, 4:20 pm playoff, 6 or 6:50 pm final)
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Perkiomen Valley Tournament (Souderton @ 9:40AM, Springfield @ 12:10PM, Wissahickon @ 4:20PM)
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Shore Coaches Invitational (Holmdel, NJ)
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@ Flourtown Sandy Run Sportsmans Association
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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Win | 31-20 |
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Head of Christina @ Wilmington, DE
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Ocean City Chase @ Ocean City, NJ
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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District 12 (City) Championship
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Win | 308-318 |
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vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
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vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
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Win | 3-0 |
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vs.
Upper Dublin High School
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vs.
Upper Dublin High School
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Win | 10-8 |
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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Win | |
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PCL #4
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vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
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Win | 7-0 |
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vs.
Pennridge High School
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vs.
Pennridge High School
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vs.
Wissahickon Senior High School
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Win | |
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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Loss | 0-2 |
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Erie Challenge (McDowell @ 8PM)
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Erie Challenge (North Allegheny @ 10AM, Cathedral Prep @ 3PM)
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vs.
Calvert Hall College High School
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Loss | 2-4 |
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vs.
Calvert Hall College High School
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vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
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Win | 42-0 |
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@ Flourtown Sandy Run Sportsmans Association
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Navy Day
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Round 4 @ Knightmare
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vs.
Archbishop Carroll High School
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Win | 8-0 |
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vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
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vs.
Archbishop Carroll High School
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vs.
Souderton Senior High School
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vs.
Souderton Senior High School
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Nazareth Area High School - PIAA Sub-Regional Match
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Win | 308-316 |
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vs.
Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School
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Loss | 1-3 |
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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Win | 1-0 |
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vs.
Archbishop Carroll High School
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vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
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Win | 20-8 |
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vs.
Upper Perkiomen High School
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Win | 18-7 |
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Head of Charles @ Boston, MA
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vs.
PCL Quarterfinal, Archbishop Ryan High School
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Win | 1-0 |
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vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
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Win | 54-17 |
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@ Flourtown Sandy Run Sportsmans Association
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Crossover Games @ Wilson (North Penn @ 2:50PM, Wilson @ 6:30PM)
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PCL Championship
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Round 5 @ Elizabethtown
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vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
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PIAA State Championship
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vs.
Central Bucks South High School
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Win | 4-3 |
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vs.
PCL Semifinals, St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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Win | 4-1 |
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vs.
Wissahickon Senior High School
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PIAA District 12 Championship
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vs.
Wissahickon Senior High School
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Win | 16-6 |
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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Win | 56-7 |
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Head of Schuylkill
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Southeast PA JV Challenge
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@ Flourtown Sandy Run Sportsmans Association
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vs.
PCL Final, Father Judge High School
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Win | 2-0 |
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Round 6
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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vs.
District 12 Championship, Northeast High School
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Win | 2-1 |
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Brunswick School @ Brunswick School
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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Win | 4-1 |
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State Championship- Day 1
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PIAA State Championship at Hershey Parkview Course
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vs.
PCL 6A Classification Game, St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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Win | 24-14 |
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State Championship- Day 2
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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Loss | 1-7 |
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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Win | 9-0 |
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PIAA Round One
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Loss | 0-1 |
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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Win | 3-2 |
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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vs.
State Tournament- Round 1, Wissahickon Senior High School
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Win | 14-5 |
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vs.
State Tournament- Semis, Souderton Senior High School
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Win | 12-9 |
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vs.
Devon Preparatory School
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vs.
Roman Catholic High School
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Win | 1-0 |
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Frostbite Regatta @ West Windsor, NJ
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vs.
State Tournament- Final, North Allegheny Senior High School
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Loss | 8-13 |
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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Loss | 1-4 |
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vs.
Upland Country Day School
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vs.
District 12 6A Championship, Imhotep Charter School
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Win | 31-16 |
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vs.
Pope John Paul II High School
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vs.
Salesianum School
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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Loss | 2-3 |
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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vs.
Easton Area High School
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Win | 49-7 |
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vs.
Boyertown High School
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vs.
Owen J. Roberts HS
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NXN Northeast Regional Championship
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vs.
Frankford High School
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vs.
Roman Catholic High School
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Lichtner/Farrell Memorial meet
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Win | 48.5-45.5 |
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vs.
Haverford School
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vs.
Conestoga High School
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Loss | 0-7 |
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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Loss | 0-2 |
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vs.
Springfield Township High School (Delaware County)
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vs.
PIAA Semi, North Penn High School
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Win | 49-14 |
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vs.
Roman Catholic High School
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Win | 70-37 |
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vs.
Roman Catholic High School
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Loss | 48-59 |
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
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Win | 3-1 |
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vs.
Souderton Senior High School
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Win | |
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vs.
Wissahickon Senior High School
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Win | 107-79 |
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Shipley
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Loss | 0-7 |
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vs.
Abington Friends High School
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Win | |
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vs.
Abington Friends High School
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Win | 51-46 |
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vs.
Delbarton School
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Loss | 0-5 |
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vs.
Springside Chestnut Hill
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Loss | 1-6 |
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vs.
Roman Catholic High School
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Loss | 0-4 |
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vs.
Friends Select School
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Win | 76-31 |
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vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
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Win | 58-33 |
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vs.
Hun School
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vs.
Episcopal Academy
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vs.
Friends Select School
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Win | 78-74 |
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vs.
William Penn Charter School
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Win | |
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Solanco Mule Classic - Varsity Individual @ Solanco HS
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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Solanco Mule Classic - Varsity Individual @ Solanco HS
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vs.
PIAA 6A Final, Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School
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Win | 34-20 |
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vs Benet
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Loss | |
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Benet Academy (IL) - Zero Days To Waste Invitational
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Loss | 32-56 |
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vs.
Salesianum School
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Win | 106-77 |
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vs.
Devon Preparatory School
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Loss | 1-3 |
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vs.
Masterman High School
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Win | 7-0 |
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vs.
Devon Preparatory School
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Loss | |
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vs.
Devon Preparatory School
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Win | |
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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Loss | 0-4 |
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LMSD @ Cynward
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Win | 6-1 |
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vs.
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
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Loss | 0-4 |
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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vs.
Devon Preparatory School
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Win | 76-0 |
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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Win | |
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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Loss | |
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MASA Tournament @ Specter Center
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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vs.
Spring-Ford Senior High School
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Pennsbury JV Tournament
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TFCAofGP#1
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Fels @ Fels
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vs.
Samuel Fels High School
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Win | 75-65 |
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vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
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Win | |
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vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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Loss | 0-4 |
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vs.
William Penn Charter School
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Loss | 1-6 |
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vs.
St. Augustine Preparatory School
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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vs.
Archbishop Carroll High School
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Win | 4-0 |
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vs.
Devon Preparatory School, Archbishop Carroll High School
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vs.
St. Augustine Preparatory School
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Loss | 0-3 |
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vs.
Salesianum School
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vs.
Salesianum School
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Cardinal Classic Diving
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vs.
Salesianum School
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Win | 55-52 |
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vs.
Plymouth-Whitemarsh Senior High School
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vs.
Hun School
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vs.
Plymouth-Whitemarsh Senior High School
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Cardinal Classic Swimming
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Beast of the East
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TFCAofGP#2
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Travis Manion '99 Memorial Duals
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Alumni Match
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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Win | |
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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Win | |
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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Loss | 68-72 |
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vs.
Owen J. Roberts HS
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vs.
Princeton Day School
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Win | 6-1 |
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vs.
Landon School
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Loss | 1-2 |
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vs.
Upper Dublin High School
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vs.
Upper Dublin High School
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vs.
Upper Dublin High School
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Loss | 56-62 |
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vs.
Bishop Hendricken
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Loss | 1-3 |
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vs.
St. John's College High School
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Win | 5-1 |
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Christian Brothers or LaSalle Acad.
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Loss | 1-5 |
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La Salle Academy (RI) - Governor's Challenge (MD)
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Win | 73-69 (OT) |
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Connor O'Kane Tournament
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Jim Thorpe Christmas Tournament - Varsity Individual @ Jim Thorpe HS
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Saint Georges Technical High School (DE) - Governor's Challenge (MD)
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Loss | 68-77 |
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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Win | 52-39 |
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Connor O'Kane Tournament
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Jim Thorpe Christmas Tournament - Varsity Individual @ Jim Thorpe HS
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Connor O'Kane Tournament
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LS Series # 1 Sprint Night
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vs.
West Catholic Preparatory High School
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Win | |
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vs.
West Catholic Preparatory High School
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Loss | 47-63 |
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vs.
Methacton High School
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TFCAofGP#4
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Parkland Duals
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Parkland Duals
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vs.
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
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vs.
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
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Win | 56-50 |
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vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
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Win | 4-0 |
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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Win | |
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vs.
Hun School
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Loss | 2-3 |
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
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LS Series # 2 Distance Night
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vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
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Win | 70-6 |
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vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
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Tie | 2-2 |
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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vs.
Princeton Day School
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vs.
Lawrenceville School
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vs.
Devon Preparatory School
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Win | |
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War on the Shore @ Ocean City, MD
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vs.
Devon Preparatory School
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vs.
Devon Preparatory School
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Win | 70-58 (OT) |
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vs.
Plymouth-Whitemarsh Senior High School
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TFCAofGP#5
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War on the Shore @ Ocean City, MD
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War on the Shore @ Ocean City, MD
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Wilson Relays
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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vs.
Archbishop Carroll High School
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vs.
Archbishop Carroll High School
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|
Loss | 48-59 |
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vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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Win | 3-2 |
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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Win | |
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vs.
Father Judge High School
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|
Loss | 59-68 (OT) |
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vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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vs.
Princeton Day School
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Shipley
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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Loss | 20-36 |
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vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
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vs.
Plymouth-Whitemarsh Senior High School
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vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
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vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
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Take Down Cancer Night vs Springfield Township H.S.
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Take Down Cancer Night vs Springfield Township H.S.
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-
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vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
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|
TFCAofGP#6
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||
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vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
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||
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vs.
Methacton High School
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||
|
vs.
Archbishop Carroll High School
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vs.
Archbishop Carroll High School
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||
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vs.
Mercersburg Academy
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|
Marche Invitational
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vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
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vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
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||
|
vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Episcopal Academy
|
|
||
|
vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
|
-
|
||
|
PCL Dual Playoffs - Quarterfinals and Semifinals
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Christian Brothers Academy
|
|
||
|
vs.
Hun School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Hill School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Delbarton School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Upper Dublin High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
TFCAofGP#7
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
North Penn High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lawrenceville School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Neumann-Goretti High School
|
|
||
|
PTFCA Indoor Festival
|
|
||
|
vs.
Neumann-Goretti High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Pope John XXIII Regional High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Springfield Township High School (Delaware County)
|
|
||
|
vs.
Princeton Day School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Devon Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Augustine Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lawrenceville School
|
-
|
||
|
PCL Dual Playoffs - Finals
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
North Penn High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Wissahickon Senior High School
|
|
||
|
PIAA District 12 Dual Championship PLACEHOLDER
|
|
||
|
Penn Relays Winter Showcase
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Father Judge High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Salesianum School
|
|
||
|
North Penn JV Tournament
|
|
||
|
Ocean Breeze- Staten Island
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Devon Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Springside Chestnut Hill
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Germantown Friends School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Delbarton School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Haverford School
|
|
||
|
LS Series # 3 Relay Night
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Carroll High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
PIAA Team Championship @ Johnstown, PA
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Boyertown High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Roman Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
Blue/Gold Match
|
|
||
|
PIAA Team Championship @ Johnstown, PA
|
|
||
|
PCL Championship
|
|
||
|
vs.
Roman Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Roman Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Boyertown High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
PCL Quarterfinal
|
|
||
|
vs.
North Penn High School
|
|
||
|
PCL Semis
|
|
||
|
TFCAofGP#9
|
|
||
|
PCL Individual Championships
|
|
||
|
TFCAofGP MOC
|
|
||
|
PCL Champs Day 1
|
|
||
|
District 12 Champs Day 1
|
|
||
|
PCL Champs Day 2
|
|
||
|
PIAA District 12 Individual Championships
|
|
||
|
Ocean Breeze Elite - Staten Island, NY
|
|
||
|
District 12 Champs Day 2
|
|
||
|
PIAA AAA Northeast Regional Individual Championships
|
-
|
||
|
PTFCA State Championship
|
|
||
|
Varsity Tryouts
|
-
|
||
|
PIAA AAA Individual State Championships
|
-
|
||
|
PKO Play Day
|
|
||
|
vs.
Central Bucks East High School
|
|
||
|
JV Tryouts
|
-
|
||
|
vs.
Central Bucks East High School
|
|
||
|
Quad Scrimage @ Upper Dublin
|
|
||
|
vs.
Springside Chestnut Hill
|
|
||
|
vs.
Springside Chestnut Hill
|
|
||
|
vs.
Council Rock South High School
|
|
||
|
Quad Scrimage @ Upper Dublin
|
|
||
|
Mt. St. Josephs (Baltimore)
|
|
||
|
vs.
Central Bucks South High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Central Bucks South High School
|
|
||
|
Springfield Delco Play Day
|
|
||
|
Blue vs Gold #1
|
|
||
|
Blue vs Gold #1
|
|
||
|
vs.
Haverford School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Episcopal Academy
|
|
||
|
vs.
Episcopal Academy
|
|
||
|
vs.
Pennsbury High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Neshaminy High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Souderton Senior High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Neshaminy High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Episcopal Academy
|
|
||
|
vs.
@ Catholic University, St. John's College High School
|
|
||
|
Kennett Classic @ Kennett High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Father Judge High School
|
-
|
||
|
vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Haverford School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Haverford School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Roman Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Roman Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Roman Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Roman Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
E and S @ E and S
|
|
||
|
E and S @ E and S
|
|
||
|
vs.
Salesianum School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
|
-
|
||
|
vs.
Salesianum School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Salesianum School
|
|
||
|
vs.
William Penn Charter School
|
|
||
|
North Penn Open
|
|
||
|
Blue vs Gold #2
|
-
|
||
|
Blue vs Gold #2
|
|
||
|
@ IMG
|
|
||
|
PCL #1
|
|
||
|
vs.
Neumann-Goretti High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Neumann-Goretti High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Devon Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Pennsbury High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Devon Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Carroll High School
|
-
|
||
|
vs.
Saint Anthony's High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Roman Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Carroll High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Carroll High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Academy at Palumbo High School
|
|
||
|
Explorers Invite
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Academy at Palumbo High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Springside Chestnut Hill
|
|
||
|
vs.
Springside Chestnut Hill
|
|
||
|
vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
|
-
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
PCL #2
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Springside Chestnut Hill
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Father Judge High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Father Judge High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Devon Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Haverford School
|
|
||
|
vs.
North Penn High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
North Penn High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Roman Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Roman Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
TBD
|
|
||
|
vs.
Devon Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Souderton Senior High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Calvert Hall College High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Upper Dublin High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Upper Dublin High School
|
|
||
|
PCL #3
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
Penn Relays
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Carroll High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
Penn Relays
|
|
||
|
vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
PCL Semifinals
|
|
||
|
vs.
Father Judge High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Father Judge High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Father Judge High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Malvern Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Dock Mennonite Academy
|
|
||
|
vs.
Dock Mennonite Academy
|
|
||
|
vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
|
|
||
|
PCL Championship
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Pennsbury High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Ryan High School
|
|
||
|
Henderson Invitational
|
|
||
|
PCL Freshman Development Clinic
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lawrenceville School
|
|
||
|
Germantown Academy @ Rutgers Camden
|
|
||
|
vs.
Central Bucks South High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Haverford Senior HS
|
|
||
|
vs.
Bonner-Prendergast Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Haverford Senior HS
|
|
||
|
vs.
Roman Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Archbishop Wood High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Roman Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Central High School
|
|
||
|
PCL Champs
|
|
||
|
PCL Play-In
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
vs.
Lansdale Catholic High School
|
|
||
|
PCL Quarterfinal
|
|
||
|
PIAA District XII Champs
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
vs.
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
|
|
||
|
PIAA District XII Champs
|
|
||
|
PCL Quarterfinal
|
|
||
|
vs.
Don Bosco Technical High School
|
|
||
|
PCL Semifinal
|
|
||
|
PCL Semifinals
|
|
||
|
PCL Semis
|
|
||
|
PCL Championship
|
|
||
|
PCL Championship
|
|
||
|
PCL Final
|
|
||
|
PIAA State Championship
|
|
||
|
PIAA State Championship
|
|
Are you interested in being a sideline announcer for the varsity baseball home games this spring? If so, email Mr. Sawyer (sawyerj@lschs.org).
Opportunities are also available for select JV and Freshmen home games as well.
Golf tryouts will be held August 16-19, 2021.
This page has been set up by La Salle College High School has created a webpage as a repository for information and expectations regarding the continuity of teaching and learning in the event of school closure. We will continue to post updates on this page as information becomes available from the school administration.
The Spring 2020 issue of the Explorer (titled Agents Of Change), will only be available online. No issues will be printed or mailed to homes.
A monthly Alumni eNewsletter along with a number of other alumni communications will only be available in a digital format and will be sent via email. It is critical for the Office of Institutional
Advancement to have and maintain your current email address, so please make certain that your
information is current and encourage your fellow alums to do the same. Please send any changes to
Mrs. Cathy Winning at winning@lschs.org so your alumni record can be updated accordingly.
As most of you will have seen, Governor Wolf has issued orders extending the closing of schools. The tentative earliest date schools may reopen is now set for Monday, April 6, 2020. As all of us have come to appreciate, this date is a guarantee written in water. Depending on the progress of the disease and the success of containment and suppression activities, this date will be subject to further extension if need be.
Dining Services: Due to recent public health concerns, some of the self-serve foods will be either moved behind the service counter or into grad and go containers. Thank you for your understanding.
Classes of 1930 to 1969
Golden Explorers Mass and Luncheon
Reunions for the Classes of 1934, 1939,
1944, 1949, 1954, 1959, 1964, and 1969
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Mass 10:30 am in the Marian Chapel
Followed by Brunch in the Auditorium
$40 per person
For more information, please contact Jill D'Angelo at
(215) 402-4808 or DAngeloJ@lschs.org
Former NBA Referee Steve Javie '72 Goes From The Hardwood To Homilies Becoming A Catholic Deacon
Article by Frank Fitzpatrick
Reprinted from The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 20, 2019
The stirring anthem ended and those in the large Saturday night crowd, some clutching programs, took their seats. Steve Javie, a member of the Class of 1972 and a top-tier NBA referee for 25 seasons, moved into position and got ready once again to interpret the rules.
But this was Mass at Saint Andrew's Roman Catholic Church in Newtown (Bucks County), not a basketball arena. Javie was wearing a green chasuble and white cassock, not the NBA's two-tone officiating uniform. And the rules he was about to address in one of his first homilies as a permanent deacon in the Catholic church were eternal, not subject to collective bargaining.
"People ask me if there are similarities between being a deacon and a referee," Javie said before that recent 5 p.m. Mass. "It's funny because people used to think they could tell me how to do my old job. That hasn't changed, except now people are telling me how to preach."
A Montgomery County native who pitched at Temple and briefly in the Baltimore Orioles organization, Javie was destined to be a sports official. His father, Stan, was a field and back judge in the NFL, and his godfather, John Stevens, a longtime American League umpire.
Javie, 64, consistently was rated as one of the NBA's top referees. He worked more than 1,500 games, including 200-plus in the playoffs and 20 in the Finals.
"Steve was the best referee I ever worked with, and I reffed with everybody," said Joe Crawford, a friend and former NBA colleague. "He knew the rules. He got plays right. And he had [guts]. He was very aggressive but always under control."
Bad knees finally forced Javie to limp away after the 2011 season, his last assignment being the decisive sixth game of that year's NBA Finals.
By then, he was on a spiritual quest. Thanks to his wife of 28 years, Mary Ellen, he'd rediscovered a faith he'd virtually abandoned as a young man. The couple had started a charity benefiting underprivileged children in Montgomery County and Philadelphia. But he needed more.
"I thought, 'I've got to be doing something more with my life than blowing whistles against basketball players,' " he said.
At a Saint Andrew's event, a visiting speaker mentioned the Catholic diaconate. The possibility of becoming a deacon hung constantly around his neck like the whistles he wore as a referee.
"It's a calling," he said. "It's nothing I aspired to. I knew I was getting near the end of my career because my knees were failing. That realization makes you think about what you're going to do afterwards."
The journey Javie started in 2012 ended this June 8, 2019 when he and six others were formally ordained as deacons during an ornate ceremony at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. The grueling process that got him there took seven years and yielded a master's in theology, a new title, and the right to deliver homilies, wear a collar, and perform such traditional priestly duties as baptisms and marriages.
"I was at the ordination," Crawford said. "Watching him do all the little things around the altar, you could see how prepared and calm he was. That's how he was as a referee. Anything he gets into, he gets into all the way. He's so devout now. As a matter of fact, he's so devout that sometimes I have to tell him, `Steve, shut up.' "
Assigned to Saint Andrew's, his home parish and the largest in the Philadelphia archdiocese, Javie delivered his second homily last Saturday.
"I'm not afraid to get up and talk in front of people because I've been doing that my whole life," he said. "But talking about something really personal like faith, that's stressful."
Actually, Javie, who usually speaks in rapid and intense bursts, seemed more poised and conversational while addressing the parishioners, which he did not from the pulpit but from in front of the altar.
"He's very at ease, which probably comes from what he did all those years," said Monsignor Michael Picard, Saint Andrew's pastor. "His preaching, even though he's just starting, is really superb."
The story of how Javie switched from the arena to the altar is one that combines love found and spirituality sought.
It began in the late 1980s when the NBA's travel demands made him a regular at Philadelphia International Airport's US Airways counter. That's where he met Mary Ellen.
"I was someone who except for Christmas and Easter didn't go to Mass. But I could see she was a devout Catholic," Javie said. "So on our second date, I thought I'd impress her and I said, `How about if we go to Mass, then get lunch afterward?'
"We're sitting there in church, and this priest is droning on. I'm looking at my watch thinking I'll sit here an hour then be with her the rest of the afternoon. I wasn't paying attention, wasn't getting anything out of it. Afterward, she asked me what I thought. I told her I didn't get anything out of it. She looked at me and said, `What did you put into it?' That stopped me in my tracks. She said, `Did you maybe say a prayer for somebody in your family who needed it? Did you pray to the Holy Spirit for enlightenment?' She really got me thinking."
The experience led Javie to re-examine his Catholicism. He took Communion daily, read more about faith and marriage and, on the road, attended Mass whenever possible.
The renewed devotion helped in 1999 when Javie was one of 15 referees implicated in a tax-evasion case that involved misuse of frequent-flyer miles. He was the only one acquitted on all charges.
Noticing their colleague's newfound focus, the referees Javie worked with began to ask questions. Some even accompanied him to church.
"A lot of guys I traveled with, they struggled with all the temptations that come with being on the road," Javie said. "I would try to talk to them about it. My thinking was we're all sinful, but if we can talk about these things with each other, it might make our marriages and families a little more solid.
"When I was a crew chief, the second guy would sometimes grab the new guy and say, 'OK, Steve, tell him what you talked to me about.' I'd try to mentor them, not just in basketball but in life."
After retirement and the deacon decision, Javie ramped up his religiosity. From August through May, he took three-hour classes at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in philosophy, theology, spirituality, and homiletics. Then there were workshops, psychological examinations and, before ordination, written, practical and oral examinations.
"We've never been blessed with children, but we've got nine nephews and nieces and I tell them I never studied that hard in my life," Javie said. "Those professors were brilliant. It was a really intense, extensive process."
His new schedule is sometimes as hectic as his old one. A day after ordination, Javie had to deliver his first homily at Saint Andrew's. There are Masses, ceremonies, home and hospital visits, counseling sessions, and speaking engagements.
"I made a living in sports," he said. "They paid me to referee, and it was a good job. But this is something else, a really incredible journey. I worked in the Finals for 15 years. I worked Game 7s. But that doesn't compare with this. It's a feeling I can't describe."
Those who know Javie well, such as his fellow Whitemarsh Valley Country Club members, now feel free to move conversations beyond typical locker-room talk.
"Now that they know what I've been through, they feel like they have permission to talk about their faith, even to complain about it," Javie said. "They realize that I've changed in one way, but not socially or personality-wise. I'm just Steve Javie. I always have been. It just so happens I'm not a referee anymore. I'm serving the Lord now."
Before the leaves are brown and the sky turns gray,
come and surf into the new school year with La Salle's
Mamas and Papas who will be California Dreamin'.
Party On The Patio
Parent Social
Saturday, September 14, 2019
7:00 pm
Glaser Center and "The Pit"
$50 per person
The event is sponsored by the Mothers' Club and Men of La Salle and
all proceeds will support the Auction and benefit students in need.
Casual Dress
Price includes appetizers, beer and wine, and live music.
All attendees must be age 21 or older.
"All work and no play," so the saying goes. No doubt esteeming me a dull boy indeed, numerous friends and acquaintances have advised me over the years, "you need to get a hobby—something that complements your working life." Well, golf only brings out a slight inclination towards explosive impatience, and anything you collect, you also need to dust. So that's out too.
But falconry? That could be the ticket. So, while on vacation, I dabbled a bit, as they used to say on Seinfeld. I spent some time with Rocky here back in July (I named him not for Philadelphia's ubiquitous and eternal boxer, but for the cartoon gangster occasionally appearing in episodes of Bugs Bunny, whose disposition "da boid" shares). This experience allowed me to reflect upon four unexpected similarities between the sport of sheiks and the experience of Lasallian education. These observations ring true whether we can draw on many years' experience with this school or are arriving with our first son, a member of the Class of 2023 whom La Salle welcomed this week.
1. An investment of time and effort are required. Despite the impression of preternaturally easy command I exude while working with Rocky, falconry takes time. In the western world, there's a two-year long apprenticeship with a sponsor, and it takes seven years to achieve real mastery. Hunting with a raptor also requires a lot more effort than using an inanimate weapon you can put back on the shelf after an outing. The bird requires appropriate housing and daily care: feeding, grooming and training. Likewise, in the Lasallian high school, no one who "does enough to get by" will thrive. Parents commit not only to a serious financial obligation but to an ongoing involvement: with their son's studies to the extent necessary; in support of his chosen activities; through volunteer service; and via an extensive social calendar of school activities which build and sustain the community. Students have a lot more homework than they may be used to and must manage it while exploring many athletic, co-curricular, and service opportunities before ultimately committing to a few. They generally juggle these responsibilities while navigating a more challenging commuting routine than their peers may experience. Teachers too need to be all in. You can't skate by on an undergraduate education and scant preparation. Students will ask probing questions, expect you to demonstrate not just competence but mastery, displaying an ability to reteach creatively when comprehension eludes an individual or the class. Such classroom routines take place within the context of a school that invites your involvement with these students for long hours after dismissal purportedly occurs at 2:35 pm and with your own professional growth on an on-going basis.
2. You remain who you are but are guided and supported as you grow into the best version of that self. Falcons are never tamed. The hunt demands they not lose their wild identity. They need to be comfortable and docile with humans while growing unimpeded into their predatory nature. A similar logic explains why you'll never hear a graduate of this school referred to as a "La Salle Product." Factories put out products, uniform and predictable. In that world "exceptional" is not a compliment. Lasallian schools nurture and shape unique individuals, coaxing their best out of them while allowing them ever expanding spheres of autonomy and responsibility. We believe that wisdom is discovered not through unrelenting obligation and a constraining pressure to "fit in," but through freedom, a true freedom that invites commitment but does not impose conformity.
3. A growing trust is required to sustain the relationship. Let's face it. Most of the dogs and cats we consider part of our families wouldn't survive ten minutes without us. They're completely domesticated and dependent, comfortably tethered in our yards awaiting their next meal. The raptor, on the other hand, is trained to do for the falconer what he would need to do to survive on his own: hunt in the wild. Each time a falcon is unhooded and departs from his keeper's glove, he need never return. Some mixture of habituation, loyalty, and a calculus proving that he is reliably better off in human care encourages the falcon's return to that person who released him, regardless of the hunt's success. So, it is here at La Salle. Almost none of us—faculty, students, parents, even administrators—must be here. Only the few Brothers are in some fashion "assigned" here under their vow of obedience. Every other member of the school community chooses to be and remain here. And it is exactly that dynamic, the fact that this path has been voluntarily chosen by so many dynamic, creative, and expansive personalities, that makes the journey so interesting.
4. The culmination of the journey is being set free, but that freedom is sustained by repeated spiritual return. Western falconers defend themselves against accusations that this sport requires enslavement of an otherwise free creature by noting that, compared to their wild counterparts, far more captive falcons survive their first year out of the nest. Protected from predators and disease, their chances of reaching maturity are greater. It is at that point, though, that master falconers will set a bird free and begin training a fresh fledgling. While the experience of faculty and parents of several sons is longer, the modal amount of time a person spends at La Salle is four years. But typically that's enough: enough to ground him in the experience of faith, in the reality of a loving God revealed through the people and events of our lives; enough to ground him in the disciplines and habits of mind that will make a professional out of him; enough to ground him in the ideals of fairness, respect, and generosity that will make him admired and exemplary in that chosen profession; enough to ground him in a brotherhood which will call him back to people and memories periodically throughout his life, call him to his best self in every major decision he makes, however far from this mews he may have flown.
Welcome or welcome back to a new year at La Salle. I look forward to discovering how your son(s) will take flight this year, particularly those young men who will cross the stage at graduation on the last Saturday in May.
Fraternally,
Brother James Butler, FSC
President
PS: I'd be remiss if I didn't try to get across a fifth point, one that's very important to Rocky. Don't ever call him a hawk.
Back To School Nights
The Student Handbook and Family Directory for 2019-2020 will be distributed at Back To School Night.
Parents of Freshmen (Class of 2023)
Thursday, September 5, 2019
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Auditorium
Presentation Begins Promptly at 6:30 pm
College Counseling Update – September 2019
The college search and application process can be a challenging experience for students and their families. Our goal in the College Counseling Department at La Salle College High School is to educate your sons regarding the process, to support them in their efforts, and to assist students in identifying colleges and universities that match their academic abilities and will offer success in a suitable environment for continuing intellectual development. Finding the right college or university is about "fit", therefore, we expect each student to play an active role in his college search and admission process.
Please join us at the school's annual auction, which will feature California Dreamin', on Saturday, November 2, 2019. Sponsorship opportunities are available and items are needed for the silent, luxury, and live auctions.
35th Annual Auction
California Dreamin'
Saturday, November 2, 2019
For information of to make a donation, please contact the Auction Office at (215) 402-4915.
All fathers are welcome to a barbecue sponsored by the Men of La Salle. The night is a great way for new fathers to meet other fathers and learn about the La Salle community. Returning fathers can catch up with friends and learn about all of the exciting things happening this year.
Men of La Salle
Welcome (Back) Barbecue
Thursday, September 19, 2019
6:30 pm
Glaser Center and "The Pit"
Admission is Free
In the event that you have any questions, please contact Scott Porreca at scott.porreca@gmail.com
The Mothers' Club invites freshman mothers and mothers of new students for a traditional welcome. Invitations have been mailed. Please RSVP by September 13, 2019 using the response card that was included with the invitation.
The La Salle College High School running program (Cross Country - Track & Field) is among the most storied in the entire Philadelphia area. Their is a rich tradition of success for the Explorers, not only in the Philadelphia Catholic League, but in Philadelphia, on the East Coast, and even Nationally.
Current Head Coach Pat Devine is in his 32nd year at the helm for the Explorers. During his tenure he has directed one of the most accomplished teams in the area, winning countless titles and awards. Most recently he has been the Philadelphia Inquire's XC Coach of the Year in '04 and '03. His teams have won 5 PCL XC Titles ('05, '04, '03, '97, '82), and Eastern State XC Title in '03, 4 PCL Indoor Track Titles ('99, '98, '97, '94), and one PCL Outdoor Track Title ('98). Additionally his Cross Country and Track & Field teams have won numerous PCL Northern Division Titles (both XC and Outdoor Track & Field) and PA Prep State Titles. He has coached numerous Individual PCL and PA State champions: Sean McGinley (PCL XC '05), Joe Fedorowicz (PA Indoor 800 '04), Mike Donahue (PCL XC, Mile, 2 Mile '99), Greg Bielecki (PCL 800 '99), Chris Ward (PCL 800 '98), Tom O'Connell (PCL 800 '96), Gil Smith (PCL 2 Mile '96), Jack Horgan (PCL XC '94), Kevin Scully (PCL Mile '91), Seamus McElligott (PCL XC, Mile, 2 Mile '86), Steve Gallagher (PCL 800, Mile '83), and John Mohrbacher (PCL 2 Mile '76). However, Devine's real coaching tallent can be seen in the success the Explorers have had in the Relay events. Devine's charges have won countless PCL Relay Titles. In the recent past he has had tremendous success at big meets such as the PA State Championship (in the 4x800: 3rd in '03, 3rd in '99, 2nd '98, 4th in '97, 1st in '96) , and Eastern State Championships (in the 4x800: 1st in '99). His runners have often been All-State and All-Americans in the 4x800 and Distance Medley Relays. The crowning moment was his '96 4x800 meter Relay team that finished 2nd in the Championship of America 4x800 at the Penn Relays and was the 1st U.S. team, earning Penn Relays watches.
Prior to Devine's tenure the famed Tom Donnelly (Class of '65) was Head Coach for 5 years, with Devine serving as his assistant. During Donnelly's stint at his alma mater the Explorers enjoyed even more success than they had when he was an athlete, winning back to back PCL and City XC titles in 1971 and 1972 (the only back-to-back XC titles in school history until 2003 - 2004), and scoring numerous individual PCL corwns in XC and on the track. Donnelly's personal record as an athlete at La Salle has been unmatched. He was a 4 time individual PCL XC champ (the only one in the history of the PCL), and a 3 time PCL Champ in the Mile on the track. He also won the Eastern State XC Championship setting the course record at hallowed Van Cortland Park.
While the Explorers certainly rose to new hights under Donnelly and became a fixture among the areas elites under Devine the bar had been set high even before that by athletes such as John Mastronardo, Jim Lomanno, John Gorman, Jim Bannister, John Bucley, Tom Gola, Joe Watmuff, Bob Kramer, Bob Walsh, Marty Stanczak, Phil Lembach (All PCL Champs). Undoubtedly we can continue to look for future La Salle runners to maintain and expand upon this long tradition of greatness.
The La Salle College High School Cross Country and Track & Field Program trains year-round at some of the most renowned and senic locations in the entire region. Here are a few:
- La Salle College High School Campus/Outdoor Track
- Valley Green - Forbidden Drive
- Fort Washington State Park
- Prophecy Creek Park
- Belmont Plateau
- Road Loops
La Salle College High School Campus/Outdoor Track
Valley Green - Forbidden Drive
Fort Washington State Park
Prophecy Creek Park
Belmont Plateau
Road Loops
The 13th Annual
La Salle College High School
Running Camp
July 24-27, 2017
For Male and Female Runners
going into grades 5th through 9th
Click here for the Summer 2017 brochure
Contact:
Mr. Greg Bielecki
8605 Cheltenham Avenue
Wyndmoor, PA 19038
Phone: (215) 402-4245
Email Coach Bielecki
The Philadelphia Catholic League Cross Country/Track & Field:
Track & Field Coaches Association of Greater Philadelphia:
http://www.geocities.com/tfcaofgp/
PA Track & Field Coaches Association:
PennTrackXC:
Dyestat:
LetsRun:
Track & Field News: