Wildcats claw out a win
The Bok Tech Wildcats celebrated last Thursday's 8-6 win over Bartram High with leaping high-fives and thunderous cheers that could be heard blocks away. It was like the local team had just won...
Combine a reminder that Eagles need to get younger
The first rite of the National Football League spring is the annual Combine in Indianapolis.
All 32 teams arrive for the annual cattle call for aspiring future players, who get prodded, measured and displayed over...
Sports Briefs 2–2–16
27165232Basketball opportunitiesUYA and Philadelphia Ball Hawks are overseeing a 14-and-younger and High School Basketball League at Marian Anderson Recreation Center, 744 S. 17th St. The cost is $10 for an individual player. A free...
Good will, good player
Ike Egbukwu exits the South Philadelphia High locker room with apple juice and a small plastic bag of pretzels. He passes the bag around to his fellow athletes. The soccer player is...
New place, familiar face
One in a series of stories on the last independent year of St. John Neumann and St. Maria Goretti high schools. When word got around that Steve Smith would be the football...
Set in neutral
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Like all Catholic high-school gyms in the area, the St. Maria Goretti gymnasium is empty and silent. All practices and games are postponed until further notice. The delay is particularly difficult for inexperienced...
SEYAA girls dream of World Cup glory
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Centre-back Saki Kumagai broke many local hearts Sunday when her penalty shoot-out attempt beat American goalkeeper Hope Solo and gave Japan the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. The loss, however, did not leave Tonia Russo...
Catching big league eyes
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Before John Marzano played for the U.S. baseball team in the 1984 Olympics or made it to the Major Leagues, he had to be discovered. But Philadelphia isn't exactly known for baseball...
SPSC scores at Keystone Games
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Members of the South Philadelphia Soccer Club did not need last month’s FIFA World Cup to elevate their competitive natures; they had medal dreams of their own. Two weeks ago in York, dreams became...
Neumann-Goretti advances to state semifinal
A day after shutting out Southern High School on Thanksgiving, the Neumann-Goretti High School football team blanked Danville, 28-0 in the quarterfinal round of the PIAA Class 3A playoffs.
The Saints (13-1) were led by...
