Title teaser
The Prep Charter Huskies stand along center court at Temple University's Liacouras Center waiting to receive their medals. Yet this is not a happy occasion. The medals signify only that Prep Charter is the...
Sports brief: 2-24-05
"Tails never loses. Or at least that was what the Neumann-Goretti players told their coach, Carl Arrigale, before a coin flip to determine the top-seeded boys' basketball team in the Catholic League.
Neumann-Goretti lost 55-53...
Consolation pride
Most athletes wouldn't be too happy after a 69-48 loss in a Catholic League quarterfinal game. But Neumann-Goretti's Shonte Skinner was smiling so much after her team fell to Cardinal O'Hara on Monday...
Unchartered territory
Most high-school students are still hitting the snooze button at 5:30 a.m. That luxury doesn't always apply to Bilal Rogers, whose Prep Charter basketball team occasionally holds 6 a.m. practices. But any lost...
Filling a tall order
At 5-foot-2, Ashley Pearsall doesn't look like much of a basketball player. That is, until she steps on the court. The Prep Charter senior point guard regularly blocks opponents who are much...
A win for the new guard
Spotting a wide-open layup, Prep Charter senior Jason Dogan drives to the basket and goes in for the easy shot. The ball rolls right off the rim - a scenario so unlikely...
Playoff update
The Ss. John Neumann-Maria Goretti boys' bowling team defeated St. Joseph's Preparatory High, 2,637-2,389, to move one step closer to its championship goal.
The Catholic League opening-round playoff match was held Tuesday at St. Monica...
The long ride to happiness
Jasmine Daniels disliked Cheltenham High enough to take on the 45-minute morning commute to Ss. John Neumann and Maria Goretti. Though she hops a ride to 10th and Moore with her parents,...
Warming up to the Warriors
When Anani Arandules moved to South Philadelphia in October 2003, she had never seen snow. The white stuff is hard to find when it's 62 degrees and sunny in the winter. Those...
Charting his own course
An exhausted Richard "Tabby" Cunningham collapses after a grueling practice session last Thursday. The La Salle point guard eventually lifts his tired body from the Tom Gola Arena floor and smiles, apparently...
