Professional Ultimate Disc finds home in South Philly
It’s fast, incredibly athletic and highly entertaining. And it’s now found a home in South Philly.
The sport of Ultimate Disc has flung its way to professional status locally as the Philadelphia Phoenix have begun...
Sports briefs: 3-04-04
ALL-CATHOLIC NODS
St. Maria Goretti basketball players Natasha Scott and Shonte Skinner both earned All-Catholic recognition for their play this season. Skinner, a 5-foot-8 junior forward, picked up her Second Team nod after leading...
Complex plans
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Have you noticed the new visitors' bleachers and goal posts at 12th and Bigler streets? They're just a small part of the new sports complex that will arrive in 2008. According to...
Forming a team
One in a series of stories on the last independent year of St. John Neumann and St. Maria Goretti high schools. There will be new uniforms and a new mascot....
Neumann-Goretti baseball had eyes on another prize
Conor Cook has an appreciation for baseball history.
Having visited the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York as a 12-year-old, Cook remembers being wide-eyed as he walked the hallways of the museum.
Back in...
Sports Briefs: 11-01-07
BOCCE SCORES
In last week's women's bocce action, Southern Auto defeated Mazza Bros., 12-5; Pastifico defeated City Pizza, 12-5, and Southern Auto, 12-8; Mazza Bros. defeated City Pizza, 12-6.
In Tuesday's men's bocce action, Chef's Market...
Philly Play gets active at Herron Playground
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Contrary to what musician Eddie Cochran felt in 1958 when singing of his mid-year misery, there are plenty of cures for the summertime blues, with physical activity a reliable remedy. Eager to engender enjoyment...
A few final kicks
The St. Maria Goretti Lambs, all decked out in red and white, gather at midfield as soccer coach Jim Gallagher snaps some pictures. These photos will be keepers. That's because the game the...
Jordan a leader on and off the court
Omoiye Jordan isn’t all talk.
As a vocal leader of the Neumann-Goretti High School girls basketball team, Jordan’s actions are both heard by her teammates and followed on the court. But Jordan goes a step...
Taking the high Rhode
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Sometimes all it takes is the right words to feel at home. Neumann-Goretti senior forward Jamal Wilson liked what the University of Rhode Island coaching staff had to say so much he...
