Neshaminy's Steinberg sets sprint mark
People can easily remember Troy Vincent as a standout defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles. Perhaps they can look back and recall his excellent college career at Wisconsin or his high school exploits at Pennsbury. But how many can say that they remember him as a great sprinter?
People can easily remember Troy Vincent as a standout defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles. Perhaps they can look back and recall his excellent college career at Wisconsin or his high school exploits at
Pennsbury
. But how many can say that they remember him as a great sprinter?
At Council Rock North, his record in the 100-meter dash, set in the late 1980s, fell at the Council Rock Kiwanis Invitational yesterday.
Kevin Steinberg of
Neshaminy
did the trick, posting a winning time of 10.73 seconds, shattering the previous record of 10.84 set by Vincent and three other runners. Steinberg also won the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.53 seconds.
Central Bucks South
won the team title with 91 points, 13 points ahead of runner-up and defending champion
Coatesville
.
The Titans were paced by Derek Hynes who won the pole vault with a record leap of 15-2. He broke the record of 15-0 set in 1995 by Sean Serafin of
Bishop McDevitt
. Rob Turchick took part in three wins by South. He took the triple jump with a distance of 43-2, then ran on the winning 4 x 100-meter (43.69) and sprint medley (1 minutes, 36.07 seconds) relays.
Chestnut Hill Academy Relays.
Phil Thomas won the long jump and the high jump for the host Blue Devils and won the Bill Harper Outstanding Performer award.
Thomas won the long jump with a meet-record leap of 21-9, breaking his own record of 21-6 set last season. He also won the high jump, clearing the bar at 6-2.
Hill School Relays.
Royce Brown and Sam Odle combined to throw nine inches farther than
Peddie School (N.J.)
in the javelin relay and won with a total distance of 271-10 for the host Blues.
Hill School
went on to place second in the team standings behind
Gilman School (Md.)
.
The Blues also won the distance medley relay with a team of Trevor Cordivari, George Raad, Tyler Gofus and Richard Lafferty with a time of 11:19.70 and the long jump relay with a team of Alfred Graves and Eric Chang with a distance of 39-6.
Westtown
was also a winner, taking the high jump relay with a team of Matt Lee and Phabinly Gabriel at a combined height of 11-4.
On the girls' side,
Penn Charter
took 12 events at the Hill School Relays, coasting to the team title.
The Quakers won every event except the 4x800-meter relay, which went to
Peddie School
, and the distance medley relay, which went to host
Hill School
.
Nikki Guynn anchored victories in the 4x100 and 4x200 relays, while Khaaleedah Smith was the lead runner in the 4x100, 4x200, 4x400 and the sprint medley relay.
Baseball
The Riverso brothers combined for four hits and four runs and led
Neumann-Goretti
past host
Glassboro (N.J.)
, 11-6, in a nonleague game.
Mike Riverso hit a single and a home run and drove in three runs, while brother Dom hit a single, a double and knocked in a pair of runs.
Haverford School
scored nine runs in the bottom of the first inning to overcome a 4-0 deficit and beat visiting
Glen Mills
, 15-4.
Matt Lipson and Matt Baureis each collected three hits. Lipson hit a triple and drove in three runs while Baureis hit a double and knocked in two runs.
Nathan Rojas hit a grand slam in the first inning for the Battling Bulls.
Tim Cooney held host
Caravel Academy (Del.)
to one hit and struck out 11 as
Malvern Prep
earned an 8-2 victory.
He helped himself at the plate with a single, a double, two runs scored and an RBI.
Softball
Senior Heather Brabazon allowed just four hits and struck out 12 as
St. Hubert
made a successful trip across the river to win at
Lenape (N.J.)
, 5-1, in a nonleague game.
Samantha Coyle hit a pair of doubles for the Bambies, whose four-run third inning was keyed by freshman second baseman Brittany Meehan's RBI-double.
Meehan was playing for St. Matthew's grade school team a year ago.
Hallahan Tournament.
Host
Hallahan
advanced to today's play with a 10-1 win over
Penn Charter
in the annual tournament played at the Fairmount Sports Complex (23d and Spring Garden).
It was one of three games for each of the teams in the first day of the two-game tournament.
Penn Charter went 1-2, with a 15-3 win over
Cardinal Dougherty
and a 7-2 loss to
Archbishop Carroll
.
Boys' Lacrosse
Matt Dilks outscored visiting
West Chester East
by himself and led
Lower Merion
past the Vikings, 14-7, in a nonleague game.
Dylan Chou chipped in with two goals and two assists for the Aces who got 11 saves from Jordan Daney and Hank Altschuler.
Kennett
beat visiting
New Hope-Solebury
, 15-1, as Andrew Briggs scored four goals and added an assist.
The Demons' Andrew Blundin added three goals and Jamie Berlin scored twice.
Kennett is now 3-4 overall.
Ryan Goldman exploded for seven goals and sparked
Penn Charter
to a 16-3 win over visiting
Warwick
.
Colin Still contributed four goals and three assists while Joe Sankey added two goals and four assists. Quakers goalie Dan Carr turned aside three shots to earn the win.
Dave Morton scored five goals as
Hill School
downed visiting
Wyoming Seminary
, 14-2.
The Blues, who have averaged 13 goals in its last three games, got fine defensive efforts from George Cornelson, Joe Swist and Gabe Walker.
Liam Malley picked up five goals and assisted on four others to lift
Lansdale Catholic
past visiting
Academy of the New Church
, 12-3.
Boys' Tennis
Walter Stephenson came through with a three-set victory at No. 4 singles and helped
George School
beat visiting
Hill School
, 7-0, in a nonleague match.
Stephenson downed Harold Kim, 0-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Golf
Carter Rufe and Spencer Carlson each fired even-par 36s and led
Hill School
past
Episcopal Academy
, 238-272, in a nonleague match at Brookside Country Club.