Pa. Boys: Prince brothers retain doubles title

Winning the Suburban One American Conference tennis championships is getting to be a habit for the Prince brothers of Wissahickon.

At Plymouth Whitemarsh on Saturday, sophomore Ricardo Prince and junior Andres Prince won their second straight league doubles title by beating Plymouth Whitemarsh's second-seeded group of Jesse Richfield and Alex Rosenthal, 7-5, 6-3.

Ricardo Prince also took the league singles crown last week.

Suburban One Continental. Form held true as the top-seeded team from Central Bucks West came away with the title. The Bucks' Tyler Pultro and Jon Topping cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 win over the host Hatboro-Horsham team of Jon Coombs and George Jiruska in the final.

The Central Bucks East pair of Connor Peckham and Nick Nemeroff earned third place, beating North Penn's Mike Buxbaum and Steve Chang, 6-3, 6-2.

All four teams finished in the order they were seeded.

Ches-Mont. Host West Chester Henderson's second-seeded pair of Danny Boate and Vivek Kataria upset the No. 1 seeds, Steven Motyka and Max Averbach of Downingtown East, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2, in the final.

Central. At the Healthplex, Radnor's top-seeded pair of Gavin Studner and Ryan Devine finished off Harriton's Sam Borowsky and Max Blumenthal, the No. 2 seeds, 6-0, 7-5, to take the title.

Bicentennial. Host Lower Moreland made sure the league's doubles' title stayed there, one week after top player Drew Hoffmann won the league's singles crown.

The Lions got a 7-5, 6-0 win in the finals from the top-seeded team of David Sklar and Jake Lieberman, who beat the New Hope-Solebury team of Brandon Loreti and Greg Stelmach.

The Holy Ghost Prep pair of Connor Pietrak and Christian Bernlohr finished third.

Perkiomen School made the short trip home a long one for Upper Perkiomen by winning the nonleague game, 5-4, on a walk in the eight inning.

The Tribe traveled less than a quarter of a mile to Ken Baker Field for the battle of Pennsburg and issued a pair of intentional walks to load the bases before Georgie Montes worked unintentional walk to win it. Sawyer Hetrick got the win for the Indians (17-3).

Cheltenham made the most of its seven hits in a 20-7 win at Glen Mills, which committed six errors. Senior pitcher Brian Camp got the win.

Inter-Ac. Ricky Troncelleti's two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth gave host Haverford School some breathing room in a 10-7 win over Malvern Prep.

Sean Coyle's ninth home run of the season set a school record for Germantown Academy in its 10-2 win at Chestnut Hill. Coyle's solo homer came in the fourth and was one of three for the Patriots (22-1, 7-0). John Citrone and Greg Guers each blasted a pair of two-run homers. Before the game, a moment of silence was held in memory of former GA coach (1971-75) and Phillies great Robin Roberts.

At Episcopal Academy, the Churchmen took two games from Penn Charter, winning a suspended game, 13-10, and then taking the regularly scheduled game, 6-5. Taylor Wright hit a three-run homer in the third inning of the second win.

Friends Schools. Paul Cotler scattered five hits as Friends' Central coasted to a 12-2 win over visiting Moorestown Friends (N.J.).