Wilks, Tomasetti to win inaugural Yoder scholar-athlete award
Sophie Wilks (tennis, Unionville High School) and Kerry Tomasetti (football and basketball, Kennett High School) are the inaugural recipients of the Richard B. Yoder High School Scholar-Athlete Award. Each will receive a $1000.00 scholarship for post-secondary education, each will be listed on the Chester County Sports Hall of Fame (CCSHOF) website, and each will receive honorary CCSHOF membership.
The...
Unionville’s Sampson signs with NFL’s Vikings
Richie Sampson in action for Coastal Carolina. Photo courtesy Coastal Carolina Athletics.
Richie Sampson, a star safety for Coastal Carolina — and formerly an all-Conference and Player of the Year performer for Unionville High School — was signed Sunday as a free agent by the Minnesota Vikings.
Sampson, a 6-2, 205 lb. safety, will attempt to become the first former Unionville player to make it...
Moonlight Madness gets even bigger
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Unionville Basketball’s Moonlight Madness tournament this past weekend was once again a giant success, with more participants in the three-on-three tournament than ever before.
The tournament featured three-on-three tournaments as well as various competitions for skills. Competitors came from sixth through 12th grades as well as an adult division.
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Kennett’s Feliciano scales new heights in pole vault
By Hannah Christopher, Running Editor, The Times
Xavier Feliciano at the Pennsylvania Indoor Track Carnival at Lehigh University.
Xavier Feliciano is an extraordinary person who is a senior at Kennett High School. His pole vaulting coach Paul Eyanson is also extraordinary, and the two of them together have accomplished great heights.
Literally and physically the team of these two have made it...
St. Pat’s boys continue march to title
KENNETT SQUARE —
The St. Patrick’s Boys’ CYO basketball team is undefeated in 2016-17.
The St. Patrick’s boys’ varsity CYO basketball team has had quite a remarkable season – one for the record books. St. Patrick Church in Kennett Square participates in CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) sports. St. Patrick’s CYO, headed by Athletic Director Bill Dobbins, is one of thirteen teams...
KSQ CC crowns platform tennis champs
Luke and Kim Alikanavitch (left) and Todd and Paula Piercy battled for the Kennett Square Platform Tennis Mixed Doubles title.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — On January 21st, Kennett Square Golf and Country Club held the mixed doubles Club Championships for Platform Tennis. Also referred to as paddle most of the time, the game is an addictive outside sport that allows you to hit a ball and take it off...
Upland hosts 43rd annual boys’ invitational ice hockey tournament
Rumsey Hall School, Rectory School, Greenwich Country Day School, Upland Country Day School and New Canaan Country School teams competed in the 43rd annual Upland Invitational Ice Hockey Tournament at Upland Rink.
KENNETT SQUARE – Upland Country Day School recently hosted its 43rd annual Upland Invitational Ice Hockey Tournament at the John M. Cleveland Rink on the school’s campus in Kennett...
WC East knocks off Unionville, 10-7
Late FG decides District One, 5A playoff opener
Unionville’s Bryce McManus closes in on West Chester East’s Jared Cooper. Jim Gill photo.
By Al Tustin, Staff Writer, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The faces told the story.
Joy — on the faces of West Chester East football players after Jake Bonnett’s final minute, 27-yard field goal gave it a hard-fought 10-7 win over Unionville in the...
Ebanour heads Pennsylvania Hunt Cup field
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Champion owner Irv Naylor’s Ebanour has been supplemented to the $35,000 Pennsylvania Hunt Cup, and the Virginia Gold Cup winner will be the horse to beat in the four-mile journey over timber fences at Unionville on Sunday.
The 82nd annual Pennsylvania Hunt Cup kicks off with a 1:30 p.m. post time for the first of its five races, four over timber and one on the flat.
Ebanour...
Unionville overpowers Sun Valley, 42-17
With Ches Mont American title in pocket, Indians ready for Section One playoffs
Unionville’s offensive line had its best performance of the 2016 season — here Robby Maxwell (60), Nick Pileggi (79) Pablo Aviles-Bernal (58) go into action to open holes. Jim Gill photo.
By Al Tustin, Staff Writer, The Times
ASTON — Speaking to his team, post game, Friday, Unionville High School Head Football...
