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The “Pride of Methacton” newsletter is a monthly publication which delivers to our schools and community updates on the commendable achievements of our athletic programs and milestones reached by individual athletes. Please enjoy this installment of the “Pride of Methacton”, which focuses its attention on an update/recap of our winter sports season.

For your convenience, the Table of Contents are hyperlinked giving you direct access to a specific sport by holding down the “Ctrl” key and pointing at the team you want to reference while left clicking.

Table of Contents Methacton Wrestling: Methacton Girls Swimming: Methacton Boys Swimming: Methacton Boys Indoor Track: Methacton Girls Indoor Track: Methacton Boys Basketball: Methacton Girls Basketball:

Student-Athletes of the Month: Winter Season:  December-  January-

Methacton Wrestling:

The wrestling team finished the season with a 16-7 record good for 5th in the PAC 10 and ranked #10 in District One. The team was champions at the Avon Grove Devil Duals in January. Some of the teams outstanding individuals were District One runner-up Mike Baccaro and District One runner-up Joe Staley along with District One and Southeast Region Champion Tracey Green. Devin Bradley also had a 30 win season and qualified for the District One West tournament.

Methacton Girls Swimming: Coach Yoder can’t say enough about how proud he is of all of the girls this year. From the very first team meeting, throughout the season, and all of the end-of-season competitions, the girls have performed exactly how they expected to and beyond!

The season started with a win at the Upper Merion Relay carnival. The regular season dual meets started out a little rough with the team swimming against 4 of the top 5 teams in district one. The girls beat Souderton, which has not been accomplished for quite some time. We started out our league schedule by beating Boyertown followed by Perk Valley. The girls knew that it would take an entire team effort to beat rival Owen J. Roberts. From the middle of the pool to lane 1, everyone needed to do their job, including diving, and they did just that. The Girls swam out of their minds! The girls won the meet bye just a few points, and the Owen J. meet proved to be the biggest hurdle of the season on their way to our first PAC-10 Championship and the girls first Championship of any kind since 1989. We finished the regular season with a two point victory at the Perk Valley Invitational. Congratulations on an amazing season girls.

Methacton Boys Indoor Track:

The Methacton Boys winter track team had a very successful season sending the most athletes to the State Championship Meet in recent history. The team also qualified athletes for the New Balance National Meet for the first time in several years. The meet will be held in New York City March 8th- 10th. The team was led in the distance events by senior Curtis Watro and junior Pat Hopkins both qualified for the State Championships. The jumps were led by seniors Kevin Kennedy and Dan Grubelic. The throws were led by seniors Matthew Sherman and Tom Collis. Nick Cassidy led the pole vaulters. The Sprints were led by senior Brandon Bossard, junior Stephan Fiorentino and sophomore Trevor Chew, who were all state qualifiers. However, the teams success was due in large part to a tremendous freshman class. State and National qualifiers include Griffin Bilicic and Zach Saunders. While other strong performances came from Jeff Kirshenbaum and Nick Shaffer. The team worked hard and is in a good position going into the spring season to compete for a PAC 10 championship.

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Methacton Girls Indoor Track:

In early February, the girls track and field team continued to shine as they competed at Albright College. Carly Foster, running the 400M for the first time, won the open event and later joined Jess Holub, Elexa Sherman and Hailey Sherman, to win the 4x400 Relay. Holub added a 3rd place finish in the open 400M. Emily Sayre and Joanna Stefaniak helped continue the Lady Warriors dominance in the hurdle events, placing 1st and 2nd in the 55M Hurdles. Brianna Earnshaw earned a pair a second place finishes, running stellar times in both the 800M and the Mile. Jenny Martin added another strong meet, placing 2nd in the Long Jump and 4th in the Shot Put. Nicolette Serratore added a 2nd place finish in the Triple Jump, with Aghina Marshall placing 4th in the event. Monica Sauer and Meagan Rinella placed 3rd and 5th, respectively, in the Pole Vault.

At the Meet of Champions, a meet featuring the best track and field athletes in the Delaware Valley, Seline Tan-Torres again proved why she is considered one of the best of the best. Running a very intelligent race, Tan-Torres ran the first 700M in the 2nd place position behind Natalie Deacon of West Chester Henderson. In the final 100M, she found another gear, blew past Deacon and held off the rest of the field for a Gold Medal finish in the 800M in a time of 2:17.07. Sophomore Nicolette Serratore also had an outstanding meet. In her signature event, the triple jump, Serratore ousted all but one athlete to take home the silver medal in the event with a leap of 35' 8.75". She also placed 11th in the 60M Hurdles and 12th in the Long Jump. Senior Kristin Beatty vaulted her way to a bronze medal, going 10' 6" for the 3rd place finish. At the PA State Track and Field Championships, having her best meet of the season was sophomore Nicolette Serratore, who had 2 personal best performances. Her first was in the 60M Hurdles, placing 10th with a time of 9.30 seconds and later in the triple jump, placing 6th with a leap of 37' .75". Senior Kristin Beatty also took home a medal and set the school record in the Pole Vault, placing 8th with a vault of 11' .25". Eight members of the team have qualified for the Indoor National Championships in March: Nicolette Serratore in the Triple Jump and 60M Hurdles, Seline Tan- Torres in the 800M, Jenny Martin in the 60M Hurdles, the 4x200 relay of Caroline Duffy, Carly Foster, Aghina Marshall and Jenny Martin, and the 4x400 relay of Caroline Duffy, Jess Holub, Zoe Bongiovanni and Seline Tan-Torres.

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Methacton Boys Basketball:

The Methacton Boys Basketball team finished the regular season with an overall record of 19 wins and 3 losses, and a perfect league record of 13 wins and 0 losses. After suffering a tough 3-point loss to Perk Valley in the PAC-10 Championship game, the Warriors bounced back to win their first two PIAA District-1 playoff games against Bensalem and Souderton respectively. The win against Souderton clinched the program’s first ever trip to the PIAA State Tournament. The Warriors will travel to Dallastown High School to take on York High School in the first round of the State Tournament on Saturday, March 9th at 6:30 PM. In addition to the team’s success this season, there have been significant individual accomplishments as well. Brendan Casper reached the 1,000 point milestone in the win against Boyertown on February 2nd and was later named to the PAC-10 All- Conference, First Team, while Matt Forrest was named to the PAC-10 All-Conference, Second Team.

The success of this team is largely the result of strong leadership provided by Seniors Brendan Casper, Matt Forrest, Pat McCarthy, AJ Noblit, and Anthony O’Brien. Their hard work over the past four years has provided a great example for the young players coming up through the program. Furthermore, the dedication and commitment each player has made to the off-season training program, has paid off in many ways during the season. The guys have demonstrated confidence and kept their composure in pressure situations, finding a way to win many close games. Finally, the 2012-2013 Warriors have proven that when hard work and enthusiasm are joined together, great things can be accomplished. Good luck in states!

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Methacton Girls Basketball:

The Girls Basketball team is currently preparing for the PIAA AAAA state playoffs. This is only the second time in school history that the girls basketball program has qualified for the state playoffs. The team has had a very successful season to date posting a record of 24-6. During the regular season the team won a play-in game over Boyertown to qualify for the PAC-10 Final Four with a league record of 11-3. The team advanced to the Championship game for the second straight season before falling to Spring-ford. The teams 18-4 record during the regular season was good enough to earn a #5 seed in the 32 team District 1 AAAA playoffs. After being upset in the second round by #12 WC Rustin, the team regrouped and won three straight games in the playback round to capture the 9th seed out of District 1 in the PIAA playoffs. The teams leading scorer to date is Senior Kelsey Watson who is averaging 16.5 ppg. Her 496 points on the season have set a school record for points in a season. Junior Jenna Carroll is averaging 12.5 ppg and she has also set a school record with 90 blocked shots on the season. The other three starters have also provided great play throughout the season for the team: Junior Kelly Glatthorn 8.1 ppg, Senior Sarah Sherman 6.7 ppg and Junior Kara Steinke 3.5 ppg. Kelsey Watson and Jenna Carroll earned Fist Team All-PAC 10 honors. Kelly Glatthorn received Second Team All-PAC 10 honors. Sarah Sherman received Honorable Mention All-PAC 10 honors.

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Please contact me with any suggestions or feedback regarding this publication. The Athletic Office is working hard to continue to strengthen our relationship with the school community by providing the best possible communication.

Paul Spiewak, Assistant Principal for Athletics and Activities