By Christiaan DeFranco LANSDALE Late in the fourth set, trying to force a fifth in the opening round of states, the vaunted Lansdale Catholic girls’ volleyball team was up by four points. But, gradually, that lead dwindled, point by point. Soon, it was tied at 22, and a sense of inevitable doom seemed to take hold. And then the Crusaders the District 12 champions were down by one, and then by two. And then it was over. The Spring Grove Rockets, the runner-up from powerhouse District 3 in the York area, finished off the Crusaders 25-22 in […]
LANSDALE Late in the fourth set, trying to force a fifth in the opening round of states, the vaunted Lansdale Catholic girls’ volleyball team was up by four points. But, gradually, that lead dwindled, point by point. Soon, it was tied at 22, and a sense of inevitable doom seemed to take hold. And […]
WARRINGTON Pink ribbons, pink T-shirts and pink facial paint, for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, adorned the doorways and many students’ cheeks inside Central Bucks South’s expansive gymnasium, its cavalcade of color and sound making an already sizeable crowd seem doubly as large. Into this energetic burst of light rode the Pennridge High School girls volleyball team, boasting a 9-3 record and District 1 playoff ambitions ahead of this Suburban One League Continental Conference rematch with its neighbors down the road. Pennridge won the first meeting 3-1 a month ago, and through the first two sets Tuesday night, it appeared they would breeze in and out of CB South almost in time to catch the Phillies’ first pitch. But after cruising out to a 2-0 lead, Pennridge found itself in a dogfight, requiring five sets to finally knock off the Titans 3-2 (25-18, 25-10, 14-25, 24-26, 15-10).
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