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PHOENIXVILLE AREA HIGH SCHOOL
Spring Sports Outlook 2008
The first official day of scholastic spring sports practice is Monday, March 3. In case of bad weather or wet grounds, the teams will start workouts indoors or in the parking lot until they are able to venture outdoors to use the regular facilities.
The top spring sports team at Phoenixville is boys tennis with head coach Leo Scoda, who is also mayor of the borough. This will be Scoda’s 45th season of guiding the boys Phantoms and they carry an undefeated streak in the Pioneer Athletic Conference of never losing a match since the inception of the league in 1987. So the Phantoms have captured 21 consecutive league titles.
Phoenixville did graduate some top senior players in Kyle MacLelland and Tom McAvoy at first and second singles. MacLelland, who is now playing Division I tennis at Lafayette College, won the PAC-10 Singles title and then teamed with McAvoy, who is at Philadelphia University, to win the PAC-10, District 1-AA and PIAA Class AA state championship in doubles competition.
The other top teams in the spring recently have been the boys and girls track teams under the direction of head coach Jack Kraynak and his many capable assistant coaches. Phoenixville has won four straight PAC-10 title in boys track and two straight in girls track. The Phantoms should be solid again in both divisions with strong sprinters, distance runners, jumpers and pole vaulters.
The girls softball team, coached by Joe Bogus, reached the District 1-AAA playoffs last year, and practically the entire team is returning, including three top pitchers in left-hander Molly Ferguson, Courtney Heming and Kelly Foedinger.
The baseball team, coached by Jack Sturgeon, should be improved with a large number of returnees of players who saw varsity playing time as a young group last spring. The Phantoms should benefit from a strong crop of Junior American Legion players who reached the Twin County Junior League finals last summer before bowing to NorChester in the finals.
The girls lacrosse team, coached by Jen Foresta, and the boys lacrosse team, coached by Jim O’Brien, should also be improved from last year’s game experience.
Posted by
Barry Sankey
The first official day of scholastic spring sports practice is Monday, March 3. In case of bad weather or wet grounds, the teams will start workouts indoors or in the parking lot until they are able to venture outdoors to use the regular facilities.
The top spring sports team at Phoenixville is boys tennis with head coach Leo Scoda, who is also mayor of the borough. This will be Scoda’s 45th season of guiding the boys Phantoms and they carry an undefeated streak in the Pioneer Athletic Conference of never losing a match since the inception of the league in 1987. So the Phantoms have captured 21 consecutive league titles.
Phoenixville did graduate some top senior players in Kyle MacLelland and Tom McAvoy at first and second singles. MacLelland, who is now playing Division I tennis at Lafayette College, won the PAC-10 Singles title and then teamed with McAvoy, who is at Philadelphia University, to win the PAC-10, District 1-AA and PIAA Class AA state championship in doubles competition.
The other top teams in the spring recently have been the boys and girls track teams under the direction of head coach Jack Kraynak and his many capable assistant coaches. Phoenixville has won four straight PAC-10 title in boys track and two straight in girls track. The Phantoms should be solid again in both divisions with strong sprinters, distance runners, jumpers and pole vaulters.
The girls softball team, coached by Joe Bogus, reached the District 1-AAA playoffs last year, and practically the entire team is returning, including three top pitchers in left-hander Molly Ferguson, Courtney Heming and Kelly Foedinger.
The baseball team, coached by Jack Sturgeon, should be improved with a large number of returnees of players who saw varsity playing time as a young group last spring. The Phantoms should benefit from a strong crop of Junior American Legion players who reached the Twin County Junior League finals last summer before bowing to NorChester in the finals.
The girls lacrosse team, coached by Jen Foresta, and the boys lacrosse team, coached by Jim O’Brien, should also be improved from last year’s game experience.
Posted by
Barry Sankey
posted by The Phoenix Files at
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