Valor Bowl

Seventeen area senior football players, representing four area schools, will be playing in the annual Valor Bowl football game to benefit Special Olympics Thursday night, May 28, at Coatesville Area High School’s Memorial Stadium at 7:15 p.m.
The local players will be lining up for the North against the South with the winner taking home the Ben Crisi Trophy. The trophy is named in memory of the former longtime Great Valley football coach who was also a Phoenixville resident for some time.
Running back/defensive back Anthony Nattle, fullback/defensive lineman Abdul Kelly, two-way lineman Mike Cress and wide reciver/defensive back Khalil Ervin were picked to represent Phoenixville.
Spring-Ford players are quarterback Trevor Sasek and fullback/linebacker Rich Iannelli.
Great Valley choices were quarterback/defensive back Seth Houston, fullback/linebacker John Nurthen, linebacker Justin Schellenger, defensive lineman Myles Tornetta, offensive/defensive lineman Cody Dougherty, offensive/defensive lineman Jeremy Mateyk and offensive/defensive lineman Miles Lang.
Owen J. Robers will be represented by quarterback/defensive back Dan Miller, fullback/defensive end Cory Bissland, offensive/defensive lineman Nelson Munoz, offensive/defensive lineman Sam Morgan and offensive/defensive lineman Sam Odle.
The North’s head coach is Paul Meyers from Bishop Shanahan High School.
These all-star games give players a chance to be with their teammates and friends one final time before graduating from high school. They also get the chance to play on the same team against other players and friends who were members of opposing schools during the fall.

Owen J. Roberts Sports Team

The Owen J. Roberts High School sports teams have enjoyed an exceptional spring season to go along with the rest of their year for 20008-09.
Owen J. Roberts captured Pioneer Athletic Conference championships in baseball, softball, boys track and boys lacrosse to highlight the spring season.
The Wildcats snapped Boyertown's streak in baseball under head coach Greg Gilbert and Phoenixville's streak in boys track with head coach Eric Wentzel.
The softball and boys lacrosse teams repeated their championships. Jeff Neese is the boys lacrosse coach and Kevin Kirby is the softball coach.

Myles Tornetta Wrestling

Great Valley senior wrestling standout Myles Tornetta has decided to continue his education and wrestling at nearby Ursinus College in Collegeville.
Tornetta picked Ursinus over King’s and Millersville. He will wrestle in the 184-pound weight class after a 30-plus win season with the Patriots, where he wrestled for his father, Joe Tornetta, a former standout at Phoenixville Area High School who announced his retirement from wrestling coaching at the end of the campaign. Tornetta advanced to the Southeastern Regional level in Class AAA. The Tornetta family resides in Kimberton.
Ursinus has one of the top Division III wrestling programs in the country under head coach Bill Racich, a teacher at Spring-Ford Area High School. Tornetta will join Owen J. Roberts product Connor McCormick on the Bears’ roster.
Myles Tornetta also starred in football as a nose guard on defense for Great Valley, which qualified for the District 1 Class AAA playoffs under coach Gary Phillips.
Racich is among the college coaches who try to attract top local talent to their athletic programs. They seek out the best student-athletes and they have found one in Myles Tornetta.

Phoenixville Softball

Phoenixville Area High School celebrated its Senior Night for softball following a 1-0 loss to Upper Perkiomen Wednesday afternoon.
The three Phoenixville seniors are Miranda Peto, Ruth Jasienski and Kacie Nemeth. Peto is a leadoff batter and second baseman who has lots of speed. Jasienski is a third baseman and catcher who has been batting second during the second half of the season. Nemeth is a left-handed catcher and pitcher who bats cleanup in the order. She is bound for Clarion University on a softball scholarship and is projected to play first base in college.
The Phantoms are now 8-8 in the PAC-10 (9-8 overall) with two league games remaining against Spring-Ford (home) and Methacton (away). Phoenixville is hoping to land a berth in the District 1 Class AAA playoffs, but the Phantoms have not scored a run in the last 22 innings of action.
Phoenixville is coached by Joe Bogus and Dave Devlin.

Spring-Ford defeated Phoenixville, 8-3

Spring-Ford defeated Phoenixville, 8-3, in a physical Pioneer Athletic Conference boys lacrosse game Thursday night at Coach McNelly Stadium in Royersford. The Rams finished the regular season at 9-3 to earn the second seed for the PAC-10 playoffs. Phoenixville wound up at 2-10 in the circuit (2-12 overall) despite an inspired effort against the rival Rams.

Phoenixville junior goalkeeper Josh Frey played a spectacular game with 26 saves while Spring-Ford senior keeper Jesse Ercole was also solid with 13 saves.

Spring-Ford coach Kevin Donnelly said the Phantoms always seem to play well against his Rams. Carl Santoro, Drew Thomas and Tyler Novotny each scored two goals for S-F while Mark Consolo and Colton Szostek each netted one goal.

Phoenixville got goals from Shawn Wassel (two) and Matt Talarico while AJ Ryan posted two assists. Freshman Joe McErlean was also active offensively for coach Jim O'Brien, who was quite pleased with the Phantoms' effort.