Phoenixville Sports Beat


Friday, March 19, 2010

Spring Fever!

Spring is a busy time of the year in scholastic athletics.
The final segment of the school term includes baseball, softball, boys tennis, girls lacrosse, boys lacrosse, and boys and girls track & field.
At Phoenixville Area High School, all except the boys lacrosse team have their practices and games at the school site. The Phantoms’ boys lacrosse team works out at the Annex on the campus of Valley Forge Christian College (VFCC), located off of Charlestown Road.
The teams have been practicing since Monday, March 8. There have been practice sessions and some scrimmages since that time.
The Phoenixville boys tennis team opens on Wednesday, March 24, with a non-league match at West Chester Bayard Rustin, the third and newest of the public schools in West Chester.
The first big day of sports activity is Friday, March 26. The softball team visits West Chester Henderson. The boys tennis squad travels to Downingtown West. The girls lacrosse team is at home against Great Valley. The boys lacrosse team is on the road against Marple Newtown.
The track teams open with the Phoenixville Relays at Washington Field on Saturday, March 27, at 9 a.m.
The baseball team leaves Saturday for a week-long trip to Orlando, Fla, where the Phantoms have scheduled three games plus practice sessions.
Phoenixville will play Massapequa (New York) on Monday, March 29, at 3 p.m. The Phantoms take on Dublin Jerome (Ohio) on Tuesday, March 30, at 10:30 a.m. The trip concludes with a game against Landon (Maryland), a private school, on Wednesday, March 31, at 1 p.m.