Archbishop Wood

The Inquirer TOP 10 BASEBALL Team   Rec. Records are through Tuesday. Last week's rankings in parentheses. 1. Coatesville (2)   8-1 2. Conestoga (1)   8-1 3. Malvern Prep (5)   13-3 4. Central Bucks East (6)   7-1 5. Bonner-Prendergast (8)   8-2 6. Neshaminy (NR)   7-1 7. Strath Haven (9)   9-0 8. Central Bucks South (4)   6-2 9. Spring-Ford (NR)   8-2 10. Pennsbury (7)

Even though he next will pitch at the Division I level, Dan Furman offered to continue to serve as Bonner-Prendergast's backstop in baseball. "He stepped up and took one for the program last season," Friars coach Joe DeBarberie said. "This year, he came to me and said, 'I'll catch again if you want me to.' " DeBarberie smartly opted to make Furman a fixture in the pitching rotation. And the Friars have reaped the rewards of the switch. Tuesday afternoon, with the Pittsburgh recruit pitching a four-hitter, visiting Bonner-Prendergast nipped host Archbishop Wood, 3-2, in a Catholic League Blue Division contest in Warminster.

The Inquirer TOP 10     BASEBALL Team   Rec. Records are through Tuesday. Last week's rankings in parentheses. 1. Conestoga (8)   6-0 2. Coatesville (1)   5-1 3. Boyertown (2)   4-1 4. C.B. South (5)   5-1 5. Malvern Prep (7)   10-3 6. C.B. East (NR)   4-1 7. Pennsbury (NR)   5-1 8. Bonner-Prend. (3)   5-2 9. Strath Haven (NR)   6-0 10. St. Joe's Prep (NR)

With his team trailing by three goals at halftime on Tuesday afternoon, Conestoga boys' lacrosse coach Brian Samson issued a challenge. His team could play harder, he said. He thought the players were just "jogging around. " The Pioneers answered and rallied to score six times in the second half, including Matt Schleicher's winner, to top visiting Springfield (Delco), 8-7, in a Central League game. "They rose to the occasion," Samson said. "They really locked it down. " Schleicher, a sophomore midfielder, drew a defender into one-on-one coverage behind the net, maneuvered around him, and fired the winner from three feet with 5 minutes, 58 seconds left.

With his team trailing by three goals at halftime on Tuesday afternoon, Conestoga boys' lacrosse coach Brian Samson issued a challenge. His team could play harder, he said. He thought the players were just "jogging around. " The Pioneers responded and rallied to score six times in the second half, including Matt Schleicher's winner, to top visiting Springfield (Delco), 8-7, in a Central League game. "They rose to the occasion," Samson said. "They really locked it down. " Schleicher, a sophomore midfielder, drew a defender into one-on-one coverage behind the net, maneuvered around him, and fired the winner from three feet with 5 minutes, 58 seconds remaining.

While cradling a football that commemorates the program's 1975 city-title squad, Mike McKay was introduced as Father Judge's new coach Monday afternoon in a news conference at the school. McKay, 54, was the starting quarterback when the Crusaders beat Frankford, 9-6, at Veterans Stadium for the crown. "It's a dream come true," the 1976 Judge graduate said. "Not many people get a chance to be part of a championship team and then come back and coach at that school. It's a special day for me. " It's the first head coaching job at the high school level for McKay, who has served as an assistant at Archbishop Carroll, Northeast, Upper Merion, Archbishop Wood, and the old Cardinal Dougherty.

Baseball BICENTENNIAL CONSTITUTION Delco Christian 12, Jenkintown 3 CATHOLIC LEAGUE Archbishop Carroll 5, Lansdale Catholic 4 Bonner-Prendergast 12, Bishop McDevitt 0 Neumann-Goretti 8, Archbishop Wood 5 LaSalle 10, Cardinal O'Hara 0 CENTRAL LEAGUE Haverford High 18, Upper Darby 8 Penncrest 10, Ridley 9 Strath Haven 11, Springfield (D) 2 Harriton 6, Radnor 5 Conestoga 11, Garnet Valley 1 CHES-MONT LEAGUE West Chester East 3, Great Valley 1 West Chester Rustin 7, Downingtown East 3 Downingtown West 8, Oxford 1 W.C. Henderson 10, Octorara 4 PENN-JERSEY LEAGUE Solebury School 5, Doane Academy 4 PIONEER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Boyertown 9, Methacton 7 PUBLIC LEAGUE DIVISION C Olney 21, Del-Val Charter 10 Engineering & Science 11, FLC 4 Overbrook (Pa.)

Just as the Eagles did with Chip Kelly in January, Father Judge has tabbed an offensive innovator to direct its football program. According to multiple sources, Mike McKay, who has impressed observers with his know-how in running a spread offense, will become Judge's new head coach. He is expected to be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the school. McKay, who quarterbacked the Crusaders to the city championship in 1975, installed his version of the spread offense last year at Archbishop Carroll.

Dave Talda scored with 19 seconds left in double overtime to lift Marple Newtown to a 12-11 victory over Unionville in a nonleague boys' lacrosse game Saturday. Talda scored four goals. Dave Dagessian and Tyler Kostack added three apiece. Ian Callahan made 14 saves. In other nonleague games: Will Manganiello scored four goals and assisted on two others in Penncrest's 10-5 win at Souderton. Dylan Protesto won 12 of 17 face-offs, and Casey Brown made nine saves. Chris Daly's four goals helped Lower Merion to a 9-3 win at Methacton.

Just as the Eagles did with Chip Kelly in January, Father Judge has tabbed an offensive innovator to direct its football program. According to multiple sources, Mike McKay, who has impressed observers with his know-how in running a spread offense, will become Judge's new head coach. He is expected to be announced at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the school. McKay, who quarterbacked the Crusaders to the city championship in 1975, installed his version of the spread offense last year at Archbishop Carroll.