Chichester

Chichester coach Al Cini does not have to wonder anymore which direction his girls' basketball team is going in. Especially after the Eagles' Del-Val League game with seven-time defending league champion Sun Valley Tuesday. A last-second shot by Eagles sophomore Jamie Blumenthal tied the score at 41. Chichester, playing without top players Patti Borcky and Lynn Baronsky, who had fouled out, could not hang on in the overtime, losing, 47-41. The loss snapped Chichester's four-game winning streak, but it gave Cini and his team a renewed outlook as to just where it stands in the race for the Del-Val League title: right in the thick of it. "We've come together," Cini said.

The last four months haven't been easy for James Hamler. The Chester wide receiver expected a lot from this football season, but all he got was disappointment. The Clippers had only won once entering their Del-Val League National Conference game Saturday at Chichester. And they had gone through four quarterbacks before settling on sophomore Vernon Swiggett. It came a little late - the final game of the season - but at least Hamler got some satisfaction. He caught a season-high five passes for 105 yards in Chester's 21-2 victory over Chichester.

Taking a visit to the U.S. Naval Academy and getting back from a prom at 3 a.m. isn't exactly the prescribed method for preparing to compete in a powerlifting meet the next day. But try telling that to Chichester senior Jim Jackson. Jackson claimed the 181-pound title with a 1,330-pound total of three lifts on Saturday in the Pennsylvania State Coaches Powerlifting Association, held at Glen Mills last weekend . Compounding all the traveling Jackson did on Friday was a stomach ailment he suffered a few days earlier.

First-year Chichester coach Joe Woods notched his first Del-Val win with a 75-73 victory over Interboro Friday. In large part, he has senior guard Craig Killinen to thank for it. Killinen scored 35 points, including five 3-pointers and the clinching free throws with 5 seconds remaining. "Craig is one of the best guards in the league," Woods said. "But with all the great guards this league has, he is overshadowed somewhat. He's really playing well at both ends of the floor.

With a first-round 85, Jon Hopson didn't scare any of the tournament leaders at the state golf championships held at Penn State's blue course Tuesday. But his second-round 80 on Wednesday, moving him up 20 places to 32, served notice that the Chichester sophomore will be a force to reckon with in the future. "I wasn't real happy with the way I played, but 80 wasn't bad considering the conditions - it was really windy and cold," Hopson said. "I only three putted once the second day, but I thought I could have put up two 75s if I had been prepared.

Someday the stopwatch might turn against Marc Iacoangelo. For the last year, however, the Chichester junior has been in control of the clock. Iacoangelo continued his rapid drop in the 100-meter dash in the Eagles' 102-48 nonleague victory over visiting Garnet Valley last Friday. Iacoangelo won the event in 11.1 seconds, down from the 11.4 he ran in a scrimmage against Interboro the previous week. Major progress was also made last season, which he concluded with a 11.6 clocking after beginning the year at 12.9.

The Chichester Eagles used a strong running game and a solid defense to grind out a 28-15 victory over host Unionville in a Del-Val League game yesterday. The victory improved the Eagles' record to 3-1 (2-0 in league play), while dropping Unionville to 2-3 (2-1). "We just fell too far behind early in the game," said Unionville coach Mike Duggan. "It was just too far to come back. " Chichester scored on its first possession of the game and never gave up the lead. After returning the opening kickoff to their own 46-yard line, the Eagles used eight plays, only one of which was a pass, to march 54 yards to the game's first touchdown.

Despite his Chichester football team's 39-0 loss to host Solanco in a season opener Friday night, coach Ted Woolery had a warm feeling. Yes, Solanco's wing-T attack produced touchdown passes of 89, 73 and 35 yards as well as a 40-yard TD run. And Chichester's offense managed 109 total yards. Also, the Eagles completed 4 of 21 passes and saw two punts blocked and another spoiled by a bad snap. One of the blocked punts was returned for a touchdown. But after the game, the team huddled at midfield, and quarterback Jeff Green handed Woolery the game ball to honor the coach's father, Andrew, 88, who had died Wednesday.

For the first time this season, Chichester quarterback Jeff Green felt some confidence. For Harriton, that was not good news. Green, who had mediocre performances in the Eagles' first four football games, came out of his shell Saturday to lead his team to a thrilling 28-21 victory in the Del-Val American. After a slow first half, Green passed 7 for 10 in the final two quarters, including two touchdown strikes, to help rally the Eagles. For the day, Green completed 9 of 14 passes for 140 yards.

The Interboro softball team lost some key pieces from its back-to-back Del-Val League champions. But the Bucs still have Olivia Encarnacion and Lindsey DellaVecchio, and you can't go wrong with a top ace and a clutch bat. They played their roles perfectly Monday, leading host Interboro to a 2-1 win over Chichester in 10 innings, and a third straight league championship. Encarnacion struck out nine in a complete game. DellaVecchio went 3 for 5 with two doubles, scored a run, and drove in the game-winner.

Maalik Rochester scored eight of his 14 points in the fourth quarter and Kennett held off visiting Chichester, 58-55, Saturday in a nonleague boys' basketball game. Rochester hit two three-pointers down the stretch to help seal the win. In other nonleague play, Mike Louden scored three points in overtime and finished with 18 in Cardinal O'Hara's 50-43 victory at Haverford High. Dan McClasky hit a three to force a first overtime and Unionville finally pulled away with a win after a second overtime, beating visiting Avon Grove, 54-47.

Upper Chichester police are investigating the fatal shooting Saturday night of a 35-year-old man outside his home. A police spokesman said the shooting occurred around 10 p.m. in the 2600 block of Williams Street. The victim had just returned home and was on the front steps of his house when he was "ambushed" and shot multiple times, the spokesman said. Police withheld the victim's name pending notification of his relatives. He was pronounced dead at the scene. - Stacey Burling

Sophomore center Brandi James hit three free throws in the fourth quarter to help send the game to overtime, then scored the only basket of the extra period Tuesday to give Interboro a 32-30 victory over Chichester in Del-Val League girls' basketball. James hit the game-winner with 10 seconds left in overtime and finished with seven points and nine rebounds. Michelle Haggerty had 10 points for Chichester. Interboro 6 7 10 7 2 - 32 Chichester 4 10 10 6 0 - 30 I: Sami Barnett 6, Olivia Encarnacion 9, Stacie Hallinan 4, Brandi James 7, Sam Luglio 6. C: Jess Cauz 2, Tori Hagel 2, Michelle Haggerty 10, Logan Neuman 6, Haley Sipple 6, Maddie Thornton 4.

Monica Boyle knocked down three first-half three-pointers as Ridley raced to a large lead and defeated visiting Radnor, 55-46, Thursday night in a Central League girls' basketball game. The senior guard finished with 10 points. Ridley led by 11 at halftime. Sophomore forward Jaleesa Rodriguez scored six of her team-high 12 points in the third quarter for the Green Raiders. Sam Foy hit a pair of threes en route to 11 points. Radnor's Lindsay Price scored seven points in the fourth quarter and finished with 15. Also in the Central League, Coley Ricci had 13 points and five steals to help Garnet Valley roll past Lower Merion, 51-19.

Last season in the Catholic League playoffs, Sean Havink broke down his man and kicked to a teammate for a game-winning shot at the buzzer. Sunday, the Cardinal O'Hara senior guard kept the final shot for himself. The result was the same. Havink rose up with a hand in his face and sank a three-pointer from the right wing to give the Lions a 52-51 victory over Chichester in the Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament at Haverford High. It was Havink's fourth three-pointer, giving him 16 points.

Girls' Soccer CATHOLIC LEAGUE St. Hubert 3, Cardinal O'Hara 1 Water Polo Wissahickon 7, La Salle 6 Girls' Volleyball Sanford (Del.) 3, Westtown 0 St. Basil 3, Villa Joseph Marie 0 Hatboro-Horsham 3, Haverford High 2 Boys' Soccer BICENTENNIAL LEAGUE Delco Christian at Lower Moreland, 3:45 CATHOLIC LEAGUE Archbishop Carroll at Archbishop Wood, 3:45 Archbishop Ryan at La Salle, 3:45 Conwell-Egan at Bishop McDevitt, 3:45 Roman Catholic at Neumann-Goretti, 3:45 Cardinal O'Hara at St. Joseph's Prep, 3:45 Lansdale Catholic at Bonner-Prendergast, 3:45 CHES-MONT LEAGUE Unionville at Kennett, 3:45 DEL-VAL LEAGUE Academy Park at Glen Mills, 3:30 FRIENDS SCHOOLS LEAGUE Germantown Friends at Abington Friends, 4 PIONEER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Upper Perkiomen at Spring-Ford, 4 Pottsgrove at Boyertown, 6 Phoenixville at Methacton, 7 Owen J. Roberts at Pope John Paul II, 7 PUBLIC LEAGUE A Phila.

With a strong tackle, C.D. David secured the game and handed a first-year coach his first win as Germantown Academy stopped host Hill School, 7-6, in a nonleague football game. The junior linebacker broke through the line and brought down the Hill School running back on a fourth-quarter two-point conversion try that would have put Hill ahead. Patriots head coach Matt Dence picked up his first win after taking over the program in March. He spent last season at Valley Forge Military Academy and is a graduate of Father Judge.

With a strong tackle, C.D. David secured the game and handed a first-year coach his first win as Germantown Academy stopped host Hill School, 7-6, in a nonleague football game. The junior linebacker broke through the line and brought down the Hill School running back on a fourth-quarter two-point conversion try that would have put Hill ahead. Patriots head coach Matt Dence picked up his first win after taking over the program in March. He spent last season at Valley Forge Military Academy and is a graduate of Father Judge.

Chichester needed a three-run rally in the sixth inning to win the battle for first place in Del-Val League softball, handing visiting Interboro a 3-1 setback on Thursday. The Eagles scored all three runs with two outs, including Michelle Haggerty's game-tying RBI single and a two-run homer to right-center field by pitcher Meghan Wimmer. The homer was the fifth this season by Wimmer (12-1), who pitched a complete game and struck out six. Suburban One. Facing an 8-1 deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning, Central Bucks West came up with an eight-run rally and an improbable 9-8 win over visiting Souderton.