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Emma Dahle, Friends' Central girls' lacrosse coach Lauren Rubin said, is the team's leader. She is the closer. And Rubin said there is no one she would want more in a pressure-filled situation. The coach got her wish Wednesday as Dahle scored from a free position with just nine seconds left in overtime to send the Phoenix past host Agnes Irwin, 16-15, in a nonleague game. "There was a lot of pressure, especially after she was probably exhausted from playing almost 60 minutes," Rubin said.

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.

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.

Pete Auteri is taking to this whole baseball thing pretty quickly. The former lacrosse-player turned center fielder for La Salle bashed a first-inning grand slam in the Explorers' 14-2 win over visiting Roman Catholic in a Catholic League baseball game Friday. Auteri, a senior playing his first varsity baseball season, went 3 for 3 with two doubles and drove in six runs. Senior first baseman Chris Melillo was also 3 for 3 and knocked in five runs. In another Catholic League game: Shane Williams went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and host St. Joseph's Prep beat Father Judge, 7-2. St. Joe's scored five runs in the sixth to break a tie. Public A. George Washington scored four runs in the top of the ninth to win at Prep Charter, 13-9.

Pete Auteri is taking to this whole baseball thing pretty quickly. The former lacrosse player turned center fielder for La Salle bashed a first-inning grand slam in the Explorers' 14-2 win over visiting Roman Catholic in a Catholic League baseball game Friday. Auteri, a senior playing his first varsity baseball season, went 3 for 3 with two doubles and drove in six runs. Senior first baseman Chris Melillo was also 3 for 3 and knocked in five runs. In another Catholic League game: Shane Williams went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and host St. Joseph's Prep beat Father Judge, 7-2. St. Joe's scored five runs in the sixth to break a tie. Public A. George Washington scored four runs in the top of the ninth to win at Prep Charter, 13-9.

Germantown Academy rallied back from a five-goal deficit Tuesday to beat visiting Notre Dame, 12-11, in an Inter-Ac League girls' lacrosse game. Notre Dame led, 9-4, early in the second half, before Germantown Academy scored eight times in the second half, highlighted by Jennifer Stack's go-ahead goal. Emile Van Blarcom and Hanna Bogorowski each scored four times for GA. Central. Springfield (Delco) won at Harriton, 11-8, behind hat tricks from Emily Santana and Alex Poplawski.

Germantown Academy rallied from a five-goal deficit Tuesday to beat visiting Notre Dame, 12-11, in an Inter-Ac League lacrosse game. Notre Dame led, 9-4, early in the second half before Germantown Academy scored eight times, highlighted by Jennifer Stack's go-ahead goal. Emile Van Blarcom and Hanna Bogorowski each scored four times for GA. Central. Springfield (Delco) won at Harriton, 11-8, behind hat tricks from Emily Santana and Alex Poplawski. Catholic Academies. Ashley Stefanowicz led St. Basil with six goals and added two assists in a 20-11 victory at Nazareth Academy.

IT WAS Feb. 10, 1987, when I saw Lionel Simmons play for the first time. It was the second college game I covered for the Daily News . The L-Train and his teammates won 100 games in 4 years. The Explorers won 39 more in the 2 years after Simmons left for the NBA. In those 6 years, they played in the NCAA four times and the NIT twice. Then, when the school made what would be a disastrous move to a Midwestern league after the 1991-92 season, the winning stopped, the postseasons stopped, everything stopped.

St. Joseph's Prep rallied to end host Conestoga's 56-game winning streak in PIAA lacrosse competition, winning in double overtime, 9-8, Tuesday in a nonleague game. The Prep's Scott Scheuerle scored three goals, including the winner in overtime, and had an assist. Pat Walsh also had a hat trick for the Prep. Conestoga's Jake Scott scored three times. The Prep trailed, 8-2, in the third quarter. The Hawks scored twice in the third quarter and four times in the fourth to force overtime.