Sports
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Holy Family University Athletics to Add Acrobatics & Tumbling and Men’s Lacrosse in 2023-24
The Holy Family University Department of Athletics has announced the addition of acrobatics & tumbling and men’s lacrosse as its 16th and 17th varsity programs. The programs are for the 2023-24 academic year. “I join our students in their excitement over the addition to our athletics programs of acrobatics & tumbling and men’s lacrosse,” said Dr.…
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Bensalem Engineers Tee-Off New Company to Manufacture and Sell Their Revolutionary Golf Putter
Two Bensalem engineers designed a revolutionary golf putter in 2021 and have since started a new company to manufacture and sell their invention, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc. After his job was curtailed due to the pandemic, Everett Farr spent most of his spare time at home watching YouTube videos about golf putters. Despite the…
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Remembering Washington Crossing Runner Who Spent Most of His Time Encouraging Others to Be Their Best
Longtime Washington Crossing resident Greg Grace died on July 2 at age 65 after a heroic 17-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease, but his legacy will live on for generations, writes Wayne Fish for the Bucks County Courier Times. Grace is a past president of the Bucks County Roadrunners Club. He forged many friendships and relationships…
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Jockey Earns 1,000th Career Win at Parx Racing in Bensalem
Jockey Tyler Conner managed to earn his 1,000th career victory over the weekend at Parx Racing in Bensalem, according to a staff report from the Paulick Report. The 28-year-old jockey achieved this major milestone when Dixie Lass won the ninth race on the card for trainer James Lawrence II. Lancaster native Conner comes from a…
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Montco Boxing Champ Fights His Most Formidable Foe: Anxiety
As 2020 was waning, Pottstown boxer Danny “Swift” Garcia was riding high. His career stats were an impressive 36–3, with 21 knockouts. But a Dec. match in Arlington, Tex., had him battling both his athletic opponent and his emotional stability, as Ken Hissner reported in Boxing News 24. A high-profile loss seemed to mark the…
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Moorestown Native Helps U.S. Take Title at World Lacrosse Women’s Championship
Moorestown’s Marie McCool helped the United States team beat Canada and win the World Lacrosse Women’s Championship for the fourth consecutive year, writes Melanie Heller for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The midfielder had a great showing in both the semi-final against Australia and the final game. She notched an assist during the semi-final game that ended…
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Doctor Who Loved Baseball and the Quakertown Blazers Remembered
Tom Bonekemper, a renowned doctor and longtime Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) president who loved Quakertown Blazers, died on June 28 at 79, writes Keith Groller for The Morning Call. Bonekemper was on the staffs of Quakertown and Grand View hospitals from 1972 to 1976 while serving the Upper Perkiomen Valley in private practice. He…
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Conshohocken Sports Tech Center Puts Golfers on the Links of the British Open’s St. Andrews
Fairways & Dreams, Conshohocken’s new indoor golf center, is hosting its first annual Open Championship. The event celebrates the 150th British Open by enabling guests to “join” the tournament by playing 18 holes on TrackMan’s St. Andrews Old Course. This shot at something truly unique takes place July 11–17, 2022, — today through Sunday —…
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On Eve of His Hall of Fame Induction, Dick Vermeil Recalls How He Found His Home in Suburban Philadelphia Decades Ago
For legendary football coach Dick Vermeil, the decision to settle down in East Fallowfield Township in western Chester County nearly four decades ago was an easy one, writes J.F. Pirro for Main Line Today. Vermeil, 85, who is being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August, and his wife Carol were living…
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Gymnast’s Passion and Grit Catapult New Hope’s Emma Silberman from Walk-On to Leader at Maryland
Thanks to her passion for gymnastics, Emma Silberman, a New Hope resident, managed to make her way from a walk-on to a leader at the University of Maryland, writes Eli Cohen for The Diamondback. The successful athlete hails from a small local gym called Central Bucks. The gym grew into her second home and helped…
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Bucks County Tennis Association to Host 2022 National Public Parks Tennis Championships
Local tennis enthusiasts are in luck, as the National Public Parks Tennis Championships are slated to take place in Bucks County this year. This will be the first time since 1926 that NPPTC will return to the Philadelphia area. The Bucks County Tennis Association will host the adult and junior competitive events with support from…
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Northampton Racecar Ace Zooms into the Sport’s History Books
In 2021, Northampton resident Matt Hirschman drove himself to the racecar history books, becoming the first four-time winner of a high-profile race in Mass. For 2022, however, he cemented his top spot, winning the title consecutively (another record) and the fifth time overall. Race Day Connecticut covered the achievement. Hirschman’s prowess is competitively rocketing around…
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Brandon Dixon, Former Plymouth Whitemarsh Basketball Star, Taken at Age 30
Brandon Dixon, a former basketball star at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School and a youth coach, has been taken at age 30 on May 9, writes Jennifer Lawson for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Dixon was shot while pumping gas in Philadelphia. He grew up in Germantown, but his mother moved them to Plymouth Meeting over concerns about…
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YMCA Eagerly and Elatedly Welcomes Esports Gamers
The YMCA of Bucks and Hunterdon Counties has taken a technological leap forward, to the delight of teens and adults area-wide. The opening of the Doylestown branch’s esports lounge marks the first public, organized, multiplayer video game competition site in the region. The Doylestown tech mecca is open Mon.–Fri., 4:30–9:00 p.m. and Sat.–Sun., 12:00–6:00 p.m.…
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Quakertown Nonprofit Builds Kids’ Confidence Right off the Bat
Pride of Quakertown (POQ) is a nonprofit community service organization that funds local kids’ extracurricular activities. Whether it’s playing a musical instrument, learning to horseback ride, or gaining karate skills, its leadership believes there is value in stretching kids physically, creatively, and competitively. Or at least in not allowing financial setbacks to keep preteens from…
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Officiating Executive Art McNally, Yardley, Scores Big with Historic Induction into NFL Hall of Fame
Art McNally clearly didn’t let his National Football League (NFL) career go to his head. Early in his work as a referee, he didn’t even delist his Yardley phone number from public directories. His self-deprecation continues to this day, as Kevin Siefert, ESPN, uncovered on the cusp of McNally’s elevation to the Pro Football Hall…
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Head Pro at Malvern’s Applebrook Golf Club Tees Off in Front of Hometown Fans at U.S. Senior Open
For Dave McNabb, the head pro at Applebrook Golf Club in Malvern, teeing off close to home in the U.S. Senior Open is quite the treat, writes Joe Juliano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. McNabb is no stranger to big-time golf. This year’s U.S. Senior Open, which is currently taking place at Saucon Valley Country Club in…
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Four Years Later, 76ers Still Haunted by Their Decision to Trade Great Valley High School Grad on Draft Night
This week marked the fourth anniversary of the 76ers’ unfortunate decision to trade Great Valley High School graduate Mikal Bridges for Zhaire Smith on the night of the NBA draft, writes Keith Pompey for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Sixers selected Bridges, who played collegiately and won a pair of national championships at Villanova, with the…
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