The Hatboro-Horsham fifth grade travel basketball team finished 18-4 overall, 15-0 in winning the Inter-County Basketball Association Boys U10 D2a championship. The team defeated Spring-Ford 46-32 in the final. Hatboro-Horsham led the division in points scored and second in points allowed.

Pictured front row (from left): Christopher Metzler, Ethan Abraham, Ryan Cole, Colin Davis, Ben Roscioli,  Back row: Coach Roger Ranck, Owen Ranck, Nick Romeo, Ben Halpern,  Patrick Jennings, Ian Reilley, coach Steve Reilley.

The Big Orange Dawgs  won the Boys Pro Division Championship (8, 9 and 10 graders) in the Montgomery Basketball Recreation League at BucksMont Indoor Sports Center in Hatfield.

Pictured front row (from left): Jared Melone, Michael Pulli, Kevin McKenna. Back row: Caesar Martinez, Sal Buccafuri, Joey Shibata, Mike Campo, Cody Paxson. Not pictured: Coach Ralph Melone, coach John Pulli, coach Rob McKenna.

The Denver Nuggets of the 2nd-3rd grade division of the CAL Sports Academy went 8-0 and won the Winter session basketball championship. Sean Smith earned MVP honors.

Pictured front row (from left): D.J. Fisher, Olivia Schneider, Sean Smith, Jackson Intrieri, Josh Pelzer. Back row: Coach Jamie Intrieri, Franco Intrieri, coach Rob Intrieri, A.J. Schneider..

The Navy Blue team won the TYA Basketball Minors Division championship with a 60-57 victory over the Light Blue team.

Pictured front row (from left): Mikeal Burrier, Nick Kuhn, John Roberto, Matt Yerk, Sam Charnock. Back row: C.J. Delamater, Owen Nakatani, coach Don Delamater, Akhil Patel, Matt Huber.

The Red Bulls of the TYA Boys Instructional Basketball program took first place in the end of season tournament at Inglewood Elementary School on March 16.

Pictured front row  (from left); Pat Breen, Ryan Sullivan, Tyler Hill, Jake Myers, Danny Myers, Kyle Breitman.  Back row: Assistant coach Emily Hill, head coach Ed Hill, Eric Hamilton, Evin Sullivan, Hayden Dunlap, Cole Putnam.

The Grey Knights of the TYA Boys Instructional Basketball program earned a second-place finish in the end of season tournament at Inglewood Elementary School on March 16.

Pictured front row (from left): Ryan O'Rourke, Jeffrey Mastrogiovanni, Jordan Ramirez, Tyler Doherty, Joshua Jackson.  Second row: Brennen Miller, Sean Flatley, Mason Branch, Nick Hoffman.  Third row: Coaches Walt O'Rourke, Chris Ramirez, Linda O'Rourke, John Hoffman. Not pictured Andrew Berry.

The Sixers were awarded first place trophies after winning the Souderton-Harleysville Youth Basketball Association championship game for the 13-14-year-old division. The team went undefeated the entire season.

Pictured front row (from left): Matthew Koffel, Rhett Smith, Matt Carney, and Jaret Gower. Back row: Assistant coach Nate Koffel, Brandon Nguyen, Paul Goertel, Erik Michael, Nick Jachwak, head coach Jeff Michael.

The New York Liberty won the SHYBA Girls 9-10 Basketball League Championship. The girls were sponsored by McKnight Steel. They finished the regular season with a record of 12-2. In the playoffs, the Liberty went 3-0 and finished the season with a 15-2 at Souderton Area High School during March Madness. The final was an 21-19 victory against the LA Sparks.


Pictured front row (from left):  Marissa Sterner, Ally Krevolin, Erica Stover. Back row: Head coach Russ Freer, Megan O'Donnell, Cassie Rodrigue, Jamie McKnight, Emily Freer, Melissa Peters, Mollie Hanson, assistant coach Henry Rodrigue.

Allison Lindsay of Harleysville took first place in the Girls 7/8 Division while Lansdale’s J.P. Egan was a finalist in the Boys 7/8 Division at the NBA FIT Dribble, Dish and Swish national finals, held During the NBA All-Star Weekend in Orlando, Fla.

Lindsay and Egan won the local Dribble, Dish and Swish competition at the CAL Sports Academy in Harleysville, then were first at the regional even in Philadelphia in January. That earned each , all-expenses paid trip to compete at nationals and attend all of the All-State Game activities.

Throughout the weekend they met Basketball Hall of Famers Moses Malone, Dominique Wilkins and Magic Johnson along with the Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade and got autographs from many other legends. After the competition, Wade shook their hands and handed them their trophies.

Lindsay and Egan  sat courtside during the Rookie Game on Feb. 24 watching the New York Knights’ Jeremy Lin.  During the pregame show, they were on the actual court showing off their basketball skills.

On Feb. 25, Lindsay, Egan and their fellow DDS participants were announced during a break in the action at All-Star Saturday Night (Slam Dunk Contest) and they were up on the same stage where the Pit Bull Halftime Show was held as well as on the jumbotron.  For the finale, they attended the sold out All Star Game on Feb. 27.

The U10 Towamencin Bandits won the Kelly Bollish Basketball Tournament on Dec. 30 in Horsham.
Towamencin beat Doylestown in the championship game.

Pictured front row (from left): Savannah Sweitzer, Jamie Beer, Jackie Moyer, Madison Stotler, Maggie Zipfel.
Back row: Tom Sweitzer, Stephanie Ciero, Delaney Sweitzer, Sydney Roth, Tom Zipfel, Emilee Cramer, Tom Cramer.

The Corpus Christi Varsity White boys basketball team won the St. Marie Goretti Christmas Boys and Girls Basketball Tournament December 27-30 at SMG gym in Hatfield. The tournament featured 32 teams with varsity and junior varsity fields for both boys and girls.

Corpus Christi claimed the tournament championship with a 32-24 victory over St. Phillip Neri on Dec. 30.

Pictured front row (from left): Seamus Horan, Jason Hoffman, Tyler Greeley, Bobby Bausman. Middle row: Steve Davis, Nick Kraynak, David Saulino, Dalton Baum, Dominic Gambone. Back row: Head coach Jack Horan, Zach Clark, coach John Hoffman, coach Dave Saulino, Nick Kuhn, coach Wayne Davis.

Over the Christmas break, the Mary, Mother of the Redeemer Varsity Girls Basketball B team took home the Championship Trophy in the Saint Maria Gorretti Basketball Tournament. The team, coaches by Joe DeFinis and Nick LaSanta, won all three games to claim the tournament title. The trophy will be displayed at MMR. Team members include: Isabella DeFinis, Julia Friel, Gabrielle Green, Julianne LaSanta, Anna Wojtko, Monica Senour, Jacquelyn Jester,Lindsay Rock, Emma Weber.

The SHYBA Girls-11 Travel Basketball Team won the 2011 Warrington-Warwick Warm-up Tournament over the Thanksgiving weekend, sweeping all four of their games, including a 25-16 victory over Spring-Ford in the championship.

Pictured front row (from left): Cara Romaniello, Sophia Lynch, Alex Small, Taylor Moritz. Back row: Coach Pete Messner, Sarah Goodwin, Maddy Schewe, Alana Cardona, Sami Falencki, Megan Haines, coach Rob Haines. Not pictured: Hannah Kramer.

Team Green won the TYA Basketball Major Division championship. Kyle Mauger received the award for MVP.

Pictured front row (from left): Trae Hunsberger, John Feher, Chris Penna, Chris Wilkosz. Back row: Coach Lonnie Manai, Louis Manai, Gregory Olsen, Brandon Kahn, Kyle Mauger, Michael McGuire, coach Tom McGuire.

The Montgomery Knights 17-year-old AAU basketball team won the Backcourt Hoops Spring Slam in Scranton May 14-15. The Knights, who feature plyaers from Suburban One League schools, went 4-0 in the tournament, winning the championship game 70-51.

Pictured (from left): Derek Dyer, Jake Silvers, Wes Brooks, Ryan Connelly, Mark Wonderling, Tim Abruzzo, Blair Weiss. Not pictured: Alex Talarico, Kyle Garrett, Jack Rauchut.

The Montgomery Fusion Girls 12U AAU basketball team captured first Place at TarHeels Classic April 16-17 in Fairfax County, Va.

Pictured front row (from left): Tara Sheridan, Casey Carrigan, Sammy Lochner, Lindsay Joyce. Back row: Coach Chip Greenberg, Ashley George, Abby Ward, Bailey Greenberg, Lydia Konstanzer, Molly Smith, Erica DeCandido, coach John Ward, Leah Simmons, Mikaela Giuliani, coach Mike Giuliani. Not Pictured: Ashley McAfee.

The Deep Run SkyHawks 13s travel basketball team went 4-0 to win the Above the Rim tournament.

Deep Run, which won the tournament the previous two years, started off every game with a full-court press to set the tone. The Skyhawks' Tommy Nuneviller, Brian Rosenberg, Mauricio Columna, and Sam Handy brought the defensive intensity, while Danny Ziccardi, Joey Unangst, Danny Shane, and Adam Bahl lead the way in scoring.  Devon Rice played solid at point guard and Teddy Rohrbach hit timely three pointers.

Pictured: Joey Unangst, Tommy Nuneviller, Brian Rosenberg, Danny Ziccardi,  Sam Handy, Mauricio Columna, Danny Shane, Teddy Rohrbach, Devon Rice, Adam Bahl,  coach Dan Ziccardi.

Team Blue (sponsored by Pet Patrol) swept a championship series in two games by scores of 51-46 and 46-37 against a previously undefeated team to win the TYA Basketball Girls Majors (ages 13-18) title.

Pictured front row (from left): Alison Kahney, Brooke Morris, Laura Kane, Alyssa Shoulberg. Back row: Coach Wes Hawkins, Amelie Poulin, Courtney Gill, Danielle Harris, Kristen Morrison, coach Bruce Iglesias, coach Al Maness.

The Deep Run Skyhawks U12 boys travel basketball team went 23-0 against 12-year old competition, won two tournaments and one league championship and outscored opponents by nearly 500 points.

The Skyhawks claimed the King of the Court II Tournament title by winning by 35 in the semifinals then besting Southampton in the final.  Deep Run won the ICBA league title with an eight-point win over Whitpain in the final and two hours later added a title championship after defeating Warrington by 20 points in the Deep Run Tournament final.

Pictured front row (from left) :  Austin Rush, Max Wagner, Andrew Horne, Daniel Jalosinski, Anthony Cicero. Back row:  Assistant coach Anthony Molettiere, Joe Molettiere, Ryan Gordon, Stephen Lowry, head coach Mike Wagner.

Publish Post

The Corpus Christi CYO ninth annual March Madness basketball tournament brought together hundreds of students, alumni and parishioners to raise over $1,500 for the American Cancer Society and Coaches vs. Cancer. The weekend-long event featured boys and girls games. Teams were named after top NCAA contenders and were coached by 50 returning Corpus Christi alumni.