Sports
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Tour Valley Forge Yields $25,000 from AGPA to Inspire, Support Minority Golfers
The 2022 Tour Valley Forge — an annual collaboration between the Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board and the Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA) — is yielding a $25,000 investment to increase awareness of the sport among minority players. The 2022 effort seeded 21 tournaments nationwide with the funding. It is disbursing a record $1…
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Coatesville High School Football Players Show Amazing Act of Kindness Toward Opponent Battling Cancer
Coatesville High School football players — along with other students, teachers, parents, and staff — showed an incredible act of kindness toward an opposing player after their game against Avon Grove last Friday night, writes Mark Walsh for the Daily Local News. Avon Grove’s Gavin Picard was recently diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkins lymphoma. A…
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This Bryn Mawr Billionaire Pays Big Bucks for Phillies’ Success
Bryn Mawr resident John Middleton wasn’t always in the public eye. But in recent years, as the Philadelphia Phillies’ managing partner and principal owner, he’s become more well-known. And this season, Middleton is taking big risks with huge payoffs. The team went over the Major League Baseball’s $230 million salary cap in pursuit of…
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Sorry, Phillies Fans: No Earthquake from Harper/Bohm Home Runs Tuesday Night
Bad enough that Game 4 of the World Series went to Houston. But now, what was presented as an awe-inspiring show if Phillies fandom has also fallen short. The Game 3 World Series home runs by Bryce Harper and Alec Bohm Tuesday night certainly registered with fans. Unfortunately, they did not register as an earth-shattering…
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Montco’s DeSales University Student is One of World’s Best Axe Throwers
Tyler Seidel, a sophomore at DeSales University, quickly rose to the top of the ranks in axe throwing after picking up the hobby as a means of recreation during the pandemic, writes Daniel Patrick Sheehan for The Morning Call. Seidel is an accounting and finance major with plenty of athletic talent that has served him…
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Eagleville Fan Juices up Phillies Enthusiasm with Red-and-White Show of Light
Ahead of the spookiest day of the year, Joe Roberts was preparing to put up the usual Halloween light show at his home in Eagleville, writes Kerri Corrado for CBS3 Philadelphia. But then the Phillies made it to the World Series. Roberts, decided to buck tradition and instead support the team with an epic, Phillies-themed…
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Should the Phillies Ever Hit the World Series Wall, A Hatfield Company Keeps Them Safe
When the topic of being safe at a baseball game usually involves what’s going on at the bases or home plate. But thanks to Safety Padding Ink, a Hatfield company, players well being is ensured even in the outfields. Matt Petrillo swung for the fences in bringing the story to CBS3 Philadelphia. Safety Padding Ink…
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Jay Wright to Bounce into New Role as CBS Sports Analyst
Former Villanova coach Jay Wright, who announced his retirement from coaching in April, is joining CBS Sports as a college basketball analyst for the 2022–2023 season, writes Kyle Boone for CBS Sports. Wright won two national championships as coach of the Wildcats and led the team to the Final Four in 2009, 2016, 2018, and…
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There’s a Solid Chance Bryce Harper’s Clutch Two-Run NLCS Blast Was with a Bat Made in King of Prussia
Given sports figures’ highly superstitious natures, there’s an excellent chance that the bat Bryce Harper used in his bottom-of-the-eighth game winning Oct. 23 home run — the one sending the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Series for the first time since 2009 — was made in King of Prussia. According to KYW Newsradio report from…
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Valley Forge Tourism Board Embraces the Area’s World-Series Red-Letter Days
The 2022 World Series, pitting the Philadelphia Phillies against the Houston Astros, is a big deal to fervent and casual fans alike. Across the county over the next five days, Montgomery Countians will be swathed in red, gathering in area bars and restaurants, cheering as they haven’t done since 2009 — the last time the…
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Phillies’ Effect on Montgomery County Is Turning Out to Be a Lift in Camaraderie and Commerce
The joy of the Philadelphia Phillies advancement to the 2022 World Series continues across Montgomery County. It’s brought families and friends together. And it’s been an economic boost to local businesses. Rachel Ravina fielded the assignment of filing story of these twin upsides at The Reporter. For Abington resident-fan Paul Mamolou, the current baseball fever…
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Littlest Phillies Fans at Huntingdon Valley School Celebrate Team’s Advancement to World Series
The littlest Phillies fans at St. Albert the Great Catholic School in Huntingdon Valley celebrated the team’s advancement to World Series, writes Marcella Baietto for CBS 3 Philadelphia. Pre-K to 8th-grade students ditched school uniforms and put on their best fan gear as they watched a recap of the game that clinched the team’s place…
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Father, Son from Bensalem Get Surprise of a Lifetime When Humpback Whale Emerges During Fishing Trip
While out on their boat, a father and son from Bucks County found themselves face to face with one of the largest creatures in the ocean. Staff writers at 6abc reported the thrilling (yet harrowing) experience. Doug and Zach Piller, residents of Bensalem, were out on a boat in Belmar, N.J. when a school of…
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BBC Sport: ‘Best Black Female Athlete’ Ora Washington Played on Germantown Teams
Germantown legend Ora Washington may not be a household name, but her decades-long career dominating tennis and basketball and sweeping up championship titles isn’t forgotten. Despite not being a prominent sports figure during her time due to racism, sexism, and homophobia, Washington has been described by the likes of tennis star Arthur Ashe as “the…
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Collegeville Italian Bakery Shows Its Phillies Fandom ‘Hole’-Heartedly
Collegeville Italian Bakery Pizzeria Napoletana spent the afternoon before the Phillies game last night against the San Diego Padres ensuring that local watchers could carb-up ahead of the first pitch. CBS3’s Marcella Baietto served up details on one menu item, a themed dessert, that particularly hit it out of the park. The shop at 3846…
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Abington Swim-Legend Turned Whistleblower Takes Stand Against Sexual Abuse
The now disgraced Harvard University and Olympic swim coach Joe Bernal — also known as Hugo Bernard Calderon — has reportedly passed away. In an intricate saga on Salon.com examining sexual abuse scandals in the swimming world, it appears that some speculate he may have faked his own death. However, as Irvin Muchnick writes, those…
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How Wyndmoor Boy’s Simple Question May Flip the Script on Springfield Township Recreation
Real estate agent Carmel Archdekin was at the Free Library of Springfield Township, Wyndmoor, with her son, when he asked, “Why isn’t there a skatepark in our neighborhood?” The question resonated with Archdekin, who decided the question bought up a good opportunity for her to do something for her community. She paired a fellow real…
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Methacton School Community Mourns Loss of Beloved Teacher: His ‘Smile Was Contagious’
The entire Methacton school community is mourning the loss of beloved teacher Franklin (Frank) Poehlmann, who died on September 2 at age 81. The Skippack resident succumbed to the cumulative effects of a years-long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease, writes Jon Campisi for the Lower Providence Patch. “To the end, Frank’s smile was contagious and won…
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