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Golf pro Keith Clawson, a King of Prussia native and Upper Merion High School graduate, is leaving Merion Golf Club after three years for East Hampton Golf Club, writes Michael Bradley for the Main Line Today. Clawson will take on the role of the head pro at his new club.

Lower Merion’s Brian Yi finished third at the PIAA Class 3A boys tennis state singles championships May 27. Yi, who was the fourth-place finisher at the PIAA District 1 3A singles championships, defeated District 7 runnerup Devin Collier of Bethel Park in the first round of States, 6-0, 6-0; beat District 11 champion Noah Potts, 7-6 (3), 6-0; then lost to eventual state champion Mikkel Zinder of Council Rock South, 6-4, 6-3. In the third-place match, Yi defeated District 3 champion Cooper Lehman, 6-3, 6-1.

Charlotte's Crown football team is set to play the Philadelphia Union in a cross-country match following eight games in a taxing month. The Crown won two consecutive away matches for the first time in history, and attempting to make it three against the Union would be an impressive feat.

The Nike EYBL is in action this weekend in Memphis, Tennessee. Here are player evals and stats for fourteen Villanova basketball prospects that VUSports had the opportunity to watch play on Sunday morning - including a handful that hold Villanova offers.

The Nike EYBL is in action this weekend in Memphis, Tennessee. Here are player evals and stats for eight Villanova basketball prospects that VUSports had the opportunity to watch play on Sunday afternoon - including a handful that hold Villanova offers.

West Chester University’s Ralph Casper recently completed a historic 2022-23 season by capturing the Division II shot put National Championship with a mark of 63 feet 2 ¾ inches (19.27 meters) in his fifth throw of the evening. He also placed fifth in the discus competition. Casper is originally from York but is currently living in Conshohocken.

MEDIA. PA — The 45th annual Delaware County Hero Bowl will be held at 6:30 p.m. on June 1 at Cardinal O’Hara High School and features 100 All-Star football players, coaches, and cheerleaders from across the county. The All-Star football players were selected by the Delaware County Football Coaches Association and trained by teachers and coaches of outstanding record.

Kentucky Wildcats signee Justin Edwards can add another accolade to his resume as the top-10 recruit has been named Mr. Basketball in Pennsylvania. Edwards was one of six finalists and brought home the honor after leading Imhotep Charter Panthers to the program’s 9th state championship since 2009. As a senior, Edwards averaged 17.9 points and 7.5 rebounds to lead the Panthers.

The Lehigh Valley Carpenter Cup softball team’s roster has been announced for this year’s tournament at FDR Park in Philadelphia. The first day of games for the Lehigh Valley team will be June 20. The schedule has the local squad facing Inter-AC at noon, Olympic Colonial at 4 p.m. and Burlington at 6 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) -- The University of Pennsylvania is headed to Alabama. For the first time in nearly 30 years, Penn is back in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship and on Monday, the Quakers learned their opponent.Penn will head to Auburn to face the host Tigers on Friday in NCAA regional play.The Quakers are the 4-seed in their region. Auburn is the 13th seed in the field of 64 and the 1 seed in its region.The Penn-Auburn game is scheduled for Friday; Samford vs. Southern Miss is also scheduled for Friday.Each regional will be made up of four teams playing in a double-elimination format. All are scheduled from Friday through Monday.Regional winners advance to best-of-three super regionals.Those eight winners go on to the College World Series in Omaha beginning June 16.Penn also faced Auburn in its last NCAA Baseball Championship appearance in 1995. The Quakers lost to the Tigers and Indiana State in their regional games.Penn has six regional appearances in its program's history -- 1975, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995 and 2023.

The lacrosse game between No. 5 Penn State and No. 1 Duke in Philadelphia was a thrilling match-up in which the underdogs, Penn State, came out fighting despite Duke being heavy favourites. Duke took the lead early on and held it until the late third and early fourth quarters when Penn State tied the game. The match was tied at 15 at the end of regulation time, and the game went into overtime. Duke scored the winning goal, but replays showed that the ball had crossed the line after the player's foot had stepped out of bounds. NCAA rules dictated that the play could not be reviewed, and the goal stood. The game ended with Duke winning 16-15, but the missed call has led to criticism of the NCAA's rules on video review.

The 6-foot-2, 200-pound lefthanded junior attackman closed his 2023 lacrosse season for the Inter-Ac champions with a bang, scoring six goals in the Inter-Ac tournament semifinals, then tallying two goals and an assist in the championship final against Haverford School. A two-sport athlete at Malvern Prep, Udo also plays tight end and defensive end for the Friars football team. Off the field, Udo is a Black Student Union leader at Malvern, works for the Friars Lantern (school paper) and is a member of the Adelphia Society. His older sister Ellie was a lacrosse standout at Bishop Shanahan High School, and nows play for Brown University – Ennis has committed to the admissions process at Brown. Malvern Prep lacrosse head coach Matt Mackrides said, “Ennis is extremely hard working and has a motor that simply does not stop. His effort throughout the season was exceptional. I’m always impressed with Ennis and his ability to get the most out of his teammates.”

The multi-genre, collaborative performance looks at Black flight and Black genius through a transcendent layup by Julius Erving. Two poet laureates, David Gaines and Yolanda Wisher, share the text during the performance.

Chester track coach Jamal Allen was somewhat understated but understandably proud Saturday after his young, small in number but big in talent Clippers girls contingent made some noise at the PIAA Track and Field Championships. “We actually finished sixth overall with only four girls,” Allen said, referring to the Class...

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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — In one of the most dominant performances in NCAA Championship history, the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears captured their first National Championship with a convincing win over Mercyhurst on Sunday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Stadium. The Bears scored the first six goals of the game and held a 14-1 lead at the half to cruise to victory. The Bears become the first No. 5 seed to ever win a National Championship and did so by winning its final three games of the tournament by a combined 28 goals. The 15-goal margin of victory is the second-largest in NCAA Division II National Championship game history.

Franklin Learning Center and Parkway Center City have a joint badminton team. The team is for girls only although boys are welcome to come practice. This club where no experience is required to join has about 20 members. The team is coached by PCC teacher, Adam Fisher who started coaching the team last year holds practices in PCC’s gym. FLC and PCC students have developed friendships and co-oriented teamwork, which has resulted in a successful season at a score of 8-2 and will continue to prosper in years to come.

Honors: All Conference (Pioneer Athletic Conference) Coaches Comments: To say that Mike is the hardest working position player on the team would be an understatement. Last season, he started both ways and played on every special teams unit, and never asked to come off the field. This was only a season removed from his breakout sophomore season where he did all that but with less offensive playing time. Now he’s our main focal point on offense. He has embraced his leadership role on the team and is poised for a dominant senior season.

Welcome Back to VUHoops recruiting updates. It’s been about four months since we’ve looked at the upcoming recruiting classes and while most of Nova Nation’s attention has been on the transfer portal – the staff continues to be hard at work with the Class of 2024. Below are links to the past updates:

Olivia Cieslak took the starting line in the 800 at the PIAA Championships Saturday afternoon focused on the task at hand but with plenty of knowledge stored in her mind. The sophomore knew the kind of form she was in after starting the meet at Shippensburg by winning Friday’s 1,600. She knew that 10 points for winning the 800 would put Haverford in the driver’s seat of the race for the Class 3A team title. She knew what finishing second at states last year and second at the District 1 meet a week earlier felt like.