Paasewe, VanNewkirk add Del Val doubles to trophy case
Cliff Paasewe and Ricky VanNewkirk had a pretty good couple of days.
Tuesday, the duo paced Chichester to its fifth straight Del Val League title. Wednesday they paired up to win the Del Val doubles crown.
Paasewe and VanNewkirk, the top-seeded team in the tournament, defeated second seed Melvin Schoolfield and Kosovar Cocaj of Academy Park, 6-2, 6-3, to win the league championship and earn a trip to next week’s District 1 tournament.
Schoolfield and Cocaj also qualified for the district tournament. Johnny Luera and Saul Ramirez of Glen Mills defeated teammates Erin McEnany and Dakota Cable, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the third-place match.
In the Central League: GARNET VALLEY 7, HAVERFORD 0 » Seniors Kemper Young, Eric Burns, Will Nguyen, Pranjal Chandra, Kunal Gupta, Mohnish Umashankar, Nathan Kapragadda and Anish Rana came out winners on senior day for the Jaguars.
Young and Burns won in straight sets at second and third singles, respectively. Nguyen and Chandra needed three sets for a win at first doubles, while Gupta and Umashankar were 6-1, 7-5 winners at second doubles. HARRITON 7, UPPER DARBY 0 » The Royals put up a fight, but the Rams held on to win every match in straight sets. Samarth Gowda, Andrew Jofak and Matthew Borat swept the singles.
In nonleague action: GERMANTOWN FRIENDS 4, HAVERFORD SCHOOL 3 » It was a battle as four of the seven matches were decided in three sets. Cole Wolf and Sunny Yu, Ran Astley and Thomas Ward and Jared Hoefner and Aly Ba captured the top three doubles matches for the Fords. Wolf and Yu, and Hoefner and Ba needed three sets to win at first and third doubles, respectively.
Boys Lacrosse
With nine goal-scorers, Haverford School cruised past Germantown Academy in the Inter-Ac League, 15-8.
Luke O’Grady and Adam Salvaggio each found the back of the net three times, with the former picking up an assist. The trio of Harrison Fellheimer, Sage Garito and Rob Esgro combined to make 12 saves.
Girls Lacrosse
In nonleague action, Delco Christian raced out to a ninegoal lead at half on its way to a 16-3 victory over visiting Penn Wood.
The Knights spread the scoring around, with 13 goal-scorers. Alison Levis, Braedyn Thompson and Monica Lebaudy each scored twice to lead that group.
On the other side, BreeAnn Pearson netted two goals for the Patriots, while Cynthia Jones chipped in one.