Radnor High School | Archive | November, 2023

The Team Girls Varsity Field Hockey will play their next game against Monsignor Bonner & Arch. Prendergast HS on 9/3/2024 at 3:45:00 PM Click HERE for event info.

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The Team Boys Varsity Football will play their next game against Lower Merion on 8/23/2024 at 7:00:00 PM Click HERE for event info.

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The Team Girls Varsity Field Hockey will play their next game against Villa Maria on 11/7/2023 at 12:00:00 AM Click HERE for event info.

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NORRISTOWN — It has been more than a month since Radnor’s boys soccer team allowed a goal. Not since balmy late August and a rough outing against Downingtown East have the Raptors surrendered multiple goals.

So the shock in the 23rd minute Wednesday when Riley Martin’s flick off a free kick bounded off Radnor goalie Jake Barber and in for a Springfield-Montco goal in the District 1 Class 3A championship game was palpable.

It also was short lived, thanks to the referee waving off the goal as Martin was in mid-celebration.

That coin-flip call gave way to Radnor’s usual defensive dominance, plus two moments of on-ball brilliance from Andrew Marino that fired Radnor to a 2-0 win at Norristown High School.

On this night, maybe the luck of the bounce favored a defense that has earned a break or two.

Since that Downingtown downer, Radnor (15-2-2) has kept 15 clean sheets in 17 outings. Only Harriton and Lower Merion have scored against the Raptors, and they outscored three district opponents, 11-0. Radnor now plays

That didn’t much matter when Henry Drapkin took a free kick from 35 yards out in the first half, Springfield trailing 1-0. Martin, the Spartans’ dynamic forward, poked his toe into the ball, popping it from the turf toward the hands of Barber.

What happened next is a matter of opinion, with two referees’ differing. Either Barber only got enough of a hand on it to bobble it over the line, or Martin used his shoulder to help Barber nudge the ball over.

Martin came away from the goal-mouth confrontation thinking it was the former. The center referee, after a beat, ruled it was the latter, calling the foul and nullifying the goal.

“In my opinion, the goalie was about to get it,” Martin said. “I got there, I ended up hitting it off of him, it bounced up in the air and it just went in the net. At first, it was a goal, and I thought, OK we’re back in it. Next thing you know, disallowed. And I thought to myself, did we get robbed or was it right? And I’m not one to judge. … Refs make the call, that’s what happens and we have to live with it.”

“I think it’s just staying together,” Radnor center back Michael Savadove said. “We talk about being like a fist and staying together through adversity. Even if it was 1-1, we would’ve bounced back. I know we would’ve. We got lucky there. It’s the sport’s luck, sometimes.”

Lucky or not, Radnor showed it’s also very good defensively. That save was one of only two for Barber on the night. The Raptors don’t necessarily dominate possession but they are adept at controlling field position, making their most contentious defensive interventions far from trouble and making the opponent work to get into dangerous areas.

Only twice was the three-man backline of Savadove, Commerce Fisk and Aidan Damiani really forced into a do-or-die play. Both times, it was Damiani, 30 or more yards from goal, having to make an inch-perfect tackle on Martin after Harry Bates threatened to send him in all alone.

Both times, Damiani got it perfect.

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Radnor players celebrate after their 2-0 victory over Springfield Montco in the District 1 Class 3A final Thursday night at Norristown Area High School. (Mike Cabrey – MediaNews Group)

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The Team Boys Varsity Soccer will play their next game against Springfield – Montco on 11/7/2023 at 12:00:00 AM Click HERE for event info.

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FLOURTOWN — By the time her Radnor field hockey team had played a full regular season, three playoff games, four more quarters and one tense overtime Wednesday at Mount Saint Joseph, Gretta Ehret was down to one final blast of solid coaching advice.

The third-seeded Raptors having gathered around, the stakes high, the second 10-minute extra period about to begin, Ehret raised her voice and the players’ hopes and said, “You deserve this.”

So inspired, senior Annabelle Parente scored her second goal of the game on a scramble in front with 5:16 showing to secure a difficult if satisfying 4-3 triumph over second-seeded Mount and a spot in the PIAA District 1 Class 2A championship game.

That 11th-hour pep talk helped.

“I think so,” Parente said. “This is our first year with Gretta and (assistant) Alex (McMahan) as our coaches, so a lot of us seniors were a little bit worried coming into the season because we didn’t know what to expect. But we’ve been working really hard and I think every year we have gotten better. And this year, we have just been going all out.”

After the Magic scored for the third time on an identical play with 7:52 left in regulation – Caitlin Keough inserting from the corner and Caitlin Paul redirecting the ball into the short side – the Raptors had no other choice. And in the play that inspired Ehret to decide that the Raptors warranted advancement, omnipresent Alex De Cain took a feed from Ella Toll and scored for a 3-3 tie, commandeering the momentum for the rest of the game.

Though in control for most of the first overtime, Radnor did need a couple of nifty saves – including one that required a impressive vertical leap – from keeper Marissa DeMitis. A senior in her first season in goal, the former defender threw shutouts and Phoenixville and West Chester East in the first two rounds, then repelled 19 Mount St. Joseph shots.

“It really just came from the energy of our team,” DeMitis said. “In our huddles, and even at the beginning the game, we just locked in on the day. We knew we had a goal from the beginning of the year, and that was to make it to the district championship. And we fought hard. We all did.”

Aware that Lexi Kelly was being similarly stingy in the Mount cage, Radnor took advantage of its best chance to win late in the second overtime. After Katelyn Anderson successfully inserted from the corner, De Cain fired toward the net when, after a scramble, Parente nicked enough of the ball to inspire the Raptors to stampede onto the field to celebrate.

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MEDIANEWS GROUP STAFF PHOTO Radnor’s Annabelle Parante, right, and Mount Saint Joseph’s Caitlin Keough battle for possession during a District 1 Class 2A semifinal game Wednesday.

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The Team Girls Varsity Field Hockey will play their next game against Mount Saint Joseph on 11/7/2023 at 12:00:00 AM Click HERE for event info.

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The Team Girls Varsity Soccer will play their next game against Villa Maria on 9/3/2024 at 4:00:00 PM Click HERE for event info.

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