Radnor High School | Archive | April, 2024

The Radnor Township School District’s Girls Ultimate Frisbee team, ranked eighth nationally by the Ultiworld Power Rankings, has been invited to attend the sixth annual High School National Invite in Rockford, Ill. in June.

The team claimed championships at both the Kit Kat Tournament and the Coconut Classic in the fall of 2023, and finished third at the YULA National Qualifying Tournament in March. The team was also awarded the ‘Spirit Award’ at the Coconut Classic tournament.

Seniors Sofia Dillon, Diana Huang, Rona Liu-zhong are the team captains and Mia Kripke is the Spirit captain. To make a donation to help fund the team’s trip to Nationals, visit https://givebutter.com/RUFnbgirls.

Radnor celebrates its first-place finish at the Coconut Classic Tournament. From left is: (top row) Georgie Kausch, Maya Kaneda, Anrui Xu, Sofie Jubelirer, Adrianna Anderson, Perri Bruhns, Kate Kadavil, Graci Gill, Sofia Dillon, Zane Thompson-Bradley, (bottom row) Olivia Cohen Freue, Diana Huang, Rona Liu-zhong, Annika Dillon. Team members not pictured are Anne Marie Kubala, Mia Kripke, Nayra Garcia, Rebecca Goldberg and Sam Gasink. (photo courtesy of Heather Gill)

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The sophomore pitcher, an All-Main Line baseball selection as a freshman, is off to a great start this spring, posting a 3-1 record and a 1.60 ERA with 31 strikeouts in 26 innings pitched (as of April 22). He pitched a near no-hitter against Conestoga in a 10-0 win, throwing six shutout innings in a Raptors game in Orlando, Fla. and fired five shutout innings of one-hit ball at Springfield. In the fall, Havertine plays football for Radnor. Radnor baseball head coach Mark Jordan said, “Austin can move the ball around and is a pitcher in every sense of the word.  He will be one of the best Central League pitchers over the next two years.”

Fun facts – Austin Havertine

Favorite book: Mascot by Antony John.

Favorite author: Stephen King.

Favorite TV series: Family Guy.

Favorite movie: The Sandlot.

Favorite athlete: AJ Brown.

Favorite team: Philadelphia Eagles.

Favorite place to visit: Long Beach Island, N.J.

Person I admire the most and why: “My mom because she is such a hard worker and does a lot for me.”

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Austin Havertine twirled a one-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts, and Andrew Barbarisi went 2-for-3 with two RBIs as Radnor cruised to a 10-0 win in five innings over Conestoga Monday.

Zach Fein had a pair of hits, and Will Selbach knocked in two runs for the Raptors (4-4, 3-3 Central League). Teddy Monahan, Evan Hartman and Jack Jordan scored two runs each.

Radnor’s Austin Havertine, pictured in a game last week against Springfield, was an out away from pitching a no-hitter Monday..(PETE BANNAN-DAILY TIMES)

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SPRINGFIELD – Radnor coach Mark Jordan thinks his team is a year away from being a legitimate contender for the Central League championship. Jordan also believes that with more hard work his young club of mainly sophomores and juniors has a chance to make headway in 2024.

Sophomore Austin Havertine is one player Jordan is happy to have around. The hard-throwing right hander allowed one hit (a bunt single) over five innings, striking out three, in a 6-0 victory at Springfield Wednesday afternoon.

Havertine pitched around five walks and coaxed seven ground ball outs. He silenced the Cougars, who 48 hours earlier earned the biggest upset of the Central League season, handing reigning champion Strath Haven its first loss of the season.

Maybe, just maybe, Radnor is arriving sooner than anticipated.

“We have good chemistry and we respond to each other really well,” said Havertine, who throws a heavy fastball that sits in the low-80s. “We are always there to pick each other up.”

Jordan knows a thing or two about good young pitching and pictures Havertine developing into a dominant high school ace. Jordan half-jokingly stated he’d prefer to keep Havertine a “secret” for as long as possible. Rest assured the Central League has taken notice of the young Radnor pitcher, who threw 40 varsity innings as a freshman and in 2024 has allowed only six earned runs in 21 innings with 20 strikeouts.

“We know when Austin pitches we have a chance to win most of his games,” Jordan said. “He was a bit all over the place today – I’ve seen better than that in the last year-and-a-half with him pitching. And I had him in the summertime with Legion baseball. He wasn’t totally sharp today, but they didn’t score any runs and that’s pretty good for a sophomore kid. Springfield has three or four big senior kids, good players, and they had no runs. He shut them down a little, which is great to see.

“They’re going to know about him. I think he can be pitcher of the year in two years. He has three pitches (fastball, curveball and changeup). He can move the ball up and down, inside and outside. Tonight he had a couple of walks – he’s usually always around the plate – and that kind of hurt him. But he makes hitters put the ball in play, a lot of soft contact. He throws around 83 (mph) as a sophomore and that’s great. You can make a case that he will be throwing the ball 85, 86, 87 down the road. He’s also just a great kid and very coachable.”

In addition to Havertine’s excellent pitching, the Raptors did everything else well against the Cougars to pick up their second straight win. While Radnor (3-4, 2-3) didn’t tear the cover off the ball, it had five hits – all singles – and worked four walks. The Raptors moved runners over and scored runs off three sacrifice fly balls – two by designated hitter Evan Hartman and another by shortstop Joe Krasowski.

Radnor plated two unearned runs in the first inning off Springfield starter Colin Treude, who allowed four unearned runs and one hit in three innings.

Will Selbach set the tone at the top of the order with a pair of singles and two runs scored. Krasowski ripped an RBI single to give the Raptors a 5-0 cushion in the fourth, and the junior also reached base via a walk and hit by pitch.

“We’re a gritty team,” Krasowski said. “Even in our first three games, we didn’t play all that great, but we were hanging in there against good teams. We’re starting to reach our peak and I think the Central League should start to watch out for us.”

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Radnor pitcher Austin Havertine, second from right, is all smiles after getting out of the fifth inning. He is congratulated by teammates as the Raptors shut out Springfield 6-0 Wednesday at Halderman Field.(Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)

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