Neumann-Goretti and Archbishop Wood have been getting a lot of respect around Philadelphia for their baseball teams. But they have good reason for it. The PCL Blue Division schools are 9th and 24th in the state respectively. Well, the Bonner baseball is making proving that Philadelphia and the state should start paying attention to the red-hot Friars. The 15-3 (11-3 PCL), before falling to Roman on Thursday, had won 10 league games in a row, which enabled them to win the Red Division's top seed in the playoffs. This is the first outright division championship for Bonner since 1998, when they won the then Southern division. The 2010 squad also had wins off of Haverford School, the Inter-Ac champs who are ranked 5th in the state, and Sidwell Friends, a top team from Washington D.C. They'll officially end the regular season with a trip to Hanover Area High School on Saturday at 1:00pm. After, they'll await for whom they will play in the playoffs. The quarterfinal game will be played on Tuesday, May 25th at 3:45 at Bonner, with the opponent TBD.
The Coaches All Catholic team was released yesterday on the final day of the PCL regular season. Bonner boasts 6 players who were named to the team, including 5 to the first team. Among them were SS Josh Van Horn, 1B Alex Libretore, CF Rick Reigner, and P Joe Nestor. Reigner finished 2nd for MVP voting in the Red division. Pitcher Ant DiGalbo and LF Matt Mullen earned 2nd team honors.
Here is the playoff schedule:
Blue: (6) Kennedy-Kenrick at (3) Conwell-Egan.
(5) Archbishop Caroll at (4) Lansdale Catholic.
(1) Neumann-Goretti and (2) Archbishop Wood: BYE
Red: (6) Cardinal O'Hara at (3) LaSalle
(5) St. Joe's Prep at (4) Father Judge
(1) BONNER and (2) Archbishop Ryan: BYE
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