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June 12, 2009

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Baseball News Popping June 12, 2009

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Penn Charter baseball hit the national news with a 5th place ranking among eastern region schools by USA Today.

Post-season kudos go out to Rob Amaro OPC ’09 and freshman Kenny Koplove.  Rob was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 40th round of the recent MLB draft. Rob also has a baseball scholarship to the University of Virginia. Read more from Ted Silary.

Ninth grader Kenny Koplove was listed by the Inquirer as one of the area’s top high school pitchers. Kenny finished the season 9-0 with a 1.37 ERA. This was one of the strongest PC baseball teams ever: According to the upcoming supplement in the Class Record, “Penn Charter's 2009 baseball team had a very successful year, finishing in first place in the InterAc. The Quakers returned seven core players from last year's third place team. This year's team also had help from underclassmen: league co-MVP Kenny Koplove, Demetrius Jennings, John "the perfect bunt" Loughery, and Andrew Amaro. The captains of this year's squad were league co-MVP Mark Rhine, Doug Fleming, and Rob Amaro. The Quakers finished 20-4 and were ranked number one in Southeastern Pennsylvania by the skeptical Inquirer, number five in the Eastern Region by USA Today, and number nineteen nationally by Perfect Game USA.”

More Kudos for Spring Sports June 11, 2009

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Congratulations to the following spring athletes for receiving All-League recognition.
Baseball – First Team: Rob Amaro, Doug Fleming, Steve Harrington, Kenny Koplove (co-MVP), Mark Rhine (co-MVP).  Second Team: Mick Foley, Demetrius Jennings, John Ryan , Brett Slobodinsky.
Golf – Second Team: Sam Lerner
Boys Lacrosse – First Team: Steve McVeigh,  Mike Rachut
Girls Lacrosse – First Team; Kellie Ragg. Honorable Mention: Meghan Curtin, Blaine Steinberg.
Softball – First Team: Katie Brock, Liz Carpino, Danielle Sienko
Tennis – First Team: Daniil Mamalat
Boys Track – Jordan Dean
Girls Track – Kirby Dixon, Marquessa Gray, Saudiah Lawrence, Khaaleedah Smith

Spring Season Ends June 4, 2009

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Crew returned to PC this spring and the boys and girls competed in the Stotesbury Regatta on May 15. This high school regatta is the oldest and largest in the world and more than 8,000 athletes competed in the two-day event on the Schuylkill River. The last time PC was in this race was in the early 1950s and PC won first place. This year’s rowers did not place, but they rowed their best times of the season. View photos.

League Champs
Varsity softball finished in a first place tie with Agnes Irwin and posted a league record of 10-2 and an overall record of 15-4.

Varsity baseball won the league title this season with a league record of 9-1. The team posted an overall record of 17-4 and ended the season as the Philadelphia Inquirer’s number-one ranked baseball team in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Kudos to Coach Mellor and his outstanding team. Also, Rick Mellor was awarded the Mike Mayock Award. This is prestigious Inter-Academic League award given to an outstanding teacher-coach. The award was presented to Coach Mellor at the Spring Athletic Banquet by Mike Mayock, Jr.

Congratulations to our Spring Athletes
On May 21, the Spring Athletic Banquet was held in the Dooney Field House. Approximately 325 students, parents and school officials were in attendance to salute the athletes on our 8 spring teams. Special kudos went out to the league champion baseball and softball teams. The coaches handed out awards for most valuable player (MVP), the coach’s award (CA), and the most improved player (MIP). Congratulations to all the honorees (listed below) and to every student who represented Penn Charter this season!

Baseball: Mark Rhine, Rob Amaro, Doug Fleming (shared MVP)
Golf: SamLerner (MVP), Bobby Wurtz (CA), John Lee (MIP)
Boys Lacrosse: Michael Rauchut (MVP), Dan Carr (CA), Joey Volgraf (MIP)
Girls Lacrosse: Kellie Ragg (MVP), Brittany Wohler (CA), Sara Rowland (MIP)
Softball: Liz Carpino (MVP), Allie Saft and Liz Thom (shared CA)
Boys Tennis: Daniil Mamalat (MVP), Matthew Byrne (CA), Casey Brady-Gold (MIP)
Boys Track: Dareem David and Shawn David (shared MVP), David Zager (CA)
Girls Track: Kirby Dixon and Elyse Wilkinson (shared MVP), Marquessa Gray (CA)

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