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Danny LaSalle won’t accept the credit. LaSalle is a rising senior at Franklin Towne Charter, and he’s become one of the best athletes in the school. He just wrapped up a baseball season that saw him become the ace on the Warriors, and we’re a few months removed from him being a solid player on […]

Will Henderson is always ready to do whatever is best for the team. That was his attitude sophomore year at Father Judge High School, when the career catcher had a bat the Crusaders wanted to get in the lineup, but not a spot behind the plate. Henderson could have transferred. He could have quit. Instead, […]

One of the side walls of Spike’s Trophies has a fresh new mural – one celebrating the Eagles winning Super Bowl LIX. Spike’s, 2701 Grant Ave., teamed with the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame and Mural Arts Philadelphia for the new mural, which was unveiled last week. The master of ceremonies was Howard Eskin, a […]

If Kevin Krause took no for an answer, he would have had a much different life. And a much different graduation week. Krause is a recent graduate of Father Judge High School and for the past two years, he was a player on the Crusaders baseball team. Three years ago, he was told he wasn’t […]

Leah Wockey was a huge hockey fan. The recent graduate of Green Woods Charter School would watch her boyfriend’s team play, and she couldn’t get over how exciting it was. So she stopped watching. “My boyfriend plays hockey for Snider’s Senior team at Simon’s,” Wockey said. “I had been going to all his games and […]

It’s almost like it was fate. About four years ago, when Dave Perez moved to Philly from New York, he was driving around Hunting Park with his dad.  He didn’t know anyone in Philly, but he saw a group of kids playing baseball at a park. He decided to see if he could join. Perez […]

Jill DiMario couldn’t wait to graduate. Because she knew as soon as it was over, she could represent Nazareth Academy High School again. DiMario was a senior pitcher on the Nazareth softball team, and shortly after she graduated, she was back on the field playing with her Panda teammates. And thanks to her heroics, even […]

It wasn’t that the stars were aligned. More like the angry clouds were aligned. And it couldn’t have worked out any better for Jake Marchesano and his team. Marchesano was a dominant pitcher for the Archbishop Ryan High School baseball team, and he came into the season as a perfect 1-2 punch with fellow senior Dave […]

The Northeast Times held its annual high school sports awards banquet on May 14 at Sprinkler Fitters Local 692. Sponsors were Archbishop Ryan, St. Hubert, Franklin Towne Charter, HotWorx, JAG Physical Therapy, Spike’s Trophies and Lifestyles Magazines and Events. In all, there were 45 awards representing the fall, winter and spring seasons, along with overall […]

Shawn Walls loves Philly sports. He also loves clothing. So when the chance came to marry the two and make it part of his business, the Mayfair native jumped at the chance. Walls is a 2011 graduate of Father Judge High School. An engineer by trade, Walls had a day job, but he also developed […]