Weekly Recap

Congrats to our Athlete of the Week - Giovanni Notaro

MS Basketball

On December 27th our MS Gold team played Holy Family and won 54-37. Blaise DeSanto ‘27 led the team with 24 points having 3 threes in the 3rd quarter. Hunter Mishock ‘27 helped with 15 points. The team did a good job with taking care of the ball. They then played St. Mary’s and won 64-25. Andrew Carroccio ‘27 led the way with 13 points having 4 threes in the game. Ryan Wheeler ‘28 and Shawn Wheeler ‘27 took a charge each. The bench was enthusiastic from start to finish. The whole team did a great job with communicating. The team did a great job with moving the ball to get great open shots. They ended the day with a game vs. St. Teresa of Calcutta and won 61-31. Hunter Mishock ‘27 led the way with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Blaise DeSanto ‘27 had 12 points going 4-4 from the line. Caleb Tesfaye ‘28 had 11 points, including a 3 pointer. Revanth Kosaraju ‘27 and Ryan Wheeler ‘28 chipped in with 6 points each. The team did a good job with pushing the fast break and hitting the high post. The event also had a skills competition. Hunter Mishock won the “plunger challenge” of the skills competition and won a free training session.

The Freshman Basketball team played WC Henderson and won 57-55 in OT. The Tide offense got things going early but some defensive miscommunication allowed for West Chester Henderson to cut into the lead. The Tide attacked the paint with Eric White Jr. ‘26 and Jayden Allan Bates ‘26 scoring the first few points. Braeden Fisher ‘26 did his work in the paint, while Liam Jung ‘26 and Owen Raymond ‘26 did their work from beyond the arc where they hit two of their five attempts from beyond the arc. The Tide and Henderson had both offenses going as they needed extra time to decide the game in overtime. With 6 seconds left and the game tied up, Braeden Fisher ‘26 showed why he is cooler than the other side of the pillow. Nailing two free throws in the clutch moment allowed Devon to improve their record to 8-0 for the year with a 56-54 victory. The JV Basketball team played in the Octorara Tournament and ost against Coatesville 48-39 and won against Lancaster Mennonite 55-26. The JV team split their two games on 12/26 losing to Coatesville in game one and beating Lancaster Mennonite in game two. Ayinde McLendon ‘25 was the standout player of the day creating chances for himself and others offensively while providing toughness and energy on the defensive end with steals, rebounds and box outs. They also play on December 29th vs. Executive Education Academy Charter School and won 49-38. The JV basketball team ended 2022 with a 49-38 win over Executive Education. Jabar Oakes ‘24, Zach Orchard ‘24 and Greg Perullo ‘24 were all in double figures for scoring. The collective defensive and rebounding efforts kept Executive Education in the single digits for scoring in 2 of the 4 quarters. The JV basketball team is 4-2 headed into PCL play. The Varsity Basketball traveled to Reading on December 27th and played Parkland HS  in the first round of the Reading Tournament. The team won 66-54.  The team was led by Ty Mishock '24 with 24 points and 5 assists. The following night the team played Reading HS and came up a little short 58-50. Jacen Holloway '23 and Ty Mishock '24 earned all tournament honors. The team is back in action Tuesday as they open up PCL play vs Egan. 

Wrestling

On December 28th, the the Tide wrestling team traveled to the Delco Duals hosted by Academy Park High School over the holiday break! The team strongly competed with a competitive lineup of opponents that included Academy Park, Upper Merion, Pope John Paul II, and Archbishop Carroll. The team fought hard in each of their matches and took away plenty of positives to build off of in the future. The team always rallied one another and cheered one another on, regardless of the result. Michael Cline-Thomas ‘26, Chris Rohner ‘25, Sam Kleiner ‘25, Dylan Kenneson ‘25, Shane Dugan ‘25, and Cooper Watson ‘23 all wrestled well in their respective weight classes. This tournament wrapped up the 2022 portion of the season and the Tide plan to take this momentum into 2023 when they come up head to head with Conwell Egan on January 4th.

Swimming

On December 29th the team traveled to Father Judge. The Devon Prep Tide swimming team had a swimming meet at Carl Sandburg Middle School where they swam against Father Judge and Archbishop Carroll. The boys swam extremely well in their respective events and plan to carry that momentum into 2023. Giovanni Notaro ‘25 competed in the 50 Free (26.97) and 100 Free (1:04.65). Reagan Megow ‘23 competed in the 100 Free (1:00.43) and 100 Back (1:13.09). Gavin Smith ‘23 competed in the 200 Free (2:15.61) and the 100 Breast (1.22:21). Together, the boys swam in the 200 Free (X1:58.55) and 400 Free Relay (X4:24.50). The next meet will be on January 18 where the boys will swim against La Salle College High School.

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