Taking the insertion pass from Ella Hummel at the top of the circle, Miller slotted a pass to Schools on her right with Schools quickly giving the ball back to Miller, who ripped a shot into the right corner of the cage with no time remaining, capping a night the Trojans claimed the Suburban One League Liberty Division title with a 3-0 victory over visiting Upper Dublin. “For me and Julia to get Red, it worked really well and we were excited to get it at the buzzer so that was really exciting especially on our Senior Night.” “That corner, we’ve tried so hard to get that every time,” Miller said. The regular season of the Colonial Liberty is like a mini-Group 2 tournament and all the teams will be well prepared, once the actual tourney begins on June 2.LOWER GWYNEDD > Brynne Miller was adamant that she and Julia Schools had to get this penalty corner play right.Īnd while it took until the final seconds of the fourth quarter Monday, the Wissahickon field hockey duo finally found success. Any of the five Colonial Liberty teams could surely contend, but others such as Delran and Delsea, just to name a few, could also battle for the title. It’s expected that all five teams will qualify for the 16-team South Jersey Group 2 tournament, which is also considered wide open. That means that besides facing each other twice in the regular season, there could definitely be some postseason rematches. What makes the Colonial Liberty so interesting is that besides being so balanced this season, the top five teams are also competing in South Jersey Group 2. The Bulldogs followed that up with a win over a young Collingswood team. Then the Bulldogs had a breakthrough win, 6-1 over Sterling as senor Marc LaProcido limited the Silver Knights to one unearned run in five innings. Sophomores Dane Samartino and Nick Turnage combined to hold the Green Wave to just four hits. The 3-1 loss to Audubon showed how competitive the Bulldogs could be. The Bulldogs lost their first three games to West Deptford, Haddon Heights and Audubon, a treacherous opening schedule for such a young team. So could Haddonfield, another team with good young pitching. Based on this showing, the Garnets figure to be in the race until the end. Haddon Heights has faced each Liberty team, starting out 3-2, with the losses coming to West Deptford, 9-2 and Audubon, 5-4. West Depford’s lone Colonial loss came against Sterling as Darien Binford allowed just two runs against the explosive Eagles offense in 5 ? innings.ĭespite the 2-3 division record, that win showed that Sterling could factor into would could be a wild Colonial race. Kurt Pechmann has been the lone senior on a young but improving staff for the Green Wave. West Deptford 4-1 Audubon 4-1 Haddon Heights 3-2 Sterling 2-3 Haddonfield 2-3 Collingswood 0-5Īudubon opened with a 9-2 loss to West Deptford, but the Green Wave won their next six games, including four in the division. Though the beginning of the week, here were the standings in the Colonial Liberty with just the division records: Unlike many divisions which are comprised of the highest enrollment schools, the Colonial has recently placed the more competitive teams in the Liberty Division, regardless of Group size. The Colonial is comprised of Group 1 and Group 2 schools and this year there are close races in both divisions. The Colonial Conference has long been known as one of the best so-called “small school” conferences when it comes to high school baseball and this year it is living up to that billing.