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Archbishop Wood seniors make most of final season; Knouse ready to lead

Archbishop Wood seniors make most of final season; Knouse ready to lead

Archbishop Wood tops Cathedral Prep in 5A final, makes history with fourth straight PIAA title, ninth overall

PHILADELPHIA — Ava Renninger and Mike McDonald don’t hold back with each other. The Archbishop Wood senior point guard and the Vikings girls’ basketball coach are both spirited competitors and it’s defined their relationship for the past three years. McDonald knows he can give it to his point guard because not only can she take it, she can give it right back. Renninger didn’t hold back on Monday either, the senior redeeming herself at the foul line as the top-seeded Vikings outlasted A...

LANSDALE – One after another after another, Archbishop Wood’s Emily Knouse kept connecting on 3-pointers in the second quarter, gradually dampening the spirit of a raucous Lansdale Catholic student section. “It was great, especially because they’re so loud and they hate Wood,” Knouse said. “So it was so great to be able to kind of […]

LANSDALE – One after another after another, Archbishop Wood’s Emily Knouse kept connecting on 3-pointers in the second quarter, gradually dampening the spirit of a raucous Lansdale Catholic student section. “It was great, especially because they’re so loud and they hate Wood,” Knouse said. “So it was so great to be able to kind of shush ‘em.” Knouse was locked in from long range in the second period of Tuesday night’s Philadelphia Catholic League girls basketball matchup, the j...

CHELTENHAM — Quinn Boettinger stepped to the foul line with 1:23 remaining in the fourth quarter looking to give the Perkiomen Valley girls basketball a lead that had frustratingly eluded it for most of Sunday’s Hoops for Hope Classic contest with Archbishop Wood. Five times after relinquishing the advantage in the opening quarter, Perk Valley pulled to within a point only for Wood to hold it off. A Boettinger basket in the fourth cut the margin to one a sixth time at 43-42 and after Wood mi...

PHILADELPHIA — It’s not the strength of schedule that makes a team, but the schedule strengthening the team. At least, that’s the idea when Archbishop Wood’s girls’ basketball team sets its non-league slate every year. The Vikings know they’re going to be pushed and tested on a consistent basis in the Philadelphia Catholic League and, if they endure that, in the PIAA tournament so they annually go out and stack their schedule with games to prepare for it. The Vikings dropped a 47-33 ...

From 1,000-points to 100 wins, last week's top athletes were busy reaching major milestones.