Monday, January 22nd, 2018
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Lauren Ciuba, Junior, Girls Basketball

Junior Lauren Ciuba performed consistently for the Panthers girls basketball team, who played three games in a row last week. She scored in the double digits in all three games: 10 points against OJR, 10 points against Villa, and 14 points against Pottstown including 4 for 4 from the foul line. The biggest victory of the week saw the Panthers upset the #2 district seeded Villa Maria. The Panthers play again this week against Frontier Rival Phoenixville at home on Tuesday.
Weekly Highlights
The SWIM TEAM competed in its second meet against Archbishop Carroll... it was the first time PJP has hosted a meet, using SJU as its home pool... eight school records were established with highlights from the girls side by LINDSEY PIONTEK '21 (2nd in 50 free and 500 free) and MADDIE D'ELIA '19 (2nd 200 IM and 100 fly).... On the boys side JOHN MURTAUGH '21 finished 1st in the 100 breast and KADEN BUCHLER '21 finished 1st in the 500 free... the all freshman relay of Kaden Buchler, Angelo Burgese, John Murtaugh, and Jason Leary (pictured) won the 200 Medley with a time of 2:15.79.
The WRESTLING TEAM experienced success at the individual level even though they lost both matches last week... JUNIOR JACK FILES continues to add to his 12-5 winning record, likewise for JUNIOR RYAN VULAKH (pictured( at 12-4. Also snagging wins against Pottstown for the Panthers were NICHOLAS BOYCE '18, MATT VULAKH '21, JACOB STEAD '18.
The GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM defeated #2 Villa Maria on Thursday by 6 points, moving them up to 7th place in 5A... ELYSE SYLVESTER '19 scored 24 points in the win while MONICA RAPCHINSKI '18 added 12 and LAUREN CIUBA '19 added 10... The team went 2-1 for the week... Elyse Sylvester ranks 6th in the PAC in scoring...
The CHEER TEAM finished first in the Varsity High School Division at the Carroll Cheer Classic on Sunday...
The BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM dropped 2 close games by less than 5 points... SENIOR AIDAN MCCARTHY (pictured) ranks 2nd in the PAC for 3 pointers and 9th in overall scoring... The team will host a Shooting Stars clinic this Sunday....

Scoreboard
Weekly Schedule
Monday, January 22nd
5:30 PM Boys JV Basketball away at Pottsgrove
7:00 PM Boys Varsity Basketball away at Pottsgrove

Tuesday, January 23rd
3:30 PM 9th Grade Basketball away at Spring-Ford
5:30 PM Boys JV Basketball away at Phoenixville
5:30 PM Girls JV Basketball HOME vs. Phoenixville
7:00 PM Boys Varsity Basketball away at Phoenxiville
7:00 PM Girls Varsity Basketball HOME vs. Phoenixville

Wednesday, January 24th
6:30 PM Wrestling away at Upper Merion

Friday, January 26th
3:15 PM Boys 9th Grade Basketball HOME vs. Upper Merion
5:30 PM Girls JV Basketball away at Upper Merion
7:00 PM Girls Varsity Basketball away at Upper Merion
5:00 PM Boys JV Basketball HOME vs. Upper Merion
7:00 PM Boys Varsity Basketball HOME vs. Upper Merion
7:00 PM Girls Varsity Swim away vs. Little Flower and St. Hubert's @ Widener University

Saturday, January 27th
11:00 AM Boys Varsity Swim HOME vs.Roman Catholic @ SJU Maguire Pool
1:00 PM Girls JV Basketball HOME vs. Berks Catholic
2:30 PM Girls Varsity Basketball HOME vs. Berks Catholic

PJP ATHLETIC CLUB
NEXT MEETING: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15th
7:00 PM STUDENT COMMONS



UPCOMING FUNDRAISER: Save the Date! Designer Bag Bingo Friday, February 23rd.

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