I wasn’t sure anyone in the DiBona family could top Frankie eating 11 hot dogs at our Malvern Prep vs Bonner Dollar Dog Day, but his older brother Paul may have beaten him out with this one.

Malvern Prep 8, Garnet Valley 0

By: Brendan Ricciardi:

Paul DiBona threw a no-hitter against Garnet Valley in this one, going all seven innings with no hits or walks and seven strikeouts. The only baserunner to reach was on an error and he needed just 69 pitches to do it.

Still debatable whether that is more impressive than 11 hot dogs, but we’ll let you decide for yourself. That’s a lot of bread right there.

This game was pretty tight all the way until the fifth as Malvern Prep lead 2-0 before they put four on the board to take full control.

Jack Heffner’s two-run double made it 4-0, and in the next at bat, Gabe Naylor launched a two-run shot to right to make it 6-0 just like that.

With a comfortable 8-0 lead and just three more outs needed for the no-hitter, DiBona, who despite playing at Malvern Prep is a Havertown native according to PG, picked up a pop out, a strikeout and another strikeout to lock down the no-hitter and the win.

Brady Abate also had two hits and an RBI in the win for the Friars. Aidan Capobianco and Luke Capaldi drove in runs.

The Friars improve to 22-3 on the year and will host Germantown Academy on Friday looking to remain in first place in the Inter-Ac.

As for Garnet Valley, they fall to 8-5 on the season and will host Springfield on Monday for their next game.

Marple Newtown 12, Harriton 0

By: Bryson Ungar:

What’s better for Marple than playing under the lights on arguably the best field in the area? How about a 12-0 dominant win in what was pretty much a must-win game for their playoff hopes. 

The Tigers did not disappoint and pounced on the struggling Harriton Rams early. The Tigers managed a nine-run second inning outburst, yes, nine runs. 

Things started off after Carter Patterson doubled, and then Sal Brady grounded into a fielder’s choice scoring the first run of the game. It was a hit parade from there as in order, Aiden Liberty, Cole Buckley, Jackson Burger, and John Matthews, all knocked in RBI singles. They were not done yet, as Sean Pancoast cleared the bases with a three-run RBI triple capping off a tremendous inning. 

Aiden Liberty continued the excellent offensive showing by blasting a two-run homer, making it an eleven run game through three innings. Justin DiSantis brought in the final run for the Tigers with a single. 

Calvin Costello had the lone hit for the Rams. Marple got a nice boost from the bottom of the lineup today.  Seven and eight hitters, Aiden Liberty and Carter Patterson, both had two hits each. 

A huge offensive showing cannot let the phenomenal pitching performance by Chase Magee be left unnoticed. Magee only gave up one hit in five innings of work.

Marple (4-6 in CL) will face a very tough Haverford team (10-0)  next Monday. The Rams (3-7) who are in need of wins ASAP will take on their rivals in the Lower Merion Aces (4-6) also on Monday.

Chichester 16, Academy Park 1

By: Brendan Ricciardi:

This is a pretty funny box score to look at, because despite Chichester winning 16-1 in five innings, they scored all those runs in two innings.

The Eagles scored five in the top of the second before blowing it open for 11 in the top of the fifth. Luke Werley had an awesome game both at the plate and on the mound. On the mound, he struck out eight over three shutout innings with just one hit and one walk allowed.

At the plate, he led the team with three hits and drove in two runs. Zach Murray, Evan Valentine, Cole Sanford and Gavin Derrickson all had two hits in the win.

Sanford drove in three runs, while Murray, Valentine, Werley, Derrickson and Brayden Sweigart all drove in two.

Cole Sanford threw two scoreless innings as well in the win.

Zahmir Latimore, Lucas Gilbert, Damian DeLany and Sean Murphy had hits in the loss for Academy Park.

Chichester improves to 8-0 in the Del Val and will take on Chester at home on Tuesday for their next game.

As for Academy Park, they fall to 1-7 in the Del Val and will host Penn Wood on Tuesday.

Interboro 17, Penn Wood 3

By: Brendan Ricciardi:

Interboro scored four in the first, three in the second, and put the exclamation point on this game with ten in the third.

Jaxson Munro, Scott Poluchuck and Joel Sheridan all had three hits in the win for Interboro. Munro drove in three runs as well while Poluchuck, Austin Dean and Zander Mcgowan all drove in two.

On the mound, Joel Schimpf struck out five over two scoreless innings and Jaxson Munro threw a scoreless fifth as well.

On the Penn Wood side, Sal Faralli and Jasai Hailey both had doubles, with Faralli driving in two runs. Anthony Amoroso also drove in two runs and threw two scoreless innings of relief.

Interboro improves to 10-3 overall and 7-2 in the Del Val. The weather does not look great, but Interboro is scheduled to play Ridley on Saturday morning at 11 AM for their next game should the rain hold off.

As for Penn Wood, they will head to Academy Park on Tuesday for their next game as they fall to 1-7 in the Del Val.

Springside Chestnut Hill 6, The Haverford School 1

By: Brendan Ricciardi:

The Haverford School did jump ahead 1-0 in this one on a Danny Getz RBI double in the top of the second, but that’s all the offense that they were able to score in this one.

Springside Chestnut Hill responded with two in the bottom of the second and also added two in the third, one in the fourth and one in the sixth as well.

Danny Getz led the way on offense for the Fords as he went 2/3. Zack Lawler, Caleb Siever, Mike Noone and Aidan Greenberg all had hits for the Fords in the loss.

Matt Borden threw 2.2 strong innings of relief with one run allowed and two strikeouts.

Haverford School falls to 3-3 in the Inter-Ac and 12-6 overall. They will travel to Neumann-Goretti on Friday for their next game.

Neumann-Goretti 4, Bonner 2

By: Brendan Ricciardi:

I’m not sure anyone would have believed you if you told them before the season that Bonner, who won the PCL in 2025, would be 4-9 through 13 games.

That is the case for Bonner, who has lost all three games this week including this one in extras to Neumann-Goretti.

All the action in this game came at the beginning and at the end.

Gavin DiRita’s RBI single put Bonner ahead in the bottom of the first, but the Saints put two on the board in the top of the second.

Ryan Friel’s sac fly tied it up at 2-2, but there were no more runs scored until the top of the eighth, when NG scored two runs on two outs with a single and an error.

Danny Buckton was stellar on the mound for Bonner, going seven innings with one earned run and five strikeouts. His defense made six errors, so two of the runs he allowed were unearned.

Gavin DiRita had two hits, Jack Coleman, Owen Lockhart, and Chase D’Ambrosio had hits as well in the loss for the Friars.

Bonner falls to 2-5 in the PCL and will head to Episcopal on Saturday for a non-conference matchup looking to get some confidence back.