Is it true that’s probably too little too late for Sun Valley to make the playoffs in 2026?

Probably.

Is it also true that after an eleven game losing streak that winning three games in a row, two of which were against teams that are likely headed to the district playoffs, is awesome and worth celebrating for a young team with a bright future?

Absolutely.

Sun Valley 4, Great Valley 2

By: Nick Mazzarella:

The Vanguards are hot folks. The 5A bracket should watch out. 

Sun Valley picks up their third straight win, and have won as many games in the span of five days as they won in total last year. 

Jax Casamento drove in the first run of the game in the bottom of the second on a base hit that drove in Austin Jennings to give Sun Valley an early 1-0 lead.

Not much happened until Great Valley scored in the fifth. All that silence is thanks to Jaden Comisiak who went three innings and allowed only two walks and no hits. 

In the fifth inning, Great Valley took the lead on a two-run double from Ty Callahan. 

But the Vanguards answered right back. Alex Mai tied the game at two a piece, driving in Comisiak on a base hit. With two outs, back-to-back bases loaded walks from Riley Comisiak and Logan Howe gave the Vanguards a 4-2 lead.

Ryan Messick pitched the final 2.2 innings of the game, allowing only two hits and striking out six to close out the game and was credited with the win. 

Great Valley falls to 10-8 and will face Oxford on Tuesday.

The Vanguards improve to 5-11, after a 3-15-1 season last Spring. This is their third straight win, and will look to make it four Saturday morning at 11:00 at home against Interboro (10-5).

Malvern Prep 11, Episcopal 0

By: Brendan Ricciardi:

Malvern Prep clearly had revenge on their minds after falling to Episcopal 4-1 earlier in the year.

The Friars led off this game with a homer from NC State recruit Jalen Bowman, and never really looked back. They scored four in the first, three in the second, one in the third and three in the fourth to win this game in mercy rule fashion.

Jackson Melconian looks like that injury is in the past as he had two doubles and drove in a run while scoring three runs. Cole Scarbinsky, Bryan Cogliano and Luke Moore all had two hits, while Scarbinsky drove in three runs and Moore drove in two.

On the mound for Malvern Prep, Collin Romanczuk continued a stellar season with five scoreless innings with just five hits allowed, zero walks and three strikes. He pounded the zone with 41 strikes on 58 pitches.

For Episcopal, JD Amoroso, Spencer Schuh, Reggie King, Baxter Schuh and Ben Michel all had hits in the loss.

Malvern Prep improves to 7-1 in the Inter-Ac, earning them at least a share of the title. They will host St. Joe’s Prep Saturday at noon before trying to win the Inter-Ac outright with a home game vs Penn Charter on Tuesday.

As for Episcopal, they fall to 4-4 in the Inter-Ac and will be off until they host Springside Chestnut Hill on Tuesday.

Delco Christian 20, Jenkintown 4

By: Brendan Ricciardi:

Delco Christian put a whopping 12 runs on the board in the first, and that was more than enough to win this game in four innings. The Knights also scored two in the third and six in the fourth to run away with this one.

Maden Longley had a monster day at the plate, driving in seven runs with a homer and a triple as part of three hits. Matteo DeBellis had two hits including a triple while driving in two runs, and Josiah Lyren had two hits and drove in a run while walking twice. Gabe DiGregorio had a hit, two walks and drove in two runs.

Nate Wilcox threw 2.2 scoreless innings on the mound in the win as well.

Delco Christian improves to 7-3 in the Bicentennial League and will host Shipley for a non-conference game on Monday for their next game.

Penn Charter 3, Haverford School 1

By: Brendan Ricciardi:

After winning eight of nine games, The Haverford School has now lost five in a row after this one.

They scored one in the first after a Braydon Scanlan sac fly scored Zack Lawler, who led off the game with a base hit, but that was the only run they would score. Penn Charter scored all three of their runs in the bottom of the second.

Zack Lawler had two hits in the loss, one of those being a double. Nicky Vanni also had two hits and Mike Noone had one. Jacob Horwitz struck out seven over three innings with two hits allowed and two earned runs while Owen Murphy threw three shutout innings in relief with just one hit allowed and six strikeouts for the Fords.

Haverford falls to 3-5 in the Inter-Ac and take on Bonner for a fun non-conference game on Saturday. That game was originally scheduled for Rutgers-Camden, but the Bonner players at our game of the week said it may be moved, so not 100% sure where that game will be played.