William Penn Charter School
Boys Lacrosse History
Penn Charter fielded its first
lacrosse team in 1968 under coach Robert "Jake" Roak, who
coached the team through '73. Senior Bob Fass scored the team's first
goal in a loss to
Germantown Academy and scored the decisive goal, in overtime, in the team's
first win,
over George School.
The team played in the private school division of a Philadelphia-area
league through 1976.
It won state championships in 1974, '75 and '76 with title-game wins over
Harriton by 4-3,
Harriton again by 11-10 and Abington by 11-10, respectively. Lacrosse became an
official
Inter-Ac sport in 1977.
Aside from Roak, the Quakers have been coached by Joe Perrott, Henry
"School House"
Lane, Steve Yingling, Chris Teare, Tony Resch and Pat McDonough.
The league members: Episcopal Academy
(EA), Germantown
Academy (GA), Haverford School
(HS), Malvern Prep (MP) and Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (SCH), since 2013.
Thanks to John Burkhart, Joe Perrott, Tony Resch, Bob "Boober" Aitken
and John
Michener for their help!
Results in tournaments at bottom of page.
To reach Ted Silary -- tedtee307@yahoo.com
| League/Overall Records and Breakdown of Results vs. Inter-Ac Opponents | |||||||||
| Results vs. Inter-Ac teams from prior to 1982 not included in totals below | |||||||||
| These three teams won state championships | |||||||||
| Year | Coach | Overall | |||||||
| 1974 | Joe Perrott | 11-2 | |||||||
| 1975 | 39-6 | 13-3 | (Includes one win for two half-wins in prelim playoffs) | ||||||
| 1976 | 15-1 | ||||||||
| Complete results for 1968-73 / 1977-81 currently unavailable | |||||||||
| Year | Coach | League | Overall | EA | GA | HS | MP | SCH | |
| 1982 | Joe Perrott | 8-0 | 19-1 | W/W | W/W | W/W | W/W | ||
| 1983 | 15-1 / 34-2 | 7-1 | 15-1 | W/W | W/W | W/L | L/W | ||
| 1984 | Henry Lane | 3-5 | 7-8 | L/L | W/W | L/L | L/W | ||
| 1985 | 5-11 / 15-13 | 2-6 | 8-5 | W/L | L/L | L/L | L/W | ||
| 1986 | Steve Yingling | 0-8 | 1-11 | L/L | L/L | L/L | L/L | ||
| 1987 | 0-16 / 2-25 | 0-8 | 1-14 | L/L | L/L | L/L | L/L | ||
| 1988 | Chris Teare | 3-5 | 8-7 | L/L | W/L | L/L | W/W | ||
| 1989 | 13-11 / 37-14 | 5-3 | 17-3 | L/L | W/W | W/W | L/W | ||
| 1990 | 5-3 | 12-4 | W/W | L/L | W/L | W/W | |||
| 1991 | Tony Resch | 4-4 | 11-6 | L/L | L/W | L/W | W/W | ||
| 1992 | 30-58 / 104-95 | 1-7 | 9-9 | L/L | L/W | L/L | L/L | ||
| 1993 | 0-8 | 3-12 | L/L | L/L | L/L | L/L | |||
| 1994 | 2-6 | 8-12 | L/L | W/L | L/L | W/L | |||
| 1995 | 4-4 | 12-6 | L/L | W/W | L/L | W/W | |||
| 1996 | 2-6 | 6-9 | L/L | L/L | L/L | W/W | |||
| 1997 | 1-7 | 7-10 | L/L | L/L | L/L | L/W | |||
| 1998 | 4-4 | 7-10 | W/L | L/W | W/L | W/L | |||
| 1999 | 4-4 | 13-7 | L/W | L/W | L/L | W/W | |||
| 2000 | 4-4 | 14-7 | L/W | L/L | L/W | W/W | |||
| 2001 | 4-4 | 14-7 | L/W | L/W | L/L | W/W | |||
| 2002 | Pat McDonough | 1-7 | 12-11 | W/L | L/L | L/L | L/L | ||
| 2003 | 50-98 / 200-214 | 6-2 | 24-6 | W/W | L/W | W/W | W/L | ||
| 2004 | 2-6 | 5-18 | W/W | L/L | L/L | L/L | |||
| 2005 | 3-5 | 12-10 | W/W | W/L | L/L | L/L | |||
| 2006 | 4-4 | 19-11 | W/W | L/W | L/L | L/W | |||
| 2007 | 2-6 | 13-11 | W/W | L/L | L/L | L/L | |||
| 2008 | 1-7 | 15-11 | L/L | W/L | L/L | L/L | |||
| 2009 | 2-6 | 6-15 | L/L | W/W | L/L | L/L | |||
| 2010 | 2-6 | 10-10 | L/L | L/W | L/L | W/L | |||
| 2011 | 2-6 | 12-11 | W/W | L/L | L/L | L/L | |||
| 2012 | 2-6 | 13-12 | L/W | W/L | L/L | L/L | |||
| 2013 | 3-7 | 12-13 | L/L | W/W | L/L | L/L | L/W | ||
| 2014 | 4-6 | 5-15 | W/L | W/L | L/L | L/L | W/W | ||
| 2015 | 2-8 | 7-14 | L/L | W/L | L/L | L/L | W/L | ||
| 2016 | 4-6 | 6-14 | L/L | W/W | L/L | L/L | W/W | ||
| 2017 | 5-5 | 10-11 | L/W | W/W | W/L | L/L | L/W | ||
| 2018 | 3-2 | 10-11 | W | W | L | L | W | ||
| 2019 | 2-3 | 9-10 | L | W | L | L | W | ||
| 112-196 | 392-363 | 28-46 | 35-39 | 12-62 | 28-46 | 9-3 | |||
| Tournament Results | |||||||||
| Pre-Inter-Ac Era | |||||||||
| 1974 | State Tourney | *2-0 | Beat George School and Harriton | ||||||
| 1975 | State Tourney | #*3-0 | Beat Hill/Haverford School, Lower Merion and Harriton | ||||||
| 1976 | State Tourney | *2-0 | Beat Springfield Delco and Abington | ||||||
| 1978 | State Tourney | ||||||||
| #-First win came in two half-games to break regular season tie | |||||||||
| Inter-Ac Era | |||||||||
| 1981 | State Tourney | 1-1 | Beat Lower Merion, lost to Abington | ||||||
| 1982 | State Tourney | 1-1 | Beat Unionville, lost to Springfield Delco | ||||||
| 1983 | State Tourney | *3-0 | Beat Conestoga, WC Henderson and Episcopal | ||||||
| 1984 | State Tourney | 0-1 | Lost to WC Henderson | ||||||
| 1985 | None | ||||||||
| 1986 | None | ||||||||
| 1987 | None | ||||||||
| 1988 | None | ||||||||
| 1989 | State Tourney | *3-0 | Beat Conestoga, Hill School and Episcopal | ||||||
| 1990 | State Tourney | 0-1 | Lost to Radnor | ||||||
| 1991 | State Tourney | 2-1 | Beat WC Henderson and Springfield Delco, lost to Episcopal | ||||||
| 1992 | None | ||||||||
| 1993 | None | ||||||||
| 1994 | State Tourney | 0-1 | Lost to Springfield Delco | ||||||
| 1995 | State Tourney | 1-1 | Beat WC East, lost to Ridley | ||||||
| 1996 | State Tourney | 0-1 | Lost to Haverford School | ||||||
| 1997 | State Tourney | 0-1 | Lost to Haverford School | ||||||
| 1998 | State Tourney | 1-1 | Beat La Salle, lost to Penncrest | ||||||
| 1999 | State Tourney | 0-1 | Lost to Ridley | ||||||
| 2000 | State Tourney | 1-1 | Beat Germantown Academy, lost to Lower Merion | ||||||
| 2001 | State Tourney | 1-1 | Beat Episcopal, lost to Germantown Academy | ||||||
| 2002 | State Tourney | 1-1 | Beat Episcopal, lost to Malvern | ||||||
| 2003 | State Tourney | 2-1 | Beat WC East and Strath Haven, lost to Radnor | ||||||
| 2004 | None | ||||||||
| 2005 | State Tourney | 1-1 | Beat Radnor, Lost to Haverford School | ||||||
| 2006 | State Tourney | 1-1 | Beat Friends' Central and SJ Prep, lost to La Salle | ||||||
| 2007 | State Tourney | 2-2 | Beat Unionville and Central Bucks South, lost to Dowingtown West | ||||||
| 2008 | State Tourney | 3-1 | Beat Strath Haven, Germantown Academy and Ridley, lost to Malvern | ||||||
| 2009 | Inter-Ac Challenge | 0-1 | Lost to Germantown Academy | ||||||
| 2010 | Inter-Ac Challenge | 0-1 | Lost to Lawrenceville (NJ) | ||||||
| 2011 | Inter-Ac Challenge | 1-1 | Beat Germantown Academy, lost to Malvern | ||||||
| 2012 | Inter-Ac Challenge | 1-1 | Beat Academy New Church, lost to Malvern | ||||||
| 2013 | Inter-Ac Challenge | 0-1 | Lost to Lawrenceville (NJ) | ||||||
| 2014 | Inter-Ac Challenge | 0-1 | Lost to Lawrenceville (NJ) | ||||||
| 2015 | Inter-Ac Challenge | 1-1 | Beat Germantown Academy, lost to Haverford School | ||||||
| 2016 | Inter-Ac Challenge | 1-1 | Beat SCH Academy, lost to Haverford School | ||||||
| 2017 | Inter-Ac Challenge | 1-1 | Beat Hill School, lost to Culver Academies (IN) | ||||||
| 2018 | Inter-Ac Playoffs | 1-1 | Beat SCH Academy, lost to Malvern | ||||||
| 2019 | Inter-Ac Playoffs | 1-1 | Beat SCH Academy, lost to Haverford School | ||||||
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