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,
John
Michener, Dave Butler, Harry Sankey, Bob Rosania, Tim Dowling, Tim Wall, Bill
Gallagher
Jr., Jim Still and Jeff Krane for their help!
**Profiles of championship teams at bottom of page.**
Through 2019 Season
To reach Ted Silary -- tedtee307@yahoo.com
| Captains and All-Star Honorees (Numerous Lists Currently Unavailable) | ||||
| Captains | First Team All-State | All-Americans | ||
| (Prior Seasons Unavailable) | (Prior Seasons Unavailable) | (Prior Seasons Unavailable) | ||
| 1973 | Rick Hess | |||
| Bob Marquess | ||||
| 1974 | Dave Butler | Craig "Mole" Bower | ||
| Edgar Lobley | ||||
| 1975 | Craig "Mole" Bower | Bob "Boober" Aitken | Craig "Mole" Bower, M | |
| Craig "Mole" Bower | ||||
| 1976 | Bob "Boober" Aitken | Bob "Boober" Aitken | Bob "Boober" Aitken, A | |
| Mike Andris | Joe Happe | |||
| Nick Sommaripa | Nick Sommaripa | |||
| First Team All-Inter-Ac | ||||
| 1977 | J.R. Castle | Joe Happe, A | ||
| Joe Happe | ||||
| 1978 | Rob Egan | Rob Egan, A | Rob Egan, A | |
| Tom Groshens | ||||
| 1979 | Corky Andrews | Corky Andrews | Terry Dowling, M | |
| Terry Dowling | Rick Bedford | |||
| Jim McGarvey | Scott Eder | |||
| Jim McGarvey | ||||
| 1980 | Mike Concordia | |||
| Glenn Tilley | ||||
| 1981 | Vince Della Valle | |||
| Tim Dowling | ||||
| Tony Resch | ||||
| 1982 | Chris Roak | Chris Roak, A | ||
| Jim Walker | Peter Ortale, M | |||
| Adam Wall | Joe Donnelly, G | |||
| 1983 | Joe Donnelly | Peter Ortale, M | ||
| Jim Happe | Joe Donnelly, G | |||
| Peter Ortale | ||||
| Tim Wall | ||||
| 1984 | Mike Hirshland | |||
| 1985 | Chris Morton | |||
| Rusty Zepernick | ||||
| 1986 | Dave Krauss | None | ||
| Matt Miller | ||||
| 1987 | Mark Christman | None | ||
| Nate Gerrie | ||||
| Tom Livezey | ||||
| 1988 | Chris Donnelly | |||
| Jeff McGuckin | ||||
| 1989 | Michael Sheward | |||
| Greg Summers | ||||
| Paul Wolfson | ||||
| 1990 | Rich Dressler | Rich Dressler, G | ||
| Bill Gallagher | ||||
| 1991 | Bill Gallagher | Bill Gallagher | Bill Gallagher | |
| PJ Kane | ||||
| Bill Young | ||||
| 1992 | Matt Donnelly | |||
| Tood Goulding | ||||
| Dan Kelley | ||||
| Pete McDonough | ||||
| 1993 | John Garvey | |||
| 1994 | Anthony Balsamo | |||
| David Bolno | ||||
| 1995 | Anthony Balsamo | |||
| David Bolno | ||||
| Andrew Hayes | ||||
| 1996 | Pierce Austin | |||
| Craig Kaufman | ||||
| 1997 | Colin McDonough | |||
| Brendan Moore | ||||
| 1998 | Will Hiesinger | Will Hiesinger | ||
| Matt Kelley | Matt Kelley | |||
| Joe Nejman | ||||
| 1999 | Ryan McGorman | Unavailable | ||
| Joe Nejman | ||||
| Scott Roslyn | ||||
| 2000 | Eric Goldman | Billy McKinney | ||
| Jordan Seiken | Zandy Reich | |||
| Andrew Tan | ||||
| 2001 | Billy McKinney | Billy McKinney | Zandy Reich, A | |
| Zandy Reich | Zandy Reich | |||
| Andrew Tan | Andrew Tan | |||
| 2002 | Henry Bartlett | Henry Bartlett | ||
| Stu Brown | Stu Brown | |||
| Brad Roslyn | David Gaunt | |||
| Tony McDevitt | ||||
| Ryan Still | ||||
| 2003 | Henry Bartlett | Henry Bartlett | Henry Bartlett, A | |
| Tony McDevitt | George Castle | Ryan Still, M | ||
| Ryan Still | David Gaunt | |||
| Tony McDevitt | ||||
| Ryan Still | ||||
| Denis Whelan | ||||
| 2004 | Bruce Tan | Jack Forster | ||
| Jason Windmoeller | Jason Windmoeller | |||
| 2005 | Colin Hitschler | Eric Muller | ||
| Will Pappas | Derek Still | |||
| Derek Still | ||||
| Paul Sweeney | ||||
| Bruce Tan | ||||
| 2006 | Rob Kolansky | Eddie Bambino | ||
| Kevin McGarvey | Rob Kolansky | |||
| RJ Lyons | ||||
| Kevin McGarvey | ||||
| Eric Muller | ||||
| Joe Rauchut | ||||
| 2007 | Eric Muller | Eddie Bambino | ||
| Joe Rauchut | Eric Muller | |||
| Joe Rauchut | ||||
| Colin Still | ||||
| 2008 | Eddie Bambino | Blaise Fullen | Colin Still, A | |
| Ryan McGarvey | Liam Resch | |||
| Colin Still | Colin Still | |||
| 2009 | Dan Carr | Steve McVeigh | ||
| Steve McVeigh | Mike Rauchut | |||
| Mike Rauchut | ||||
| Joey Volgraf | ||||
| 2010 | Jim Lamb | John Moderski | Joey Sankey, A | |
| Greg Laudadio | Joey Sankey | |||
| Dave Martina | Tyler White | |||
| Joey Sankey | ||||
| 2011 | Joey Sankey | Tyler White | Joey Sankey, A | |
| Tyler White | ||||
| 2012 | Shane Carr | Shane Carr | ||
| Jackson Tamasitis | Tyler Earley | |||
| John Moderski | ||||
| 2013 | Eric Berger | Charlie Giunta | ||
| Charles Giunta | Dean Roseman | |||
| Kevin Murphy | ||||
| Ray Vandegrift | ||||
| 2014 | Nick Bambino | Sean McKee | ||
| Stephen Gottlieb | Drew Murray | |||
| Drew Murray | ||||
| Dean Roseman | ||||
| 2015 | Rob Keehfuss | Rob Keehfuss | ||
| Frank McGlinchey | Sean McKee | |||
| Patrick McInerney | Christian Teuber | |||
| Christian Teuber | ||||
| 2016 | Drew Gallant | Sean McKee | Sean McKee, G | |
| David Gottlieb | Cody Sweeney | |||
| Jake McCain | ||||
| Sean McKee | ||||
| Cody Sweeney | ||||
| 2017 | Alex Malitas | Luke Stansfield | ||
| Dylan Schwartz | Gavin Tygh | |||
| Luke Stansfield | ||||
| Mac Wilson | ||||
| 2018 | Blake Target | Sam Keyser | Gavin Tygh, M | Gavin Tygh, M |
| Terence Thompson | Carson Marano | |||
| Blake Target | ||||
| Gavin Tygh | ||||
| 2019 | Terence Thompson | Sam Keyser | Carson Marano, G | Gavin Tygh, M |
| Gavin Tygh | Carson Marano | Gavin Tygh, M | ||
| Gavin Tygh | ||||
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| ---- Profiles of Championship Teams ---- | |||||||
| 1974 State Champs | 1975 State Champs | 1976 State Champs | |||||
| Coach: Joe Perrott | Coach: Joe Perrott | Coach: Joe Perrott | |||||
| Primary Starters | Primary Starters | Primary Starters | |||||
| Bob "Boober" Aitken | Attack | Bob "Boober" Aitken | Attack | Bob "Boober" Aitken | Attack | ||
| Craig "Mole" Bower | Attack | Joe Happe | Attack | Tom Groshens | Attack | ||
| Joe Happe | Attack | Greg Hartman | Attack | Joe Happe | Attack | ||
| Dave Butler | Midfield | Andy "Add" Anderson | Midfield | Mike Andris | Midfield | ||
| Edgar Lobley | Midfield | Craig "Mole" Bower | Midfield | J.R. Castle | Midfield | ||
| Harry Sankey | Midfield | Harry Sankey | Midfield | Mike Roughton | Midfield | ||
| Walt Delevich | Defense | Frank Roma | Defense | Bill Larson | Defense | ||
| Vince Furlong | Defense | Nick Sommaripa | Defense | Frank Roma | Defense | ||
| Frank Roma | Defense | Paul "Scrappy" Soulges | Defense | Nick Sommaripa | Defense | ||
| Craig Sabatino | Goalie | Gary Dudek | Goalie | Gary Dudek | Goalie | ||
| Key Subs | Key Subs | Key Subs | |||||
| Stew Tonkinson | Attack | Mike Andris | Midfield | Bruce Dillard | Defense | ||
| Benji Linton | Midfield | J.R. Castle | Midfield | Drew McConaghy | Midfield | ||
| Nick Sommaripa | Defense | Kevin Meehan | Defense | Bill Mebane | Midfield | ||
| Hugh McMeehan | Defense | ||||||
| 1981 InterAc Champs | 1982 Inter-Ac Champs | 1983 State Champs | |||||
| Coach: Joe Perrott | Coach: Joe Perrott | Coach: Joe Perrott | |||||
| Primary Starters | Primary Starters | Primary Starters | |||||
| Tim Dowling | Attack | Jim Happe | Attack | Jim Happe | Attack | ||
| Jim Happe | Attack | Chris Roak | Attack | John Wall | Attack | ||
| Bob Rosania | Attack | Tim Wall | Attack | Tim Wall | Attack | ||
| Vince Della Valle | Midfield | Dave Fass | Midfield | Mike Hirshland | Midfield | ||
| Jeff Krane | Midfield | Peter Ortale | Midfield | Tony Hollinger | Midfield | ||
| Adam Wall | Midfield | Adam Wall | Midfield | Peter Ortale | Midfield | ||
| Frank Donnelly | Defense | Alex Fogel | Defense | Chuck Cooper | Defense | ||
| Walt LaMar | Defense | Bob Rosania | Defense | Rennie Rodriguez | Defense | ||
| Tony Resch | Defense | Jim Walker | Defense | Sean Weston | Defense | ||
| Joe Donnelly | Goalie | Joe Donnelly | Goalie | Joe Donnelly | Goalie | ||
| Key Subs | Key Subs | Key Subs | |||||
| Chris Roak | Attack | Bob Rech | Defense | Brew Bassett | Attack | ||
| Jeff Krane | Midfield | Mike Biront | Midfield | ||||
| Peter Ortale | Midfield | Evan Michener | Defense | ||||
| Jim Walker | Defense | ||||||
| 1989 State Champs | |||||||
| Coach: Chris Teare | |||||||
| Primary Starters | |||||||
| John Michener | Attack | ||||||
| Casey Murray | Attack | ||||||
| Paul Wolfson | Attack | ||||||
| Pat McDonough | Midfield | ||||||
| Ted Nusbaum | Midfield | ||||||
| Michael Sheward | Midfield | ||||||
| Fran Casey | Defense | ||||||
| Bill Gallagher | Defense | ||||||
| Greg Summers | Defense | ||||||
| Rich Dressler | Goalie | ||||||
| Key Subs | |||||||
| Brant Imperatore | Attack | ||||||
| Michael Gomez | Midfield | ||||||
| Ken Klinger | Defense | ||||||