Cumberland Valley competes in Beast of the East tournament

East Coast high school water polo teams converged on central Pennsylvania this past weekend to compete in the Beast of the East tournament. Dozens of teams (25 boy’s teams and 20 girl’s teams) from across Pennsylvania and the Northeast played Friday night and all-day Saturday at four Berks County schools and at the Cumberland Valley natatorium.

 

The Eagle men compiled a 6-1 record for the tournament and took the Flight B Championship Saturday night with an 11-7 win over Governor Mifflin. CV’s only loss (15-3) was at the hands of Calvert Hall (Maryland) Saturday afternoon. The Eagles defeated St. Benedicts 12-4; Wyoming Valley West 13-6; Germantown Academy 15-2; Penn Charter 16-11; and Muhlenberg 13-6 to advance to the finals.

 

Leading the Eagles at both ends of the pool were Andrew Hamilton with 29 goals, 3 assists and 11 steals and Kenny Milburn with 16 goals, 1 assist and 15 steals. John Kesler added 8 goals, 8 assists and 15 steals. Senior goalie Adam Wenner saved 33 shots and tallied 4 assists and 10 steals.

 

The Lady Eagles put together a 3-2 record in the Flight B level. The Eagles won their first game of the tournament in overtime 8-7 over Lawrenceville and won again later that night against Wyoming Valley West 11-7. Saturday morning featured competition from two tough opponents as the Eagles suffered back-to-back losses to Upper Arlington (11-6) and McDowell (in Erie) (10-4). The Lady Eagles got back on track for their final game of the tournament with a 13-5 win over Wissahickon.

 

Team-wide contributions on offense and defense for the Lady Eagles saw a lot of players in the stats book by tournament end. Mackenzie Ferry netted 9 goals and tallied 3 assists and 7 steals followed closely by Michelle Miller with 8 goals, 4 assists and 10 steals. Hannah Sunday added her 7 goals, 11 assists and 6 steals. Heather Miller scored 5 goals, had 7 assists and 12 steals. Rounding out the top six stats totals were Shannon Hillery with 6 goals and 6 steals and Shelly St.OmerRoy with 4 goals, 2 assists and 12 steals. Senior goalie McKenzie Graf had 40 saves, 2 assists and 4 steals.

 

Next up for the Eagles is the East-West Crossover tournament to be held at the CV natatorium on October 10-11.