Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/14/26
One of a series of scholastic previews for the 2026 season
Perkiomen Valley
League: Pioneer Athletic Conference
Head Coach: Bryan Churchey’07, 14th season, Assistant Coaches: Nick Marren’17, Mike Orlando, Jim Hyland, Nick Steele’19, Larry Mo, Steve Kurylo’99
2025 Record: 14-7 overall, 6-3 PAC
2025 Team Honors: Made it to PAC Semi-Finals losing to Spring-Ford in OT, lost to West Chester Rustin 2nd Round of Districts
Opener date & opponent: Friday March 13th vs West Chester Rustin
Key returners: Braden Nester-SR-Defense/LSM(Penn Tech), Brady Supplee-SR-Defense, Christian Jones-SR-Goalie, Patrick Moloney-SR-Mid/FO/SSDM (Delaware), Sullivan Roop-SR-Att/Mid, Dylan Holland-SR-Att/Mid, Kevin Gould-SR-Mid/FO, Riley Schum-JR-LSM, Preston Sacks-JR-Att/Mid, Mathew Vlioras-SO-Midfield
Key newcomers: Luke Davidson-JR-Mid/SSDM, Nate Blinebury-JR-SSDM/FO, Sebastian Santangelo-SO-Att/Mid, Connor Liggett-SO-Mid/FO, Zane Miller-SO-Defense/LSM, Dominic Dancer-FR-Defense
Coach’s Outlook for 2026:
“We are healthy, focused, and have a good mixture of a strong senior class with young talent who have consistently shown up all off season with a desire to become a better version of themselves and to contribute to the team. With that said, we’ve set our goals, we’ve laid out our standards, and we are working hard to attain that standard daily. We have much to prove and much to still grow as a team from where we are but the potential is there for this group. They understand the standards and expectations we’ve set on a daily basis and that we must stay on mission if we want to achieve our goals in 2026. We’re looking forward to competing this season.”
Upper Merion
League: Pioneer Athletic Conference
Head Coach: Robert Devers
Last Season’s Record: Overall 5 – 13/Conference 2 – 6
First Official Contest: Friday March 13th @ Wissahickon HS, JV 3:330 and Varsity at 5pm
Returning players:
Keiran Lamey (12) Attack/Midfield
Noah Weiler (12) Midfielder
Henry Turbiner (12) only returning starter on the D-end of the field,
Joseph Blando Midfield
Dylan Thornton Midlfied
Dylan Kontra
Newcomers:
Sophomores – Archer Haye – Defense and at Long Stick MIdfield,
Sebastian Markaryan – Midfielder
Mina Youssef – Goalie
Freshman – Sebastian Vargas D end and get some Long-Stick Midfields
Bryan Blanco – lefty Attack
Devon Staller – Faceoff reps, Short-Stick D-Mid and LSM.
Coach’s outlook: “Blue Collar Mentality / Gold Standard: We will outwork our opponents through relentless effort, toughness, and a daily work ethic. We will compete and behave at the highest level on the field, in school, and in the community. Our Crew will make the school proud and we want to showcase our efforts on game days! So come out and support the “Crew!” Go Vikings!
