Evan Mudrick scored twice as Holy Ghost Prep defeated St. Joseph’s Prep 5-2 Friday tonight in an APAC game at the Skatium.
Anthony Sparo, Mudrick, and Landon Stoudt scored goals to give the Firebirds a 3-0 lead with 2:02 left in the second period.
Christian Short and Connor Burman scored for the Hawks to make it a one-goal game with almost the entire third period still remaining.
Cole Stevens extended the Holy Ghost Prep lead with 2:47 left and Mudrick scored into an empty net with 52 seconds left.
Holy Ghost Prep improved to 4-1 overall and 3-1 in the APAC. The Hawks stand at 2-3 overall and 0-3 in conference.
Holy Ghost Prep 1 2 2—5
St. Joseph’s Prep 0 1 1—2
First-period goal: Anthony Sparo (HGP) unassisted, 12:41
Second-period goals: Evan Mudrick (HGP) from Shaun Moore and Luke Panepresso, :31; Landon Stout (HGP) from Shaun Marshall and Moore, 13:58; Christian Short (HGP) from Joseph Samango, 14:27
Third-period goals: Connor Burman (SJP) from Dominic Fantozzi, :12; Carlos Rodriguez (HGP) from Marshall and Cole Stevens, 13:13; Mudrick (HGP) unassisted, 15:08
Shots: Holy Ghost Prep 31, St. Joseph’s Prep 41; Saves: Bobby Baehser (HGP) 39, Andrew Custer (SJP) 27
Rick has worked in print and broadcast journalism for more than 35 years. He's covered golf in one medium or another for more than 30. He is the co-author of the book So You Want to Play Golf with PGA professional Kim Verrecchio and the host of the Women's Golf Report podcast.
Most recently, Rick served as an associate editor for The Mulligan Magazine. He also served as an associate editor for Philadelphia Golf Magazine and New Jersey State Golf from 2004-07.
Rick covered his first LPGA Tour event in 1986 and continues to cover women's golf for various media outlets. High on his bucket list is having the opportunity to one day play in an LPGA Tour pro am.
Rick is also a longtime correspondent for two suburban Philadelphia daily newspapers, the Intelligencer and the Bucks County Courier Times in Doylestown, PA. Over the course of his career he has coverzed a wide variety of sporting events.
He is also a veteran play by play and public address announcer, and handles the PA mic for the nationally ranked Delaware Valley University football program.
Rick is also a longtime contributor to Referee, a magazine devoted to sports officiating. He called his first baseball game at age 13 and continues to umpire softball and baseball today.
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