For the past umpteen years, the point of the Lower Merion - Conestoga football games has been to see whether the Pioneers would slaughter the Aces, which is what usually happened, or if Lower Merion could keep it respectable and lose by no more than two touchdowns. Last year, the Aces were better than respectable when they forced Conestoga to kick a final-seconds field … [Read more...] about Are The 5-4 Aces For Real? Conestoga Will Test Them On Saturday
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Matt Snider, Lower Merion Multisport Star, Dead at 47 – Played Alongside Kobe, Then Three Seasons In The NFL
With the passing of Matt Snider on October 9, Lower Merion High School lost one of its most celebrated athletes. Snider, a standout football and basketball player in the 1990s, went on to play in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings. https://youtu.be/oNZmyMGWg5c?si=8ynHtIArxqC-hw60 Lower Merion vs. Radnor, January 15, 1993. At the beginning of the … [Read more...] about Matt Snider, Lower Merion Multisport Star, Dead at 47 – Played Alongside Kobe, Then Three Seasons In The NFL
Last Minute TD Forces OT With Haverford – Then Aces Win 28-26
https://youtu.be/5dhjC7Dx7zkOn Friday night (October 13), after scoring a touchdown in the first quarter at Haverford High School, the Fords held the lead until Lower Merion ran the ball into the endzone with 43.8 seconds left in the game. The Aces tied the game at 20-20 with a two-point conversion. Haverford advanced the ball to the Lower Merion 25-yard in the remaining time. … [Read more...] about Last Minute TD Forces OT With Haverford – Then Aces Win 28-26
Football – Lower Merion Beats Upper Darby For The First Time Since 1989
In a late afternoon football game on Friday (September 1) at Arnold Field, Ardmore, Lower Merion beat the Upper Darby Royals by a score of 14-6.If you were born on the day of the previous Aces' win over Upper Darby, you'd be old enough to be President of the United States come the next Inauguration Day (January 20, 2025).No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of … [Read more...] about Football – Lower Merion Beats Upper Darby For The First Time Since 1989
Trick Play, Dramatic Finish – Lower Merion Aces Are 1-0
https://youtu.be/ClAjeCQYUNc?si=rBqDyD55lsftSvs2With the clock winding down in what looked like was going to be the last play in a 0-0 slog between Lower Merion High and Bensalem, Aces quarterback Mekhai Smith tossed a short pass into the arms of Declan Mack. Mack then danced a few steps forward (around the 50-yard line) and launched a long pass to Zion Gray, who was minding … [Read more...] about Trick Play, Dramatic Finish – Lower Merion Aces Are 1-0