Upper Perkiomen's swimming team split its non-conference meet against Schuylkill Valley last weekend. The boys opened their dual meet season with a 93-69 victory on Friday, Nov. 2.

            Eric Harter posted four first-place finishes for the Indians. Brayden Favre contributed three victories.

            With only nine swimmers, the team lacks quantity. However, head coach Brien Kalnoski described all members as high-quality performers.  "They're all very good, from top to bottom," he said.

            Eight of the swimmers should be consistent scorers during the Indians dual meet season, according to the coach. He said the other swimmer, Justin Maciolek, is new to the sport, but has made significant strides.

            "I'm very proud of Justin," Kalnoski said. "Justin has made spectacular improvement since the water polo season. He's working very hard."

            Harter finished first in the 200 freestyle (1:48.68) and the 100 breaststroke (1:05.23) against the Panthers. He teamed with Favre, Parker Elliot and Hunter Francisco to ...

            Weight management issues kept Gabe Tulone out of the postseason last spring. He missed the District One wrestling tournament after weighing in 1/10th of a pound over the limit for his class.

            "It was a tough thing for all of us to deal with," Upper Perkiomen head coach Steve Adam said.

            Last weekend, the junior showed he could be poised to make a deep postseason run. Tulone started the 2022-23 season by earning his team's only gold medal at the Rough Rider Tournament at 114 pounds.

"Gabe is really fired up to go on a postseason run," Adam said. "He's definitely motivated."

            As a sophomore, Tulone missed the postseason during despite posting a 24-7 record. Adam pointed out that injury issues made weight management especially difficult. The coach said Tulone would have competed in the ...