Pottstown 41, Great Valley 40 (2 OT)

By Timothy J. Raub
Special to The Mercury

POTTSTOWN — Standing outside the locker room after their double-overtime victory over visting Great Valley, Saige Reinhart and Monroe Hampton spoke of the performances like it was just another night on the job.

What the Pottstown duo had just been through, though, was anything but routine.

Rolling out of the pocket to his left, Reinhart connected with a wide-open Hampton on an out pattern in the front corner of the end zone for a two-point conversion to give the Trojans a 41-40 victory in the second of two overtime periods.

“If he’s open he’s getting it,” Reinhart said of Hampton. “And he knows it, too. He’s a playmaker, and playmakers want the ball when it matters most.

“It’s just a matter of us fighting, though. Fighting as a team through the ups and the downs of a game and of a season. We just attacked when we had the opportunities, and took advantage of (those opportunities).”

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Great Valley 26, Phoenixville 13

Great Valley's Chris Geiss is brought down by Phoenixville's Theo McLemore and Zack Gallow during Friday's game. (Photo by Barry Taglieber)

By Barry Sankey
bsankey@journalregister.com

PHOENIXVILLE — Great Valley’s football team features most of the attributes necessary to have a successful season.
They have big, experienced linemen on both sides of the football, an excellent dual-threat quarterback in 6-4, 210-pound senior Chris Geiss plus a host of capable running backs and receivers.
The Patriots put all of that on display against Phoenixville in a non-league season opener Friday night at Washington Field with Great Valley coming away with 26-13 victory over the Phantoms.

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