Athletics Spotlight
“He loved this school.”
124th PC/GA Day O
New & Improved
Track coach Stephen A. Bonnie OPC ’66 (center) with class representatives James H. Shacklett OPC ’70 and Robert N. Reeves OPC ’70, celebrating the official dedication of the newly resurfaced William M. Weaver OPC ’29 Track.
n a brilliant fall day, Penn Charter attracted one of the largest crowds ever to witness the annual competition between two great schools. The 124th meeting of Penn Charter and Germantown Academy was not only packed with people, but with stories. There was the PC cross country runner who ran more than half his race with only one shoe – and finished with his personal-best time on the Penn Charter course. There was the 3-2 win by the boys soccer team, a victory that clinched the Inter-Ac championship and excited the PC student and parent fans packing the sidelines. PC won the 124th annual gridiron contest, too, hanging on to a 16-14 win despite GA’s effort to score in the last two minutes. One of the most emotional moments of the day occurred at halftime of the football game when the family and many of the classmates of Harold “Hap” Gottehrer OPC ’97 walked onto the track. Head of School Darryl J. Ford announced the dedication of the press box and bleachers in memory of Hap, who was remembered by his coach, his classmates and his family as a loving, smiling, positive presence. Surrounded by her husband, Neil, and their children Benjamin “Biff” OPC ’04 and Beth OPC ’07, Anne Gottehrer recalled the ties her son felt to Penn Charter. “He loved his friends, his teachers, his coaches, his service partners,” she said. “He loved this school.” PC
Penn Charter took time out at PC/GA Day to acknowledge the major upgrade in athletic facilities, including four improvements that were in use for fall sports.
Head of School Darryl J. Ford and Director of Athletics and Athletic Planning Paul Butler with the Gottehrer family: Anne, Beth OPC ’07, Neil, and Benjamin OPC ’04.
More scores and photos at penncharter.com/news.
In front of the new scoreboard they made possible, Anthony A. Caimi OPC ’50 and his wife, Nina.
Penn Charter will host PC/GA Day again next year: Save the Date for the 125th PC/GA Day @ Penn Charter on Nov. 12, 2011.
William A. Graham IV OPC ’58 and his classmates (see group photo in Class Notes) celebrated the formal dedication of the Graham Athletics Center.
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