Saturday was a huge day for three Delaware County teams, which scored big-time nonleague wins.

Delaware County Christian: I was at the Delco Christian/Springfield game, where the Knights staked a 2-0 win behind goals by Andrew Crisanti and Sean Ellsworth. DC looked like a formidable team, one that could challenge for the Bicentennial Athletic League title in its first season under that banner. The Knights have a huge game this week against defending champ Holy Ghost Prep Tuesday that could dictate the league.

Archbishop Carroll: The Patriots erased a halftime deficit to beat La Salle, 4-2, on the road. Ryan Flynn, Nick Szalejko and Andrew Bulman all scored in the second half. The Explorers are considered one of the titans of the bigschool division of the Catholic League, so that's a huge notch in the Patriots' belt.

Marple Newtown: The Tigers took down Harry S Truman, 3-1, on the strength of Anthony Pezzotti's pair of goals. It never hurts to beat a school with two times the enrollment of your school.

No, he's not Superman. Ask him. Kelsey Beck-Cullen will tell you he's not invincible.

But he's doing his best Brad Lidge impersonation.

The Strath Haven goalkeeper (pictured) has been lights out for the Panthers this season, posting a county-best seven shutouts through the season's first three weeks. And to think that he had been a varsity newbie at season's onset.

To read more about Beck-Cullen's stunning success, take a look at this week's installment of the boys soccer notebook.

Other cool stuff featured in the notebook include:

• Updates on Chichester's Zach Woods, who suffered a concussion Tuesday in a game against Penn Wood. His coach, Kingsley Donaldson, said Woods should be back on the pitch after a two-week respite.
• Where is Lower Merion's Greg Robbins headed to college?
• Where have all the unbeaten teams gone?
• Who's leading Sun Valley through some difficult times?

And much more, only in the Daily Times.

Chichester boys soccer player Zach Woods is recovering Wednesday after suffering a "severe concussion" a day earlier in a game against Penn Wood.

His coach, Kingsley Donaldson, said Woods will see a specialist later this week. Donaldson expects Woods to miss up to two weeks while recovering. Donaldson, who has suffered a couple concussions during his playing career, said it would take a doctor's orders for Woods to return to the pitch.

"In Jamaica, it's not like it is here," said Donaldson. "Here, there are medical lawsuits all over the place. We want to make sure Zachary is OK before he returns to play."

For more on Woods, check out the weekly boys soccer notebook in Thursday's Daily Times.

Here at the Daily Times, we're getting with the times.

In case you missed the first few installments, football beat writers John Lohn and Jon Campbell (with the help of our photography department) will film game action and stand-ups weekly from the Game of the Week.

Last week's footage came from Interboro's win over Glen Mills. For video from the game, and the full report that appeared in the paper, follow the link.

And be sure to check back each week for more live shots from the Game of the Week.

This week marked the first installment of the boys soccer notebook, which will print weekly every Thursday in the Daily Times.

You can always count on the Super 7, which has Thomas Arkue and the Upper Darby Royals, pictured, at the top of the county rankings.

In this week's notebook, we take a look at Penn Wood's Menuh Wiah, a Liberia native who leads the county with 12 goals in the early going. There's also good stuff about Haverford coach Jorge Severini, who notched his 200th win, and much more.

Keep an eye out every Thursday for the latest in Delco boys soccer.

ON THE GRIDIRON:
There are plenty of intriguing matchups to keep an eye on tonight, Week 4. (Can you believe it? We're already a quarter of the way into the season.)

For starters, the Central League game between Strath Haven and Garnet Valley has the makings of being the game of the week. Haven needs a huge game from Lonnie Richardson, a running back/safety, if it is to upset the Jaguards.

For the rest of the games, here are the quick-hitters and our expert panel's picks. (Note our loose use of the word 'expert'.)

ON THE HARDWOOD:
The Daily Times was the first to report on the college commitments of Chester's Rahlir Jefferson and Glen Mills' Aaric Murray to Temple and La Salle, respectively. Here are the official stories, found only in Friday's edition of the Daily Times.

Have a good weekend and check back next week for more.

Another day, another Big 5 college commitment.

Chester senior forward Rahlir Jefferson gave his word Thursday night to Temple and coach Fran Dunphy that he will continue his career with the Owls. This comes on the heels of Glen Mills' Aaric Murray and Jefferson's Chester teammate Karon Burton picking La Salle.

I spoke with Jefferson, former Chester coach Fred Pickett and first-year coach Larry Yarbray tonight and here are some the extras from the interview with Pickett and Yarbray. (Look for a full report in Friday's edition of the Daily Times):

FRED PICKETT ... On Rahlir's mode of picking Temple:
"At the end of the day, I was shocked he committed like that. I'm happy for him, because we teach our kids to really thoroughly look at this and be selfish with it. We tell them to have a relationship with the head coach and know the style of play and the players they're bringing in and that you have to fit into it."

On Rahlir's role at Chester:
"For this team to be as good as they became, they all had to sacrifice something. He sacrificed a whole lot. He was quite often the third, fourth or fifth option and that's basically because (of where) he kind of just would fit in with our game. There were times when he would go a quarter or a quarter-and-a-half without getting any shots up. He was the consummate team player."

On getting extra looks because of his teammates:

"No question about it. When those guys were being recruited, (the coaches) would come to see them and they'd be impressed with Rahlir. It worked out for him because he loves Temple. Something clicked with him and coach Dunphy. Temple is a marvelous school, very diverse. They have everything."

LARRY YARBRAY ... On Rahlir's decision:

"You take a lot of visits and hear a lot of coaches talking. He heard what GW and Penn State had to say and liked Temple's pitch more. He's a quiet guy who doesn't give you a lead as to where he's leaning toward, but something told us he always had Temple at the top."

On making his choice before the season:

"I think a lot of guys want to get it out of the way before you start working out (for the upcoming season). That was his intention, I guess."

Glen Mills center Aaric Murray wasted no time, announcing his college choice well before his senior season got underway. Murray will attend La Salle next fall and continue his career with the Explorers.

A full report on Murray's verbal committment will appear in Thursday's edition of the Daily Times. Here are some the extras from my interview with him:

On his choice:
"Basically I was comfortable with everything there. Coach (John Giannini) was real with me. Everything he said to me was the truth and I got a good feel for the players. The campus itself, I liked that. I liked the population there. I liked everything. It was a great feeling. The teachers can actually help you individually because there's only 30 per class. I don't know. I felt it in my heart."

On when he had made up his mind:
"I was at home for the weekend and before I left for school, I told Coach G I wanted to go there. When I saw my coach (Glen Mills coach Craig Mellinger) Monday morning, I guess Coach G must've already told him. He was smiling real hard."

On Mellinger's help in the process:
"He was there for me, but he didn't want to influence me into going to one of the schools. He let me decide for myself."