One played lacrosse.
The other was into rugby.
Both have left massive holes in the hearts of their family and friends.
And both were remembered this week.
Kip Taviano was a star lacrosse player at the Haverford School. The Concord resident was killed in a car crash on Smithbridge Road, not far from his family's home, just a few days before graduation in 2013.
Mark Dombroski was an Archmere grad and rugby player at Saint Joseph's University. He was killed in a tragic fall earlier this year during a tournament in Bermuda.
The legacy of both young men lives on in the actions of those who loved them.
His friends call it the 'Kip Effect.' Thursday night they gathered once again to raise money for the James K. 'Kip' Taviano Scholarship Fund. Saturday they gathered again for the Kip Taviano #10ve Lacrosse Celebration at 10ve Field - named in his honor - in Concord Township.
Rose Quinn details the efforts to honor Kip here.
Sunday the family of Mark Dombroski gathered Sunday for the difficult task of attending the Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester.
It's where Mark Dombroski would have been as well, helping his Saint Joseph's University in a national competition. But during a similar tournament in March in Bermuda, Dombroski, a Nether Providence native, went missing. His body was eventually found in an empty moat. It is believed he accidentally tumbled off a 35-foot-high cliff.
They also were there for another very special reason.
They were there to award the tournament Most Valuable Player Award, now officially named for Mark Dombroski.
Jack McCaffery tells the story here.
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