Delco Boys Basketball Super7, Feb. 6
It’s the last Super 7 of the regular season. We might revisit this before states, but for now, here’s how the Delco types stand before just about everyone makes districts. For more on the Central...
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Even in quick exit, Garnet Valley sets new standard at PIAA duals
HERSHEY — Following a 3-1 win, Garnet Valley’s Kevin Puliti sent a text to his older brother, Nick. It was a playful jab from the younger brother, letting Nick know he had done something that Nick, a...
View ArticleGermantown Academy’s Maddie Vizza on fire from 3 as Patriots clinch Inter-Ac...
WHITEMARSH >> It’s been a great week for Germantown Academy’s Maddie Vizza. The senior point guard opened the week with a career game Monday. She posted a personal best 29 points against St....
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Westtown tops MFS to win first league championship in 23 years
PHILADELPHIA – Westtown girls’ basketball may not be a state powerhouse like the school’s boys’ team. Not yet anyway. [PHOTO BY KATHY LEISTER, COURTESY FRIENDS SCHOOL LEAGUE]But under former Bishop...
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Westtown tops ANC to extend Friends League title streak to seven
PHILADELPHIA – Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. For the seventh consecutive season, the Westtown boys’ basketball program is taking home the Friends School League crown, this time by outlasting...
View ArticleArchbishop Wood pulls away from La Salle
WARMINSTER >> When Daeshon Shepherd slammed home Rahsool Diggins’ perfectly-placed alley-oop pass midway through the fourth quarter Friday night, Archbishop Wood had applied an appropriate...
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Methacton handles Phoenixville, stays on course for PAC threepeat
ROYERSFORD >> Methacton’s perfect run through the Pioneer Athletic Conference regular season schedule no longer meant anything coming into Friday night’s Final Six playoff semifinal, and the...
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Pope John Paul II locks down Spring-Ford for PAC title game spot
ROYERSFORD >> While the seed was the same, this was a different Pope John Paul II boys basketball team. The Golden Panthers earned the No. 2 seed in the Pioneer Athletic Conference playoffs last...
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Spring-Ford stays alive on Day 2 of PIAA Class 3A duals
HERSHEY >> With a big mustang printed on the middle of the West Perry High mat Spring-Ford was wrestling on, it was fitting its horses started and finished a tight dual meet. Star junior Joey...
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Lewis-Eutsey reaches 1,000 as Lansdale Catholic finishes PCL Blue undefeated
LANSDALE >> Timaya Lewis-Eutsey was only focused on putting the ball back in the basket. The Lansdale Catholic junior found the ball in her hands under the rim off a tipped offensive rebound...
View ArticleHaverford defense leaves Radnor short of ‘A game’
CONCORD — For much of Saturday afternoon it was one of those games where points were scarce and only the clock moved. When the math was complete the Haverford girls exited with a 38-23 victory over...
View ArticleBloody good effort by Seidman boosts Haverford
CONCORD — It was going to take a lot more than a bloody nose to keep John Seidman from getting to the basket and the free throw line Saturday in Haverford’s 39-35 Central League quarterfinal win over...
View ArticleMore gold struck for Haverford School’s Thomas and Hawkins
Kevin Thomas and Daiyaan Hawkins of the Haverford School added more gold to their growing collections. Thomas won the 60-meter hurdles for the fourth time this season and set a personal best with a...
View ArticleStanton stops Pio’s shot, Penncrest’s slide
LOWER MERION – Ben Stanton knew he had to seize the moment and be the hero. Midway through the fourth quarter, Penncrest was beginning to wonder if it had enough left in the tank to beat crosstown...
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Spring-Ford clamps down Owen J. Roberts, advances to PAC championship
ROYERSFORD >> Spring-Ford and Owen J. Roberts had already played two close games this season and, for a long time, appeared to be headed for another one on Saturday night. But the Rams clamped...
View ArticleWith ‘nothing to lose,’ Aspesi, Harriton stun Garnet Valley
LOWER MERION — Harriton High was missing its head coach for Saturday’s Central League girls playoff quarterfinal with reigning champion Garnet Valley. Second-year Rams coach Chris Wielgus was being...
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Unionville stuns Coatesville, West Chester East holds off Rustin to set up final
WEST CHESTER >> There will be a new Ches-Mont League boys basketball champion on Tuesday night. Unionville’s Pete Kucharczuk fires a three in the first quarter. (Nate Heckenberger – For MediaNews...
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Methacton withstands Pottsgrove’s push to return to PAC title game
The Methacton girls basketball team led by 18 points late in the second quarter Saturday and in most circumstances it would have been smooth sailing. But pesky Pottsgrove was not going quietly. At all....
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Mount Saint Joseph hangs on against Gwynedd Mercy rally to reach AACA final
SPRINGFIELD >> With a little more than a minute left and her team out of sorts, Lauren Vesey drove into the lane. The Mount Saint Joseph Academy senior converted the layup for her team’s first...
View ArticleSt. Basil uses strong start to top Villa Maria in AACA semifinals
SPRINGFIELD >> Once Denae Carter turned a steal into a layup, St. Basil Academy’s girls basketball team was off and running. It took nearly three minutes into Saturday’s AACA semifinal against...
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