Radnor’s Pierce Justice puts up a shot in the first half against Lower Merion in the Central League final Monday. The Aces went on to a 59-49 victory. (Pete Bannan/MediaNews Group)
By Matthew DeGeorge
It’s been awhile since Radnor defeated Lower Merion in basketball.
The best guess right now according to modern historians is roughly 1984. That’s at least a lifetime and change ago for the current Raptor players, although the way they battled Monday, that’s certainly subject to change.
Two minutes into the third quarter of the Central League championship game between the teams at Ridley High, right around the time the concession stand was low on hot dogs, pizza and the latest rage, walking tacos, the Raptors scored eight straight points to erase what had been a 12-point deficit late in the first half.
Though it was still a one-point game early in the final frame, the Raptors couldn’t keep up, the Aces working hard for a 59-49 victory and yet another Central League title thanks largely to 6-10 senior Demetrius Lilley, who scored 10 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, including thundering back-to-back dunks.
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