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By PAPrepLIve

Donovan Rodriguez and Jim Welde were calm and collected when Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast needed it most Monday night.

The duo combined to go 4-for-4 from the free throw line in the final 10 seconds to preserve a 79-74 Catholic League boys basketball victory over Archbishop Wood.

It was the only free throws the pair attempted in the game. Welde hit his two with 2.8 seconds left to seal the victory. The Friars were 20-for-21 from the charity stripe. Isaiah Wong paced the Friars with 29 points. Tariq Ingraham added 18 points and Tyreese Watson chipped in with 10.

In other Catholic League action:

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By PAPrepLive

Within just a few weeks, Episcopal Academy basketball players Alex Capitano and Matt Dade reached the career 1,000 point milestone.

Capitano scored his 1,000th career point (he had 22 for the day) against Abraham Lincoln High School Dec. 20 in a 73-58 win.

“Cap is always one of the best shooters in the gym,” said EA boys’ basketball head coach Craig Conlin. “He joins a very elite group of high school basketball players to score 1,000 points. This is a great feat for him and shows the hard work he has put into his scoring. It also is a credit to his team and speaks of their commitment to getting him the ball in the right spots.”

Dade hit the 1,000 point mark Jan. 8 in a 60-56 loss to Penn Charter. Dade scored 35 points in that contest, including 14 field goals. It was only the 14th time (second for Dade), going back to Episcopal Academy’s 1949-50 season, that an EA player scored at least 30 points in Inter-Ac play.”

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By Matthew DeGeorge

There were moments Sunday afternoon where it was hard to believe Lansdale Catholic and Cardinal O’Hara had gotten near the halfway point of the Catholic League season without a conference win. The exquisite half-court ball movement executed by Kyle Kane in LC’s circle-cuts and the picture-perfect 18-foot jumpers hit by O’Hara big man Solo Bambara in the first quarter held the promise of two teams whose talents exceeded their win totals.But by the fourth quarter, as the turnovers and missed free throws piled up, it became clear why they entered among the five winless squads at the foot of a PCL standings quickly sorting into two distinct tiers. And befitting a matchup of stragglers, it was the team that made the fewest mistakes that got its first tick mark in the win column.

Despite faulty shooting from the free-throw line late, LC held on at home for a 53-48 victory.

“It was scary,” LC forward Nick Romeo said. “Coach (Joe Corbett) told us yesterday that free throws might be big tomorrow, and he was right. But luckily that didn’t hurt as much as it could have.”

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By PA Prep LIVE

John Seidman scored 11 of his game-high 17 points in the first quarter as Haverford High cruised to a 46-31 nonleague decision over Chester Charter School for the Arts.

Dan Roe dumped in 15 points for the Fords, who led 22-12 at halftime.

Bruce Rodgers paced the Sabers with eight points.

In other nonleague games:

Sun Valley 60, Chichester 39 >> Vinny DeAngelo poured in 30 points and was a perfect 12 of 12 in free-throw attempts as the Vanguards routed the rival Eagles.

Isaac Kennon and Dom Valente netted nine points apiece for the Vanguards, who shot 25 of 29 at the foul line.

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By Matthew DeGeorge

could’ve inspired a moment of complacency in the Haverford School huddle Friday. Without EA’s second-leading scorer, surely the Fords would already be a sizable portion on the way to a 15th straight victory, no?Any such delusion was dispelled in a first quarter where EA led by as many as 10 points, the fervor of the schools’ rivalry again usurping the underlying basketball logic.

The shorthanded Churchmen checked most of the boxes on their Capitano absence to-do list. But even so, the combination of Christian Ray and Tyler Seward proved to be too much.

(click on this link for the full story)

By Aaron Carter

A few hours before the Neumann-Goretti Saints hosted Bonner-Prendergast Friday night, Saints assistant coach Pat Sorrentino opined, “Some days we look like we can beat the Knicks. Sometimes we look like we can’t beat anybody.”

By Matthew DeGeorge

There’s only one unbeaten boys basketball team left in Delco, despite Isaiah Wong’s best efforts Friday.

Wong scored a career-high 44 points, but Bonner & Prendergast couldn’t overcome an 18-point halftime deficit in falling at Neumann-Goretti, 78-70.

Wong had 36 points in the second half for Bonner (10-1, 5-1 Catholic League). He added eight rebounds. Donovan Rodriguez kept Bonner afloat early with 15 points.

In the Central League:

Garnet Valley 71, Springfield 59 >> Carl Schaller scored 16 points, including six in overtime, as Garnet Valley survived a scare against the winless Cougars by keeping them scoreless in the extra session.

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By Matthew DeGeorge

On a team of underclassmen that has been together for just a few months, Aaron Thompson looms large for Glen Mills.So as his Battlin’ Bulls saw a 17-point lead over Chichester whittled away to four Thursday afternoon and some of the younger members of the backcourt falter under the late-game strain, Thompson knew he’d be the one to stop the bleeding.

“I just try to get my teammates together,” Thompson said. “They look at me as a captain on this team, so I just try to bring them together, tell them to slow it down.”

Thompson’s stabilizing force helped tamp down Chi’s surge, powering Glen Mills to a 53-37 win.

The Eagles used a 9-0 run bridging the third and fourth quarters to claw within four points at 38-34, a comeback aided by 10 Glen Mills turnovers on 12 trips up the court. But the game-changing calm came from Thompson, the 6-4 forward.

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By Matt DeGeorge

Chester 72, Chichester 49 >> Karell Watkins led all scorers with 16 points, Fareed Burton added 11 and Rahmaad DeJarnette augmented his eight points with stifling defense to keep Chi’s leading scorer Josh Hankins without a point.

Michael Smith scored 10 points, and Akeem Taylor paired his 10 points with 10 rebounds for Chester (5-4, 1-0).

(Webmaster’s note: The Chichester vs. Chester game was our Game-of-the-Week and can be heard in its entirety below or on our Archived Broadcasts link listed in the menu at the top of our page.)

 

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