By Matt DeGeorge
If you picked the right moment Tuesday night, you would’ve caught Ryan Faccenda gazing up into the face of Michael Walz on an inbounds play.
In trying to defend the 6-foot-10 Conestoga forward, Faccenda was looking for any hint, any glance by the Richmond commit that would betray which way a pass would come. For the 6-1 Faccenda, an early alert as to a possible entry pass would be precious information.
The more indelible expression from Walz – and the one easier to spot for those in Garnet Valley’s gym – was one Faccenda didn’t have time to savor. It came when Faccenda – not once, not twice, but three times – in the fourth quarter blew by Walz on the offensive end to bank home buckets vital to the preservation of Garnet Valley’s season.
Faccenda scored six points in Garnet Valley’s perfect-shooting final frame to rally past Conestoga for a 41-38 win that keeps alive their hopes of a District 1 playoff berth.
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