Chester downs Glen Mills to run streak to 13

Michael Smith (above) and Chester have ripped off 13 straight wins. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

By Matt Chandik

There isn’t a more passionate basketball community in the state of Pennsylvania than the fine folks in Chester, but sometimes, that passion manifests itself in a less-than-positive way.

If the number in the loss column keeps changing, you can bet that the Clipper faithful will have plenty to say. So when Chester started the season 1-5, Brian Randolph III heard it all.

“Everyone was saying that this was the worst Chester High team,” Randolph III offered, “but I already knew in my mind that we were going to make our run and turn it up a notch.”

Thursday night, the Clippers rolled over Glen Mills, 65-39, to claim their 13th consecutive win. Chester hasn’t lost since the calendar flipped to 2018, its last false step coming Dec. 30 in a 57-48 to defending District One Class 5A champion. Those 13 wins have come by an average of 17.4 points per game, and in their eight Del Val wins, that margin increases to 23.5 points per game.

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