Fred Picket Classic: Forrest shines, Taylor coaches first game at Chester

Jack Forrest (above, in February) and Lower Merion downed Chester on Saturday evening. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

By Owen McCue

The fourth annual Fred Picket Classic took place at Chester High School on Saturday night. Grady (N.Y.) took down Simon Gratz in the first. Lower Merion took control out of the gate and held off a late Chester run to pick up a 57-52 victory in the second game.

Here are some storylines from the event: (click on this link for more game stories and scores)