Archbishop Carroll’s Maddie McFillin, pictured, and sisters Felicity and Abigail helped Carroll win its opening game in the PIAA Class 6A tournament Friday. (Pete Bannan – The Associated Press)
By Matt Smith
Archbishop Carroll sisters Felicity, Maddie and Abigail McFillin have played major roles on the team during the 2023-24 season.
Until now they’ve all lacked experience in the PIAA tournament. First-year starters Felicity (senior) and Maddie (junior) were on the Carroll team that took home the Class 6A championship a year ago, but they did not play a lot of minutes. Abigail is a freshman.
“We are going to remember this season for a long time,” said Maddie, the junior. “We are always together so we don’t always think about it when people bring it up. But we are going to look back when we’re older and say, ‘Do you remember that one time when we were all together?’”
If Carroll goes on to win another PIAA championship, the McFillin sisters will never forget this season, not in a million years. And because they’re important parts of the team, that makes this year’s run in states extra special.
Archbishop Carroll began its Class 6A title defense Friday with a convincing 58-37 win over West Chester Henderson. The Patriots (18-9) will play a second-round game Tuesday.
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