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By Matthew DeGeorge

By the time the whirlwind that landed Ridley in the semifinals of last season’s District One Class AAAA tournament and the first round of the PIAA tournament subsided, Brett Foster knew it was time to move on to the next one.

Something in the program had changed irrevocably during that run, somewhere in the 20 wins in 23 games, in the clobbering of Lower Merion and Conestoga, the latter previously unbeaten in the league, en route to a Central League title.

The torrid streak and the return of three starters come accompanied by the weight of increased expectations, which Foster and company are ready to shoulder.

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Between Oct. 1 and Dec. 1, CoBL we will be running dozens of previews of teams from the greater Philadelphia region, from the Catholic League to the Inter-Ac to District 1, as well as a few select teams from Harrisburg, Allentown, South Jersey and Delaware.

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By Delcohoops.com Staff

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Welcome to the third year of Delcohoops.com!  We are pleased to begin our Game-of-the-Week 2015/16 season with a Chester Clippers game at the Fred Pickett Classic.

Tune in at 7:15 to listen to Dave Burman and Mike Mayer broadcast the game.  Click on the Game-of-the-Week logo on the left side of this page to be taken directly to the broadcast.

If you miss the LIVE broadcast you can listen to the archive anytime 24/7.

By Delcohoops.com Staff

Dave Burman, a fixture of high school sports in the central Pennsylvania area, has moved to Delaware County and has joined the broadcast team of Delcohoops.com for our Game-of-the-Week broadast.  Dave has been broadcasting high school sports of all kinds for decades and brings his knowledge of the game and ability to announce play-by-play to Delcohoops.com.  Dave will give us more flexibility to do games mid-week and, as a third broadcaster, can bring more depth and analysis to the game of high school basketball. We are looking forward to working with Dave and “watching” the game through Dave’s play-by-play.

By Jerry Shenk

Time to close the books on another great season. This was a long time coming, but I managed to finish it. If you didn’t know why final ratings were not done before, there is a brief note at the top of the District 3 ratings and I’ll send a link to that here. Hope it works. It should be noted that the top 20 is top heavy with Philadelphia teams which should be no surprise to anyone and that’s why I went to a top 40 to include more teams who had fine seasons. Plus when they were done this late I had no pressure to finish on a decent time and I have all the schedules with all the scores, so it was not that hard to finish. Here is the District 3 final link. If it does not work, just go to LLHoops and you will find them there. Have a good summer what’s left of it.

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By Terry Toohey

The crowd in Sections 225 and 226 of the Barclays Center roared its approval as NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced that the Portland Trail Blazers had taken Chester All-Delco and Arizona product Rondae Hollis-Jefferson with the 23rd pick in the first round of the NBA Draft Thursday night.

That group, all 54 of them from Chester, were there thanks to Hollis-Jefferson as part of an essay contest he and his family sponsored, and they made sure they showed their appreciation to their native son.

But he wasn’t the property of the Trail Blazers for long. Portland dealt the Chester product to Brooklyn as part of a four-player deal. The Blazers acquired center Mason Plumlee and shooting guard Pat Connaughton in exchange for Hollis-Jefferson and guard Steve Blake. Connaughton was the Nets’ second-round pick, the 41st overall selection.

“Rondae, Rondae,” the group chanted as Hollis-Jefferson headed toward the TV platform to be interviewed. Hollis-Jefferson flashed a smile in return.

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By Matt Smith

That million-dollar smile of Rondae Hollis-Jefferson’s tells you all you need to know about the pride of Chester High.

The young man is a keeper.

He was born and raised in the high school basketball capital of Pennsylvania, a city too often in the news for the wrong reasons.

But Hollis-Jefferson is a beaming light, a shining star for Chester, Delaware County.

It doesn’t matter what the two-time Daily Times Player of the Year accomplishes in terms of an NBA career. He’s already hit the proverbial jackpot.

Thursday night, he became the first Chester guy to be drafted since Tyreke Evans in 2009, who attended charter school at now defunct American Christian in Brookhaven. Hollis-Jefferson follows in the footsteps of another class act, Jameer Nelson, who has enjoyed a fruitful NBA career that is 10 years running.

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By Matthew DeGeorge

Derrick Jones didn’t grow up watching the NBA. He wasn’t caught up in the whirlwind of March Madness.

What Jones knew about the game of basketball was what he saw on the courts of Chester, from the group of acquaintances he kept on the blacktop. From that group, his early role model was profound.

“My brother was the best player to me,’ Jones said last week. “When I started playing, I always had that mindset that I always had to be better than what he was. I wanted to be the best.’

Jones is five years younger than his brother, Lakeem Johnson, a 2010 Chichester grad who played varsity for the Eagles. From the time Jones was a star in the 7/8-year-old Chester Biddy League, Johnson was responsible for furnishing daily challenges away from the realm of organized games. While Jones’ stock shot up on the AAU circuit, the work put in away from the scouts, spectators and sponsors is what truly drove his rise.

“It was kind of blood, sweat and tears, because we had a basketball court out back, I always challenged him to make him better,’ Johnson said. “As he got older, he got better than I am, and I respect that. I always pushed him to the limit to make him better.’

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By Matthew DeGeorge

In addition to Daily Times Player of the Year Derrick Jones, the rest of the All-Delco team includes:

Shawn Alston, Haverford School: The senior guard and two-time selection averaged 19.4 points per game for the Fords, who finished third in the Inter-Ac and advanced to the semifinals of the Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association tournament. Alston also averaged 5.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.2 steals per game. He scored a season-high 30 points in a Dec. 5 win over Imhotep Charter and notched 15 or more points in nine of the Fords’ 10 Inter-Ac games. The All-Inter-Ac selection scored 24 points against Germantown Academy and 25 against Malvern Prep in his final two league games. Alston finishes his high school career with 1,461 points, second in program history. The Temple signee was voted the USA Today high school Player of the Year in Pennsylvania and to the Pennsylvania Sportswriters first team All-State.

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