Month: December 2017

By PAPrepLive

Garnet Valley’s Austin Laughlin can relax. His quest for membership in the 1,000-point club is complete.

Laughlin tallied 18 points, including No. 1,000 of his career Tuesday night to pace the Jaguars to a 63-43 victory over Upper Darby in Central League boys basketball action.  

He is the sixth player in Jaguar history to reach that coveted milestone. Connor O’Brien took game-high honors for GV with 19 points. Neel Beniwal added 13 and Greg Vlassopoulos chipped in with 10.

Jalun Trent and Kymir Roper led Upper Darby with nine points each.

Elsewhere in the Central League:

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(Webmaster’s note: The Upper Darby vs Garnet Valley game was our Game-of-the-Week and can be heard on our Archives link by clicking on the player below)

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By Michael Bullock

While we brought you our six preseason packages in those anxious days immediately preceding the start of the 2017-18 campaign, here’s a look at our first all-inclusive set of rankings for each and every classification.

So, enjoy, squawk and even ponder. There’s plenty more results to come.

Appearing below are all six of our top 10s, with PIAA district and this season’s record displayed in parentheses. Only those schools competing for PIAA state championships are eligible for ranking purposes.

(click on this link for rankings for all six PIAA classifications)

By Terry Toohey

As a child growing up in West Reading, Carl Schnellenbach was known as “Schnelly.”

That moniker was later shortened by a letter to become one of the most recognizable handles in Delaware County sports history.

“Schnell,” he said often. “It’s just Schnell.”

No first or last name was needed.

“That’s who he was,” said his son-in-law Chas Maiers, the assistant to the superintendent in the Ridley School District. “He wasn’t Carl and he wasn’t Mr. Schnellenbach. He was Schnell.”

Schnell died early Sunday morning at Taylor Hospice in Ridley Park. He was 84 and had been in failing health for a number of years.

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By Matthew De George

Penncrest 63, Strath Haven 36 – Tyler Norwood poured in 34 points, draining six 3-pointers and going 10-for-11 from the free throw line as the Lions (3-0, 2-0) rolled.

Ryan Morris led Strath Haven (1-3, 0-2) with 12 points.

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By Matthew De George

There were the customary handshakes on the court, a quick cheer led by the players in the locker room … and that was about all that feted Upper Darby’s victory Friday night.Never mind that it was the 300th in the coaching career of Bob Miller, split between Interboro and now his 23rd season at Upper Darby.

But if the celebration is to be tailored to the man of the hour, then the understated vibe fit perfectly. Even Miller, in recounting the 299 wins which preceded Friday’s 54-46 Central League decision over Haverford, started just about everywhere but with himself — a rattling off of assistant coaches he was fortunate to work with and a rapid turn of the spotlight onto the players.

“There’s been so many great (assistants) that have done so much, and you can’t win without players,” Miller said. “At the end of the day, 300 is nice, but it’s about Upper Darby’s kids.”

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By CoBL Staff

Some great high school basketball through-out the greater Philly area.  City of Basketball Love has previews of many of the games. Pick one and go to the game. High school basketball is one of the great entertainment values available. Tickets are usually around $5 each, parking is usually free and concession prices are very reasonable.  Two people can usually go to a high school basketball game for less than what it would cost you to park your car at a college or pro game!

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By Matthew De George

The proximal goal for Haverford School Thursday afternoon obviously involved a higher scoreboard total than visiting Phelps School.But on the macro scale, the encounter represented one of 13 prep sessions before the 10-game examination that is the Inter-Ac schedule, a rigorous set of problems that the Fords haven’t solved with distinction since 1999.

So being down four points after a woeful shooting first half … or stagnating against a 2-3 zone defense … or merely the banal challenge of bringing the intensity for an afternoon game (the likes of which dot the league slate) in a mostly empty gym, all those challenges assumed a dual meaning, with ramifications that extended well beyond 32 minutes.

The Fords used a steady second half, highlighted by a 17-for-18 fourth quarter at the free throw line, to outlast Phelps, 71-66. In the process, they further armed themselves for the Inter-Ac challenge ahead.

“That’s what they all are,” senior guard Kharon Randolph said. “All nonleague games are tests to prepare us for all those things that can happen and will happen in the Inter-Ac.”

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By PAPrepLIVE

Justin Anderson flirted with a triple-double in Archbishop Carroll’s 76-62 nonleague victory against Cheltenham Wednesday.

Anderson scored a game-high 21 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out five assists for the Patriots (3-0). Keyon Butler added 16 points and seven rebounds, while Devon Ferrero had 13 points and seven boards. Luke House chipped in with 12 points and eight rebounds.

In other nonleague action:

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By Matthew DeGeorge

The scouting report on Chichester, coming into a game and certainly in a do-or-die out-of-bounds play with 4.2 seconds left, usually has DaQuan Granberry’s name circled in bold ink, and for good reason.

But the evolving identity to which Chichester aspires, in Clyde Jones’ first season in charge, is to be much more than just one highpowered scorer. It showed when Granberry sat for a breather late in the third quarter against Sun Valley Tuesday night, only to watch the Eagles nudge their way back ahead.

And with Granberry marooned in the corner by Sun Valley’s defensive design late in regulation, someone had to step up. Amiri Stewart gladly obliged.

Stewart canned the gametying triple to send the game to overtime, then the Eagles outlasted Sun Valley in a sloppy extra session, 7271, for a nonleague win between two teams dreaming of inclusion in the District 1 Class 5A playoffs.

Granberry provided three of the Eagles’ four points in overtime from the line, two on offsetting technical fouls, befitting the contentiousness of the night. He finished with 20 points — leaving him three shy of 1,000 for his career — and 12 rebounds. While he hit a pair of fourth-quarter 3s to reply to Sun Valley’s bids to capture momentum, he wasn’t the default option in isolation situations as he was last year.

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By Matt De George

It took all of two games for Chester Charter School for the Arts to notch the program’s first win, with a big help from Akeem Taylor.

Taylor scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds, hitting a 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds left to send CCSA to a 50-47 win over Springside Chestnut Hill Tuesday in the first game at the campus gym and the program’s second as high school program.

Devante Morris added 12 points and 10 rebounds, and freshman Tim Evans contributed nine points and five rebounds for the Sabers (1-1).

In other nonleague action:

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