Month: December 2018

By Matthew DeGeorge

As he lugged boxes of new gear into the gym at Bonner & Prendergast and ran through the practice agenda Wednesday, Kevin Funston had time for a smile. There was only one thing that still eluded him in his first season in charge of the Friars after four as Jack Concannon’s assistant.“I can’t say, ‘it’s not my decision; you’ve got to ask Coach Jack,’” Funston said with a laugh. “I’ve got to figure out a different excuse now.”

There’s a lot of learning going on in Delaware County Catholic League gyms this winter. All three schools – with Funston at Bonner, Ryan Nemetz at Cardinal O’Hara and Francis Bowe at Archbishop Carroll – are breaking in new coaches, an oddity in a Catholic League steeped in tradition where tenures are as apt to be measured in decades as in years.

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By Matthew DeGeorge

 Haverford School’s game had ended Wednesday night, but Jameer Nelson Jr. and Christian Ray were still playing the two-man game.The Fords are in a rare position in program history, defending an Inter-Ac title for the first time since 1999, which has Bernie Rogers’ squad toeing a fine line between pride and hunger.

“We just take it on, take that hungry mentality,” Nelson said Wednesday. “We just try to stay, what’s the word?”

“Level-headed,” Ray interjects.

“And motivated,” Nelson adds.

That postgame press pick-and-pop informs the dynamic the Fords hope to employ in their title defense. Nelson, like his namesake bound for Saint Joseph’s University, and Ray, a La Salle commit, are the headliners. But opponents that try to shut down those two exclusively run the risk of being trampled by the rest of a deep roster.

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By Owen McCue

Matt Dade’s old-fashioned three-point play in the final moments gave Episcopal Academy a 61-60 win over the Hill School on Wednesday. Alex Capitano scored 27 points and Dade added 20 for Episcopal Academy. Caleb Dorsey led the Hill School with 18.

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By PaPrepLive

It was the end of a fine start by the Perkiomen School boys basketball team.

The Panthers sustained their first loss of the season Tuesday to Haverford School, 59-42.

Missing open shots early, the Panthers fell behind at the half by 11 points. The deficit would not be erased as the Fords extended their lead to 48-21 after three quarters, though Perkiomen cut it down in a 21-11 fourth quarter.

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