Month: January 2022

T.J. Lamb and Jake Jaszcz took control on the offensive end in the second half as Episcopal Academy pulled away for a 7357 victory over Germantown Academy in Inter-Ac League boys basketball action Wednesday afternoon.

Lamb and Jaszcz tallied 13 points apiece after the break to snap a 29-all deadlock. The Churchmen outscored the Patriots, 4428, in the second half.

Lamb and Jaszcz led the way with 20 points each. Kevin McCarthy chipped in with 11 and Sam Malloy 10 in the second straight win for the Churchmen. The teams meet again Friday at GA.

In the Bicentennial League:

BRISTOL 56, DELCO CHRISTIAN 47 » The Knights rallied in the second half but could not overtime a 25-13 halftime deficit.

Josh Parks led all scorers with 28 point for DC. Josh Dell’Arciprete pitched in with seven. Morris Ivery.

In the Del Val League:

CHESTER 74, ACADEMY PARK 40 » Larenzo Jerkins scored 15 points and Chester shut out AP in the first half, running out to a 22-0 lead on the way to victory. The Clippers (9-3, 4-0) also held a 21-2 edge in the third quarter.

All 12 Clippers who played scored. Kevin Rucker and Kyree Womack added 12 points each. Isaiah Freeman contributed nine.

Zahamir Mobley led Academy Park with 14 points.

The Marple Newtown Tigers kept their win streak alive as they defeated the Penncrest Lions, 56-48.

Junior guard Mary O’Brien was money from the foul line (8-for-9) and finished with a game-high 16 points to lead the Tigers (11-2) to their ninth consecutive win. Mary was our Player-of-the-Game and can be heard in our post game interview on the archive below (at the 1:29 mark).

Haley Levy and Brooke Impriano each scored 13 points.

Kathryn Harding paced the Lions with 12 points.

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By Matthew DeGeorge

A little sheepishly, Demetrius Lilley admits that blocking shots isn’t really his thing. For his imposing 6-foot-9 frame, he’s still growing into his athleticism.

“Years ago, I could not block a shot for nothing,” the Lower Merion big man said. “In practice, we practice the wall up, so that’s helped me get better in the game. So I can block shots now.”

In Lilley’s position, camped in the low post at the center of Lower Merion’s defense, the only time he gets recognition on the stat sheet is when he fills up a boxscore or manages to get a hand on a shot. That may get the crowd riled up, but Lilley takes just as much pride in the myriad non-plays, the missed shots that owe to the very thought of him in the lane.

It doesn’t hurt that Lilley is pretty proficient when he does get his hands on the ball.

Lilley scored 25 points to go with 21 rebounds, three blocks and a slew of shots altered or deterred Tuesday night as the Aces topped Haverford, 58-47, in a battle of one-loss Central League teams.

“A block doesn’t really matter, but just knowing that I can change a shot, that matters,” Lilley said. “And it helps my team.”

(click on this link for the full story and more game scores)

By Matt Smith

Cardinal O’Hara and Archbishop Wood could meet again. After Tuesday’s showdown at O’Hara, the reigning PIAA champions and state powerhouses might see each other in the Catholic League tournament next month. Players and fans deserve that much.

But O’Hara won the regular season meeting by knockout. No doubt about it.

The game wasn’t as close as the 61-54 final tally made it seem. The Lions were absolutely white-hot to start the night. They shot 14-for-20 from the field in the first half, scored 24 of the first 33 points, and went into the locker room at halftime up 34-13.

Last March, O’Hara fell to Wood in the Catholic League final. The Lions went on to win the program’s first PIAA championship (Class 5A), but senior forward Maggie Doogan hasn’t forgotten that Wood had their number coming into the 2021-22 campaign. Not entirely.

“I don’t know about the other seniors, but for me it’s always in the back of my mind,” said Doogan, the reigning Daily Times Player of the Year. “No one ever wants to feel like that again. But it’s just one game at a time to get back to where we were last year.”

(click on this link for the full story and more game scores)

Gavin Walls poured in a career-high 21 points as Interboro topped Penn Wood, 69-67, for its first Del Val win since 2014. The win ends a 79-game league losing streak.

Jake McDonald added a career-high 17 points. Zakee Brooks chipped in 16.

Shamir Massenburg led Penn Wood with 27 points. Evan Borward supplied 13.

In the Ches-Mont League:

SUN VALLEY 52, OXFORD 23 »

Evan Richardson and Chris Kwaidah scored 10 points each as the Vangaurds smothered Oxford defensively. Todd Harper added eight points.

Girls Basketball –

Maeve McErlane scored a game-high 26 points to lead Notre Dame past Inter-Ac rival Episcopal Academy, 59-46.

McErlane had 11 of the Irish’s 24 baskets. Julia Dever added 18 points for the Irish, who outscored EA by a 33-16 margin in the middle two quarters. Riley Cassidy led EA with 24 points.

In the Del Val League:

INTERBORO 45, PENN WOOD 35 » Shakira Orr hit three 3-pointers to tally a gamehigh 13 points for the Bucs. Emily Kurzenski added eight points and seven rebounds. 

Ani Rascoe led Penn Wood with 10 points.

ACADEMY PARK56,CHESTER 44 » Jada Kinlaw paired 14 points with 12 rebounds as the Knights shook off a tough first half to outscore the Clippers, 43-25, in the second. Semaji Young added 11 points and five assists.

Zinyne Hall led Chester with 15 points.

In the Central League:

GARNET VALLEY 61, CONESTOGA 51 » Emily Olsen and Hailey Adamski poured in 22 points apiece as the Jaguars prevailed. Olsen added eight rebounds. Kylie Mulholland contributed 10 points for the Jaguars.

RIDLEY 46, UPPER DARBY 38 » Kailyn Bell scored 12 points and Jenna Benn hit three 3-pointers for nine points as the Green Raiders prevailed. Alliyiah Jean-Baptiste tallied 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Royals.

SPRINGFIELD 43, RADNOR 35 » Kaitlyn Kearney made three triples and ended with 15 points for the Cougars. Taylor Hunyet and Anabel Kreydt added eight points apiece.

Ellie Davis netted a gamehigh 16 points for the Raptors.

In the Ches-Mont League:

OXFORD 38, SUN VALLEY 29 » Freshman Brielle Wright scored 11 points and Melana Timmes paired five points with 13 rebounds, but the Vanguards couldn’t keep pace late.

Grace O’Neill’s final basket in Archbishop Carroll’s 66-53 victory over Germantown Academy Monday night solidfied her status as one of the best girls basketball players in program history.

The senior guard canned a 3-point field goal late in the fourth quarter, giving her 1,000 points in her career.

O’Neill, who is bound for Drexel, scored a game-high 26 points to carry Carroll (12-4) to another win. O’Neill’s milestone bucket capped a 12-0 run that put the game out of reach.

Taylor Wilson provided 20 points and six rebounds for the visiting Patriots, who enjoyed a 34-20 lead at intermission. Maggie Grant (five rebounds) and Brooke Wilson contributed seven points apiece.

Kendall Bennett netted a team-high 18 points for GA.

In other nonleague action:

(click on this link for more game scores)

By Matthew Ryan

It was a reminder of how things used to be.

“You can’t do that,” the Bonner-Prendie student section chanted after a foul call.

“He can’t guard you,” Cardinal O’Hara fans yelled after Izaiah Pasha got one of his many buckets on the day.

It was something missing last year when fan attendance was limited for the O’Hara vs. Bonner rivalry matchup. But on Sunday afternoon, the old days of a packed house for the contest between the two teams was in full effect, with the Lions holding off a late Friars push to hold on for a 66-53 victory at home.

“It was awesome to see fans in the crowd after last year, after a rivalry game,” O’Hara head coach Ryan Nemetz said. “I think it’s a great sense of normalcy for everybody. So it’s just fun to have everybody in the gym and enjoy the win.”

(click on this link for the full story)

Despite 13 points from senior guard Grace O’Neill, Archbishop Carroll suffered a 38-29 loss to Plymouth Whitemarsh Sunday at the Hoops For Hope Classic at Cabrini University.

The Patriots (11-4) trailed 14-3 after eight minutes, but outscored the undefeated Colonials, 26-24, over the final three periods.

Plymouth Whitemarsh is the No. 1-ranked team in the District 1 Class 6A power rankings. Carroll is tied for first place with a 5-0 record in the Catholic League.

Lainey Allen netted a team-high 12 points for the Colonials, who shot 7-for-10 at the free-throw line in the fourth quarter. Carroll trimmed its deficit to five points midway through the fourth, but couldn’t get closer.

Taylor Wilson and Maggie Grant chipped in six points apiece for Carroll.

Delco Christian’s Josh Parks and Jace Kees were on the mark from long range Saturday.

Parks and Kees combined for eight 3-pointers and each finished with 17 points to lead the Knights to a 51-47 nonleague victory over The City School of Philadelphia.

Josh Dell’Arciprete added eight points for the Knights (7-4), who connected on 11 treys.

In other nonleague action:

CHESTER 65, WILLIAM PENN 36 » The Clippers used a 41-15 run in the middle quarters en route to a one-sided victory at the Clip Joint over the visitors from York.

Breilynd White produced a game-high 12 points for Chester (8-3). Qadir Lowrie, Larenzo Jerkins and Kyree Womack added 11 points apiece.

HAVERFORD SCHOOL 61, PEDDIESCHOOL(N.J.) 50 » Dave Kearney’s 11-point output buoyed a balanced attack by the Fords, who had 11 players scored at least two points. Matt Kearney tossed in 13 points, and Billy Rayer chipped in eight.

PENNWOOD 77, BOYS’ LATIN 39 » The Patriots held a 28-4 lead after eight minutes. Evan Borward scored a game-high 14 points and Jalen Mahan had 13. Shamir Massenberg dished out nine assists to go with eight points.

POTTSGROVE 60, CHICHESTER 39 » Maz Sayed (13 points) and Zaiyin Keys (nine) paced the host Eagles, who trailed 39-16 at the break.

Girls Basketball

Kate Gallagher recorded 10 points and three steals to help Radnor to a 44-30 nonleague victory over West Chester East.

The Raptors (8-5) have reeled off four consecutive wins.

Mary Sareen added nine points, Ellie Davis eight and Ava Gummel seven.

By Josh Verlin

Sam Wright didn’t think twice.

The Lower Merion junior raced ahead of the press break, got to his spot in the corner, Justin Poles delivering the pass right to his waiting hands. Time and situation — holding a six-point lead at Radnor with three minutes left, every possession vital in a rivalry battle at the top of the Central League — melted away. 

All Wright saw was the rim, and all he thought was ‘shoot it.’

“I was open, catch and shoot, it felt really good,” he said. “I knew it was going to go down.”

“We call it The Dagger,” LM coach Gregg Downer said with a laugh. “There’s a little bit of risk-reward with that, but we’re confident and he’s a really good shooter. He’s got the green light most of the time.”

Wright’s shot, his biggest in a 15-point outing, helped the Aces close strong in front of a packed house, holding off the Raptors in a 60-48 win.

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