TJ Valletti (above) contributed 11 points, 10 rebounds, and five steals to Springfield’s win. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)
By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin)
Neither Springfield (Delco.) nor Unionville are strangers to low-scoring, grind-it-out type games.
The two opponents in Friday’s District 1 5A first-round game could have been looking in the mirror: not the most laden with talent in the district but determined to out-tough and out-work anybody they come against. Even if it doesn’t look pretty.
“It felt like we were playing ourselves, kind of,” Springfield sophomore TJ Valletti said.
The result wasn’t pretty: it was low-scoring and grind-it-out indeed, possessions long and buckets few and far between.
It ultimately came down to which team made winning plays — and on this particular night, it was Springfield (Delco.). With Valletti and his Cougar teammates controlling the boards and locking down defensively, Springfield survived Unionville, 37-28 to keep its season going.
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