By Jeff Dewees
The only thing sick about the Chester Clippers Friday night was their shooting.
Fueled by senior Ahrod Carter’s 27-point performance on 10-of-12 sniping from the floor, Chester blew by Milton Hershey School 72-53 in the first round of the PIAA Class 5A tournament at Lebanon High School.
Never trailing, Chester (22-5), a lower-than-usual fifth seed out of District 1, smothered Milton Hershey with a 15-4 spurt to open the game, and was never seriously threatened. Carter hit a trio of 3-pointers in the first quarter to quickly get his club out of the gates.
Chester’s Jamar Sudan goes up for two points during Friday’s win over Milton Hershey in the first round of the PIAA Class 5A tournament. (Digital First Media/Austin Hertzog)
Then he really warmed up.
Carter would hit his first 10 shots of the night, from all points on the floor, before missing his final two offerings. He hit seven 3-pointers; Chester had nine bombs in all.
“I felt great. I felt blessed. I felt like hard work paid off,” Carter said. “This was a statement game for us, because we lost in districts and think we should have won, in my opinion. So we had a chip on our shoulders this game. We felt like we had to prove something; to ourselves, to everyone.”
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