Springfield’s Mia Valerio, right, defends against Radnor’s Mary Sareen Tuesday in a game between the teams. Sareen hit the winning basket as Radnor went on to a 31-30 victory. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group).
By Matt Smith
Mary Sareen was fouled on her way to the basket with less than 90 seconds to go in the fourth quarter Tuesday.
The junior made the shot and the free throw. The home crowd came alive. Sareen and her Radnor teammates started to believe they could pull this off. Springfield had led by as many as seven points in the fourth quarter, but suddenly Radnor trailed by a point.
This wasn’t just another regular season game for the Raptors. There was a lot of incentive that would come with winning it.
During the school day the team found out that senior forward Ellie Davis, one of the top bigs in the Central League, would not be available due to illness. If Radnor could beat first-place Springfield and Conestoga lost to Garnet Valley, the Raptors would get the sixth and final seed in the Central League tournament, which begins Thursday night.
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