The Dock Mennonite boys basketball team poses with its District 1-2A championship trophy after a win over Delco Christian on Saturday at Harriton. (Photo: Owen McCue/CoBL)
By Owen McCue
In fourth grade, Nathan Lapp walked into a tryout for the Deep Run travel team and spotted a tall kid with curly blonde hair he didn’t recognize.
The kid was Hoyt Bultje, who just moved into the area from Wisconsin and is now captaining the boys basketball team at Dock with Lapp after eight years of playing hoops together. The longtime friends hope they have a few more games left together.
The Pioneers and their senior captains kept their seasons and careers alive Saturday at Harriton with a 65-55 victory over Delco Christian in the District 1-2A championship — the Pioneers’ first district title since 2020.
“Me and Nate have played together since fourth grade,” Bultje said. “We’ve had a basketball relationship for a while, which has been good. We always just seem to click well. When we came to high school, it was great to be on a team with him. I knew a couple of the other guys growing up, played in rec leagues and stuff like that. It’s great to be here right now senior year, last shot, to be with them.”