The Perkiomen Valley girls basketball team celebrates during the net cutting after winning the PAC title by defeating Spring-Ford in the championship on Feb. 15 at Perkiomen Valley. (Austin Hertzog – MediaNews Group)
By Austin Hertzog
The finalists of the District 1 Class 6A girls basketball tournament, No. 1 seed Perkiomen Valley and No. 2 Haverford, have a bit of history this season.
You won’t find it in the Vikings’ 26-1 record or the Fords’ 27-0 mark, but the teams took the court against each other back on Nov. 26 in a season-opening scrimmage.
It is not the fondest memory for Perk Valley.
“We scrimmaged them in the preseason at Rustin and they kicked our butts,” said PV head coach John Russo. “I thought the worst we’ve played all year was against them. I really thought they beat us up.”
“Now, that’s what is supposed to happen when it’s seniors versus sophomores. But I feel like we are no longer sophomores and maybe we can punch back.”
Perkiomen Valley and its all-sophomore starting five will be out to show Haverford how much it has grown in the past three months when they meet in the final at 4 p.m. Saturday at Temple University’s Liacouras Center.