By Matt Smith
The wounds were too fresh for Haverford senior Caroline Dotsey to see the bright side of it all.
The Fords’ 48-41 loss to District 3’s Lebanon High on their home court Friday evening was not the way they envisioned their season ending.
A team that fell a basket here and a free throw there from winning a District 1 Class 6A championship was built for the long haul. It would have been no surprise had the Fords rebounded from their first loss of the season last Saturday in the district title game and put together a memorable run to the state final later this month in Hershey.
In that respect the Fords were understandably shell-shocked to go home for good Friday night. A 27-2 campaign was over just like that. But in the PIAA tournament, chances are you are going to face a pretty good team every night. Lebanon fit that description.