Abington Heights beats Bonner-Prendie in a bizarre overtime thriller to advance to PIAA state title game


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By Aaron Carter

With about 5 seconds left, the public-address announcer asked spectators to stay off the court at the conclusion of the game.

In fairness to the Abington Heights crowd that packed Freedom High School for the PIAA Class 5A boys’ semifinals, he didn’t say anything about not throwing things onto the court.

It appeared the Comets would prevail in regulation, leading Bonner-Prendergast by three points with seconds remaining.

 Chaos prevailed instead, and kisses were the culprit.

The District 2 top-seeded Comets eventually won, 56-51, in overtime. But after Michael Perretta rebounded Isaiah Wong’s desperate three-pointer in regulation and flung it over his head, Abington Heights fans threw Hershey kisses onto the court.

The problem — besides the cliche kisses — was that a referee had called a foul before the horn blared.

Several players from Abington Heights, assuming the game was over, also ran onto the court.

In the aftermath, officials called a “bench technical foul” for the chucked chocolate.

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