By Matthew DeGeorge Paul Romanczuk knew that eventually the run from Roman Catholic would come. In a tie game after three quarters, the parity a product of Archbishop Carroll’s explosive third-quarter run to get back in touch, Roman was bound…
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Wing dials long distance to help Ridley pull away
After Friday’s overtime loss to Central League leaders Conestoga, Ridley could’ve sulked through Saturday’s nonleague encounter with Downingtown West. Instead, they made a statement. Julian Wing scored a career-high 15 points, including three second-half 3-pointers, as the Green Raiders handed…
McCloskey, Springfield defense get it done in OT
By Todd Orodenker Springfield coach Kevin McCormick wanted his team to have a quick start in overtime of Friday’s Central League contest against Marple Newtown. In a four-minute game, he said, anything can happen. Well, his Cougars had a quick…
Stevens carries Haverford School past GA
Lamar Stevens scored 31 points, grabbed 21 rebounds and rejected six shots as Haverford School stayed undefeated in the Inter-Ac with a 79-65 victory over Germantown Academy. Shawn Alston added 19 points, Cameron Reddish poured in 15 to go with…
A night to remember Pickett’s time
By Matthew DeGeorge In the locker room at the Bryce Jordan Center, moments after Chester captured the 2008 PIAA Class AAAA title, few people were as shocked as Larry Yarbray at the words coming out of Fred Pickett Jr.’s mouth.…
Clover pours in 20, but O’Hara falls to the Prep
Saint Joseph’s University commit Chris Clover accounted for more than half of his team’s points, scoring 20 as the Cardinal O’Hara boys basketball team hung tough early before St. Joseph’s Prep reeled off a 30-17 run over the second and…
Monahan’s process has Radnor on the right road
By Matthew DeGeorge The keen observer at Radnor’s gym will notice something different this year. At midcourt hang a pair of changeable-text signs displaying names and numbers of the Raiders’ hoopsters. But where most displays would clearly delineate the teams…
Carter a calming influence in win for Chester
By Matthew DeGeorge Ahrod Carter’s strong performance Tuesday night started about a week ago. It was then, as he and his Chester teammates diagnosed the shortcomings of their 33-point humbling at the hands of Neumann-Goretti Dec. 30, that the…
Computer glitch shuts down 2nd half Game-of-the-Week
By Delcohoops.com Staff A mysterious glitch shut-down the audio broadcast of the last night’s Penn Wood vs. Chester Game-of-the-Week. The broadcast computer indicated all was well but, in fact, the broadcast was not going to the server. Fans can go…
Woods’ buzzer-beater gives Episcopal dramatic victory
As Matt Woods showed Tuesday afternoon, a lot can happen in eight-tenths of a second. That was enough time for Woods to catch an inbounds pass and fire a 3-pointer from the corner that gave Episcopal Academy a 78-75 Inter-Ac…