By Matt Chandik The name on the front of the green jerseys remains the same, but the players filling them out are a stark contrast from merely one year ago. Last February, Ridley made a perhaps unexpected run to the…
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Aflakpui, Jones help Archbishop Carroll open tourney with win
Buoyed by 15 points and 11 rebounds from Ernest Aflakpui and 13 points, seven rebounds and two blocks from All-Delco Derrick Jones, the Patriots upended Carlisle (Va.), 54-47, at the Chick-fil-A Classic in Columbia, S.C. With the game tied at…
Carden comes up big late for Bonner-Prendergast
Jack Carden didn’t figure too prominently in the first half for Bonner-Prendergast in Thursday night’s nonleague game with Chichester. Seems like he was saving it for the second half and overtime. Carden knotted the game up with a late shot,…
Smith, Academy Park stay hot to beat Cardinal O’Hara
Academy Park’s Travis Smith was on fire early and often as the Knights defeated Cardinal O’Hara, 70-55, in nonleague boys basketball action Wednesday night. Smith scored 16 of his game-high 30 points in a first quarter that saw the Knights…
Irons strikes at right time for Interboro
Christian Irons made darn sure that Interboro walked away with a win against Bonner-Prendergast Tuesday night. The Bucs’ senior star hit a 3-pointer with 12 seconds to tie the game, stole the ensuing inbounds pass and converted a 360 layup…
Garnet Valley shows Marple Newtown what it’s made of
By Matt Chandik It’s a situation that Garnet Valley hasn’t found itself in too often this year. When the Jaguars returned more than 80 percent of their scoring from a team that challenged for a district spot last year after…
Miller comes through for Sun Valley in overtime
A last-ditch effort by West Chester Rustin fell by the wayside as Sun Valley pulled off a thrilling, 75-72 Ches-Mont League win in overtime Thursday night. Grant Miller (10 points, nine rebounds) had a pair of clutch free throws in…
Haverford stuns Lower Merion, ends league winning streak
The streak is over. Ryan Clancy scored 15 points, Jack Donaghy added 11 and Haverford ended Lower Merion’s in-league winning streak with a 60-57 victory Wednesday night in a Central League game. Lower Merion (0-2, 0-1), the reigning PIAA Class…
Saturday Basketball Tournaments and Games
Upper Darby wasn’t a very gracious host in the Royal Classic. Despite playing with five JV players due to an incident in Friday’s opener, the Royals got a whopping 34 points from Torey Green en route to knocking off Simon…
Hanna celebrates return to hoops with win for Penncrest
Drew Hanna’s summer wasn’t nearly as eventful as he would have liked. This was supposed to be the summer he was going to use to get fully acclimated to running the Penncrest offense as the heir apparent to Eddie Baxter…