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Haylie Adamski produced 21 points, five rebounds and five steals to lead Garnet Valley to a 58-29 Central League win over Lower Merion.

Jordan Daubemberger tallied 16 points for the Jaguars, who took a 33-9 advantage into halftime. Kylie Mulholland had a solid floor game with four points, five assists and two steals. Mia Zebley and Katie Dwyer netted six points each.

Elsewhere in the Central League:

Springfield 56, Marple Newtown 23 >> The Cougars (3-1) cruised past theTigers behind a solid performance from Cora Fattori, who scored a game-high 14 points.

In nonleague games:

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The second half of Upper Darby’s 64-56 Central League win over Haverford Friday night belonged to Nadir Myers.

The senior guard scored 21 of his game-high 27 points after halftime. In the fourth period he scored 12 points and shot 8- for-9 from the free-throw line. The Royals outscored the host Fords, 23-10, over the final eight minutes of regulation.

Yassir Joyner also did plenty of damage for the Royals, pouring in 23 points.

Googie Seidman tallied a team-high 18 points for the Fords. Brian Weiner added 12 points and Tommy Wright ended with 11.

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By Andrew Robinson

The pageantry of the pregame handshake ritual has gotten more intricate in recent years, but even Kate Gallagher might concede she’s gone a little over the top.

The Radnor junior guard has the usual swift exchange with Sarah Kelly, the Raptors handshake conductor during pregame intros, then Kelly ends it with a smack of Gallagher’s cheek. It’s not a full-force windup or anything, but enough that Gallagher definitely feels it.

Certainly it’s a little unorthodox, but if it helps Gallagher to have performances like the one she put together Thursday against visiting Harriton, then it’s effective – which is exactly what the junior is trying to be this season.

“I think I saw it online somewhere and Sarah and I thought it’d be funny,” Gallagher said. “It’s a good little slap, but not too hard. It’s a good wake-up before the start of a game.”

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By Matt Smith

Laura Shea was fouled in the process of making a basket in the fourth quarter of Strath Haven’? 50-42 victory over rival Penncrest Thursday night.

Shea hit the floor hard, but was no worse for wear. She was pumped up.

“Laura is a soccer goalkeeper,” Haven coach Chrissy Smith said. “She’s used to diving for everything.”
Shea finished off the and-1 and the Panthers were on their way to a satisfying ending to their home opener.

The junior forward scored seven of her game-high 14 points in the fourth period. She hit three free throws in the clutch and was a force on the glass all game (eight rebounds).

“I always feel like I’m a fourth-quarter person,” Shea said. “I like to run, I like (to be physical). I really like when the game is intense. I love the fourth quarter and I definitely love winning the fourth quarter.”

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By Matthew DeGeorge

For the second full week of the season, Thursday’s first quarter against Haverford School was right about what you might draw up if you were Cardinal O’Hara coach Ryan Nemetz.

In those first eight minutes away from home, O’Hara scored 23 points. It led by 12 points and hit 5 of 7 looks from 3-point range, the opportunities created by heady off-ball motion and unselfish sharing of the ball.

“We had a lot of conversations as a team, to move the ball better,” said guard Josh Coulanges, one of the prime beneficiaries of the outburst that led to a 71-46 nonleague win over the Fords. “We struggled a little bit in the beginning of the season, playing with each other and trusting each other. But we really focused on it. … We’re playing as a team, and everyone is getting the shots they want.”

With the Lions’ length, ability to press defensively and floor-spreading shooters, there’s not much to slow them when they get rolling like Thursday. Aasim Burton, the junior Math, Civics and Sciences transfer, led the way with 20 points, plus seven rebounds. Coulanges added 19 points. Together they were 9-for-14 from 3-point range.

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By Josh Verlin

Francis Bowe didn’t quite realize just what was going on in front of him.

The Archbishop Carroll coach was annoyed by his squad committing five early turnovers against Caravel Academy (Del.). So focused on the mistakes, that he wasn’t really thinking about each shot the Patriots were burying in the second quarter, at least right until the end, when a Seamus Rogers triple sent the crowd of a couple hundred people into a frenzy.

“I didn’t think much of it until (Rogers) hit the last one,” Bowe said. “When he hits the last one at the end of the quarter, I was like, ‘that’s special, I’ve never seen something like this.’

“I’ve seen dunks, I’ve seen Jalen Duren almost rip off our rim here and I’ve said ‘wow.’ That was one of my ‘wow’ moments.”

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By Matthew DeGeorge

It’s becoming a bit of a thing for Jaden Jauregui this season.

Once already on the young campaign, Strath Haven has given the senior guard the ball with the game on the line in the final seconds. With 32 seconds left and Tuesday’s meeting with Marple Newtown tied at 46, it was no mystery whose number the Panthers would call.

Nor was it a shock when Jauregui came through.

Jauregui’s runner in the lane spun around and down as he was fouled with 2.3 seconds left, completing Strath Haven’s comeback from a 17-point deficit for a 48-46 win.

“I like it. I don’t know what to say there,” Jauregui said. “I get excited. Everyone pretty much knew from last game, and I had to do it again.”

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Aniya Eberhart came through with the play of the game as Haverford topped Conestoga, 43-41, in overtime in Central League girls basketball action Tuesday.

Eberhart’s steal and layup produced the only points in the extra session for either team. Caroline Dotsey paced the Fords with 14 points. Eberhart and Molly Carpenter added 10 points each.

Radnor 37, Penncrest 33 >> Mary Sareen tallied 14 points, Kate Gallagher eight and Paige Yurchak seven to help the Raptors hold off the Lions.

Bailey Garrison led Penncrest with nine points. Makayla Johnson chipped in with seven.

Marple Newtown 40, Strath Haven 35 >> Ellie DiBona paved the way for the Tigers with a game-high 14 points. Mary O’Brien backed her with nine points.

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By Josh Verlin

When Luke Rasmussen decided to spend his senior year at the Haverford School, he was back in familiar surroundings, at the school he spent his middle school and ninth grade years. Even if the Lower Merion native was, himself, unfamiliar.

“None of my old teachers recognized me,” he said with a laugh.

That’s partly a product of being away from the Main Line and going to the Hill School for three years, repeating his freshman year at the Pottstown boarding school and entering the Class of 2023, most of his former classmates having graduated in the spring. But it’s mostly because when he left Haverford, he was a 5-foot-5, 90-pound kid who was cut from the freshman basketball team — and he’s now more than a whole foot taller.

“I guess that’s the biggest change,” Rasmussen said with a smile. “Just my whole stature.”

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