Chichester’s Vince Wildrick helped key a win over Penn Wood on Thursday. (Photo: Dan Hilferty/CoBL)
By Sean Barnard
It was as if the packed house was on top of the court at Penn Wood with every jeer, chirp, or chant being heard loud and clear.
“This environment is special,” Chichester head coach Clyde Jones put it. “I think the gym helps you build character. It’s a major advantage learning to play in this environment. This is practice for anything later on in playoffs and districts and so forth.”
It was a playoff-like atmosphere in the Thursday night Delaware Valley Conference matchup which came down to the final minute. Chichester managed to secure the hard-fought 63-57 victory despite the late-game effort of Penn Wood.
Chichester jumped out to a 16-12 lead after the first quarter before Penn Wood answered with a 10-0 run to kick off the start of the second quarter.