Garnet Valley’s Jake Sniras, shooting in a playoff game against Methacton last year, scored 26 points in a win over Upper Darby Tuesday. (MediaNews Group staff file)
By Matthew DeGeorge
Any given night, as a young Garnet Valley core has coalesced, any of four or five players could be the one to shoulder the offensive load.
Tuesday afternoon, two key members of that group hadn’t made a basket by halftime. Yet the Jaguars still entered the break with a lead over Upper Darby.
“It can be anyone’s night at any time,” sophomore Jake Sniras said. “We just like to support each other.”
Tuesday was Sniras’ night, the sophomore scoring 26 points on 11-for-16 shooting in outlasting the Royals, 71-68, in an engaging Central League affair.
Sniras scored 15 points in the first half to keep the Jaguars (5-1, 3-1 Central) afloat, though they didn’t get a made basket from Logan McKee or Max Koehler in the opening 16 minutes. Sniras hit five straight baskets in the second period, then connected on his last five looks from the field, including nine vital points in the fourth to hold off the Royals’ late charge. He drained a triple with less than 10 seconds left in the first quarter, then hit a floater at the horn in the third quarter to make it 46-40 after three.
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