By Corky Blake
To ensure they’d make the most of their senior seasons while upholding the lofty tradition of Lower Merion basketball, Teddy Pendergrass III and Jordan Meekins got to work early upon the conclusion of their junior campaigns last March.
And we mean early.
“In late spring, me and Jordan were at all the 5 a.m. workouts,” Pendergrass III said.
If you can shoot, rebound and play defense at 5 a.m. – a time considered the middle of the night by most teenagers – then performing in a foreign gym more than an hour away on a Friday night should be a breeze.
It certainly was for Meekins and Pendergrass, who stepped out of the shadows of last year’s 27-4 squad that reached the PIAA Class 6A state semifinals to spark the Aces to a 72-57 season-opening victory at defending District 11 6A champion Parkland.