Lower Merion’s Owen McCabe, left, fights with Radnor’s Jackson Hicke for a loose ball in last year’s Central League final. (PETE BANNAN-DAILY TIMES)
By Matthew DeGeorge
When Lower Merion turns it on, it’s hard to keep in control. Springfield found that out Friday night.
John Mobley led four Aces in double figures with 16 points as top-seeded Lower Merion ran away with a 66-51 win over Central League foe Springfield in the District 1 Class 6A quarterfinals.
Lower Merion outscored Springfield, 30-15, in the middle two quarters to open up a game where the 24th-seeded Cougars trailed by just one after eight minutes.
Jake Adams scored seven of his team-high 14 points in the first quarter. Ryan Johnston added 12 points, and TJ Valletti had 11 for the Cougars, who will enter playbacks for seeding, having already secured one of the district’s 10 states berths.
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