Penncrest Saair Lee, shooting against Haverford in the Central League playoffs, leads the Lions against Chichester in the opening round of the District 1 Class 5A playoffs Friday night. (Pete Bannan/MediaNews Group).
By Matthew DeGeorge
Garnet Valley’s boys basketball team has already felt its season end.
The Jaguars walked off the court in last Thursday’s Central League first-round game having stomached a draining double-overtime loss at Conestoga. When Ryan Mackey’s go-ahead free throws hit, the Jaguars sat 26th in the District 1 Class 6A rankings – better than the 28th they’d been a week earlier but still shy of the 24-team field.
In the coming 48 hours, mathematical machinations around the district would have to go the Jags’ way to prolong their season. It would be the final, hair-raising turns on a roller coaster they’d ridden for the last two weeks.
“It was a little nerve-wracking to be honest because we were right on the edge,” coach Mike Brown said. “The numbers seemed to change every couple of hours, every time somebody’s score comes in.”
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