By Joseph Santoliquito
It’s been a decade since Chester has been to the PIAA state finals. And the Clippers know it. It’s been over a decade since Chester last won a state championship. And the Clippers know that, too. It’s a highly respected program, the Pennsylvania high school boys’ basketball equivalent to the New York Yankees, Dallas Cowboys, and Montreal Canadiens.
No other team has won more Pennsylvania state boys’ basketball championships than Chester (eight).
Keith Taylor Sr. will be entering his sixth year as head coach of the Clippers and has been associated with the program for over 25 years. He’s going to be the head coach when the Clippers win their 2,000th game in program history this season. Chester is seven games shy of that iconic mark. Reading is the only other boys’ high school basketball program in Pennsylvania with more than 2,000 school victories and Chester would be the 10th nationally to achieve such status.