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By Bruce Adams

The 6-foot-5 senior wing is averaging more than 17.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg for the Raiders (12-8 as of Feb. 3), including a 29-point effort in a 70-58 win against Harriton Jan. 30 . Last winter, he averaged 14 ppg and led the Raiders in rebounding, while receiving team co-MVP, All-Main Line and All-Central League honors.

Q: What has been your favorite moment so far this season and why?

A: Beating Penncrest on the road earlier this season (a 32-30 win Dec. 13).  It was a great team win against a program that has won two of the past three District 1 championships and had really owned our matchup over my career.  To get that win in front of their fans was a great feeling.  
 

Q: What aspect of your game do you feel you have improved the most this season? 

A: Being able to score off the dribble, in the paint and in other ways that aren’t just catch and shoot.  

Q: What part of your game are you working on the most currently?

A: I’ve been working to get touches in the paint and post to take advantage of matchups I get against smaller guys.  

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It’s been a busy weekend for Chester boys basketball. It’s also been a winning one.

Karell Watkins scored 21 points to go with 15 rebounds and five steals as Chester won its sixth straight game, 65-61, over John F. Kennedy High School of Paterson (N.J.) Sunday in the Battle by the Bay at Atlantic City High School.

Rahmee Gilbert and Akeem Taylor scored 14 points each, and Taylor added 11 rebounds, four assists and two steals for the Clippers (17-3), who overcame a 10-point halftime deficit via a 21-8 edge in the third quarter.

by Mike Cabrey

Pennridge 69, Haverford 52 >> Trent Fisher was big for Pennridge Saturday, posting a game-high 27 points as the Rams raced out to a 21-point halftime lead and rolled to a nonleague victory.

Christian Guldin scored 12 points while Colin Post added 11 points for Pennridge (15-5, 8-2 SOL Continental), who led 19-10 after a quarter then outscored the Fords 21-9 over the next eight minutes to go into the break up 40-19. The Rams extended their advantage to 57-31 entering the fourth.

John Seidman paced Haverford with 13 points while Hunter Kraiza had 12 points.

Lower Merion 42, Souderton 37 (OT) >> Souderton erased a seven-point deficit at the start of the fourth quarter to force overtime but Lower Merion took the extra session 7-2 to win the nonleague matchup.

Brian Reiner scored 14 points to lead the Indians (12-9, 6-5 SOL Continental). Jason Price and Matt Uhrich both added eight points for Big Red, who lost its second straight.

Demetrius Lilley posted a game-high 17 points for Lower Merion while Phil Cook and James Simples each collected 10 points. The Aces led 20-14 at halftime and was up 28-21 after the third before Souderton outscored the hosts 14-7 in the fourth.

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Akeem Taylor generated 24 points, 12 rebounds, five steals and three assists to help Chester claim a 75-53 win over St. Joseph’s (N.J.) Saturday at the Battle by the Bay tournament in Atlantic City.

Taylor netted 18 points in the second half.

The Clippers (16-3) began the game on a 25-5 run and led by 14 points at halftime. Karell Watkins amassed 23 points and eight rebounds, and Fareed Burton had eight of his 12 points in the opening quarter.

In other nonleague action:

Garnet Valley 77, Sun Valley 47 >> The Jaguars (19-1) recorded their 16th consecutive win.

Carl Schaller led the charge with 24 points and drilled six 3-pointers.

Neel Beniwal hit four triples and scored 15 of his 17 points in the third quarter. Gannon McKee and Justin Langan added 11 points apiece for the Jags, who exploded for 32 points in the third quarter.

Nick Gianakopoulos paced the Vanguards with 12 points.

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By Phil Anastasia

By Mitchell Gladstone

At the end of each day, Archbishop Wood coach John Mosco and Marcus Randolph hop in the car together.

The two make the trip from Warminster toward Randolph’s hometown of Willingboro, N.J., meeting Randolph’s dad in between.

And during those 45-minute car rides, Mosco has learned more and more about one of his many junior standouts.

But Mosco was still waiting for that breakout performance, a game in which Randolph showed out for a full 32 minutes. Friday night, that game happened.

Randolph ignited the Vikings with seven of their first 12 points and scored 18 — one of four players in double figures — as Wood rolled past Archbishop Carroll 80-61 on the road. Despite a four-plus minute scoreless drought at the start of the third quarter, the Vikings closed strong to pick up their 10th Catholic League win of the season and remain just a half-game behind first-place Neumann-Goretti.

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By Matthew DeGeorge

Ten times this season, Haverford has been involved in a boys basketball game decided by five points or fewer. During a six-game slide, those coin-flip finishes seemed to constantly go against them.

But the Fords are changing their luck in the last two weeks.

Friday, it was John Seidman’s lay-up with 1.3 seconds left that made the difference in yet another nail-biter, a 38-37 win over Upper Darby for the Fords’ fifth straight win.

After Onyekachi Nzeh (13 points) put upper Darby up with 10 seconds left, Seidman charged down the court to tie it and get fouled with 1.3 ticks left. Seidman tallied 17 points.

John Schievert added 10 points for the Fords (11-8, 7-7). All seven of Haverford’s league losses are by five points or fewer; not among the close games, though, is the season sweep of Lower Merion, by a combined 19 points.

AJ Tucker added nine points for the Royals (11-9, 6-8), who’ve dropped three straight.

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By Mike Mayer, Delcohoops.com

It was expected that the best strategy for Chichester to stay with Chester was to match their speed when playing defense but slow the game down when the Eagles had the ball.  Not exactly.  Chi decided that running with the Clippers was their best chance to beat a surging power house.  The game seemed more like a track meet than a basketball game. The action was sometimes so quick that Delcohoops Play-by-play announcer, Dave Burman, wouldn’t have a chance to write down a basket before possession changed and another basket was scored.

The play was so fast and furious that our box score shows over 30 turnovers (14 for Chi and 16 for the Clippers).  Players were running so hard down the court that simple lay-ups were missed as the shooter miscalculated his speed when approaching the rim. Although Chester was always in control of the score and was never threatened with a loss, the pace of the game was maintained by both teams through out the game.

Chi found itself in trouble in the third quarter when Chester decided to execute a punishing full-court press which resulted in numerous Chi turnovers and several baskets for Chester.  As the score separation increased to 25 points the Clippers backed-off of the full-court press and both teams began mass substitutions to give their respective bench players some varsity court time.  However, even the substitutes coming into the game kept up the pace of the game with great speed and aggressive play.

Karell Watkins continued his recent tear, scoring 15 of his 32 points in the third quarter and adding 14 rebounds in another douible-double performance for Chester (15-3, 7-0). Zahmir Carroll (12 points), Fareed Burton (11) and Akeem Taylor (10) joined Watkins in double-figures.

Josh Hankins led Chichester (8-10, 2-4) with 14 points, and Jasir Shaw chipped in 11 and Andrew Monroe with 10 as Chi’s three-game winning streak ended.

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By Andrew Hayn & Josh Verlin 

When thinking of Conestoga’s season up to this point, one word comes to mind: streaky. The Pioneers, who only returned one player with varsity minutes last season –– senior Connor Steele –– started off the season with a win, followed by a six-game losing streak. The young squad then benefitted from the turn of the new year, as they won seven of the next eight, including a five-game winning streak within the Central League in January.

Mike Troy, head coach for Conestoga, complimented his young group for maturing throughout the season, though they’d lost three of four headed into Thursday night’s Central League matchup at Ridley.

“You know, you look at some of our early games and our youth really showed,” Troy admitted. “When your top seven guys all graduate…we’re a good team, there’s a difference between being a good team and an experienced, varsity team. So we learned a lot of tough lessons early in the year, and hopefully now they’re coming into fruition.”

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By Matthew DeGeorge

It’s a rare night in the Central League that features intrigue at both ends of the standings, but Thursday delivered.

Garnet Valley walloped Lower Merion, 77-32, to claim the regular-season title, and Springfield bested Marple Newtown, 66-57, to end to a 44-game losing streak.

First, the pinnacle of the Central League, where Garnet Valley (18-1, 14-1 Central) ran out to 24-8 lead after one quarter and 51-10 at half to avenge its only loss of the season and clinch its first Central League crown.

The Jaguars hit 14 3-pointers on the night. Chris Coyne led the onslaught with a career-high 18 points. Neel Beniwal supplied all 16 of his points in the first half. Valantis Apstolopoulos added 14 points, and Carl Schaller made the operation run with nine points and 10 assists.

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