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Gavin Walls poured in a career-high 21 points as Interboro topped Penn Wood, 69-67, for its first Del Val win since 2014. The win ends a 79-game league losing streak.

Jake McDonald added a career-high 17 points. Zakee Brooks chipped in 16.

Shamir Massenburg led Penn Wood with 27 points. Evan Borward supplied 13.

In the Ches-Mont League:

SUN VALLEY 52, OXFORD 23 »

Evan Richardson and Chris Kwaidah scored 10 points each as the Vangaurds smothered Oxford defensively. Todd Harper added eight points.

Girls Basketball –

Maeve McErlane scored a game-high 26 points to lead Notre Dame past Inter-Ac rival Episcopal Academy, 59-46.

McErlane had 11 of the Irish’s 24 baskets. Julia Dever added 18 points for the Irish, who outscored EA by a 33-16 margin in the middle two quarters. Riley Cassidy led EA with 24 points.

In the Del Val League:

INTERBORO 45, PENN WOOD 35 » Shakira Orr hit three 3-pointers to tally a gamehigh 13 points for the Bucs. Emily Kurzenski added eight points and seven rebounds. 

Ani Rascoe led Penn Wood with 10 points.

ACADEMY PARK56,CHESTER 44 » Jada Kinlaw paired 14 points with 12 rebounds as the Knights shook off a tough first half to outscore the Clippers, 43-25, in the second. Semaji Young added 11 points and five assists.

Zinyne Hall led Chester with 15 points.

In the Central League:

GARNET VALLEY 61, CONESTOGA 51 » Emily Olsen and Hailey Adamski poured in 22 points apiece as the Jaguars prevailed. Olsen added eight rebounds. Kylie Mulholland contributed 10 points for the Jaguars.

RIDLEY 46, UPPER DARBY 38 » Kailyn Bell scored 12 points and Jenna Benn hit three 3-pointers for nine points as the Green Raiders prevailed. Alliyiah Jean-Baptiste tallied 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Royals.

SPRINGFIELD 43, RADNOR 35 » Kaitlyn Kearney made three triples and ended with 15 points for the Cougars. Taylor Hunyet and Anabel Kreydt added eight points apiece.

Ellie Davis netted a gamehigh 16 points for the Raptors.

In the Ches-Mont League:

OXFORD 38, SUN VALLEY 29 » Freshman Brielle Wright scored 11 points and Melana Timmes paired five points with 13 rebounds, but the Vanguards couldn’t keep pace late.

Grace O’Neill’s final basket in Archbishop Carroll’s 66-53 victory over Germantown Academy Monday night solidfied her status as one of the best girls basketball players in program history.

The senior guard canned a 3-point field goal late in the fourth quarter, giving her 1,000 points in her career.

O’Neill, who is bound for Drexel, scored a game-high 26 points to carry Carroll (12-4) to another win. O’Neill’s milestone bucket capped a 12-0 run that put the game out of reach.

Taylor Wilson provided 20 points and six rebounds for the visiting Patriots, who enjoyed a 34-20 lead at intermission. Maggie Grant (five rebounds) and Brooke Wilson contributed seven points apiece.

Kendall Bennett netted a team-high 18 points for GA.

In other nonleague action:

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By Matthew Ryan

It was a reminder of how things used to be.

“You can’t do that,” the Bonner-Prendie student section chanted after a foul call.

“He can’t guard you,” Cardinal O’Hara fans yelled after Izaiah Pasha got one of his many buckets on the day.

It was something missing last year when fan attendance was limited for the O’Hara vs. Bonner rivalry matchup. But on Sunday afternoon, the old days of a packed house for the contest between the two teams was in full effect, with the Lions holding off a late Friars push to hold on for a 66-53 victory at home.

“It was awesome to see fans in the crowd after last year, after a rivalry game,” O’Hara head coach Ryan Nemetz said. “I think it’s a great sense of normalcy for everybody. So it’s just fun to have everybody in the gym and enjoy the win.”

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Despite 13 points from senior guard Grace O’Neill, Archbishop Carroll suffered a 38-29 loss to Plymouth Whitemarsh Sunday at the Hoops For Hope Classic at Cabrini University.

The Patriots (11-4) trailed 14-3 after eight minutes, but outscored the undefeated Colonials, 26-24, over the final three periods.

Plymouth Whitemarsh is the No. 1-ranked team in the District 1 Class 6A power rankings. Carroll is tied for first place with a 5-0 record in the Catholic League.

Lainey Allen netted a team-high 12 points for the Colonials, who shot 7-for-10 at the free-throw line in the fourth quarter. Carroll trimmed its deficit to five points midway through the fourth, but couldn’t get closer.

Taylor Wilson and Maggie Grant chipped in six points apiece for Carroll.

Delco Christian’s Josh Parks and Jace Kees were on the mark from long range Saturday.

Parks and Kees combined for eight 3-pointers and each finished with 17 points to lead the Knights to a 51-47 nonleague victory over The City School of Philadelphia.

Josh Dell’Arciprete added eight points for the Knights (7-4), who connected on 11 treys.

In other nonleague action:

CHESTER 65, WILLIAM PENN 36 » The Clippers used a 41-15 run in the middle quarters en route to a one-sided victory at the Clip Joint over the visitors from York.

Breilynd White produced a game-high 12 points for Chester (8-3). Qadir Lowrie, Larenzo Jerkins and Kyree Womack added 11 points apiece.

HAVERFORD SCHOOL 61, PEDDIESCHOOL(N.J.) 50 » Dave Kearney’s 11-point output buoyed a balanced attack by the Fords, who had 11 players scored at least two points. Matt Kearney tossed in 13 points, and Billy Rayer chipped in eight.

PENNWOOD 77, BOYS’ LATIN 39 » The Patriots held a 28-4 lead after eight minutes. Evan Borward scored a game-high 14 points and Jalen Mahan had 13. Shamir Massenberg dished out nine assists to go with eight points.

POTTSGROVE 60, CHICHESTER 39 » Maz Sayed (13 points) and Zaiyin Keys (nine) paced the host Eagles, who trailed 39-16 at the break.

Girls Basketball

Kate Gallagher recorded 10 points and three steals to help Radnor to a 44-30 nonleague victory over West Chester East.

The Raptors (8-5) have reeled off four consecutive wins.

Mary Sareen added nine points, Ellie Davis eight and Ava Gummel seven.

By Josh Verlin

Sam Wright didn’t think twice.

The Lower Merion junior raced ahead of the press break, got to his spot in the corner, Justin Poles delivering the pass right to his waiting hands. Time and situation — holding a six-point lead at Radnor with three minutes left, every possession vital in a rivalry battle at the top of the Central League — melted away. 

All Wright saw was the rim, and all he thought was ‘shoot it.’

“I was open, catch and shoot, it felt really good,” he said. “I knew it was going to go down.”

“We call it The Dagger,” LM coach Gregg Downer said with a laugh. “There’s a little bit of risk-reward with that, but we’re confident and he’s a really good shooter. He’s got the green light most of the time.”

Wright’s shot, his biggest in a 15-point outing, helped the Aces close strong in front of a packed house, holding off the Raptors in a 60-48 win.

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By Matt Smith

Emma Rowland and the Haverford girls basketball team spent a lot of time practicing their foul shooting this week. The Fords have been inconsistent in that area this season.

“Two practices ago, all we did was practice our foul shots,” said Rowland, a senior guard. “If we missed, we ran.”

A trot around the gym seems like the appropriate penance for a missed freebie, especially a team intending to make a run at a Central League championship.

It had been a long while since Haverford (or anyone else, for that matter) had beaten the Cougars. Prior to Friday, they had won 25 consecutive Central League games dating to the start of the pandemic-shortened 2021 campaign.

The last time the Fords defeated the Cougars was Jan. 17, 2018.

“A long time,”  Maddie Williams said.

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Gaeli Keffer-Scharpf saved 11 of her team high 18 points for the second half to pace Episcopal Academy to a 44-30 nonleague victory over Villa Maria.

Keffer-Scharpf scored eight of those points in the third quarter. Riley Cassidy pitched in with 16 points for the Churchwomen.

CARDINAL O’HARA 55, BISHOP SHANAHAN 28 » Reigning Daily Times Player of the Year Maggie Doogan paced a balanced attack with 15 points. Freshman Molly Rullo added 12 points and Joanie Quinn chipped in with eight.

In the Del Val League Thursday:

INTERBORO 44, CHESTER 43 » Sophomore Alaina D’Angelo hit two free throws with 2.3 seconds left in overtime to give the Bucs their first win of the season. Shakira Orr paced Interboro with 12 points and

seven steals.

In the Catholic League Thursday:

BONNER-PRENDERGAST 30, LITTLE FLOWER 27 » Riley Donohue made a 3-pointer as time expired to give the Pandas a thrilling win Thursday night. Donohue finished with a team-high eight points and Laila Farmer chipped in with six.

PENNCREST 61, UPPER DARBY 53 » Saahir Lee collected 25 points, five assists and five rebounds as the Lions used a fast start to top the Royals.

Penncrest jumped out to a 21-6 lead in the first quarter and took a 41-31 advantage into the final period. Ben Stanton chipped in with 18 points, four assists and three rebounds. Nadir Myers paced UD with 20 points. Alexander Ings added nine points.

Elsewhere in the Central League:

MARPLE NEWTOWN 49, RIDLEY 35 » Jonny Small posted a double-double for the Tigers with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Matt Cantwell tallied seven points and pulled down 14 boards. Justin DiBona contributed six points and five assists.

In the Inter-Ac League:

Episcopal Academy 55, Haverford School 54 > Kevin McCarthy tossed in 20 points and Jake Jaszcz added 13 to help the Churchmen hold off the rival Fords. EA had a 40-27 lead going into the fourth quarter but were outscored 27-15.

In nonleague action Thursday:

PENN WOOD 52, HOLY GHOST PREP 51 » The Patriots outscored the Firebirds, 18-13, in the fourth quarter to erase a 38-34 deficit. Anthony Murray led the way with 19 points and six assists. Evan Borward pitched in with 13 points and had a double-double.

By Matthew DeGeorge

Vince Wildrick felt the pressure and knew just how to react.

It was a rare frantic possession by Chichester in the second quarter Thursday night against Academy Park. The ball found its way to Wildrick near the top of the lane, where he’d been camped all night in the soft middle of a 2-3 zone that Chi eventually forced the Knights to abandon. When his man overplayed him on his right, Wildrick dug into his bag of tricks, hitting his defender with a spin move and banking a left-handed shot off glass and in.

It was an early sign that everything was going the way of Wildrick and Chi.

Behind a pair of 15-2 runs in the first half, Chichester created early distance on the way to a 68-30 rout of a green Academy Park side. Widrick’s role in Chi’s patient and thorough dismantling of AP showed in that roll to the glass and in so many smaller instances on the night.

“That’s one of my go-to moves,” Wildrick said. “If they’re pressuring me, I go by and drop step. It’s one of my favorite moves. I just felt the pressure, I felt them overplay me, step through and it’s just natural.”

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