Lower Merion senior John Mobley dunks in a putback on Tuesday, (Photo: Mark Jordan/CoBL)
By Owen McCue
As Jaden Colzie stood in the student section at the Liacouras Center last March watching the Plymouth Whitemarsh girls capture a District 1-6A championship, he couldn’t help but picture himself out on the floor.
He and teammate Qudire Bennett hung around Temple’s arena for the District 1 boys title game right after and knew they had to find a way to get back there themselves in 2023 after watching Lower Merion knock off Norristown for its second straight title.
“I was standing right there in the student section, and I’m like, ‘This is going to be us next year. I need to get here.’ Hey, one year later and here we are,” Colzie said. “I was really jealous — Norristown, Lower Merion — I was like we can be here, and we’re here, so I’m happy for us.”
The two-time defending champion Aces stood in the Colonials’ way of a trek down to North Philadelphia as the two district powers met up on Tuesday night in a district semifinal.