Sacred Heart poses with the championship trophy after defeating Delco Christian, 53-36, in the District 1 Class 2A girls basketball final at Bensalem High Saturday. (MediaNews Group staff photo)
By Matthew DeGeorge
Keara McCaffrey looked to the bench in dismay Saturday afternoon. There were 62 seconds remaining in the third quarter, and the Sacred Heart center had just picked up her fourth personal foul.
There was some question whether the hand check was even on her, enough to delay her immediate substation from the game. But McCaffrey wasn’t looking for a chance to sit and sulk, not in a District 1 Class 2A final in which her Lions only led by 10. Less so when Delco Christian cut the deficit to six at the end of the third.
Instead, McCaffrey’s toughness – in the low blocks and between the ears – helped Sacred Heart tip the game in its favor.
McCaffrey stitched together four straight exemplary defensive possessions to start the fourth quarter, time to allow Dani Jeffries to kickstart a 13-0 run that gave Sacred Heart a 53-36 win over Delco Christian at Bensalem High School.
The win is the Lions’ seventh District 1 crown in eight seasons. It also secures second-seeded Sacred Heart the district’s only states bid.
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