By Matthew DeGeorge
Follow along for the full list of things and people that touched the basketball on the decisive possession of Wednesday’s District 1 Class 5A quarterfinal:
Sun Valley forward Blaize Eldridge, receiving the inbound pass.
Guard Noah Griffin on the dribble handoff.
Radnor’s Henry Pierce with a deflection.
Roman Rivera of Radnor, briefly, on an attempt to tie up Eldridge.
Then, off the dribble-drive from Eldridge, the side rim, the backboard, front rim, back rim and finally … bottom.
That last part is all that registered for the ecstatic Sun Valley bench with 1.9 seconds left. It brought about a beautiful result from a game that was anything but, seeing the Vanguards to the district semifinals and their first state tournament since 2019 with a 35-34 upset of Radnor.
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