Girls: Duel in Delco as Springfield, Cardinal O’Hara meet for final four spot

By Josh Verlin & Andrew Robinson

Springfield is playing Cardinal O’Hara at Archbishop Carroll with a spot in the PIAA 5A final four at stake.

It’d be really difficult to write a more Delco-centric sentence than that. It’s also just what the county has to look forward to on Wednesday as two of its top programs go toe-to-toe in the quarterfinals.

That both teams have made it this far isn’t a surprise, given the respective programs’ pedigree at the Delco, league, district and state level. Just a year ago, the Lions of O’Hara knocked out the Cougars of Springfield in the contracted 5A tournament’s semifinal round.

Springfield comes in after a close win over Central League rival Marple Newtown while O’Hara had a long ride out to West York but not much trouble dispatching Greencastle-Antrim on Sunday.

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