Haverford’s Aniya Eberhart, seen shooting against Garnet Valley, led the Fords to a Central League semifinal win over Penncrest Saturday. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)
By Matt Smith
This Central League tournament semifinal was the chance for Rian Dotsey and Haverford to gain a bit of revenge on Penncrest. The Fords admit they never got over their five-point loss to the Lions in early January.
“It was a big redemption game for us,” said Dotsey, the Fords’ outstanding junior forward.
The rematch played out a lot differently. It was all Haverford, all the time.
Aniya Eberhart scored a game-high 16 points and Dotsey added 13 as the top-seeded Fords cruised to a 52-32 victory over the No. 5 Lions Saturday night. Haverford takes on No. 2 Conestoga in the Central League championship game Tuesday (6 p.m.) at Marple Newtown. Haverford defeated Conestoga in last year’s final.
“I felt our energy was definitely higher than the first time we played them,” Dotsey said. “We knew they were going to be a scrappy team coming in. So in practice, we worked on taking care of the ball and knew what we had to focus on to pull out the win.”
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