By Matt Smith
Marple Newtown was in the midst of preparing for its first PIAA tournament game in program history against reigning Class 5A champion Cardinal O’Hara. It was supposed to be a clash of neighboring Delaware County schools.
Then news broke Sunday afternoon that O’Hara was forced to cede its No.1 place in District 12 due to a paperwork gaffe affecting the athletic eligibility of one of its transfer players. Marple coach Ryan Wolski found out like most people did – scrolling through Twitter.
“I already have enough time consumed with kids and family and basketball, I don’t really try to jump on the social media stuff, but there’s always rumors going around. It’s Delaware County, there’s always something new,” Wolski said. “I told my girls to keep focused and keep plugging along. I said we’ll play somewhere Wednesday. Don’t know where we’ll be, but we’ll be somewhere. Then I found out who we would be playing. It’s unfortunate that it’s a little bit of a further ride. Instead of a ride up the road, a seven-minute drive to O’Hara, we get to go in 45-minute-plus traffic to Archbishop Ryan.”
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