Maggie Doogan leaps off the bench first as time expires Friday on Cardinal O’Hara’s triumphant rout of Chartiers Valley in the PIAA Class 5A state title game at Giant Center in Hershey. (Mark Palczewski – For MediaNews Group)
By Matt Smith
When they were freshmen, Cardinal O’Hara seniors Maggie Doogan, Sydni Scott and Annie Welde couldn’t have predicted what their final game as high school players would look like.
They grew up together on coach Chrissie Doogan’s varsity team. Scott was a starter practically from day one. Doogan and Welde worked their way into the rotation and eventually became stalwarts in the lineup.
Friday evening at the Giant Center, O’Hara’s fantastic senior trio put the finishing touches on an amazing high school journey. With the Lions’ 42-19 victory over Chartiers Valley, they became PIAA Class 5A champions for a second year in a row.
“It’s really unbelievable,” Doogan said of consecutive state championships. “We’re all just really close and to be able to do this with them is an amazing feeling. I wouldn’t want to do this with anyone else.”