Senior point guards Joannie Quinn, left, and Anna Azzara, right, lead Cardinal O’Hara and Spring-Ford into their matchup in the PIAA 6A championship game on Friday, March 22. (Austin Hertzog – MediaNews Group)
By Austin Herzog
It’s hard to find a team more level-headed than the Spring-Ford girls’ basketball squad.
The wins — there have been many — don’t elicit the euphoria you’ll see from other programs. That has a lot to do with the pedigree that comes from District 1’s most successful program over the last 15 years.
The losses — there have been significant ones — don’t come with a crushing, tearful display.
Both sides of the coin, and the Rams’ response to each, is what has delivered Spring-Ford to this moment, a spot in the PIAA Class 6A championship game on Friday against District 12 powerhouse Cardinal O’Hara.
The Rams and Lions meet in the state playoffs for a second straight year, this time on the big stage of the Giant Center in Hershey at 6 p.m. Friday.
It’s the final hurrah for a pair of senior-led squads that have experienced more winning than almost any others in the last four years.
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