Members of the Cardinal O’Hara girls’ basketball team pose with the PIAA trophy after winning the PIAA Class 6A championship game on March 22 at the Giant Center in Hershey. (Austin Hertzog – MediaNews Group)
By Ed Morrone 
They say that defense wins championships — but having Molly Rullo and Joanie Quinn on your side certainly helps too.
Rullo scored 10 of her 13 points before halftime before passing the baton to Quinn, who tallied 14 of her game-high 16 points in the second half to lead Cardinal O’Hara to a 42-26 victory in the PIAA Class 6A state championship game on Friday night.
It was the third state title in four years for the Lions, who held a normally strong shooting Spring-Ford team to an 8-for-37 night from the field, including a 2-for-17 clip from downtown.
“I love these girls with everything in my being,” Quinn said. “To be able to share this experience with people that I love so much, I can’t even describe what that means.”
The Rams had cruised through their first four state playoff games, winning by an average of 21.7 points per game.
Then they ran into Quinn and Rullo’s O’Hara buzzsaw.
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