By Ed Morrone
No Quinn Boettinger for large chunks of a state playoff game? No problem for Perkiomen Valley.
Bella Bacani led four Perk Valley players in double figures with 12 points, as the Vikings pulled away from Haverford during a dominant third quarter en route to an eventual 64-50 PIAA second round victory on Tuesday night at Upper Merion.
The Vikings advanced to Friday’s quarterfinals to face Cardinal O’Hara, the second seed in District 12 and a member of the Philadelphia Catholic League. Perk Valley, the top seed in District 1, ended fifth-seeded Haverford’s season for the second straight year after also beating the Fords in the 2023 District 1-6A title game.
When Boettinger, the Vikings’ star center and Navy recruit, picked up her fourth personal foul with 5:36 left in the third quarter, there was no panic or slumped shoulders — just a next person up mentality, or in Perk Valley’s case, next people up, because every player who saw the court Tuesday had a massive impact on the outcome.
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