Penncrest’s Tyler Norwood hits a shot in the third quarter of the District 1 Class 5A title game against Bishop Shanahan at the Liacouras Center Saturday. Norwood scored 27 points in a 50-28 thrashing by Penncrest. (Pete Bannan/Digital First Media)
By Matt DeGeorge
The lasting image of the 2017-18 Penncrest team falls somewhere between the extremes of the players who got the first grasp of the District 1 Class 5A trophy Saturday afternoon.
On the one side was Tyler Norwood, he of the silky jumper and one of the most prolific scoring careers in Delaware County history. On the other was Chris Mills and his home-white shorts, splattered with blood — his, his teammates, his opponents, whatever.
The dichotomy reveals how deadly effective the Lions were Saturday in destroying second-seeded Bishop Shanahan, 50-28, to repeat as 
district champions. The final margin didn’t quite encapsulate it all — the way Norwood wouldn’t be denied on one end, and the way that the Lions’ defense blanketed and battered the Eagles into submission and an early surrender.
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