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By Josh Verlin

Francis Bowe didn’t quite realize just what was going on in front of him.

The Archbishop Carroll coach was annoyed by his squad committing five early turnovers against Caravel Academy (Del.). So focused on the mistakes, that he wasn’t really thinking about each shot the Patriots were burying in the second quarter, at least right until the end, when a Seamus Rogers triple sent the crowd of a couple hundred people into a frenzy.

“I didn’t think much of it until (Rogers) hit the last one,” Bowe said. “When he hits the last one at the end of the quarter, I was like, ‘that’s special, I’ve never seen something like this.’

“I’ve seen dunks, I’ve seen Jalen Duren almost rip off our rim here and I’ve said ‘wow.’ That was one of my ‘wow’ moments.”

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By Matthew DeGeorge

It’s becoming a bit of a thing for Jaden Jauregui this season.

Once already on the young campaign, Strath Haven has given the senior guard the ball with the game on the line in the final seconds. With 32 seconds left and Tuesday’s meeting with Marple Newtown tied at 46, it was no mystery whose number the Panthers would call.

Nor was it a shock when Jauregui came through.

Jauregui’s runner in the lane spun around and down as he was fouled with 2.3 seconds left, completing Strath Haven’s comeback from a 17-point deficit for a 48-46 win.

“I like it. I don’t know what to say there,” Jauregui said. “I get excited. Everyone pretty much knew from last game, and I had to do it again.”

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Aniya Eberhart came through with the play of the game as Haverford topped Conestoga, 43-41, in overtime in Central League girls basketball action Tuesday.

Eberhart’s steal and layup produced the only points in the extra session for either team. Caroline Dotsey paced the Fords with 14 points. Eberhart and Molly Carpenter added 10 points each.

Radnor 37, Penncrest 33 >> Mary Sareen tallied 14 points, Kate Gallagher eight and Paige Yurchak seven to help the Raptors hold off the Lions.

Bailey Garrison led Penncrest with nine points. Makayla Johnson chipped in with seven.

Marple Newtown 40, Strath Haven 35 >> Ellie DiBona paved the way for the Tigers with a game-high 14 points. Mary O’Brien backed her with nine points.

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By Josh Verlin

When Luke Rasmussen decided to spend his senior year at the Haverford School, he was back in familiar surroundings, at the school he spent his middle school and ninth grade years. Even if the Lower Merion native was, himself, unfamiliar.

“None of my old teachers recognized me,” he said with a laugh.

That’s partly a product of being away from the Main Line and going to the Hill School for three years, repeating his freshman year at the Pottstown boarding school and entering the Class of 2023, most of his former classmates having graduated in the spring. But it’s mostly because when he left Haverford, he was a 5-foot-5, 90-pound kid who was cut from the freshman basketball team — and he’s now more than a whole foot taller.

“I guess that’s the biggest change,” Rasmussen said with a smile. “Just my whole stature.”

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By Liam O’Murchu

Cardinal O’Hara began their defense of their PIAA 5A state championship with a 58-53 loss to the Cannon School (NC) on Saturday afternoon at the She Got Game Classic in Springfield, Virginia. O’Hara graduated three crucial players from the state championship squad in Maggie Doogan (Richmond), Sydni Scott (Marshall), and Annie Welde (Villanova) and returns this year with a much younger team.

But the youth of the squad is something that they are leaning into. Although this year’s squad may not have the height and experience last year’s team did, they make up for it elsewhere.

“Last year, we were six-foot-[tall] almost across the whole board,” head coach Chrissie Doogan said. “So we had a lot of length, a lot of height. We wouldn’t have gotten out-rebounded like we did today last year. But this year’s team is probably quicker and just as scrappy.”

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