Carroll’s Ian Williams, right, hits a basket against Bonner & Prendergast in a January game. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)
By Matthew DeGeorge
The realization set in for Archbishop Carroll guard Darrell Davis once the families lined up and the carnations came out.
It was Senior Night at Archbishop Carroll last month for the Patriots’ 2023 state champion girls team. Davis, the freshman point guard on the boys team, got a glimpse of the time difference between Carroll’s girls and his team.
“When our girls had a senior night, we looked like, man, we’re not going to have a senior night for two more years,” Davis said. “Us having sophomores as our leaders, that’s pretty big for them. It’s something big on their shoulders that they’re got to carry.”
Carroll’s roster may look very different, but it has achieved what the girls team did a year ago: A trip to Hershey for a state final.
Carroll’s young roster is looking to complete an unlikely state title run Thursday night, taking on District 7’s Lincoln Park in the Class 4A final at the Giant Center. Tipoff is at 8 p.m.
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