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Amber Bullard dominated the paint and scored a game-high 26 points to carry The Christian Academy over Sun Valley, 43-38, in a nonleague girls basketball contest Tuesday. Trailing by 12 points at the end of three quarters, the Vanguards made several shots from 3- point distance to make things interesting, but the Crusaders held on. Ava Barraclough (12 points) and Jaina Preuhs (11) each hit three 3s for Sun Valley.

In other nonleague action:

Chester 48, Renaissance Academy 39 » The Clippers held a 12-4 lead after eight minutes and never looked back. Imani Dorsey (four steals, three assists, three blocks) and Shyne Hall (seven rebounds, three steals, two blocks) both scored a game-high 15 points. Taliyah Smith had eight points and three assists while Ja’Mya Muhammad added six points, 17 rebounds, four steals and three blocks for Chester.

Strath Haven 29, Kennett 24 >> Freshman Chloe Hunold scored nine of her 14 points during a fourth quarter in which the Panthers outscored the Blue Demons, 13-8. Laura Shea added nine points and five rebounds. Olivia Voshell paired five points with five rebounds for Haven.

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By Matthew DeGeorge

Azarhis Smith posted 14 points and 12 rebounds and the Chester Charter Scholars Academy had 20 takeaways in a 59-24 rout of Coventry Christian.

Zach Howard added eight points, eight rebounds and five steals for the Sabers. Jayden Williams pitched in with eight points and six assists.

Chichester 64, Lancaster Mennonite 56 >> Maz Sayed scored 13 points in the fourth quarter and overtime as the Eagles won their opener at the Coatesville Tip-Off. Sayed finished with 25 points and Vince Wildrick netted 18, including a clutch 3-pointer in the extra session.

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By Matthew DeGeorge 

It wasn’t easy Friday night at Archbishop Carroll to spot which members of the Patriots’ rotation were freshman. It has gotten easy, however, to perennially rely on the program both placing faith in rookies and then watching them blossom.

Two of Carroll’s five double-figures scorers in a 77-66 season-opening win over Penn Wood were produced by that freshman class. Ian Williams had a team-high 16. Nasir Ralls added 10. And so the conveyor belt turns again in Carroll’s talent factory.

“I feel like those guys are prepared through AAU and their battles,” senior guard Dean Coleman-Newsome said. “They’ve been tested, so they understand that they’ve got to go in and play hard and be confident. The main thing we want for them is to be mentally poised and understand the pace of the game, controlling the pace of the game and taking shots that are timely.”

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Mary Sareen hit a trio of 3-pointers and finished with a team-high 13 points as Radnor kicked off the 2022-23 season with a 40-29 victory over Kennett at the Downingtown West Tournament.

Paige Yurchak added 10 points and seven rebounds and Meg Doyle tossed in seven points for the Raptors.

In other nonleague action:

Garnet Valley 41, St. George’s Tech 23 >> Haylie Adamski produced 14 points, 10 rebounds, three steals and two assists for the Jaguars, who led 10-0 after one quarter. Emily Olsen tallied seven points, eight rebounds and two steals.

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By Corky Blake

To ensure they’d make the most of their senior seasons while upholding the lofty tradition of Lower Merion basketball, Teddy Pendergrass III and Jordan Meekins got to work early upon the conclusion of their junior campaigns last March.

And we mean early.

“In late spring, me and Jordan were at all the 5 a.m. workouts,” Pendergrass III said.

If you can shoot, rebound and play defense at 5 a.m. – a time considered the middle of the night by most teenagers – then performing in a foreign gym more than an hour away on a Friday night should be a breeze.
It certainly was for Meekins and Pendergrass, who stepped out of the shadows of last year’s 27-4 squad that reached the PIAA Class 6A state semifinals to spark the Aces to a 72-57 season-opening victory at defending District 11 6A champion Parkland.

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