Sam Malloy, Kevin McCarthy and Jake Jaszcz combined for 41 points as Episcopal topped rival Haverford School, 56-41. Malloy led the way with 15 points. McCarthy pitched in with 14 and Jaszcz 12.
Dave Kearney paced the Fords with 12 points. Chase Curran added 10.
In the Bicentennial League
By Joseph Santoliquito
The Archbishop Carroll boys squad was facing a daunting group Friday night. Not only were the Patriots facing host La Salle in a critical late-season Catholic League contest, they were challenged by a cast of characters including SpongeBob SquarePants, Superman, a strutting Banana Man, Star Wars storm troopers, a few Tom Cruises from Top Gun, a couple of pinstriped convicts and one crazy nun.
It was “Silent Night” at La Salle, where the crowd stays silent until the home team reaches 10 points and then erupts.
Carroll’s Moses Hipps and Dean Coleman-Newsome proudly called themselves the silencers, after combining for 45 points in leading the Pats to a surprising 72-66 victory.
In a Central League quarter-final playoff game the Marple Newtown Tigers took an early lead and never relinquished it as they went on to beat the Radnor Raptors, 48-37.
The Raptors did manage to pull within 3 points late in the game but the Tigers relentless defense and offensive power prevented Radnor from taking the lead.
Mary O’Brien, Haley Levy and Nikki Mostardi teamed up for 37 points to help the third seeded Tigers hold off the sixth-seeded Raptors.
Delcohoops interviews Haley Levy after the Tigers win in last night’s CL playoff game. Listen to her interview at the 1:30 mark on the archive below. Photo by Delcohoops.com
Marple Newtown visits second-seeded Springfield in the semifinals on Saturday. Tip-off is at noon.
O’Brien paced the attack with 14 points. Levy added 13 and Mostardi 10.
Mary Sereen topped Radnor with 12 points. Kate Gallagher and Ava Gummel contributed nine points each.
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Garnet Valley’s Max Koehler (left) and the Jaguars’ high-scoring offense found it tough going against a “Stoga squad intent on slowing the game down. (Photo: Dan Hilferty/CoBL)
By Ty Daubert
Conestoga students rushed their home floor as a Garnet Valley half-court heave fell short.
After 40 minutes of play, it was finally time to celebrate. Fans embraced Ryan Mackey, who had just provided another act of late-game heroics.
The senior guard buried the game-winning free throw with 2.7 seconds left on the clock to give Conestoga a one-point victory as it defeated the Jaguars 34-33 in double overtime in the first round of the Central League playoffs on Thursday night. Led by Mackey, the Pioneers overcame an early deficit in a slow-paced, low-scoring affair by getting points in the right opportunities down the stretch.
“What a game,” Conestoga head coach Mike Troy said. “We went down early, and I thought the guys really dug down on the defensive end, held Garnet down scoring-wise to give us a chance on the offensive end.”
Academy Park didn’t waste any time wrapping up the outright Del Val League girls basketball title. The Knights scored the first 22 points of the game to roll to a 66-31 victory over Chester Thursday night and lock up the championship.
Semaji Young, Jada Wilson and Akira Hill combined for 37 points for AP. Young led the way with 13 points, while Wilson and Hill contributed 12 apiece.
Jamyra Muhammad topped Chester with seven points, while Tinijah Bust and Rashara Kelly added six points each. In the Central League quarterfinals:
GARNET VALLEY 47, HARRITON 30 » The fifth seeded Jaguars held the fourth-seeded Rams to 13 points in the second half to advance to the semifinals against top-seeded Haverford at noon on Saturday.
Haylie Adamski led the offense with 17 points. Ava Possenti contributed 12 points, seven steals and five rebounds. Emily Olsen added 10 points and seven boards.
Haverford High’s Googie Seidman hits a three-point basket in the second quarter Thursday night as the Fords cruise to victory over Penncrest in a Central League playoff opener.. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group).
By Matt DeGeorge
For most of the season, Haverford’s boys basketball team hasn’t had the benefit of its full rotation. Between a lengthy hand injury to guard Brian Weiner, which coincided with the return from a brief absence by J.R. Newman, the full seven-man rotation that coach Keith Heinerichs had envisioned wasn’t all there together.
That Haverford could still win 16 games and garner the third seed in the Central League tournament despite those travails is a testament to the rest of the roster’s talent. And with the full group now healthy, the Fords are dangerous.
Of course, if Googie Seidman shoots like he did Thursday night, there’s a lot of personnel groupings the Fords can win with. Seidman hit seven 3-pointers for a game-high 23 points as Haverford jumped all over sixth-seeded Penncrest early en route to a 53-38 win.
“I was just really looking for my shot,” Seidman said. “When I had my openings, I would take it every time. It’s all about confidence. I was shooting confidently, and once they start going in, it gets easier.”
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