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Jamar Sudan’s putback with two minutes to go put Chester in front stay as the Clippers edged William Penn of York in a nonleague game Saturday, 69-65.

Jordan Camper blocked two shots late to seal the win for Chester (13-4). Camper flirted with a triple-double as he scored 18 points to go with 10 blocks and eight rebounds.

Michael Smith paired a career-high six assists with a game-high 19 points. As a team, Chester registered 14 assists on 20 buckets.

Sudan posted a double-double with 13 points and 10 boards, while Ahrod Carter checked in with 13 points for The High.

In other nonleague games:

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By Matthew De George

Garnet Valley had a win for the ages Tuesday against Lower Merion.

Friday against Upper Darby was a different story.

Noah Walker scored 24 points, and Mamadou Toure added 14 as the Royals pulled a 68-67 upset of the host Jaguars Friday night in the Central League.

Magd Adelwehab added 12 points for the Royals (5-11, 4-8), who have won four straight games.

Austin Laughlin, Tuesday’s hero, brought his “A” game again with 33 points, including five 3-pointers. He canned a triple with four seconds left to get Garnet Valley within one, but couldn’t replicate the game-tying/game-winning double of Tuesday’s win against the Aces.

Brandon Starr added 15 points for GV (12-6, 7-5).

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By Matthew De George

 Down nine points at 5 minutes, 19 seconds of the third quarter, there was no moment of revelation for Penn Wood Thursday — no momentum-turning shot, no pivotal collision in the lane.

In place of the dramatic, Pernell Ghee simply looked around the timeout huddle at his fellow seniors and found looks of recognition. Mundane as it sounded to a corps playing rival Chester for the final time, the comeback would have to start one possession at a time, at the line and on defense.

“Nothing changed,” Ghee said. “Coach said, we’re in the same predicament as last game (against Chester); we’ve just got to keep our head and stick to the game plan. We went over the game plan one more time, we said we’re going to get the W if we stick to the game plan.

“We stuck to the game plan, and we got the W.”

Ghee and company roared away to a 58-55 Del Val League win, finishing with a 25-13 edge over the game’s final 13 minutes.

The damage started via a 10-spurt to put Penn Wood up, 43-42, with 2:32 left in the third, Ghee rolling to the basket for a layup off the glass.

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By Matthew De George

Free-throw shooting hasn’t exactly been Delco Christian’s forte this season. But the Knights overcame those struggles in a big way on the road.

T.J. Tann scored a game-high 16 points as Delco Christian used a 24-for-32 shooting night at the charity stripe to claim a 51-37 Bicentennial League victory over Holy Ghost Prep.

Jordan Parks added 13 points, six rebounds and five steals. Obinna Nwobodo chipped in 10 points and six rebounds.
Tann was 9-for-10 from the line while Parks (a 56.5 percent shooter on the year) was 8-for-10 and Nwobodo went 6-for-10. Delco Christian (9-7, 7-5 BAL) entered the game at just 62.1 percent from the line this season.

In nonleague action:

Upper Darby 63, Norristown 55 >> Magd Adelwehab drained three 3-pointers en route to 17 points, and Bayir Hodges chipped in 13 as the Royals won a third straight game.

Noah Walker added 11 points for Upper Darby (4-11).

By Matthew De George

Try as you might, you may never see another game quite like the one authored by Haverford School and Germantown Academy Tuesday night.

The final, in five (yes, five) overtimes: Germantown Academy 100, Haverford School 98.

And it came with all the drama a five-OT affair should have, won by Evan-Eric Longino’s leaner in the lane with 0.1 seconds showing in that fifth overtime.

Haverford certainly contributed its share of drama to the highest-scoring game in Inter-Ac League history. Kharon Randolph, who scored 27 points, sent the game to overtime with a 3-pointer with seven seconds left in regulation. Jameer Nelson Jr. (15 points) canned a triple at the first-OT buzzer to extend the game.

Christian Ray, who led Haverford School with 32 points, hit two free throws at the end of the third overtime, then a lay-up as time expired in the fourth overtime.

Gavin Burke added 16 points for Haverford School (16-2 overall, 5-1 Inter-Ac), which saw its 13-game winning streak snapped. It moves the Fords into a first-place tie with Episcopal Academy ahead of Friday’s rivalry rematch, with GA a game back.

Kyle McCloskey, the Villanova football commit, scored 43 points for GA.

In the Del Val League:

Penn Wood 72, Academy Park 54 >> Vincent Smalls scored 15 points, and Kairi Jones added 14 as Penn Wood (10-5, 4-1) won its seventh straight.

Nick Simmons poured in 31 points in the losing effort for AP (7-8, 2-3).

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By Josh Verlin

Austin Laughlin turned the corner inside Lower Merion’s Kobe Bryant Gymnasium and sprinted down the sideline, trying to outrun the mob. It was the final heroic effort he’d make on a night filled with them, though a fatally flawed one.

Because there was no escaping those chasing him.

Laughlin’s Garnet Valley teammates caught up to the junior guard at halfcourt and surrounded him, screaming, celebrating a shot that might have turned the course of their team’s entire season.

It was a double-clutched, half-court chuck from just in front of the scorer’s table which dropped shortly after the buzzer sounded, handing the Jags an emotional 68-67 overtime win.

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