By Rick O’Brien The Neumann-Goretti boys’ basketball team can attribute part of its most recent PIAA Class AAA state championship to the free-throw shooting work it put in at 10th and Moore. In the final Friday night at the Giant…
Carroll’s supporting cast can’t pull it through in AAA title game
By Matt Smith In some respects, Neumann-Goretti was perfectly content with Archbishop Carroll’s Derrick Jones playing the way he did Friday night in the PIAA Class AAA championship game. The UNLV-bound forward put the finishing touches on his scholastic career…
Neumann-Goretti wins fifth AAA state title in six years
By Jeff McDevitt Sometimes you can play your best, and sometimes, you best can simply not be good enough. That’s the unfortunate situation Archbishop Carroll senior forward Derrick Jones faced Friday night in the PIAA Class AAA state title game…
The last chapter of the curious case of Derrick Jones
By Matthew DeGeorge Derrick Jones ambled off the court at the Giant Center Friday night, towel on his head, a silver medal hanging limply from his hand. He stopped, like most high schoolers have to, to sign an autograph, then…
Philly rivals Neumann-Goretti and Archbishop Carroll to collide in Friday’s PIAA Class AAA boys’ basketball championship game
By Michael Bullock About the Patriots: Paul Romanczuk’s Patriots, who fell to Imhotep Charter in the 2013 Class AAA final, captured state gold in 2009. … Jones, who signed in November with UNLV, has popped double-doubles in all four…
Carroll’s Jones gets one last chance at a title
By Aaron Carter Derrick Jones has heard the critics: All he can do is dunk. He’s not strong enough to play on the interior, he doesn’t shoot well enough from the perimeter, and he hasn’t led his team to any…