By: Matt DeGeorge The message at halftime Tuesday from Academy Park boys basketball coach Allen Bridges to his team was to get up. Get up on the boards, up on their perimeter defense in the 2-3 zone they’d utilized, up…
Neumann-Goretti’s win over Archbishop Carroll returns Saints to No. 1
By Michael Bullock 1. Neumann-Goretti (12, 15-4, 3-0) — previous ranking: 2 — While Wednesday’s 64-58 victory at Archbishop Carroll obviously caused yet another flip-flop at the top of the Class AAA rankings, Carl Arrigale’s Saints spent the rest of last…
Jones provides the power for Archbishop Carroll
Derrick Jones went to work in the middle to periods to help Archbishop Carroll breeze to a 79-38 Catholic League victory Sunday afternoon over Archbishop Ryan. Jones scored 13 of his team-high 17 points in the second and third periods…
Gallo leads Interboro past Springfield
Julian Gallo was the man Saturday night. The Interboro senior made a pair of 3-pointers in the final moments of the Bucs’ 44-40 triumph over Springfield. One of those treys put his team ahead by two points and to stay.…
Haverford’s O’Halloran, Leibig save their best for last
Mike O’Halloran and Tom Leibig came up big in the fourth quarter to lead Haverford to a 48-44 victory over Penncrest in Central League action Friday night. O’Halloran was 6-for-6 from the free throw line and Leibig tallied six of…
Academy Park finding success by sticking together
By Matt DeGeorge To a man, the core of the Academy Park basketball team struck the chords you’d expect from a team enjoying a resurgent season. They discussed playing for each other and putting the team above the individual. They…