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By Jake Adams

Cardinal O’Hara girls basketball wants to be playing its best basketball in February.

With a day to go before the calendar flips to February, the Lions are a little closer to that goal.

O’Hara picked up its third straight win Tuesday night, 45-37 at Archbishop Carroll. Senior La Salle commit Joanie Quinn led the way with 12 points in her third game back after breaking her hand in December. 

Quinn’s presence gets the Lions (15-2, 5-1 Philadelphia Catholic League) that much closer to peak form. She brings heightened intensity and speed in practice, coach Chrissie Doogan said over the phone, and that translates to games. The point guard played nearly every minute of Tuesday’s game.

“She had a real good game, and she’s just your senior leader point guard you want on the floor,” Doogan said.

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Jake Sniras went off for 19 points to lead four Jaguars in double figures as Garnet Valley steadily pulled away from Upper Darby, 75-52.

Quinn O’Hara added 14 points. Grayson Golek chipped in 13, and Brady Krautzel had 11 for the Jags.

Mohamed Sacko led Upper Darby with 17 points. Elijah Gunther added 11.

Also in the Central League:

Springfield 50, Strath Haven 44 >> The Cougars got out early then fended off a strong second half by the Panthers. Patrick Flaherty scored 13 points while Ryan Johnston added 12.

Blayke Reid led Strath Haven with 15 points, and Liam Szybist added 11.

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By Owen McCue

There is one full week of the high school regular season before most teams wrap up their season early next week. The District 1 schedule officially ends Feb. 10 with the committee meeting together on Feb. 11 to finalize the boys and girls brackets, decided by the district power rankings. 

There are 24 spots up in the Class 6A field and 12 spots in the Class 5A bracket. No one has officially locked up a spot but the final games of the regular season certainly hold more value to some teams compared to others in ensuring their seasons continue.

Here’s a breakdown of who is currently holding onto the final spots and who is trying to catch them:

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Haylie Adamski went off for 20 points as nine Jaguars scored in Garnet Valley’s doubling up of Strath Haven, 62-31, in Central League action.

Kylie Mulholland scored 14 points. She and Adamski pocketed four steals apiece. Addie Adamski added 11 points.

Eliza Jauregui and Olivia Voshell led Haven with eight points each.

Also in the Central League:

Haverford 44, Springfield 30 >> Haverford turned up the defense by allowing just nine first-half points to build a 15-point lead at the break. Aniya Eberhart led the way with 19 points, including 10 in the second half thanks to an 8-for-8 performance at the line. She chipped in eight rebounds, five assists and three steals.

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By Josh Verlin

It’s hard to believe the 2023-24 regular season is nearly wrapped up — at least, at the high school level, with only a couple weeks left until postseason play begins across the Delaware Valley. The colleges are a couple more weeks behind, but everybody’s gearing up for the playoffs, with just about every game in the area holding importance of some kind. 

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With three games left to play on the boys’ side, Lower Merion (18-1, 13-0) has all but clinched the top seed in the league’s six-team playoffs, though second-place Conestoga (12-5, 10-3) will try to be the first to knock off the Aces in a quality game Tuesday night. Radnor (14-3, 10-3), tied with ‘Stoga, has a quality game of its own Tuesday night at Marple Newtown (9-9, 7-5), which is hanging onto fourth place but has four six-loss teams right behind it: Harriton and Penncrest (7-6), Garnet Valley and Springfield (6-6). Penncrest has a huge week, hosting Harriton on Tuesday and going to Springfield on Thursday, and Marple hosts Harriton on Friday to complete a tough week of its own.

Haverford’s girls (15-3, 10-2) knocking off Conestoga (18-1, 12-1) this week made the race quite a bit more interesting, with Garnet Valley (15-2, 10-2) also in the mix;

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By Josh Verlin

Gregg Downer had been waiting for a Jayden Robinson game. 

The longtime Lower Merion coach had gotten stretches, moments and spurts this season from the 6-foot-5 senior. He knew Robinson could give him more. A big-time Central League matchup against a Garnet Valley squad that always gives the Aces problems was the next potential breakout.

“It’s always a rally cry to ask your big players to get double-doubles,” Downer said. “You think that a guy like Jayden could possibly be capable of that. I reminded him before the game that he hasn’t had 10 rebounds in a game all season.”

He got it Saturday night, Robinson going for his first double-double of the season, his efforts a major reason the Aces were able to overcome a rough shooting night to emerge with a 62-58 win over the Jaguars.

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