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By Matthew DeGeorge

As the shots continued not to fall and the deficit on the scoreboard persisted Tuesday night, Hamza Clay and his Chichester basketball teammates dug into their bag of solutions.

Problem-solving on the fly has become a thing for the Eagles, after losing the vast majority of production from last year’s states-qualifying squad. Through 16 games, they’ve handled the challenges at a .500 level.

But trailing at halftime to Interboro, whom Chichester had only beaten by two points in the first matchup, probably wasn’t envisioned among those challenges. Though when confronted with it on home court, Clay and company found a solution.

Chi turned up its defense to force 12 of the Bucs’ 30 turnovers in the third quarter, and Clay led a dogged rebounding and defensive effort in finally overcoming the greatly improved Bucs, 74-60.

The final score line will flatter the Eagles (9-8, 3-2 Del Val). This was a one-point game through three quarters, until the Eagles’ shooting awakened to go 12-for-18 from the field in the fourth, including makes on seven of the first nine attempts.

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By Josh Verlin

Echoes of last season still resonate in the gym at Radnor High School. 

The 2023 graduating class lifted the Raptors to new heights — a Central League title, District 1 5A championship and state quarterfinals appearance the culmination of a couple years of hardwood dominance. But with Jackson Hicke, Charlie Thornton, Danny Rosenblum and Cooper Mueller off to their respective schools last fall and a new coach taking over in Tim Smallwood, outside expectations dropped significantly for a program that wasn’t traditionally a hoops powerhouse.

Instead, the Radnor boys are back — and, while maybe not better than ever, still pretty darn good. They were impressive in a dismantling of a quality West Chester East side on Monday night, getting contributions from up and down the roster in a 60-35 win.

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Dave Bertoline made the game-winning layup as time expired to lift Marple Newtown over Conestoga, 45-43, in Central League action Tuesday.

PJ Esposito scored 15 points Ryan Keating added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Tigers.

Elsewhere in the Central League:

Radnor 68, Ridley 62 >> Harry Pierce and Kessy Cox each posted career highs for the Raptors. Pierce totaled 29 points and Cox 21.

Austin McCaughan tallied 22 points for the Green Raiders.

Springfield 62, Upper Darby 45 >> Colin Treude (16), Pat Flaherty (15) and Jake Adams (14) reached double figures in scoring for the Cougars.

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Agnes Irwin School’s Simone Harvey poured in 31 points and hit six 3-point shots in the Owls’ 77-64 Inter-Ac League win Tuesday over Springside Chestnut Hill Academy. The freshman guard added five steals.

GG Seibert recorded 13 points and seven rebounds, while Milan Harvey contributed eight points for AIS.

In the Central League:

Radnor 53, Ridley 43 >> Kate Gallagher poured in 27 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Raptors, who snapped the Green Raiders’ five-game winning streak.

Anna Reger compiled 10 points, four rebounds and four assists. Caroline Monahan had nine points and six rebounds, while Blayse Jennings ended with seven points and six boards.

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By Matthew DeGeorge

Jake Sniras wasn’t in a celebratory mood Sunday afternoon.

The Garnet Valley wing had led his team with 16 points. Along the way, he’d achieved his 1,000th career point with plenty of basketball left in his junior season. But the balance between individual accolades and team achievement is one of many Sniras is trying to strike this year. And a 45-35 Central League loss to Springfield wasn’t it, no matter what signs and balloons awaited him.

“It’s awesome, yeah,” Sniras said. “But my main focus is on winning games and being in the playoff hunt all the time. We’re not there yet. It’s frustrating.”

Sunday’s performance from Garnet Valley (8-6, 4-5 Central) is the kind Sniras fears. He got his points, 16 in total, nearly half of the Jaguars’ output. His seven made baskets accounted for more than half of the Jags’ 13 on the day.

But GV shot just 25.5 percent from the field, and an unsightly 3-for-23 from 3-point range. That took the steam out of the layup Sniras hit a minute into the third to become just the eighth player in program history to hit 1,000 points and just the fifth to score all 1,000 at Garnet Valley.

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Haylie Adamski scored 19 points and added five rebounds and sister Addie Adamski added seven points, leading Garnet Valley to a 50-19 victory over
Mount St. Joseph at the Maggie Lucas Scholastic Play by Play Showcase at Jefferson University.

Emily Olsen added six points and seven rebounds and Kylie Mulholland scored six points with four rebounds and a couple of steals and blocks for the Jaguars.

In other nonleague girls games:

Life Center 62, Cardinal O’Hara 59 >> The Lions couldn’t contain Kyomni McMiller, who went off for 43 points in the LC victory.

For O’Hara, Molly Rullo had a team-high 26 points, BrigidAnne Donohue scored 17 and Carly Coleman added 10 points.

Ridley 50, Marple Newtown 36 >> Senior point guard Kyla Carney led the way with 24 points, while Kailyn Bell added 10 for the Green Raiders on Saturday.

 

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