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Dante Atkinson made the tying and go-ahead free throws with 37.9 seconds to play and Chester held on to beat Chichester, 47-46, in a Del Val League thriller Thursday evening.

On Chi’s final possession, Dominic Toy blocked a shot and Dilyn Butler’s floater fell short as time expired. Carlton Gordy scored a game-high 23 points, including 14 in the third quarter to keep the Eagles within striking distance of the Clippers.

Toy paced the first-place Clippers (12-1, 3-0 Del Val) with 16 points. Atkinson contributed 11 points and Calvin Williams tossed in eight.

In the Central League:

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By Joseph Santoliquito

Dominic Toy is reluctantly counting down the days and the games. Chester’s 6-foot-5, 225-pound bull in the middle knows the end is near. He has his college ticket stamped for Connecticut, where he is projected to be a tight end. In the meantime, he is trying to close an amazing athletic high school career by getting something on the hard wood that he came inches from grasping on the football field: a District 1 championship.

Toy also knows his days of playing organized basketball are numbered.

Toy put on a little show for one of his future coaches Thursday night, blocking a potential game-winning shot in the waning seconds to preserve Chester’s dramatic 47-46 victory over visiting Chichester.

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By Andrew Robinson

When Radnor’s girls’ basketball team is going its best, it takes five.

The Raptors’ five starters range from seniors to sophomores, with three returners and two newcomers sharing one continuity on the court. 

Radnor’s first five all did their part Thursday night, downing host Lower Merion 67-53 in the Central League.

“Our relationship off the court is what translates onto the court,” senior Kate Gallagher said. “We get along really well, we want each other to succeed, and I think that’s what really shows.”

Sophomore Anna Reger led the Raptors with 17 points, the speedy guard adding four assists and four steals. Senior Blayse Jennings, one of the newcomers not only to the starting lineup but the team this year, had 15 points, two steals, a block and two assists and sophomore guard Nyah Yao added 14 points and seven rebounds.

Gallagher nearly made it four in double figures, the senior guard and Army lacrosse commit settling for nine points, four assists and two steals. Rounding out the balanced effort by the five was senior Caroline Monahan with six points, two assists and three steals.

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The good times keep rolling for the Chester boys basketball team.

Jaseir Thompson scored all of his 17 points in the first half as the Clippers extended their unbeaten streak to 10 games with a 68-31 rout of Newark (Del.) Wednesday.

The Clippers (11-1), who led 45-13 at halftime, received scoring contributions from 11 players. Dominic Toy and Dante Atkinson chipped in eight points each.

In the Inter-Ac League:

Haverford School 58, Germantown Academy 38 >> Silas Graham went for 18 points and KJ Carson ended with 12 in the Fords’ blowout of the Patriots. GA led 29-26 at halftime but managed only nine points in the final two periods.

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Kyla Carney produced 20 points, five steals and three assists in Ridley’s 56-21 victory over Interboro in a nonleague girls basketball game Monday.

Kailyn Bell added 13 points and two assists for the Green Raiders, who led 40-11 at halftime. Ridley has won four straight games.

The game was part of the schools’ annual U.S. Army March on Hunger drive. Following the game, canned good donations were taken by U.S. Army soldiers, ruck march style, to the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry on Lincoln Avenue in Prospect Park.

Alaina D’Angelo led the Bucs (3-10) with five points.

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By GQLSHARE

The fourth quarter has been a sticking point for Germantown Academy girls basketball.

In the Patriots’ three losses this season, the final frame presented the bulk of their frustration. Pushed into another close game against another quality opponent Sunday against Archbishop Carroll in the Hoops for Hope Classic at Arcadia University, it came down to the fourth again.

This time, GA was able to close out, picking up a 40-32 win over last year’s PIAA 6A champions.

“We worked on it every single day at practice,” GA senior Isabella Casey said. “Facing that pressure is something we’ve struggled with a little bit this season, so we showed up every day and worked on it this week.”

It might seem odd to say GA (13-3, 3-0 Inter-Ac) closed strong in a fourth quarter where the team didn’t convert a field goal, but unlike last week’s loss to Audenried or earlier setbacks to Cardinal O’Hara and Friends’ Central, it ended with a win. Much of it had to do with a defensive effort that held Carroll (7-5, 2-0 PCL) to just nine second-half points.

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