Two Delaware County girls basketball teams will make their long-awaited returns to the District 1 playoffs Friday night,. Tenth-seeded Chester and No. 11 seed Sun Valley will compete in the Class 5A tournament in separate first-round games. The Clippers (13-8) are set to appear in their first district tournament contest since 2014. The Del Val…
Read More WEST CHESTER >> The Coatesville High School boys basketball team used a furious second-half rally to overtake West Chester Henderson Tuesday night at a sold out Hollinger Field House on the campus of West Chester University and claim its first Ches-Mont league title in six years. Coatesville outscored the Warriors in the decisive third…
Read More West Chester >> Keyed by an aggressive defense, Coatesville, the first-place finisher in the Ches-Mont National Division, defeated Sun Valley, the second-place finisher in the Ches-Mont American Division, 54-28, in the Ches-Mont Boys Basketball Tournament semifinals Saturday at West Chester University. With its win, Coatesville (17-6) will face West Chester Henderson, the second-place finisher…
Read More WEST CHESTER >> Saturday afternoon at West Chester University in the Ches-Mont League semifinals, the West Chester Henderson boys basketball team showed the heart of a lion. They came back from a 20-point first-period deficit to stun Unionville, 61-58 in overtime. The Warriors will now face National Division rival Coatesville for the championship Tuesday…
Read More WEST CHESTER >> For the second time this season, the West Chester Henderson boys basketball team downed cross-town rival West Chester Rustin. This time, the win had a little more meaning, as the host Warriors opened the Ches-Mont League playoffs with an emphatic 68-42 win Wednesday night at Reichert Gymnasium, The win puts the Warriors…
Read More By Neil Geoghegan ngeoghegan@21st-centurymedia.com @NeilMGeoghegan on Twitter PENN >> From just about every indication, the West Chester East-Avon Grove boys basketball clash Saturday should have been a down-to-the-wire classic. When the two tangled nine days earlier, it went into triple overtime. And both entered the day on the cusp of making the District 1…
Read More By Peter DiGiovanni pdgiovanni07@gmail.com CALN >> The Coatesville High School boys basketball team put on a defensive clinic and avenged a loss earlier this season, as the host Red Raiders downed West Chester Henderson, 61-44, Tuesday night at Ross Kershey Gymnasium. The emphatic win puts the Red Raiders one full game up on the…
Girls Basketball North Penn 60, West Chester Rustin 32 >> Cameron Crowley scored 18 points and North Penn (16-2, 11-1 SOL Colonial) earned its 12th straight victory by rolling past visiting West Chester Rustin in Saturday’s non-league contest. Central Bucks East 54, Gwynedd Mercy 45 >> Anna Berry scored a game-high 20 points as Central…
Read More By Peter DiGiovanni pdgiovanni07@gmail.com @PeteDLNontwitter WEST GOSHEN >> In a game that certainly can be described as survival of the fittest, the Avon Grove boys basketball team showed a boatload of heart and resilience as the Red Devils defeated host West Chester East, 81-72, in triple overtime Thursday night at Jack Byrne Gymnasium. The…
Read More The West Chester East girls’ basketball squad put four players into double figures and it resulted in a 70-62 non-conference victory over Harriton on Saturday. Kayla Cochran and Sofie Keith led the way with 12 points apiece, while Annie Kerns and Lauren Horan added 10 points each for the Vikings. College Men’s Basketball Gwynedd…