Read More WEST CHESTER >> The Garnet Valley boys basketball team’s magical run through the District 1 Class 6A playoffs continued Tuesday night at Richert Gymnasium. The 14th-seeded Jaguars roared back from a third-period deficit to stun West Chester Henderson, 50-46. The win puts Garnet into Saturday night’s 6A final against top-seeded Lower Merion at Temple…
COLLEGEVILLE — Earlier this season, junior Brady O’Donnell was mostly out of the Phoenixville basketball varsity rotation, stuck primarily on the Phantoms’ JV squad. Fast forward to Wednesday night, and the reserve guard found himself making the game-winning assist on a Max Lebisky layup with 1.6 seconds left, breaking a tie and delivering No. 2…
Read More WEST CHESTER >> All season, the West Chester Henderson girls basketball team has been powered by two seniors — Whitney Evans and Jackie Shea. Tuesday evening at the Ches-Mont League Championship, the two again were the main ingredients to cook up a title. The pair combined for 34 points as the Warriors rallied for…
Read More WEST CHESTER >> It was a dream of a third quarter for the West Chester Henderson girls basketball team on Saturday. By contrast, it was a nightmare for Unionville that they escape from, The Warriors turned around a halftime deficit with a huge second half to post a 45-38 victory over Unionville in the…
Andew Graney scored a hat trick and added two assists as Cardinal O’Hara scored four times in the second period for a 7-1 win over Methacton/Conwell-Egan Monday. Patrick Roney potted a pair of goals to go with an assist. Rocco Dimario dished two assists. Johnny Gillin made 19 saves. Boys Basketball Khamai Orange erupted for…
Read More WEST CHESTER >> The West Chester Henderson girls basketball team was looking to clinch a spot in the Ches-Mont Championships, in search of its first Ches-Mont League title since 2018, on Thursday in front of a home crowd at Reichert Gymnasium on Senior Night. Thanks to a quick start the Warriors did not leave…
Three consecutive wins in the lower weights by Sun Valley sealed a 37-27 win over Neshaminy Saturday in the third-place match of the Big Red Duals at Souderton. Sun Valley handled Wissahickon, 66-12, and Pennsbury, 50-18, before falling to eventual overall champ Boyertown, 42-22, in the semifinals. Darren Minicozi (at 107 pounds), John Deorio (114)…
Boys’ Basketball Pottstown 71, Muhlenberg 68 Senior brothers Abdul Jackson and Sadeeq Jackson were the architects of a rousing comeback from Pottstown as the Trojans rallied to victory over Muhlenberg as hosts of their inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Showcase event. Abdul Jackson scored nine of his game-high 26 points in the final quarter while…
CHELTENHAM — Upper Dublin boys basketball coach Derek Brooks had a straightforward answer for the dominant performance his Cardinals side put together Friday night. “Sometimes you have those games where the defense is working really well and you’re hitting your shots,” he said. Upper Dublin set the tone early in the SOL crossover matchup with…
Read More By Neil Geoghegan ngeoghegan@21st-centurymedia.com @NeilMGeoghegan on Twitter DOWNINGTOWN >> It was a stunner, but not necessarily all that stunning. The Bishop Shanahan boys’ basketball team handed powerful West Chester Henderson its first Ches-Mont setback, 59-57. But most of the key indicators around Thursday’s clash made the upset not only possible, but almost predictable. “That…