COATESVILLE >> Every now and then in sports, you encounter that multi-layered team where the various forces at work create a Cinderella story. The 2022-23 Spring-Ford boys basketball team might just fit that bill. That storybook season for the Rams came to an end, 55-32 to District 3 champion Reading in the PIAA Class 6A…
MECHANICSBURG >> It was on State College’s floor where Spring-Ford lost its opening game of the season to West Chester East in a tip-off tournament. Fast forward to Saturday, the Rams finally met the beasts themselves, a Little Lions squad ranked No. 11 overall in Pennsylvania (MaxPreps) in a bid to advance to the PIAA…
Plymouth Whitemarsh point guard Jaden Colzie has had high expectations for his junior season for a while now. Last year he watched the Colonials girls basketball team go undefeated and win Suburban One League Liberty Division, SOL Tournament, District 1-6A and PIAA-6A state championships and the then-sophomore set the bar for his team as high…
EAST MARLBOROUGH >> He doesn’t talk much, and there is absolutely no politicking on his own behalf. But it is just understood that Unionville’s Chris Cowles is, perhaps, the premier head basketball coach in the Ches-Mont league. And he is certainly one of the more respected mentors in all of District 1. With little fanfare…
ABINGTON >> Googie Seidman made at least one new believer Friday night. An Abington fan seated behind one of the baskets did little to hide his disdain at the way the Haverford senior guard continually shredded the Ghosts’ defense in the first half and by the second half, at least begrudgingly, gave Seidman his props….
EAST MARLBOROUGH >> Some might consider the lack of star power a deficiency for a basketball team. But with the Unionville boys, it’s a strength. It’s been the case all season and was apparent once again in the District 1 5A Quarterfinal clash with visiting Upper Merion. Rarely his team’s leading scorer, junior guard Ryan…
WEST CHESTER >> What was supposed to be a final quarter jaunt to the Ches-Mont girls basketball title became a tight, hold your breath fight to the finish. West Chester Rustin built a big lead after three quarters, then staved off a furious Bishop Shanahan rally to post a 52-38 victory for its second straight…
Ben Rodner-Tims scored 39 points to lead the Bishop Shanahan boys basketball team to a 59-50 victory against Downingtown East Thursday. The Cougars were led by Micah Hill (13 points), Connor Shanahan (11 points) and Jack Kelly (11 points). Girls’ basketball Unionville 42, Kennett 24 >> Leading the way for the visiting Longhorns (15-4, 7-2)…
COATESVILLE >> Two teams coming in on four-game winning streaks, played a game Tuesday befitting that pace — close, tense, hard-fought — with even a touch of the surreal thrown in for good measure, West Chester Henderson rallied in the fourth quarter, outscoring Coatesville, 9-4, in the final frame to pull off a 32-30 Ches-Mont…
EAST WHITELAND >> The Unionville boys basketball team bounced back from a tough loss to West Chester Rustin the other night and played a near-flawless 32 minutes of team basketball Thursday evening as the visiting Longhorns dominated Great Valley, 60-35, for a Ches-Mont American Division win. The decisive win puts Unionville (6-1 Ches-Mont, 16-2 overall)…