The athletes we remember — the ones who are indispensable to their team’s success; the ones who compete at the highest level for the entire contest — are truly the special ones. This season Downingtown West’s Dylan Blair played almost every minute of every basketball game. Blair was the leader of the Whippets on and…
In addition to Player of the Year Jackson Hicke of Radnor, the All-Delco team includes: Nasir Washington, Penn Wood: The senior guard transferred from West Philadelphia with a reputation as an electric scorer in the Public League, and that carried over to the Del Val League just fine. Washington led all Delaware County scorers at…
BENSALEM – If you sleep on Cooper Mueller, the 6-3 senior from Radnor will make you pay. West Philadelphia Speedboys found that out the hard way Tuesday night at Bensalem High School. Mueller scored six of his game-high 18 points in a two-minute span to give the Raptors some breathing room and pull away for…
BENSALEM>> The West Chester East boys basketball team’s dream of advancing in the PIAA 5A playoffs died in a cold shooting fourth period Tuesday night as the Vikings fell to Archbishop Ryan 59-46 at Bensalem High School. The Raiders will now play undefeated Radnor Friday in the quarterfinal round while the Vikings season ends at…
Boys’ basketball Coatesville 68, Scranton 58 >> The Red Raiders (19-9), the ninth-place finisher in the District 1 6A tournament, defeated District 2 champion Scranton in the first round of the PIAA 6A state tournament Saturday at Scranton High School. Coatesville will advance to play North Penn (19-8), the eighth-place finisher in District 1 6A,…
The PIAA state playoffs are set to start this week and the Reporter/Times Herald/Montgomery Media area is well-represented across five of the six classifications. Area teams head into states with many different experience levels. Archbishop Wood and Lansdale Catholic are on one end of the spectrum. The Vikings have won back-to-back state titles and still…
UWCHLAN >> At six feet five inches tall, and 280 pounds, Downingtown East’s Adham Abouraya was made to move people. With his ability to do just that on the football field — move defensive lineman against their will — Abouraya has become a Division 1 prospect, but on the wrestling mat he’s learned it takes…
GRATERFORD >> Quinn Boettinger is one of five sophomores routinely in Perkiomen Valley’s starting lineup. But in the No. 1 seed Vikings’ first game of the District 1 Class 6A tournament against No. 17 Central Bucks East, the sophomore center was a game-time decision. Boettinger — the leading scorer in the Pioneer Athletic Conference at…
RADNOR — The goals were arranged in order, all the better for the check marks of success. There would not be one without the other. So it was Wednesday with a 55-29 victory over Marple Newtown in the District 1 Class 5A quarterfinals that the Radnor boys basketball team achieved another: A second consecutive trip…
WESt GOSHEN >> On a night when West Chester East senior Jack Kushner went over the 1,000-point mark early in the third period, the night clearly belonged to the West Chester Rustin boys basketball team. as they held the dangerous Kushner to just six points for the game. The 12th-seeded Golden Knights got a…