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Faith’s big moment helps Garnet Valley claim fourth straight Central League title

Posted On: Wednesday, February 15, 2017
By: ldevlin

NEWTOWN SQUARE >> Camryn Faith’s reaction after she was fouled in the process of making a layup late in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s Central League championship game said it all. She was pumped. Faith rebounded a miss and dribbled the ball the length of the court. This was her moment. There was no way she would pass it up. Faith had given the Jaguars a five-point lead over Conestoga with one minute, 12 seconds to go. The game wasn’t over, but Faith’s clutch play felt like a dagger.

“I knew that we needed this win,” said Faith, shrugging her shoulders and playing things coy. “I had to do my best to help. I wanted to give it my all.”

Faith is an excellent lacrosse player who was a key member of the Jaguars’ last two runs to the PIAA championship game. Tuesday night, she came off the bench to ensure the Garnet Valley basketball team’s fourth consecutive Central League crown. Faith scored eight points and sophomore forward Emily McAteer led all players with 17 as Garnet Valley claimed a 41-36 victory over Conestoga. GV defeated the Pioneers for the second time in four days and the third time this season. The Jaguars (21-2) are 7-0 against the Pioneers (20-4) since the start of last season. All the  Jags needed was a little Faith.

“Cam was a very big part of it today,” McAteer said. “She just gave us the energy to get it going. That layup she made was one big step toward us winning today.”

Junior center Katie Mayock made her first field goal on a putback with less than a minute to go to trim Conestoga’s deficit back to three points. On the ensuing GV possession, McAteer was fouled and made two free throws to extend GV’s advantage back to five. Earlier in the period, before Faith’s heroics, McAteer drove the lane for two points to make it a 37-34 game just moments after Julia Wess swished a 3-pointer to get Conestoga within one. Following a quiet first half, McAteer netted eight points in the fourth quarter and totaled 13 in the second half.

“We had to pass around a lot more on offense. I was face-guarded a lot, so we had to work in more screens, especially in the second half,” McAteer said. “We started to get more looks in the second half as we started to screen more.”

Sydney Fail is one of two seniors, along with Katherine Eckhoff, who started the game. To Fail, winning the Central League never gets old.

“I don’t know what it’s like to not cut down this net,” said Fail, referring to the ceremonial net-cutting after the game. “It’s crazy to think it’s been four years. It’s pretty incredible.”

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