Girls Basketball: McNichol twins have birthday date against each other

Kylynn and Kacy McNichol are throwing each other a birthday party in a very cool way Tuesday night. The twins will celebrate their big day on opposite sides of the scorer’s table when Kylynn’s Springfield team hosts Kacy’s Harriton squad. It’s the first time the McNichol sisters will coach against each other at the varsity level.

“We’re really excited,” Kylynn said last week after the Cougars’ victory at Penncrest. Springfield has won seven in a row entering the week, second place in the Central League. “It happens to be our birthday, too. So you have twin sisters celebrating their birthday playing each other. You can’t ask for more than that.”

While Kylynn is in her third season directing the Cougars, Kacy is a rookie head coach with the Rams. The sisters both played under their mom, Mary Beth, at Academy of Notre Dame. They were assistant coaches at Notre Dame and have coached for several years in the Comets organization. Kacy most recently served as an assistant coach at University of the Sciences before taking the job at Harriton.

“Since we’ve been on the same team our whole life, this is a special opportunity to coach against my twin sister and friends, It is great for both schools,” Kacy said. “Since we can read each other like a book, I’m sure it will be a game of adjustments.”

Springfield and Harriton are also fighting for a good cause. Part of the proceeds from the game will go to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

“Kacy and I are really looking forward to the matchup. It’s going to be a memory,” Kylynn said. “Win or lose, at the end of the day we’re sisters and it’s going to be a great memory for ourselves and our family. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be playing my sister on my 31st birthday, so it’s going to be fun.”

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