PA – Central Athletic League | Archive | February, 2024

NEWTOWN SQUARE — Haverford’s Natalie Wright was shocked to hear her name announced over the public address system Thursday night at Marple Newtown.

“And the MVP goes to… Natalie Wright!”

The senior forward admitted she had other things on her mind.

“I wasn’t expecting it at that moment, especially,” the Fords’ senior forward said. “I was ready to celebrate with my team.”

Haverford did plenty of celebrating after defeating Conestoga, 44-30, in the Central League final at Marple Newtown High. It marks the second consecutive year the Fords beat the Pioneers for the championship.

It’s not as though Wright was undeserving of the award. A hustling, hard-nosed power forward, she did a little bit of everything against the Pioneers. She played tough defense and grabbed rebounds and, as the Fords’ third-or fourth-best scorer (a role she shares with her buddy Ashley Wright, no relation), Natalie Wright provided seven points, including five points from the free-throw line.

As Aniya Eberhart, the team’s best scorer and one of the top talents in Delaware County, sat the bench with foul trouble, the Fords came together to frustrate the potent Pioneers. And it was because of the gritty, workmanlike effort of Natalie and Ashley Wright, Megan Kelly, Rian Dotsey and Tess Durfee, who excelled off the bench.

It wasn’t until the game was far out of reach in the fourth quarter that Conestoga started to resemble its true self. Sophomore Ryann Jennings scored eight of her game-high 15 points in the final period. But it didn’t matter. Eberhart was electric on the floor, dropping a team-high 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting. She banked a 3-pointer at the start of the third quarter to extend Haverford’s lead to 22-12. It was her only field goal attempt of the second half. Eberhart fouled out midway through the fourth quarter.

“We are a strong team and we knew we had to continue to play as a team,” Natalie Wright said. “Aniya obviously helps us a lot – I mean, a lot – but we have to be able to step up in those moments when that does happen and still be able to push through.”

Durfee has been a jewel off the bench. She hadn’t played a ton of varsity minutes prior to this season, but is making the most of her opportunities her senior year. Coach Lauren Pellicane called her a glue player, trusting her to play lockdown defense and do the little things to help Haverford win games. Durfee entered early in the first quarter when Eberhart and Kelly both exited with foul trouble.

“I try to stay focused on the game and what roles I am supposed to play,” Durfee said. “I listen to what the coaches say. As a role player.I try to replace them as best as I can.”

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Haverford’s Natalie Wright, voted MVP of the Central League girls title game, takes a shot Thursday night against Conestoga. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group).

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MARPLE — There was no question who the defending champs were after Radnor bounced out to a 10-point lead in the first quarter of the boys Central League title game Thursday at Marple Newtown High.

The Raptors had no intention of letting go.

But Lower Merion dug down deep with a couple of those explosive runs that make you wonder if the scoreboard is malfunctioning, including a decisive third quarter to earn a 17th Central League championship with a 68-54 win over the Raptors.

“They all taste good,” Aces coach Gregg Downer said. “But this has been a lot of fun. Good environment, beat a good Radnor team and this is the third year in a row it’s come down to us or them. It’s nice to get the trophy back to Bryant Gym.”

Senior Adam Herron Kohl scored 16 points to lead the Aces (23-1), who have won 14 in a row since a 65-62 defeat to Stow-Munro (Ohio) on Dec. 28. Owen McCabe and Carson Kasmer scored 14 points each, and Jayden Robinson added 13 points. Robinson also provided a defensive effort that unraveled the Raptors (18-4) in the third quarter, the 6-5 transfer from Overbrook almost single-handedly blowing up the rhythm of the Raptors.

“He’s really long and he’s very athletic,” Downer said. “We think putting him at the front of the press is really effective because he does a lot of good trapping and it’s hard to get around that length.”

With Robinson clogging the floor, the Aces scored the first 17 points of the third quarter to turn a tight contest into a near runaway decision. In addition to steals, Robinson was getting easy transition layups.

When the dust settled, the Aces had outscored the Raptors, 20-4, to take a 47-30 advantage into the final frame.

Robinson did an about face after learning the Aces outscored the Raptors, 20-4, in the third quarter.

“It was the pressure and the intensity,” Robinson said. “They had a good first half and we had a decent first half, but we had to step it up. And it starts on defense. That’s how we play. We just never let up.”

Play by play, possession by possession, the hole became deeper for the Raptors, who got 16 points from senior Kessy Cox and 10 from Michael Savadove.

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Lower Merion’s Jayden Robinson with the basket between Radnor’s Sawyer Smith (21) and Michael Savadove (11) Thursday night. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)

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Jacob Johnson didn’t just set a meet record Saturday at the Central League Championships.

He obliterated the meet mark by 2.5 seconds and lopped a full second off his Delco record in the process.

The Springfield senior went 46.49 in the 100 butterfly. The winning margin was more than three seconds for the Minnesota commit. But more impressive was the raw speed, quicker by a full second than the time he used to at states in winning a title last year (47.52), by two seconds over the county record he took down last year (48.74 by Cole Whitsett in 2020) and by almost three seconds to the meet mark of Conestoga’s Brendan Burns from 2017 (49.14).

Johnson also downed the meet record in the 100 free, going 44.80 to nudge .01 under the time set last year by Shane Eckler.

Eckler set a meet and pool record in the 50 free, going 20.08 to win a scintillating race over Springfield’s Jake Kennedy (20.40) and Penncrest’s Jonathan Hoole (20.48) in a battle of All-Delcos. Eckler was even faster off the front of the 200 free relay in 20.07 as Ridley went 1:27.29 to finish second, though Conestoga’s Jake Wang went 19.97 to take down the pool mark. That Conestoga team erased Springfield’s meet record from last season.

Kennedy got revenge in the 100 backstroke, winning in 48.95. Hoole was second in 49.43. Eckler, who has been 48.58 this year, was third in 49.86.

Kennedy was part of the Cougars’ winning 200 medley relay with Alex Chan, Johnson and Colin Christie. The same foursome finished second in the 400 free relay. Chan was second in the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke, the latter a spot ahead of Marple’s Kaden Bothma.

Strath Haven’s Gavin Shifflett finished second in both distance events to Conestoga’s Cam Yeniay.

Haverford’s TJ Hayes was second in the 200 individual medley and 500 free. Teammate Sam Graaf grabbed bronze in the 100 free and 100 fly. The Fords finished second in the team standings, nearly 200 points behind Conestoga’s 602. But Haverford’s 405 was well ahead of Ridley’s 297 and the 246 of Springfield. Radnor was fifth with 230 points.

Ridley went 1-2 in diving, with Tyler Reeve winning with a score of 411.50. Kamren Brown was second, Garnet Valley’s Walker Frey third.

Garnet Valley came away with the biggest result for Delco on the girls side, winning the 200 free relay in 1:39.48. Peyton Goetz, Mallorie Jeremiah, Kayla Reasons and Zoey Rogers comprised that quartet.

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Springfield’s Jake Kennedy, at states in 2022. (MEDIANEWS GROUP STAFF PHOTO)

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HAVERFORD – This Central League tournament semifinal was the chance for Rian Dotsey and Haverford to gain a bit of revenge on Penncrest. The Fords admit they never got over their five-point loss to the Lions in early January.

“It was a big redemption game for us,” said Dotsey, the Fords’ outstanding junior forward.

The rematch played out a lot differently. It was all Haverford, all the time.

Aniya Eberhart scored a game-high 16 points and Dotsey added 13 as the top-seeded Fords cruised to a 52-32 victory over the No. 5 Lions Saturday night. Haverford takes on No. 2 Conestoga in the Central League championship game Tuesday (6 p.m.) at Marple Newtown. Haverford defeated Conestoga in last year’s final.

“I felt our energy was definitely higher than the first time we played them,” Dotsey said. “We knew they were going to be a scrappy team coming in. So in practice, we worked on taking care of the ball and knew what we had to focus on to pull out the win.”

Eberhart, the electric senior guard, exploded for nine points in a game-defining second quarter in which the Fords (20-3) shot 10-for-12 from the floor and outscored the Lions (15-9), 22-7. Eberhart shot 7-for-9 and finished with four steals.

“I think we came in very well-prepared tonight,” said point guard Megan Kelly, who provided great defense to go with seven points and two assists. “After that loss we really wanted redemption. We knew the first game our defense wasn’t as good as it should have been.”

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Haverford’s Aniya Eberhart, seen shooting against Garnet Valley, led the Fords to a Central League semifinal win over Penncrest Saturday. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)

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RADNOR — There are many things about the 2024 version of Radnor boys basketball that are surprising. Not among them, though, is a coherent sense of identity.

So Saturday evening, in a Central League semifinal with Conestoga, a one-point edge at halftime surely felt insufficient. As did settling too often for jump shots, not getting the most out of trips to the rim and not always doing the things that have led to 18 wins this season.

Refocusing and recommitting quickly brought No. 19.

The Raptors were exemplary in sharing the ball in the second half, didn’t miss a field goal in the fourth and finally broke the shackles of a back-and-forth affair to beat Conestoga, 55-50.

The reward is a renewal of last year’s Central League final against Lower Merion, the first time Radnor (19-3) had won the league crown. The top-seeded Aces topped Marple Newtown, 80-64. The final is Tuesday night at Marple.

Radnor led 22-21 after a first half that featured six ties and seven lead changes. Once it refocused on its strengths, the seesawing stopped.

“I think we wanted to come out strong in the third quarter,” forward Elijah Sellers said. “We knew the third quarter was going to be crucial in the game.”

In Radnor’s style, that meant nine of 11 second-half baskets were assisted. It meant attempting only five 3-pointers, winning the board battle and shooting 5-for-5 from the field in the fourth quarter while calmly draining the clock. Only a few misses from the free throw line left the door slightly ajar for the third-seeded Pioneers.

Sellers led the way. He was 8-for-9 from the field for 18 points. In the first half, the lanky junior’s ability to hit 18-foot jumpers when afforded the space got Radnor’s offense flowing.

“It really gets me going,” he said. “I want to start shooting them more. It really helps my team, so I’m going to keep doing it.”

In the second, he used his movement off the ball, especially when Conestoga had to press high in the half-court, to find soft spots and be available for dump-offs from driving Raptors.

Kessy Cox, who scored 15 points, accounted for the 10th and final lead change, when he took a Henry Pierce feed and finished for two midway through the third quarter. It was part of a 10-1 run. Sellers hit three baskets in the quarter.

Radnor slowed the game to a crawl in the fourth, making sure each team only touched the ball four times in the first four minutes. The Raptors gleaned six points from four possessions, four from Sellers, off feeds from Pierce and Sawyer Smith to the short elbow.

“I just follow the ball and look to the ball movement,” Sellers said. “I just happen to get open. People just can’t find me.”

Conestoga, which took the regular-season meeting, was within one when Ben Robinson beat the first-half buzzer with a basket. But the Pioneers would get lulled into more jump-shooting than suited them.

Robinson made the Pioneers’ first look from beyond the arc, early in the second quarter. It would take seven misses until another make, courtesy of Westin Fryberger early in the fourth. The Pioneers were 3-for-14 from 3-point range.

“We all like to shoot, so we’re looking for our jumpers,” Robinson said. “They (Radnor defenders) seemed to be going under our handoffs. We tried to go to the rim as much as possible but we ended up with a lot of jumpers.”

Robinson scored nine of his 14 points in the first half. Fryberger had eight of his 13 in the fourth. Rowan Miller scored 11 points.

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Radnor’s Henry Pierce, going skyward in this shot from a game against Springfield, scored eight points against Conestoga Saturday. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)

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TREDYFFRIN TWP. — In a semifinal playoff game sure to leave black and blue marks, Conestoga pulled away in the third quarter Saturday for a 51-31 victory over Garnet Valley for a shot at its first Central League title in 16 years.

Ryann Jennings scored a game-high 17 points for the Pioneers, making 13 of 14 shots from the free throw line in a contest with so many whistles you wondered if you were suffering from tinnitus.

“It was very physical,” said Jaguars senior Emily Olsen, who fouled out with 10 points. “In a Central League game like this, the semifinals, it’s going to be a hard game. We came in knowing it was going to be tough and we would just have to work through it.”

To get the job done it took a masterful game plan by Pioneers coach AJ Thompson and the tenacity of his players to carry it out against the Jaguars, who led three times in the first quarter and trailed by just 21-16 at the intermission.

It also took a tough-minded effort from Jennings, who among other skills was trained for these rugged games, having earned her place at the table battling older brothers Drew and Aaron, who are her biggest fans.

“We used to play all the time,” Jennings said. “They went to college so they don’t play so much now, but we played together all the time and I feel that’s toughened me up. One on one, two on one, things like that. Now when we play, I have them.”

After Olsen’s three-point play to start the second half cut a Pioneers lead to three points, the Jaguars (20-4) couldn’t get to the rim, get enough good shots or make one except for a three-pointer by freshman Addie Adamski (10 points). The Pioneers ramped up the defensive pressure on scorers Kylie Mulholland, who managed three points, and star Haylie Adamski, who was held scoreless.

“You’ve got to give them credit for their defensive strategy,” Jaguars coach Joe Woods said. “They were shutting down our main scorers. They had a good defensive game plan. Plus, the open looks we ended up getting, we weren’t knocking them down. They’re a very, very good team. And (James) is an excellent player. I think the first time we played them she had 27 points. The last game we played them she had like 17 and we beat them by one. We knew about her. So, give them credit. They made their shots, they made their free throws, we got in foul trouble. All the credit to them.”

The Jaguars were assessed 22 fouls on the day compared to 11 for the Pioneers, much to the delight of the hometown fans. The Pioneers just weren’t going to be denied after giving up a fourth quarter lead in a recent loss to Garnet Valley.

“They got some buckets, and we couldn’t get enough stops and they beat us by one,” Thompson said. “We knew it would be a tough game, a physical game today. I thought our girls were fantastic. All seven who played were just really fantastic.”

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Conestoga’s Ryann Jennings, middle, breaks upcourt against Garnet Valley Saturday afternoon. The Pioneers defeated the Jaguars 51-31 in the Central League tournament semifinals. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)

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The senior point guard has been a key factor in the Rams’ contention for a PIAA District 1 6A playoff berth. For the Rams (13-8 as of Feb. 4), Gaskins is averaging 13.7 ppg, 2.1 spg and 3 rpg. Last winter, Gaskins missed the first dozen games due to a high ankle sprain and when he returned the guard boosted the Rams to a 7-3 record down the stretch, which qualified them for the District 1 playoffs. He averaged 10 ppg, 3.3 rpg and a team-high 2.7 deflections per contest as a junior, receiving All-Main Line second team recognition last winter. Harriton boys basketball head coach Jesse Rappaport said, “Jadyn has tremendous quickness, and burst with the basketball. He is also a standout defensive player. He really has the respect of all his teammates, and tries to make everyone better.”

Fun facts – Jadyn Gaskins

Favorite book: “Any Diary of a Wimpy Kid book.”

Favorite TV show: Stranger Things.

Favorite movie: Boyz n the Hood.

Favorite athlete: Floyd Mayweather or Kyrie Irving.

Favorite pre-game pump-up song: Lasagna by Hoodfamousj.

Favorite team: Philadelphia 76ers.

Favorite place to visit: Florida.

Favorite pre-game meal: “A light snack.”

Person I most admire, and why: “Kawhi Leonard – he’s super humble and gets the job done.”

Family members: father Marcus Gaskins, mother Andrea Foster.

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CONCORD — The year without a Central League title seemed like an eternity for the Garnet Valley wrestling program, which Wednesday wrapped up at least a share of the pennant this season with an emotional 46-15 decision over Ridley.

Coach Chris Tate knew it wasn’t going to be easy succeeding legend Rocco Fantazzi, his mentor and long-ago coach at Garnet Valley who stepped down after the 2021-22 season.

Tate just didn’t realize how difficult it would be replacing the man who left behind a streak of five Central League titles and 42 straight dual-meet wins against league competition.

“This feels good,” Tate said. “We wrestled very well last year. We were just young. We’re still young, to be honest. I don’t know how many people thought we’d be in this spot, so it feels good to kind of prove some people wrong. Last year people talked about us being in a rebuilding phase, which I didn’t like. So, it was good to turn it around. It wasn’t where we wanted it to be.”

Ethan Bliss, who gave the Jaguars their first points with a major decision at 145 pounds, couldn’t speak enough about the unity among teammates and the coaching staff. The new regime seems to be picking up where Fantazzi left off, after fashioning a record of 271-132 and seven Central League titles.

“I knew it was going to be rough after Rocco left,” Bliss said. “We lost him and a lot of good guys. Last year was more of a building year. We kind of knew that we weren’t going to win (the league title) last year. Coming into this year we knew it would be tough. After a couple losses early in the season, we didn’t know if we were going to get it. But we’ve been really working hard in the room. We’ve picked ourselves up recently. Now, it’s like good to win again.”

Bliss knows Fantazzi and Tate well, having wrestled under each for two years on the way to an 87-34 record, including 20-6 as a senior. They are their own men.

“They have similar coaching philosophies, but Coach Tate really emphasizes living by the circle, which means character, courage and commitment, and I feel like we’ve really been preaching those values recently,” Bliss said. “We talk about those every day. Each year we have a new team motto. Last year it was ‘pound the stone.’ This year we do ‘hold the rope.’ It means teamwork and picking each other up when you lose.”

The scrum before the match is the same, the Jaguars wrestlers taking the mat interlocking arms in a dense circle to hype themselves up. The slow start to their showdown with Ridley was a lot like their season. The Green Raiders won two of the first three matches before the Jaguars shifted gears and won all but one of the remaining bouts, Delco Times reigning wrestler of the year Curtis Nelson winning by fall at 121 pounds.

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Garnet Valley wrestling coach Chris Tate gets involved while watching the action of Wednesday’s match against Ridley. (MediaNews Group staff photo)

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SPRINGFIELD – Chris Dolan is, admittedly, a reluctant shooter. Part of that is the Springfield guard’s sense of awareness, knowing the strengths around him and the patience powering the offense. Part of it is being able to impact games without scoring.

But Thursday, he showed he can make a difference on both ends of the court.

Dolan hit a pair of second-half 3-pointers to go with three steals, his steadfast defense keying a 46-43 win over Penncrest that is vital for Springfield’s district playoff hopes.

Dolan passed up plenty of good looks early on, deferring to the Cougars’ more proficient scorers. But in rhythm in the third, he let fly on a triple to put Springfield up 30-29, one of 11 lead changes. He added a trifecta to make it 41-36 early in the fourth, scoring eight points while attempting just two field goals.

“We came in at halftime and your teammates give you a lot of confidence,” Dolan said. “And they yell at you if you don’t shoot the ball. So I wanted to help them out by shooting the ball.”

Dolan contributed to 14 Penncrest turnovers, including five in the fourth. He and Patrick Flaherty pocketed three steals each, supplying easy buckets in a bruising affair in which they were in short supply.

Flaherty scored all eight of his points in the second half, his 3-pointer to cap the third the 11th and final lead change. Colin Treude added 11 points and six rebounds. Jake Adams was quiet with nine points, while Ryan Johnston added eight points.

The win helps Springfield (11-9, 9-6 Central) bolster its case for a District 1 Class 6A playoff spot. It entered ranked 23rd for a 24-team field with two games left. It swept the season series against Penncrest (13-8, 7-8), the Lions vying for a top-eight spot and opening-round home game in Class 5A.

Treude’s putback of an Adams miss with less than a minute left put Springfield up for good, 45-43, part of a 23-14 rebounding edge.

“We just play really hard,” Penncrest guard Theo Gladue, one of four contributing sophomores, said. “It ***** because we’re young. I’m weak. In the offseason, we’ve just got to put muscle on and get tougher, because it’s the only time we struggle.”

Both teams alternated stretches of crisp execution with utter futility in an engrossing spin art canvas of a game. Penncrest led 18-6 in the second quarter, Springfield needing 6:34 to hit a basket. Adams had eight points on a 13-0 run for the night’s first lead change in the second, the Cougars up one at half.

Penncrest led 34-31 after a Will Stanton deuce, the last of his game-high 14 points before fouling out early in the fourth. Without him, and with double-double threat Mikey Mita limited to eight first-half points, the Lions took 3:05 of the final frame to score. Their first three possessions ended in steals, though Springfield’s 15 turnovers kept Penncrest in touch.

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Springfield’s Patrick Flaherty, right, seen in a game against Conestoga recently, scored eight second-half points to lead the Cougars to a win over Penncrest Thursday. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)

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HAVERFORD — Garnet Valley and Haverford needed an overtime period to determine a winner when the teams met Dec. 19. This time around, the game was effectively out of reach after the first quarter.

Haverford held Garnet Valley to eight points in the opening half and cruised to a 48-34 win Thursday. The Fords took both games from the Jaguars in the regular season and now sit alone in second place in the Central League, with one more loss than Conestoga. The league tournament begins next week.

After sweeping the Jags and handing Conestoga its only loss, the Fords have every reason to believe they are destined to become back-to-back champions.

Junior forward Rian Dotsey scored nine of her game-high 18 points in the first quarter. Dotsey hit a baseline runner as time expired in the opening frame to extend Haverford’s lead to 15-3.

Senior guard Aniya Eberhart played with smooth quickness and court savvy that left the Jags searching for answers. The Millersville commit racked up 15 points, four rebounds, three assists, two steals and one blocked. She was outstanding.

Haverford improved to 18-3 overall and 13-2 in the league. Garnet Valley fell to 17-3, 12-3.

“I think it’s our growth throughout the season,” Eberhart said. “It was early in the season when we played them, it was on their home court, and we were still learning from each other. We hadn’t played with each other that much. But tonight, you know, we were on our home court and the regular season is coming to an end. We are a very defensive team and that was a big difference tonight. And also we finished our shots. Our bigs Rian, Natalie (Wright) and Ashley (Wright) finished very well at the rim. Rebounding is a big thing and I thought we did very well with that, too. So, yeah … I just felt like we were ready this time.”

Rebounding, extending offensive possessions and running the floor on the Jaguars were key factors to Haverford’s success. The Fords led at the break, 25-8. Their defense stymied the Jaguars shooters all night. GV shot 2-of-20 from the floor and committed eight turnovers in the opening 16 minutes.

Haverford out-rebounded Garnet Valley, 20-10, in the first two periods. The Fords won the overall battle, 33-20

“I think we defended and rebounded very well,” Haverford coach Lauren Pellicane said. “I think we held them to one shot for most of the first eight minutes and we knocked down our shots. It was 9-0 before they scored, so I thought we came out well, we played cleanly and got good shots up. It gave us a comfortable lead that helped us keep going in that first 16 minutes.”

If not for Kylie Mulholland, the Jags would’ve been shut out on the scoreboard in the first half. The pesky guard, who played phenomenal defense all game even when the Jags were dead in the water, had all eight of GV’s first-half points. Mulholland ended with teams highs in points (16) and steals (five).

The Jags starting hitting their shots in the third quarter and chipped away at their sizable deficit. Freshman Addie Adamski drilled a 3-pointer to pull the Jags within 32-21, but the Fords responded with a 5-0 run, punctuated by an Eberhart layup. GV tried to press, but Haverford broke it time and again.

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Rian Dotsey, left, receives congratulations from her Haverford teammates during the Fords’ win over Garnet Valley Thursday night. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)

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