Boys Basketball: The All-Delco Teams

Congratulations to the following players from the Central League named to the Boys All Delco Basketball teams.

Marple Newtown basketball player Matt Gardler. (Pete Bannan - MediaNews Group)

First team

Matt Gardler, Marple Newtown: One of two juniors on this year’s first team, Gardler and Jake Sniras have both hit 1,000 points already in their careers. Gardler was prolific, steady and possessed a flair for the dramatic. He finished second in Delco at 20.0 points per game but first in the share of his team’s points, accounting for 43.1 percent of the offense on a Marple team that went 13-12. Gardler also averaged 4.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists. He hit game-winning buzzer-beating 3-pointers in the regular-season finale against Penncrest to ensure the Tigers of postseason basketball, then in double overtime of the Central League first round against Garnet Valley. He also assisted on the buzzer-beater to beat Conestoga in late January. Gardler shot 47 percent from the field and 43 percent on 68 made 3-pointers, as well as 84 percent from the line. The Central League MVP, as voted by league coaches, topped 30 points four times, including 32 against Garnet Valley and 30 in a win over Upper Darby in which he scored 23 straight points for Marple.

Jake Sniras, Garnet Valley: The junior forward has already crossed the 1,000-point threshold and pushed his Garnet Valley team to new heights. With Sniras leading the way, the Jaguars won 19 games, made the state tournament for the fourth straight season and reached the District 1 Class 6A final, the deepest districts progress for the program in such a big classification. Sniras was instrumental in this year’s march, which ended in the first round of states to a Central York squad that went on to win the 6A title. Sniras led Garnet Valley in scoring at 17.8 points per game, for a team that averaged 58.7, a 30.0 percent share of the offense. The 6-4 wing also grabbed 5.3 rebounds and dished 3.1 assists per game. He had three 30-point games, including 31 in a classic double-OT affair against Marple Newtown in the Central League playoffs, and 11 games of 20 or more points. He shot 42 percent from the field, 76 percent from the line, and made 30 3-pointers. Sniras was a first-team All-Central selection.