DELAWARE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL 2021 – 2022 ALL STATE BASKETBALL Curtis Watkins (Editor) FIRST TEAM School HGT Year Oliva Johnson Caravel 5’8″ Sr Emma Brown Wilmington Charter 5’8″ Sr Amiya Carroll Sanford 5’10 Sr Rory Ciszkowski St. Elizabeth 5’8″ Sr Dallas Smith Sanford 5’9″ Jr         SECOND TEAM School HGT Year Gabrielle […]

Bishop Canevin 64 St. John Neumann 47 Boys 1A Final March 24, 2022 Hershey, PA Bishop Canevin (District 7 champ) made it’s 3 1/2 hour trip worth while. The Crusaders spent the night Wed., got up and got a shoot around, and dominated the glass on their way to the Boys 1A championship. After a […]

ROMAN CATHOLIC DEFEATS LOWER MERION 53-41   Roman Catholic overcame two 13 point second quarter deficits to defeat Lower Merion 53-41 in a PIAA Class 6A state championship tournament semifinal on Saturday afternoon at Coatesville Area.  Eight second quarter Lower Merion turnovers gave Roman Catholic an opportunity to get back into the game, an opportunity […]

  March 18, 2022   Dallas Playoff Run Ends   Neumann-Goretti 77, Dallas 50   BETHLEHEM – Throughout their deep playoff run, the Dallas Mountaineers were able to negate what many perceived to be their Achilles heel, not having a player taller than 6-2 in their lineup.  Their ability to play stellar defense, run the […]

IMHOTEP CHARTER DEFEATS CHESTER 66-41   Imhotep Charter easily defeated Chester 66-41 on Saturday afternoon at Coatesville Area in a Class 5A semifinal in the PIAA state championship tournament.  The mercy rule was triggered in the fourth quarter of the game, which was played before a big crowd, most of whom were wearing Chester’s orange […]

  March 19, 2022   Tide Breaks Royals Title Dreams   Devon Prep 73, Holy Redeemer 72 (OT)   BETHLEHEM – Glancing around the spacious and historic Bethlehem Liberty Gymnasium, one realizes that there have undoubtedly been many memorable hoops games played in front of those iconic (and steep) wooden bleachers.  On Saturday afternoon, another […]

  2022 PIAA SEMI-FINALS MARCH 19 RESULTS     Boys AAA   Devon Prep 73, Holy Redeemer 72 OT (ends at 24-5)     Boys AA   Constitution 67, Old Forge 40 (ends at 18-10)        

  2022 PIAA SEMI-FINAL MARCH 18 RESULT      Boys AAAA   Neumann-Goretti 77, Dallas 50 (ends at 27-4)          

The following are simply cold-hard facts. The state of Pennsylvania ranks as the fifth-most populous state in all the Union. With such a distinction, it’s easy to reconcile that fact once you consider that the state is home to some roughly 13-million people and change. Not only that, but the state’s governing scholastic sports body, […]

DEVON PREP DEFEATS WEST CATHOLIC 60-53 Devon Prep led the entire game and defeated fellow Philadelphia Catholic League squad West Catholic, 60-53, in a PIAA Class 3A state championship tournament quarterfinal on Wednesday night at Cardinal O’Hara. The game, played before a full house, was the opening contest of a doubleheader and preceded Roman Catholic’s […]

ROMAN CATHOLIC DEFEATS CHELTENHAM 75-62 Roman Catholic built a big early lead then repelled a furious second half rally by Cheltenham to win a PIAA Class 6A state championship tournament quarterfinal on Wednesday night at Cardinal O’Hara. The game was the second of a doubleheader and was played before a capacity crowd. Roman scored first […]

  March 16, 2002   Aces Play Like Aces   Lower Merion 72, Scranton 44   By Phil T. BETHLEHEM – It was no secret that Scranton could battle with the best of District 1, defeating West Chester East and Garnet Valley in the opening two rounds of the PIAA 6A Boys’ Tournament. On Wednesday […]

  March 16, 2022   Bucks Season Ends   Jim Thorpe 40, Dunmore 39   BERWICK – The comeback began in the third period and by the time the final buzzer sounded, it was the Olympians that came all the way back to grab the lead, outscoring Dunmore 15-6 in the final quarter.  And while […]

  2022 PIAA QUARTER-FINALS MARCH 16 RESULTS     Boys AAAAAA Lower Merion 72, Scranton 44 (ends at 23-3)     Boys AAA Holy Redeemer 56, Math, Civics and Science 48 (ends at 21-9)     Boys AA Constitution 50, Holy Cross 48 (ends at 21-7)   Old Forge 66, Lancaster Mennonite 54 (ends at 18-10)  […]

NATIVITY BVM DEFEATS MOUNT CALVARY CHRISTIAN 80-58 In a game that was not as close as the final score suggests, Nativity BVM defeated Mount Calvary Christian 80-58 in a PIAA Class 1A state championship quarterfinal game at Reading on Tuesday night in the first game of a doubleheader. Nativity jumped out to a big early […]