Picture by a parent: Chester High School Boys Basketball Team Del Val Champions
By Terry Thomas
The
Del Val Championship returned to 9th & Barclay as the Clippers
defeat the Penn Wood Patriots 44-33 at the Clip Joint. It was Senior Night and
Brian Randolph III made sure his last regular season game was going to be one
to be remembered. He put together an 11 point 4th quarter allowing Chester
separation and the win. He finished with a double double, game high 18 points,
10 rebounds as well as 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot. Junior Michael
Smith got the Clippers started connected on two treys and Randolph followed
with a trey in the 1st quarter. Chester - 9, Penn Wood - 6. Freshman Karell
Watkins led Chester with 4 second quarter points and junior Javan Graham added
a bucket and the teams reversed scores from the first quarter. At the end of
the 2nd quarter it was Chester - 15, Penn Wood - 15. A Penn Wood trey at the
end of the 3rd quarter put the Clippers behind 25-28 at the end of the 3rd
quarter. The seniors keep the Clippers close producing all 10 of their points;
Timothy Johnston added 4 of his 6, Kylair Blackston produced his only bucket
and Randolph went 4 of 4 from the charity stripe. On the first possession of
the 4th quarter, Randolph knocked down a trey off an assist from sophomore
Rahmee Gilbert to tie the game at 28. Michael Smith followed with a trey off an
assist from Randolph and the Clippers took the lead for good 31-28 at 6:57. The
Clippers stayed strong defensively holding Patriots to a mere 5 fourth quarter
points to claim Coach Taylor his 1st Del Val Championship as Head Coach.
Freshman
Karell Watkins had another productive night with 6 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks
and 2 steals. Smith just missed double figures with 9 points on three treys. Graham
completed Chester's scoring with 3 points.
The
Clippers will play their last regular season game on Friday, February 9th on
the road against the Chichester Eagles. The game was originally scheduled for Thursday, February 8th
but was rescheduled due to the Eagles Super Bowl Parade being held on that date.
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