By Terry Thomas
Chester (21-6) lives to
play another day after pulling away from the District-3 Champion Harrisburg
Cougars, 76-65, at Reading High's Geigle Complex. The win puts the Clippers in
a Quarter-Finals match-up with the Coatesville Red Raiders on Saturday, March
16th at a site and time to be determined. Tonight marks the 8th consecutive
victory by the Clippers over the Harrisburg Cougars dating back top to January
20, 2007. Chester now leads the series 12-6.
The Clippers started
face jumping out to a 22-11 first quarter lead. The Cougars fought back and
their trey at the end of the second quarter had the game dead even at 41.
Chester's defense came back to life in the third quarter restricting the
Cougars to 6 points to open a 55-47 advantage at the end of the period. Chester
used five players to produce their 21 fourth quarter points to secure the win.
Chester used a well
balanced attack in the contest with four players in double figures led by
junior Akeem Taylor Jr's 19 points tying his career high. Michael Smith and
Zahmir Carroll each tallied 12 points with senior Javan Graham completing the
quad by matching his career high of 10 points. Javan played a complete game by
doing the dirty work of boxing out and getting on the ground for loose balls
and forcing turnover with excellent traps. Rahmee Gilbert and Rahmaad
DeJarnette contributed 9 points a piece and senior Christian Massena helped out
with 5 first half points.
Junior Zahmir Carroll
dominated inside producing a double double by hauling in a career high 14
rebounds to go along with his 12 points. He also matched his career high of 5
monster blocked shots. Lengthy Rahmaad DeJarnette made his presence felt in the
paint by matching his career high of 9 rebounds. Junior Akeem Taylor
continued to give work with a sound 6 rebounds, 3 blocked shots and 2 assists.
Chester headed to Spring-Ford H.S
The Chester Clippers
(21-6) continue their quest for a State Championship with a Quarterfinals
contest against District 1's 2nd seeded Coatesville (28-2) Red Raiders. The
game will be played on Saturday, March 16th, at Spring-Ford High School, 350 S.
Lewis Rd, Royersford, PA 19468. Tip-off is 1:00 p.m.
The team would love to
see your face in the place. You can stop by the Premium Outlets in Limerick
after the game.
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