Chester Continues Winning Ways

 By Terry Thomas

The Clippers (3-2) completed the 3-game sweep of their Delaware opponents with an easy 85-22 win over the visiting Thomas McKean Highlanders. Prior to the start of tonight's contest, Coach Taylor was acknowledged before the home fans for reaching the 100-Win milestone. Chester bombarded McKean with 14 treys which now ranks #2 behind the school record of 17 set February 6, 2006 against Christian Brothers Academy at the Battle By The Bay in Atlantic City. Senior Terrence Cobb led the way, tying the boy's school record with 7 treys. He joins Noel Wilmore who did it in 2004 (Episcopal Academy, Widener Univ) and 2005 (Manheim Township, State Tournament), Darrin Goven whose 7 came against Christian Brothers Academy and Ahrod Carter who dropped his against Milton Hershey in the 2017 State Tournament. 

The back-court of Cobb and Kyree Womack were hitting on all cylinders in the opening quarter dropping 20 and 11 points respectively. Cobb dropped in four 3-pointers and Womack added another. The Clippers defense smothered the Highlanders allowing just 2 points which matched the production of Chester's Brielynd White. The Clippers were sailing away 33-2 at the end of the quarter.

Coach Taylor went to his bench in the second quarter and they did not disappoint. Sophomore Jaseir Thompson continued the sharp-shooting collecting 9 points including two treys. Fellow sophomore Ra'Shaad Dorsey also hit the mark with two treys for 6 points. Freshman Nyrell Pray dropped in two points in the debut. Nijah Carpenter and Vincent Coleman also added two points apiece and Jerry Young completed the scoring with one point. The end result was a 22-7 quarter in favor of the Clippers pushing their half-time margin to 55-9.

With the "Mercy Rule" in place, Chester outscored their opponents 30-13 in the second half sealing the win. Ten of the fourteen Clippers were able to put their names in the scoring column. Cobb led with a game and career high of 31 points follow by Womack's 16 points. Thompson was third Clipper in double digits with 11 points. Senior Brielynd White added 5 assists and 3 steals along with his 8 points. Junior Dominic Toy recorded a career high 4 blocked shots to go along with his 6 points. Junior Calvin Williams found another way of contributing besides scoring with a career high 5 blocked shots to go along with his 9 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. Junior Jerry Young contributed a career high 3 blocked shots along with his 3 rebounds. Kristian Chambers, another sophomore, added 2 assists and 1 steal. Junior Dante Atkinson, returning from injury recorded two rebounds and 1 assist. The team recorded a season high 12 blocked shots. 

Chester will take to the road for a trip to the Geigle Complex where they will face the Reading Red Knights on Wednesday, December 21. The JV is slated to tip-off at 6:00 pm with the Varsity to follow. 

JV GAME SUMMARY

The Clippers improved to 3-0 with a resounding 77-16 thrashing of the McKean Highlanders. Nine of the ten players who saw action put their names in the scoring column. Chester had five players in double figures led by Andre Brown with 15 points. Kristian Chambers added 11 points with Jaseir Thompson, Ryan Reed and Kameron Wilson each contributing 10 points. Germain Glover was just short of double-digits with 8 points followed by Ra'Shaad Dorsey (6), Nyrell Pray (5) and Tae'Qwann Naylor's two points.