Chester wins against Academy Park

By Terry Thomas

The Clippers won over the visiting Academy Park Knights, defeating them 76-51. With the win, Chester improves to 9-1 overall and 2-0 in league play and maintains their 8-game winning streak.

Andre Brown and Dallas Thompson led thirteen Clippers in the scoring column with 14 and 13 points respectively. Dallas led the charge in the first quarter with 9 points as the Clippers jumped out to an 18-9 lead. Calvin Williams scored all 4 of his points in the opening stanza. Dante Atkinson scored a trey and Dominic Toy dropped in a bucket to complete Chester's scoring.

In the second quarter, Chester opened with a 6-2 run pushing the score to 24-11 with 5:45 to play. The Knights stopped the run with a trey pulling to within 10, 24-14; Chester answered back with a 13-0 run capped by an offensive put-back from Daron Harris at the 1:00 mark giving the Clippers a 37-14 lead. Chester had a mental lapse over the next couple possessions allowing the Knights to score on consecutive possessions. Chester took a 39-18 lead into intermission. Andre Brown and Daron Harris had the helm in the second quarter with 7 points apiece. Junior Germaine Glover came off the bench to score 4 points, Vincent Coleman added a bucket and Toy went 1 of 2 from the charity stripe.

With the starter back on the court to begin the third quarter, they responded with a 13-4 outburst thus invoking the Mercy Rule with 4:05 to play. The deciding bucket came off a steal from Dante Atkinson and the ball ending in the hands of Dallas Thompson who scored, giving the Clippers a 52-22 lead. Academy Park called for a time-out and Coach Taylor called an end to the night for the starting five. At this point, the starting five had accounted for 31 of the team's 52 points. Dallas Thompson (13), Jaseir Thompson (3), Dominic Toy (7), Dante Atkinson (5) and Calvin Williams (4). The reserves matched the Knights scoring the remainder of the quarter ending it at 62-32.

The Clippers second unit played the first 1:49 of the fourth quarter and after a trey from Jalen Harris and a bucket from Andre Brown, led 67-34, they were pulled with 6:11 left in the contest. Kristian Chambers scored 5 points, Ra'Shaad Dorsey hit a trey and Tyson Scott connected on 1 of 2 free throws for Chester's final points.

With limited minutes, Jaseir Thompson and Daron Harris recorded season highs of 3 assists and 9 rebounds respectively.

The Clippers will be off until Saturday, January 13 when they travel to Octorara High School to participate in the Martin L. King Jr Showcase. They will take on Bishop Shanahan with a 1:00 pm tip-off. Their next home game will be Thursday, January 18, when the Chichester Eagles visit the Clip Joint.

JV GAME SUMMARY

Chester improved to 6-3 on the season with a 59-14 victory over the Academy Park Knights. Kristian Chambers and Ra'Shaad Dorsey led the way with 11 and 10 points respectively. Chester led 47-13 at halftime thus invoking the Mercy Rule at the start of the third quarter. Chester had eleven players in the scoring column: Tae'Qwann Naylor (4), Shadrach George (6), Kameron Wilson (6), Nyrell Pray (7), Dominique Gilyard (2), Tyson Scott (6), Germaine Glover (1), Nymeer Madison (4), Dante Lee (2).

The game was stopped in the third quarter with 2:32 to play as Academy Park's Hafize Sherif required serious medical attention. At the conclusion of the Varsity game, we had received word the young man was doing okay and should be released from the hospital later this evening. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the young man and his family.