By Terry Thomas
Chester (13-1) extended their winning streak to 12
games with a 64-54 win over the William Penn (York) Bearcats at the Clip Joint.
Prior to the start of the game, Coach Cliff Wilson was
honored with the renaming of the portion of Barclay Street in front of Chester
High School to "Cliff Wilson Way". Coach Wilson brought the first
Boys Basketball State Championship to Chester in 1983. Coach Wilson was
surrounded by his family, members of the 1983 State Championship Team and his
predecessor Juan Baughn. A special moment was held as the only living Chester
Head Coaches, Cliff Wilson, Juan Baughn and Keith Taylor Sr, had a Kodak moment
at center court. Cliff Wilson amassed 239 wins in his career, Juan Baughn
finished with 94 and Keith Taylor Sr is currently guiding the Clipper ship with
123 wins.
Dominic Toy dominated the first quarter scoring 10 of
his career high 19 points. Junior Dallas Thompson drained two treys, Dante
Atkinson chipped in three points and Calvin Williams added a free throw. The
Clippers raced out to a 20-9 lead before the Bearcats scored the final four
points of the quarter. Chester led 20-13 when the buzzer sounded. With Toy
watching from the sidelines due to foul trouble, the Clippers went cold scoring
a mire 7 points thus allowing the Bearcats to close the gap at the intermission.
Chester held a narrow 27-26 edge.
The third quarter was a different ball game. The
Bearcats took the lead on their first possession and Toy tied the game at 28.
York went on a 5-0 run earning their largest lead of the afternoon, 28-33,
forcing Chester to call a time-out at the 5:14 mark. Toy answered with a 4-0
run of his own capped with a trey from the top of the key closing the gap to
32-33 with 4:14 to play. Atkinson's trey tied the game at 35 and another Toy
basket and Chester was back in front 37-35. The Bearcats recaptured the lead for
the final time at 37-38. Daron Harris responded with a bucket giving the
Clippers the lead 39-38 with 2:10 to play. A trey from Jaseir Thompson followed
by another Toy basket and the lead was up to 44-38 with just over a minute to
play in the period. Toy's impact was felt as he scored both inside and outside,
scoring 9 of the team's 17 points. Toy finished with 19 pts, 5 rebounds, 4
blocked shots, 3 assists and 2 steals. Chester led 44-40 at the end of the
quarter.
The Clippers sailed into the fourth quarter off the
wind generated in the third quarter. They pushed out to an 11-5 run and with
4:10 to play Jalen Harris scored giving the Clippers a 55-45 lead. Chester had
an answer for whatever York sent their way. With 35 seconds left in the contest
Jaseir Thompson stripped his opponent and scored giving Chester a 64-52 lead.
Daron Harris was a key contributor in the final eight minutes, scoring 7 of his
9 points. Andre Brown scored his only 5 points in the quarter helping to keep
the Bearcats at bay.
The Clippers will return to league action on Monday,
January 22 when they travel to Glenolden to take on the Interboro Bucs.
JV GAME SUMMARY
Chester won their fifth straight pushing their record
to 9-3 with a 64-57 win over York. Kristian Chambers and Germaine Glover led
the way with 16 and 14 points respectively. The Clippers led 46-27 at the end
of the third quarter and put the game on cruise control. With the bench
starting and playing against the York starters, the game became very
interesting in the final quarter. Chester called in the calvary (the starters)
to close out the game and secure the win. Ten of the eleven Clippers that saw action
put their names in the scoring column.
FRESHMAN GAME SUMMARY
Chester fell a little short against York, 39-50, in
the first game of the afternoon's triple-header. Chester trailed by 13 at the
half, 27-14, but fought back to close the gap to 10 at the end of the third
quarter, 35-25. Zane Thomas finished with a team high of 14 points. The other
Chester scorers were Quann Starkey (7), Jabree Davis (9), Julian Clark (1) and
Vanel Melendez (8).
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