Pa. Boys: No. 9 Chester beats No. 7 Penn Wood, 71-65

Posted: January 07, 2011

Two of the top teams in the area put on a show worthy of their rankings Thursday.

Chester, ranked No. 9 in The Inquirer's Top 10 poll, went on a 16-3 scoring run in the third quarter to take the lead and went on to beat No. 7 Penn Wood, 71-65, in a Del-Val League basketball game.

Chester's pressing defense turned the tide in the third quarter, forcing turnovers by the Patriots (2-5, 0-1). Maurice Nelson paced the host Clippers' (7-1, 1-0) offense, scoring 12 of his 19 points in the second half. Aaron Brown scored 22 points for Penn Wood.

Public. Olney made Northeast work overtime to pick up its first Public League basketball victory.

The Trojans forced OT, but the visiting Vikings got a layup and a free throw in the extra period and beat Olney, 59-58, in a Division A game.

Fred Frazier converted a layup at the end of regulation to send the game into overtime, but Ernest Gartei picked up a layup and William Rampasard drained a free throw for Northeast (3-8, 1-4) to provide the margin of victory over the Trojans (3-7, 1-4).

Yusef Savage paced the Vikings with 15 points.

In other league games:

Donell Jarmon and Louis Martinez each scored 15 points to lift Sankofa Freedom past Parkway West, 66-65, for its first home win.

Mike Sturdivant scored 13 of his 35 points in the final quarter and led Masterman past host Saul, 63-61. Sturdivant also scored 12 points in the second quarter.

Nafeece Edwards scored 15 points as Washington held on to beat host Fels, 61-59.

Jack Burris sank four free throws in the final minute and handed FitzSimons a 42-38 win over host Hope Charter. Mike Majett added 12 points for the Rams.

Raheem Liggins scored 17 points and boosted Prep Charter to a 52-46 win over host Mariana Bracetti.

Aquil Younger converted 17 of 19 free throws, scored eight points in the final quarter, and dropped in 29 points to lead Gratz to a 71-64 win over host Southern.

Mustapha Idriss accounted for 18 points and 16 rebounds as Science Leadership topped visiting CAPA, 57-48.

Rickey Savage collected 18 points as Lincoln tripped visiting Overbrook, 58-49.

Demetrius Davenport collected 19 points and sparked Palumbo to a 64-54 win over visiting Randolph.

Qaadir Nock picked up 15 points and helped Audenried beat host High School of the Future, 67-57.

Joe Robinson notched 14 points as Franklin Learning Center beat host Mastery Charter South, 56-46.

Barry Brockington dropped in 19 points and lifted Bartram past visiting Martin Luther King, 53-42.

Jeremy Irby popped for 16 points and helped Carroll beat visiting Philadelphia Academy Charter, 71-59, for its first-ever league victory.

World Communications got 13 points from Markeith Mont and beat visiting Lamberton, 48-35.

Justin Potter dropped in 13 points for Central in a 58-44 win over host Kensington.

Carrington Ward came through with 17 points and led Philadelphia Electrical to a 51-37 win over host Engineering and Science, handing the Engineers their first league loss.

Shaquille Bowman struck for 25 points and helped Esperanza drop host Bodine, 81-67. The Toros shook off a 42-point performance by Nadir Matthews.

Michael Foster scored 13 points and sparked Mastery Charter North to a 60-45 win over host Sayre.

Terrell Daye scored 23 points for West Philadelphia in a 76-60 win over host Furness.

Ches-Mont. Downingtown East got 25 points from Dahmir Simmons and beat visiting Bishop Shanahan in overtime, 69-66. Simmons scored 25 points for the Cougars.

Mike Sundry struck for 21 points and lifted Unionville to a 57-43 win over visiting Sun Valley.

Tri-County. Najeer Barfield struck for 12 points as Wyncote Academy downed host Woodlynde, 42-34.

Nonleague. Kadeem Coates, Stefron Poole, and Sean Puriefoy each scored nine points to give Glen Mills a 37-34 win over visiting Holy Ghost Prep.

Mike Evans converted a layup with 52 seconds left, and Christian Academy held on to beat visiting Pilgrim Christian, 45-42.

Jordan Tucker notched 20 points and boosted Academy Park to a 65-58 win over host Oxford.

Seth Heinicke scored 20 points and led Calvary Christian to a 50-38 win over visiting Christopher Dock.

Wrestling

Westtown won eight straight bouts and downed host Academy of the New Church, 63-18, in a Friends Schools League match.

Nick Sawyer recorded a pin in 31 seconds at 130 pounds for the Quakers.


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