Nearly six thousand basketball fans packed Villanova pavilion gymnasium to see the Chester Clippers (1) and Lower Merion Aces (2) boys’ teams play the PIAA District 1 Class 4A final playoff game Friday night, Mar. 2, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. with a loss for the Aces 61-53. This win enables the Clippers to win the State Division title.
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| Lower Merion Aces and Chester Clippers entrance Photo by Mark Souders Video courtesy by MsBee0001's channel youtube.com |
Chester has a league record of 27-0-0 against Lower Merion’s league record of 20-2-0. Chester’s team, Rondae Jefferson, No. 23, a 6-foot-7 point-guard with 15 points, Darius Robinson, No. 2, a 6-foot-1 guard with 15 points, and Erikk Wright, No. 35, a 6-foot-4 forward with 10 points. Lower Merion’s team, Darryl Reynolds, No. 31, a 6-foot-7 forward with 21 points, Raheem Hall, No. 34, a 6-foot-2 guard with 14 points and B.J. Johnson, No. 35, a 6-foot-5 guard with 6 points.
The first quarter started out with Lower Merion’s Darryl Reynolds, No. 31, with 4 points, B.J. Johnson, No. 35, with 2 points, JaQuan Johnson, No. 1, with 2 points and Yohanny Dalembert, No. 40, with 1 point for a total of 9 points. Chester’s Erikk Wright, No. 35, with 6 points, Rondae Jefferson, No. 23, with 4 points, Darius Robinson, No. 2, with 4 points, and Kareem Robinson, No. 1, with 2 points for a total of 16 points to end the quarter.
The second quarter started with Lower Merion’s Raheem Hall, No. 34, with 4 points, Darryl Reynolds, No. 31, with 2 points, and B.J. Johnson, No. 35, with 2 points for a total of 7 points. Chester’s Tavaune Griffin, No. 34, with 4 points, Erikk Wright, No. 35, with 2 points, Rondae Jefferson, No. 23, with 2 points, and Darius Robinson, No. 2, with 1 point for a total of 9 points to end the second quarter.
The third quarter started with Lower Merion’s Darryl Reynolds, No. 31, with 9 points, Raheem Hall, No. 34, with 4 points, and Justin McFadden, No.25, with 2 points for a total of 15 points. Chester’s Kareem Robinson, No. 1, with 6 points, Rondae Jefferson, No. 23, with 5 points, Darius Robinson, No. 2, with 2 points, Richard Cranberry, No. 32, with 2 point, and Tavaune Griffin, No. 34, with 2 points for a total of 17 points to end the third quarter.
The fourth quarter started with Lower Merion’s Raheem Hall, No. 34, with 8 points, Darryl Reynolds, No. 31, with 6 points, Yohanny Dalembert, No. 40, with 4 points, B.J. Johnson, No. 5, with 3 points, and Justin McFadden, No.25, with 1 point for a total of 22 points. Chester’s Darius Robinson, No. 2, with 9 points, Tymier Butler, No. 11, with 4 points, Rondae Jefferson, No. 23, with 4 points, and Erikk Wright, No. 35, with 2 points for a total of 19 points to end the fourth quarter.
“The game was pretty intense, Lower Merion came in pretty hard,” said Rondae Jefferson point-guard no. 23 Chester High School. “In that time they fought like every possession of the game so that they could win.” “It was just a pretty tough game, we just had to… It came down to the wire, we pulled it out!” Jefferson made 18 points for the game and highlighted the game with a fast recovery. A junior at age 13 and from Chester, Pa., he is a star for his team. Being a point-guard he is a leader in every sense of the word with telling the team what to do and how to do it.
“It was just a pruning, I felt like it progressed some of it I am biased, but umm it was a good game,” said matt from Lower Merion High School. “They were obviously the better team because they came out on top, Chester High had a lot of simple mistakes in the beginning and we did too, but obviously Chester High is the better team. I think Lower Merion was very aggressive and nervous. We are out of the division title, but are still no. 2 seed for the state playoffs. We have to play three more games till the end of the state title.”
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