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FINAL: Plymouth Whitemarsh 56, Coatesville 52

Michael Pereira with 24 points and eight rebounds as the Colonials win their second District 1 6A championship in four years.

Jack Hayes hits two big ones to put PW up 54-47 and then draws a charge. Colonials ball with 2:05 left and the PW faithful can feel it.

Plymouth Whitemarsh to the line out of a timeout with 2:11 left. Coatesville's just hit one shot the entire second half.

PW's lead is 52-47. Michael Pereira has 18 of the Colonials' 23 points since halftime.

Worse altogether is the fact that interest in Temple MBB is so low, nobody really cares.

PW up 49-47, 5:28 4Q. Michael Pereira up to 21 points for the Colonials.

After 3Q: Coatesville 47, Plymouth Whitemarsh 44

Buckle up!

Lots of fouls to start the third quarter. Max Hiller up to four for Coatesville, and now Michael Pereira up to three for PW. Larry Brown to the line with 5:29 left in the period. Coatesville up 42-32.

Halftime: Coatesville 42, Plymouth Whitemarsh 29

Colton Hiller with 21 points and 7 rebounds to lead the Raiders, who are going for their first district title in a quarter-century.

Mani Sajid leads PW with nine points.

Colton Hiller the putback AND ONE. FT is good and Coatesville leads 37-24, 1:49 2Q. He’s got 18.

A 7-0 run from Plymouth Whitemarsh including a Mani Sajid 3-pointer and Sajid runout layup and Coatesville calls timeout, its lead down to 24-18, 5:20 2Q.

This is how today's been going for Colton Hiller:
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End 1Q: Coatesville 18, Plymouth Whitemarsh 9

Colton Hiller with 11, Coatesville was 4-5 from deep in the opening period. PW just 2-10 from the floor. Both teams with two turnovers.

Colton Hiller's second 3-pointer of the first quarter puts Coatesville up 13-8 and forces a PW timeout with 2:46 left in the first quarter. Pulled up over a screen with a hand in his face and buried it anyways. He's got 8 already.

This is going to be an INTENSE 32 minutes of hoops (at minimum). This gym's about as loud as I've ever heard for a HS game and we're only two minutes in. (Coatesville, 5-2)

Plymouth Whitemarsh starters: Jack Hayes, Mani Sajid, Michael Pereira, Buddy Denard, Micah Thompson

Coatesville starters: Chris Allegra, Larry Brown, Colton Hiller, Jahlil Thedford, Max Hiller

It’s the game everybody wanted to see:

1) Plymouth Whitemarsh (22-5) vs. 3) Coatesville (22-5) for the District 1 6A championship.

FINAL: Upper Dublin 46, Pennsbury 18

Emilia Coleman 17p/6r, Tamia Clark 11p/8r, Megan Ngo 8p/8a/5s/4r to lead the way for the Cardinals, who are district champions for the first time in 19 years.

Pennsbury found some more offensive aggressiveness that quarter, but the Falcons couldn't cut into the Cardinals' advantage.

Upper Dublin up 33-15 going to the fourth. Emilia Coleman up to 15p/5r. UD going for first district title since 2007.

Halftime: Upper Dublin 22, Pennsbury 5

Cardinals with an absolutely lockdown 16 minutes of defense, and the shot-making started to come around as well. Emilia Coleman with 9 points, Megan Ngo 3 points, 4 assists, 3 steals, 2 rebounds.

Emilia Coleman's third 3-pointer of the first half puts Upper Dublin up 17-5. Pennsbury timeout with 2:10 left in the second quarter.

Upper Dublin up 11-3 after one quarter. Cardinals' length has been frustrating Pennsbury defensively.

A couple catch-and-shoot 3s from Coleman have Upper Dublin up 6-3 midway through the opening quarter.

Upper Dublin starters: Bridget DiMartile, Tamia Clark, Megan Ngo, Emilia Coleman, Ella Morris

Pennsbury starters: Grace Schaufler, Sammie Haws, Alyssa Thomas, Joley Hohman, Keira Socha

Settled in at Hagan Arena for the District 1 6A championships.

Girls up first — 1) Upper Dublin (26-6) vs. 7) Pennsbury (21-5)

Penn up 74-68 with the ball to inbounds out of a timeout with 52.1s left. Might we see some more free throws? Only had 58 so far tonight...

Penn's up 68-62 with 3:25 remaining.

Quakers are 12/23 from the foul line, exactly the same as Dartmouth.

Ugly game to watch.

TJ Power's up to a career-high 36 points. First collegiate 30-piece for the Penn junior.

Jay Jones with a layup, Penn up 61-59 with exactly 8 minutes remaining.

Game has been foul-heavy, lots of FTs have made this a slog.

Penn trailed just about all of the first half, including by as many as a dozen. It's 42-34 Dartmouth at the half. A loss wouldn't end Penn's postseason hopes, but it would be a major blow.

The Westtown reign is over, at least for a year. What a massive win for a Friends' Central program that has gone up against it over and over the last few years and finally gets over the top.

Stopped by the first half of Drexel/Northeastern WBB, where @adrobinson3.bsky.social is on coverage, and now I'm at the Palestra as the Penn men (13-11, 6-5) take on Dartmouth (11-13, 5-6). Win would go a long way towards the Quakers securing a spot in the four-team Ivy playoffs.