Monday, February 3, 2014

Boys Basketball: Area-Superlatives, Top 10 Teams, & Playoff Picture

By Andrew Marcus
Sportswriter for The Lansdale Reporter
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By the end of this week teams need to be done their regular season schedule and the playoffs will kick off next week. The area has a few teams that need to finish strong to reach the District One playoffs.

By this team I have been able to watch and read about the players dominating the area. So here are the area's Superlatives. All the players are in the coverage are for The Lansdale Reporter, Montgomery Media, The Mercury, and The Times Herald.

TOP SCORER:  Jimmy Murray (Plymouth-Whitemarsh)
BEST PASSER:  Najee Walls (LaSalle)
END-TO-END SPEED: Purnell Wilson (Perkiomen Valley)
BEST DEFENDER:  Chase Wilson (Wissahickon)
CLUTCH GENE:  Matt Penecale (Abington)
BEST 3 PT. SHOT:  Pat Smith (Archbishop Wood)
BEST SHOT BLOCKER:  Chris Evans (Norristown)
BEST REBOUNDER: Carnell Harley (Academy New Church)
BEST INSIDE GAME:  Tyrell Long (Bishop McDevitt)
MOST IMPROVED: Matt Alden (William Tennent)
ONCOMING STAR: Tim Guers (Germantown Academy)
MOST LIKELY TO WIN STATE PLAYOFF GAME:  Plymouth-Whitemarsh Colonials
SURPRISE TEAM:  Spring-Ford Rams
TEAM TO WATCH IN 2015:  Germantown Academy Patriots



TOP 10 TEAMS
10. North Penn Knights (10-9) (midway rank: otw)
9. Methacton Warriors (13-7) (midway rank: 9)
8. Abington Friends Roos (11-6) (midway rank: 5)
7. Pennridge Rams (14-5) (midway rank: 6)
6. Academy New Church Lions (15-7) (midway rank: 8)
5. Germantown Academy Patriots (16-6) (midway rank: 7)
4. LaSalle Explorers (15-4) (midway rank: 4)
3. Spring-Ford Rams (19-2) (midway rank: 2)
2. Abington Galloping Ghosts (17-3) (midway rank: 1)
1. Plymouth-Whitemarsh Colonials (18-2) (midway rank: 3)

Others to watch: Christopher Dock (13-7), Pope John Paul II (12-8), CB West (11-8), Wissahickon (11-8)

DISTRICT ONE 4A
LOOKING GOOD
Plymouth-Whitemarsh
Abington
Spring-Ford
Pennridge
Methacton
Wissahickon
Norristown
ON THE BUBBLE
North Penn
Central Bucks West
Cheltenham
Perk Valley
MAYBE NEXT YEAR
Souderton
Pottsgrove
Upper Dublin
Pottstown
William Tennent
Hatboro-Horsham
Upper Merion

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