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Football update: Kyle Adkins resigns as Archbishop Wood coach; St. Joe’s Prep quartet stars again The Vikings graduate, who led his alma mater to the PIAA Class 5A title last season in dramatic fashion, will become linebackers coach at Ursinus College.

Watch and gasp!!

Top 10 buzzer-beater videos from 2019-20 high school basketball season From St. Joseph's Prep to Wildwood Catholic to Chester, the local basketball scene provided lots of dramatic plays before it ended abruptly.

Unfinished business

‘Unknown ending’ for high school basketball seniors with state tournaments in limbo The suspension of the postseason play due to the coronavirus pandemic left seniors in limbo, with no resolution to their final season and no closure to their scholastic careers.

This girl does it all.

She’s the defensive tackle on the football team and she graduates in June. Things won’t be the same at Edison without Barbara Dussinger. The culinary arts student has been a center on the Owls basketball team for four years, a defensive tackle and nose guard on the football team for two years, played volleyball, and found time to run in a cross-country meet. She also played third base for the softball team.

Talk about drama ...

Playing in honor of teammate who was killed a day earlier, Chester boys beat Gratz on miraculous last-second shot The Clippers played the game one day after teammate Edward Harman was shot to death and another teammate was shot and injured in the same incident.

Pa, hoops on hold

PIAA suspends state basketball tournaments for at least two weeks amid coronavirus outbreak The decision to suspend the state tournaments delays promising seasons for several Philadelphia-area boys' and girls' teams with championship aspirations.

canceled in NJ

New Jersey cancels state basketball tournaments because of the coronavirus With several teams just one win away from capturing a state championship, the NJSIAA cancels competition in both boys' and girls' play because of the coronavirus outbreak.

No HS sports for at least two weeks due to shutdown.

All Pa. schools to close for two weeks, and Philadelphia Public League postpones spring sports until April 15 “Our No. 1 priority is the health and safety of our student-athletes, coaches and others,” a Public League officials said.

Top teams forced to live with "What if?"

For Camden’s Lance Ware and other seniors denied chance to finish careers on court: ‘A big What If’ The frustrating thing for the Panthers' star, a Kentucky recruit, and others was the lack of resolution: They'll never know for sure how they would have fared in the final games of the cancelled state tournament

Camden lose its chance for another state title?

Camden game in state basketball semifinals is canceled As a precautionary measure because of the coronavirus outbreak, Camden and Manasquan were to play in a cavernous gymnasium with no spectators allowed in the building.

She makes Paul VI go

Paul VI’s Hannah Hidalgo does it all, and she’s just a freshman Hannah Hidalgo approaches every game with the same mindset she has every time she picks up a basketball, whether on a varsity court or in a backyard pickup game -- to compete and to win..

It's all about the Bucks

Central Bucks West girls take District 1 Class 6A title with 42-38 win over Pennsbury With the win, the Bucks earned the top spot from District 1 and will open the PIAA Class 6A state tournament near home on Saturday against Hempfield.