PIAA BOYS BASKETBALL: Sewickley Academy tops Old Forge for 2A title
HERSHEY — There will often be tears after playing in the final high school game of a career. One team sheds its tears for joy, celebrating a hard-fought championship. That was Sewickley Academy, a collection of all-star talent from far and wide.
The other, theirs are for the end of an unforgettable journey. That was Old Forge. Their group of homegrown athletes built an unbreakable bond in a ...
HERSHEY — There will often be tears after playing in the final high school game of a career. One team sheds its tears for joy, celebrating a hard-fought championship. That was Sewickley Academy, a collection of all-star talent from far and wide.
The other, theirs are for the end of an unforgettable journey. That was Old Forge. Their group of homegrown athletes built an unbreakable bond in a quest to close out their days wearing the blue and gold on the court in Hershey at the Giant Center.
Sewickley Academy, the District 7 champions and runner-up from a year ago, earned a 52-36 win on Friday afternoon over a determined group of neighborhood kids from the borough of Old Forge. Mamadou Kane, who hails from Senegal, and Adam Ikamba, who is from the Democratic Republic of Congo, are Sewickley Academy’s towering inside players. Kane scored 15 points, and Ikamba had 14 points, to lead the Panthers team to a 30-1 overall finish.
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