The Lions will face WC Henderson in the finals for the fifth straight year.
Media—With a four-team tournament, the ceiling on surprises is limited. For the past four years, host school Penncrest has faced WC Henderson in the finals of the annual holiday basketball tournament. Make it five years now. On Thursday night, the Penncrest Lions will try to make it a threepeat title, having won the last two tourneys. Henderson made it in by the skin of their teeth this year, having gone to overtime against a strong Boys Latin team. The game was a dead-even, back-and-forth grind where neither side could manage a lead of more than four points during the fourth quarter or overtime. It came down to who could score last—and that was Henderson with a rebound score that made it 79-77 with only three seconds left on the clock. …
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The Lions look to threepeat as the holiday tournament champs.
The Penncrest boys' varsity basketball team will host the annual holiday tournament on Dec. 29 and Dec. 30. In addition to Penncrest, the tourney will have its usual three participants: West Chester Henderson, Sun Valley and Boys Latin. For the past four years, Penncrest has faced Henderson in the finals. In 2006 and 2007, it was Henderson who took home the victory, but Penncrest has won the last two tournaments, and looks to go three in a row this holiday season. They play against Sun Valley at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday while Boys Latin plays Henderson, and the winners of Wednesday's games will go on to the final game, to be played at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Despite the same two teams making the finals the last four years, Penncrest's head …
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