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Breaking down District 1 boys’ basketball finals in Class 6A and Class 5A

Cheltenham meets Methacton in the Class 6A title game and West Chester East plays Penn Wood for the Class 5A title, both Saturday at the Liacouras Center at Temple.

The Cheltenham bench including injured Zahree Harrison (center) celebrate in the final minute of their victory over Bensalem in the District 1 Class 6A semifinals at the Liacouras Center.
The Cheltenham bench including injured Zahree Harrison (center) celebrate in the final minute of their victory over Bensalem in the District 1 Class 6A semifinals at the Liacouras Center.Read moreCHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer
    by Phil Anastasia
    Updated 
    Published 

District 1 boys’ basketball championship games will be held in Classes 6A and 5A on Saturday at Temple’s Liacouras Center.

Here’s a preview of each game:

Class 5A

West Chester East (25-2) vs. Penn Wood (16-7), 3 p.m.

Seeds: W.C. East is the No. 1. Penn Wood is the No. 7.

W.C. East’s road to the final: Beat Sun Valley, 42-29; Radnor, 70-48; West Chester Rustin, 50-36.

Penn Wood’s road to the final: Beat Academy Park, 46-38; Holy Ghost Prep, 69-59; Penncrest, 56-51.

Coaches: W.C. East, Tom Durant. Penn Wood, Mike Lindemann.

W.C. East’s projected starters: Andrew Carr, 6-10 senior; Tym Richardson, 6-4 senior; Mike Dedda, 5-10 senior; Kiernan Hefferan, 6-0 junior; Jack Kushner, 6-0 freshman.

Penn Wood’s projected starters: Jerry Flynn, 6-4 junior; Saalih Moore, 5-10 junior; Abdullah Dublin, 6-2 sophomore; Shamir Baynes, 6-0 senior; Desmon Johnson, 6-2 senior.

Next: The winner will be District 1’s No. 1 seed in the PIAA Class 5A state tournament and will open play Friday vs. District 3’s No. 8 seed. The loser will be District 1’s No. 2 seed and will open state-tournament play Friday vs. District 12’s No. 4 seed, Archbishop Ryan of the Philadelphia Catholic League.

Class 6A

Methacton (25-2) vs. Cheltenham, (24-3), 7 pm.

Seeds: Methacton is the No. 1. Cheltenham is the No. 3.

Methacton’s road to the final: Beat Council Rock South, 66-41; Pennridge, 69-46; Chester, 81-54.

Cheltenham’s road to the finals: Beat Upper Darby, 83-57; Coatesville, 68-61; Bensalem, 77-60.

Coaches: Methacton, Jeff Derstine. Cheltenham, Patrick Fleury.

Methacton’s projected starters: Jeff Woodward, 6-10 senior; Erik Timko, 6-3 senior; Brett Eberly, 5-11 senior, Owen Kropp, 6-1 senior; Brett Byrne, 6-0 sophomore.

Cheltenham’s projected starters: Jaelen McGlone, 6-4 senior; Justin Moore, 6-1 sophomore; Travis Coleman, 6-0 senior; Sean Emfinger, 6-4 senior; Brandon Scott, 6-1 senior.

Next: The winner will be District 1’s No. 1 seed in the PIAA Class 6A state tournament and will open play Saturday vs. District 3’s No. 6 seed. The loser will be District 1’s No. 2 seed and will open state-tournament play vs. District 11’s No. 4 seed.