Tom’s PIAA 1A Pre-Season Top 5

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>These are my pre-season top five teams in PIAA 1A classification. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>5. Serra Catholic</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Serra is a team who could make a lot of noise in 1A and should be a team who makes it to the second weekend of the state tournament if everything goes as planned. <em><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2880995' first='Mark' last='Johnson']</strong></em> is on pace to be one of the best guards in 1A basketball. Also think they are a team who can make it to the Pete in late February. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>4. Chester Charter </em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Sabers look to build off a successful year one of the Lonnie Diggs era. There is a ton of depth on this team with the likes of <strong><em>[player_tooltip player_id='3033125' first='TJ' last='Jones']</em></strong>, <strong><em>[player_tooltip player_id='2427251' first='Nieem' last='Gregory'],</em></strong> and<strong><em> [player_tooltip player_id='2430724' first='Dom' last='Miller']</em></strong> are a nice core who has experience at the varsity level and have played in numerous big games during their career so far. I think they should run the table Bicentennial league. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>3. York Country Day</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>York Country Day is coming off of a two loss season and looks to run the table in district three.<strong><em> [player_tooltip player_id='2774556' first='Elijah' last='Slaughter'] </em></strong>the rangy in-between guard is slowly starting to scratch the surface in his development and I believe he is on pace to have a big sophomore campaign and they will go however far he can take them. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>2. Sankofa Freedom Academy </em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sankofa looks to be one of best 1A schools in eastern Pennsylvania and is coming off a 2nd place finish last season. <strong>N<em>afis Dubose</em></strong> looks is a tough gameplan for opposing teams due to the smash mouth style of basketball he likes to play. <strong><em>[player_tooltip player_id='3029141' first='Nasir' last='Brown'] &amp; [player_tooltip player_id='3029139' first='Yasir' last='Johnson']</em></strong> should see more increased roles and have the potential to be on the all public leagues teams when they are released in the spring. <strong><em>Terrence Fortson </em></strong>&amp; <em><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='3033140' first='Samad' last='Geary-West']</strong></em> brings a lot to the table and a player who gives Sankofa extended depth. Sankofa should be one of the contenders in the public league.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong><em>The Neighborhood Academy </em></strong></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The defending PIAA state champions look to defend their crown and repeat as champs. <strong><em>[player_tooltip player_id='2916460' first='Kedron' last='Gilmore']</em></strong> looks to step up in the offense with the departure of <em><strong>Courtney Wallace</strong></em> and think he could be one of the better guards in western Pennsylvania. <em><strong>Julius Page Jr</strong></em>. and <em><strong>Eli Cunningham</strong></em> make an exciting young duo for the years to come. I think they could make another deep run this upcoming season and also have the ability to repeat as WPIAL 1A champions. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->