In a wide-open Central League that includes numerous strong programs (‘Stoga, LM, Penncrest, Garnet Valley and more) but not one obvious preseason favorite, Conestoga is very much in the running to lift some hardware in the spring.
That’s a new situation for Clark, who was a freshman in 2022-23 when O’Hara went 18-8 (8-5 PCL) but has otherwise been on solid-but-not-spectacular Lions teams that finished in the bottom half of the brutal PCL. A strong season from him this year, and there’s a real chance he’s got something to celebrate in February or March.
“That’s my family over there, I was there for three years,” Clark said of O’Hara, “but it feels good to know that we’ve got a lot of potential in this league, and potential is nothing just to talk about it, we’ve got to go out there and go get what we can do.”
By Quarter
Lower Merion: 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 || 45
Conestoga: 6 | 21 | 14 | 9 || 50
Shooting
Lower Merion: 17-48 FG (8-32 3PT), 3-5 FT
Conestoga: 16-33 FG (3-7 3PT), 15-20 FT
Scoring
Lower Merion: Kyle Parrish 11, Israel Ingram 10, Bereket Darsenie 9, Arjay Miller 6, Charlie Kocudak 4, Davion Smith 3, Will Yard 2
Conestoga: Tygee Clark 18, Rowan Miller 15, Sol Onwuburariri 5, Adhvik Mani 5, Cory Hogan 5, Logan Straub 2