The Pennsylvania high school boys basketball playoffs have begun, with tons of talented teams ready to square off against each other over the next five weeks.<\/p>\n
As we begin the road to state gold in Hershey, here are notes and highlights on some of the 4A teams that I’ve covered this winter for RCN Sports, along with a few predictions on what we might be able to expect from these teams this post-season.<\/p>\n
PARKLAND<\/strong> One aspect of the team that we have not addressed in previous blog entries is the Parkland “role” players.\u00a0 Jack Dreisbach, Kenny Yeboah, Justin Jones and Kevin Dulorie are four players who haven’t gotten much attention in the media this basketball season.\u00a0 Yet, when opponents try to stop some of the other top players, these four guys have stepped up and led the team to sound wins.\u00a0 Dreisbach recently scored in double figures when Nazareth tried to double-down on other players.\u00a0 Yeboah is a force in the paint, averaging seven points and nine rebounds per game.\u00a0 Jones recently fueled a “put-away” run with seven points in limited action against a very good Emmaus team. Dulorie is a player with moves that would probably make him the go-to-guy if he was on at least half of the other teams’ rosters in the Lehigh Valley area.<\/p>\n It’ll be hard enough for many of the Trojans’ upcoming opponents to try to contain Kyle Stout, Sam Iorio, and DeVante Cross…but when these role players step up, as they have been doing of late, it might just be the icing on Parkland’s cake for a serious run in the state playoffs.<\/p>\n
\nWe’ve spend a few blog entries talking about just how good this year’s Trojan team is, and they have not disappointed, entering the playoffs with an undefeated EPC record. Quite frankly, Parkland was rarely tested in any of their league games and appeared to “turn on the switch” whenever they wanted to, to put games away and win contests by significant margins.<\/p>\n