The Palestra

Remember your first PCL game at the Palestra?

Mine was Bonner vs. Ryan semifinal in 2008! Already an 8th grader destined to be a Friar, I tagged along with some older kids that were at Bonner from my parish (St. Laurence). We hopped the El from 69th Street down to the city for an unbelievable game !

Bonner tied the game at 42 with a putback layup with under 10 seconds left. Ryan's Andrew Rogers was fouled pushing the ball up the court with 0.8 on the clock. He stepped to the line and sank both free throws to secure a 44-42 victory! Depending on where your loyalties lie, the game was either thrilling win or a heartbreaker. For me, it was the latter but it was absolutely a Palestra classic!

Leave a comment below and let me know what yours was !


Full Scoring

RyanPoints
Andrew Rogers22
Tom Marshall6
Rus Slawter5
Eric Jann4
Anthony Keiter3
Mike Colon2
Chris Wilk2
TOTAL44
Bonner Points
Jamal Melvin18
Rob Siter13
Lijah Thompson7
Keefer Francis4
TOTAL42

Photo Credits: Ted Silary

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