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AUG. 7-13, 2019
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Summer League
Washington Township, Timber Creek each collect titles and look toward riding the momentum into the 2019-20 season By RYAN LAWRENCE Sports Editor
In the closing minutes of the final game of the Haddon Heights Summer League season, the last of three championship games inside a nearly full George A. Maier Jr. Memorial Gym, rising Timber Creek High School junior Austin Green corralled a loose ball near midcourt. While a Haddon Heights player gave chase – and managed to beat Green to the basket, too – Green had the advantage. The athletic, 6-foot-5 forward went airborne
and, on this night, there wasn’t anyone who could play on his level above the rim. When Green’s feet finally hit the ground, the dozen or so Chargers fans behind the basket bounced off the bleachers in celebration. It was an emphatic dunk and also an exclamation point on an exciting win. “I’ve never ‘postered’ somebody before, that was just my second dunk in a game,” Green said after the final buzzer. “We play hard and we play together, that’s the main thing. We didn’t force shots and we played hard.” Timber Creek was one of two varsity-level champions on the night, beating host Haddon Heights 55-50 to collect the Monday-Wednesday division Summer League title. Washington Township preceded the Chargers on the court on July 29 with a 58-41 win over Glassboro for the Tuesday-Thursday crown. The monthlong league includes 28 varsity please see CHAMPIONS, page 3 RYAN LAWRENCE/South Jersey Sports Weekly
Timber Creek’s Austin Green prepares for a foul shot.
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