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Spring-Ford, Pope John Paul II brace for tonight's showdown
The Pioneer Athletic Conference boys basketball champion will be determined at Perkiomen Valley High School this evening. Tipoff is at 7:03pm.
The Spring-Ford area will be home to a new Pioneer Athletic Conference champion tonight.
In its first year of operation, Pope John Paul II High School of Upper Providence will square off against Spring-Ford High School for the PAC-10 boys' basketball title tonight at the neutral site of .
Both tonight's game and the girls' championship game against Boyertown tomorrow night are scheduled to start precisely at the unusual time of 7:03pm.
Find out what's happening in Limerick-Royersford-Spring Cityfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
"It's TV time," Spring-Ford athletic director Mickey McDaniel joked last night. McDaniel is also the director of the Pioneer Athletic Conference.
The ticket booth will open at 6:00pm. "Several thousand" tickets are available, according to office staff at Perkiomen Valley High School.
Find out what's happening in Limerick-Royersford-Spring Cityfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Spring-Ford High School was festooned yesterday and today with one-page flyers exhorting students to turn out en masse to support the team.
"We need EVERYBODY," the flyers read.
Over at PAC-10 Sports, Dave Kurtz says that both teams "are peaking at the right time." Check out the rest of Kurtz's preview.
Dave Conard will be at the game for Patch, providing his usual mix of dazzling photography and insightful commentary. If you can't make it over to Perkiomen Valley High School, stop by tomorrow for a detailed game report and photos.
