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| (L to R: Chad Kratzer -15, Dat Lambert - 18, Jay Vaughan - 14) |
That's what Tom Muller, a former Lehigh County politician who amazingly is still alive, told me not long ago when Allentown Central Catholic High School played Emmaus in boys basketball. Dat Lambert did get knocked around a bit in that game. Tom will be happy to hear that my grandson Dat spent very little time on his back last night, when the Parkland Trojans hosted the now 12-0 Vikings. This time, he was on his stomach.
Late in the game, he attempted a layup against Trojan defender Ian Dashukewich, a 6'9" junior. As Dat climbed this giant, Ian came down with a hand to block the ball, but hit Dat instead. Dat went down, face first, right on the floor. He just laid there for a few seconds, then got up, and sunk two free throws.
I think the floor cracked.
The Morning Call's Keith Groller has an excellent account. He noted that the Vikes had 104 treys going into the game, and added another 12 last night (Jay Vaughan - 4, Dat Lambert - 3, Chad Kratzer - 2, Nick Filchner - 2, Kevin Kern - 1).
Point guard Jay Vaughan is an excellent and explosive field general with an uncanny ability to find the player in the best position to take the shot. He had five assists, two steals and three rebounds. He is the team's catalyst.
Four Central players finished the night in double digits (Lambert - 18, Vaughan - 14, Kratzer - 15, Filchner - 10.)
Parkland's Jake Bartholomew had 12, including one from downtown.
Central has no time to rest on its laurels. It plays a very tough Allen on Friday night. The very next night, the Vikings will be playing at Dieruff. The Huskies clobbered Central over the summer.
