They brought the sign. They brought the balloons. They just had to bring the win.
• Sign up for PennLive’s daily high school sports newsletter Wayne Fletcher was just one win away from win No. 150 as a coach, and there were times at Friday night where it looked like Central Dauphin might not be able to celebrate the milestone that night. But thanks to some timely shots and a clutch late drive by his son Wayne II, the Rams prevailed to get the coach win No.
150, as CD topped Carlisle 67-66 in a topsy-turvy Mid-Penn Commonwealth thriller in Linglestown. . @WayneFletcherII .
Onions. The Navy commit straight to the rack, and @CDBoysHoops leads Carlisle 67-66 with 4.2 seconds left.
pic.twitter.com/9yACYX1GQA Here’s how the game went down.
The stars CD’s Jelani Easter led the Rams with 18 points, while Wayne Fletcher II had 16 points—including the two most important ones. Khalil Roberts scored 11, while Shakur Starling and Richard Chase each had 10. Carlisle was led by its superstar guard Parker Smith, who notched 35 points in the loss.
Tyler Royal had 11, and Masyn McMeekin had 10. Game-deciding moments After Parker Smith had to sit with some early fouls, Central Dauphin extended an lead to eight points going into halftime. But thanks to a barrage by Smith, the Herd got back into the game in the third, and thanks to two straight 3-pointers in the fourth, Carlisle took a 59-56 lead two minutes into the final period.
And after a Jaxson Davenport layup cut the lead to one, .