Garnet Valley forward Kevin Walton raises the Pennsylvania state hockey champion toward the Jaguars' faithful that made the 300-mile trip to see the Jaguars play Saturday at the RMU Island Sports ...

Garnet Valley's (21) Luke Vaughn looks for running room in a game against Haverford Aug. 30. Garnet Valley and Springfield meet Friday night in a battle of 7-1 teams.

District 1 fourth seed Garnet Valley (20-3) will play District 1 third seed Downingtown West (21-3) in the quarterfinals on Saturday. District 2 champion WBA ended its year at 13-7-1.

Spring-Ford’s boys’ lacrosse team never said die. And it took a full 48 minutes for the District 1 champions from Garnet Valley to drive the stake through their hearts.

Garnet Valley’s Savannah Saunders keeps North Penn players at bay in the final quarter Tuesday night. The Jaguars went on to win the District 1 Class 6A game. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group) ...

Garnet Valley is the first Delaware County team to win a state title in 15 years and the first public school from the county to win a championship since Penncrest did in 2005.