STATE COLLEGE --- This post comes courtesy Daily Times staffer Terry Toohey:

Of the 32 games Chester will have played after tonight's state final, 27 of them were against playoff teams. Also, the Clippers have played six schools that played in state finals. Below is a breakdown with where team finished in parentheses.

Regular Season
Chester 79, Coatesville 66 (4A Quarterfinalist)
Chester 70, Constitution 46 (1A Champ)
Chester 71, J.P. McCaskey 61 (PIAA Tournament qualifier)
Chester 64, Math Civics & Sciences 52 (A semifinalist)
Chester 69, Newark 41 (Lost in Delaware state final to 3x champ Sanford)
Chester 56, Imhotep Charter 36 (Class AA finalist)
Chester 60, Hodgson Vo-Tech 57 (Delaware semifinalist)
Chester 65, Christ The King (NY) 53 (NY CHSAA quarterfinalist)
Chester 66, Lansdown (Va.) 59 (Lost VHSL Region quarterfinals)
Chester 64, Academy Park 42
Chester 63, Interboro 32 (District One participant)
Chester 46, Aquinas Institute 43 (NY Class AA state runnerup)
Chester 66, Central Tech 40
Chester 69, Penn Wood 43 (District One participant)
Chester 66, Chichester 40
Chester 56, Gen Mills 45 (District One participant)
Chester 57, Academy Park 40
Chester 78, Interboro 40 (District One participant)
Chester 80, Penn Wood 57 (District One participant)
Chester 91, Chichester 53
Chester 74, Glen Mills 30 (District One participant)
Chester 74, Neptune 62 (NJ Group III state runnerup)
District One Tournament
Chester 65, Downingtown West 27
Chester 59, Methacton 31
Chester 81, Norristown 31
Chester 67, Wissahickon 52
Chester 61, Lower Merion 53
PIAA Tournament
Chester 86, J.P. McCaskey 43
Chester 72, Norristown 53
Chester 87, Coatesville 46
Chester 67, Central Dauphin 48
Chester vs. Lower Merion

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The Daily Times staff is here in Happy Valley, and in full force.

Matt Smith, Jack McCaffery and I will be live-chatting throughout Chester's PIAA Class AAAA championship game against Lower Merion. Follow the live-chat here, beginning at 7:45 p.m. And Eric Hartline will be here chronicling the game in photo.

Here's our preview coverage of tonight's tilt:
Chester seeks perfection, back-to-back titles (Vito): Never has Chester finished the year unbeaten, nor have the Clippers won back-to-back titles. This is the Clippers' chance to do just that.
Chester hopes not to let history repeat itself (Toohey): Forty-five years ago, Chester had an undefeated team reach the state final ... and lose. Two from that 1967 team say how these Clippers can prevent that from happening this time around.

See you from the Bryce Jordan Center.