. >>> hundreds pack the palestra is the university of pennsylvania tonight.watch college basketball but high school hoops instead. it's the catholic league championship between bon derr prendie and roman catholic. chris oh want was in the ground tonight. roman bite way won. >> reporter: they don't play on national television. they don't even get paid but the high school public and catholic leagues basketball championships at the palestra has become one of philly's best and oldest sports traditions. this is like the vatican of american basketball. people try to schedule games here that have never been here before it's a beautiful buildi building. >> john ingram saw him to see his daughter play her last championship name with neumann-goretti. that's her number 32. >> member cast united states. one of the, you know, hardwood classics that we have in the united states. it doesn't get any better than this. >> reporter: these young women from delco came to see their sister molly play for cardinal o'hara. >> this is like very high caliber basketball that's played he

. >>> it's the big 100s filling the palestra cheering on their catholic high school basketball teams. they're playing for the catholic league championship and our chris o'connell was in the middle of all that excitement tonight and he joins us live from university city. chris? >> reporter: iain, forget about the super bowl and eagles just for a minute. forget about the flyers current winning streak. no, tonight philly was all about high school hoops. they don't play on national television. they don't even get paid. but the high school public and catholic league's basketball championships at the palestra has become one of philly's best and oldest sports traditions. >> this is like the vatican of american basketball. people try to schedule games here that have never been here before. it's a beautiful building. >> reporter: john engram came to see his daughter play her last championship game with neumann-goretti that's her number 32. >> the mecca of the united states. one of the, you know, hardwood classics that we have in the united states. it doesn't get gwynedd better than this. >> re

how about they meet tomorrow night at the palestra first place ivy league. settling on drexel historic win last night. dragons overcoming to a 34-point deficit beat delaware 85-83. it was the largest deficit overcome to within a game in division one history. >> my wife and i we made the decision even though it was school night to bring our kids to the game our five year old, our seven yeared oh, nine-year-old saw a pretty big life lesson to never give up through the game of basketball much that's what it's about. >> that's what basketball do for you. number three villanova on fox tomorrow afternoon. it begins at 2:30. phillies playing their first official game the grapefruit league. short trip from clearwater to take on the blue jays. phillies all teams major league baseball wearing stoneman douglas caps to remember the victims in that school shooting last week. before the game the phillies and blue jays with a moment of silence for those victims as well for roy halladay who pitched for both the phillies and the jays. how about the bottom half of the first i

because we have been spending the entire morning with bonner prendy, at the palestra, in the big gameents jen. >> listen, i don't mess around. i know who i'm w i'm with roman, right? >> yes. >> okay. allen, let's dunk it right here. this is what they need to know. this is what's coming at them. yeah. >> come on back, having good time at roman. right here. i taught him everything he no, sir. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ - honey, look what we got! - [narrator] going big (yelling) isn't always best. unless it's a aaa plus membership. get 100 towing miles and free emergency gas delivery. aaa. go ahead. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> that is the voice of sam hunt, it was just announced he's going to be performing in atlantic city this summerment concert will be july 1st. they get a big crowd for these concerts. >> like going into the fourth of july weekend on the beach, it will be packed. >> tickets will go on sale this friday, at 10:00 in the morning. >> he does that song, your body is like a back road. all curvey and everything. >> i love it. >> here comes sue in 15. >> 9:46. still lo

in school. >> big game tonight at the palestra. we will visit your school today. i don't want any on twitter. >> we will be equal here. >> 6:18 now. >> talking about the weather and how bad it was in some parts of the country. at least five people are dead after severe storms sweep through midwest and south. governors in missouri, illinois, indiana declared disaster emergencies. three tornadoes touched down in tennessee, kentucky and 6 inches have rain drenched communities from texas to ohio , swollen the ohio river to the highest peak in 20 years. >> wow. >> lets get into this because we love our college basketball , and the city of basketball, philadelphia. >> corruption allegations they& have hit basketball court and people are not loving that. >> yeah, one of the players, mentioned in this report on our team, thomas drayton. >> this is certainly a dark included as you know, mike and alex, fbi federal investigation shedding light on the potential ncaa allegations, over 20 programs including duke, arizona, notre dame just to name a few here. report was released b

penn will play harvard at the palestra tomorrow night maybe with a shot to wrap up the regular seasonle. for the quakers it will not mean anything unless they beat dartmouth tonight. >> their smart kids but their human. you got to coach this. you got to understand what's at stake and we've been pretty good with sense of we'll work really hard today to get better. we talked about dartmouth. these guys know because they got punched in the mouth and up there how good dartmouth is. but we got to coach them. don't assume. >> phillies playing their grapefruit league taking on the toronto blue jays. phillies and other teams all wearing stow man douglas caps to remember the victims in that school shooting last week. >> we feel for those families out there, and the kids who were all loft, and, you know, we want to do something about it and this is the least we can do is wear these hats, um, today. >> moment of silence before the game for those students. the victims and also for royal halladay who pitched for both the phillies and the blue jays. didn't work out so well for the phils they took t

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because they were against bonn or, of course we have bonn out there with bonner prendy, huge game at the palestra is with the roman catholic. >> reporter: yes! ladies and gentlemen, who won? who won? (applause) looking good. all right, now just to be clear, bob kelly went to that other school. i came to this school. and who won? >> we did. >> we did, babe. all right, so we got to see a little bit of your dunking on tv yesterday. we delivered the dunk as well yesterday. >> yes. >> you had to let them know what's up. >> sure. >> you set the bass cents death ball. there is still one more game left though, right, few games. what happens on friday? >> we will be making city championship. >> okay. and i said to you guys who is your biggest opponent and you said? >> ourselves. >> yes. so, okay, now, you guys, you were there to cheer for them, yes? you believe in them for on friday night? >> yes. >> what do you think -- what's so great about this team? why are they so successful? >> they play great together. >> all right. and you support them. all right, tell me, this is a very important item. what's thi

. >>> hundreds pack the palestra at university of pennsylvania last night, and not to watch college basketball, they were supporting high school hoops, always a big night in philadelphia, catholic leak game between bonner prendie and roman catholic. thrill down the two last second. it was reman boys taking champion ship, a classic finish to a classic tradition. wait until you hear final score 51-49. wow, close. that wasn't the only big game last night. another rivalry took the court girls champion ship game newman goretti verse cardinal owe hard a it was o'hara that captured the girls catholic league title for second year in a row. final score 54-39. congrats to all of the winners >> mike, how is it going. >>> can i throw a "good day philadelphia" mug in there. >> if you want. >> here wow go, the mug's going in. >> and then i have a dog for the super bowl, right, a good day logo. and an eagles pennant. good to see you guys,. >> it is a time capsule. >> thanks for your hard work. >> will it be filled by seven. >> cool. >> thank you. >> now question is, how, when we should open it 30 years, 20 y

. >>> hundreds pack the palestra at university of pennsylvania last night. >> so much fun what a wonderful event, for college basketball, high school hoops as well. huge night in philadelphia when we have catholic league championship game, between bonner prendie and roman catholic, it was a great game, classic finish, and mayor, of course, a prep guy he was there too. >> this is like the vatican of american basketball, the people here try to schedule games here that have never been here before. >> ends up roman winning final score 51-49. that was not the only big game >> another good match up here, newman goretti source cardinal owe hard ate was o'hara who capture girls catholic league title for second year in the row the final 54-39. >>> talk about a rare sight in rome. >> the eternal city taking a holiday because of, wow, look at that, they dent usually get snow there. ♪ (crunching) dude, your crunching's scaring the fish. dude, they're just jealous. kellogg's raisin bran crunch... ...with crunchy clusters and the taste of... ...apples and strawberries. i got one! i guess we're having ce

. >>> hundreds pack the palestra at university of pennsylvania last night. >> where they were watchingpeople playing college but they were watching high school ers. always a huge night in philadelphia. this was catholic leak champion ship game between bonner prendie and roman catholic. we were there. this was a thrill their went down to the last second. teams were very eventually matched but roman took champion ship, classic finish to a classic tradition, even the mayor was there. this is like vatica of american basketball. people try to schedule games here that have never been here before. >> so much fun to come out, final score 51-49. that was not only big game last night. >> then rivalry took the court girls catholic champion ship game newman goretti verse cardinal o'hara, john ingram in the stands watching her daughter play her last champion ship game with goretti. it was goretti who captured the catholic league title for second year in the row, final score 54-39. >>> a lot have people desperate to drop those pounds we have to tell but a dangerous new diet trend. >> the goal behind

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it is all about the pandas, big game tonight at the palestra. >>> police in norristown are trying to en overnight it happened near chain police, comb the scene for hours and took a blue car off of the street as evidence. k-9s were also used sniffing around for clues. see what happens. >>> demolition of the fire ravaged building in the olde city district has been put on hold. crews were scheduled to begin work this week at third and chestnut street, however fire investigators, and they need more time, and, in the building at, and several streets in the area remain closed. >> it looks like atf is still investigating that, alex. >>> students returned to class following a fire that destroyed, and and and and in the district until the bus can be replaced. each new school bus will cost about $90,00. so you do the math on that one classes were cancelled on friday after flames swept through the bus depot the cause of the fire has not yet been determined. >>> well, students in florida return to their high school for the first time, over the weekend, since the shootings. students came for their

penn and dartmouth last night at the palestra. smoked dartmouth 74-46. hit ten, threes on the night. harvard also wouldn't. they have just one loss. penn and harvard head to head tonight at pa less less at a tra phillies taking on the blue jays in florida. first inning very first batter grander son the solo homer. jays on to beat the phillies final score two-one. flares eight wins out of their last nine games. they're in on the at a this afternoon at two trying to stay red hot as the players get closer and closer. >> there's certain level of confidence and a certain level of calmness whether it's under fire or things that are, you know, when things are going well, there's a certain level of focus. >>> dave that's sports in a minute. i'm tom srendenschek. >> in philadelphia, it's the year of the underdog as the city still basks in the glory of its first super bowl victory. but one of the master minds behind the eagles face famous dog mask lane john season is not happy about a recent new york daily news cover. there it is right there

the sixers game. >>> college hoops at palestra, penn begins dartmouth, quakers tied for for the lead in the conference. penn never trailed. late in the first half caleb wood knocking down the triple. he scored 12 points. quaker won seven -46. they will take on harvard tonight for first place in the ivy league. >>> drexel will play their final regular season game, today, against unc wilmington and you have to wonder what is left after thursday's game with delaware they came back from 30-points down in the first to beat blue hens 85-83 setting record for largest come back win in division one history. i asked the drexel head coach, zach what he told the team at the half, down by that many points. >> i talked a lot to our guys about don't worry about the score just play to what we want to be remembered for, known for here at drexel for this year and year comes forward and everything else will take care of itself and our guys stuck to that and i could not be more proud of their effort, and what they did in the second half. >> that is all for sports i'm leslie van arsdal, have a great day. >>> well this wee