SILVER SPRING TWP. — With the confidence that only a goalie behind an outstanding defense can summon, Radnor High goalie JD Ball watched Aidan Haas tap home a goal barely two minutes into the PIAA Class 3A championship match Friday morning and thought, well, that’s that.
Ball had backstopped Radnor to 10 goals allowed all season, including just one over six playoff games. They’d done it mostly with Ball, who returned to high school soccer after two years exclusively playing club soccer for FC Delco, having to make few saves behind a ruthlessly suffocating defense.
So with a one-goal lead over Moon Township Friday, Ball could practically feel the gold medal lanyard around his neck…