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Members of the PIAA state champion 1996 Lower Merion High School boys’ basketball team, inducted into the Lower Merion Basketball Hall of Fame between games at the 15th Annual Kobe Bryant Classic Dec. 9, reflected on what this honor meant to them.
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Over wings, soda and beer, Kobe Bryant’s former high school teammates and coaches fed both their appetite and their heartache.
On Jan. 26, 2020, the Lower Merion basketball program became overwhelmed with grief after learning that Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among nine victims who died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. So on Feb. 1 before their playoff game, the Aces held a memorial at their school outside Philadelphia to honor the man who led them to their first state championship (1996), broke Wilt Chamberlain’s Southeastern Pennsylvania scoring record (2,833 to 2,252) and inspired a program with his competitiveness and talent.