HAVERFORD — Emmet Gillespie knows the challenge ahead. Repeating what Haverford’s offensive line did last fall is the kind of thing that may never happen twice.

Last year really was magic. Liam Taylor, the 2024 Daily Times Player of the Year, rumbled for 3,006 yards and 35 touchdowns, averaging an absurd 231.2 per game. He became the first Delco player to break 3,000 yards in a season and shattered the county mark of 2,832 set two years earlier by Interboro’s Abu Kamara.

With Taylor and the line leading the way, the Fords went 11-2, shared the Central League title, won their first home playoff game in school history and reached the second round of the District 1 Class 6A playoffs. Now Taylor is back for his senior year … and the expectations are sky-high again.

The roster is going to lo

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