MANCHESTER — Fran Lucchesi kept the silver medal around her neck as long as she could bear Saturday afternoon before handing it to the Radnor coaches to pass down the line.

There was no way around the disappointment for the Radnor senior center back at Northeastern High School’s Bobcat Stadium. At the 3-1 loss to South Fayette in the PIAA Class 3A final, yes, but in the way that more than 50 minutes of Radnor defensive resolve and seven-plus games of shutouts ended in the 55th minute Saturday.

It came at the penalty spot, after a weak call in a shoulder-to-shoulder challenge between Radnor defender Sora McCrae and South Fayette forward Gabby Beinecke. McCrae won the ball, Beinecke hit the deck for not the first time in a flop-filled afternoon from the District 7 runner-up, and the Distri

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