Dover's first district basketball playoff win in 22 years served as the exclamation point on a stunning close to the season for Manheim Township.

After winning 18 of their first 20 games, the Streaks lost Wednesday night for the third time in their last four games.

The latest, a 47-43 loss at home to Dover in the opening round of the District Three Class AAAA tournament, was the toughest to swallow.

"This is obviously a real tough one to take because it's once and done," said Township coach Jim Kreider. "These guys don't get a chance to play again. These seniors have just been tremendous."

 The win vaults the Eagles (18-7) into a surprising quarterfinal meeting with Chambersburg (15-9) Saturday morning at 11:30 at Hershey's Giant Center.

Chambersburg, seeded 15th, shocked No. 2 seed Hershey Wednesday night, 55-53 in OT.

"For us, that was huge," Dover coach Brian Schmoyer said of the win. "The kids played hard, they played aggressive and I am very happy for them."

Connor Snyder and Brandon Smith combined to score 11 of Dover's 15 points in the fourth quarter as the Eagles were finally able to pull away.

But it was a defensive switch Schmoyer made in the first half that was the turning point.

Township, the No. 7 seed, opened the game with an 8-0 lead and had a 24-14 advantage with 4:08 left in the first half. To that point, Dover had no answer for Billy Vaughan-Geib, who had 11 of the Blue Streak points.

"I thought the big kid was really hurting us in the first half," Schmoyer said. "We made a switch from our man to our 2-3, match-up zone defense. That kind of seemed to be the ticket for us."

Following the switch, Dover closed the half with a 10-2 run and limited Vaughan-Geib to only six more points. He finished with a game-high 17 points.

"We wanted to speed them up but we just couldn't," said Kreider. "Their zone slowed us down. When we got inside, we just didn't finish a couple times."

Township's offense mustered only six field goals and 17 points in the second half. Vaughan-Geib's stick-back tied the game, 35-35, with 6:32 to play.

Dover took the lead for good 16 seconds later on a baseline jumper from Snyder.

Down three in the closing seconds, Township's Cory Stoltz had two cracks at potential game-tying treys, but came up empty on both.

"They just held the ball and made us work for a minute at a time sometimes," said Kreider. "They made it a real short game."

They also made it a painfully long offseason for the Blue Streaks.