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This page
from 2016 includes stories about 87 "Our Guys" who advanced to the
NFL, NBA or MLB. Fifteen stories were added in 2020, bringing the
total to 102.
Story Time album is
here.
Huck's stats for Catholic League football teams can be found at
easternpafootbll.com.
**Ed "Huck" Palmer is doing full
boxscores for CL basketball games on the Archdiocese website,
aopathletics.org. Follow him on twitter (@huckpalmer) to find the
assorted links.**
Huck's CL team/individual stats leaders are
here.
As are team-by-team stats.
PIAA PLAYOFF BRACKETS .
. .
Class 3A
--
Class 4A --
Class 5A --
Class 6A
July
30
MaxPreps has named the top high
school baseball teams, all time, in all 50 states. The No.1 spot in
Pennsylvania goes to Malvern's 2008 squad. Click
here.
July
29
RIP, Cliff Anderson. The St. Joe's
all-timer and former NBA/ABA player, an Edison grad, passed away
Monday. Click
here.
July
28
Penn Charter grad and former Phillies
executive David Montgomery (RIP) received a lifetime achievement
award Sunday at the Hall of Fame. His wife, Lynn. accepted/spoke.
Click
here for the video.
July
24
Kevin "Sparky" Cooney made his first
sports splash as a student manager for coach Bill Fox (RIP). Click
here for his memories in the Northeast Times.
Click
here for John Knebels' story on Joe Parisi's great
career as La Salle High's athletic director ... and how he's going
forward.
July
22
Paul Romanczuk is now the basketball
coach at Malvern, his original high school. He coached at Carroll,
his alma mater, through 2018. Click
here.
July
19
RIP, Bill Fox. Bill, who coached
Father Judge's basketball team to 545 wins and three Catholic League
championships over 29 seasons, passed away last night. Click
here
for a Tribute Page. And
here
for a list of the Winningest Coaches. Obit is
here.
July
16
Another draftee: Wake Forest C Shane
Muntz (Malvern) by Arizona in the 15th round (No. 438). He was also
drafted out of Malvern. Thanks to Ted Rauch for the heads-up.
July
15
RIP, Ivan Hicks. Ivan, a football
player for West Catholic, passed away during an informal session
involving WC and Coatesville. Click
here.
July
14
Other draftees: Villanova P Jimmy
Kingsbury (Malvern) by Seattle in the 17th round (No. 504); Penn
State P Kyle Virbitsky (Episcopal) by Oakland in the 17th round (No.
518). If you know of others . . .
tedtee307@yahoo.com.
July
12
Congrats to recent Malvern grad
Lonnie White. The OF was selected in the second round (No. 64;
competitive balance B portion) of the MLB draft by the Pittsburgh
Pirates. He is also a Penn State football recruit.
July
9
Major congrats to Mark Hueber, a
former website writer and basketball player at SJ Prep. He's now an
assistant to Lafayette coach Fran O'Hanlon!!
Strange times at Little Flower HS. Only in the Pub worthy. Click
here for Joe Mason's story.
June
27
Major congrats to Jessica Gray, the
sister of forever website stalwart Jon "Duck" Gray!! Jessica, a
product of Germantown Friends and Temple, is now Co-Executive
Director of Player Engagement for the Detroit Lions. She works with
the rookies on their transition to the NFL Most recently she was the
assistant athletic director at Texas Tech. Best of luck, Jessica!!
June 20
After pitching for 10 years in
independent baseball, Ryan grad Kevin McGovern is now with the
Cardinals' AA quad. Click
here for Joe Mason's story.
June
16
RIP, Jim Phelan. Mr. Phelan, after
playing basketball for La Salle College, coached Mount St. Mary (MD)
for 49 seasons (830 wins, one D-II national title). He passed away
last night at age 92. Click here for
obit.
June 15
Best wishes going forward to Joe
Parisi, La Salle High's former baseball coach and forever athletic
director. In his new role at La Salle, Joe will schedule summer
service trips for 175 students to four states and nine countries.
June
14
Alumnus Bill Wasylenko
('69) has completed his second almanac on La Salle High football.
There is a page for each season and special pages for lists. The
book includes 144 pages and en estimated 2,300 pictures. The book
costs $25.00 and will be sold at La Salle games, scrimmages, parent
gatherings, etc.
The book is also available by mail; add $5 to each order, no matter
the number of books, to handle processing. Make checks payable to La
Salle College High School and please include your email address.
Send to Bill Wasylenko, 121 Kelsey Drive, Lansdale, PA 19446. Send
questions to Bill at
explorerfb@gmail.com.
Thank you! . . . Front cover is
here.
Back cover is
here.
June
13
**Click
here
for a John McArdle (RIP) Tribute Page.** It details John's career as
an umpire and basketball coach.
Best wishes going forward to N-G basketball assistant Pat Sorrentino, who
is bouncing back from a serious health issue.
June
8
Almost four decades after starring in
basketball for Ben Franklin, Ed Robinson is still taking on
challenges. And winning! Click
here.
June 6
Best wishes going forward to Ed
Barkowitz. Ed, long a provider of interesting nuggets for the
Daily News, has accepted a buyout.
June
4
RIP, George "Buddy" Kline. Buddy, who
reffed in the ol' American Basketball Association and then for a
long time in the Catholic League, passed away recently.
Check out
this nugget from March 25, then return to read a
response from forever Ryan football assistant Rick Eife.
Small
world! Wally Boehmer, Frankford's only scorer
that day is my uncle, my mom's older
brother. Wally was a really nice guy; he was in
the Coast Guard during WWII, stationed in
Atlantic City for most of his time. He came back
to Philly and started a career with Curtis
Publishing until his retirement in the 60's. He
and his wife retired to Sunrise, Florida and his
youngest daughter, my cousin Cindy played
basketball for Florida State. I haven't had much
contact with them since Wally passed away about
fifteen years ago but I'll make every effort to
share this; I think his grandchildren would be
thrilled to see it.
June
2
RIP, Bob Ewing, Bob, who coached
O'Hara to two CL football championships and 116 wins over 16 seasons
(1975-90), passed away recently.
Alumnus Chris Roantree is Judge's new basketball coach. Click
here.
Penn Charter's list of major sports
captains has been updated. One more added. Click
here.
June 1
Click
here for the updated
list of "Our Guys" on All-Big 5 teams.
May
30
Click
here for a pic of legendary
George Washington
football coach Ron Cohen and four of his stars.
May
28
Playing catch-up with draft files . .
.
**Philadelphia's first-round draftees
**All Philly NFL draftees, 1974-forward
May
20
RIP, Jim Fenerty. Jim, the
second winningest basketball coach in city history, passed away last
night. Click
here.
Click
here
for Drew Markol's obit. Click
here
for Celebration Page.
Welcome back to Roman
Catholic basketball coach Chris McNesby, who has replaced Matt
Griffin. In his first stint as Roman's coach, Chris won 168 games
and 2 CL championships over 8 seasons.
May
18
In his 32nd season as Penn
Charter's only varsity softball coach, Doc Mittica bagged career win
400 with a 4-2 triumph over SCH Academy on May 7 . . . pic by John
Burkhart is
here.
May
6
RIP, Michael "Streets" Shalon.
Mike, a staunch supporter of Bonner-P basketball and the father of
'03 starter Mike Shalon, passed away recently. Obit is
here.
April 25
RIP Ed Hoban, a basketball
captain at Roman Catholic (1971) and Philadelphia Textile (1975)
passed away recently. Obit is
here.
April 22
Best wishes going forward to Judge
grad Ryan Nace, who is no longer the football coach at Cheltenham
High.
April 20
Best wishes going forward to Sean Tait, who is no longer Father
Judge's basketball coach. Click
here
for Joe Mason's story.
In
2004, Jadrien "J.J." Reynolds suffered a serious neck injury while
playing in a football scrimmage for George Washington High.
Now he is attempting to buy a handicapped accessible van.
Please visit the
Go Fund Me page and help if you can.
Thank you.
La Salle High graduate Darnell Artis is having the time of his life
playing for the Harlem Globetrotters. Click
here.
April 19
Obit for John McArdle (RIP) is
here.
April 18
The All-Star Labor Classic will be
played today at Ridley High. Click
here for
the website.
April 16
Most
overall/Catholic/Inter-AC files on the
basketball history page
have been updated.
April 13
Wood's Rahsool Diggins
owns a lofty spot a special list. Click
here.
April 12
The All-City basketball players have been added to the all-time
list.
First Names from
A to C
First Names from D to G
First Names
from H to J
First Names from K to M
First Names
from N to R
First Names
from S to Z
April 11
Quite the dandy, double-duty display. . . John
Westfield (Father Judge) recorded ten strikeouts on
the mound then drove to the football game and bagged five points
with a FG and two PAT.
April 10
RIP, John McArdle. John, who in 1992
coached the basketball team at his alma mater, Chestnut Hill Academy
to its first Inter-Ac championship since 1933, has passed away. He
won two more titles at CHA. He was also a prominent high
school/college baseball umpire. Obit is
here.
April 9
Click
here
for the for the 2020-21
All-City Basketball Team, as selected by Randy Miller Jr.,
owner/director of The Miller Report.
April 8
Check back tomorrow for the 2020-21
All-City Basketball Team, as selected by Randy Miller Jr.,
owner/director of The Miller Report.
April 2
Thanks to stellar effort by Tom Taylor
and Ed "Huck" Palmer, the updated scoring pages for Catholic League
basketball teams, past and present, can be accessed right here . . .
B-P
-
Carr
-
C-E
-
Devon
-
Dough
-
Judge
-
Ken/K-K
-
Lans
-
La S -
McD
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North -
O'Hara
-
Roman -
Ryan
-
SC/Neum/N-G
-
St. J
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SJP
-
STM -
West
--Wood.
Click
here for a list of
coaches' All-Catholic players, 1941-forward, listed by school and
team (first, second, third). Scoring averages included.
April 1
Well, he has completed more
amazing work. Click
here
for Ed "Huck" Palmer's All-Catholic Basketball Team and special
awards in multiple categories. Thanks again, Huck!! Take more bows.
Ex-Roman coach Matt Griffin has
already made an impact at D-1 Albany. Click here for Josh Verlin's
story.
March 31
The All-Star Labor Classic will be
played April 18 at Ridley High. Click
here for
the website.
March 30
RIP, Walt Fuller. Walt, a first team
All-City basketball player for Bonner in 1982, passed away last
night. He played college ball at Drexel (team MVP in 1986; 1,159
career points) and assisted at multiple colleges.
**Click
here for the updated
list of 1,000-Point Scorers.**
**Click here
for the Overall Scoring Leaders, 2021.**
**Click
here for the Overall Scoring Leaders, 2000 through
2021 seasons.**
March 29
Click
here
for Ed "Huck" Palmer's list of final Catholic League team/individual
basketball stats. You won't believe the depth. Every category
imaginable. Thanks, Huck! Please take a few bows.
March 28
Click
here for the
Reading-Wood recap and be prepared to learn some significant info
about how close
Wood
came to an all-time accomplishment.
March 27
6A final, Wood vs. Reading, can be
watched
here. Wood fell, 58-57, and finished the season at
19-1.
Ryan-CP recap is
here.
March 26
Ryan vs. Erie Cathedral Prep can be
watched
here. . . . Ryan fell, 69-49.
March 25
Click
here for programs for the boys/girls PIAA
championship games.
Click
here for: Never Know What Amazing Nugget You'll Find
While Searching for Something Else.
March 24
Click
here for a story on Wood's win over Lower Merion.
State finals at GIANT Center, in Hershey: Ryan vs. Erie Cathedral Prep,
Friday, 7:30, in 5A; Wood vs. Reading, Saturday, 7:30, in 6A.
March 23
RIP, Vincent A. "Jimmy
the Jet" Panetta. Jimmy, the "forever" assistant to former Malvern
Prep football coach Gamp Pellegrini, passed away recently. Obit is
here.
6A semi: Wood beat Lower Merion, 72-68. All five starters scored in
double figures. Marcus Randolph (24) and Rahsool Diggins (16) led
the way. Recap
is
here.
**Click
here for the Coaches' All-Catholic Basketball Team
and special congrats to the repeat MVP,
Wood sr. G Rahsool Diggins,
and the Speedy Morris Coach of the Year,
Devon
Prep's Jason Fisher.**
Recap of Ryan's semifinal win over Chester is
here.
March 22
Ryan beat Chester, 84-63. Aaron
Lemon-Warren shot 15-for-17 en route to 36 points; most ever by a
visiting player in a playoff in Chester's gym. Christian Tomasco (26
points) shot an even higher percentage (12-for-13). Dominic Vazquez
recorded 13 assists.
Schedule for semis: tonight, 7
o'clock, Ryan at Chester in 5A; tomorrow, 7 o'clock, Wood at Lower
Merion in 6A.
Recaps for all three quarterfinals
involving CL teams are
here.
March 20
Wood (6A) won in today's state
quarterfinal (70-56 over Allentown William Allen). Marcus Randolph
led the way with 23 points.
Ryan (5A) won in last night's state
quarterfinals. Carroll (4A) did not. Recaps are
here.
March 19
Click
here for another look at the way NYC's Tom Konchalski
(RIP) influenced college basketball.
Stats for CL teams in City Titles are
posted
here. 3A through 6A. Thanks to Ed "Huck" Palmer.
March 18
Best wishes going forward to Matt
Griffin. He has stepped down as Roman's basketball coach to become a
college assistant at Albany.
Stats for CL teams in City Titles are
being posted
here. 4A so far.
March 17
**Links to updated I-A basketball individual scoring pages:
EA
-
GA
-
HS
-
MP
-
PC
-
CHA/SCH
(Career totals for all I-A scorers, 1969-2021, listed at bottom
of pages for each school; overall list is
here.)
. . . Thanks to Joe Redican (MP) and Ed Foley (PC) for their
hustle.**
March 16
Click
here for Ed Morlock's story on Wood's triumph. And
here for Josh Verlin's.
March 15
Wood beat Roman, 68-59, for the
championship.
Tonight's CL boys basketball final (7
o'clock) can be watched
here.
March 14
Roman and Wood were the winners in
the CL boys semifinals. They'll meet for the championship March
15, 7 p.m., at Cardinal O'Hara.
Wood and O'Hara were the winners in the CL girls semifinals. They'll meet
for the championship today, 4 p.m., at Archbishop Carroll.
March 11
Catholic League semifinals . . .
Saturday, March, 13 . . . Ryan (4) at
Wood (1), 6 p.m.; Devon Prep (3) vs. Roman (2), 2:30, at Salvation
Army, Broad and Fairmount (701 N. Broad Street).
March 9
Click
here for
the latest pic of Penn Charter's new athletics facility. By John
Burkhart.
To honor the late
Dick Allen,
the Phillies this season will wear a No. 15 patch on their uniforms.
March 8
RIP, Phil DeMarco. Phil, a first team
All-Public pitcher for Southern in 1973 and '74, passed away
recently.
Click
here for a story about Cincinnati Reds OF prospect
Michael Siani (Penn Charter)
and his baseball-crazy family.
March 6
Holy Ghost Prep coach Tony Chapman
now owns 900 career wins. Click
here. (His JV coach, Jack "In the Box" Crouse, is a
La Salle High grad and wrote highly entertaining reports for this
website.)
March 5
RIP, Steve Chapman. Steve, the
basketball coach at his alma mater, Bishop McDevitt, for four
seasons (1967-70), passed away this morning.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the
Penn Relays have again been canceled.
March 4
Are you a former Public League
athlete? Join the Philadelphia Public League Alumni Athletic
Association to connect with friends, former rivals, etc. Former King
football player Jo-Van Rogers is the organization's president and he
may be reached at
jo-van.rogers@temple.edu.
The Pub's website is
here.
"I Played in the Pub", the group's Facebook page, is
here
March 3
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the
2021 Albert C. Donofrio Basketball Tournament has been canceled.
Feb. 26
RIP, Damon Bethel. Damon, the top LB on
the 1988 All-City Football Team, passed away recently. The
Roxborough grad played in college at Miami.
Malvern enters the season as Pennsylvania's top baseball team. Click
here.
Feb. 25
Congrats to Lionel Bolen, the new
football coach at
Eastern
Regional.
He played at Rancocas Valley and Notre Dame and assisted ER's
previous coach, John Doherty. Story is
here.
Feb. 24
RIP, Bill Hayes. Bill, a basketball assistant at
North Catholic under Jeo Rapczynski , Pete Bilinsky and Brother Jim
Williams, passed away recently. Obit is
here.
Feb. 23
RIP, Mike Hannigan. Mike, who
assisted basketball coach Jim Fenerty across four decades at the ol'
Bishop Egan and Germantown Academy, passed away yesterday. In 2012,
Mike filled in for six games as GA's coach as Jim addressed a health
issue. Obit is
here.
Feb. 22
Jim Crawford, whose son, Kevin, is the
basketball coach at
Eastern
Regional
High, owns a spot on a special Philly/D-I list, as offered by former
Daily News stats stalwart Boop Vetrone. Click
here.
Eastern
Regional
senior Tazir Cantey is making the most
of his shortened season. Click
here.
Feb. 19
Click
here for info
on this year's All Star Labor Basketball Classic.
Feb, 15
Roman product Lynn Greer, now in
prep school, will play college hoops at Dayton. Click
here.
Feb. 13
RIP, Matt Evangelist. Matt, who
starred in football (QB) and baseball (INF) at Frankford (Class of
1986), passed away recently. Obit is
here. Joe Mason's story is
here.
A GoFundMe page is
here.
Feb. 11
On March 26, Cheltenham will play Father Judge in a “United 10” Fall
Alternate Football Season. In what may be a record Cheltenham will
have seven “Our Guys” on staff.
Head Coach - Ryan Nase (Father Judge)
Defensive Coordinator- Kyle Yeiter (Central)
Outside LB - Mike Yeiter (Central)
Inside LB- Paul Bryant (Cardinal Dougherty)
Defensive Tackles - Jim Fitzgerald (Father Judge)
Offensive Assistant - David Thomas (Simon Gratz)
Quarterbacks - Derek Talley (Father Judge)
Feb. 10
RIP, John Fenningham Sr. John, who
starred in football at Judge (Class of 1972) and assisted primarily
at Judge and Penn Charter, passed away recently. Click
here
for an obit.
Best wishes going forward to
Episcopal grad Dave Magarity,
who is retiring as the women's basketball coach at Army. His
daughter, Maureen, is the coach at Holy Cross, and the teams met
recently. Click
here.
Feb. 9
RIP, Jay Norman. Mr. Norman, basketball
star at Mastbaum and Temple, passed away recently. In 1952, he
earned first team coaches' All-Public honors and the school would
not have another first teamer until 1972.
Click
here
for Donald Hunt's obit.
RIP, Tom Konchalski. Mr. Konchalski, a NYC resident and giant among
basketball talent scouts, passed away yesterday. Click
here for an obit. and
here for another.
Feb. 8
Major congrats to former Temple coach
Bruce Arians, who last night guided Tampa Bay to victory in the
Super Bowl! Among his chief assistants: defensive coordinator Todd
Bowles and special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong; Keith was an
All-City RB at the ol' Bishop Egan ('81). Both played at Temple.
Click
here for Paul Domowitch's story.
Jan. 29
RIP, John Chaney. Mr. Chaney, who
earned a spot in the Basketball HOF primarily off his coaching
success at Temple, passed away today at age 89. He starred at Ben
Franklin and coached at Gratz. Click
here for a story.
Jan. 26
Episcopal grad Wayne Ellington
owns an "Our Guys" NBA record . . . Most Franchises Played
For. Detroit is No. 9 for Wayne in 12 seasons and this is his second
stint with the Pistons. Tied for second at eight:
Roman's Rasual Butler,
Strawberry Mansion's Ronald Murray
and
Dobbins' Doug Overton.
Jan. 22
Best wishes going forward to Pat
McLoone, who will no longer serve as the managing editor/sports for
the Daily News/Inquirer and inquirer.com. Pat played hoops at
La Salle High
and in 1977 averaged 12.3 points in Catholic North play. Quite the
wing sniper, he led the Explorers with 17 points in a pre-playoff
loss to Dougherty.The leader of that La Salle team was current Iowa
coach Fran McCaffery.
Jan. 21
Click
here for Joe Mason's great story on now-retired
Dougherty/Fels basketball coach Mark Heimerdinger.
Jan. 19
Click
here for a
team pic of
Eastern
Regional's
2020-21 basketball varsity. IDs now added.
Jan. 12
Major congrats to
Neumann-Goretti product Christian Barmore,
a soph DL at Alabama. He won defensive MVP honors in the national
championship game! Click
here
for an interview.
Jan. 8
Mike Keenan, who played for Mark
Heimerdinger at Cardinal Dougherty in 1989, has replaced the
now-retired "Ding" as the basketball coach at Fels. He coached Fels'
JV for the previous eight seasons, was a boys assistant at Friends
Select 2005-12, the girls varsity at Kennedy-Kenrick in 2001-02, and
the girls JV at K-K from '97 through '02. Best of luck, Mike.
Jan. 5
RIP Mike Mayock Sr. Mr. Mayock, who won
83 games and four Inter-Ac football titles over 19 seasons at Mavern
Prep/Haverford School, has passed away. His son, Mike Jr., is the
general manager of the Las Vegas Raiders. Click
here.
Major congrats to
La Salle High grad Jimmy Morrissey,
who was won a prestigious national award for his football
accomplishment at Pitt. Click
here.
Jan, 3
Click
here
for John Burkhart's early-construction pic of Penn Charter's new
athletic facility,
Jan. 1
**Happy New
Year!!**
Dec. 31
RIP, John "Jack" Wallin. Mr. Wallin,
who in 1951 earned game MVP honors while leading St, Thomas More to
the basketball City Title, passed away recently. Click
here.
Click
here for a
classic Wilt Chamberlain Overbrook pic, as found by Craig Conlin.
Thanks!
Dec. 29
Congrats to Roman/Penn State grad
Lamar Stevens,
who yesterday scored his first NBA points for the Cleveland
Cavaliers. He's now on
this list.
Dec. 25
Merry
Christmas!!
Dec. 24
How cool is this?!
North Catholic's
1967-68 JV basketball team, which earned national acclaim when,
while filling in for the suspended varsity, it beat McDevitt in a
Catholic League quarterfinal at the Palestra, could be inducted itno
the Naismith Basketball HOF in 2021. Major props to former player
and coach Joe Rapczynski, whose book about this team helped to put
it on the doorstep.
Dec. 20
Click
here for a story on Buffalo Bills coach
Sean McDermott
from his playing days at La Salle. And
here
for pics from 2009, when Sean was hired as the Eagles' defensive
coordinator.
Dec. 19
Click
here for Ed Barkowitz' great story on "Our Guys"
rookie NFL head coaches
Kevin Stefanski (SJ Prep,
Cleveland Browns) and
Joe Judge (Lansdale
Catholic, New
York Giants).
Dec. 17
Congrats to
Eastern
Regional
jr. Ryleigh Heck, the SJ field hockey Player of the Year. Click
here,
And to rookie Alexandra Marshall, the Coach of the Year. Click
here.
Dec. 11
Great news via Bob Dillon and Dan
Solis-Cohen. . . Two
Philly guys, Jeff Maconaghy and George Geiss, will be working
tomorrow's Army-Navy game. Congrats!
Dec. 8
RIP, Bill Clausen. Bill, football coach
at West Philadelphia 1973-89 and then the defensive coordinator at
Frankford , passed away recently.
Dec . 7
RIP, Dick Allen. The Phillies' all-time
slugger, who should be in the HOF, passed away today.
RIP, John Smallwood. John, long a
sports writer/sport columnist for the Daily News, passed away
yesterday.
Dec, 4
Check out these SJ Prep football
files . . .
SJ Prep 2020
Tribute Page
*SJ Prep's Football History
*SJ Prep's Individual Scoring
*SJ Prep's Game-by-Game Results
. .
. Click
here for previous ALERTS!! . . .
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