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NFL, NBA or MLB. Fifteen stories were added in 2020, bringing the
total to 102.
Story Time album is
here.
Ongoing . . .
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here
for Ed "Huck" Palmer's statistical coverage of Catholic League
football on easternpafootball.com -- TEAM PAGES, leader boards, etc.
TEAM PAGES for Penn Charter and Malvern now included.
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for Huck's All-Catholic football teams -- Overall, Red, Blue.**
Huck's CL team/individual stats leaders for 2020-21 basketball are
here.
As are team-by-team stats, leader boards in many categories.
Click
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rosters for Catholic/Inter-Ac teams. (All rosters now posted.
Thanks!)
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basketball are
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here.
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accessed
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for the 2021-22 All-City Basketball Team; courtesy of Randy Miller /
The Miller Report. And the All=State Basketball Teams, selected by
Pennsylvania Sports Writers.
May 17
Best wishes going forward to umpire
extraordinaire (and person) Gene Otto, who worked Catholic League
games for 46 years and assigned the crews for 31! He soon will be
inducted into the CL Hall of Fame. Major congrats, Gene!
Click
here for Matt Breen's story on Wood super-runner Gary
Martin.
Pub Tedbit
A look at semis/finals results for
two of the top coaches in city history, Gratz' Bill Ellerbee (20
years) and West Philly's Joe Goldenberg (21 years). .
.
Simon Gratz / Bill
Ellerbee |
West Phila. / Joe
Goldenberg |
Semis |
W-L |
Finals |
W-L |
Top Honoree |
Semis |
W-L |
Finals |
W-L |
Top Honoree |
1984 |
L 14 |
|
|
|
1971 |
W 19 |
1971 |
L 21 |
|
1985 |
L 1 |
|
|
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1974 |
W 4 |
1974 |
W 2 |
Tim Smith |
1986 |
L 2 |
|
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1975 |
W 2 |
1975 |
W 22 |
Tim Smith |
1989 |
W 13 |
1989 |
L 9 |
|
1976 |
W 22 |
1976 |
W 11 |
Gene Banks |
1990 |
W 17 |
1990 |
W 20 |
Aaron McKie |
1977 |
W 37 |
1977 |
W 10 |
Gene Banks |
1991 |
W 44 |
1991 |
W 14 |
Rasheed Wallace |
1978 |
W 26 |
1978 |
W 12 |
Eggy Tillman |
1992 |
W 40 |
1992 |
L 13 |
|
1979 |
L 4 |
|
|
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1993 |
W 20 |
1993 |
W 18 |
Rasheed Wallace |
1983 |
W 4 |
1983 |
L 3 |
|
1994 |
W 25 |
1994 |
*W |
Lynard Stewart |
1986 |
L 7 |
|
|
|
1995 |
W 21 |
1995 |
L 1 |
|
1987 |
W 5 |
1987 |
L 9 |
|
1996 |
W 2 |
1996 |
L 6 |
|
1988 |
W 3 |
1988 |
L 7 |
|
1997 |
W 16 |
1997 |
W 22 |
Marvin O'Connor |
1990 |
L 17 |
|
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1998 |
L 5 |
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1999 |
W 19 |
1999 |
L 6 |
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2000 |
W 11 |
2000 |
L 11 |
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2001 |
W 30 |
2001 |
W 6 |
Michael Cuffee |
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12-4 |
|
6-6 |
*awarded title
after |
|
9-3 |
|
5-4 |
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FLC was found to
have |
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used ineligible
players |
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May 16
*Click
here
for a page that celebrates the 53-year career of sports media giant
Ray Didinger, who soon will retire. Ray did it all while remaining
the nicest man you could ever hope to meet!_
Big day last Friday for Penn
Charter vs. rival Germantown Academy.
Aidan Mehta
hammered a walkoff grand slam to lead the baseball team to victory
and
Colin Michener,
in OT, thanks to a steal and open-net goal, lifted the lacrosse team
to victory. Colin is about to become a third generation PC grad.
Time for a Chuck Langerman Chuckbit.
A Cheltenham grad has caused Embiid's devastation. Click
here.
Pub
Tedbit
You should have known this one: My first Public League Tedbit would be
focused on Wilt Chamberlain. Some of you might have learned through
the years that his three biggest outbursts were 90, 74 and 71 points
and that all three took place versus Roxborough. As you'll see
below, thanks to numbers nailed down long ago by Tom Taylor, Wilt
also posted 59 vs. Dobbins and hit every number from 49 on down to
24 except for 27. Pretty amazing. Overall, in three varsity seasons
(ninth grade was part of junior high back then), he scored 46.9
percent of the Hilltoppers' points.
Wilt Chamberlain's Game Totals at Overbrook
High With Percentage of Team's Points |
Pts |
Opponent |
Pct. |
Year |
Pts |
Opponent |
Pct. |
Year |
Pts |
Opponent |
Pct. |
Year |
90 |
Roxborough |
73.2 |
1955 |
41 |
West Phila. |
53.2 |
1954 |
31 |
Lawrenceville (NJ) |
45.6 |
1953 |
74 |
Roxborough |
58.3 |
1955 |
41 |
West Phila. |
55.4 |
1954 |
30 |
Bok |
44.1 |
1953 |
71 |
Roxborough |
62.3 |
1954 |
41 |
St. Thomas More |
46.6 |
1955 |
30 |
Dobbins |
42.9 |
1953 |
59 |
Dobbins |
52.2 |
1955 |
40 |
Southern |
50 |
1953 |
29 |
Roxborough |
32.6 |
1953 |
49 |
Northeast |
58.3 |
1954 |
40 |
Dobbins |
43 |
1954 |
29 |
West Phila. |
46 |
1953 |
48 |
West Phila. |
70.6 |
1955 |
40 |
Northeast |
66.7 |
1954 |
29 |
West Catholic |
67.4 |
1953 |
48 |
Bok |
57.8 |
1955 |
39 |
Central |
44.3 |
1953 |
29 |
Mastbaum |
31.9 |
1954 |
47 |
Gratz |
46.1 |
1954 |
38 |
Southern |
42.2 |
1955 |
28 |
Roxborough |
29.2 |
1954 |
47 |
Franklin |
49.5 |
1955 |
37 |
Lincoln |
41.1 |
1955 |
26 |
Gratz |
29.2 |
1955 |
46 |
McKeesport |
61.3 |
1955 |
36 |
Dobbins |
65.4 |
1953 |
25 |
Allentown |
48.1 |
1954 |
45 |
South Catholic |
54.9 |
1954 |
36 |
Olney |
43.9 |
1953 |
24 |
South Catholic |
35.8 |
1953 |
45 |
St. Thomas More |
52.9 |
1954 |
35 |
Roxborough |
42.2 |
1953 |
24 |
Mastbaum |
32.4 |
1953 |
45 |
Olney |
53 |
1955 |
35 |
Lincoln |
48.6 |
1953 |
24 |
Franklin |
32.9 |
1953 |
44 |
Central |
47.3 |
1954 |
35 |
West Catholic |
42.2 |
1955 |
20 |
Bok |
29.4 |
1954 |
44 |
West Phila. |
56.4 |
1955 |
34 |
Northeast |
47.9 |
1953 |
19 |
Germantown |
31.1 |
1953 |
43 |
West Phila. |
60.6 |
1954 |
34 |
Dobbins |
40.4 |
1954 |
19 |
Haverford School |
26.4 |
1953 |
42 |
Bartram |
58.3 |
1954 |
33 |
Farrell |
56.9 |
1955 |
18 |
Gratz |
26.9 |
1953 |
42 |
South Catholic |
44.7 |
1955 |
33 |
West Phila. |
42.3 |
1955 |
16 |
Germantown |
17.2 |
1955 |
42 |
Dobbins |
51.2 |
1955 |
32 |
Franklin |
44.4 |
1953 |
12 |
Frankford |
21.8 |
1954 |
41 |
West Phila. |
47.7 |
1953 |
32 |
South Catholic |
43.2 |
1954 |
|
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May 15
Virginia Tech RB Raheem Blackshear
(Wood) has signed a free agent contract with the Buffalo Bills.
May 14
In today's CL track championships, Wood sr. Gary Martin became the
first Pennsylvania kid to clock under 4 minutes in the mile
(3:57.98). Major congrats! Click
here.
As the video coordinator, former SJ
Prep player Mark Hueber has joined the staff of La Salle
University's new basketball coach, Fran Dunphy. Click
here. Even in grade school, Mark wrote hoops reports
for this website.
Click
here
for his efforts in 2007. Best of luck, Mark!
No Tedbit today/tomorrow. See ya Monday for the first Pub Tedbit. Thanks.
May 13
Click
here for a
pic of special honoree Mark Heimerdinger from last night's
Northeast Times Awards Banquet.
Tedbt
Below is the Inter-Ac's version of yesterday's list. The leader at
7.3 is Germantown Academy's Craig White from '87 to '88. Two
teammates also make an appearance -- Malvern's Deuce Turner and
Rahdir Hicks in 2019 and '20.
Biggest Point Drops From Jnnior to Senior Year for
Players Who Remained First Team All-Inter-Ac Honorees
|
Name |
School |
Jr. |
G |
Pts |
PPG |
Sr. |
G |
Pts |
PPG |
Drop |
Craig White |
GA |
1987 |
10 |
231 |
23.1 |
1988 |
9 |
142 |
15.8 |
7.3 |
Deuce Turner |
MP |
2019 |
10 |
255 |
25.5 |
2020 |
10 |
211 |
21.1 |
4.4 |
Ollie Powers |
PC |
1955 |
10 |
208 |
20.8 |
1956 |
9 |
150 |
16.7 |
4.1 |
Kharon Randolph |
HS |
2017 |
10 |
187 |
18.7 |
2018 |
10 |
149 |
14.9 |
3.8 |
John Mangan |
HS |
1954 |
10 |
169 |
16.9 |
1955 |
10 |
131 |
13.1 |
3.8 |
Hank Stringer |
HS |
1965 |
14 |
258 |
18.4 |
1966 |
14 |
204 |
14.6 |
3.8 |
Gordy Bryan |
MP |
1977 |
10 |
175 |
17.5 |
1978 |
10 |
142 |
14.2 |
3.3 |
Nick Lindner |
GA |
2012 |
10 |
145 |
14.5 |
2013 |
7 |
79 |
11.3 |
3.2 |
Rahdir Hicks |
MP |
2019 |
10 |
149 |
14.9 |
2020 |
10 |
118 |
11.8 |
3.1 |
May 12
**Note from Ted: At some point next
week, I will shift the focus of Tedbits to Public Leagye basketball.
Please tell your friends. (The first one will feature some tall guy
from Overbrook -- smile).**
B-P's baseball team beat La Salle to
clinch first place. Click
here.
Congrats to Lansdale Catholic softball coach Paul Suder, who now owns 300
vistories!
Tedbit
If you checked the boxscores each day in the 1967-68 basketball
season, you had to figure O'Hara's Joe Hazinsky was miserable. He'd
averaged 21.9 points in the previous campaign while earning first
team All-Catholic honors, but now his numbers were falling and darn
near plummeting. What was the deal? Fighting an injury and/or
sickness? Saddled with some knuckleheaded teammates? Nope, the team
was better, much better, and Hazinsky did not have to pump away. His
final average was 13.6 and he again made first team All-Catholic.
Oh, and there was this: O'Hara won the CL championship in just its
fourth season of participation! Future NBA player Tom Ingelsby, a
junior. was one of the starters. The list below shows average dips
of at least three points for CL first-teamers from junior to senior
season. Hazinsky played college ball at St. Francis (PA) and owns a
spot in the school’s Athletics HOF. Congrats!
Biggest Point Drops From Jnnior to Senior Year for
Players Who Remained First Team All-Catholic Honorees
|
Name |
School |
Jr. |
G |
Pts |
PPG |
Sr. |
G |
Pts |
PPG |
Drop |
Joe Hazinsky |
O'Hara |
1967 |
14 |
307 |
21.9 |
1968 |
14 |
191 |
13.6 |
8.3 |
Derrick Stewart |
Neum.-Gor. |
2011 |
13 |
172 |
13.2 |
2012 |
13 |
92 |
7.1 |
6.1 |
Shep Garner |
Roman |
2013 |
13 |
216 |
16.6 |
2014 |
13 |
158 |
12.2 |
4.4 |
Reggie Redding |
SJ Prep |
2005 |
14 |
274 |
19.6 |
2006 |
14 |
220 |
15.7 |
3.9 |
Rafal Bigus |
Carroll |
1994 |
14 |
264 |
18.9 |
1995 |
14 |
212 |
15.1 |
3.8 |
Donald Kelly |
Roman |
1973 |
16 |
278 |
17.4 |
1974 |
16 |
228 |
14.3 |
3.1 |
Rashann London |
Roman |
2013 |
13 |
241 |
18.5 |
2014 |
13 |
200 |
15.4 |
3.1 |
Khalil Farmer |
Roman |
2021 |
10 |
198 |
19.8 |
2022 |
13 |
219 |
16.8 |
3.0 |
May 11
Tedbit
Oh, what happened to the good, ol' days, especially with regard to
the McDonald's All-Ameriacn Game? No game was played in 1977, but an
all-star team was selected and West Philly's Gene Banks was on it.
The game made its debut in '78 and was played at Philly's old
Spectrum and two "Our Guys" were participants -- West Philly's
Clarence "Eggy" Tillman and Roman's Reggie Jackson. The good vibes
continued through Five of the next eight tussles and then . . . ugh.
"Our Guys" have appeared in just five more games and just one has
done so since 2009. Here are performance breakdowns.
1978 -- Reggie Jackson, Roman Catholic, and Clarence "Eggy"
Tillman, West Philadelphia. Jackson shot 4-for-14 for nine points
and had five assists. Tillman shot 3-for-9 for seven points and had
three rebounds.
1979 -- Horace "Pappy" Owens, Murrell Dobbins Tech. Owens shot
9-for-17 for 18 points and had three assists.
1980 -- Lonnie McFarlan, Roman Catholic. McFarlan shot 6-for-13
for 13 points.
1983 -- Dallas Comegys, Roman Catholic. Comegys had six points,
16 rebounds and six blocks.
1985 -- Jerome "Pooh" Richardson, Ben Franklin, and Mark
Stevenson, Roman Catholic. Richardson shot 4-for-9 for 10 points and
had six assists. Stevenson shot 7-for-16 for 16 points.
1986 -- Barry Bekkedam, Archbishop Carroll. Bekkedam was held
scoreless in 8-plus minutes, shooting 0-for-3 from the floor and
0-for-4 at the line. (He contracted mono after scoring 37, 38 and 41
points in the final three regular season games. He missed the
playoffs and lost 15 pounds.)
1993 -- Rasheed Wallace, Simon Gratz. Wallace shot 4-for-7 for
nine points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
2000 -- Eddie Griffin, Roman Catholic. Griffin shot 7-for-16 for
19 points (two treys) while adding four rebounds and two blocks.
2006 -- Gerald Henderson and Wayne Ellington, both of Episcopal.
Henderson shot 6-for-10 (one trey) and 3-for-4 for 16 points.
Ellington shot 3-for-10 total and 2-for-8 on treys for eight points.
2009 -- Maalik Wayns, Roman Catholic. Shot 2-for-6 and 1-for-1
for five points. Also notched seven assists to just one turnover.
(He underwent right-knee meniscus surgery and missed nine
late-season games before returning for the finale, a first-round,
state-playoff loss. This game was played 3 1/2 weeks later.)
2017 -- Quade Green, Neumann-Goretti. Played 16 minutes off the
bench, shooting 4-for-12 (one trey) en route to nine points. Also
dished seven assists, but was guilty of the same number of
turnovers.
(Due to COVID, games were not played in 2020 and 2021.)
May 10
Linda Tait, mother of former Judge
basketball star/coach Sean Tait,
wrote a story this week for The Inquirer. Not sports, but we
forgive her (smile). Well worth the read. Could change your life.
Click
here.
Did you know? 2010 Caroll grad Vince Mostardi, who played there
for Paul Romanczuk, is getting excited for his second year as the
basketball coach at West Chester-Rustin. Year one produced a trip to
the District 1 playoffs.
Best of luck, Vince!
Tedbit
Back in the day, as oldheads like to say, Carroll's Barry Bekkedam
finished his season with quite the bang. In the 1985-86 season, he
broke the school record for points in three consecutive games with
37, 38 and 41 -- all in the CL Southern Division -- and finalized
his league average at 23.6 (14-330). The Patriots finished 10-4 for
second place and lost to O'Hara, 54-49, in the first round of the
playoffs. How'd Barry do? Can't score if you can't play. The
Canadian import was unavailable due to the flu, a strep throat and a
touch of mono. Alas, touch became full-blown and by the time Barry
suited up for the McDonald's All-American Gane, he was a shell of
his former self, having lost 15 pounds. In eight-plus minutes, he
failed to score while shooting 0-for-3 from the floor and 0-for-4 at
the line. So rough. And things were difficult at Villanova also. In
three injury-riddled seasons he totaled 142 points and 116 rebounds,
then declined to play as a senior by "mutual agreement." In CL
history, just five players have scored at least 35 points in as many
as three league games. West's Michael Brooks (RIP) averaged 39.3 PPG
over those three performances in 1976. Averages for the others:
Bekkedam (38.7), West's Monroe Blakes (38.3 over four in ‘88).
Roman's Eddie Griffin (38.0 in ‘99) and St. Thomas More's Billy Hoy
(36.6 in ‘59). Barry was the only one to notch his outbursts in
succession to finish league play. Eddie (RIP) did all of his damage
as a junior. He and Michael played in the NBA.
CL Players With at Least 35 Points in League Play at Least
Three Times (Four for One) |
Name |
School |
Year |
Points |
Opponent |
Michael Brooks |
West |
1976 |
46 |
Bonner |
Eddie Griffin |
Roman |
1999 |
41 |
Carroll |
Barry Bekkedam |
Carroll |
1986 |
41 |
St. James |
Monroe Blakes |
West |
1988 |
41 |
Prep |
Monroe Blakes |
West |
1988 |
39 |
Carroll |
Eddie Griffin |
Roman |
1999 |
38 |
K-K |
Barry Bekkedam |
Carroll |
1986 |
38 |
West |
Billy Hoy |
ST More |
1959 |
38 |
Bonner |
Michael Brooks |
West |
1976 |
37 |
St. James |
Barry Bekkedam |
Carroll |
1986 |
37 |
Neumann |
Monroe Blakes |
West |
1988 |
37 |
Neumann |
Billy Hoy |
ST More |
1959 |
36 |
St. James |
Monroe Blakes |
West |
1988 |
36 |
Prep |
Eddie Griffin |
Roman |
1999 |
35 |
Prep |
Michael Brooks |
West |
1976 |
35 |
Prep |
Billy Hoy |
ST More |
1959 |
35 |
Judge |
May 9
Click
here and
here for stories on Ray Didinger's upcoming
retirement. (more below under May 8).
**Click
here
for special accomplishments by basketball players/teams from the six
Catholic League schools that have closed aince 1975 -- STM, SJ, CD,
BK/K-K, NC and BM.**
Just as he did at Germantown Academy,
Georgia's Kyle Garland still kicks track & field butt. Click
here.
Tedbit
In a league with only six teams, the size of the Inter-Ac since
1969, it's not THAT hard for a school to produce first team honorees
year after year after . . . Malvern did so for 21 through 1969 and
Germantown Academy slapped together a 14-year streak from 2004
through '17. But check out Penn Charter's 16-year accomplishment. It
goes waaaay back from '41 through '56 and the Quakers won 11
championships (two shared). Pretty cool.
Longest Streaks by School of Having First
Team All-Inter-Ac Honorees (Six Minimum) |
School |
Streak |
Span . . . |
Noteworthy |
|
Chest. Hill/SCH |
Seven |
1988-94 |
Paul Burke 2, Mike
Gizzi 2 |
Episcopal |
Eight |
1986-93 |
Eugene Burroghs 3 |
|
|
2013-20 |
Nick Alikakos 3 |
Gtn. Academy |
14 |
2004-17 |
Cameron Ayers 3,
Devon Goodman 3 |
Haverford School |
Seven |
2014-19 |
Levan "Shawn"
Alston 3, Kharon Randolph 3, Christian Ray 3 |
Malvern |
21 |
1969-89 |
Charlie Floyd 3,
Gordy Bryan 4, Gary Duda 3 |
Penn Charter |
16 |
1941-56 |
Three in 1943
(George Hauptfuhrer, Charlie MacFarland, George
|
|
|
|
George Burpee),
Drew Schaufler 3 |
May 8
While attending St. James High (in
Chester), Ray Didinger co-authored stories about his school for the
Delco Times. Click
here
and look near the bottom of the page (headline reads Classes to
Elect Officers Monday).
From Chuck Langerman . . . On the radio
this morning, forever sports writer/radio-TV commentator Ray
Didinger (St. James '64) announced he'll be retiring at the end of
May. Audio is
here . . . All the best, Ray! You've done EVERYthing so well for so
long! And have been admired by ALL.
"Our Guys" on Pennsylvania Sports
Writers' All-State Basketball Teams (seniors unless noted) . . .
Class 6A: First team, Daniel
Skillings (POY) and Xzayvier Brown, ir., Roman; Justin Moore, Wood.
Second team, Khalil Farmer, Roman, and Jalil Bethea, Wood, soph.
Third team: Sam Brown, La Salle. Co-Coach of the Year: Chris McNesby,
Roman.
Class 5A: First team, Justin Edwards, jr., (POY) and Rahmir Barno, jr.,
Imhotep; Thomas Sorber, Ryan, soph. Second team, Ahmad Nowell,
Imhotep, soph. Third team, Luke Boyd and Darren Williams, soph,
Ryan. Coach of the Year: Andre Noble, Imhotep.
Class 4A: First team, Robert Wright (POY), soph, and Sultan Adewale, jr.,
N-G, Moses Hipps, Carroll, soph. Second team, Izaiah Pasha, OHara,
jr., Deyishon Miller, West Phila., Masud Stewart, N-G. Third Tean,
None.
Class 3A: First team, Argel "IV" Pettit, Devon Prep. Second team, Zion
Stanford, West Catholic, jr., Lucas Orchard, Devon Prep, jr., Khalif
Crawley, MC&S. Third team: Adam "Budd" Clark, West Catholic, jr.,
Jacen Holloway, Devon Prep, jr., Shemar Wilbanks-Acqui, West
Catholic, jr. Coach of the Year: Jason Fisher, Devon Prep.
Class 2A: First team, Jacob Beccles, Constitution. Second team: Lamar
Glover, Constitution. Third team, none.
Class 1A. None.
Non-PIAA: Third tean, Kevin McCarthy, Episcopal, soph.; Mark Butler, Penn
Charter, jr.; Ryan Williams, Malvern, soph.
May 7
Best wishes going forward to Mike
Watkins, who coached McDevitt's football team for its final five
seasons. This fall he'll be the offensive coordinator at Pennington
School (NJ). Have fun, Mike!
Click here for
an extra page on
St. Thomas More's
basketball history.
No Tedbit today/tomorrow. See ya Monday. Thanks.
May 6
Congrats to Jerry Greenberg, of the
legendary basketball family. A while back, on the 10th hole at Sandy
Run Country Club, in Oreland, he achieved a hole in one! You go,
Greenie!
Episcopal grad Conner Delaney
had a terrific hoops career at Johns Hopkins. Click
here.
Tedbit
Wonder how many schools across the country can make one specific
claim? Well, we know one can do so and it's right here in Philly.
For 50 consecutive -- yes, FIFTY! -- seasons, at least one Roman
player has earned first team Coaches' All-Catholic honors. Jim
"Chico" Singleton and Donald Kelly started the dominance in 1973 by
grabbing two of the five spots on the Southern Division first team.
Chico and Frank Sykes had been second teamers in ’72, Nos. 6 and 7
respectively. Divisions -- North/South, then Red/Blue -- existed
through 2010 and the schools have competed in one overall group ever
since. Speaking of 2011, the streak almost ended then. Roman came
close to whiffing on the 10-player first team. Coming in ninth was
frontcourter Fortunat "Junior" Kangudi, an import from Montreal. His
11.0 scoring average has been the second lowest of any first team
Cahillite during the streak; Tony Carr averaged 10.9 in 2015. As
you'll see on the list below, Neumann-Goretti also owns a long
streak at 27 seasons. A couple more nuggets: Roman’s feat has
involved 50 players – yes, FIFTY again! – and they’ve combined for
76 honors. In 1.027 games, they’ve racked up 18,058 points for a
17.6 average.
Longest Streaks by School of Having First
Team All-Catholic Honorees (Six Minimum) |
School |
Streak |
Span . . . |
Noteworthy |
|
Bonner/B-P |
Six |
1965-70 |
Mike Hauer 2 |
|
Carroll |
Eight |
2009-16 |
Juan'ya Green 3 |
|
Dougherty |
Six |
1968-72 / 2002-07 |
Three in '04 (DeSean White, Kyle Lowry, Shane Clark) |
Judge |
Seven |
1993-99 |
John McCann 2 |
|
La Salle |
Seven |
1979-85 |
Craig Conlin 3 |
|
Neumann / N-G |
27 |
1996-2022 |
Tabby Cunningham 3, Tony Chennault 3, John Davis 3, |
|
|
|
Ja'Quan Newton 3, Quade Green 3 |
North Catholic |
13 |
1965-77 |
Stan Witalec 2, Hank Siemiontkowski 2, Barry Brodzinski 2 |
O'Hara |
Six |
1987-92 |
Current NBA ref Eddie Malloy 2 |
Roman |
**50** |
1973-2022 |
50 Players , 76 Total Times / Four in
2019 (Hakim Hart, Seth |
|
|
|
Lundy, Jalen Duren, Lynn Greer) |
|
Ryan |
Eight |
2001-08 |
Joe Zeglinski 3 (honorary in '06 due to injury) |
SJ Prep |
14 |
2002-15 |
Steve Vasturia 3 |
|
West Catholic |
11 |
1975-85 |
Michael Brooks 2, John Rankin 2 |
Wood |
Six |
2017-22 |
Rahsool Diggins 3 / Four in 2021 (Diggins, Marcus |
|
|
|
Randolph, Daeshon Shepherd, Jaylen Stinson) |
May 5
Tomorrow's Tedbit will reveal a significant accomplishment . . .
West Virginia RB Leddie Brown (N-G) has signed a free agent contract with
the Los Angeles Chargers.
Dawn Staley, Phil Martelli and Jay Wright are preparing for
commencement speeches. Click
here.
Tedbit
The Inter-Ac League got started one year late with the
three-point shot, as opposed to the Catholic League anyway, and it took a
while for the effect to be felt. The lists below show the I-A's Top
10 season scorers through 1987 and from '88 on up. Only four guys
from the '90s are on Part Two and two are from the final two
seasons. The ten Before Guys scored 2,373 points in 96 games for a
24.7 average. The After Guys racked up 2,435 points in 99 games for
24.6. Almost a dead heat.
Top Inter-Ac Averages Before the Three-Point Shot |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
G |
Pts. |
Avg. |
Billy Harris |
PC |
'71 |
9 |
258 |
28.7 |
Paul Hutter |
GA |
'70 |
9 |
236 |
26.2 |
Rodney Duncan |
GA |
'76 |
8 |
209 |
26.1 |
Pat Purcell |
MP |
'78 |
10 |
260 |
26.0 |
Bill Soens |
PC |
'63 |
10 |
246 |
24.6 |
Joe Missett |
MP |
'53 |
10 |
241 |
24.1 |
Rich Kohler |
PC |
'55 |
10 |
235 |
23.5 |
Billy Harris |
PC |
'70 |
10 |
234 |
23.4 |
Craig White |
GA |
'87 |
10 |
231 |
23.1 |
Pat Purcell |
MP |
'77 |
10 |
223 |
22.3 |
Top Inter-Ac Averages Since the Three-Point Shot |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
G |
Pts. |
Avg. |
Doug Fairfax |
HS |
'99 |
10 |
283 |
28.3 |
Tom Whitworth |
CH |
'98 |
10 |
263 |
26.3 |
Deuce Turner |
MP |
'19 |
10 |
255 |
25.5 |
Christian Ray |
HS |
'19 |
10 |
248 |
24.8 |
Matt Walsh |
GA |
'02 |
9 |
222 |
24.7 |
Cameron Youngblood |
HS |
'02 |
10 |
241 |
24.1 |
Damien Blair |
HS |
'91 |
10 |
235 |
23.5 |
Evan-Eric Longino |
GA |
'17 |
10 |
232 |
23.2 |
Kyle McCloskey |
GA |
'17 |
10 |
230 |
23.0 |
Alvin Williams |
GA |
'93 |
10 |
226 |
22.6 |
May 4
Conwell-Egan has a new basketball
coach. Click
here.
Click here for
an extra page on
North Catholic's
basketball history.
Judge's Matt McHugh is headed to West Virginia to serve as a football
manager. Click
here for Joe Mason's story.
Tedbit
The 2021-22season was No. 36 for the three-point shot in Catholic
League basketball. So, how big of an impact has it had? The lists
below show the Top 10 averages in CL play before and after The Big
Change. The top spots on each side belong to West Catholic guys.
Future NBAer Michael Brooks (RIP) owns the before mark at 27.3 in
1976. Monroe Blakes beat him by two-10ths of a point in 1988 (27.5).
The Top 10 Before Guys scored 3,470 points in 139 games for a 25.0
average. The After Guys' numbers -- 134-3,407-25.4 . Not a
monumental difference.
Top CL Averages Before the Three-Point Shot |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
G |
Pts. |
Avg. |
Michael Brooks |
West |
'76 |
14 |
382 |
27.3 |
Mike Jones |
More |
'69 |
16 |
419 |
26.2 |
Tom Gola |
La S |
'51 |
13 |
335 |
25.8 |
Bill Lynch |
St. J |
'52 |
14 |
352 |
25.1 |
Jim Grazione |
South |
'55 |
14 |
350 |
25.0 |
Billy Hoy |
More |
'59 |
14 |
350 |
25.0 |
Reggie Jackson |
Roman |
'78 |
14 |
348 |
24.9 |
Barry Bekkedam |
Carr |
'86 |
14 |
330 |
23.6 |
Joe Ryan |
Prep |
'54 |
14 |
328 |
23.4 |
Dan Kelly |
McD |
'66 |
12 |
276 |
23.0 |
Top CL Averages Since the Three-Point Shot |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
G |
Pts. |
Avg. |
Monroe Blakes |
West |
'88 |
14 |
385 |
27.5 |
Donnie Carr |
Roman |
'96 |
14 |
380 |
27.1 |
Rasual Butler |
Roman |
'98 |
14 |
374 |
26.7 |
Eddie Griffin |
Roman |
'00 |
10 |
261 |
26.1 |
Eddie Griffin |
Roman |
'99 |
14 |
359 |
25.6 |
Anthony Starace |
Ryan |
'98 |
14 |
344 |
24.6 |
Kasim Holloman |
Prep |
'99 |
14 |
341 |
24.4 |
Jamal Nwaniemeka |
C-E |
'12 |
13 |
317 |
24.4 |
Collin Gillespie |
Wood |
'17 |
13 |
313 |
24.1 |
Ashley Howard |
Bonn |
'99 |
14 |
333 |
23.8 |
May 3
Episcopal Academy this summer will host
JV and varsity basketball leagues from mid-June to the end of July.
If interested, please contact director Mike Herron at
herron@episcopalacademy.org.
Thanks.
Former Penn Charter star
Kenny Devenney
(first team All-City OF in 2000 and '01) is now the baseball coach
at Central. Best of luck!
Click
here for a
pic and
here for
another.
Tedbit
Another day, another
screwup. My apologies to the people at Penn. The Quakers have
produced four NBA coaches and the details are below. Thanks to Ted
Rauch for mentioning Dick Harter. A correct version of how to search
led to the others.
Before the research for this nugget commenced, I kinda knew which
college would emerge victorious. The level of dominance? Surprising.
The Big 5 was formed for the 1955-56 season, but the schools go back
much further. Maybe at some point you've wondered, How many products
of Big 5 schools have coached in the NBA? The answer is 10 and seven
have called Saint Joseph's home. Penn is last at zero while La
Salle, Temple and Villanova are tied for second at one. The
breakdown for records is below, and a big thanks goes to basketball-reference.com.
Temple's Eddie Gottlieb guided the Philadelphia Warriors to the
NBA's first championship in 1947 (though, at the time, the league
was known as the Basketball Association of America). the Warriors
seized their second crown in 1956 and that team's coach was ex-Hawk
George Senesky. More titles? Wait, two more, thanks to Hawk Hill
guys! Jack Ramsay took the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 summit
and Paul Westhead did likewise with the 1980 Los Angeles Lakers.
Alas, both teams beat the Sixers in the finals. That 1980 season
began wih Jack McKinney -- like Ramsay, he also coached high school
ball at the ol' St. James, in Chester -- running the Lakers.
However, he suffered serious injuries in a bicycle accident and
Westhead replaced him 13 games in. Last night, I texted long-time
friend and former Daily News sports editor Pat McLoone to see if he
could guess St. Joe's number of NBA coaches. Bang, he got it. "I was
going to go with six, but I went with one over." Niiiiiiiice.
NBA Coaches From Big 5 Schools |
Saint Joseph's |
Yrs |
Seasons |
W |
L |
W |
L |
Champ |
Team |
George Senesky |
3 |
1956-58 Warriors |
119 |
97 |
10 |
10 |
1956 |
Warriors |
Jack Ramsay |
21 |
1969-72 76ers / 1973-76 Braves / |
864 |
783 |
44 |
58 |
1977 |
T. Blazers |
|
|
1977-86 / T. Blazers / 1987-69 Pacers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jack McKinney |
6 |
1980 Lakers / 1981-84 Pacers / |
136 |
215 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
1985 Kings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paul Westhead |
6 |
1980-82 Lakers / 1983 Bulls / 1991-92 |
183 |
224 |
13 |
6 |
1980 |
Lakers |
|
|
Nuggets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jim Lynam |
10 |
1984-85 Clippers / 1988-92 76ers / |
328 |
392 |
8 |
13 |
|
|
|
|
Bullets 1995-97 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Matt Guokas Jr. |
7 |
1986-88 76ers / 1990-93 Magic |
230 |
305 |
8 |
9 |
|
|
Jim O'Brien |
8 |
2001-04 Celtics/ 2005 76ers/ |
303 |
327 |
14 |
17 |
|
|
|
|
2008-11 Pacers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61 |
|
2,163 |
2,343 |
97 |
115 |
|
|
Penn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jack McCloskey |
2 |
1973-74 Trail Blazers |
48 |
116 |
- |
- |
|
|
Dave Wohl |
3 |
1986-88 Nets |
65 |
114 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
Dick Harter |
2 |
1989-90 Hornets |
28 |
94 |
- |
- |
|
|
Taylor Jenkins |
2 |
2020-22 Grizzlies |
128 |
99 |
1 |
4 |
thru '21 |
|
Villanova |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chris Ford |
10 |
1991-95 Celtics / 1997-98 Bucks / |
323 |
376 |
13 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
1999-00 Clippers / 2004 76ers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Temple |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eddie Gottlieb |
9 |
1947-55 Warriors |
263 |
318 |
14 |
11 |
1947 |
Warriors |
La Salle |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tony DiLeo |
1 |
2009 76ers |
32 |
27 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
887 |
1.144 |
30 |
38 |
|
|
Totals |
90 |
|
3.050 |
3,487 |
127 |
153 |
|
|
May 2
On May 14, forever basketball coach
Phil Martelli will be the guest speaker at Delaware Valley
University's graduation ceremony.
RIP, John Rodenbaugh. John, a k a "Roddy,"
a former basketball player ('73) at the ol' Bishop Kenrick, in
Norristown, passed away recently. Obit is
here.
Click here for
an extra page on
St. James'
basketball history.
Time for a Chuck Langerman Chuckbit .
. . It has been tooooo long. Click
here.
Tedbit
Going back to 1974 grads Donald Kelly and John Griffin, 27 Roman
Catholic players have been starters for multiple Catholic League
championship teams. Kelly was the first Cahillite among the 27 guys
to twice earn first team All-Catholic honors. The others: Lonnie
McFarlan, Marvin Harrison (yes, the NFL Hall of Famer), Eddie
Griffin (RIP), Tony Carr, Seth Lundy and Lynn Greer
Multiple Starters for Roman's CL Champs, 1970s-Forward |
Name |
Year |
A-C |
Year |
A-C |
Year |
A-C |
Donald Kelly |
1973 |
1 |
1974 |
1 |
|
|
John Griffin |
1973 |
|
1974 |
1 |
|
|
Adrian Moody |
1973 |
|
1974 |
|
|
|
Lonnie McFarlan |
1978 |
|
1979 |
1 |
1980 |
1 |
John "Yosh" Siorek |
1978 |
|
1979 |
2 |
|
|
Glenn Welton |
1979 |
|
1980 |
2 |
|
|
Mike McKee |
1989 |
|
1990 |
2 |
|
|
Bernard Jones |
1990 |
2 |
1991 |
1 |
|
|
Mike Watson |
1990 |
2 |
1991 |
1 |
|
|
Marvin Harrison |
1990 |
1 |
1991 |
1 |
|
|
Jeremy "J.J." Smith |
1990 |
|
1991 |
3 |
|
|
Marc Jackson |
1992 |
|
1993 |
1 |
|
|
Dwayne "Sugar" Hill |
1992 |
3 |
1993 |
2 |
|
|
Dennis Bohn |
1992 |
|
1993 |
|
|
|
Eugene Small |
1993 |
|
1994 |
1 |
|
|
Donnie Carr |
1994 |
2 |
1996 |
1 |
|
|
R.C. Kehoe |
1994 |
|
1996 |
|
|
|
Eddie Griffin |
1999 |
1 |
2000 |
1 |
|
|
Tamal Forchion |
1999 |
|
2000 |
1 |
|
|
Michael Wild |
1999 |
2 |
2000 |
2 |
|
|
Tony Carr |
2015 |
1 |
2016 |
1 |
|
|
Nazeer Bostick |
2015 |
2 |
2016 |
2 |
|
|
D'Andre Vilmar |
2015 |
|
2016 |
|
|
|
Paul Newman |
2015 |
|
2016 |
|
|
|
Seth Lundy |
2018 |
1 |
2019 |
1 |
|
|
Lynn Greer |
2018 |
1 |
2019 |
1 |
|
|
Hakim Hart |
2018 |
2 |
2019 |
1 |
|
|
May 1
In yesterday's Howard Ratinoff/Lamar
Poole Memorial Alumni Basketball Game, Edison fell to Southern,
75-70. MVP Jay Myers led Southern with 20 points while Sami Wylie
added 14. Edison was led by George Baker (15), Steve Martin (12) and
Melvin Eason (10, eight rebounds). Group pic is
here.
Texas A&M OL Jahmir Johnson (Imhotep) has signed as a free agent with
Green Bay.
April 30
No Tedbit today/tomorrow. See ya Monday. Thanks.
April 29
**The Howard Ratinoff/Lamar Poole
Memorial Alumni Basketball Game, featuring star alumni players from Edison
and Southern, will be played tomorrow, noon start, at Edison, Front
and Luzerne streets.**
Fran Dunphy has added fellow alum Joe
Mihalich to his staff at La Salle University. Click
here.
Via Kenrick grad Patrick Beacham:
Maggie Grant, star at Carroll and daughter of Kenrick grad Greg
Grant, will play college hoops at Villanova. Pennsbury's Ava Sciolla,
daughter of coach Frank Sciolla and 6A Player of the Year, is bound
for Maryland. Frank (SJ Prep) and Greg were roommates at Cabrini.
Click here for
an extra page on
Kenrick's/K-K's
basketball history..
Germantown
Academy grad Cameron Ayers is
now on the staff of Lafayette's new basketball coach, Mike Jordan.
Eastern Regional's
boys lacrosse team is rolling along at 8-0. Click
here.
Tedbit
Below are the top scorers for teams that have won state
championships (regular type) or have finished as the rnnner-up
(italic type). In 2021 the tournament was limited to three rounds
and in 2020 it was canceled after two rounds. Scorers for 2021 are
included. For 2020 they’re not.
Leading CL Scorers in States for Champs and
Runners-Up |
Name |
School |
Year |
Class |
G |
Pts |
Avg. |
Aaron Lemon-Warren |
Ryan |
2021 |
5A |
3 |
81 |
27 |
Derrick Jones |
Carroll |
2015 |
3A |
5 |
123 |
24.6 |
Hakim Hart |
Roman |
2018 |
6A |
5 |
115 |
23 |
Ja'Quan Newton |
N-G |
2015 |
3A |
5 |
107 |
21.4 |
Robert Wright |
N-G |
2022 |
4A |
5 |
105 |
21 |
Collin Gillespie |
Wood |
2017 |
5A |
5 |
102 |
20.4 |
Tony Carr |
Roman |
2016 |
4A |
5 |
99 |
19.8 |
Tony Chennault |
N-G |
2010 |
3A |
5 |
99 |
19.8 |
Stevie Jordan |
C-E |
2015 |
2A |
5 |
98 |
19.6 |
Jalil Bethea |
Wood |
2022 |
6A |
5 |
98 |
19.6 |
Marcus Randolph |
Wood |
2021 |
6A |
3 |
56 |
18.7 |
Argel Pettit IV |
Devon |
2022 |
3A |
5 |
93 |
18.6 |
Lamar Stevens |
Roman |
2016 |
4A |
5 |
93 |
18.6 |
Tyree Pickron |
Wood |
2017 |
5A |
5 |
92 |
18.4 |
Daniel Skillings |
Roman |
2022 |
6A |
5 |
88 |
17.6 |
Allen Betrand |
Roman |
2018 |
6A |
5 |
88 |
17.6 |
Quade Green |
N-G |
2015 |
3A |
5 |
88 |
17.6 |
DJ Irving |
Carroll |
2009 |
3A |
5 |
88 |
17.6 |
Isaiah Wong |
B-P |
2019 |
5A |
5 |
88 |
17.6 |
Zane Martin |
N-G |
2015 |
3A |
5 |
85 |
17 |
Jacen Holloway |
Devon |
2022 |
3A |
5 |
82 |
16.4 |
Rahsool Diggins |
Wood |
2019 |
5A |
5 |
82 |
16.4 |
John Davis |
N-G |
2012 |
3A |
5 |
79 |
15.8 |
Daeshon Shepherd |
Wood |
2019 |
5A |
5 |
79 |
15.8 |
Dymir Montague |
N-G |
2018 |
3A |
5 |
77 |
15.4 |
Khalil Farmer |
Roman |
2022 |
6A |
5 |
76 |
15.2 |
Ja'Quan Newton |
N-G |
2012 |
3A |
5 |
76 |
15.2 |
Derrick Jones |
Carroll |
2013 |
3A |
5 |
76 |
15.2 |
Gemil Holbrook |
Roman |
2015 |
4A |
5 |
74 |
14.8 |
Billy Shank |
N-G |
2011 |
3A |
5 |
73 |
14.6 |
Troy Harper |
N-G |
2015 |
3A |
5 |
72 |
14.4 |
Quade Green |
N-G |
2017 |
3A |
5 |
71 |
14.2 |
Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree |
N-G |
2017 |
3A |
5 |
71 |
14.2 |
Tony Carr |
Roman |
2015 |
4A |
5 |
71 |
14.2 |
Lynn Greer |
Roman |
2018 |
6A |
5 |
70 |
14 |
Juan'ya Green |
Carroll |
2009 |
3A |
5 |
70 |
14 |
Najee Walls |
La Salle |
2014 |
4A |
5 |
70 |
14 |
Ryan Daly |
Carroll |
2015 |
3A |
5 |
70 |
14 |
Allen Cieslak |
Devon |
2022 |
3A |
5 |
68 |
13.6 |
Tyreek Duren |
N-G |
2010 |
3A |
5 |
68 |
13.6 |
Seth Lundy |
Roman |
2018 |
6A |
5 |
67 |
13.4 |
Danny Stewart |
N-G |
2010 |
3A |
5 |
67 |
13.4 |
Kasheef Festus |
Carroll |
2009 |
3A |
5 |
67 |
13.4 |
Josh Sharkey |
Carroll |
2015 |
3A |
5 |
67 |
13.4 |
Xzayvier Brown |
Roman |
2022 |
6A |
5 |
66 |
13.2 |
Shawn Witherspoon |
La Salle |
2014 |
4A |
5 |
66 |
13.2 |
Nazeer Bostick |
Roman |
2016 |
4A |
5 |
64 |
12.8 |
Noah Warren |
N-G |
2018 |
3A |
5 |
63 |
12.6 |
Derrick Stewart |
N-G |
2012 |
3A |
5 |
63 |
12.6 |
Lamarr "Fresh" Kimble |
N-G |
2015 |
3A |
5 |
62 |
12.4 |
John Davis |
N-G |
2011 |
3A |
5 |
62 |
12.4 |
Lucas Orchard |
Devon |
2022 |
3A |
5 |
61 |
12.2 |
LaPri McCray-Pace |
C-E |
2015 |
3A |
5 |
61 |
12.2 |
Jaylen Stinson |
Wood |
2019 |
5A |
5 |
61 |
12.2 |
Lamin Fulton |
N-G |
2011 |
3A |
5 |
60 |
12 |
April 28
Trivia question from Chuck Langerman .
. .
Who is the only player from the Philadelphia area who was drafted in
the first round of the NFL Draft and played his prep football in
both a Philadelphia City League and South Jersey?
tedtee307@yahoo.com
No correct answers:
Answer: Bob
Bell,
who played scholastically at West Philadelphia High and the now
defunct Bordentown Military Institute in South Jersey. In 1971, he
was drafted in the first round, pick #21. out of the University of
Cincinnati by the Detroit Lions.
Tedbit
This is hard to bellieve,
but here we go: Since quarterfinals became a part of the Catholic
League playoffs in 1968, just TWO champs have gone up the
point-margin ladder over the three games. Neumann barely did so in
1985 with wins by one, two and three points for the minimum number,
six. Roman had no problem in 2019.
Only CL Champs To
Win Each Game by More Points, 1968-Forward |
1985 |
Neumann |
Qtr |
Semi |
Final |
Total |
|
Opponents |
O'Hara |
Carroll |
La Salle |
|
|
Won by . . . |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
Steve Benton |
12 |
21 |
17 |
50 |
|
Frank Giunta |
23 |
6 |
12 |
41 |
|
John Gilroy |
2 |
17 |
10 |
29 |
|
Rocco Sansone |
6 |
8 |
9 |
23 |
|
Tony Waters |
6 |
2 |
|
8 |
|
John Leach |
4 |
|
2 |
6 |
|
Rob Brown |
|
|
5 |
5 |
|
Gene Bloemker |
|
|
2 |
3 |
|
|
53 |
54 |
57 |
164 |
2019 |
Roman |
Qtr |
Semi |
Final |
Total |
|
Opponents |
SJ Prep |
N-G |
La Salle |
|
|
Won by . . . |
5 |
6 |
14 |
25 |
|
Hakim Hart |
14 |
26 |
21 |
61 |
|
Lynn Greer |
10 |
19 |
14 |
43 |
|
Seth Lundy |
13 |
11 |
18 |
42 |
|
Jalen Duren |
7 |
12 |
2 |
21 |
|
Justice Williams |
6 |
4 |
2 |
12 |
|
Louie Wild |
5 |
|
5 |
10 |
|
Rashawn Deas |
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
55 |
72 |
64 |
191 |
April 27
Penn Charter grad Michael Siani
is off to a strong start this season. Click
here.
Click
here
for an extra page on Dougherty's basketball history.
Time for a Chuck Langerman Chuckbit.
With Paulsboro football . . . One legend succeeds another, his
mentor.
Click here.
Tedbit
Today's nugget will start off with something quite unusual -- an
apology to Dean Melchiooni. As youll see below, 22 players have
served as starters for at least three inter-Ac League champions --
outright or shraed -- going back to 1941. Dean, a forward at
Germantown Academy and nephew of former Villanova star and NBA
player Bill Melchiooni, stands alone as someone who did not receive
All-Inter-Ac honors -- first OR second team. Had to be hard to
swallow. He scored 52, 39 and 81 points in league play. Lee is his
brother. Six guys won three titles while thrice earning first team
honors. GA's Paul Hutter and Malvern's Gordy Bryan were four-timers
though their teams did not win the championship when they were
seniors.
Starters for Three/Four Inter-Ac Basketball Champs (With I-A
Honors) |
Name |
School |
One |
Teo |
Three |
Four |
Chris Wyszynski |
EA |
1989 |
1990 2 |
1991 2 |
|
Eugene Burroughs |
EA |
1988 1 |
1989 1 |
1990 1 |
|
Chris Krug |
GA |
1995 |
1996 2 |
1997 1 |
1998 1 |
Damon Williams |
GA |
1992 |
1993 2 |
1995 1 |
|
Dean Melchionni |
GA |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
|
Devon Goodman |
GA |
2014 1 |
2015 1 |
2016 1 |
|
Evan-Eric Longino |
GA |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 1 |
2017 1 |
Jeff Holton |
GA |
2007 |
2008 1 |
2009 1 |
|
Julius Williams |
GA |
1995 1 |
1996 1 |
1997 1 |
|
Kyle McCloskey |
GA |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 1 |
2017 1 |
Lee Melchionni |
GA |
2000 |
2001 1 |
2002 1 |
|
Paul Hutter |
GA |
1967 1 |
1968 1 |
1969 1 |
|
Ted Skuchas |
GA |
2000 |
2001 2 |
2002 1 |
|
Tom Kehan |
GA |
1967 |
1968 |
1969 1 |
|
None |
HS |
|
|
|
|
Gordy Bryan |
MP |
1975 1 |
1976 1 |
1977 1 |
|
Joe Carney |
MP |
1974 |
1975 |
1976 2 |
|
Steve Donnelly |
MP |
1974 |
1975 |
1976 1 |
|
Bill Soens |
PC |
1961 1 |
1962 1 |
1963 1 |
|
Ed Enoch |
PC |
1970 1 |
1971 2 |
1972 1 |
|
Jim Lampe |
PC |
1962 |
1963 2 |
1964 2 |
|
Mike Aron |
PC |
1962 2 |
1963 1 |
1964 1 |
|
Steve Cushmore |
PC |
1962 |
1963 2 |
1964 2 |
|
None |
SCH/CH |
|
|
|
|
April 26
RIP, Jim Osborne. Mr. Osborne, who
played football at La Salle High and Villanova, and was an official
at the high school, college and pro levels, passed away recently.
Obit is
here.
Click
here
for an extra page on McDevitt's basketball history.
The next college stop for Malvern
all-timer Deuce Turner will be San Diego State.
Tedbit
Roman's Bernard Jones (final in 1990) and Carroll's Ryan Daly
(quarterfinal in 2016) share a Catholic League record. What is it?
Most points scored (30 apiece) by the leader for the winning team in
a playoff that required overtime. Ryan had a slight advantage
because that game lasted two OTs. The list shows details for all OT
39 CL playoffs. Roman went 9-3 in these games.
Details for
Overtime Catholic League Playoffs, 1950-Forward |
Year |
Kind |
Winner |
Loser |
Score |
Winner's Leader |
Pts |
2016 |
Qtr |
Carroll |
Wood |
77-70 (2) |
Ryan Daly |
30 |
1990 |
Final |
Roman |
La Salle |
64-62 |
Bernard Jones |
30 |
1982 |
Qtr |
Roman |
West |
77-75 (2) |
Dallas Comegys |
27 |
2000 |
Pre |
O'Hara |
SJ Prep |
63-59 |
Fran Grandieri |
26 |
1967 |
First |
North |
Neumann |
71-69 (2) |
Ron Kurtz |
25 |
1971 |
Semi |
Dougherty |
Judge |
66-65 |
Bill Magarity |
25 |
2020 |
Qtr |
Wood |
Carroll |
72-68 |
Rahsool Diggins |
25 |
2009 |
Semi |
Roman |
Carroll |
63-59 |
Kevin Regan |
24 |
1985 |
Qtr |
Neumann |
O'Hara |
53-52 |
Frank Giunta |
23 |
1993 |
Semi |
North |
Judge |
75-63 |
Matt Comey |
23 |
1999 |
Qtr |
Roman |
O'Hara |
52-47 (2) |
Eddie Griffin |
23 |
1993 |
Final |
Roman |
North |
62-55 |
Marc Jackson |
22 |
1958 |
Semi |
Judge |
St, James |
68-66 (2) |
Bill Penny |
21 |
1968 |
Qtr |
West |
ST More |
51-49 |
Ron Billingslea |
21 |
1985 |
Semi |
Neumann |
Carroll |
54-52 |
Steve Benton |
21 |
2012 |
Final |
N-G |
SJ Prep |
59-57 |
Ja'Quan Newton |
21 |
1992 |
Qtr |
Roman |
Bonner |
54-52 |
Kyle Locke |
20 |
2002 |
Qtr |
Ryan |
Judge |
71-61 |
Andy MacDonald |
20 |
2002 |
Semi |
Ryan |
SJ Prep |
53-49 |
Brendan O'Malley |
20 |
1972 |
Semi |
ST More |
Bonner |
62-59 (2) |
Ron Holmes |
19 |
1984 |
Semi |
La Salle |
Ryan |
56-52 |
John Zamichieli |
19 |
1967 |
Final |
North |
Bonner |
58-56 (2) |
Hank Siemiontkowski |
19 |
1948 |
Semi |
West |
Roman |
46-39 (2) |
Ernie Beck |
17 |
1954 |
Semi |
South |
North |
63-59 |
Bob Goodrich |
17 |
1968 |
Qtr |
O'Hara |
Roman |
57-55 (3) |
Joe Hazinsky |
17 |
1969 |
Semi |
North |
Bonner |
73-65 |
Mark Williams |
17 |
2004 |
Qtr |
Dougherty |
Wood |
66-63 (2) |
Tim Smith |
17 |
1967 |
1st place |
Bonner |
O'Hara |
55-52 |
Nick Scogna |
17 |
1981 |
Qtr |
St. James |
Roman |
58-56 |
Nate Hall |
15 |
1992 |
Semi |
Roman |
O'Hara |
54-52 |
Marc Jackson |
15 |
1993 |
Pre |
West |
O'Hara |
51-49 |
Bernie Shannon |
15 |
1968 |
Final |
O'Hara |
Judge |
53-52 |
Joe Hazinsky |
15 |
1944 |
Semi |
West |
La Salle |
35-33 |
Bill Young |
14 |
1982 |
Final |
Roman |
Judge |
47-41 |
Dallas Comegys |
14 |
1952 |
Final |
West |
ST More |
50-46 |
Ed Williams |
13 |
1976 |
Qtr |
West |
Carroll |
45-43 (2) |
Mike Davis |
13 |
1986 |
Semi |
Roman |
O'Hara |
42-40 |
Melvin "Sauce"
Hawkins |
12 |
1991 |
Pre |
Dougherty |
McDevitt |
51-50 |
Cat Mobley/Newman |
11 |
1981 |
Qtr |
La Salle |
Kenrick |
41-39 |
Chip Greenberg |
| |