Philadelphia Scholastic Basketball, 1968

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City Title

At the Palestra

West Phila. 57, O'Hara 50

  Freddie Stokes scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half and fellow 5-8 guard Brady Small added 10 of his 20. Ernie Jones
(12) and Greg Newman (10) led in rebounding. For O'Hara, Tom Ingelsby scored 19 points and Lou Ferro grabbed 16 boards.

Public League

Playoffs

SEMIFINALS
At Lincoln
West 76, Edison 74
  Five-eight Freddie Stokes, the league scoring champ, shot 14-for-17 from the line en route to 28 points. Brady Small added 21 points. Edison, down by 20 points early in the third quarter, had a chance to tie at the buzzer, but a jumper by Romie Thomas from the key was unsuccessful. Pedro Barez had 18 points.
At Roxborough
Overbrook 45, Olney 36
  Ron Eleby scored 13 points and Charles Hudson hit three baskets in the final minute to make sure Olney (Dave Bell 13) would not catch up. The Trojans were making their first postseason appearance since losing a pre-playoff in 1949.
FINAL
At Northeast
West 57, Overbrook 55
 
Lou Miller took a pass from Brady Small (21 points) and scored an open layup at the buzzer as West gave coach Doug Connelly his sixth title. Freddie Stokes added 17 points and Ernie Jones grabbed 20 rebounds. Ron Eleby (19) and Eldred "Jay" Bagley (14) led Overbrook in scoring.

Standings

Overbrook 14 0
West Phila. 13 1
Edison 12 2
Olney 11 3
Franklin 10 4
Roxborough 10 4
Bartram 9 5
Germantown 8 6
Lincoln 8 6
Frankford 7 7
Northeast 5 9
Southern 5 9
Central 4 10
Gratz 4 10
Dobbins 3 11
Bok 2 12
Washington 1 13
Mastbaum 0 14

Coaches' All-Public

NORTHERN DIVISION

FIRST TEAM

Larry Thomas

Rox

14 261 18.6

Ray Tharan

Rox

14 246 17.6

Jerry Lerner

NE

14 339 24.2

Doug Gray

Linc

14 354 25.3

Julius Williams

Oln

14 297 21.2

SECOND TEAM

Mike Kite

Wash

14 285 20.4

Ron Coleman

Gtn

14 228 16.3

Handsome Wearing

Cent

14 276 19.7

Ken Linneman

Linc

14 187 13.4

Dave Bell

Oln

14 233 16.6

Ray Ingram

Oln

14 171 12.2

SOUTHERN DIVISION

FIRST TEAM

Eldred "Jay" Bagley

Ovb

14 253 18.1

Ron Eleby

Ovb

14 239 17.1

Freddie Stokes

West

14 403 28.8

Mike Moore

Bart

14 339 24.2

Warren McAliley

Fkn

13 221 17.0

SECOND TEAM

Dave Mask

Edi

14 217 15.5

Pedro Barez

Edi

14 165 11.8

Brady Small

West

14 202 14.4

Marv Frazier

Bart

14 253 18.1

Jim Creswell

Dobb

14 254 18.1

Champs' Rotation

WEST

Coach

Doug Connelly

Record

13-1, 19-3

Starters

Freddie Stokes

Brady Small

Bill Jones

Ernie Jones

Lou Miller

Key Sub

Greg Newman

Catholic League

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
Doubleheaders at the Palestra
North 77, McDevitt 60
  In a game that generated headlines across the country, North’s junior varsity — filling in for the 12-man varsity squad, suspended by coach Jack Friel (also the disciplinarian) for cutting classes — rolled to a stirring victory. The youngsters, booed by North’s fans during warmups and hit with chants of ‘‘We want the varsity!’’ had not played for eight days and only split with McDevitt’s JVs during the regular season. The starters were Mike Kaiser (20 points), Iggy Brodzinski (19), Jim Boylan (14), Joe Evanosich (13) and Billy Dever (nine). Kaiser, Boylan and Brodzinski claimed 20, 17 and 15 rebounds, respectively. McDevitt was led by junior guard Bob Haas (26), who during the regular season had scored 51 points against Ryan to break the CL record.
Judge 50, La Salle 46
 
Mike Krawczyk scored 24 points and Tim Fehrle (13) converted a layup with 1:02 left to break a 46-46 tie as Judge survived a scare against a team it had swamped twice during the regular season. Judge trailed, 41-24, before rallying. Bill Walters (19) led La Salle.
O’Hara 57, Roman 55 (3 ot)
 
Sub Steve Maiocco, scoreless beforehand, nailed a 20-foot jumper at the buzzer to dampen Roman’s first playoff appearance since a prearranged preplayoff in 1959 (and before that in ’49). Joe Hazinsky (17) and Tom Ingelsby (11) led in scoring for O’Hara, which had possession for more than 12 of the final 13 minutes. John Proud (15) and Keith Coady (13) led Roman.
West 51, ST More 49 (ot)
 
Ron Billingslea scored 21 points and tipped in a missed free throw with 0:35 left to make the difference. Bob Dennis (12) and Herm Lockley (11) helped. For More, Mike Jones scored 23 points and Humphrey Conix hit a jumper to force OT.
Semifinals
Doubleheader at the Palestra
O’Hara 51, North 49
 
Lou Ferro scored on a buzzer-beating tap as O’Hara won a thriller. The ball rolled around the rim twice, momentarily hung on the metal slab extending from the rim to the backboard and then fell in. The Lions had created a tie with 0:17 left on Steve Maiocco’s steal and layup, followed by Ray Martin’s steal. Joe Hazinsky scored 17 points. North’s Hank Siemiontkowski scored 26 points, including 13 in a row in the fourth quarter. Coach Jack Friel used two of his JV heroes from the quarterfinals — forward Mike Kaiser and guard Billy Dever.
Judge 64, West 52
 
Rick Maerten (17) led four double-figure scorers for the Crusaders, who steamed to a 46-27 lead after three quarters. Bob Dennis (21) and Herm Lockley (15) paced West.

FINAL
At the Palestra
O'Hara 53, Judge 52 (ot)
 
O'Hara authored one of the more legendary chapters in CL history by scoring the final 13 points of regulation in 2:18. Mike Daly hit a 25-footer to complete the comeback, during which Judge missed four one-and-ones, grabbed no rebounds and committed four turnovers. Joe Hazinsky (15), Tom Ingelsby (13) and Daly (12) scored in double figures. Ingelsby dribbled away most of the extra session and swished a clinching free throw with 0:16 left. The Lions' playoff run featured four OTs and three wins by five points total. Judge suffered a blow when floor leader Tim Fehrle (17) fouled out with 1:44 left in regulation.

Standings

NORTH
Judge 15 1
North 14 2
McDevitt 10 6
La Salle 9 7
Dougherty 8 8
Egan 7 9
Kenrick 5 11
Wood 4 12
Ryan 0 16
SOUTH
O'Hara 13 1
West 10 4
ST More 9 5
Roman 9 5
Neumann 6 8
Bonner 5 9
SJ Prep 3 11
St. James 1 13

Coaches' All-Catholic

NORTHERN DIVISION

FIRST TEAM

Bob Haas

McD

16 337 21.1

Mike Krawczyk

Judge

16 299 18.7

Jim McCollum

Dough

15 236 15.7

Dan Pochurek

Egan

16 239 14.9

Hank Siemiontkowski

North

16 361 22.6

SECOND TEAM

Tom Duffy

La S

16 213 13.3

Tim Fehrle

Judge

16 164 10.3

Bob Hartman

Wood

16 235 14.7

Jim Sullivan

McD

16 279 17.4

Bill Walters

La S

16 223 13.9

SOUTHERN DIVISION

FIRST TEAM

Ron Billingslea

West

14 266 19.0

Lou Ferro

O'H

14 179 12.8

Joe Hazinsky

O'H

14 191 13.6

Art Hunter

Bonn

14 204 14.6

Mike Jones

More

14 277 19.8

SECOND TEAM

Keith Coady

Roman

14 190 13.6

Steve Collins

Roman

14 188 13.4

Tom Ingelsby

O'H

13 156 12.0

Herm Lockley

West

14 197 14.1

Bob Sabol

Bonn

14 158 11.3

Champs' Rotation

O’HARA

Coach

Jim Purcell

Record

13-1, 24-5

Starters

Joe Hazinsky

Tom Ingelsby

Mike Daly

Lou Ferro

Ray Martin

Key Subs

Steve Maiocco

Bob Oristaglio

Inter-Ac League

Gtn. Academy (14-0)
  The clincher came in Game No. 13, a 55-46 win over visiting Episcopal as 6-7 Eric Minkin (15), soph Paul Hutter (14) and Tom Kehan (10) led in scoring. The Patriots completed their unbeaten regular season -- and extended their league streak to 29 -- by bombing Chestnut Hill, 87-46, as Minkin scored 16 points. Penn Charter (12-2) was second.

Standings

Gtn. Academy

14

0

Penn Charter

12

2

Haverford Sch.

9

5

Malvern

8

6

Episcopal

5

9

Gtn. Friends

4

10

Chestnut Hill

3

11

Fds. Central

1

13

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

FIRST TEAM

Eric Minkin

GA

14 279 19.9

Roger Gordon

PC

14 223 15.9

Paul Hutter

GA

13 138 10.6

John Gallagher

HS

12 124 10.3

Dave Waibel

HS

14 147 10.5

SECOND TEAM

Kevin Sullivan

MP

13 121 9.3

Rick Neeson

MP

14 140 10.0

Ken Bate

HS

14 164 11.7

Gardy Kahoe

GA

14 91 6.5

Pete Johnson

PC

14 127 9.1

Champs' Rotation

GTN. ACADEMY

Coach

Mike Gold

Record

14-0, 23-1

Starters

Eric Minkin

Paul Hutter

Gardy Kahoe

Bill Armstrong

Tom Kehan

Key Subs

Bob Soley

Dave Brooks

Bill Straub