Philadelphia Scholastic Football, 1988
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All-City
| FIRST TEAM | ||
| Offense | ||
| L | Derick Pickett | McDevitt |
| L | Mark Hrubar | Central |
| L | Steve McEachern | Ryan |
| L | Frank Caccuro | Neumann |
| L | Andrew Burke | Chest. Hill |
| Rec. | Keita Crespina | Lincoln |
| Rec. | Neil Abromavage | Kenrick |
| QB | Jack Stanczak | La Salle |
| RB | Charlie Peoples | Lincoln |
| RB | Frank Wycheck | Ryan |
| RB | Zack Burwell | Gtn. Acad. |
| MP | Jerrod Washington | Central |
| K | Matt Knowles | Ryan |
| P | Jim Wark | Washington |
| Defense | ||
| L | Marc Borrelli | La Salle |
| L | Dave Nanni | P. Charter |
| L | Mike Kelly | Dougherty |
| L | Jesse Richardson | St. James |
| LB | Damon Bethel | Roxborough |
| LB | Joe Bergstrom | Carroll |
| LB | Mike Cooley | P. Charter |
| LB | John Fletcher | Egan |
| B | Greg Washington | Univ. City |
| B | Steve Schurr | Egan |
| B | Patrick Tomosky | Roxborough |
| SECOND TEAM | ||
| Offense | ||
| L | Dennis Moore | Lincoln |
| L | Eric Green | Washington |
| L | Hugh Gallagher | North Cath. |
| L | Kevin Furphy | Egan |
| L | Darryle Simmons | Dobbins |
| Rec. | John Laumakis | SJ Prep |
| Rec. | Lamont Day | Carroll |
| QB | Bill Sachs | Ryan |
| RB | Chuck Morganti | North Cath. |
| RB | Sundiata Rush | Central |
| RB | Paul Aguirre | Chest. Hill |
| MP | Fred Harrison | Dougherty |
| K | Kevin Nodis | St. James |
| P | Andy Cobaugh | SJ Prep |
| Defense | ||
| L | Mark Reynolds | Roman |
| L | Devin Brown | Carroll |
| L | Dan Graham | Carroll |
| L | John McBratnie | Malvern |
| L | Horace Jackson | Lincoln |
| LB | Derrick Evans | Bok |
| LB | Charles Williams | Neumann |
| LB | Jason Galante | St. James |
| B | Chris Brassell | Chest. Hill |
| B | Rufus Dorsey | Bartram |
| B | Toney Snipes | Frankford |
| B | James McNelis | O'Hara |
| THIRD TEAM | ||
| Offense | ||
| L | Jim McGeehan | Gtn. Acad. |
| L | Jason Cartwright | Dougherty |
| L | Jim Tobin | West Cath. |
| L | Paul Shipman | Frankford |
| L | Tom Ott | Ryan |
| Rec. | Marcello Settembrino | Ryan |
| Rec. | Ed Deal | Malvern |
| QB | Shawn White | Bok |
| RB | Kimani Patterson | West Cath. |
| RB | Rob Levan | Malvern |
| RB | Tim Gardner | Episcopal |
| MP | Marvin Harrison | Roman |
| K | Bill Eddis | Dougherty |
| P | Justyn Tokarczyk | P. Charter |
| Defense | ||
| L | Bill Doyle | McDevitt |
| L | Shawn Smalley | Gratz |
| L | Colin Devlin | Judge |
| L | David Carolina | Bok |
| LB | Frank Rosato | Episcopal |
| LB | Bill Yoh | Hav. School |
| LB | John DeFruscio | Bonner |
| LB | Chris Rhone | Gratz |
| B | Dave Kratz | La Salle |
| B | Matt MacMullan | Hav. School |
| B | Calvin Shakoor | Washington |
| B | Avery Jones | Lincoln |
Public League
Quarterfinals
Roxborough 12, Franklin 6
Keith Fisher caught two passes for 49 yards and scored the decisive TD
on a 16-yard, tight-end reverse. Steve Poindexter rushed 21 times for 108
yards.
Lincoln 41, West 6
Charlie Peoples rushed 27 times for 214 yards and three TDs. Keita
Crespina scored twice on runs and once on a pass from Dave MacDonald.
Brawling forced the referees to end the game with 9:47 left.
Washington 14, Bok 6
Tavis Anderson produced 118 yards and a TD on 18 carries. Jim Wark
ran for a TD, made an interception and starred as the kicker-punter. For
Bok, Shawn White passed 15-for-28 for 140 yards and Jermaine Smith
made five catches for 70 yards.
Central 26, King 0
Jerrod Washington (17-108, two TDs) and Sundiata Rush (22-118, TD)
did the rushing and Manny Williams returned a fumble 26 yards for a score.
Semifinals
Doubleheader at Northeast
Central 27, Lincoln 19
Jerrod Washington caught a 63-yard TD pass from Fran Schnering
(3-for-9,
156 yards) and threw a 59-yard scoring pass to Derrick Smith. Sundiata Rush
added 89 yards and two TDs on 23 carries. Keita Crespina scored twice
for Lincoln.
Washington 14, Roxborough 6
Tavis Anderson rushed for one score and added another on a pass from
Jim Wark. Calvin Shakoor made two interceptions and recovered a fumble.
Final
At Northeast
Central 14, Washington 6
Fran Schnering, an afterthought much of the season, passed
7-for-10 for 89 yards and a 33-yard TD to Eric Mobley as Central
finished unbeaten for the second time in four years. Jerrod Washington
(23-92, TD) and Sundiata Rush (18-51) led the rushing attack. For
Washington, Jim Wark completed 6 of 14 passes for 64 yards and a TD to
Doug Tuley, but was intercepted by Bernard Brown on Central's 7 with
just under 2 minutes left.
Standings
| DIVISION A | |
| *Lincoln | 4 1 0 |
| Washington | 4 1 0 |
| Frankford | 3 2 0 |
| Northeast | 2 3 0 |
| Olney | 0 5 0 |
| * -- beat Wash. for first. | |
| DIVISION B | |
| Central | 5 0 0 |
| *Roxborough | 3 2 0 |
| Gratz | 3 2 0 |
| Dobbins | 1 4 0 |
| Germantown | 0 5 0 |
| * -- beat Gtz. for second. | |
| DIVISION C | |
| *Franklin | 4 1 0 |
| King | 4 1 0 |
| Mastbaum | 3 1 1 |
| Overbrook | 1 4 0 |
| Edison | 0 5 0 |
| * -- beat King for first. | |
| DIVISION D | |
| *Bok | 4 1 0 |
| West Phila. | 4 1 0 |
| Bartram | 3 2 0 |
| Univ. City | 1 3 1 |
| Southern | 0 5 0 |
| * -- beat West for first. | |
Coaches' All-Public
| DIVISION A | |
| Lincoln | |
| Charlie Peoples | B |
| Keita Crespina | B |
| Shane Osterman | B |
| Dennis Moore | L |
| Horace Jackson | L |
| Washington | |
| Tavis Anderson | B |
| Jim Wark | B |
| Calvin Shakoor | B |
| Eric Green | L |
| Greg Carlisle | L |
| Frankford | |
| Toney Snipes | B |
| Paul Shipman | L |
| Steve Irving | L |
| Northeast | |
| Stan McLeod | B |
| Dave Mulvey | L |
| Olney | |
| Cornelius Rivera | B |
| DIVISION B | |
| Central | |
| Jerrod Washington | B |
| Sundiata Rush | B |
| Derrick Smith | B |
| Mark Hrubar | L |
| Eric Mobley | L |
| Manny Williams | L |
| Roxborough | |
| Patrick Tomosky | B |
| Damon Bethel | L |
| Keith Fisher | L |
| Kareem "Wink" Williams | L |
| Gratz | |
| Chris Rhone | B |
| Tyreke Wilkins | B |
| Robert Alston | B |
| Shawn Smalley | L |
| Dobbins | |
| Dwayne Jacobs | B |
| Darryle Simmons | L |
| Germantown | |
| Drexel Reid | L |
| DIVISION C | |
| Franklin | |
| Ty "Smack" West | B |
| Troy Burton | B |
| Dajuan Williams | L |
| Rahin Barrett | L |
| Terrell Berthau | L |
| King | |
| Jimmy Harris | B |
| Dysheek Jones | B |
| Shannon Major | B |
| Timothy Miranda | L |
| Perry Poole | L |
| Mastbaum | |
| Russell Bryant | B |
| Marc Robinson | B |
| Tom Moore | L |
| Overbrook | |
| Mike Ballard | B |
| Jasper Smith | L |
| Edison | |
| Orlando Colon | B |
| DIVISION D | |
| Bok | |
| Shawn White | B |
| Anthony Cooper | B |
| Victor Gibson | L |
| Derrick Evans | L |
| David Carolina | L |
| West | |
| Malcolm Ennels | B |
| Roger Crosby | B |
| Kenneth Withers | B |
| Claudell Jackson | L |
| Chris Johnson | L |
| Bartram | |
| R.B. Williams | B |
| Rufus Dorsey | B |
| Tim Ali | L |
| U. City | |
| Greg Washington | B |
| DeAndre McClurkin | L |
| Southern | |
| John Minicozzi | L |
Champs' Thumbnail Sketch
Central
Coach
Bob Cullman
Record
5-0-0, 11-0-0
All-Stars
Mark Hrubar, L
Jermaine Wilson, L
Eric Mobley, Rec.
Sundiata Rush, RB
Jerrod Washington, MP
Manny Williams, DL
Derrick Smith, DB
Catholic League
Quarterfinals
Egan 9, La Salle 0
Tony Spatafore made nine tackles and forced a fumble as Egan
stunned the unbeaten Explorers. Scott Haws caught four passes for 63
yards and a TD and made six tackles.
Ryan 21, McDevitt 0
Frank Wycheck rushed 23 times for 106 yards. Bill Sachs ran for
one TD and passed 8-for-14 for 160 yards and two TDs to Marcello
Settembrino (4-79). Jeff Burke had eight tackles and an interception.
Carroll 10, St. James 7
After drawing a roughing-the-kicker penalty on a miss, Bob Meals
used his reprieve to kick a 23-yard field goal with 0:03 left to win it.
Joe Bergstrom made 14 tackles.
West 14, O'Hara 7
Kimani Patterson sped for 236 yards and TDs of 54 and 35 yards
as unbeaten O'Hara fell. Jeff Toal scored for the losers on a 67-yard
fumble return.
Semifinals
At Northeast
Ryan 21, Egan 14
Ryan scored the first 21 points on two TD runs by QB Bill Sachs
and one by Frank Wycheck (20-92). Egan's Scott Haws returned a kickoff
90 yards for a TD.
At Villanova Stadium
Carroll 10, West 7
Rocco Vernisi (7-for-19, 113) hit Mike Sousa with a 20-yard TD
pass with 1:19 left shortly after an inadvertant whistle cost West a
fumble recovery on Carroll's 35.
Final
At Villanova Stadium
Ryan 6, Carroll 0
Matt Knowles kicked field goals of 24 and 42 yards as Ryan won
the CL's first TD-less title game since North and Salesianum battled to
a scoreless tie in 1934. Coach John Quinn finally bagged a championship
in his 13th Ryan season spread over three stints. Frank Wycheck
accumulated 177 yards on 24 carries and added 58 yards on returns. Bill
Sachs passed 6-for-13 for 63 yards.
Standings
| NORTHERN DIVISION | |
| La Salle | 8 0 0 |
| Ryan | 6 2 0 |
| McDevitt | 5 3 0 |
| Egan | 4 3 1 |
| Judge | 3 4 1 |
| Dougherty | 3 5 0 |
| Kenrick | 2 6 0 |
| North | 2 6 0 |
| Wood | 2 6 0 |
| SOUTHERN DIVISION | |
| O'Hara | 7 0 0 |
| Carroll | 6 1 0 |
| St. James | 5 2 0 |
| West | 4 3 0 |
| Bonner | 3 4 0 |
| Neumann | 2 5 0 |
| Roman | 1 6 0 |
| SJ Prep | 0 7 0 |
Coaches' All-Catholic
| NORTHERN DIVISION | ||
| FIRST TEAM | ||
| Offense | ||
| C | Steve McEachern | Ryan |
| L | Derick Pickett | McD |
| L | Hugh Gallagher | North |
| L | Tom Ott | Ryan |
| L | Kevin Furphy | Egan |
| Rec. | Steve Devlin | Ryan |
| Rec. | Neil Abromavage | Ken |
| QB | Jack Stanczak | La S |
| RB | Frank Wycheck | Ryan |
| RB | Jason Hannings | McD |
| RB | Chuck Morganti | North |
| K | Bill Eddis | Dough |
| Defense | ||
| E | Bill Doyle | McD |
| E | Colin Devlin | Judge |
| L | Steve McEachern | Ryan |
| L | Marc Borrelli | La S |
| L | Mike Kelly | Dough |
| LB | Jeff Burke | Ryan |
| LB | Brian Sebold | Judge |
| LB | John Fletcher | Egan |
| B | Brian Vesey | La S |
| B | Jeff Clower | Dough |
| B | Steve Schurr | Egan |
| SECOND TEAM | ||
| Offense | ||
| C | Jason Cartwright | Dough |
| C | Joe McDonald | La S |
| C | Jim Carr | North |
| L | Ryan Marsh | La S |
| L | Matt Rossanese | La S |
| L | Ted McKenna | Ken |
| L | Jim Grebe | Wood |
| L | Mike Duchossois | Judge |
| Rec. | Hank Brown | McD |
| Rec. | Tom Garlick | Judge |
| Rec. | Brian Lafty | North |
| Rec. | Dom Marino | Egan |
| QB | Doug Briggs | Judge |
| RB | Eldon Niblett | Dough |
| RB | Dave Coyle | Judge |
| RB | Steve Schurr | Egan |
| RB | John Conte | Ken |
| K | Steven Spencer | McD |
| K | John Phillips | Egan |
| Defense | ||
| E | Tim Wade | Ryan |
| E | John Kiernan | Egan |
| L | Matt LeMarquand | Egan |
| L | Dave Waters | North |
| L | Alan Brown | Ryan |
| L | Keith Householder | McD |
| LB | Stephen Sheaffer | McD |
| LB | Jason Cartwright | Dough |
| LB | Pete Rendina | Ryan |
| B | Vince Viney | North |
| B | Frank Altmire | Ryan |
| B | Tom O'Donnell | Wood |
| B | Dave James | Judge |
| SOUTHERN DIVISION | ||
| FIRST TEAM | ||
| Offense | ||
| C | Andy Durkin | Carr |
| L | Frank Caccuro | Neum |
| L | Chris Del Orefice | Carr |
| L | Shane Smith | West |
| L | Jim Tobin | West |
| Rec. | John Laumakis | Prep |
| Rec. | Lamont Day | Carr |
| QB | Rocco Vernisi | Carr |
| RB | Kimani Patterson | West |
| RB | Anthony Barber | St. J |
| RB | Steve Evans | Carr |
| K | Kevin Nodis | St. J |
| Defense | ||
| E | Dan Graham | Carr |
| E | Mike Keir | Neum |
| L | John Flocco | Neum |
| L | Jesse Richardson | St. J |
| L | Devin Brown | Carr |
| LB | Jason Galante | St. J |
| LB | Charles Williams | Neum |
| LB | Vince Ceritano | O'H |
| B | Gerald Hardy | St. J |
| B | Bob Frazier | Bonn |
| B | James McNelis | O'H |
| SECOND TEAM | ||
| Offense | ||
| C | Jeff Biancaniello | O'H |
| L | Mike Clark | St. J |
| L | Myles Hannigan | O'H |
| L | Travis Kakoska | O'H |
| L | Mark Reynolds | Roman |
| Rec. | Jeff Toal | O'H |
| Rec. | Andy Cobaugh | Prep |
| QB | Frank Costa | Prep |
| RB | Mark Raguckas | O'H |
| RB | Joe Sheridan | Neum |
| RB | Lou Cristinziani | Bonn |
| K | Laurence Carlin | Prep |
| Defense | ||
| E | Tom Fitzpatrick | Bonn |
| E | Brendan Byrne | O'H |
| L | John Rechner | West |
| L | Pete Coppola | Bonn |
| L | Tony DeSante | Bonn |
| L | Roger Reilly | Bonn |
| L | Steve Cassidy | Roman |
| LB | Joe Bergstrom | Carr |
| LB | John DeFruscio | Bonn |
| LB | Anthony Casdia | Prep |
| LB | Max Potter | Neum |
| B | Rodney Frasier | West |
| B | Mike Dougherty | O'H |
| B | Jermaine Wilson | Roman |
Champs' Thumbnail Sketch
Ryan
Coach
John Quinn
Record
6-2-0, 10-2-0
All-Stars
Steve McEachern, C
Tom Ott, L
Steve Devlin, Rec.
Marcello Settembrino, Rec.
Bill Sachs, QB
Frank Wycheck, RB
Matt Knowles, K
Jeff Burke, LB
Inter-Ac League
Season's RecapStandings
| Penn Charter | 3 1 0 |
| Gtn. Academy | 2 1 1 |
| Malvern | 2 1 1 |
| Episcopal | 1 2 1 |
| Haverford School | 0 3 1 |
Coaches' All-Inter-Ac
| FIRST TEAM | ||
| Offense | ||
| L | Tim Gallagher | PC |
| L | Rocco Gallelli | EA |
| L | Mario DeLiberty | MP |
| L | Jim McGeehan | GA |
| L | Marty Wetzel | GA |
| Rec. | Mike Hauer | MP |
| Rec. | Ed Deal | MP |
| Rec. | Bob Fitzgerald | HS |
| RB | Tim Gardner | EA |
| RB | Rob Levan | MP |
| RB | Zack Burwell | GA |
| RB | Michael "Pup" Turner | GA |
| Defense | ||
| L | Dave Nanni | PC |
| L | Paul Landaiche | EA |
| L | Dave Gallagher | EA |
| L | John McBratnie | MP |
| L | Duke Kennedy | GA |
| LB | Mike Cooley | PC |
| LB | Frank Rosato | EA |
| LB | Bill Yoh | HS |
| LB | Fran Casey | PC |
| LB | Mike Buono | MP |
| B | Mike Sheward | PC |
| B | Pat Chambers | EA |
| B | Chris Fay | MP |
| B | Matt MacMullan | HS |
| B | Austin Stitzer | GA |
Champs' Thumbnail Sketch
Penn Charter
Coach
Bill Gallagher
Record
3-1-0, 5-4-0
All-Stars
Tim Gallagher, L
Dave Nanni, DL
Mike Cooley, LB
Fran Casey, LB
Mike Sheward, DB