The Burrs rejoice after winning the 2011 Catholic League AA title.

RECAPS OF CATHOLIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP WINS

1945
At Shibe Park
West 12, Roman 0
    Francis "Reds" Bagnell ran 7 yards for one TD and passed 2 yards to Bill Henricks for
another. Roman made a pair of serious threats late in the first half, but Joe Sucher twice
batted down passes in the end zone.

1946
At Shibe Park
West 8, North 0
    With 40,000 fans jammed into the stadium, Emory McCourt scored the only TD on a
9-yard, first-quarter pass from Charley Albertus. The score was set up when Joe Sucher
blocked a punt and John Bogan recovered on North's 22. The title was West's fourth in
a row and sixth in seven years. The safety came in the fourth quarter, when Joe O'Brien,
under heavy pressure, stepped out of the end zone while trying to pass. North gained 2
fewer yards than did West, 144-142.

1962
At Franklin Field
West 38, Judge 16
    Bob Mahan ran for three TDs, scored another on a 30-yard pass from Tom DeFelice
and threw for a score to Bill McGrath. DeFelice (thigh injury) was seeing his first action
in a month. Tom Stretch ran for both Judge TDs.

1965
At Kennedy Stadium
West 28, Egan 13
    John Barth passed 9-for-15 for 94 yards and a TD to Mike DiDonato, who also rushed
for a score, to give first-year coach John McAneney the win. John Small returned a kickoff
79 yards for a TD and Jim Phillips (20-96) ran in from the 2 after Barth fired a 41-yard
completion to Pat Egan. Bill Travers and George Croyden made fumble recoveries to set up
scores. QB Sylvester "Pancho" Micir scored both Egan TDs.

2006
Blue Division
At Northeast
W. Catholic 20, Wood 12
   The Burrs snapped a string of six title-game defeats (1966-67 overall, 2002-05 in Blue)
to earn a grid plaque for the first time since '65 and their first in a major sport since '79
(baseball). Raymond Maples and quarterback Curtis Drake ran for TDs of 55 and 44 yards
and Drake whipped a 17-yard scoring pass to Rodney Blango to expand a 14-12 lead after
Wood missed a try for a go-ahead field goal. Isiah Edmond had a sack and two other TFLs
among seven stops while interceptions went to Marquese Sanders, Dennis Shaw (20-86
rushing; 3,444 career yards) and Haleem "P-Nut" Hayward. For Wood, soph Sean McCartney
broke the CL's postseason record for passing yardage with 285, with 19 completions in 36
attempts. His star receivers were Chris Lorditch (6-99, two TDs, a city-best 27 for his career)
and Pat Devlin (9-133). Pat McAfee made 10 tackles.

2007
Blue Division
At Northeast
  West Catholic 28, Wood 7
  As they'd been all season, alternating junior tailbacks Rob Hollomon (17-107) and Raymond
Maples (16-81, two TDs) were a two-headed rushing monster as the Burrs won a second
consecutive title for the first time since claiming four straight starting in 1943. Those
performances allowed each to surpass 1,000 yards for the season -- Hollomon (1,048), Maples
(1,040). QB Curtis Drake, like those two a junior, ran for two scores while raising his season's
rushing/passing yardage total to 1,922. Maples, Haleem "P-Nut" Hayward, Rodney Blango
and Jordan Culbreath had interceptions. Wood suffered an early blow when RB-LB Bob
DeLucas, the coaches' division MVP, departed with an ankle injury. Sean Cunningham ran
for the Vikings' score.

2008
AA Division
At Plymouth-Whitemarsh
West Catholic 56, Carroll 7
  Rob Hollomon roared to four scores and 156 yards on just five carries and scored a fifth TD,
his first of the night, on a 65-yard punt return. That gave him 11 TDs in the Burrs' two playoff
appearances. Curtis Drake added 240 yards, passing 3-for-4 for 98 yards and a TD to Haleem
"P-Nut" Hayward and rushing four times for 142 yards and one score. Carroll scored last on
Luke Wischnowski's 61-yard pass to Chris Kennedy.

2009
AA Division
At Northeast
  West Catholic 35, McDevitt 7: Jarred Evans passed 7-for-10 for 203 yards and one TD apiece
to Quran Kent (2-97), Brandon Hollomon and Jaelen Strong-Rankin (3-38). Joshua Mathis
(22-125, two scores) and Hollomon (12-82) led the rushing attack while picks went to Raymond
"Cholly" Manuel and Kevin Malone. Drew Siegfried ran for McDevitt's TD and passed 6-for-15
for 130 yards. Matt Conroy's two catches produced 81 yards.

2010
AA Division
At Ply.-Whitemarsh
  West Catholic 47, McDevitt 7: Anthony Reid passed 8-for-9 for 227 yards and three TDs and
his backup, Jaleel Reed, fired for one. Jaelen Strong-Rankin (3-113, two), Quran Kent (3-105)
and Jim Lynch caught the scoring passes while Brandon Hollomon added 88 yards and two TDs
on eight carries. Kent had an interception. This was the Burrs' fifth consecutive division title and
their 33rd straight win in CL regular season/playoff contests. Gary Postell ran for McDevitt's score.

2011
AA Division
At Northeast
  West Catholic 47, McDevitt 8: Jaleel Reed ran for three scores and hit Bruce Mapp for a fourth
as the Burrs captured a sixth consecutive CL title (two Blue, four AA) in a rare Sunday contest.
David Williams (17-134) added two rushing TDs and Kevin Malone had the same number of
interceptions. The Lancers avoided a shutout on Gerald Fuller’s 3-yard run with 6.2 seconds
remaining, then QB Christian Connor added the conversion.

RECAPS OF CITY TITLE APPEARANCES

1941
At Franklin Field
West Phila. 0, West Catholic 0
    With a Thanksgiving crowd of 40,000 -- largest to watch a scholastic game in Philadelphia --
looking on, West Philly played its fourth scoreless tie of the season. Twice within the last 6
minutes, 5-6, 145-pound Francis "Bud" Williams frustrated West Catholic by sending out
coffin-corner punts at the 2 and 10. Defense by Albert "Buck" Gornish and Charles "Sonny"
Leonard limited the Burrs to three trips into Speedboy territory. In the final minute, WC's
Cornelius White completed passes of 11 yards to John Kenney and 27 to Frank Kane, moving
the ball to WP's 30. But the clock ran out. The following week, WC defeated Harrisburg
Catholic, 31-0, for the state's mythical Catholic championship. Leo Dillon scored three TDs.

1943
At Franklin Field
West Catholic 21, Northeast 0
    West scored its first TD as star rusher John Tulskie fumbled at the 1 and Tom Graham
managed to pick up the ball and lug it into the end zone. The other scores came on passes
-- 23 yards from Graham to Dan Brown and 5 yards from Bob Connor to Joe Dougherty.
West had four more good scoring opportunities. Northeast was held to 95 yards total offense
and four first downs.

1944
At Franklin Field
Southern 13, West Catholic 7
    Unaware that his brother, Albert, had been reported killed in action in Guam, Tom Sabol
returned an errant lateral 66 yards for a TD and combined with teammate Anthony "Reds"
Coletta to defend a pass in the waning moments that could have tied the score. Coletta scored
the Rams' other TD on a 75-yard punt return while Dom Pendino punted seven times for a
42-yard average. For West, which parted company with a 19-game winning streak, the TD
resulted from Bob Connor's 50-yard pass to Joe Dougherty.

1945
At Franklin Field
Southern 18, West Catholic 13
    Thanks to three drives covering 175 yards, Southern scored three TDs in the last 7:40 to
erase a 13-0 deficit and earn the stirring victory before 54,000. The winning score came with
19 seconds left when Anthony "Reds" Coletta, the would-be kicker, heaved an 11-yard pass to
Al Tulinsky, the would-be holder, out of a field goal formation. Coletta then halted West's final
possession with an interception. The Rams' first score in the outburst came on Jack Del Bello's
37-yard screen pass to Joe Carlozo. After Del Bello recovered a fumble, Coletta ran in from
the 2. The highlight of the final drive was Del Bello's 42-yard pass to Carlozo. For West,
Charley Albertus gained 75 yards on 18 carries and passed for a TD to Frank McCartney. Ace
runner Frank "Reds" Bagnell was sidelined early in the second quarter with a broken collarbone.

1946
At Franklin Field
Northeast 33, West Catholic 20
    John Papit ran 29 times for 160 yards and three TDs and passed 3-for-9 for 56 yards and
another score in a game attended by 60,000 and halted by rioting with 10 seconds left. When
Northeast's fans attempted to tear down the goalposts in the final minute, West's fans ran onto the
field to defend them. Elsewhere, two fans connected with neither school ran toward Northeast's
backfield to tackle and slug Papit. With several thousand fans on the field, officials ended the game.
Soccer-style kicker George "Bertie" Miller booted three PAT and averaged 52 yards on six kickoffs.
For West, Charley Albertus passed 8-for-20 for 186 yards and two TDs and Emory McCourt
carried 11 times for 91 yards.

1951
At Franklin Field
West Catholic 42, Bok 0
    Jack McEachern rushed for 118 yards and a TD and passed 6-for-12 for 75 yards and another
TD for West, which never punted en route to completing its first perfect season (10-0) since 1943.
Art Dettra ran for two TDs and John Bauer kicked six PAT. The Burrs won the total offense battle,
341-71. Bok advanced to the West 13 late in the first half, but was immediately pushed back to the 37.

1962
At Franklin Field
West Catholic 20, Southern 20 (tie)
    Bob Mahan rushed 20 times for 70 yards and two TDs, including a game-tying, 2-yard run with
42 seconds remaining. On a conversion run, Mahan was tackled by George Gambone. Tom DeFelice
passed 13-for-26 for 160 yards and a TD to John Paczosa. For Southern, Joe Briddell carried 16
times for 67 yards and a TD, but saw only spot action in the second half due to a leg injury.

1965
At Franklin Field
West Catholic 34, Southern 18
    West scored on its first two possessions of the third quarter to pull away from a 12-12 halftime tie
and make a winner of first-year coach John McAneney. Mike DiDonato ran 2 yards for the decisive TD
moments after reeling off a 39-yard punt return. Tom Jordan's interception set up the next TD, John
Small's 5-yard run. For Southern, Frank Gorman passed for two scores and ran for a third.

2008
CLASS AA
At Southern
  West Catholic 55, Bok 0: Curtis Drake accounted for the first four TDs, rushing for the first
and fourth and passing to Eric Young for those in between. Drake finished with eight carries for
72 yards and passed 8-for-9 for 121. Ray Manuel represented the defense by taking an interception
64 yards for a score. Bok coach Tom DeFelice, like Drake, had twice earned coaches' All-Catholic
honors while playing QB for West (in '62 and '63).

2009
CLASS AA
At Southern
  West Catholic 21, Bok 7: The Burrs entered with a 36.6 scoring average, but found themselves
trailing at halftime, 7-0, thanks to a TD pass from Andre Frazier to Gary Jackson. John Ruppert,
a starter on the defensive line since his freshman year, then added guard duties and West again
looked somewhat like its usual self. Brandon Hollomon finished with 177 yards (149 beyond
intermission) and two TDs on 29 carries. Jarred Evans ran for a 2-yard score and passed
13-for-17 for 119 yards while eclipsing the school season record (1,586, David Long collected
1,488 in 1982). For Bok, ends Chris Sherrod and Jacqual Dobbs halved 14 tackles and combined
for seven losses.

2010
CLASS AA
At Southern
  West Catholic 34, Bok 6: Bok coach Tom DeFelice, in the last game of his 18-year stint,
created nervous feelings for his alma mater in a 6-6 first half. But the Burrs then rolled, scoring
four TDs in an 8-minute, 9-second span. David Williams turned eight carries into 52 yards and
three TDs (two in the spurt) while Brandon Hollomon's 15-carry, 162-yard, one-TD performance
enabled West to have a 1,000-yard rusher for the 11th consecutive season. Jim Lynch, back in
action after a one-game suspension (he'd incorrectly been thrown out of the CL final vs. McDevitt;
there was no video to prove he'd only been acting as a peacemaker), notched eight solos and two
TFLs among 12 stops while also forcing a fumble. Jaleel Reed lost a 98-yard interception return
score to a penalty. Khalil Neal (21-79) and Shaquil Sammons (25-50, TD) led Bok. This game
was played at 11 a.m. A 6 o'clock Friday night start was nixed by community pressure.

2011
CLASS AA
At Southern
  West Catholic 30, Bok 23: The Burrs needed a late TD to survive despite 412-108 dominance
in scrimmage yardage. A 50-yard pass from Jaleel Reed to Shaquille James provided major life for
the final drive and Reed scored from the 1 with 1:31 left, erasing a 23-22 deficit. Reed suffered a
second-quarter injury and during his absence Kevin Malone threw a 9-yard scoring pass to Bruce
Mapp. David Williams carried 42 times for 228 yards and two TDs. For Bok, Shaquil Sammons
rushed 27 times for 77 yards and one score and added another on a 92-yard kickoff return.

ASSORTED LASTS . . .
From the final game, AA semifinal vs. Lancaster Catholic 12/10/11 . . .

FIRST TEAM ALL-CITY PLAYERS
(Team First Picked in 1971)