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To see Aaron Carter's recent DN stories, go to www.philly.com and put
his name in the
search box.
Click here
to see Ted's list of the 50 Most Memorable Playoff Games in City History
(football, basketball, baseball; through 2007-08).
Click here
for Part Two (grouped by school year.)
Click
here for "Top 5 in 35." Each school's Top 5 athletes
(must have played a "major" sport -- FB/bask/base) in the first 35 school years
Ted covered Philly HS sports (through 2009-10).
Click
here
for "Only in the Pub, Part I and II" . . . Ted's look at the crazy, funny,
curious, ridiculous, disturbing and/or head-scratching
moments that make Public League sports so legendary (through 2012-13).
***Click
here for even older alerts.***
(The ones on this page go back to
start of 2010-11 school year.)
March 20
In the PIAA Class AAA state final . . .
Neumann-Goretti beat
Carroll, 69-67, for its fifth Pa. crown in six years.
Ted's report
is
posted. Ace's sidebar ink to jr. WG Zane Martin. Game pics
here. Celebration
pics
here.
Judge sr. DB Matt Hartigan
will play college football at Ursinus, and he'll join his brother, Shawn.
This will be their first time as teammates! Each began playing at age 5.
Click
here for info on Wednesday
night's Markward Club dinner; it's the big one!!
Lansdale
and Ryan
have sent their baseball rosters. Click
here.
Thanks! Next?
In the PIAA Class A state final . . .
Constitution
beat Farrell, 85-53, to win its third Pa. crown in four years.
Ted's report
is posted. Overall context for
Ace's
ink. Game pics
here.
Celebration pics
here
. . . Also, in the AA girls' final, Neumann-Goretti
beat Seton La Salle, 79-34. Pics
here.
Baseball historian John Shiffert is on Pete Rose's side. Click
here.
PCN will televise all state finals, boys and girls. Games also
available online and via mobile apps. Click
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Semifinal results for D-12's eventual state champs)
Click
here for Ace's story on Carroll sr. F Derrick Jones.
Good luck to all District 12 teams in state finals today &
tomorrow!
March 19
In 2015, former La Salle grid coach Drew Gordon will be the
offensive coordinator at his alma mater,
McDevitt.
Click
here
for: "Our Guys" are headed to Italy . . . for football!!
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Top 10 performances by "Our Guys" in PIAA championship games)
Getting a chance to participate in the NCAA Tournament is not
exactly uncommon for coach Jim Fenerty's former Germantown Academy
players. Click
here.
Roman,
World Comm, Carroll, Dobbins
and Mastbaum
have sent
their baseball rosters. Click
here.
Thanks! Next?
Check out stories, from their high school days, on the four main "Our
Guys" in the NCAA tournament . . .
Hakeem Baxter,
Phila. Elec. (Alabama
Birmingham) --
here
Rysheed Jordan, Vaux
(St. John's) --
here
Nick Lindner,
Germantown Academy
(Lafayette) --
here
Stephen Vasturia, SJ Prep
(Notre Dame) --
here
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Importance of defense/rebounding in state finals)
March 18
Roxborough, Edison
and
Phila. Elec. have sent
their baseball rosters. Click
here.
Thanks! Next?
The March 7
Tedbit
has been updated (Top blowout wins by Pub/Cath teams in state playoffs,
2005-15)
The March 5
Tedbits
(day, evening)
have been updated (Top Pub/Cath scorers in state playoffs, 2005-15)
Check out practice pics for the six still-alive teams (taken at
various times this season; some sets include multiple schools) . . .
Carroll and Constitution
Conwell-Egan
King
Neumann-Goretti
Roman
Click
here for
the Donofrio Classic rosters and thanks to tourney officer Tom Brady for
providing them.
SJ Prep sr. RB James Bell
will play college football at East Stroudsburg.
Click
here
for the schedule for the PIAA's championship games (bottom of that page).
Click
here
for information on Ted Taylor's 8th book, which examines the 20th Century
Phillies.
Click
here
for a pic of the Walsh twins (see March 17 alert) and their new best buddy,
a famous NFL quarterback/work partner.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(District 12 again places teams in all four title games. And two will be
all-D12 affairs)
**Click
here for recaps of state semifinals.**
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 3/17.
The March 11
Tedbit has been updated
(MC&S'
Samir Doughty
has completed his climb up a very special list. Click
here
for pic)
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
March 17
Dan Concannon, a product of the ol' St. John Neumann ('03), and a
coaches' All-Catholic pick, is Neumann-Goretti's
new football coach.
***Eight teams will play for state
championships this weekend in Hershey and
SIX
will be from District 12!!!***
In a Class AAA semi . . .
Neumann-Goretti beat Imhotep, 75-67.
Ted's report is posted.
Ace's ink to jr. PG Vaughn Covington, who nailed four treys
while scoring 21 points. Pics
here (taken from
up top).
In a Class A semi . . .
Constitution beat MC&S, 87-46.
Ted's report is posted.
Ace's ink to sr. F Ahmad Gilbert, who shot 13-for-14 en route
to 31 points. Pics
here (taken from
up top).
Other games: Roman and King won in AAAA.
Carroll won in AAA. Conwell-Egan won in AA.
In 1998, the football game between Ryan and Judge drew major media
attention because twins --
Jimmy for Ryan, Billy for
Judge -- were playing
against each other. Click
here to see how they're faring now in the entertainment
world. Best of luck, guys!
***In tonight's state semis over four classifications, eight of
the 16 participants will be from District 12. Since 2001 (maybe all-time?;
complete breakdown unavailable), that's the highest number from one
district. District 7 had seven teams in 2011. Also, 7 had 6 entrants in '10
and 3 had 6 in '02.***
GAMP
has sent its baseball roster. Click
here.
Thanks! Next?
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(The
ConHigh-MC&S
series)
Click
here for Ed Barkowitz' DN breakdown on "Our Guys."
Congrats to O'Hara product Steve Donahue ('80),
who today will be introduced as Penn's new basketball coach. Click
here for Dick Jerardi's DN story . . . And click
here for DJ's story on Lafayette coach Fran O'Hanlon
(St. Thomas More '66),
whose team will face Fran's college alma mater, Villanova, in the NCAA
Tourney.
March 16
*Randy Seidman is back with his Hometown Philly Awards for college baseball.
Click
here for his latest
contribution. Thank you, Randy!!!*
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
(NIT time for "Our Guys")
**Neumann-Goretti
product Joey Gorman, who
missed the last two seasons at Saint Joseph's University after twice
undergoing brain surgery, recently made his 2015 debut by drawing a walk in
a game vs. Lehigh in Port Charlotte, Fla. The pitcher? . . . Joey's good
friend, La Salle
product Kevin Long.
Best of luck, Joey, and congrats on winning your courageous battle! If you'd
like to reach out to Joey, his email is
gorm50an@aol.com.**
Click
here
for the brackets/schedule of the upcoming Donofrio Tournament, as provided
by Tom Brady. (Rosters will be made available as the starting date draws
closer.) Thanks, Tom!
Click
here for practice
pics from Math, Civics and Sciences.
Olney
has sent its baseball roster. Click
here.
Thanks! Next?
Tourney time . . .
Check out stories on UAB's Hakeem Baxter (Phila. Elec.)
here, St. John's Rysheed Jordan
(Vaux)
here, Lafayette's Nick Lindner (Gtn. Academy)
here and Notre Dame's Stephen Vasturia (SJ Prep)
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Breakdown of D-12's semifinal participants, 2005-15.
March 15
Info for Tuesday's doubleheader at Phila. Univ., via Joe Sette:
Competing schools will sell tickets at their school: $4 for students and
$8 for adults. All tickets will be $8 at games. Doors will open at 5 p.m.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Tourney time for "Our Guys")
Click
here
for a breakdown of Huck vs. Joe Lunardi.
Click
here for
Huck's predictions for the NCAA bracket (posted at 5:58 p.m.)
Thanks to
athletic director Tom Shirley for allowing District 12 to use Philadelphia
University for two state semis. Our Guys deserve quality venues, too!
Click
here and
here for video of
two key moments in the final stages of Roman's win over Pennsbury; courtesy
of Mark "Frog" Carfagno.
**Click
here for Randy Seidman's annual
list of college baseball players from the Pub/Cath/Int leagues. Thanks as
always, Randy!!**
Click
here to be inspired.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Updated list of top underclass career scorers)
Click
here
for the schedule for the PIAA's semifinal playoff games (bottom of
that page), as provided by CL honcho Joe Sette. Take note: All games are
Tuesday.
Click
here
for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders (14.0 minimum).
Click
here for
the updated 1,000-Point Scorers (and candidates).
**Click
here for recaps of state quarterfinals, part
II.**
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 3/14.
***Ted Taylor is in his 40th year of writing hobby columns. Congrats! Click
here for his latest offering!***
Click
here for: Who
Knew? Six Refs Were Assigned to This Game.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
March 14
In Class AAAA quarterfinals . . .
King beat Plymouth-Whitemarsh, 59-43.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here . . . And La
Salle fell to Lancaster McCaskey, 60-59, on a follow with 2.1 seconds
remaining.
Ted's report is posted.
Overall context for
Ace's
ink. Pics
here.
Click
here for Ace's
video of La Salle's last chance.
Other games: Roman won in AAAA. In AA, Conwell-Egan won and
Mastery North lost.
Imhotep's
cheerleaders were out in
force last night. Click
here. (The gal
with blonde hair was the one who one-upped a Susquehanna Township
cheerleader, as mentioned at the end of Ted's report.)
Congrats to former Egan star Brian Townsend ('74),
the new president of the Bucks County Basketball Officials!
N-G
and Tacony have sent their baseball rosters. Click
here.
Thanks! Next?
**Click
here
for recaps of state quarterfinals.**
The March 11
Tedbit
has been updated (MC&S'
Samir Doughty now
holds the No. 21 spot)
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(District 12's winning streak is up to 19 games . . . at least)
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 3/13.
Click
here for: Down
Dere Due to "DaDa."
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
March 13
District 12 again
went 5-0!!
In a Class AAA quarterfinal doubleheader . . .
Neumann-Goretti
overcame a three-point deficit in the final 73 seconds and beat Harrisburg
McDevitt, 76-71.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here . . . And
Imhotep beat Susquehanna Township, 58-49.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
In a Class A quarterfinal doubleheader . . .
Constitution beat St. John Neumann, 83-45.
Ace's ink to sr. G Haneef Vaughn . . . And MC&S beat Millersburg, 92-60.
Ace's ink to sr. G
Keith Griffin.
Other game: In AAA, Carroll beat New Castle, 77-48.
B-P
has sent its baseball roster. Click
here.
Thanks! Next?
Congrats to La Salle product Ryan Winslow,
R-frosh punter at Pitt, for making the ACC's All-Academic Team.
Temple's Fran Dunphy (Malvern '66)
is one win away from 500 as a college coach. Click
here for Ed Barkowitz' DN story and
here for his breakdown of big moments along the way.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(District 12's quarterfinal participants, 2009-15)
Click
here for Ace's feature on Mastery North jr. G Rodney Ross.
March 12
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
(District 12 is everywhere in state quarters)
Best wishes going
forward to Chuck Bausman, who is retiring from the Daily News after 15 years
total and the last three as the executive sports editor! Also, best of luck
to long-time columnist Rich Hofmann, who is taking Chuck's place!
Click
here
for a pic that shows a special moment involving ConHigh.
Penn Charter
and Boys' Latin
have sent their baseball rosters. Click
here.
Thanks! Next?
Click
here
for the schedule for all quarterfinal state playoffs (bottom of
that page), as provided by CL honcho Joe Sette.
**Click
here
for recaps of second-round state
playoffs, part II.**
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(D-12's second-round dominance)
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 3/11.
Click
here
for:
Ryan Daly's "Kinda
Dunk" vs. Steel-High Tuesday.
Thanks to 25 points from soph PG Nick Lindner (Germantown Academy),
who has been on quite the roll lately, Lafayette and coach Fran O'Hanlon
(St. Tommy More)
captured the Patriot League crown. Lindner was the tourney MVP. Click
here.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
Click
here for: Never
Know Where You'll See "Aaron Rodgers."
March 11
In a Class AAAA second-round game . . .
Roman beat Cedar Crest, 53-35, thanks to a 33-11 second half.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
. . . (Also, in the first game of the doubleheader at Coatesville,
Bonner-Prendie's girls prevailed in two OTs, 59-53 over West York, as sr. G
Alyssa Monaghan scored 32 points. Her dad, Ed, is the former Bonner-Penn
State football player. Pics
here.)
In a Class AA second-round game . . .
Mastery North beat Trinity, 67-61.
Ace's ink to sr. F Fred Farris.
Other games: King and La Salle won in AAAA; C-E won in AA. D-12 went 5-0
for the second straight night! Average margin of victory: 22.2.
Click
here
for the schedule for the AAA & A quarterfinal state playoffs (bottom of
that page), as provided by CL honcho Joe Sette.
Congrats to La Salle product Zaire Franklin,
frosh linebacker at Syracuse, for making the ACC's All-Academic Team.
Wood
has sent its baseball roster. Click
here.
Thanks! Next?
The Constitution/Shanksville-Stonycreek game ended with a nice
gesture by winning coach Rob Moore and his players. Click
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click here.
(MC&S'
Samir Doughty
continues his climb up a very special list)
**Click
here
for recaps of second-round state
playoffs.**
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 3/10.
Wood sr. F Luke Connaghan
will play college hoops at DeSales.
Click
here
for: Maybe the No. 1 Clever Message Ever Seen on a Sign Outside a Church.
Click here
for the updated standings/overall records.
March 10
In Class AAA second-round games . . .
Carroll beat Steel-High, 83-54.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
N-G beat Manheim Central, 72-44.
Ace's ink to soph C Dhamir "DaDa" Cosby-Roundtree.
Other games: Imhotep won in AAA, ConHigh and MC&S won in A.
(Average margin of victory for D-12's five wins: 29.4 points!
-- score of Constitution game originally misreported as 62-32)
Click
here for practice
pics from La Salle.
*Randy Seidman is back with his Hometown Philly Awards for college baseball.
Click
here for his latest
contribution. Thank you, Randy!!!*
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Imhotep's
20th wins, 2006-15)
March
9
Click
here for: It's
Time for the "Pumpkin" Nickname Again.
La Salle product Steve Collins
has helped Dickinson qualify for the NCAA's D-3 Sweet 16. Click
here.
***Off its championship in the Big South tournament, Coastal
Carolina will again be playing in the NCAA Tournament. Sr. G Warren Gillis
(Academy of the New Church) made the all-tournament team for the second
straight year. Name look familiar? His dad, also Warren, is a prominent
Philly ref!***
Click
here
for info on Wednesday night's Markward Club dinner.
Click
here for: Never
Know What Other Team You'll See in the Gym.
Click
here
for: Think Things Are a Little Nuts in That House?
Click
here for practice
pics from King, Imhotep
and
Mastery North.
Baseball historian John Shiffert
wonders, could the '15 Phillies be the '69 Mets? Stranger things have
happened. Click
here.
Best of luck going forward to Episcopal product Jerome Allen,
whose stint as Penn's basketball coach is about to end. Click
here for Dick Jerardi's DN column.
Website legend Mark "Frog" Carfagno continues his dogged attempt
to get
Dick Allen into the
HOF. Click
here for Tom Mahon's High &
Inside column in the DN. Dick turned 73 yesterday. Happy birthday!
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Updated list of teams with 20 wins in this century. Five joined the club
this past weekend!)
March
8
Thanks to
Germantown Academy's Jimmy Hammer
and SJ
Prep's Gene Williams,
Johns Hopkins is headed to the NCAA's D-3 Sweet 16. Click
here.
**Click
here
for recaps of first-round state
playoffs.**
Click
here
for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders (14.0 minimum).
Click
here
for the schedule for the PIAA's second-round state playoff games (bottom of
that page), as provided by CL honcho Joe Sette.
Click
here for
the updated 1,000-Point Scorers (and candidates).
Click
here
for some notes from Tom Taylor
on the games involving Audenried and Parkway Center City.
Click
here
for: Lockering in on Greatness (your favorite assistant coach, Thomas
"Hockey Puck" McKenna).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(CL again posts first-round sweep)
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 3/7.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records. (Constitution, King, Imhotep,
Carroll and La Salle all reached 20 wins this weekend.
N-G and Roman reached 25.)
March
7
Click
here for: Net
Result, Second Round.
Click
here to see
today's craaaaazy dunk (shot from multiple angles)
by St. John's soph G Rysheed Jordan (Vaux '13)
vs. Villanova.
Thanks to big-win performances by King and Carroll, today's
Tedbit
needed to be updated.
Click
here
for: If You're a Fan of Businesses With Clever Names . . .
In a Class AA first-round game . . .
Conwell-Egan beat Camp Hill, 71-54.
Ted's report is posted.
Ace's
ink to jr. PF-C Vinny Dalessandro. Pics
here.
In a Class AAAA first-round game . . .
La Salle beat Ridley, 58-54.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Other results: Roman and King won in AAAA; Carroll won in AAA (5-0
sweep for CL!); Mastery North won in AA; Freire and Parkway CC lost.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(N-G's 48-pointer grabs No. 2 spot on state playoffs blowout list)
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 3/6.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
March 6
In Class AAA first-round games . . .
Neumann-Goretti beat Gettysburg, 77-29.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Imhotep beat Berks Catholic, 74-43.
Ace's ink to sr. G Khalief Tinley.
Other results: Constitution and MC&S won. Robeson and Audenried lost.
Update at 3:25: Via Joe Sette,
tomorrow's AA game involving Mastery North will be played at Upper Dublin (4
p.m. start).
Click
here
for: Next Move for "Hockey Puck" . . . Maybe the Release of an Exercise
Video?
Honorees on the All-CAA teams: Carroll
product Juan'ya Green
(Hofstra, jr. G, first team), Imhotep product Ameen Tanksley
(Hofstra, jr. G-F, second team) and N-G product
John Davis (Towson,
soph F, third team). Congrats, guys!
Update at 10:55: Carroll coach Paul
Romanczuk said his team's game vs. Octorara has been rescheduled for
tomorrow, 4 o'clock, at Council Rock South.
Click
here for: Two in
Vermilion! (Two Ex-Lincoln
FB stars, mentored by assistant Joe DiGrazio, have thrived at Joe's former
JC)
Update at 9:25: It
has been confirmed, via Joe Sette, that six of tonight's seven games
involving D-12 teams WILL take place. Awaiting word on the status of
Carroll-Octorara.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Eric "Hank" Gathers, RIP, and
the amazing 1985 All-City Team)
March
5
Click
here for a
wonderful video tribute to former O'Hara football coach Danny Algeo, who
would have turned 50 recently. RIP, Danny.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
(PL's top scorers in state playoffs)
Best wishes going forward to Henry "Doug" Fairfax, who has
stepped down as Haverford School's
basketball coach. Click
here for Ace's ink.
Phila. Electrical product Devante
Chance (IUP, sr. G) is
the Athlete of the Year in the PSAC West, N-G product Wali Hepburn
(Lock Haven, sr. G) is a first teamer in PSAC East and Bernie Driscoll
(Kutztown, former coach at Haverford School
from 1985-87) is the Coach of the Year in PSAC East. Congrats, guys!
Former Malvern star & coach Jim Rullo
has steered Neumann University into the NCAA tourney for the first time.
Click
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(CL's top scorers in state playoffs)
As we kill time 'til Friday . . . In 2008, with 23 points, 8
rebounds, 4 apiece of assists/steals and 5 blocks, Terrelle Pryor (now QB in
NFL) led Jeannette past Strawberry Mansion, 76-72, in OT, for the Class AA
state crown; it had won the football title that fall. Click
here for pics.
March 4
Click
here
for: Hey, Sometimes You Have Just to HAVE to Pose for a Pic With the Enemy.
Click
here for: This
Sport Has His Name Written All Over It.
Click
here for practice
pics from Carroll, Robeson
& ConHigh.
Judge product Reggie Charles
(Holy Family, 6-3 jr. G, 2nd team), Boys' Latin product Isaiah Gans
(HF, 6-8 jr. F, 2nd) and Wood product Joey Getz
(Goldey-Beacom, 6-0 sr. G, 3rd) earned All-Central Atlantic Collegiate
Conference honors. Congrats, guys!
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Breakdown of PL's results in state playoffs, 2005-14)
Congrats to Gtn.
Academy product Jimmy Hammer,
a 6-2 sr. G at Johns Hopkins (first team), and Malvern product Sean Gordon,
a 6-1 sr. G at Gettysburg (second team), for earning All-Centennial honors.
As we
kill time 'til Friday . . . In 2010, a first-round game involving West
Catholic began at Carroll . . . and then finished at Wood!! The reason: A
power failure. Click
here
for pics.
Once again, Constitution
will try to erase last-second, Pub-final pain by winning a state title.
Click
here for Ace's story.
March 3
Congrats to Imhotep product Earl Brown,
a 6-6 sr. F at St. Francis
(Pa.), who has earned first team All-NEC honors.
Progress is being made on assorted
Baseball '15 files. Thanks to honchos Gene Otto (Cath/Int) and Barry Strube
(Pub) for their help.
Congrats to Comm Tech
product David Johnson,
a 5-9 soph G at Mercer County Community College, who has been named the MVP
in Region 19. Also to teammate/Gratz
product D.J. Alexander,
a 6-0 soph G and a 2nd Team All-Garden State Athletic Conference honoree.
***Only in the Supposed to Play the Pub: Hilda Goodling Impact
Academy, the top Class A seed in District 3, has closed its doors (maybe for
good) due to financial woes. Other teams have moved up the seeding ladder.
Constitution's opponent will be West Shore Academy.***
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Breakdown of CL's results in state playoffs, 2009-14)
As we kill time 'til Friday . . . In 2007, Prep Charter
claimed a second consecutive Class AA state title thanks largely to twins
Marcus and Markieff Morris, who are now with the Phoenix Suns. Click
here for
celebration pics.
Links to full boxscores for league playoffs/City Titles are now
here.
March 2
Click
here for
professional photos from the N-G/Imhotep AAA City Title, as provided by
Michelle Alton.
Click
here for
professional photos from the Roman-King AAAA City Title, as provided by
Michelle Alton.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Comparing Quade Green's
soph season playoff performance with Ja'Quan Newton's
as soph/jr/sr.)
**Randy Seidman is back with his
Hometown Philly Awards for college baseball!!! Click
here for his latest
contribution. Thank you, Randy!!!**
Baseball historian John Shiffert
takes us back to the very beginning. Click
here.
Click
here for info on Wednesday
night's Markward Club dinner.
Congrats to Community College of Philadelphia
(CCP, 26-2 record, ranked No. 6 in the nation), which will play March 12 in
a national quarterfinal in Loch Sheldrake, N.Y. "Our Guys" players: Basir
Fulmore, Dobbins '11; Dante Collier, Northeast '10; Marcus Smith, Phila.
Elec. '12; Mikal Mumin, Overbrook '10; Karon Keene, Mansion '12; Rafiq
Johnson Central '14. Joe Rome (Judge '89) is the third-year coach. Assistants: Andre
Wright, Franklin '97; Terrell Wright, Franklin '93; Solomon Walker, Franklin
LC, '89; Kenyatta McKinney, Gratz, '99.
As we
kill time 'til Friday . . . In 2009, the CL's first year of PIAA membership,
Carroll's boys & girls
won state titles. The school then held a campus parade and ceremony inside
the gym. Click
here
for pics.
La Salle product Dan Spinelli,
former website stalwart, is now a freshman at Penn. Click
here to see the story he did for The Daily Pennsylvanian
on the CL's long-time connection with the Palestra.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Roman
earns slim-margins spot)
Full boxscores for the City Title contests are in today's Daily
News. Thanks to Amauro "Amar" Austin and the DN's Bob "Boop" Vetrone for
helping to make that happen.
March 1
Schedule change: Saturday's game involving Conwell-Egan will be
played at
4 o'clock at Ryan.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Quade Green's
outrageous postseason marksmanship)
Cedar Crest, in District 3, experienced a crazy week. Click
here.
***The schedule for the first round of state playoffs is
here
(bottom of that page). Thanks to Joe Sette for providing.***
Baseball roster No. 1 has been received . . . from
Central.
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Egan/C-E's
postseason history)
D-12's entrants/seeds for state playoffs . . .
AAAA -- 1.) Roman. 2.) King. 3.) La Salle.
AAA -- 1.) Neum-Gor. 2.) Imhotep. 3.) Carroll. 4.) Audenried.
AA -- 1.) Con.-Egan. 2.) Freire. 3.) Mastery North. 4.) Parkway CC.
A -- 1.) Constitution. 2.) MC&S. 3.) Robeson.
Feb. 28
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Another look at
Carl
Arrigale's
feat)
Freire's
cheerleaders can now be found
here. (No idea why their uniforms are green. Not a school color.)
Click
here for
City Title recaps.
Click
here
for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders (14.0 minimum).
Click
here for
the updated 1,000-Point Scorers (and candidates).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Carl
Arrigale
claims a spot on the list of city coaches with 400 wins. An impressive one,
at that)
The Feb. 27
Tedbit has been updated with the CL's City Title sweep.
Click
here
for: Sometimes a Team's Best Shooter is the Coach. (Rick Leinenbach of the
Somerton Youth Association.)
Click
here
for: Vin Loved
C-E's
Win! . . . (The Ceiling Didn't.)
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/27.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
Celebration pics:
here for Roman (with Puck!) . . .
here
for N-G . . .
here
for C-E.
Click
here
for Ace's video of Quade Green's winning trey . . . and
here
for Ted's pic.
Feb. 27
In the City Title tripleheader at Saint Joseph's University . . .
AAAA: Roman beat King, 58-57, as Tony Carr's two free throws provided a
four-point lead with 10.4 seconds remaining. Overall context for
Ace's ink.
Pics
here.
. . .
AAA: Neumann-Goretti beat Imhotep, 77-74, as Quade Green stuck a
right-corner trey with 1 second left to give coach Carl Arrigale his 400th
win. Overall context for
Ace's ink. Pics
here.
. . .
AA: Conwell-Egan beat Freire, 67-31, to claim a postseason win for the first
time since 1964, its first season in the Catholic League (over Neumann in a
semi). Vinny Dalessandro had 14 points, 13 rebounds. Pics
here.
. . .
Ted's combo report
is posted.
***Bill "Mr. Bill" Williams, long-time
basketball assistant at Southern, is selling DVDs of Philly high school
games going back to 1989. Click
here for an
updated list of available DVDs (not just games involving Southern) and
contact info.***
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Cath
vs. Pub in seeding/CT games since 2009)
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/26.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
The great
Eric "Hank" Gathers
(Dobbins '85) passed away 25 years ago while starring for Loyola Marymount.
Click
here for Dick Jerardi's wonderful story. RIP, Hank.
Haverford School jr. F Lamar Stevens
is being stalked. Click
here for Ace's story, which includes recruiting updates on
other players.
Feb. 26
Today's Tedbit has been corrected . . . click
here.
Click
here
for: Every Player Should Have THIS Kind of Fan Club.
In a playoff to determine D-12's third AAAA seed (loser out) . . .
La Salle beat Washington, 73-44.
Ted's report is posted.
Ace's
ink to sr. F Dave Krmpotich. Pics
here.
Click
here
for nine professional photos from the recent CL finals, as snapped by Bill
Achuff.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Carroll
still owns the Ryan roost)
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/25.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
Click
here
for professional photos from the recent Wood-Ryan girls' playoff game, as
snapped by Michelle Alton.
Audenried's
cheerleaders and dance team can now be found
here.
Feb. 25
In a playoff to determine D-12's third-fourth AAA seeds . . .
Carroll beat Audenried, 71-46.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Click
here
for practice pics from
Conwell-Egan.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Roman
coach Chris McNesby
joins a special club)
Click
here
to see a video of what's probably the most amazing last shot in basketball
history.
The adjusted boxscore for the Cath final is in today's DN (page
35).
The Public A-C TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/24.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
Feb. 24
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (Audenried
again bumps off a favorite, based on divisions)
In the special playoff to determine the Pub's second AAA squad . . .
Audenried beat Del-Val, 67-64. Overall context for
Ace's ink. (Audenried will play Carroll tomorrow night at 7:30, at Ryan, to
determine the third-fourth seeds for the state playoffs.)
Click
here
for: Happy Times for Chris "McNetby."
Click
here
for: Capping Off a Signature Performance.
Click
here
for: He Created Quite the "Ster" at the Palestra.
Sankofa basketball coach Isaiah Thomas
is running again for a City Council spot. Click
here
for Stu Bykofsky's DN column.
Click
here for: Be Careful How You Lose, Gals (scandal in
Tennessee)
Check out recaps for all 2015
Cath playoffs.
Tickets for D-12 seeding games will be $5. Tickets for the City Titles
at Saint Joseph's University will be $10. No presales.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (A look at the streaks of 20 consecutive wins in CL playoffs by
Roman, 1989-95, and
N-G, 2009-15)
Full boxscores for the Cath finals are in today's Daily News (page
30). Thanks to Amauro "Amar"
Austin, Mark "Frog" Carfagno, Big Steve Reid, Keith Hines and the DN's Bob "Boop" Vetrone
for making that happen.
Note from Ted:
***The point totals for
Roman's Nazeer Bostick and Tony Carr
should have been 23 and 8, not 25 and 6. I messed that up. Sorry!***
The second Catholic TEAM PAGE has been updated through 2/23.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
**Click
here
for a big celebration pic in the southeast locker room.**
Feb. 23
In the Cath boys' final . . .
Guard Nazeer Bostick totaled 23 points and 13
rebounds as Roman beat Neumann-Goretti, 64-59, to prevent the Saints from
winning a seventh consecutive championship.
Ted's report
is posted. Click
here
for Ed Barkowitz' DN game story. Click
here
for Ace's atmosphere piece. Game pics
here.
Celebration pics
here.
In the Cath girls' final . . .
Neumann-Goretti beat Wood, 50-45, as Ciani Cryor had 13
points, five assists and six steals. Click
here. Pics
here.
Multiple Pub first-teamers have been added to
this list.
This year's Pub first-teamers have been added to the list that
goes back to 1941. Click
here.
***Click
here for the
coaches' All-Public team -- now complete -- and congrats to the overall MVP, Constitution sr. Kimar Williams.***
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Tonight's CL title combatants sniff very rare air in terms of total
losses)
Ace's preview for the Cath final is in today's Daily News (page
48).
Click
here for Les Bowen's DN story on
CHA product Ibraheim Campbell,
who's being viewed as a midround NFL pick.
The Public A TEAM PAGE has been updated through 2/22.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
Full boxscores for the Pub finals are in today's Daily News (page
45).
Thanks to Amauro "Amar"
Austin, Mark "Frog" Carfagno, Jon "Duck" Gray, Big Steve Reid and the DN's Bob "Boop" Vetrone
for making that happen.
Feb. 22
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Imhotep
coach Andre Noble joined the five-titles club today, and gained membership
rather quickly.)
Check out recaps for all of this season's
Pub playoffs.
Imhotep is the third Pub school to win boy-girl championships in the same
season; also University City in '95 and Central in '05. 'Tep also claimed a
football crown this past fall, of course. Neumann-Goretti
will have a chance to match the three-titles feat tomorrow night.
In the Pub boys' final . . .
Imhotep beat Constitution, 77-75, for its fifth crown in seven years as a
successful, last-possession layup was launched an instant AFTER the buzzer.
Duck's
report is
posted.
Ace's ink
to soph G Daron Russell, the game MVP. Click
here
for Ace's video of the final moments.
In the Pub girls' final . . .
Imhotep beat Mastery North, 61-33. Click
here.
**The
following Pub/Cath/Int football guys will play for Team Stars & Stripes
against the Lazio Marines Under-19 team in Global Bowl Italy on March 29 --
Episcopal: OL/DL John "Moose" Minicozzi,. QB Ryan Whayland; Judge: QB Zach
Carroll; Germantown Academy: RB-DB Kashta Davis; Roxborough: TE-LB Caleb
Lassiter, DT Javahn Singleton. Episcopal teacher (and former coach) Bill
Gallagher will guide the squad.**
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Top individual outbursts in Pub championship
games)
Today's Pub finals are ON.
The
Public TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/21.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
Feb.
21
In seeding games . . .
AA: Mastery North beat Parkway Center City, 65-37. MN is 3rd. PCC is 4th.
A: Robeson beat Sankofa, 72-51. Robeson is 3rd. Sankofa eliminated.
La Salle defeated Roman, 2,947-2,885, to win the Catholic League bowling
championship for the first time in school history. Through the years, the
Explorers had captured at least one CL crown in every sport. Click
here
for a pic, as provided by AD Joe Parisi.
At the NFL Combine, Arizona State WR Jaelen Strong (West Catholic) ran a
4.4 40 and posted a 42-inch vertical!
Schedule note: Del-Val will host Audenried on Tuesday at 3:15 (Simons RC,
Walnut & Woolston in West Oak Lane) to decide the Pub's second AAA
representative for the upcoming state playoffs. The schedule is still
calling for that winner to play Carroll on Wednesday, 7:30 at Ryan, to
determine the third-fourth seeds.
Neumann-Goretti will be seeking a record seventh consecutive championship
in Monday night's Catholic League final. Know what else? In 17 seasons,
coach Carl Arrigale owns 399 career wins.
Ace's preview for the Pub final is in today's Daily News (page 37).
Click
here for Ace's story on Roman sr. F
Manny Taylor, a former starter who's now thriving as the sixth man.
Links to the Pub/Cath quarters/semis boxscores are now
here.
Click
here for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders (14.0
minimum).
Click
here for the updated 1,000-Point Scorers (and
candidates).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Underclass MVPs/MOPs are quite the rage in the
Inter-Ac)
Click
here for a story about Roman
Catholic's truly special 1902-03 basketball team.
Sports Fan Base Network will broadcast tomorrow's girls' (1:30 start) and
boys' (approx. 3) Public League finals right
here.
The Inter-Ac TEAM PAGE has been finalized.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
Feb. 20
Click
here
for: 1,458 Down, Many More to Come at Temple.
Click
here
for: Frankly, He Deserves Attention, Too!!
In a Pa. Indy Tourney semifinal . . .
Haverford School fell to Phelps School, 88-71.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
***Click
here
for the coaches' All-Inter-Ac team and congrats to the Most Outstanding
Player,
Episcopal soph Nick Alikakos.***
Joseph A. "Zeke" DeBarberie, the father of Bonner-Prendie baseball coach
Joe DeBarberie, died Tuesday. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family
and friends. RIP, sir. Click
here.
***Though Roman and N-G are closed today, Wood is open and tickets for
Monday's Catholic League finals doubleheader are on sale. $8 for general
admission, $12 for reserved. Tickets will be on sale Monday at all three
schools. Prices at the Palestra: $10 and $15.***
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Another school is ready to join the list of the
Pub's most-defeated champs)
Ex-MLB catcher
Ben Davis (Malvern '95) will be part
of the Phillies' TV broadcast team this season. Click
here.
Full boxscores for the Pub semis are in today's Daily News. Thanks to
Amauro "Amar" Austin, Big Steve Reid and the DN's Bob "Boop" Vetrone for
making that happen.
The Pub TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/19.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.nt.
Click
here
for: He Fouled With Intention, Ref!
Click
here
for: Caution, Very Hard to Cover.
The fleshed-out schedule for D-12 contests is
here.
The Cath/Int TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/18.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
Feb. 19
**Randy Seidman is back with his Hometown Philly Awards for
college baseball!!! Click
here
for his first contribution for 2015. Thank you, Randy!!!**
In Public League semifinals . . .
Imhotep beat King, 61-56. Overall context for
Ace's ink.
Constitution
beat
Audenried,
70-57. Overall
context for
Ace's
ink.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Most competitive CL semis, 1942-2015)
Schedule note: The Haverford School-Phelps semifinal in the Pa.
Indy Tourney will be played
tomorrow, 6:30, at Malvern.
Click
here for NOT Only in the Pub (a crazy story from Western
Pa.).
Pub snafu: As it turns out, Audenried is AAA, not AA. The Rockets
will still play tonight in the overall semis, but Freire will meet
Conwell-Egan for the AA City Title. The Mastery North-Parkway CC game will
be for seeding in AA, not an elimination game, and it's possible Audenried
will play Del-Val to determine the Pub's second AAA spot.
The Feb. 17 (evening)
Tedbit has been updated. Welcome aboard to '78
O'Hara grad Chris Manning.
Chestnut Hill College will field its first sprint football team
(weight limit: 172 pounds) this coming fall. Wanna give it a whirl? Contact
coach Mike Pearson at
PearsonM@chc.edu.
Check out recaps for last night's
Cath semis.
Full boxscores for the Cath semis are in today's Daily News.
Thanks to Ed "Huck" Palmer, Big Steve Reid and the DN's Bob "Boop" Vetrone
for making that happen.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Quade Green/Lamarr
"Fresh" Kimble
sniff sorta-rare air.)
Click
here
for: Paul Newman's Old School/New School Moment.
Click
here
for: He Fouled With Intention, Ref!
Click
here
for: Caution, Very Hard to Cover.
The fleshed-out schedule for D-12 contests is
here.
The Cath/Int TEAM PAGES
have been updated through 2/18.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
Feb. 18
In Catholic League semifinals, at the Palestra . . .
Neumann-Goretti outlasted La Salle, 70-65, as Quade Green (26) and Lamarr
"Fresh" Kimble (23) led the way.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
Roman beat Carroll, 61-58, as Paul Newman hit two gigantic free throws with
5 seconds left.
Ted's report
is posted. Overall context for
Ace's ink.
Pics
here.
In Pa. Indy Tourney quarterfinals, Haverford School won and
Germantown Academy lost.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Justin
Etsell. Justin, a pitcher-third baseman for North Catholic ('03) and part of
a notable baseball family, died yesterday. RIP, Justin.
The following Pub/Cath players have been chosen for the Big 33
football game (Sat., June 20, 7:05 at Hersheypark Stadium): WR DJ Moore (Imhotep),
DL Shareef Miller (Washington), LB Jake Cooper (Wood), DB Shaq Jones (Imhotep),
ATH Jarrett McClenton (Wood).
St. Matthew (Mayfair) claims the crown. Click
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (All
schools' records in CL semis)
Feb. 17
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (All-Catholic lefties revisited, 1976-2015)
Schedule note (down the line): The Conwell-Egan/Audenried Class
AA City Title will be played on Friday,
Feb. 27, 5:45 p.m., at Saint
Joseph's University as the first game of what will now be a tripleheader.
Links to the Pub/Cath quarterfinal boxscores are now
here.
Click
here for the
updated list of One-Game School Records.
Schedule note: The Pub semis will be played
Thursday
at Southern. Times still the same: Con-Aud at 5:30, King-Imho at
approximately 7.
Tickets for tomorrow night's Catholic League semis will be on sale
today, 2 to 5 p.m., in the
athletic director's office at
La Salle High.
Schedule note: Phelps at Germantown Academy, a quarterfinal in the
Pa. Indy Tourney, will be played
tomorrow
at 5:30. Also, in another quarterfinal, Haverford School will visit Hill
School
tomorrow
at 3:45.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Top underclass career scorers; new info added)
Click
here
for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders (14.0 minimum).
The Int TEAM PAGE has been updated through 2/16.
Feb. 16
Schedule note: In the Pa. Indy Tourney's quarterfinal round,
Germantown Academy will host Phelps on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.; weather
permitting.
Links to all recent photo sets can now be found
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Teams with only four scorers in CL quarterfinals, 1976-2015)
Full boxscores/recaps for all Cath/Pub quarterfinals are in
today's Daily News (page 44). Thanks to everyone who made it happen: Amauro
Austin, Bill Avington, Mark "Frog" Carfagno, Aaron "Ace" Carter, Bill
Donohoe, Jon "Duck" Gray, Keith Hines, Blair Klumpp, Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna, Mike
O'Connell, Ed "Huck" Palmer, Jim Parrella, Big Steve Reid, Pat Sorrentino
and the DN's Bob "Boop" Vetrone.
Feb. 15
The schedule for District 12 City Titles and seeding/elimination
games is
here
(bottom of page). Thanks to Pub hoops honcho Ben Dubin.
Click
here
for info on Wednesday night's Markward Club dinner.
Click
here
for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders (14.0 minimum).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Audenried
earns a spot on the Pub's wait-time list for quarterfinal wins)
Check out recaps for yesterday's
Pub playoffs.
Click
here for
the updated 1,000-Point Scorers (and candidates).
The Pub/Int TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/14.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
Feb. 14
The schedule for Pub/Cath semis is now
here
(bottom of page).
In Public quarterfinals . . .
The winners were
Constitution (66-59 over MC&S;
Ace's semi-ink to sr. F Ahmad
Gilbert in an overall context) and Audenried (70-61 over Freire).
Duck's
reports are posted.
Click
here
for: Hard to Cover? Foh Shizzle! (smile)
Click
here
for: Almost Time for Spring Sports! (Despite the c-c-c-old)
In a Pa. Indy Tourney first-rounder . . .
Haverford School beat Germantown Friends, 55-48.
Ted's report
is
posted. Pics
here.
Click
here for the updated 1,000-Point
Scorers (and candidates).
Check out recaps for yesterday's
Pub playoffs
and
Cath playoffs.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(La Salle-SJ Prep
again makes the low-points list)
The Cath/Pub/Int TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/13.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
Click
here
for: He Also Should Have Played Cornerback.
Info on the Cath semis: Two games Wednesday at the Palestra. Roman-Carroll
at 7, N-G/La Salle at 8:45. Tickets can be purchased at the four schools: $8
for general admission, $12 for reserved seats. Prices at the door: $10 and
$15.
Feb. 13
In Catholic quarterfinals . . .
Roman
beat Wood, 64-50, as jr. G Tony Carr opened a 19-5 closing rush with six
straight points.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
La Salle beat SJ Prep, 37-33, as sr. F Dave Krmpotich went 4-for-4 at the
line in the final moments and had a leaping steal in between.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
Carroll beat Conwell-Egan, 47-34, by scoring 36 of the final 52 points.
Huck's
report is posted.
Other
winner: N-G over Judge, 88-57.
In Public quarterfinals . . .
The winners were
King (59-46 over Washington;
Ace's ink
to sr. PG Sammy Foreman) and Imhotep (62-52 over Del-Val).
In 1976, Tom Dunfee starred at linebacker for
Bartram's Pub
football champions, commonly known as the Maroon Wave. In the 1977-78 school
year, Tom was first team All-City in football and baseball. Check out a
current pic
here
and don't even think about running the ball up the middle (smile).
Info about Roman's sports HOF banquet is
here.
Northwestern's Ibraheim Campbell (Chestnut Hill Academy) is Mike Mayock's
No. 5 safety prospect for the NFL draft. Arizona State WR Jaelen Strong
(West Catholic) will also be participating in next week's NFL combine.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Roman's lowest leading scorers in Cath play, 1976-2015)
Toronto G Kyle Lowry (Dougherty '04)
is about to play in his first
NBA all-star game. Click
here for Ed Barkowitz' DN ink.
Feb. 12
Lansdale Catholic sr. Jake Saba, also a basketball player, will play
college soccer at La Salle.
Info about Ryan's 2015 basketball HOF banquet is
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Bonner-Prendie bounced back in respectable fashion)
**How cool is this? Aaron "Ace" Carter spent his day serving as an
extra for filming of the new Rocky movie. His role? Sports writer at a press
conference! Who would have thought? (smile) He never got to ask a question.
"Who knows if the scene will even make the cut?" he said. "It was lots of
fun, though."**
In today's DN, Tom Mahon featured Tamyra "42 Rebounds" Laws for High &
Inside. Click
here.
Check out recaps for yesterday's Pub playoffs and
Cath playoffs.
Schedule note: In the Pa. Indy Tourney's Round of 16, Episcopal will host
Academy NC on Friday at 4 p.m.; Malvern will visit Friends' Central on
Friday at 4 p.m. (this is a change);
Germantown Academy will host Solebury on Friday at 7 p.m.; Haverford School
will host Germantown Friends on Saturday at 2 p.m.; and SCH Academy will
visit Westtown on Monday at 4 p.m.
Click
here for schedule info on Catholic &
Public quarterfinals.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
The Pub & Cath TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/11.
Feb. 11
In a Catholic first-round playoff . . .
Wood beat Ryan, 66-56.
Ace's ink to sr. F Luke
Connaghan.
In a Public round-of-16 playoff . . .
Washington beat Frankford, 78-63.
Duck's report
is posted.
The Feb. 6
Tedbit has been updated to
include Parkway CC.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Wood's Luke Connaghan
is part of quite the family five-pack)
In the aftermath of the latest mess, and the Archdiocese's strange
response, Kevin Cooney says the CL needs major changes in its culture. Click
here for his column in The
Bucks County Courier Times.
The Inter-Ac TEAM PAGE has been updated through 2/10.
Feb. 10
Click
here for recaps of yesterday's
Pub playoffs.
Thanks to Bill Hall, you can now make plans for the 2015 Carpenter Cup
Classic. Click
here for the schedule.
Click
here for a story from
La Salle's
website about Drew Gordon.
***Baseball cards are now available and Ted Taylor is happy beyond belief.
He's in his 40th year of writing hobby columns. Congrats! Click
here
for his latest offering!***
Back in the day,
Neumann's primary school color was
orange. And late in the afternoon, sometimes you can see it in the gym.
Click
here.
Click
here
for practice pics from Neumann-Goretti.
Three guys have been added to
this list.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Parkway West
breaks an 82-year-old record)
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/9.
Click
here
for the updated standings/overall records.
Feb.
9
Best wishes going forward to Drew Gordon, who
confirmed tonight that he has stepped down as La Salle's football coach
after going 91-26 in nine seasons with six CL championships and a state
title. In Drew's five seasons as an assistant (1994-97, '05), La Salle was
49-13 with two CL crowns.
The Cath first-teamers have been added to
this list.
***Click
here for the Coaches' All-Catholic Basketball Team and
congrats to the MVP,
SJ Prep sr. Chris Clover.***
The schedule for Wednesday's Pub playoffs can be found
here &
here.
In a Pub first-round playoff (Class AAAA) . . .
King beat Northeast, 88-50.
Ace's ink to sr. F Chase Rodgers.
Winners in today's Pub first-round playoffs . . .
A: Constitution, Sankofa, Robeson, MC&S
AA: Audenried, Mastery North, Parkway CC, Freire
AAA: Boys' Latin, Southern, Del-Val, Imhotep
AAAA: Bartram, Frankford, Washington, King
Click
here
for practice pics from
Ryan.
Friday night, with a 58-41 win over SCH Academy,
Penn Charter
avoided an 0-10 record in Inter-Ac hoops and 0-15 in hoops/football
combined. Click
here
for some pics.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Chris
Clover's
37-point outburst in recent context)
Click
here for
schedule info on Catholic playoffs.
Schedule note: In the Pa. Indy Tourney's Round of 16,
Germantown Academy will host Solebury on Friday at 7 p.m.
The Jan. 12 Tedbit has been finalized. Click
here.
Click
here for the final Catholic Scoring Leaders (10.0
minimum).
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/8.
Feb.
8`
Click
here
for: Dunkin'
Derrick . . . Jones,
of Course.
Click
here
for a large pic of Wood's student rooters.
With 285 points in 13 games (21.9 average),
SJ Prep's Chris Clover
(click
here) is the CL
scoring champ. (He was second last year, at 22.0, to
McDevitt's Tyrell Long.)
Click
here
for: Ted Hangs Out With Wood AD Joe Sette.
Click
here
for: Wood Had a Ringer!!
Click
here
for the final Cath standings. First-round playoffs, both at 7 on Wednesday: Ryan
at
Wood, B-P at Judge.
Other winners: N-G, Roman, West, Ryan, Judge.
In front of an outrageous crowd, SJ Prep beat
La Salle, 79-74, in three OTs, as sr. F Chris Clover scored 37 points.
Ted's report
is posted. Ace's ink is
here. Pics
here
(set begins with just under six minutes left in third quarter).
Carroll beat Wood, 77-47.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here
(Half of JV game to start).
Click
here
for the updated standings (now included: overall records for all three
leagues).
Seedings for Inter-Ac teams in the upcoming Pa. Indy Tourney: Gtn.
Academy (3), Episcopal (6), Haverford School (8), Malvern (10) and SCH
Academy (15). Penn Charter is not participating. Schedule TBA.
Schedule note: Monday's Franklin at D-V playoff is back to
3:15.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Glenn Shapley puts
Northeast
near the top of the playoff points list)
Click
here for Ace's feature story on
N-G soph G Quade Green,
who wants to be only one thing . . . the best.
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/7.
Feb.
7
In Northeast's playoff victory Thursday vs. Edison,
manager/player Glenn Shapley contributed two free throws and a
game-ending trey. Click
here
for a Vine video of his trey!
***Congrats to coach
Herb Magee (West Catholic '59),
who today notched his 1000th career win at Philadelphia University (nee
Textile)!!!***
Click
here
for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders (14.0 minimum).
Click
here for
the updated 1,000-Point Scorers (and candidates).
Click
here for the final Inter-Ac Scoring Leaders (10.0
minimum) and congrats to the winner, HS junior Lamar Stevens (the original
report on scoring totals for HS vs. MP was incorrect).
Schedule note: Monday's Franklin at D-V playoff will start at
4:15.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (GA's
Tim Guers
sniffs rare air)
The Cath/Int TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/6.
Photos of Conwell-Egan's Sam Cooper
have been added
here.
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Feb.
6
Michael Christopher "Mickey Cauls" McCauley is in the house! Well,
the hospital (smile). He was born at 2:13 this afternoon. His dad, Matt, who
runs
West Catholic's
football website and takes wonderful pics, and his mom, Katie, are doing
great! Congrats!!! Click
here
for pic.
Before a nearly full house, visiting Germantown Academy (Tim Guers 33
points) beat Episcopal, 74-50, in a last-game showdown for the Inter-Ac
championship. This is the Patriots' third consecutive title.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here . . . Click
here for a large
celebration pic. JV pics
here.
Other big news. . . Wood won at Roman, 64-58, and Penn Charter
topped SCH Academy, 58-41, to avoid going a combined 0-15 in Inter-Ac play
in football and basketball this school year.
Last night,
N-G product Tamyra Laws,
a 5-8 sophomore guard, claimed
42 rebounds
while playing for Frederick CC (Md.). That's the highest total in national
junior college history (all levels, and just two short of the record for
male players)! She's had double-doubles in all 22 games this season.
Tamyra's dad, Stan, is the boys' coach at Strawberry Mansion. Click
here for the boxscore.
Two more local guys have a chance to enjoy the football experience of a
lifetime! Check out the first FOOTBALL listing on
Calendar Items.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Tacony
joins the club!)
Judge's
1975 Catholic League hoops champs will be honored at halftime of Sunday's
game vs. O'Hara.
****Six Wood photos have been added to the Football Commitment Day
pics
here.****
Click
here for Ed Morrone's Northeast Times story about
Northeast
sr. Glenn Shapley
(see Feb. 2), who scored five more points yesterday (after this story was
published)!!
Click
here for the
schedule for Monday's first-round Pub playoffs.
Jim Murphy, who went 64-34 in eight seasons (2000-07), is again
Roman's
football coach.
Click
here
for recaps of yesterday's Pub preliminary playoffs.
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/5.
Click
here
for: Special Keepsake for B-P's
Seniors. And click
here
for a large version (without caption).
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Feb.
5
Click
here
for: Like Falling Off a Clifton.
Click
here
for: Everybody Loves a Good French Fry.
Bonner-Prendie beat McDevitt, 56-48, in a Senior Night game packed
with oddities.
Ted's report
is posted (and the wacky stuff didn't end at the final buzzer). Pics
here
(lots of JV to start).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (There will be TWO very important Inter-Ac basketball games tomorrow
night)
Check out the
Calendar Items
for info on
McDevitt's
annual football HOF banquet, set for this Saturday.
Click
here
for: Fun Night for Title-Winning
Fords.
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/4.
Feb.
4
Click
here
for the updated standings.
With 38 points Monday, Zamir Lett claimed
Prep Charter's
school record for one game.
Schedule note: Tomorrow's World Comm/Tacony Pub preliminary
playoff will be played at
6 o'clock at Tacony's Middle School building (1330 Rhawn Street).
Click
here
for Football Commitment Day pics from SJ Prep, Roman, Malvern and Haverford
School.
Thanks to a 26-8 fourth quarter, Neumann-Goretti beat SJ Prep,
67-44.
Ted's report
is posted.
Ace's ink to sub jr. G Rasheed Browne. Pics
here.
What's the lowest scoring game you've ever seen? Click
here for a story about an all-time snoozefest.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Zahir
Stewart's
place in Pub pointfest history)
Congrats to coach John Miller of Mount St. Joseph's, who
yesterday claimed his 700th win (counting stints as the boys' coach at
Ryan
and
Bonner)!! Click
here.
Wood sr. RB Jarrett McClenton
is considered Villanova's prime recruit. Click
here for Mike Kern's story.
Click
here for the updated Catholic Scoring Leaders (10.0
minimum), the final Public Scoring Leaders for all divisions (10.0 minimum)
and the Pub's Overall Top 15 (18.0 on up).
Feb.
3
Click
here
for: Block Party.
Click
here
for: Savin' Sam, I Am.
Click
here
for: Ticklin' the Twine With a Pigskin. And click
here
for: He Can't Stay Out of the Limelight (same kid).
Click
here
for the updated standings.
***Click
here (go to the BOTTOM of that page) to see the seedings for the upcoming Public
League playoffs along with the schedule for Thursday's preliminary round.***
Before what gradually became a full house, visiting Germantown Academy
overcame a late, 10-point deficit and beat Haverford School, 60-57.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here. And click
here for a pic of
the happy Patriots heading for their locker room.
C-E sr. lineman Sam Cooper
will play college football at Maine.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Frank
Sciolla: Best vs.
West)
Click
here
(go to the BOTTOM of that page) to see which teams have qualified for the
Public League playoffs -- 8 in A, 9 in AA, 12 in AAA, 10 in AAAA. The
seedings meeting will take place tonight and the matchups for Thursday's
preliminary playoffs will be announced.
Schedule note: The N-G at C-E game, originally set for Monday, has
been moved up to
Sunday at 2:30.
Baseball historian John Shiffert breaks down the 1999 draft, and how nothing
is ever assured. Click
here.
Haverford School sr. WR Derek Mountain
will play college football at Holy Cross.
Click
here
for the updated standings (includes "final version" for Pub except for lower
end of A; one game to be played today).
The list of the Pub's playoff entrants is expected to be available
late this morning. The meeting to decide seedings will take place tonight.
The Catholic and Public A-B-C-D-E TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/2. (CAPA wins over Parkway NW by forfeit. PNW won, but did not report
the result. Rand-NM box not reported)
**Jim Bunning details his anger over the
Dick Allen
HOF snub. Click
here for Stan Hochman's back-page DN column. And click
here for questions that, Stan says, need to be answered! . .
. Meanwhile, Stan is being inducted the Big 5 HOF. Congrats, Stan! Click
here for Dick Jerardi's DN story.**
Click
here
for info on Wednesday night's Markward Club dinner.
Feb.
2
****Major congrats to Glenn Shapley,
Northeast's
senior manager. Glenn, who has cerebral palsy, played today for the Vikings
in their game vs. Freire and scored two points! In an email, Glenn noted,
"Greatest moment of my life. Will remember this day forever. We won the
game, 49-48, so my two points were the difference. I won the game." Way to
go, Glenn!! So happy for you!!**** (Click
here
to see NE's team pic from 2013, when Glenn was a soph. Pic at bottom of that
page.)
Wood
football commitments: sr. DL Devon Cobb to Kutztown and sr. FB Alex
Arcangeli to Bloomsburg.
Click
here
for the updated standings (includes "final version" for Pub except for lower
end of A and E).
In a wild one, Conwell-Egan beat West Catholic, 54-53.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here
(some JV to start).
Click
here
for: Winning Two Championships Never Gets Old.
Click
here
for another pic from La Salle's "Silent Night."
NFL's next scandal! . . . Beastgate. Because Marshawn Lynch is
such a jerk, Goodell ordered Seattle not to give him the ball. Wanted
somebody else to be the Super Bowl hero. #itwillberevealedeventually
SCH Academy
sr. WR Dylan Parsons
will play college FB at Lehigh.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(CL's non-league success)
Schedule notes: Due to a leaky roof, Mastery North will play
at
West Philadelphia at
3:15. Also, Imhotep at
Del-Val will start at
4.
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 2/1
Franklin sr. RB Jymere Toney
will play college FB at St. Francis.
Feb.
1
Click
here
for: Jack Comes Back!
Click
here
for: The Best Costume Ever.
Click
here
for the updated standings (now included: remaining games for all three
leagues).
Wood beat Lansdale, 72-57.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here (some JV to
start).
Former
O'Hara QB Dashawn "Day Day" Darden,
now doing a prep school year at Wyoming Seminary, will play college football
at the University of Mount Union (Ohio), which recently advanced to the
D-III national championship game.
Two of "Our Guys" are profiled on
this
video
of NFL QB prospects. West Chester's
Sean McCartney (Wood)
is at 9:44. Del Val's
Aaron Wilmer (Washington)
is at 12:48.
King sr. WR Emmanuel Clark
will play college football at Shippensburg. Click
here
for a pic.
Click
here
for: Still Buddies After All These Years. (Bartram's
John Koskinen
and
Lincoln's Bruce Drysdale
formed Temple's backcourt in '62).
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/31.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Zahir
Stewart's
amazing feat)
Jan. 31
Best wishes going forward to Joe Krantz, who has retired after 36
years as
Wood's
soccer coach.
In a Florida tournament, Constitution beat Louisana's No. 1-ranked
team, Riverside Academy, 100-92, in double overtime. Two starters missed
lots of time with injuries. Ahmad Gilbert (41) and Kimar Williams (32) led
the way.
Click
here
for Yippee for Yeedee!! (Judge's
star running back, Yeedee Thaenrat, puts on a show)
Click
here for the updated Inter-Ac Scoring Leaders (10.0
minimum) and the Pub's Top 5 entering the final days of league play.
Click
here for
the updated list of 1,000-Point Scorers (& candidates).
Congrats to
N-G sr. G Lamarr "Fresh" Kimble,
who last night reached 1,000 career points in a win at West Catholic.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Macon
history? -- now updated)
The Catholic/Inter-Ac/Public A-B-C-D-E TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/30.
(Scoring for Edison's win over Fels unavailable.)
Click
here
for the updated standings (now included: remaining games for all three
leagues).
Jan. 30
Click
here
for: Macon Things Easy.
Click
here
for: D'unk Y'ou Vilmary M'uch.
(Sorta) Separated at Birth . . . Click
here
and
here.
McDevitt used a 34-18 second half to beat O'Hara, 50-44.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Before a packed house, visiting Roman beat SJ
Prep, 53-39.
Ted's report
is posted.
Ace's ink
to jr. G Nazeer Bostick. Pics
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Audenried
sniffs rare 10-year air)
KIPP DuBois has been awarded a forfeit win over Bodine (bus issues
back on Dec. 18).
Public A-B-C-D-E TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/29.
Congrats to Constitution sr. G Kimar Williams,
who last night reached 1,000 career points in a tournament game in Orlando,
Fla.
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Jan.
29
You can sign a petition to support
Dick Allen! Click
here.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (Izaiah Brockington's
outburst in context)
Kensington beat KIPP DuBois, 85-57.
Ace's ink to sr. G Jerrell
Richardson.
GAMP has been awarded a forfeit win over Penn Treaty (bus
issues).
Sayre beat Overbrook, 61-30.
Ace's ink to sr. F Antwan James.
Click
here
for practice pics from West Catholic.
SJ Prep's
Student Broadcasting Team will be airing three upcoming games. Check out
"BASKETBALL" on the
calendar page.
Best wishes going forward to '77 grad John Steinmetz, who has
stepped down after 37 seasons as a football assistant at
La Salle. He spent 24
seasons as the defensive coordinator (1985-94, 2001-14).
Congrats to long-time assistant William "Skip" Singletary, the
new football coach at
Washington. During his
playing career at guard for Temple, Skip earned All-American honors in '72
and his No. 64 was retired.
Click
here for Ace's story.
Wood sr. DE Jeff Panara
will play college football at Army.
Wood sr. C Nick Lafferty
will play college baseball at Kutztown.
Click
here
for story/videos about an amazing hoops moment at a high school in North
Carolina.
SCH Academy
sr. QB Paul Dooley
will play college FB at West Chester.
Did you realize? . . . When both teams score double-digit numbers,
the margin of victory is also a double-digit number. (As in: Roman 77, Judge
44 equals 33-point win . . . 88-22=66; 55-44=11; 99-77=22, etc.) Where else can you get such useless, yet cool, info? (smile)
West Catholic sr. C Jeromy Reichner
will play college FB at Marist.
Quite the special occasion yesterday for
Germantown Academy's
girls' basketball team. Sherri Retif claimed her 600th win and Olivia Gorman
scored her 1,000th point. Click
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Gemil
Holbrook's
outburst in context)
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/28.
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Jan. 28
Ace hit the mat-splat trail today! Central beat Northeast, 40-25,
for the Public League championship .
Ace's ink to sr. 138-pounder Larry
Lewis.
Also, La Salle won the CL title by topping Judge, 40-38. Click
here for EJ Smith's story.
2001 grad Tom McCaffery has succeeded Bob Peffle (28 seasons,
seven CL crowns) as
La Salle High's
soccer coach.
Click
here
for: Now He Darn Near Lives on the Thing.
Click
here
for: The Surprise Guys.
Click
here
for: Never Know Where You'll See a Cow.
Roman beat Judge, 77-44.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Wood sr. C Ryan Neher
will play college football at Bloomsburg.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Brother combos with varsity points as freshmen. New
twist on list.)
Jan.
27
Many of today's postponed Pub games have been rescheduled. Check
the Master Schedule. Also, th revised playoff schedule is at the bottom of that page.
**Check the
calendar page
for info on a new radio show that will highlight high school sports.**
Details on makeup games are being posted as we get them. Check
Master Schedules for the individual leagues.
Union coach
Jim Curtin (McDevitt)
and assistant
Chris Albright (Penn Charter)
are profiled in John Smallwood's DN column. Click
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Philly's top lefties, 1975-2014)
And Philly's best-ever lefty is . . . click
here.
Jan. 26
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
(****Take a shot at our trivia question!**** Thanks to all participants.
Answer will be posted in the morning. Keep the guesses coming.)
The PCL's All-Catholic Football Banquet, originally scheduled for
tomorrow night, has been
postponed
to Tuesday, Feb. 3, 6:30 p.m. The site will still be Barnaby's Restaurant
(Heritage Room), 2107 MacDade Blvd., Holmes, Pa., 19043. Tickets ($35) will
be sold at the door.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Kevin
Kelly and Al Burba. Kelly, the fullback, and Burba, a defensive back, were
starters for Neumann's 1983 Catholic South football champs. Both died
recently. RIP, guys.
Click
here for the updated Catholic Scoring Leaders (12.0
minimum).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Northeast product
Brent Grimes
should be on this list!)
Click
here
for the updated standings.
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/25.
A sculpture to honor the late, great
Tom Gola (La Salle High '51)
was unveiled yesterday at La Salle University. Click
here for Dick Jerardi's DN story.
Jan. 25
Washington sr. DE Shareef Miller
will play college FB at Penn State.
Thanks to Mike Herron, the Jan. 24 Tedbit
has been updated.
Click
here
for: Sorry, Joe, You Gotta Go.
Click
here
for: Dunk You Very Much.
Before a standing-room-only crowd, visiting
Carroll beat La Salle, 69-57.
Ted's report
is posted.
Ace's ink
to soph F Dave Beatty. Pics
here
. . . JV pics
here.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of
Rosemary McCarron Flannery. Mrs. Flannery, who covered high school sports
for the Inquirer in the 1940s and later became a lawyer, died Friday. Her
late husband, Tex, was the long-time football coach at La Salle and her late
son, Jack, starred at quarterback. One daughter, Mary, was a sports writer
for the Daily News. A grandson, John Connors, starred in football for SJ
Prep and is now an assistant there. John's twin, Rosemary Connors, is a
weekend anchor/reporter for Channel 10. RIP, Mrs. Flannery. Click
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Public D mostly copies the Cath!)
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/24.
Jan. 24
Click
here
for: From the Wing Behind Many Chairs.
Click
here
for the updated standings (now included: remaining games for Pub/Int teams).
Click
here for the updated Inter-Ac Scoring Leaders (10.0
minimum) and here for the updated Public Scoring Leaders (15.0 minimum).
Click
here for
the updated list of 1,000-Point Scorers.
Delaware sr. OF
Joe Giacchino (Malvern)
has earned first team honors on the CAA preseason all-star team.
This is cool!
Maritime's Zahir Stewart
has scored 40 points in back-to-back games.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (GA
coach Jim Fenerty
continues the climb)
The Cath, Int and Pub A-B-C-D-E TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/23.
Jan. 23
**Congrats to Germantown Academy coach Jim Fenerty, who
tonight notched victory No. 500 (63-34 over Penn Charter) in 26 Patriot
seasons. In all, he owns 561 career triumphs, counting 61 at the ol' Bishop
Egan.**
Before a packed house, visiting Neumann-Goretti beat Carroll, 71-69, as soph
WG Quade Green buried a trey (regular pic
here; large
pic
here) with 1.2
seconds remaining.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here . . . JV pics
here.
Click
here
for pics from the first half of Ryan-SJ Prep.
Conwell-Egan beat McDevitt, 69-41.
Ace's ink to sr. F Chase Kumor.
***It's official: Gratz loses to Southern by forfeit.***
No updates for Pub TEAM PAGES. Awaiting word on whether Gratz will
be charged with a forfeit for not reporting the score of yesterday's win
over Southern.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (A breakdown of the five CL teams with one loss apiece)
Congrats to "Syrup"!! (smile) . . .
West Catholic/Army
football star Raymond Maples received a citation from City Council
yesterday. Click
here for Mensah Dean's DN story. And click
here for an overall story from easternpafootball.com.
. . . And
West Catholic grad
Herb Magee ('59) is three wins away from 1,000 at Philadelphia University
(nee Textile). Click
here for Mike Kern's DN story.
Jan. 22
Update: Tuesday's KIPP DuBois-Bracetti result has been reversed by
Pub commish Ben Dubin. No longer a forfeit win for KDB.
Washington beat Boys' Latin, 67-61.
Ace's ink to sr. F Jerome Blume.
Audenried beat Franklin, 70-58.
Ace's ink to sr. G-F Devon Adams.
Click
here for a story about the Palestra's all-time leading
scorer. A great guy!
This is cool! G
Justin Renfrow, a Penn Charter product,
is now a practice squad member of the Seattle Seahawks and he'll be going to
the Super Bowl! The Seahawks take EVERYBODY, including family members. And
check this out: Justin is related to former Frankford hoops coach Vince Miller,
whose mom was a Renfrow.
The first Pub C TEAM PAGE has been updated through 1/21 (only one
game played)
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Calling all fill-it-uppers!)
Jan. 21
Germantown Academy sr. WR Andrew Simon
will play college football at Georgetown.
***7:15 p.m. -- Official word from Pub hoops commish Ben Dubin:
KIPP DuBois (vs. Bracetti) and Parkway Northwest (vs. Rush) have
forfeited
Jan. 20 wins for failing to follow league rules regarding the reporting of
boxscores.***
King sr. CB Donte Terry
will play college football at Albany.
Click
here
for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders.
Click
here
for our latest Before He Drew X's and O's . . . on
Roman assistant Jamie Ross
(he starred at Frankford).
Schedule note: Carroll-Judge is OFF. Rescheduled for Feb. 4.
***Note: Tonight's Markward Club dinner is OFF.***
Check the
calendar page
for info on two special events -- baseball on Sunday; basketball on Tuesday.
This is cool! Andre Souza, an exchange student from Brazil, scored
two points yesterday for
Science Leadership.
The Cath, Int and Pub A-B-C-D-E TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/20. (Boxes for two games not reported: KDB-Bra & PNW-Rush. By rule,
according to Pub honcho Robert Coleman, winners KDB and PNW are to be hit
with forfeit losses for not following proper procedure. We've reached out to
hoops chairman Ben Dubin to see if he'll bring down the hammer. No response
yet.)
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Henry
"Doug" Fairfax
and
Craig Conlin
tie their own city record)
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Jan.
20
ConHigh beat Imhotep, 50-45.
Ace's ink to jr. G Nasir Randolph.
***Drum roll, please
. . . Click
here
for Randy Seidman's ninth annual Hometown Philly Baseball Awards (all-star
and all-rookie selections). Great job again, Randy. Thank you!!Randy has
been battling health problems (kidney cancer, heart blockage). But as he
says, "Bring it, Medical Boys! I can't wait for the start of the 2015
baseball season!" All of us wish you the very best, Randy!! Stay strong!!***
Schedule note: Friday's Neumann-Goretti/Carroll game will now be
played
AT Carroll. SFBN will
stream it.
Click
here
for: Time to Reflect.
Click
here
for a pic of Haverford School's student rooters.
On Conner Delaney's late trey (click
here), Episcopal
beat Haverford School, 50-48.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here . . . And
click
here
for a pic of the last play.
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/19.
Rhode Island RB
Eerin Young (Imhotep)
will now be playing football for West Chester.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Frankford's
magical 1987-88
school year)
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Click
here for Ace's story on the Vince Miller
festivities and
here for Kevin Callahan's from the Camden Courier-Post.
Click
here
for: Frankford's
Late-'80s Greaties.
Jan.
19
Click
here
for info on Wednesday's Markward Club dinner.
La Salle sr. RB Jordan Meachum
will play college football at Sacred Heart.
Parkway CC beat Franklin LC, 58-38.
Duck's report is posted.
Click
here
for: It's All About Family.
Click
here
for: Ell and His X-and-O Compadres.
Click
here
for: The Big Guy Is Still a Little Kid at Heart.
Click
here
for pics from the ceremony to name Frankford's
basketball court after revered coach Vince Miller.
. . . Speaking of revered coaches,
Gratz'
Bill Ellerbee received a Lifetime Achievement Award at King. Click
here
for pics.
Click
here
for pics of four ML King Day games: Sankofa-Frankford (1st half); West
Catholic/Del-Val (4th quarter); Washington-Imhotep (full); Friends' Central-Gratz
(1st half).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Detailed coaching career breakdowns for Vince Miller
and
Bill Ellerbee)
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/18.
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Click
here for Ace's story on former Gratz coach Bill Ellerbee,
who'll be honored today (see Jan. 17 note).
Jan. 18
Click
here
for a pic of the
R Y AN
cheerleaders.
**At last night's banquet,
SJ Prep
retired John Reid's No. 25 jersey.**
Click
here
for: Did You Think You'd Ever See This Again?
Ryan sr. RB Samir Bullock
will play college football at Delaware.
Ryan beat West Catholic, 51-44, in OT.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here
(some JV to start).
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/17.
Los Angeles Valley JC wideout
Delane Hart (King)
has committed to New Mexico. Click
here
for a pic.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Dougherty
grad Kyle Lowry
is moving up the list of top "Our Guys" NBA/ABA scorers)
Jan. 17
In college hoops today, Notre Dame and
Stephen Vasturia (SJ Prep;
11 points/3 assists) bested Miami and
Ja'Quan Newton (Neumann-Goretti;
16/5), 75-70.
Click
here
for: Tommy D's Still in the Game.
Two big events on M.L. King Day: At 12:30 at Frankford,
the gym will be named for deceased coach Vince Miller. At 4:30 at King,
former
Gratz
coach Bill Ellerbee will be honored. Full details on
calendar page.
La Salle sr. DL Keith Wagner
will play college football at I-AA Stetson.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Bonner-Prendie
pulls off quite the rare feat against O'Hara)
Click
here for the updated Pub & Int Scoring Leaders.
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/16 (though New Media's points vs. Sayre were not reported. Big
surprise, right? UPDATE:
NM's points now posted.)
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Lots of recent help from suburban coaches/ADs on the missing
boxscores trail. Thank you, guys! Click
here to see names.
Jan. 16
Click
here
for: "This Is OUR House! . . . This Is OUR House!"
Bonner-Prendie beat O'Hara, 43-40, in overtime.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here
(second half of JV game to start).
Germantown Academy beat Haverford School, 65-58.
Ace's ink to jr. PG Devon Goodman.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (The
Mastbaum-Edison
3-OT track meet, in context)
All Pub TEAM PAGES have been updated. Boxscores for these
games not reported: KIPP DuBois-World Comm and New Media-Roxborough. The
frustration continues to mushroom . . .
UPDATE:
Thanks to Roxborough coach Jeff McKenna for providing that box, though it
was not his responsibility to do so. Also thanks to KIPP DuBois assistant Elijah Smith.
Click
here
for the CORRECTED updated standings.
Jan. 15
King beat Imhotep, 55-52.
Duck's report is posted.
Ace's ink to
sr. G Tyheem Harmon.
Johns Hopkins sr. G
Jimmy Hammer (Germantown Academy)
is in this week's Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd. He and a teammate
reached 1,000 career points in the same game.
Malvern sr. QB Alex Hornibrook
has nixed Pitt in favor of Wisconsin.
Chalie Szydlik has retired as
Neumann-Goretti's
football coach. He is keeping his job as the school's athletic director.
Roman assistant Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna,
the legend of ALL legends, is making good use of his new cell phone. Click
here
for a video from yesterday -- Puck is calling Score Service -- shot by
assistant Tom Salamon, provided by coach Chris McNesby and placed on Youtube
by athletic director Dan DiBerardinis. Thanks, guys!
Click
here for the updated Cath Scoring Leaders.
Click
here for the updated list of
1,000-Point Scorers (and candidates). Congrats to
Sayre's Antwan James,
who's now on the list (though he would have made it a couple games ago if
not for a slipup last year).
This is nuts! Though frosh Tyree Pickron scored no points last
night for
Wood, he claimed 16 rebounds.
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/14.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Billy Everett vs. Huck Palmer in yesterday's CL contest)
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Jan. 14
**Conwell-Egan loyalist Billy Everett is The Man!! Football ref
Ernie Gallagher is Almost the Man. Today's Tedbit
has been updated.**
Click
here
for:
Tacony's Jeremiah Alston
is Thrilled About His Recent Accomplishment . . . At Least on the Inside.
Click
here
for: You Know You Wish Your 'Cut Looked Like This.
Conwell-Egan beat Lansdale, 59-42.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here
(second half of JV game to start). Taken from upstairs in booth.
SJ Prep beat McDevitt, 75-42.
Ace's ink to sr. G-F Chris Clover.
Click
here
for the updated standings.
**Best of luck going forward to Ron Cohen,
who has retired after 30 seasons as Washington's football coach. He won 261
games (No. 2 total in city leagues history) and a record 12 Pub
championships (nine overall, three AAAA)!!**
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Strange CL circumstance today/tonight. Bottom 7's at Top 7's . . .
now includes total point differential guesses by assorted people!)
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/13.
(Lincoln's points breakdown too messy to
post.)
Abington's Matt Penecale
last night reached 1,000 career points. Among his teammates with the
Renegades AAU team, coached by Mike Nichols, are Chase Kumor (C-E); Tim
Guers and Sam Lindgren (Gtn. Academy); Cody Fitzpatrick, Luke Connaghan and
Jason Babb (Wood); Kevin Nichols (Ryan; Mike's son) and Ameir Hinton (Abington). Click
here
for a photo set, as provided by Chase's mom, Michele Kumor.
Jan. 13
Click
here for Ace's story on the
MC&S/Danny Jackson
disconnect.
Tacony's Jeremiah Alston
nailed eight treys today! His name can now be found on
this page.
Washington beat Central, 53-35.
Duck's report is posted.
Delaware Valley College QB
Aaron Wilmer (Washington)
has been invited to the NFL's Regional Combine Feb. 28 in Baltimore!!
Click
here
for: If Malvern's Basketball Team Needs a Power Forward . . . And We Do Mean Power.
Click
here
for: Separated at Birth . . . But Together Today!
Click
here
for: Never Know What You'll Seagull Outside Walmart.
Germantown Academy beat Malvern, 78-63, in the Friars' old gym.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Imhotep beat MC&S, 72-55.
Danny Jackson is out as MC&S' coach. David Ruffin is now in charge. Click
here for Ace's ink.
The polls are closed. In the Rogers photo battle, Ryan edged Bernard (see
1/12). Thanks for participating.
***Due to lack of cooperation (failing to report results/boxscores),
coverage of New Media has been suspended.***
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (CL's returning senior starters)
This is nuts! Twelve games into the season,
Masterman's
leading scorers, sophs Liam Shanahan and Jesse Turkson, own 242 points
apiece. Career totals so far: Liam 537, Jesse 471.
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/12.
Neumann-Goretti sr. OF Bay To
will play college baseball at D-I Fairleigh Dickinson.
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Jan. 12
Click
here
for: If Wood's Basketball Team Needs a Power Forward . . . And We Do Mean
Power.
Contest time!! We asked Bernard Rogers (age 12) and Ryan Rogers
(age 11), the sons of Ryan coach Bernie Rogers, to grab the camera and take
one pic apiece. Each one thought his pic was best, of course (smile). What
do you think? Bernard's pic is
here.
Ryan's pic is
here. Send your
vote to
tedtee307@yahoo.com. The deadline is 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Just put Bernard or Ryan in the subject line. Thanks!
Wood used a late rush to beat Ryan, 61-52.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here
(small amount of JV pics to start).
Click
here
for practice pics from SCH Academy.
West Chester DB
Al-Hajj Shabazz (Bartram)
and Nebraska LB Zaire "Bam" Anderson (Frankford)
will play this Saturday (4 p.m., ESPN2) in the NFLPA's Collegiate Bowl, in
California.
Baseball historian John Shiffert examines the curious case of John Smoltz
(and others). Click
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Chris
Clover's
dominance)
This is nuts! Through four league games,
La Salle's
top four scorers have 55 points (Najee Walls), 54 (Dave Krmpotich), 53 (Dan
Corr) and 52 (Shawn Witherspoon). Shane Stark (38) is the fifth starter.
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/11.
Jan. 11
Click
here
for: Early Treys in Holbrook's Holster.
Click
here for a large
pic of Carroll's student rooters.
Click
here for: Carroll's
Youngest Fan.
Before an overflow crowd at Cabrini College, Roman beat Carroll, 69-64.
Ted's report
is posted.
Ace's ink
to jr. PG Tony Carr. Varsity pics
here.
JV pics
here
(Roman won that one, 59-56, in OT).
Click
here for the updated Cath & Int Scoring Leaders.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Chris
McNesby and Paul Romanczuk
to bang heads again)
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/10.
Jan. 10
Click
here for the updated Pub Scoring Leaders.
Click
here
for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Are strong starts/finishes really important? Issue
revisited).
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/9.
Hard to believe: In a non-league game yesterday, the final score
was 24-22 (Engineering and Science beat Overbrook).
Click
here
for: West Catholic Now Has TWO Basketball Stat Guys.
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Jan. 9
Congrats to SJ Prep sr. G-F Chris Clover
(Saint Joseph's signee), who now owns 1,009 career points.
Click
here
for: Walls Comes Tumbling Down.
Click
here for a large
pic of Conwell-Egan's student rooters.
Click
here for: Puff
Daddy.
Click
here
for: It's Expensive to Feed Your Kids at McDonald's!!
La Salle beat Conwell-Egan, 66-58.
Ted's report is posted. Ace's
combo ink to sr. Gs Shawn Witherspoon and Najee Walls. Pics
here (set starts
with second half of JV game).
Hofstra jr. G Juan'ya Green (Carroll)
is in this week's Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd for posting the
first triple double (pro or college) at the Barclays Center. Gtn. Academy sr. Sam Ritz
is also in there for twice running national bests this season in indoor
track.
Congrats to La Salle sr. QB Kyle
Shurmur, who has won the Jim Henry Award as the Maxwell Club's High School
Player of the Year.
Click
here for our
latest Big Brother Led the Way . . . on ex-Chestnut Hill Academy star Pat
Connaghan. (Little bro Luke stars for Wood.)
Click
here for the updated list of
1,000-Point Scorers (and candidates).
All Public TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/8.
Jan.
8
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Imhotep beat Del-Val, 64-51.
Ace's ink to sr. G Canachet Jordan.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (An update on Aaron "Ace"
Carter's situation)
Dobbins product Dawn Staley
has guided South Carolina's women's basketball team to the No. 1 ranking.
Click
here for John Smallwood's DN column.
Schedule note: MC&S-Constitution is off. Will be played tomorrow,
6:30, at Ben Franklin.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Neu./N-G vs. Roman,
1996-2015)
Click
here
for: "Yo, When They Invent These Things?" (Puck
Joins the Modern World! . . . Sign of the Apuckalypse)
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/7.
Click
here for: Reppin'
Roman.
Click
here for The Tying
Bucket and
here for We're
Tied No Longer and
here for We're Not
Going to OT.
Ace was still under the weather yesterday. No DN ink.
Jan.
7
Before an overflow crowd at Phila. University, Roman beat Neumann-Goretti,
71-68.
Ted's report
is posted. Varsity pics
here.
JV pics
here
(Roman won that one, 69-64).
Click
here for practice
pics from Judge.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Episcopal
duo -- Nick Alikakos and Mike Jolaoso
-- sniffs rare, 30-year air)
In the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl, played Sunday in
California, La Salle's Kyle Shurmur
passed 9-for-13 for 83 yards and a TD.
***Click
here
for Anthony Franklin's final "Our Guys" report for the 2014 college football
season. It includes special awards and two teams (offense/defense) of
all-stars. Thanks very much, Ant!! Serious hustle!!***
Congrats to guard Thaddeus "Boobie"
Fauntleroy, a product of Robeson, University City ('07)
and Mississippi Valley State, who has signed with the Harlem Globetrotters!!
All TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/6.
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Ace was under the weather yesterday. No
DN ink.
an. 6
Click
here
for: Talk About Shooting a Brick . . . (details/video of a classic moment in
a recent girls' game).
Click
here
for: Storm Warning . . . Another Star is Being Groomed.
Click
here
for: Sis Led the Way to Sports Bliss.
Click
here
for: 3,076 Yards Down, MANY More to Come.
Germantown Academy beat Penn Charter, 58-39.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here
(JV to start; in old gym).
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Ray Heffner.
Ray coached youth sports for many years in Olney and Cheltenham and his son,
Tony, now a football assistant at Judge, was a first team All-City defensive
end for Dougherty in '78. RIP, Ray. Click
here for the notice.
Click
here
for: B-P's Joe Oquendo is now "Nobeardo".
Note from Pub commish Ben Dubin: Franklin has forfeited its Dec. 18 win
over West Phila. for using an ineligible player.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(SJ Prep's visits to Under 30 Land)
The next edition of SFBN Talks High School Sports will include a feature
on former Constitution assistant Fran Hamilton, who died last June. The show
will air on The Comcast Network on Wednesday at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and
Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
Congrats to Bloomsburg sr. 3B Eric Frain (Ryan), who has earned preseason
D-II All-American honors for the Atlantic Region from the American Baseball
Coaches Association.
Last night's York-Harrisburg game did not end well. Click
here.
TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/5.
Jan. 5
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Jack Anderson.
Jack played football/basketball/baseball at Lincoln ('60), was in the minors
with the Giants and later was a Phillies scout. RIP, Jack. Click
here for the notice.
Click
here
for a group pic of the vets at SJ Prep today.
***Click
here for info on Wednesday's
Markward Club dinner.***
SJ Prep beat Lansdale, 51-28.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here
("Empty Chair" ceremony shortly into set; JV pics at the end).
Baseball historian John Shiffert is back in the saddle. He shines the light
on the HOF's Golden Era failings. Click
here.
Click
here
for: "Frog" as Mr. Freeze. (Website legend Mark Carfagno, during his recent
Mummers performance)
A reminder:
Prior
to its basketball game today vs. Lansdale Catholic (3:45 tipoff), SJ Prep
will dedicate an Empty Chair to honor the 91,000 servicemen and women who
never returned from overseas conflicts since WWI. The chair was funded by a
gift from the estate of Alfio Zappala (Prep '58) through the POW-MIA
National Chair of Honor Program. All vets who attend the game will be
admitted free of charge and invited to participate in the pregame ceremony.
Click
here for a pic.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(How Chris Clover will prevent SJ Prep and Lansdale from breaking a
suspected CL record -- smile).
TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/4.
Click
here for Ace's DN column on how
he has received inspiration from many subjects of his stories.
Jan. 4
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Gene Giello.
Gene, a big-time supporter of Bonner/B-P football and a long-time advertiser
on this website during his career as an agent for Nationwide Insurance,
died today. RIP, Gene. Thanks for everything. Click
here for the notice.
Click
here
for: Get Your Last Look at Joe Obeardo.
Click
here
for: Care for Some Raspberry Sherbet?
Bonner-Prendie beat Ryan, 61-47.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here
(set starts with JV game).
Click
here
for: If There's Someone You Love to See at the Inter-Ac's Annual Dan
Dougherty Opening Day Tripleheader . . .
Vaux all-timer Rysheed Jordan has taken a leave of absence from St.
John's. Click
here.
TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/3. (Unreported: Bartram)
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(I-A tripleheader records/sites)
Jan. 3
Roster received: Parkway Northwest. Thanks!
In the Inter-Ac's Dan Dougherty opening tripleheader . . .
Germantown Academy beat SCH Academy, 64-35 (pics
here);
Haverford School beat Episcopal, 57-46 (pics
here);
Malvern beat Penn Charter, 58-38 (pics
here).
Ted's combo report is posted.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(League
debuts for CL coaches)
TEAM PAGES have been updated through 1/2.
Congrats to Saints G Jahri Evans (Frankford) and Dolphins CB Brent Grimes
(Northeast),
who have been selected to play in the Pro Bowl.
Jan. 2
Click
here for: The
Announcements Board Near McDevitt's
Gym has the Perfect Name.
Wood beat McDevitt, 61-50.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here (set starts
with JV game).
Lansdale beat West Catholic, 56-48. Ace's
DN ink to jr. F Dan Modestine.
Click
here for a list of all Narberth League products now playing
college basketball, as compiled by league officer Mike Herron.
Click
here
for: He's Still a Happy Ward of His Bok
Coaches.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Wood's
Luke Connaghan
joins a special club)
Jan. 1
Happy
New Year!!
Congrats to Jerry McGinn, a
former football player for now-closed
Dougherty
('74) and Lycoming. He'll be the head ref in tomorrow's Alamo Bowl.
Click
here
for our latest Before He Fathered a Star Athlete on ex-Mastbaum
QB Leonhard "P.J." McCray. His son, LaPri McCray-Pace, is a hoops star for Conwell-Egan.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(CL success in non-league and
tournament games)
TEAM PAGES have been updated through 12/31.
Dec. 31
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of
Francis "Poppy" McNally. Mr. McNally, a long-time football coach and in
recent years a very revered assistant at West Catholic, died today.
Click
here for an obit. RIP, sir.
www.easternpafootball.com
has picked Large School and Small
School All-State FB Teams. Click
here for Large and
here for Small.
Congrats to Jerry Magallanes, once a star running back for Judge.
He was the head ref in the Peach Bowl today.
Please check out
**SCORING HELP, PLEASE**
and let your coach/manager know if your school is on the list. Thanks!
Click
here
for: Never Know Whose Pic You'll See on a Wall Outside Chestnut Hill
College's Gym.
Click
here
for the Overall Scoring Leaders.
Did you see what happened in the Liberty Bowl? Click
here. No. 7 for
West Virginia is Penn Charter product Daryl Worley.
TEAM PAGES have been updated through 12/30. (Unreported: KIPP DuBois, Lincoln, New Media.)
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Catholic vs. Inter-Ac)
***Click
here for Ace's Pub preview.***
Dec. 30
Carroll beat Haverford School, 69-49. Click
here for Ace's DN ink.
Special note:
*Prior to its basketball game on
Monday, Jan. 5 vs. Lansdale Catholic (3:45 tipoff), SJ Prep will
dedicate an Empty Chair to honor the 91,000 servicemen and women who never
returned from overseas conflicts since WWI. The chair was funded by a gift
from the estate of Alfio Zappala (Prep '58) through the POW-MIA National
Chair of Honor Program. All vets who attend the game will be admitted free
of charge and invited to participate in the pregame ceremony.
Click
here for: Never
Know When You'll See Three Football Guys
Who Were First-Magnitude Stars at West Catholic.
In a holiday showcase at Chestnut Hill College . . .
La Salle beat Gratz, 65-40.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here (set starts
with Life Center vs. Bartram) . . . And, Phila.
Electrical fell to South Shore (N.Y.).
Duck's report is
posted.
Say hello to our latest "Pumpkin" . . . click
here.
Ace submitted the Public League preview late last week. So far,
there hasn't been enough room in the Daily News to publish it. Hang tough.
TEAM PAGES have been updated through 12/29.
Dec. 29
Click
here
for: Wood's Banner Performance!
Click
here for: Time to
Reflect . . .
In a holiday showcase event at Episcopal . . .
Malvern beat Ryan, 62-52, then Episcopal beat Boys' Latin, 54-39.
Ted's combo report
is posted. Pics
here (set starts
with Malvern-Ryan.)
In today's Daily News High & Inside, Mark Perner hooked up
"Our Guys" in the NFL. Click
here. (Thanks for the website mention, Mark.)
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Returning starters for CL champs)
Click
here
for another Before He Drew X's and O's . . . on Imhotep assistant Nafis Ricks,
a star at now-closed Lamberton
in 2006 (the story details his 56-point outing) and most recently a pro
overseas.
TEAM PAGES have been updated through 12/28.
***Click
here for Huck's All-Catholic Football Teams (overall and
division by division).***
Dec.
28
Click
here
for: Saluting the Hawks'
Pirates . . .
Due to a cancellation, Ryan
seeks another game. Playing date flexible. Contact coach Bernie Rogers at
rogersryan11@yahoo.com.
Click
here for
the updated list of 1,000-Point Scorers (and candidates).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Speedy kicks non-league butt)
TEAM PAGES have been updated through 12/27.
Dec. 27
Click
here for a pic of
Trenton Catholic's Malachi Richardson, a Syracuse commit, throwing one down.
In a holiday tourney at Trenton Catholic . . .
Conwell-Egan fell to Trenton Catholic, 57-46.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here (set starts
with pics from Phila. Elec.-St. Benedict's).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Transfer winds)
TEAM PAGES have been updated through 12/26.
***Ted Taylor could not wait to
begin his 40th year of writing hobby columns. Congrats! Click
here
for his first offering for 2105!***
Dec. 26
Congrats to Navy sr. G Jake Zuzek (West Catholic),
who earned first team honors on the All-ECAC squad! (Eligible squads: Army,
Boston College, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Maryland, Massachusetts, Navy, Penn
State, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia.)
In a holiday tourney at Wissahickon . . .
Judge fell to Souderton, 48-45.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
In a showcase event at Girard College . . .
Frankford beat Eagle Academy for Young Men (Bronx, N.Y.), 63-57,
in two OTs.
Duck's report is
posted.
Click
here for John Knebels' story, from catholicphilly.com, about SJ Prep's
state title.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(oldest Single Game Scoring Records at schools still in existence)
Click
here for the
updated list of Single Game Scoring Records.
Click
here
for the Overall Scoring Leaders.
In 1988, Judge's Ron Filippo
was a first team All-City outfielder . . . And now he can field his own
baseball team (smile). Click
here for Bill Fleischman's great DN story.
Dec. 25
Merry
Christmas!!
Click
here for a great story about
prominent Arizona State WR
Jaelen Strong (West Catholic).
Please check out these Pub links and let us know if your team has played
games that weren't reported:
*Public A
--
*Public B
--
*Public C
-- *Public D
--
*Public E
. . .
tedtee307@yahoo.com.
The
Public E TEAM PAGES --
here
and
here -- have been updated
through 12/23.
The
Public D TEAM PAGES --
here
and
here -- have been updated
through 12/23.
Please check out
**SCORING HELP, PLEASE**
and let your coach/manager know if your school is on the list. Thanks!
Dec. 24
The
Public C TEAM PAGES --
here
and
here -- have been updated
through 12/23.
Penn Charter product Justin Renfrow, who played his college ball at
Virginia and Miami, is now on the Packers' practice squad as a tackle.
The Public B TEAM PAGES --
here
and
here -- have been updated
through 12/23.
The Public A
TEAM PAGE
has been updated through 12/23.
Click
here for the Pub scoring leaders
(Divisions B-E only).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Current coaches with 200 wins)
The Inter-Ac hoops
TEAM PAGE
has been updated through 12/23.
The Catholic hoops TEAM PAGES --
here
and
here -- have been updated
through 12/23.
Special note: Two nights ago, at the City of Palms Classic, in Florida,
Carroll coach Paul Romanczuk notched career win No. 200!
Click
here for Ace's Catholic League
preview & thumbnail sketches.
Dec. 23
Germantown Academy beat West Catholic, 74-56.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here
(JV to start).
Click
here
for practice pics from Roman.
Click
here for Ace's Inter-Ac preview,
with thumbnail sketches.
Roster received: KIPP DuBois. Thanks! One more needed: Pky NW.
The
Non-League Schedule now includes
tourneys, showcases and non-league games from Dec. 26 through Dec. 31.
Please note: They are listed by the name of the event, NOT by date. Thanks
to Tim McManus for providing the list!
Public TEAM PAGES have been updated with yesterday's games (except for
those schools that have not provided rosters). Also, Maritime's points vs.
Tacony were not reported. Ugh.
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Dec. 22
Congrats to ConHigh's Ahmad Gilbert, who now owns 1,009 career pts.
Click
here
for: Never Know When You'll See a Truly Legendary Ref.
O'Hara fell to Academy Park, 57-49.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here
(JV to start).
Southern beat E&S, 49-37. Ace's
DN ink to sr. G La'Trelle
Wilson.
The Public A
TEAM PAGE
has been updated through 12/21.
Click
here for the updated list of
1,000-Point Scorers (and candidates). Congrats to Haverford School's Levan
"Shawn" Alston and Edison's Montrell Gilliam, who have joined the club this
season. (ConHigh's Ahmad Gilbert is just seven points away.)
Click
here for another Before He Drew
X's and O's . . . on Haverford School assistant Donnie Carr, a first
magnitude star at Roman and Kobe Bryant's equal in a memorable game 19 years
ago.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Seasons between Catholic League coaching stints)
Dec. 21
Special note: At the City of Palms Classic, in Florida,
Carroll's
Derrick Jones won the dunk contest and teammate Ryan Daly placed second in
the three-point contest.
Haverford School beat McDevitt, 53-30.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here (starts with
JV).
Wood beat Pennington (N.J.), 63-54. Ace's
DN ink to jr. PG Tommy
Funk.
The Catholic hoops TEAM PAGES --
here and
here --
have been updated through 12/20.
The Inter-Ac hoops
TEAM PAGE
has been updated through 12/20.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Southern's
hairy '86 title march)
Dec. 20
Click
here for Ace's Daily News All-City Football Team and
here for his DN All-Catholic and All-Public Teams.
Click
here
for: Say Hello to Another "Pumpkin"
Click
here
for: Lionel and Friends (with IDs). And
here for a large
version (without IDs) . . . And click
here for Ted's story on the Rams' win in the '86 Pub
final.
***Southern today
held a ceremony to retire the No. 22 jersey worn by all-timer Lionel Simmons ('86).
Click
here for pics. And
click
here for pics from
the first half of the Rams' game with Center City Academy.***
Click
here
for: The Wilt Chamberlain
stamp is on display!
More files on
this page have
been updated for 2014.
The info for Jimmy Herron has been updated on the Multi-Sport
All-City list
here.
John and Dylan Parsons have been added to the Father-Son All-City
list
here.
The All-City honorees have been added to the master lists
here.
Ace's All-Star Football Teams
(All-City, All-Public, All-Catholic) are in today's Daily News. Click
here for his story on the Players of the Year -- Franklin QB
Kevin Caldwell, SCH Academy QB Paul Dooley, SJ Prep DB John Reid
and Wood RB Jarrett McClenton
-- and Coach of the Year, David Carter (Franklin).
Dec. 19
Bonner-Prendie fell to Interboro, 56-41.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here (starts with
JV).
Click
here
for the updated standings.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(N-G seeks TWO special feats)
Public TEAM PAGES
have been updated with yesterday's games (except
for those schools that have not
provided rosters).
Joe McCourt is no longer Roman's
football coach. Click
here for Ace's story on the whole messy situation.
Dec. 18
***Let the
anticipation build (even more) . . . Ace's All-City, All-Public and
All-Catholic Football Teams will appear in Saturday's Daily News, along with
his choices for Players/Coach of the Year.***
Congrats to Del-Val sr. WR Rasheed Bailey (Roxborough),
the Maxwell Club's Tri-State College Player of the Year!
Click
here.
A clarification, via Ben Dubin: Mastery South will forfeit two
league games and one non-league game.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Actually, it's a Billbit. (Speedy Morris on doorstep
of another milestone)
The Inter-Ac hoops
TEAM PAGE
has been updated through 12/17.
The Catholic hoops TEAM PAGES --
here and
here --
have been updated through 12/17.
***Let the
anticipation build . . . It's expected that Ace's All-City, All-Public and
All-Catholic Football Teams will appear in tomorrow's Daily News, along with
his choices for Players/Coach of the Year.***
Click
here for John McGonigal's DN story on Penn State hoops star D.J. Newbill
(Strawberry Mansion).
Click
here
for Huck's final Catholic
League individual stats package.
Click
here for Huck's final Catholic
League team stats package.
Dec. 17
Info via Pub hoops chairman Ben Dubin: Mastery South will be
forfeiting its next three league games (disciplinary issue).
Thanks to Bruce Fleming for clearing up a lingering issue about
the career receiving yards posted by '99
Roxborough
grad Obi Amara.
Saturday at 2 p.m., Southern
will host Center City Academy in a non-league game. At halftime, the Rams'
1986 Pub champs will be honored and the No. 22 jersey worn by all-timer
Lionel Simmons will be retired.
Click
here for: Phelps'
Philly Guys.
Click
here for: Socks It
to Me.
Episcopal fell to Phelps, 67-61.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
Roster received: Penn Treaty. Still to go: KIPP DuBois, Pky NW.
Very cool!! . . . Drexel (coached by Bruiser Flint) will meet Penn
State (coached by Pat Chambers) this Saturday, 2 p.m., at the PPL Center, in
Allentown. And the man who coached both guys at Episcopal,
Dan Dougherty, will be honored before the game! Click
here.
Click
here
for our first Before They Drew X's and O's of the 2014-15 basketball season
. . . on McDevitt assistant (and ex-player)
Dan "Not Chip's Brother" Greenberg.
Public TEAM PAGES
have been updated with yesterday's games (except
for those schools that have not
provided rosters).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Statistical breakdown
for state champs produced by
Wood
in 2011, '13 and '14)
Dec. 16
Ryan beat Penn Charter, 45-34.
Ted's report
is posted. Ace's
DN ink
to jr. WG-SF Austin Chabot. Pics
here.
Franklin beat Mastery North, 71-56.
Duck's report
is posted.
Did you know? . . . Haverford School
produced an NFL Hall of Famer. He didn't pop pads, but we won't hold that
against him (smile). Reason: Bert Bell ran the show! Click
here
for Kevin Burke's profile.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Thomas "Pop"
Dunfee. Mr. Dunfee, who passed away recently, fathered eight children and
many were star athletes. Bartram grads Tom ('78) and Billy ('87) were first
team All-City honorees in football AND baseball. Click
here for the obit. RIP, sir.
Click
here for Huck's Final City Top
10.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Statistical breakdown for state champs produced by La Salle in '09, SJ Prep
in '13 & '14)
Click
here for the updated basketball
list of Most Years Coached (12 and up). Carroll's Paul Romanczuk
is the one addition.
Ace's final City Top 10: 1. SJ Prep (11-3), 2. Wood (14-1), 3. Haverford
School (9-1), 4. Imhotep (11-2), 5. Franklin (11-1), 6. La Salle (8-3), 7.
N-G (9-5), 8. Malvern (7-4), 9. Gratz (11-2), 10. Prep Charter (10-1-1).
Final stats leaders are in today's Daily News (page 38).
Dec. 15
Judge beat Lincoln, 55-44. Ace's
DN ink to jr. G Justin Fleming.
Click
here for: Never
Know When You'll See a Cool Display in a Gym.
Thanks to parent Dan Macartney, some pics have been added to the
SJ Prep State Title
Tribute Page.
And click
here for his great
pics before/during/after the championship game. Thank you, Dan!
New Media's
cheerleaders can now be found
here.
Click
here for: Not
Exactly a Taxing Night for La Salle
AD Joe Parisi, Who Monitors La Salle's Student Rooters.
Click
here for a
mix-and-match photo set: Basketball practice at Germantown Academy (combo)
and McDevitt (mostly JV; varsity was ending as I arrived); first half of New
Media-La Salle game.
Pub rosters still needed: KIPP DuBois, Parkway NW, Penn Treaty.
The Catholic hoops TEAM PAGES --
here and
here --
have been updated through 12/10.
The Inter-Ac hoops
TEAM PAGE
has been updated through 12/14.
At a tournament last night in Washington, D.C., Roman
assistant Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna
tried to motivate the players with this promise: You win, I'll sing the
National Anthem at a home game. It worked. Will Puck follow through?
Let's hope so! The world needs this video! (smile)
The Dec. 6
Tedbit
has been finalized. Wood checks in at No. 6. Prep is No. 11.
Click
here
for the state finals recaps.
Click
here for Ace's writeback story on SJ Prep soph RB D'Andre
Swift and partners.
Dec. 14
Congrats to
O'Hara product Tom Savage, whose
name can now be found
here on the Pub/Cath/Int NFL
list!
Most files on
this historical football page
have been finalized for 2014.
Click
here
for a large version of the West-West solidarity photo.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Career totals for SJP-Wood guys)
Click
here for the final Standings/PF-PA.
***Click
here
for SJ Prep's State Title Tribute Page.***
In
the teams' first meeting since 1987, West Catholic beat West Philadelphia,
68-59.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here
(JV to start).
SJ Prep's Tribute Page will appear tonight, hopefully. Sorry for delay.
Dec. 13
In the Class AAAA state final . . .
SJ Prep beat Pine-Richland, 49-41, to win its second consecutive title.
Olamide Zaccheaus wrapped things up with a jump-ball, end-zone interception
at 0:00.
Ted's report
is posted. Ace's Monday DN ink TBA. Before pics
here.
Early action pics
here.
(Other pics unavailable. Severe computer problems. Many apologies. Another
site's pics are
here.
Other photos for purchase can be accessed
here.
Click
here
for pics by Prep parent Dan Macartney. TEAM PAGE is updated.
***Click
here
for Wood's State Title Tribute Page.***
Duck
hit the hoops trail yesterday and saw Northeast beat FLC, 81-58. Click
here for
his report.
Pub rosters still needed: KIPP DuBois, Parkway NW, Penn Treaty.
Roster received: King. Thanks! Next?
Dec. 12
In the Class AAA state final . . .
Wood beat Central Valley, 33-14, to win its second consecutive title and
third in four years as sr. RB Jarrett McClenton scored four TDs for the
fifth time in six postseason games this year.
Ted's report
is posted. Ace's
DN ink in overall context. Before pics
here.
Game pics
here.
Celebration pics
here.
Click
here
for video from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
TEAM PAGE
has been updated.
Public TEAM PAGES have been updated with yesterday's games (except for those
schools that have not provided rosters).
**PCN will televise the state football finals.**
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(D-12 in state finals)
Click
here
for three pics from the first game (played last Saturday) on Penn Charter's
new court in the Dooney Field House. Courtesy of Class Record (yearbook).
Click
here
for: Mike McGlinchey Blocks a Field Goal.
Pub rosters still needed: King, KIPP DuBois, Parkway NW, Penn Treaty.
Rosters received: Central, Audenried. Thanks! Next?
Click
here for Ace's story on Wood sr.
LB Justin Rubin.
Dec. 11
Click
here
for: Our First "Pumpkin" of the 2014-15 Hoops Season.
SCH Academy fell to Upper Moreland, 49-42.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here (starts with
some JV).
Click
here for the updated list of Top Performances in Rushing,
Passing (1,000 yards each) and Receiving (500 yards) since 1981.
Tiiiiime for a basketball Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Guys who've coached hoops AND football, 1976-2015)
Schedule note:
Tacony Charter and Parkway Center City has been moved to
Feltonville Recreation Center (B & Wyoming) at 3:15 pm. Parents only
permitted at game.
Schedule note: Due to a disciplinary issue, KIPP DuBois has
forfeited today's game with Randolph.
Pub rosters still
needed: Audenried, Central,
King, KIPP DuBois, Parkway NW, Penn
Treaty.
Rosters received: Dobbins, Motivation. Thanks! Next?
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (YPG for receivers whose
teams have reached state quarters, 2008-14)
Click
here for Ace's story on SJ Prep sr. L
Shane Davis, the sr.
class president and much, much more.
Dec. 10
The Catholic hoops TEAM PAGES --
here and
here --
have been updated through 12/10.
Click
here for: If Wood
Needs Another Cafeteria Monitor . . .
The Inter-Ac hoops
TEAM PAGE
has been updated through 12/10.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (YPG for rushers whose
teams have reached state quarters, 2008-14)
Click
here for Huck's City Top 10.
Thanks to Lawrence Goldenberg, a 1953
Overbrook
grad, for providing info from the Pub's cross country championship meets in
'52 and '53!
Rosters received: Sayre, Gratz, Mastery North. Thanks! Next?
A District 12 crew will officiate Friday's Class A state final --
Mike Quinn, Mickey Finn, Andy Venango, Mark Brunkle, Robert Hamilton, Art
Chapman and Brian White. Congrats, guys!
Click
here for a story about the disappointment felt by website
legend Mark "Frog" Carfagno over the unsuccessful Dick Allen
campaign. (As of 9:15, it was No. 1 on Yahoo!)
Pub rosters still
needed: Audenried, Central,
Dobbins, King, KIPP DuBois, Motivation, Parkway NW, Penn
Treaty.
Public TEAM PAGES have been updated with yesterday's games (except
for those schools that have not
provided rosters).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (YPG for passers whose
teams have reached state quarters, 2008-14)
La Salle last night beat Germantown Academy, 58-44, in a special
game to support GA's Bobby
Taggart, who's battling bone
cancer. Click
here for Ace's story.
Dec. 9
Click
here for a story that'll make you think and/or worry, big
time.
McDevitt's
Brendan Hanagan was
perhaps the only player to make appearances at both College Football Nights.
Click
here and
here.
Click
here
for: All That's Left to Do . . . Tie the City Record!
Click
here
for: His Other Sports Duty Has a Hold on Him.
Check out two photo sets from Wood:
Basketball practice
here and College
Football Night
here.
Pub rosters still
needed: Audenried,
Central, Dobbins, Gratz, King, KIPP DuBois, Motivation, New
Media, Parkway NW, Penn Treaty, Sayre.
Rosters received: Mastery North, Bracetti, Rush. Thanks! Next?
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (D-12's best state
performances)
Dick Allen
fallout: Stan Hochman's column is
here. Mike Sielski's column is
here. Ryan Lawrence's story is
here.
Click
here for Ace's City Football Top 10.
Dec. 8
The Markward Club will hold its first get-together of 2014-15
Wednesday. Click
here for the
details.
Click
here
for the latest effort from Ted Taylor, who's now in his 39th year of writing
hobby columns. Congrats!
Rosters received: Frankford, Randolph, Swenson, E&S, Elverson,
CAPA, Sankofa, Bodine, Mastery South, Lincoln, Overbrook,
Maritime, West Phila. Thanks. Keep 'em coming! Next?
Washington beat SJ Prep, 56-43.
Ted's report is posted. Ace's
DN ink to sr. G-F Charles Brown. Pics
here.
Life ain't fair!! The campaign to make Dick Allen
a Hall of Famer fell one vote short. Congrats to website legend Mark "Frog"
Carfagno, Joe Ferry and others for their tireless efforts on Allen's behalf.
Pub rosters still
needed: Audenried, Bracetti,
Central, Dobbins, Gratz, King, KIPP DuBois,
Mastery North, Motivation, New Media, Parkway NW, Penn Treaty,
Rush, Sayre.
Bodine
has the city's coolest basketball roster. There's a senior named Tyron
Price, a soph named Tyrone Prince and a junior named . . . drum roll, please
. . . Justice Understanding.
Don't forget . . . Archbishop
Wood
will hold a College Football Night
tomorrow, 6:30 to 9 p.m., in the cafeteria. Open to players from all schools
in all leagues, city and suburbs. No need to pre-register. Players are
encouraged to bring transcripts and highlight DVDs. Coaches from colleges in
Division I-AA on down are expected to attend. Wood coach Steve Devlin will
be running the show.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Jarrett McClenton sniffs
rare air)
Ace's writeback stories: Click
here for a combo job on SJ Prep and
here for Wood sr. G Shawn
Scroger.
Today at 2 p.m., we'll know whether Dick Allen
is headed into baseball's HOF. Ryan Lawrence breaks things down
one last time.
Dec. 7
Thanks to Mike Herron, the go-to guy for Episcopal's
athletic program, for providing the names of more D-I hoopsters!
Roman beat Haverford School, 63-61, in the All-City Classic
showcase event.
Duck's report is posted.
Click
here for
our annual list of Division I basketball players from the Public, Catholic
and Inter-Ac leagues.
The Tedbit from early yesterday -- highest scoring teams in city
history -- has been updated. Wood now owns the No. 6 spot and SJ Prep has
popped up, as well.
Recaps for the state semis can now be found
here.
State finals: AAA, Wood vs. Central Valley, Friday, 7 p.m., at
HersheyPark Stadium; AAAA, SJ Prep vs. Pine-Richland, Saturday, 6 p.m., at
HersheyPark Stadium.
Rosters received: Northeast, Freire, Kensington, Parkway West, Fels. Thanks!
Keep 'em coming! Next?
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Laying the Wood, again)
Dec. 6
Penn Charter debuted its new court, in the Dooney Field House,
with a 52-44 win over Parkway Center City. Sean Foley scored the first
points on a bucket from inside the lane. His dad, Ed, is PC's associate AD
(and the coach of the team mentioned right below, the Little Quakers). Click
here
for a pic of Sean from Friday's practice.
Today in California, the Little Quakers ended season No. 62 with
all-time win No. 249. Kevin Burke has offered a report. Click
here (posted on Ted's page under today's date). Thanks,
Kevin!
Duck checked out two basketball games today. Haverford School
fell to Calvert Hall (Md.), 77-48, and SJ Prep beat Bartram, 56-32.
His reports
are posted.
Reminder: Please include uniform numbers on rosters.
Rosters received: Bartram, Imhotep, Washington, GAMP, Prep Charter,
Masterman. Thanks! Next? Keep 'em coming.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (SJ Prep one-ups La
Salle)
Click
here
for the updated Standings/PF-PA.
In a Class AAAA state semifinal . . .
SJ Prep beat Pennsbury, 37-7.
Ted's report
is posted. Ace's Monday DN story will be an overall-context version.
Before/after pics
here.
Game pics
here.
TEAM PAGE is updated.
In a Class AAA state semifinal . . .
Wood beat Somerset, 63-20.
Click
here for Kevin Cooney's story from The Intelligencer.
TEAM PAGE is updated.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Highest scoring teams,
all-time)
Click
here for Ace's story on Wood sr. C
Ryan Neher.
Dec. 5
Click
here
for: Never Know When You'll See Matt Ryan.
Judge beat Straw. Mansion, 62-44.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
King beat Sankofa, 82-28.
Duck's report is posted.
Click
here for practice
pics from Penn Charter (in preparation for first game in new venue -- the
Ray Dooney Field House).
Catholic rosters still needed: None.
Rosters received: Frankin Towne, SJ Prep, Strawberry Mansion, Edison, Ryan, Robeson, Future. Thanks! Next?
Click
here for Anthony Franklin's
Weekly College Awards & Tidbits.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Olney's
Leigh Pesko becomes
the Pub's latest female coach)
The stamps honoring Wilt Chamberlain (Overbrook '55)
will debut at halftime of tonight's Sixers game with Oklahoma City. Click
here for Stan Hochman's column.
Click
here for Ace's story on SJ Prep sr. DT
Armen Ware.
Dec. 4
We have received 15 Pub rosters. Only 45 to go!
Click
here for Huck's weekly Catholic
League team stats package and
here for
his weekly CL individual stats leaders.
***Special congrats to DN sports writer Aaron "Ace" Carter, who tonight won
an award -- Sports Reporter of the Year -- from Philadelphia's famous Pen &
Pencil Club (journalists), which has existed since 1892!!***
Click
here
for a non-league basketball schedule (includes many showcases/tourneys, and
a link to ALL games involving Public League teams).
Schedule note:
The first game in Penn Charter's new gym, vs. Parkway Center City, will be
Saturday at 2 p.m.
Rosters received: Olney, West Catholic, World Comm, MC&S, O'Hara,
Mastbaum, Constitution, Palumbo, Lansdale Cath. Thanks! Next?
Keep 'em coming . . .
Click
here for: Hoot's
Looking at You, Kid.
Click
here for practice
pics (football, of course) from SJ Prep
(shots of future practice facility, at 11th & Cecil B. Moore, at end of
set).
Penn State frosh Shep Garner
(Roman) was paying
attention and thus enjoyed a goofy moment. Click
here for the breakdown, with video.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Top holiday performances)
Dec. 3
Click
here for the updated list of PL
Coaches' Playoff Records.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
(I-A teams, by winning seasons)
On Jan. 19, at 12:30, between games
of a ML King Day girl-boy doubleheader, Frankford High will name its
basketball court for the late Vince Miller, who steered the boys' team to
consecutive Public League championships (1988-89; only titles in school
history) and 351 wins over 27 seasons. There will be speakers and many
former players are expected to attend. More info to come . . .
***Click
here for YOUR chance to vote for
Dick Allen on the Golden Era Ballot.***
Click
here
for: Never Know When You'll Run Into AI!!
Click
here for the updated list of
Winningest Coaches, by School.
Click
here for Bob Nightengale's USA
Today column on Dick Allen's HOF hopes. Dick is quoted, as is our own Mark
"Frog" Carfagno!
Rosters received: Bonner-Prendie, La Salle, Tacony, Boys' Latin, Franklin
LC, Del-Val, Conwell-Egan. Thanks! Next? Keep 'em coming . . .
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (PL teams, by winning seasons)
Click
here for Ace's combo feature on
Wood
sr. DLs Devon Cobb and Nafeez Brown-Carter.
Dec. 2
Inter-Ac rosters still needed: None.
Public rosters still needed: Hundreds of thousands (smile).
Rosters received: McDevitt, Haverford School. Next?
Check out two photo sets . . .
Basketball practice
at Bonner-Prendie
(in refurbished gym) and
College Football Night
at O'Hara.
Click
here for the updated
list of CL Coaches' Playoff Records.
Click
here for cool news concerning West Chester sr. QB Sean McCartney (Wood).
Click
here for
the updated list of Coaches With the Best Winning Percentages (except for SJ
Prep/Wood guys).
Click
here for the updated list of all-time Individual Season
Leaders,
by Yardage (except for SJ Prep/Wood guys).
Former website legend Ed Morrone (Northeast Times) will make a
guest appearance tomorrow night (6 to 6:30) on SFBN Talks High School
Sports, on The Comcast Network. Part of the show: a documentary on
Northeast-Central rivalry.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (CL teams, by winning
seasons)
Retiring referee Mark Warner is featured in Ace's notes column.
Click
here (Top 10 at bottom of that story).
Stats leaders in paper.
Dec. 1
Click
here
for the updated list of Top Statistical Performers from 1981 to 2014 (except
for SJ Prep/Wood guys).
Click
here
for: West is Best! Frog Hits the Big Time!!
Don't forget . . .
Cardinal O'Hara will hold a College
Football Night tomorrow,
6 to 9 p.m.,
in the cafeteria. Open to players from all schools in all leagues, city and
suburbs. No need to pre-register. Players are encouraged to bring
transcripts and highlight DVDs. Coaches from colleges in Division I-AA on
down are expected to attend. West Catholic coach Brian Fluck will be running
the show.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. ("First down" QBs)
Click
here for Huck's City Top 10.
Schedule note: The Wood-Somerset AAA semi will be played Saturday,
1 p.m., at Chambersburg High.
Rosters received: Phila. Elec., Neumann-Goretti, Penn Charter,
Wood, Roman, Episcopal, Carroll. Thanks! Next?
Keep 'em coming . . .
***We have welcomed 500,000 visitors
in 5 1/2 months. Thanks, everyone! And special appreciation to all
contributors/advertisers!!***
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (FGs by black kickers;
Mastery North's DeJason Ellis leads the way)
Click
here for Ace's writeback story on SJ Prep sr. QB Jack
Clements.
Nov. 30
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (Cath-Pub schools now
19-2 in quarterfinals since '08)
Schedule note: The SJ Prep-Pennsbury AAAA semi will be played
Saturday, 1 p.m., at Northeast High.
Very rough drafts of the Public
League TEAM PAGES can now be found below under BASKETBALL '15.
Click
here
for the updated CL Team Postseason Records.
Click
here for
the updated list of Coaches with 100 Career Victories.
Click
here
for the updated Career Yardage Leaders (minus SJP-Wood)
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Steve Devlin's feat)
Nov. 29
**Click
here
for Michelle Alton's great pics from the Prep Charter vs. Frankford
Thanksgiving game. For info on obtaining
prints, please contact Michelle at
ganesh5555@hotmail.com.
Thank you!
Bombs away! Neumann University's Tyreek Riddick (MC&S '11)
today hit 10 threes vs. Cabrini! Click
here.
Click
here for Anthony Franklin's
Weekly College Awards & Tidbits.
Click
here for
the updated Standings/PF-PA.
TEAM PAGES
for N-G and SJ Prep have been updated.
In a Class AA state quarterfinal . . .
Neum.-Gor. fell to Dunmore, 30-18.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
In a Class AAAA state quarterfinal . . .
SJ Prep beat Parkland, 34-30, as sr. QB Jack Clements passed for
four TDs and ran for another. Ace's Monday DN ink to Clements.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Wood's quarterfinal
dominance)
SJ Prep
football coach Gabe Infante
is the subject of today's Big Read in Daily News Weekend (by stringer Joe
Santoliquito). Click
here.
Nov. 28
In a Class AAA state quarterfinal . . .
Wood beat Great Valley, 44-7.
Ted's report is posted. Ace's
DN ink to jr. DE Mack Schwartz. Pics
here.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (Career breakdown for
Imhotep star Denniston "DJ" Moore)
Frog's report on
Prep Charter-Frankford is now posted.
Click
here
for the updated Individual Career Records, by School.
Click
here
for the updated Individual Season Records, by School.
**TEAM PAGES for
43 squads have been finalized.**
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Roman's rushing grunts)
All
TEAM PAGES have been updated.
Thanks to all helpers!
The four DN Thanksgiving stories are now linked below.
Nov. 27
***Happy Thanksgiving!!***
Olney's
cheerleaders can now be found
here.
Click
here
for: Don't Even Think About Being a Knucklehead.
Updated records:
city
here and all
three leagues
here.
Rosters received:
SCH Academy, Franklin. Next?
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Final totals for seniors
whose careers ended today)
Click
here for
the updated Standings/PF-PA.
Milestones:
Ryan's Samir Bullock
surpassed 2,000 rushing yards for the second consecutive season. Franklin's
Kevin Caldwell
finished the season with 3,000-plus passing yards. Imhotep's Denniston "DJ" Moore
became the Pub's all-time leader for career receiving yardage.
Our stat crew kicked butt today!!
Thanks to Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna, Amauro Austin, Mark "Frog" Carfagno,
Jon "Duck" Gray, Big Steve Reid, Ed Morrone and Jeff McDevitt . . . and Ace!
Boys' Latin beat Olney, 40-28.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Ryan beat Washington, 28-20. Ace's
DN ink to sr. FB-LB Bobby
McDevitt.
West Phila. beat Overbrook, 21-8. Ace's
DN ink
to sr. L-DL Teair Tart-Spencer.
Imhotep beat King, 52-0.
Duck's report is
posted. Brent Baum's
DN ink
to jr. RB Mike Waters.
Roman beat Roxborough, 45-6. Ace's
DN ink
to sr. WR-DB AJ Frazier.
Prep Charter beat Frankford, 24-14.
Frog's report is posted.
Other winners: Franklin, Northeast, Judge. (C-E lost.)
Click
here for Huck's City Top 10.
Roster received:
Franklin. Next?
Click
here for Huck's weekly Catholic League team stats
package.
Nov. 26
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (Final totals for seniors
whose careers have ended)
**TEAM PAGES for
22 squads have been finalized.**
Rosters received: Southern, Judge. Next?
Schedule notes: Del-Val/Bartram and Bonner-Prendie/Malvern have been canceled.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Roman-Roxborough
series)
Due to a heart condition, Prep Charter sr. NG Jaleel Benton
has been forced to step away from football. Click
here for Ace's story.
Penn Charter freshman OF Mike Siani
will play college baseball at Virginia . . . And this spring he'll make his
high school varsity debut. Click
here for Ace's story. And
here
for a pic.
Nov. 25
Frog's report on the
N-G/Springfield Montco game is now posted.
Schedule note: Tomorrow's Bonner-Prendie at Malvern game has been
changed to 4 p.m.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (Ryan-Washington
series)
Via
www.D3football.com -- Delaware Valley College QB Aaron
Wilmer (Washington) is
just the 26th quarterback in NCAA history (all divisions) to pass for 10,000
yards and rush for 1,000 yards in career. He ended his four years with
10,157 passing yards and 1,638 rushing yards for 11,795 yards of total
offense.
Click
here
for: Despite the Name, Take a Guess What This Stand in the Cherry Hill Mall
No Longer Sells.
The Whiz Kids Baseball
ad (to the right) has been updated with info for new tryouts.
Rosters received: Germantown Academy, Roxborough. Next?
Schedule note: The site for Saturday's SJ Prep-Parkland AAAA
quarterfinal has been switched to Frank Banko Field (1115 Linden Street,
Bethlehem, 18018). Still at 1 p.m.
SFBN will be streaming the Northeast-Central
Thanksgiving game LIVE over the Internet at
www.TheSportsFanBaseNetwork.com.
Due to a late cancellation, Episcopal needs varsity/JV teams for a hoops
scrimmage Saturday morning. Contact Jim Farrell at
farrell@episcopalacademy.org.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Most Thanksgiving
opponents)
Wood sr. FB Alex Arcangeli
is Ace's DN Player of the Week. Click
here (Top 10 at bottom of story).
Nov. 24
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (Judge-Lincoln
series)
Click
here for Anthony Franklin's
Weekly College Awards & Tidbits.
Click
here
for: If the Eagles Need Another QB . . .
Click
here
for: Odell Beckham Has Nothing on Prince Smith!
(slight exaggeration -- smile).
Click
here for: Where's
Alfred Hitchcock When They Need Him?
Click
here for practice
pics from Lincoln
and
Judge.
Schedule note: Del-Val/Bartram will be Wednesday, 6 p.m., at Gratz.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Playoff points by
modern-era City Title champs)
Combo writebacks: Click
here for Ace's story on SJ Prep's rushers,
here for Ace's story on Wood's grunts and
here for Brent Baum's story on two N-G stars.
Hopefully, you've seen The Best Catch Ever. If not . . . click
here.
Nov.
23
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Career TD passes)
Schedule note: The N-G/Southern Thanksgiving game has been canceled.
Click
here for the best individual
performances in City Titles.
Click
here for the Week 14
(Thanksgiving) Master Schedule.
Updated records: city
here
and all three leagues
here.
State quarterfinals . . .
AAAA: SJ Prep vs. Parkland, Saturday, 1 p.m., at J. Birney Crum Stadium,
in Allentown.
AAA: Wood vs. Great Valley, Friday, 7 p.m., at Northeast.
AA: Neumann-Goretti vs. Dunmore, Saturday, 1 p.m., at Northern Lehigh HS,
in Slatington.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Prolific passing by Pub teams in City Titles;
recently, anyway)
Click
here
(Cath) or
here
(Pub) for the playoff recaps, which now include the City Titles.
Click
here for the City Title boxscores.
Click
here
for: Wood's Grunts.
Click
here
for: Buffalo Soars Within the Herd.
Imhotep's cheerleaders can now be found
here.
Click
here
for the updated Standings/PF-PA.
Nov. 22
***Special note: With 359 passing yards vs. SJ Prep, Franklin's Kevin
Caldwell raised his 2014 total to 2,893, tops for one season in city
history!***
In the Class AAA City Title . . .
Wood beat Imhotep, 42-34, to capture its seventh consecutive CT.
Ted's report
is posted. Ace's Monday DN ink TBA. Before/after pics
here.
Game pics
here.
TEAM PAGES are updated.
In the Class AAAA City Title . . .
SJ
Prep beat Franklin, 47-22, to win a second consecutive CT for the first time
since 1938-39 (those were the first two).
Ted's report
is posted. Ace's Monday DN ink TBA. Before/after pics
here.
Game pics
here.
TEAM PAGES are updated.
In a Class A District 12-1 subregional . . .
Neumann-Goretti beat Springfield Montco, 32-7.
Frog's
report is posted. Brent Baum's Monday DN ink TBA. TEAM
PAGE is updated.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (CTs featuring "neighbors")
Click
here for Ace's preview on the
AAAA and AAA City Titles.
Nov. 21
Click
here for the 2014-15 Catholic League Basketball Master
Schedule. (Now complete, hopefully. Holler, if not!)
Click
here
for Huck's weekly CL individual stats leaders.
***A reminder . . . The 5th annual Little Quakers Night With the Eagles is
tonight! Look to the left in the LQ ad for full details.***
Click
here for the 2014-15 Inter-Ac League Basketball Master
Schedule (much more than a rough draft).
Click
here for a rough draft of the 2014-15 Catholic League
Basketball Master Schedule.
Frosh
LB Zaire Franklin (La Salle) is already creating a stir at Syracuse. Click
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Impact of scoring first in CTs)
Click
here for Ace's story on Wood sr.
RB Jarrett McClenton.
The coaches' All-Pub and All-Int teams are in today's DN (page 53).
Nov. 20
The Comcast Network will air live telecasts of the City Titles.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (46 years of I-A MVPs)
Click
here
for practice pics from Wood.
Check
here to read about Wood's first playoff game in the
1974 season. In that era, it was quite the shocker.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Top rushers/passers in
CTs)
Is this the slowest week ever, or what? Two more days until the AAAA and
AAA City Titles.
Nov. 19
Click
here for Huck's weekly Catholic League team stats
package.
Click
here for Huck's City Top 10.
Esperanza
has dropped varsity basketball.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (Top passers, by class)
Congrats to long-time Germantown Academy basketball coach
Jim Fenerty, who on Nov. 25
will be inducted into the Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame. Details
here on calendar page.
**Click
here for the
Coaches' All-Inter-Ac Team and congrats to the co-Players of the Year,
SCH Academy's Paul Dooley
and
Haverford School's Dox Aitken.**
(This is a sad day in
Inter-Ac history due to a new format that was NOT the choice of the
coaches . . .
UPDATE: First
team now listed in traditional fashion.)
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (100-yard rushers for CT
squads)
So, what were YOU doing 40 years ago? Wood
was winning its first football City Title! Click
here
for the story.
Click
here for Ace's story on Franklin coach David Carter,
a former star there. And click
here
for a classic pic from 1995.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Mike
Clyde. Mike, a long-time umpire, youth baseball coach and Navy veteran,
passed away recently. RIP, Mike.
Nov. 18
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Inter-Ac's aerial festival)
MC&S sr. G Samir Doughty
will play college hoops at St. John's. Click
here for Ace's story.
**Click
here for the Coaches' All-Public
Team and congrats to the MVPs:
Kevin Caldwell, Franklin; Shawn
Jenkins and Shawn Williams, Gratz; Tyliek Raynor, Imhotep; and Vian Dolo,
Prep Charter.**
So, what were YOU doing 126 years ago?
Haverford School was (co-)claiming
its first Inter-Ac championship! Click
here,
and thanks to alumnus Kevin Burke for his hustle.
Yesterday, Malvern beat visiting Judge, 35-19, and famed DN statistician
Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna was there. In all, his adventure lasted TWELVE
hours. Click
here
for the Tedbit.
So, what were YOU doing 76 years ago? SJ Prep was winning the first
football City Title! Click
here for the story.
N-G jr. RB Khalil Roane is Ace's DN Player of the Week. Click
here. (Notes and Top 10 at
bottom of story.)
Nov. 17
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . .
click
here. (Top rushers, by class)
*Click
here for the Class AAA City
Title X-Ray.**
This file,
showing the top performances in PL postseason history, has been updated.
This file,
showing the top
performances in CL postseason history, has been updated.
Schedule note: today's Judge at Malvern game will start at 5:30.
*Click
here for the Class AAAA City
Title X-Ray.**
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Franklin's Rapheal "Macho" Rodriguez vs. Dougherty's Mickey King)
Writeback stories: Click
here for Ace's on Franklin sr.
WR Rapheal "Macho" Rodriguez and
here for Brent Baum's on Imhotep
sr. QB Andre Dreuitt-Parks.
Playoff boxscores are in today's Daily News (page 48).
Nov. 16
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . .
click
here. (Franklin's Kevin Caldwell vs. La Salle's Brett
Gordon)
All recent photo sets can
now be found
here.
Click
here
for: Want a Jewel of a Performance? Go To Jarrett.
Click
here
for a Wood celebration pic.
Click
here
for: "Macho" Mans Up to Clinch the Win & Earn a Record.
The cheerleaders from Franklin and Gratz are now
here.
Click
here
for: A Taylor-Preserved Win.
Updated records: city
here
and all three leagues
here.
Schedule note: Olney will host Boys' Latin at 10 a.m. on Thanksgiving.
Click
here
for the Week 13 Master Schedule.
Playoff recaps:
Catholic League and
Public
League
The links to all playoff boxscores can be found
here.
Click
here
for Ace's video of Franklin's wild championship celebration, as led by
coach/alumnus David Carter.
All
TEAM PAGES have been updated (except for
Judge-Malvern; they meet tomorrow night). Thanks to all helpers!!
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (La Salle's prolific
passers)
Click
here for the updated
Standings/PF-PA.
Nov. 15
Click
here
for: Speaking of Legends . . . (Eddie Gaskins on chain crew)
Click
here
for: Kevin Caldwell
and His TD Crew!
In the Public AAAA final . . .
Franklin beat Gratz, 36-24, to win its first championship since 1966 as
Kevin Caldwell passed for 295 yards and three TDs. He now owns 35 for the
season and that's a city record! Rapheal "Macho" Rodriguez notched two TDs
on receptions and now has 17 for the season. That's a city record, too!
Amauro's
report
is posted. Ace's Monday DN ink TBA. Pics
here
(late second quarter onward). TEAM PAGES are now updated.
In the Catholic AAA final . . .
Wood
beat Ryan, 35-14.
Ted's report is posted. Before/after
pics
here.
Game pics
here.
TEAM PAGES are now updated.
In the Class AA City Title . . .
Neumann-Goretti beat Prep Charter, 12-6.
Frog's report
is posted. TEAM PAGES are now updated.
In the Public AAA final . . .
Imhotep beat West Philly, 62-0. Brent Baum's Monday DN ink TBA. TEAM PAGES
are now updated.
Click
here
for: It Was Cold Out There? Coulda Fooled Him.
Click
here
for: Grunt Guys.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Jimmy Herron's career. And click
here
for a neat pic.)
Nov. 14
In the Catholic AAAA final . . .
SJ Prep beat La Salle, 46-13.
Ted's report
is posted.
Huck's report
for easternpafootball.com is posted. Ace's
DN ink
to several in overall context. Before/after pics
here.
Game pics
here.
TEAM PAGES are now updated.
Click
here
for practice pics from Ryan.
TEAM PAGES have been updated through
Thursday's games.
Rough-draft rosters for Cath/Int squads can be found below the
**ALERTS!!** under BASKETBALL '15.
Click
here
for a Wild/Wacky story from 1985 . . . La Salle and SJ Prep played their
Thanksgiving game nine days late. Also on that page: how the weirdest TD in
series (city?) history was scored in 2004.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Top rushing efforts in CL finals)
Cecil Mosenson, Wilt Chamberlain's coach at Overbrook High, will sell/sign
his book, "It All Began With Wilt", and sell/sign a DVD entitled "The
Greatest Player Ever" at the 76ers home game on Dec. 5.
56-year baseball writer Hal Bodley is on Dick Allen's
side. Click
here.
Click
here for Huck's weekly Catholic League team stats
package.
Click
here for Ace's ink on
Derrick Jones'
UNLV ESPNU commitment.
Nov. 13
Special notes: In Mastery North's 40-0 win over Mastbaum, Taqee Ross
turned five touches into 225 yards and four TDs -- two catches for TDs of 30
and 20 yards, two punt returns for TDs of 62 and 79 yards, kickoff return
for 34 yards . . . In Roxborough's 30-28, two-OT win over Bartram, Eduardo
Sanchez had two apiece of TDs/TD passes/INTs.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Fumble!! By Pub honchos)
Roxborough beat Bartram, 30-28, in two OTs . . . and darkness! Click
here
for Jeff McDevitt's pic.
Frankford beat Overbrook, 24-14.
Frog's report
is posted.
Click
here for Anthony Franklin's
Weekly College Awards & Tidbits.
Click
here
for: Tops for 'Tep (WR-K Denniston "DJ" Moore and QB Andre Dreuitt-Parks).
Click
here
for practice pics from Imhotep.
Carroll sr. F Derrick Jones announced his college hoops decision on ESPNU
at 6:48 tonight . . . The choice: UNLV!
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Top passing efforts in CL finals)
A luncheon to celebrate the Wilt Chamberlain stamps will be held Dec. 5.
Click
here for complete info.
Write this down!! . . . Cardinal
O'Hara will hold a College Night Dec. 2, 6 to 9 p.m., in the cafeteria. Open
to players from all schools in all leagues, city and suburbs. No need to
pre-register. Players are encouraged to bring transcripts and highlight
DVDs. Coaches from colleges in Division I-AA on down are expected to attend.
Like the event at Wood, set for Dec. 9, this one is sponsored by the PCL
Football Coaches Association.
Constitution sr. F Ahmad "J.R." Gilbert will play college hoops at George
Mason. Click
here for Ace's story.
Episcopal sr. attacker Curtis Zappala is ready for a special lacrosse
event. Click
here for Ace's story.
Carroll sr. F Derrick Jones will announce his college hoops decision
between 6 and 7 tonight on ESPNU.
North Catholic's alumni basketball game will be played Saturday, at noon,
in "The Pit" (school now occupied by Bracetti). Beforehand, a plaque
honoring all former Falcons will be unveiled. Free admission.
Nov. 12
Click
here
for a pic of Bonner-Prendie's signees.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (Best performances by La Salle/SJ
Prep players in CL finals)
Click
here
for a pic of Haverford School's MANY commits.
Click
here for our latest Before He
Drew X's and O's . . . on ex-Gratz star Chris Rhone Sr., who's now an
assistant at his alma mater. (His son, Chris Jr., plays for the Bulldogs.)
Click
here
for practice pics from West Philly, Franklin and Gratz.
Click
here
for a pic of La Salle's Dotted-Line Nine . . . guys who've signed letters of
intent with Division I schools for assorted sports.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Wayne
Ellington Sr. Wayne Sr., the father of NBA player Wayne Ellington Jr.
(Episcopal '06), was shot to death Sunday night. Click
here for Morgan Zalot's Daily
News story. RIP, sir.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Haverford School's
dominant I-A performance, in context)
Click
here for Ace's story on N-G jr.
RB-LB Khalil Roane.
Nov. 11
Major
thanks
to all veterans!! . . . And click
here
for a pic of a cute Army vet who's now married to a certain website owner
(smile).
All
TEAM PAGES have been updated. Thanks to all helpers,
and especially to KIPP DuBois coach Keary Dias for breaking down tape!!
Write this down!! . . . Archbishop
Wood will hold a College Night Dec. 9, 6:30 to 9 p.m., in the cafeteria.
Open to players from all schools in all leagues, city and suburbs. No need
to pre-register. Players are encouraged to bring transcripts and highlight
DVDs. Coaches from colleges in Division I-AA on down are expected to attend.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . .
click
here. (Close-proximity foes)
Click
here
for practice pics from Neumann-Goretti and Prep Charter. (The drive between
their practice fields was exhausting . . . 3 blocks.) Large version of N-G
team pic
here;
and
here
for PC.
B.J. "Butch" Hogan, a first team All-City d-back for O'Hara in the 2000
championship season, is that school's new football coach.
Click
here for Huck's City Top 10.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Paul Dooley kicks NFL butt!)
Saturday's Pub AAAA final (Franklin-Gratz, 4 o'clock at Northeast), can be
seen at
www.TheSportsFanBaseNetwork.com.
Joining host Ari Bluestein will be another Northeast product, Eric Clark.
He's now Northeast's defensive coordinator.
Frog's report on the PC/D-V Pub
AA final is now posted.
Franklin sr. QB Kevin Caldwell is Ace's DN Player of the Week. Click
here. (Notes and Top 10 at
bottom of story.)
Nov. 10
Schedule note: The Wood-Ryan Catholic AAA final will now be Saturday,
2
o'clock, at Plymouth-Whitemarsh.
King's Nasir Boykin now owns the Pub record for completions/attempts in a
season with 137/247. Previous guys: Frankford's Tim DiGiorgio (136) and
Gratz's Jerrick Jenkins
(242). Thanks to Kelly Cottle!
**Click
here
for the Class AA City Title X-Ray.**
Click
here
for . . .
The Saints Go Marching In, a page
that celebrates Neumann-Goretti's noteworthy win on Saturday.
Thanks to John Mullen, we've been able to flesh out the info on the 1982
CL championship cross country meet. Click
here.
Schedule note: The Class AA City Title, Neumann-Goretti vs. Prep Charter,
will now be Saturday, 1 p.m., at the South Philly Super Site.
Northeast product Brent Grimes was at it again yesterday. Click
here
for the video.
Schedule note: Malvern will host Judge next Monday at 5 o'clock.
After defeating SCH Academy on Saturday, Malvern's football team went
right back to work very early Sunday morning for a great cause. Click
here
for some pics.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (All-time title appearances for La Salle-SJ Prep
over five sports)
Frog's report on that wild/crazy
BL-Southern game is now posted.
Writeback stories: Click
here for Ace's on Franklin jr.
WR Javier Buffalo and
here for Brent Baum's on Prep
Charter sr. QB Vian Dolo.
Boxscores for all 10 playoff games from Friday/Saturday are in today's
Daily News (page 46).
Nov. 9
Click
here for a Tribute Page
concerning
West Catholic's 52-game winning
streak in the Catholic League's Blue/AA divisions. The Burrs' feat is now
included on
this
page of notable streaks.
Thanks to Andy Waldron, we've been able to flesh out the info on some
1980s CL championship cross country meets. Click
here.
The North Philly Aztecs' 90-pound team has earned a spot in the national
finals Dec. 5 in Florida. The team is raising money to fund the trip. If you
can help, please click
here.
Thanks!
Click
here
for the Week 12 Master Schedule.
Updated playoff recaps: click
here
for Pub and
here
for Cath.
Click
here
for: The Parsons/Price Is Right.
Boxscores for all CL/PL playoffs can now be found
here.
The Nov. 4
Kevbit about Jack Soslow
has been finalized. Thanks again to Kevin Burke! . . . The Nov. 2
Tedbit has been updated to
include this weekend's four blowouts.
Click
here for the updated
Standings/PF-PA.
All
TEAM PAGES except for KIPP DuBois have been updated.
Thanks to all helpers!!
Click
here for the Records by League
page. Lots of updates!
Nov. 8
In the Catholic AA final . . .
Neumann-Goretti beat West, 32-14, to win its first crown since 1954.
Huck's
report is posted. Cauls' pics
here.
In a Catholic AAAA semi . . .
La Salle beat Roman, 49-0.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
In a Public AAAA semi . . .
Franklin beat Washington, 36-19. Ace's Monday DN ink TBA.
In a Public AAA semi . . .
Imhotep beat Overbrook, 52-6.
Duck's report
is posted.
In the Public AA final . . .
Prep Charter beat Del-Val, 14-12.
Frog's report
is posted. Brent Baum's Monday DN ink TBA.
Other playoff winner: Ryan.
Malvern beat SCH Academy, 41-33, despite Paul Dooley's 422-yard, five-TD
passing effort.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Other Inter-Ac winners: Haverford School (finishes 5-0!) and Germantown
Academy.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Four long TDs in CL playoffs)
La Salle sr. F Dave Krmpotich will play college hoops at Colgate.
Nov. 7
In a Catholic AAAA semi . . .
SJ Prep beat Judge, 49-7.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
In a Public AAAA semi . . .
Gratz beat King, 22-14. Ace's
DN ink to jr. OL Cameron Brown.
Winners in other playoffs: Wood, West Phila.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . .
click
here. (Paul Dooley/Collin
DiGalbo - two peas in a busy QB pod.)
Note from Ted: I received an email this morning from Michael Yancy, a
2005 Overbrook grad who has been confined to a wheelchair since suffering a
broken neck while wrestling in his senior season. Michael, now 26, is living
in Houston and doing well. He also played football and baseball at 'Brook
and had EIGHT steals in one game. All the best, Michael! Click
here
for a pic from 2006 and
here
for Overbrook's baseball team pic in 2004. (Two-thirds of the way down the
page. Michael is in the first row, holding a bat.)
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (A look at the HS-EA series)
Paul Strus is out as O'Hara's interim coach. John Ward will be in charge
for tonight's AAA semifinal at Wood. Click
here for Ace's story.
Nov. 6
Boys' Latin beat Southern, 24-20.
Frog's
report is posted. Ace's
DN ink to sr. WR-DB Damere
Gilbert.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (Chalie Szydlik's feat)
Click
here for Anthony Franklin's
Weekly College Awards & Tidbits.
West Philly is pumped to host its first night playoff in school history
(tomorrow, 6 o'clock, vs. Mastery North) and the field shows it! Thanks to
1977 grad Bob Williams for providing
these pics.
(The Speedboys also hosted a quarterfinal in '90 and a second-round game in
'81, as part of a tournament that followed a teachers' strike. All other
playoffs have taken place away or at neutral sites.)
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (West-Neumann series)
Congrats to Germantown Academy product Ryan Ayers, who's now a basketball
assistant at the college alma mater (Bucknell) of his brother, Cameron (also
GA). Click
here.
Nov. 5
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . .
click
here. (KIPP DuBois' unmatched City Title feat)
Click
here
for an article on West Catholic product Rob Hollomon, now excelling at
Central Connecticut State, from
www.easternpafootball.com.
Added to schedule: Kensington vs. Fels, tomorrow, 2:30, at Northeast.
Click
here
for pics from the KIPP DuBois/Future combo practice.
Click
here for Before He "Uncled" a Star
Athlete . . . on ex-Malvern baseball star/MLBer Ben Davis. His nephew, Alex
Hornibrook, is Malvern's sr. quarterback.
***Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . Click
here.
All-Star Team of White Players, 1976-2013.***
Happy Back to Normal Day!! No more political ads on TV.
Click
here for Ace's story on Gratz jr.
lineman Raquan Thomas, a true survivor. He was shot five times after a game
last season.
Nov. 4
Schedule note: The District 12-1 Class A subregional semi between KIPP
DuBois and Calvary Christian will take place Friday, 7 o'clock, at
Morrisville.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (CL QBs' rare feat)
Schedule note: Saturday's Catholic AA final, still at O'Hara, will now
start at 4 o'clock.
Click
here for our latest Before He
Drew X's and O's . . . on Malvern assistant Joe Price, who also starred for
the Friars.
Click
here for Huck's weekly CL
individual stats leaders.
Click
here for Huck's weekly Catholic League team stats
package.
Frog's
reports on three recent games are now
posted.
The newest issue of SLAM Magazine features a great story on NBA all-timer
Paul Arizin (La Salle High, Villanova).
Tiiiiime for a Kevbit (Tedbit) . . . click
here. (Jack Soslow's TBs)
King jr. RB Paul Sanchez is Ace's DN Player of the Week. Click
here. (Notes and Top 10 at
bottom of story).
McDevitt's players received an alarming jolt before the loss to KIPP
DuBois for the Class A City Title. Click
here for Ace's story.
Nov. 3
Click
here for Huck's City Top 10.
Click
here
for: Title Time Waaaaaay Back in the Day (N-G, kinda)
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (Big outbursts vs. Penn
Charter)
All
TEAM
PAGES have been updated. Thanks to all helpers, and
especially to Big Steve Reid. On short notice yesterday, he trekked to Gratz
for the Class A City Title (moved from Washington). Also to Dobbins coach
John Sullivan.
All playoff boxscores are in today's Daily News (page 53).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Uncommon Cath MVPs)
Writeback stories: Click
here for Ace's on SCH Academy sr. wideout Dylan Parsons
and
here for Brent Baum's on West Catholic jr. lineman Tymir
Oliver.
Nov.
2
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (Career leaders, updated)
Click
here
for a cool pic by Matty "Cauls" McCauley.
Click
here
for: You Earn the Numbers. He'll Total 'em Up.
Congrats to SCH sr. WR Dylan Parsons, who now owns the Inter-Ac's career
receiving marks for yards (1,526) and TDs (19).
Neumann-Goretti sr. C Tommy Nardini will play college baseball at Gwynedd-Mercy.
Click
here
for the Week 11 Master Schedule.
Playoff boxes: click
here
for the assorted links.
Playoff recaps: click
here
for Pub and
here
for Cath.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (All-time playoff
blowouts)
Click
here for the updated
Standings/PF-PA.
Nov. 1
In Cath AA semifinals . . .
West Catholic beat Conwell-Egan, 54-0.
Ted's report is posted. Brent Baum's Monday DN ink TBA.
Ted's pics
here.
Cauls' pics
here.
Neum.-Goretti beat Lansdale, 24-12.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
In Pub AA semifinals . . .
Del-Val beat Mansion, 52-0.
Duck's
report is posted.
Prep Charter beat Palumbo, 62-0.
Frog's
report
is posted.
Others games . . .
In a Pub AAAA quarterfinal, Franklin beat Fels, 63-6.
In the Class A City Title, KIPP DuBois beat McDevitt, 16-14.
SCH Academy beat Gtn. Academy, 35-34, on a late two-point conversion.
Ace's Monday DN ink TBA.
Malvern and Haverford School were the I-A's other winners.
***Schedule note: The McDevitt-KIPP DuBois Class A City Title has been
moved to the Gratz Super Site. 2 o'clock start.***
The Coaches' All-Catholic Teams are in today's DN (page 44).
Boxscores for last night's Pub playoffs are
here. Recaps are
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (King's big feat creates an unusual
circumstance)
Oct. 31
Stats for tonight's three Pub 4A quarters are now on
TEAM PAGES.
Click
here for the latest effort from
Ted Taylor, who's now in his 39th year of writing hobby columns. Congrats!
Click
here
for: Mickey D Is Sporting a New Look on the Jersey Trail.
In Pub AAAA quarterfinals . . .
Gratz beat Northeast, 24-8. Ace's
DN ink to jr. RB Luke White.
Washington beat Bartram, 21-8.
Frog's report
is posted.
King beat Frankford, 28-20.
Duck's
report is posted.
Click
here for Anthony Franklin's
Weekly College Awards & Tidbits.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit
. . . click
here. (Strange circumstances surrounding tonight's Pub
AAAA quarters)
Oct. 30
Click
here
for Huck's weekly CL individual stats leaders.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (Lincoln and 7-0 wins)
Olney beat Future, 39-14. Ace's
DN ink to sr. RB-DB Sultan Johns.
Boys' Latin beat Central, 38-14.
Frog's
report is posted.
***Click
here
for the Coaches' All-Catholic Football Team and congrats to the MVPs: John Reid (SJ
Prep), Samir Bullock
(Ryan) and Ryan Quigley
(Lansdale).***
Thanks to
relentless work by Mark "Frog" Carfagno, Joe Ferry and others,
Dick Allen
has made it onto the Baseball HOF's Golden Era ballot!! Voting will take place in December. Click
here
for a pic.
Best wishes going forward to Bob Peffle, who has retired after 28
seasons as
La Salle's
soccer coach. He went 402-132-66 with seven Catholic League championships. (Bob also was a head coach in baseball and wrestling in the Pub/Cath/Suburban
One, and totaled over 90 seasons as a head coach in those three sports. His
teams won more than 20 championships and appeared in more than 35 finals.)
Congrats on an incredible ride, Bob! Click
here
for story/pic on La Salle's site.
Click
here for Huck's weekly Catholic
League team stats package.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Passers with 100 YPG,
1981-2014)
Click
here for Ace's story on the McDevitt-KIPP DuBois scenario. And
here for notes on Mike Rufo and Sean Ryan.
Click
here for Stan Hochman's
Dick Allen column off
yesterday's Mayor Nutter press conference.
Oct. 29
**Click
here for the Class A City Title
X-Ray.**
Malvern sr. T Nick Zarkoski will play college FB at Bucknell. Click
here for Ace's note.
Schedule note: The McDevitt-KIPP DuBois Class A City Title will be played
Saturday, 1 p.m., at Washington.
Click
here
&
here
for pics of Wood's CL soccer celebration last night.
Best wishes going forward to Mike Rufo, who will step down as Boys'
Latin's football coach at the end of this season. His successor will be Sean
Diviny, a Judge grad and currently the defensive coordinator.
Click
here for a story about a grand
football gesture in the aftermath of a tragedy.
Assistant Sean Ryan will serve as McDevitt's head basketball coach for the
upcoming season.
***Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . .
click
here.
All-Star Team of Black Players, 1976-2013.***
Oct. 28
Schedule note: McDevitt will meet KIPP DuBois this week (details TBA) for
the Class A City Title. Winner will advance to next week's District 12-1
subregional semis. KIPP DuBois-Edison canceled.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Consecutive regular season championships)
Congrats to La Salle sr. QB Kyle Shurmur, who has been
selected to play in the 2015
Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl, which will be played Sunday, Jan. 4, at
the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.
Pic
here.
Tomorrow at 3 p.m., Mayor Nutter will hold a press conference in room 202
at City Hall to announce he's backing the efforts of Mark "Frog" Carfagno
and others to get Dick Allen into the Hall of Fame.
Click
here
&/or
here
for: Not Only Gyms/Stadiums Need Renovations.
Click
here
for: The Beach is Crowded, But No Need for Lifeguards.
Tiiiime for an Edbit . . . click
here.
(Inter-Ac passing milestone)
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Serious passing accuracy)
Click
here for our latest Before He
Drew X's and O's . . . on Imhotep assistant Marcus Godfrey, who starred at
Mastbaum.
Haverford School jr. QB Kevin Carter is Ace's DN Player of the Week. Click
here. (Notes at bottom of story.
Top 10 in paper.)
Oct. 27
Click
here for
Huck's City Top 10.
All
TEAM
PAGES have been updated.
Thanks to all helpers! (Huck
watched the second half of MN-Dobb on Hudl.)
Click
here for:
Overdoing It a Little, Maybe?
Click
here for: He's
Now a "Zuh . . . Zuh . . . Zeeeeebra."
Click
here for: All TD
Systems Are Go for Bristow.
Are you ready for some JV football?!?! In a season-ending battle between
unbeatens, SJ Prep topped Roman. Pics
here.
Click
here for the updated Game
Records & Big Performances List.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Collin
DiGalbo
vs. O'Hara)
Writeback story: Brent Baum's
here on La Salle sr. QB Kyle Shurmur.
Click
here for: Joey O
in the TD Flow.
Oct. 26
O'Hara's cheerleaders
can now be found
here.
Click
here for the updated City
Records (overall) and
here for the updated League by
League Breakdown.
The WEEK 10 schedule is now posted
here.
Almost all
TEAM
PAGES have been updated. Still to go: Dobbins, MN.
Thanks to all helpers!
Click
here
for the updated Standings/PF-PA.
Before an overflow Homecoming crowd, visiting Bonner-Prendie
scored the final 21 points and beat O'Hara, 33-13.
Ted's report is posted. Ace's
DN ink
to sr. TE-DE Tyler Higgins. Pics
here.
Click
here
(catch) and
here (family) for
Jimmy Herron pics.
Click
here
(quick change) and
here
(two helpers; with buddies) for two pics surrounding the Yeedee Thaenrat
Cleat Episode.
Click
here
(warmups) and
here (media time)
for Kevin Carter pics.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (B-P/O'Hara
series)
Oct. 25
La Salle beat Judge, 31-7, as sr.
WR
Jimmy Herron became the No. 3 receiver in city history for career yardage.
Ted's report is posted. Brent
Baum's Monday DN ink TBA. Pics
here.
Haverford School beat Germantown Academy, 35-0, as jr.
QB
Kevin Carter passed for 392 yards, the No. 4 total in city history.
Ted's report is posted. Ace's
Monday DN ink TBA. Pics
here.
Click
here
for: Some Guys Lift More Than Weights.
Click
here for: All Long
TDs Start Somewhere.
Click
here for: It's All
About Family.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Inter-Ac outbursts, part
II)
Twenty-two
TEAM
PAGES have been updated.
Click
here
for the updated Standings/PF-PA. (Through Friday)
Oct. 24
West Catholic beat Ryan, 18-7.
Huck's report
is posted. Cauls' pics
here.
Ted's pics
here.
Malvern beat Penn Charter, 44-16.
Ted's report
is posted. Ace's
DN ink to sr. QB Alex Hornibrook.
Pics
here.
King beat Washington, 28-14.
Duck's report
is posted.
Frankford beat Southern, 18-8.
Frog's report
is posted.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
(Malvern-PC series)
Click
here for Ace's story on the CB
West
scandal and
here for Mike Kern's story on
the Bucks' legendary ex-coach, Mike Pettine.
Click
here for Ace's story on Jack
Rutter (see 10/23).
Oct. 23
Click
here for Huck's weekly Catholic
League individual stats leaders.
Click
here for Anthony Franklin's
Weekly College Awards & Tidbits.
Tiiiime for a hoops Tidbit . . . click
here.
(Jack Rutter, in context)
Thanks to AD Drew Knasiak, a question regarding
Mastbaum's
TEAM PAGE has been answered.
Ace was covering Mastery North-Dobbins when he received orders to leave
and head for Doylestown to report on the CB West situation.
Del-Val beat Central, 36-0.
Frog's report
is posted.
Best wishes going forward to Jack Rutter, who has stepped down after 19
seasons as
McDevitt's basketball coach.
Gtn. Academy sr. F Sam Lindgren
will play college hoops at Colgate.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit
. . . click
here.
(All-Star Team of Players With Italian
Surnames, 1976-2013; colleges have been added for first team honorees).
Click
here for Stan Hochman's column
on
Haverford School's program, centered on the words above the numbers on the
back of each guy's uniform. Stan attended last Saturday's game with SCH
Academy. It was his first high school game in 55 years.
Oct. 22
Click
here for Huck's weekly Catholic League team stats
package.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here. (Imhotep's QB/WR)
Thanks to coach Michael Murphy, questions regarding Haverford School's
TEAM PAGE have been answered.
Click
here for our latest Before He
Fathered a Star Athlete . . . on Egan QB Tony Russo ('81); his son, Anthony,
plays QB for Wood.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Jack Soslow, among FG kickers)
Today on "SFBN Talks High School Sports" (6 p.m. start, Comcast Network,
hosted by Ari Bluestein), there will be a feature on former Neumann--Goretti
hoops star Ja'Quan Newton. Coach Carl Arrigale will also be interviewed.
Today on "Philly Sports Talk" (5 p.m. start, Comcast SportsNet), Mike
Sielski and Mike Tollin will discuss the Dick Allen HOF campaign.
Click
here
for Ace's feature on SJ Prep sr. WR-DB John Reid,
a top-notch prospect who's bound for Penn State.
Oct. 21
This is
La Salle's 100th year of football.
Click
here
for a great video that breaks things down. Bill Wasylenko ('69) collaborated
with Matt Sinnott ('06). It was shown at Saturday night's Centennial
Celebration.
Click
here
for: Training to be a Trainer?
Click
here
for: Three-Fourths of Malvern's Important Duties Have Been Left to
Non-Righties. (Click
here
for large version; no IDs).
Click
here
for: Do in Practice What You Do in the Games.
Click
here
for practice pics from Malvern and Carroll.
All
TEAM PAGES have been updated. Thanks to all helpers
and especially to Huck and Amauro, who charted game tapes!
Click
here for our latest Before He
Drew X's and O's . . . on SCH Academy assistant Mike Mattei, who also
starred for the Blue Devils.
Tiiiiime for a Drewbit (Tedbit) . . . click
here. (Inter-Ac QBs fillin' it up)
Frog's reports on three recent
games (Sou-Bart/SM-Pal/PC-DV) are now posted.
Wood
jr. QB Anthony Russo is Ace's DN Player of the Week. Click
here. (Notes/Top 10 at bottom of
story).
Oct. 20
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Joseph "Butch"
McNally. Butch, who had a long career as a coach, referee and umpire in
multiple sports, died recently. RIP, Butch.
Congrats to Pitt r-frosh Ryan Winslow (La Salle), who is the ACC's
Specialist of the Week. Click
here.
Click
here for Huck's City Top 10.
Click
here
for: Doin' Uncle Mike Proud.
Click
here
for: Usin' His Noggin.
Schedule note: Del-Val at Central will now be Thursday at 3 p.m.
Click
here
for pics of Penn Charter's new athletic facilities.
Are you ready for some JV football?!?! Click
here
for pics from Episcopal at Penn Charter. (Original plan was SJ Prep at
Judge. Judge's website had the wrong site. Ugh.)
A memorial service for former Roman basketball star Lari Ketner will be
held Nov. 2, 7 p.m., at Cedar Park Presbyterian Church, 7740 Limekiln Pike,
Phila., Pa., 19150.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (TDs in many manners)
Writeback stories: Ace's
here on Prep Charter jr. L-DL
Karamo Dioubate and Brent Baum's
here on Ryan sr. RB Samir
Bullock.
Oct. 19
SCRATCH THIS -- Schedule note: It's expected that Franklin at Lincoln, postponed two
weeks ago by a bomb scare, will be played this week; and that Lincoln at Roxborough will be pushed back to next week (since neither team can qualify
for the playoffs). Waiting for official confirmation.
Click
here
for: Turning the Recruiting Table (on James Franklin)
Addition to schedule: Del-Val at Central, Friday, 3 p.m.
Click
here
for a special pic from Malvern.
Click
here for: Next
Stop? End Zone. And
here for Part II.
Click
here
for: Top of the Mountain.
Congrats to former Bartram basketball star Jamal Green
('91), who won Neumann
University's Young Alumni Achievement Award for 2014. Click
here for a story about Jamal's clutch heroics in 1990.
Davante'
Coney is Prep
Charter's Homecoming king. And his queen is
Jade Brown.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Samir Bullock/Joe
Zeglinski)
Click
here
for the updated Game Records & Big Performances List.
Yesterday, Frankford
held a special ceremony to retire the No. 45 worn by star linebacker Chris "Waterboy"
Spence, a 2008 grad who was shot to death in 2011. Click
here for Amauro
Austin's pics.
Click
here for
the updated City Records (overall) and
here for the updated
League by League Breakdown.
Website legend Mark "Frog" Carfagno is profiled in today's Inquirer
(by Mike Sielski) in connection with his dogged effort to get long-time
friend
Dick Allen into the
baseball HOF. Click
here.
Click
here
for the updated Standings/PF-PA.
Oct. 18
Neumann-Goretti beat McDevitt, 28-0.
Ted's report
is posted.
Pics
here. (A few late
pics have been added.)
Haverford School beat SCH Academy, 32-16, in 2 minutes short of 3 hours.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
West Catholic beat Conwell-Egan, 41-0.
Huck's report
is posted.
Cauls' pics
here.
Prep Charter beat Del-Val, 13-6.
Frog's report
is posted.
Mastery North beat Boys' Latin 36-16.
Duck's report is posted.
Click
here for a story about Delaware Valley College's dynamic duo,
QB Aaron
Wilmer (Wash) and WR Rasheed
Bailey (Rox).
Only in the Pub, Delco
version . . . Springfield Delco's game was called off because the lights
wouldn't work. After Academy Park-Chester, there was a major melee. Click
here.
Click
here for: Giving
Sub-Par Vertical the Boot.
Click
here
for: A Happy Night for the Knights.
Eighteen
TEAM
PAGES have been updated.
Gratz used FIFTEEN rushers yesterday vs. Central.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (The seven-TD passers)
Oct. 17
As
Wood beat Bonner-Prendie, 56-7, jr. Anthony Russo passed 11-for-15 for 369
yards and SEVEN TDs (all in the first half), tying the city mark for TD
passes in one game.
Huck's report
is posted.
Episcopal beat Penn Charter, 41-26, as jr. RB Dee Barlee rushed for 289
yards (school record) and five TDs.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
Gratz beat Central, 33-0. Ace's
DN ink to LB Shawn "Woozy" Jenkins.
Strawberry Mansion beat Palumbo, 30-14, for its first varsity win.
Frog's
report is posted.
Imhotep beat Future, 76-14.
Duck's report is posted.
Click
here for Anthony Franklin's
Weekly College Awards & Tidbits.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Prolific
passers/coaches)
Oct. 16
Click
here for Huck's weekly Catholic
League individual stats leaders.
Schedule change: King at Olney is now
Friday at 3.
Southern beat Bartram, 16-14, on a TD/conv with 1:08 left.
Frog's
report is posted.
Ace's
DN ink to sr. RB-LB Qazi Jones.
Schedule change: Gtn. Academy at Malvern is now Saturday at
2 p.m.
Click
here for a classic
pic . . . Splish Splash from the Boys' Latin-Franklin game in 2011 (at 29th
and Chalmers). And click
here to see how
the whole home sideline looked.
Click
here for complete
info on next month's banquet (Nov. 13) to induct the Philadelphia Sports
Hall of Fame's 11th class. Among the honorees: Roman product Marvin Harrison.
NOTE: THIS SEGMENT
HAS BEEN POSTPONED. NEXT WEEK, HOPEFULLY
. . . A Dick Allen Belongs in the Hall of
Fame segment, thanks
to Stan Hochman, will be part of this afternoon's edition of Philly Sports
Talk Live on Comcast. Show starts at 5.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
**Click
here for "Good to be Alive" . . . Ace's back-page story on
how violence has affected
Del-Val Charter's
football family.**
Oct. 15
Click
here for Huck's weekly Catholic
League team stats package.
Frankford
will host Northeast at 11 a.m. Saturday. In a halftime ceremony, the No. 45
worn by 2008 grad Chris Spence, a star linebacker who was shot to death in
Feb. 2011, will be retired. For his fierce hitting, Chris was known as "Waterboy"
after the character in the Adam Sandler movie. This will be Frankford's
first retired number.
Click
here
for our latest Big Brother Led the Way . . . on ex-Judge
star Curt Wortham.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (Details on first turf
games at assorted sites)
Oct. 14
Click
here for: Not
Above a Menial Task.
Click
here for: Here's
the Catch . . . He's a Lineman!!
Click
here for practice
pics from McDevitt
& La Salle.
All recent photo sets can now be found
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for our latest Before He
Drew X's and O's . . . on Northeast assistant Seth Shapiro,
who also starred for the Vikings.
Ryan sr. RB Samir
Bullock is the DN Player of
the Week. Click
here for Ace's story. (City Top 10 at bottom of that file.)
Oct. 13
Congrats to
Malvern product Ryan Nassib, who
yesterday made his passing debut for the New York Giants (4-for-5, 60
yards)!! His name can now be found
here.
Click
here for Huck's City Top 10.
Click
here
for: Miller (TD) Time!!!
Click
here
for: Ya Gotta
Love (a Pic of) Selfies.
Are you ready for some JV football??!! Click
here for pics from
West Catholic at McDevitt (first half) and Episcopal at Germantown Academy
(second half). First part of set also includes some pics of a practice
involving McDevitt's girls' flag football squad.
All
TEAM PAGES have been updated
except for Mansion. Thanks to all
helpers, and especially to Huck for breaking down AR-AC video!
Not into video games? Click
here
for REAL Maddens.
Click
here
for updated City Records by League.
Click
here
for updated School Game Records/Top Performances.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Huck has watched the Ryan-Carroll tape. Ryan's Samir Bullock
rushed 29 times for 373
yards.
Click
here for Ace's writeback on Del-Val sr. handyman Dwine Walls.
Oct. 12
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Joe/Danny/Ryan on the spot. Click
here
-
here
-
here.
Carroll sr. PF-C Ernest Aflakpui will play college hoops at Temple. Click
here for Ace's story.
Lansdale Catholic's cheerleaders can now be found
here.
Click
here for updated
standings/PF-PA.
Note from Ted: Huck will watch Ryan-Carroll on Hudl late tonight to nail
down the stats.
Lansdale beat Conwell-Egan, 7-6.
Ted's report is posted. Brent Baum's
DN ink to two-way backs Ryan
Quigley and Joe Pinzka. Pics
here.
Check out
Frog's
reports on three recent games.
Make sure to check out
Huck's
report and
Cauls' pics
from last night's WC-McD game. Lots of nutty stuff from plays to fireworks
haze to fog.
***Click
here for a story/stats about a
beyond-crazy game played Friday night in Western Pennsylvania. Final score?
79-78!!!!***
Click
here
for . . . Can Anyone Make a Tackle? (Second Edition) -- A full look at the
SCH-PC pointfest.
Oct. 11
Thirty-five
TEAM PAGES have been updated.
Imhotep beat Dobbins, 57-6. With 11:21 left in the third quarter, Andre
Dreuitt-Parks, off a 50-yard TD to Denniston "DJ" Moore, claimed the Pub
record for career passing yards with 4,194. (2010 Northeast grad Malik
Stokes had 4,170.) Moore then kicked the PAT to raise his career total to
101 and THAT is a Pub mark, too. (2009 Washington grad Will McFillin had
100.)
Duck's report is posted.
**SCH
Academy beat Penn Charter, 53-51, in 2 hours, 53 minutes. The teams combined
for 1,300-plus yards, including returns. OT was prevented when SCH stopped a
conversion with 24.2 seconds left.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.**
Del-Val beat KIPP DuBois, 52-8. Ace's Monday DN ink TBA.
West Catholic beat McDevitt, 39-6.
Huck's
report is posted. Cauls' pics
here.
Click
here
for: The Right Kind of Senior Moment.
Click
here
for: Practice Makes Production (From Distance).
Click
here
for: These Little Guys Can't Wait to Grow Up.
Click
here for . . . We're Thinking
This QB Has NO Trouble Seeing Over the D-Line.
Twenty-one
TEAM PAGES have been updated.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Oct. 10
SJ Prep beat La Salle, 35-31.
Ted's report
is posted. Ace's DN blurb is
here. Pics
here.
Haverford School beat Malvern, 22-6. Ace's
DN ink to sr. WR-DB Dox Aitken.
Pics
here
(first three quarters).
Wood beat O'Hara, 48-6.
Huck's report is posted.
Salesianum (Del.) beat King, 55-26.
Duck's report
is posted.
Prep Charter beat Palumbo, 48-6.
Frog's report
is posted.
Bartram beat Frankford, 50-21.
Frog's report
is posted.
Early reports are that Ryan's Samir Bullock tonight rushed for 401!!
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Lari Ketner.
Lari, who starred at Roman ('95) and UMass before playing in the NBA
(recently he was a Roman assistant), passed away this morning after a
courageous battle against cancer. RIP, Lari.
Click
here for Anthony Franklin's
Weekly College Awards & Tidbits.
Check out a noteworthy update to last night's
Roman-Judge report
and congrats to
Dimetri Kelly!
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
**Getting pumped for La Salle-SJ Prep?
Likewise! Each day we've posted links to stories about classic encounters.
Click
here.**
Oct. 9
Roman beat Judge, 20-14.
Ted's report
is posted. Ace's
DN ink to soph LB/DE Matt
Galasso. Longer version
here on Ace's blog. Mostly
crappy pics
here.
Southern beat Mastbaum, 50-0.
Frog's report
is posted.
Click
here
for video of the recent Hail Mary TD by Arizona State WR Jaelen Strong (West
Catholic). Also seen in the video (No. 27) is Southern Cal DB Gerald Bowman
(Imhotep); not responsible for giving up the TD. 'Tep assistant Eric
Richardson coached both young men in youth ball! . . . Philly guys were also
involved in two other famous plays in football history. Click
here for the Music City Miracle
(Ryan's Frank Wycheck) and
here
for the Hail Mary by Boston College's Doug Flutie (to Carroll's Gerard
Phelan); skip ahead to 4-minute mark, if necessary.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
**Getting pumped for SJ Prep-La Salle? Likewise! Each day we'll post
links to stories about classic encounters. Click
here.**
Oct. 8
Click
here
for Huck's individual Catholic League stats leaders.
Click
here
for: The 1960s Called. They Want Their Cool Word Back.
Schedule note: Fkd-Bart is now Friday, 3 p.m., at the SP Super Site.
Mansion's football roster has been provided. Coverage restored.
Very cool!!: While at Penn Charter, Nick Lamb's two varsity sports were
basketball and baseball. Now a junior at Muhlenberg, he is giving football a
whirl (after playing two years of baseball). Already he has had games with
99 and 100 receiving yards. (Thanks to Gerry Sasse, of PC's athletic
department, for this nugget.)
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
**Getting pumped for La Salle-SJ Prep? Likewise! Each day we'll post
links to stories about classic encounters. Click
here.**
Click
here for Ace's feature on
Franklin jr. LB Brian Harvey.
La Salle sr. WR-DB Jimmy Herron is Ace's Player of the Week. Click
here. (Top 10 at bottom of
story). Huck's stats leaders are in the DN.
Oct. 7
Click
here for Huck's weekly Catholic
League stats package.
Click
here for our latest Before He
Drew X's and O's . . . on Malvern assistant Chris Downs,
who also starred for the Friars.
Click
here
for a pic and bio about Kyle Werman, La Salle
High's new baseball
coach.
Click
here
for: Frankly, This Is Great Concentration.
Click
here for practice
pics from Judge
& Ryan.
Schedule change: SCH Acad. at Penn Charter is now Saturday at 2:30.
Click
here
for: Two GA
Peas Still in the Same Pod (Field & Dorm).
About 3 1/2 months ago, Bill Campbell wrote a letter in support of
the bid to put Dick Allen
in the Baseball HOF. Click
here to read it.
Schedule change, part II: Lansdale at C-E is now Sunday at 1 p.m.
**Getting pumped for SJ
Prep-La Salle? Likewise! Each
day we'll post links to stories about classic encounters. Click
here.**
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (All-Smitty/City Squad)
Click
here for Jack Morrison's obit on Bill Campbell, a product of Roman Catholic
High. And click on the
names for other tributes by Daily News sports writers:
Stan Hochman --
Bill Fleischman --
Sam Donnellon.
Ace's Player of the Week feature and Huck's city stats leaders are
now scheduled to appear in tomorrow's Daily News (space limitations).
Oct. 6
Click
here for Huck's City Top 10.
Click
here for a great story about
Navy sr. G Jake Zuzek, a product of
West Catholic.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and MANY fans of
Bill Campbell. Mr. Campbell, a legend among Philly's sports broadcasters,
died today at age 91. RIP, sir.
Pub squads: If your TEAM PAGE does not include a pic of captains or
seniors, please send one to
tedtee307@yahoo.com. Thanks!
Click
here
for: A Helmetuva Catch.
Click
here
for: Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
La Salle will sell a limited amount of tickets for Friday night's game vs.
SJ Prep Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day, in the Student
Affairs Office. While supply lasts. Cost is $6 for adults/students.
Check out
Amauro's
report on Friday's King-Northeast OT classic.
Click
here
for: Hair's to a Cool Cut!
Only in the Cath: Lansdale did not show up for a JV game at McDevitt. . .
It believed McDevitt no longer was playing JV football. Click
here
for pics from McDevitt's JV warmups and SCH Academy's varsity practice.
Schedule change: Lansdale at C-E is now Saturday at 1 p.m.
Aaron "Ace" Carter will guest with Ari Bluestein on the next edition of
SFBN Talks High School Sports, set
for Wednesday, 6 p.m., on The Comcast Network.
**Getting pumped for La Salle-SJ Prep? Likewise! Each day we'll post
links to stories about classic encounters. Click
here. . . . The game will be
streamed live at
www.TheSportsFanBaseNetwork.com.**
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Ace's writeback on B-P
sr. WR Joe Oquendo.
Oct. 5
Note from Ted: A family emergency prevented statman Big Steve Reid
from attending Saturday's Prep Charter-Mansion game. Neither team taped the
second half, played under the mercy rule. Huck watched video of the first
half and available stats for PC are now posted. No starters played in the
second half. As for Mansion . . . we're six weeks into the season and a
roster still has not been provided. Coverage of that school has been
suspended.
Click
here for the latest effort from
Ted Taylor, who's now in his 39th year of writing hobby columns. Congrats!
Almost all
TEAM PAGES
have been updated. Still to go: Straw. Mansion.
Thanks to all helpers!
Click
here for: Was He
Taking a Selfie?
Click
here for: Some
Headlocks Are More Fun Than Others.
Click
here for:
Converting a Loss Into a Win.
Click
here for: Eyes
RIGHT on the Ball.
Click
here
for more info on Penn Charter's 1915 season
(highlighted by the 127-0 win). Action photos, pics of players/coach, season
recap, etc. Great stuff!! Thanks again to teacher John Burkhart, and now to
librarian Doug Uhlmann for finding this treasure trove.
Click
here
for the updated City Records. (And go to the bottom of that page for unusual
nuggets for 2014.)
King's Nasir Boykin
passed for 384 yards Friday vs. Northeast . . . That's tied for the No. 4
effort in city history!
Frog's reports on two Friday games are now posted.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Many
TEAM
PAGES have been updated. Still to go: Prep Charter, Straw.
Mansion.
Click
here for
updated standings/PF-PA.
Click
here
for highlights of Friday's La Salle-Wood classic . . . as provided by Rob
Johnson, La Salle's director of video technology.
Oct. 4
West Catholic beat Neumann-Goretti, 30-13.
Ted's report is
posted. Pics
here. Cauls' pics
here.
Bonner-Prendie beat Ryan, 21-20, as Collin DiGalbo hit Tyler Higgins
for a 7-yard TD and the conversion with 0:00 on the clock.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Click
here
for: Time to See Double Again.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for:
Malvern's First-Magnitude Coaching Stars.
Malvern's
cheerleaders can now be found
here.
Oct. 3
SJ Prep beat Malvern, 49-28, at Villanova Stadium.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
La Salle beat Wood, 35-31, rallying from a 31-14 deficit. La Salle's
last three TDs were scored by Jimmy Herron on receptions, and he tied the
one-game city record with four.
Huck's
report is posted. Ace's
DN ink to Herron. Cauls' pics
here.
Penn Charter beat Roxborough, 34-14.
Duck's report is posted.
Ted's pics from second half
here.
King beat Northeast, 50-49, in OT. The Cougars rallied from a 42-21
deficit and Paul Sanchez caught the winning two-pointer while prone.
Amauro's report
is posted.
Franklin at Lincoln was postponed due to a bomb scare.
KIPP DuBois beat Palumbo, 16-0, in a game halted by a major brawl late in
the third quarter.
Frog's report
is posted.
Bartram beat Mastbaum, 39-0.
Frog's report is posted.
Click
here for: No. 2
likes Channel 6.
Click
here
for info on another incredible football game in Philly high school history
. . . it was played in 1891!
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for: Not
Exactly a Kober Operation.
Click
here
for: Ace in the AJ Place.
Oct. 2
Very cool! . . . Joe Clancy, the new Secret Service chief, is the
brother of Strath Haven football coach Kevin Clancy, who was
Carroll's
coach from 1982 through '90.
Click
here
for: Don't Worry. I'm Not. At All.
**Click
here for pics from the Little Quakers' final
tryout.**
Haverford School beat Roman, 41-22.
Ted's report is posted.
Ace's
DN ink to jr. LB Mickey Kober. Pics
here.
Click
here for Anthony Franklin's
Weekly College Awards & Tidbits and click
here for a great
back-story video, as found by Anthony, on Northeast product Brent Grimes,
of the Miami Dolphins.
Click
here for our latest Before He
Fathered a Star Athlete . . . on Dougherty
basketball player Mike Neher ('85); his son, Ryan, plays OL for Wood.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here. (The All-McSomething
Team)
Oct. 1
Click
here for Huck's individual
Catholic League stats leaders.
Gimme a capital M! Gimme a small c! . . . Tomorrow's Tedbit will offer an
all-star team (1976-2013) of guys whose surnames start with Mc.
(And not just the Irish guys -- smile.)
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . . click
here.
A decision has been made on the Wilt Chamberlain stamp. Click
here. And thanks to sports
writer Donald Hunt, of The Philadelphia Tribune, for providing the
information. Donald fueled the campaign all along!
Click
here for our latest Big Brother
Led the Way . . . on ex-Roman star Marcus Kelly.
Schedule note: Saturday's Imhotep-'Brook game will start at 6 p.m.
Welcome to our newest advertiser, Joe Reid and War at Valley Forge. This
major basketball tournament, with four groupings (11U, 13U, 15U, 17U) will
take place in April. The ad is on the left-hand side of this homepage.
Click
here
to visit website.
Thank you, Joe!
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Ace's story on
Washington sr. FB-LB Shawn Henderson.
Sept. 30
Click
here for
info on the most incredible football game in Philly high school history . .
. it was played 99 years ago!
Click
here
for: Phil vs. the Phillies.
Click
here
for pics of Conwell-Egan's gym renovations.
Click
here
for: A Twin Call to Arms.
Click
here
for: They've Got the Sticker World Covered.
Click
here
for practice pics from O'Hara and Bonner-Prendie.
Schedule note: Friday's Mastbaum-Bartram game will be played at the South
Philly Super Site.
Former O'Hara coach John Coyle is the new baseball boss at Wildwood
Catholic.
Haverford School sr. G Levan "Shawn" Alston will play college hoops at
Temple. Click
here for Ace's story. Click
here
for two pics.
Click
here for our latest Before He
Drew X's and O's . . . on Ryan assistant Justin DeCristofaro, who starred at
Judge.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Ace's story on the
Player of the Week, West Catholic sr. RB Kharee Ruley. City Top 10 at bottom
of that story.
Frog's reports on three recent
Pub games are now posted.
Click
here for Huck's weekly Catholic League stats package.
Sept. 29
Episcopal sr. G Mike Hinckley will play college hoops at Dickinson.
Click
here
for: Never Know Where You'll See Best Teammate '11.
Click
here
for pics from the Wood-Ryan JV game.
The
eighth
annual Global Football Bowl will return to Italy in March as Team Stars &
Stripes plays an Italian Junior (Under 19) Team in Rome. Coach Bill
Gallagher will again select the roster. High school coaches may nominate
deserving seniors, who have shown leadership on and off the field, by
contacting Gallagher at
bgallagher@episcopalacademy.org or
215-542-7505.
Gtn. Academy sr. G Tim Guers will play college hoops at D-II St. Anselm,
in New Hampshire.
**Click
here
for video of Jimmy Herron's big moment! (See 9/28).**
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
A computer glitch caused the second part of Huck's original WC-LC report
to disappear. Full version is now
here.
Click
here for Huck's City Top 10.
Click
here for Ace's writeback on
Imhotep sr. DB Seifuddin Black and
here for Brent Baum's writeback
on Franklin QB Kevin Caldwell.
Sept. 28
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . .
click
here.
All Pub
TEAM PAGES have been updated. Thanks to all helpers!
Click
here
for the updated City Records. (And go to the bottom of that page for unusual
nuggets for 2014.)
Congrats to La Salle sr. WR Jimmy Herron, who now owns the city record for
career TD catches with 29. In last night's win over McDonogh (Md.), No. 29
came on a 33-yard pass from Kyle Shurmur. The old mark belonged to Del-Val
Charter's Brad Wilson. Click
here
for a photo set that shows Jimmy's emotion over claiming the mark.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Conwell-Egan's cheerleaders can now be found
here.
Click
here
for updated standings/PF-PA.
Click
here
for: We Always Appreciate a Clever Name.
Click
here
for: He Has a Leg Up on the Competition.
Click
here
for: Never Know Who'll Be Holding the Down Marker.
Click
here
for: Quite the Place to Store Your Mouthpiece.
Sept. 27
Neum.-Goretti beat Con.-Egan, 38-7.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
SCH Acad. beat Hill Sch., 35-19.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
Updates have been made to 26
TEAM PAGES.
Click
here
for: The King of the End Zone McCastle.
Note from Huck: One city player missed a game last night because he was in
the Bahamas. Another was absent because he was serving as the best man in
his father's wedding.
Click
here
for: Get a First Look at Future High School Stars.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
The cheerleaders from B-P and Carroll can now be found
here.
Click
here for Anthony Franklin's
Weekly College Awards & Tidbits
Click
here for Huck's weekly Catholic League stats package.
Sept. 26
Bonner-Pren. beat Carroll, 25-7.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
Wood beat Ryan, 47-14. Ace's
DN ink to jr. WR-DB Gianni
"G-Money" Cruel.
West Catholic beat Lansdale, 40-21, for its 50th consecutive win over a
league opponent (36 in regular season, 12 in playoffs, 2 in subregionals;
does not count inter-division games). Streak dates back to middle of 2006
season.
Huck's
report is posted. Cauls' pics
here.
Del-Val beat Mansion, 48-0.
Frog's
report is posted.
In three OTs, Palumbo beat Kensington, 14-8, for its first varsity win.
Frog's report is posted.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Sept. 25
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . .
click
here.
Prep Charter beat KIPP DuBois, 41-8. Ace's
DN ink to jr. handyman Quadir
Strothers.
Click
here
for Huck's individual Catholic League stats leaders.
Fels
beat Southern, 14-8.
Frog's
report is posted.
***Click
here for city football records
(game/season/career) broken down by league (Pub/Cath/Int).***
Click
here
for: The Color Purple . . . Helps to Avoid Confusion.
In a game that started at 11 a.m., Bartram beat Edison, 43-0.
Frog's report is posted.
Schedule note: Olney at Washington will be played next Thursday.
Recent photo sets can now be found
here.
Click
here
for our latest Big Brother Led the Way . . . on ex-Wood star Sam McCain.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Huck's weekly Catholic League stats package.
Sept. 24
Click
here
for Ryan Bates' big night at Wood . . . and John Shulby's!
Click
here for our latest Before He
Drew X's and O's . . . on Gratz assistant Kendell Coleman, who starred at
King.
Big Willie's report on Bonner-Prendie's recent win is
now posted.
Troy Gore, football coach at Del-Val Charter, is asking schools to
participate in the "Peace for Aisha" campaign, in remembrance of the young
lady, Aisha Abdur Rahman, who was murdered Monday. Participation will
require teams to place stickers on the back of helmets.
Visit
this site, select STYLE 1
(circle shape), then type AISHA on the memorial text line. Select MAGENTA as
the text color and then VEGAS GOLD as the background color; those were
Aisha's favorites. The cost for 50 decals is $27.50. Thank you.
Click
here
for: How 'Bout Avenue and Road?
Click
here
for: Not Dedicated to Being Prompt.
Click
here
for practice pics from SJ Prep.
**A special campaign, fueled over six years by sports writer Donald Hunt,
of The Philadelphia Tribune, has paid off! Wilt Chamberlain will be
featured on a commemorative stamp! Click
here. Another
link. And click
here for a video that asks an
important question.**
Best
wishes to Bill Johnston, a former All-Catholic baseball player at West
Catholic, ex-Phillies groundskeeper and long-time buddy of website stalwart
Mark "Frog" Carfagno. Bill, who's battling through a serious health issue,
is described by Frog as "one of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet."
We're all pulling for you, Bill!
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Ace's story on
Haverford School sr. RB Phil Poquie, who has already lived an incredible
life. (Ace's City Top 10 in Daily News.)
Sept. 23
Frog's reports on three recent
Pub games are now posted.
Addition to schedule: Bartram at Edison, Thursday, 11 a.m.
Click
here
for: Hoops, There He Is . . . at Football Practice.
Click
here
for: The (Sunny) Sign of the Cross.
Click
here
for: How 'Bout This New Version of Meditation?
Click
here
for practice pics from Episcopal and Haverford School.
Click
here
for our latest Before He Fathered a Star Athlete . . . on Judge TE/WR Mike
McCloskey ('79); his son, Kyle, plays QB for Germantown Academy.
Congrats to former football star Greg Harris, who will soon be inducted
into Cheyney University's Athletic Hall of Fame!! You know him as the man
who posts game films at
www.whistletoppssportsnetwork.com. Details
on the induction banquet are
here (under "football" heading).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Ace's story on the
latest Player of the Week, Judge jr. RB Yeedee Thaenrat.
Sept. 22
Click
here for Huck's City Top 10.
Click
here
for: As Soon As YOU Provide the Missing Letter.
Click
here
for: A Strong Candidate for Referee of the Year.
Click
here
for: Talk About a Work Ethic.
Are you ready for some JV football?!?! Click
here
for pics from the Malvern-La Salle game (with some other nuggets mixed in).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Ace's writeback story
on Roman sr. L-DL Gavin Wiggins, who's bound for Youngstown State.
Sept. 21
Some recent Tedbits have been updated . . .
click
here.
Click
here
for: Sock It to Me.
Click
here for updated school records and top all-time
performances (rushing/passing/receiving).
All
TEAM PAGES have been updated. Thanks to all helpers!
Special props to McDevitt assistant Colin Leach and Episcopal dad Tony
Feliziani for extra hustle.
Note from Ted: The Puckster says his SCH-Judge numbers are final (see
9/20).
Neumann-Goretti's cheerleaders can now be found
here.
Click
here
for: Never Know Where You'll See a Former N-G Coach.
Click
here
for updated standings/PF-PA.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit
. . . click
here.
Sept. 20
Note from Ted: SCH Academy beat Judge, 36-35. Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna
was there. For now, he has SCH sr. QB Paul Dooley with 362 yards passing
(four TDs) and Judge jr. RB Yeedee Thaenrat with 377 yards rushing (five
TDs). He's going to cross-check everything and finalize the numbers Sunday
morning.
N-G beat O'Hara, 20-0.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
Roman overcame a 16-0 deficit while beating Ryan, 24-16.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Bonner-Prendie beat Chester, 34-27.
Big Willie's report is posted.
Mastery North beat Overbrook, 32-14.
Duck's
report is posted.
Franklin beat Olney, 60-0, as Kevin Caldwell passed for 313 yards and five
TDs.
Frog's report is posted.
La Salle beat Malvern, 27-8, as Jimmy Herron's two TD catches enabled him
to tie the city record (28).
Huck's
report is posted.
KIPP DuBois beat Straw. Mansion, 20-12.
Frog's
report is posted.
Seventeen
TEAM PAGES have been updated.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
The cheerleaders from West Catholic & Wood can now be found
here.
Sept. 19
Wood beat West Catholic, 42-12.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
King beat Roxborough, 31-7. Ace's
DN ink to soph QB Nasir Boykin.
Central beat Southern, 30-29, on Tymair Bennett's 88-yard TD run with 1:37
left.
Frog's report is posted.
Del-Val beat Palumbo, 48-0.
Duck's
report is posted.
Click
here
for a new feature, Big Brother Led the Way . . . on ex-CHA star Cedric
Madden.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Sept. 18
Thanks to Hustlin' Huck, who charted the game online, Future's Week
Two stats are now posted.
Gratz beat Bartram, 33-28, on a 41-yard TD pass with 2.3 seconds
left. Ace's
DN ink to sr. WR Shawn "Megatron" Williams.
Click
here
for: One . . . Two . . . Three (Guys) . . . Throw!
Thanks to Dawn Blake, the school's media relations manager, a mystery
has been solved. In 1971, Haverford School
was the Inter-Ac's outright baseball champ. Credit archivist Sandy Mercer
with an assist.
Click
here for the latest effort from
Ted Taylor, who's now in his 39th year of writing hobby columns. Congrats!
Click
here for Anthony
Franklin's Weekly College Awards.
Gtn. Academy's
cheerleaders can now be found
here.
Click
here for: Not on a
Football Crusade at Their Dads' School.
Click
here for practice
pics from Gtn. Academy
&
Lansdale Catholic.
Hoops is not too
far off, folks. Click
here for the Public League Master Schedule, complete with
divisions/classifications breakdown, as provided by chairman Ben Dubin.
Thanks, Ben!
Click
here for a short story from The Baltimore Sun about Christian "Ya
Ya" Walker's MLB
debut.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Sept. 17
**Note from Ted: So, have you ever watched The Goldbergs? As part of
tonight's episode, the father, Murray Goldberg, was invited back to Central
High to be honored for once setting a record for consecutive free throws
made. Did he really do that? No idea. But I checked. He DID play for
Central. Murray, now deceased, was born in 1940. He was a starter for
Central in the 1957-58 season, scoring 93 points in 16 Pub games (5.8
average; high game 13 vs. Mastbaum; numbers compiled by long-time city hoops
scoring guru Tom Taylor). He also scored in three Pub games near the end of
the 1956-57 season, totaling 19 points.**
O'Hara is now accepting applications for the position of head varsity
football coach for the 2015 season. Contact athletic Steve Langley at
610-544-3800, ext. 1822, or via email at
slangley@cohs.com.
Check Ace's
blog for cool news concerning Wood sr. L Ryan Bates.
**Congrats to 2009 Kennedy-Kenrick grad Christian "Ya-Ya" Walker, who has
been promoted to the majors by the Baltimore Orioles He's making his debut
tonight, and he owns his first career hit!! His name can now be found
here. And click
here for Before He Played for
Pay, Ted's stories about "Ya-Ya" in 2009 and 2008.**
Schedule note: Penn Charter at Interboro is Friday at 7:30.
Click
here for our latest Before He
Drew X's and O's . . . on West Catholic assistant Marc Bullock, who starred
for the Burrs as a fullback.
Click
here
for: All Arms and Legs . . . and Six Points.
Click
here for Ace's weekly notes,
with a focus on KIPP DuBois' first varsity win. City Top 10 at end of the
notes.
Sept. 16
Click
here
for: Pulling Out Riley's Rugg.
Click
here for Huck's weekly CL stats breakdown.
Click
here
for: These Sisters Share Dad's Love for Football.
Click
here
for practice pics from Wood and Conwell-Egan.
Our recent photo sets are now linked
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Ace's story on the
latest Player of the Week, Franklin sr. QB Kevin Caldwell.
Huck's city football statistics are in today's Daily News.
Sept. 15
**Congrats to
Gratz product Earl Watford (James
Madison Univ.), an offensive lineman, who yesterday made his official NFL
debut for the Arizona Cardinals!! His name has been added to
this list. And click
here for Before He Played for
Pay, Ted's story about Earl in 2007.**
Click
here
for: Staying in Shape/Having Fun Are the Goals.
Addition to schedule: Prep Charter at Edison, Friday, 3 p.m.
Changes to schedule: Edison at Jenkintown is now Saturday at 11 a.m. Ditto
for Carroll at Penn Wood.
Click
here for Huck's City Top 10.
All
TEAM PAGES have been updated. Thanks to all helpers!!
(Especially Huck, who charted multiple games online. Also, these coaches did
extra work to get us correct stats: Mike Andolina, Olney; Aaron Brady,
Malvern; Dave Cebular, Frankford assistant; Keary Dias, KIPP DuBois; Paul
Strus, O'Hara. Much appreciated, guys!)
Click
here for updated school records and top all-time
performances (rushing/passing/receiving).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Ace's writeback story
on Judge jr. RB-DB Yeedee Thaenrat, who starred in a 41-32 win over St.
Anthony (N.Y.).
Sept. 14
Click
here
for: This Ballboy Was Weal-ly Overdressed.
Click
here
for updated standings/PF-PA.
In last night's 39-20 win over Northeast, Franklin's Kevin Caldwell fired
for 382 yards (No. 5 total in city history!) and five TDs.
As of 11:30 a.m., 30
TEAM PAGES have been updated.
Congrats to former website writer Mark Hueber (SJ Prep). Though only a
soph, he has been named a co-captain of Immaculata's hoops squad!!
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here
for: He Was Tired of Standing Pat.
Click
here for: Never Know Where
You'll See a Roman Star's Grandfather.
Sept. 13
Carroll beat McDevitt, 28-3.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
SCH Academy beat Mastery North, 34-21.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
Del-Val beat Edison, 56-0.
Duck's
report is posted.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here
for: Huck Hits the Big Time!
Click
here
for: An Early-Stages Look at What Will Be SJ Prep's New Football Home.
Click
here
for: A Look at Cardinal Dougherty's Ol' Football Field.
Click
here
for: Guy Rodgers and Herb Adderley Would Never Believe This One.
Click
here
for: Never Know Where You'll See a Cute Gal.
Congrats to former city ref Frank Kosman (also college ball), who has been
hired by the Eagles to help fix replay woes. Click
here.
Sept. 12
La Salle beat DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.), 41-39.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
Overbrook beat Dobbins, 20-0. Ace's
DN ink to jr. handyman/DB
Ovonnie Baker.
St. John's (D.C.) beat West Catholic, 37-6.
Huck's
report is posted. Cauls' pics
here.
**Click
here for Anthony Franklin's 11th
annual list of City Guys in College Football. And
here for his first two Weekly
Awards batches. Serious hustle, as always, Ant. Thank you!!**
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Bridget
McLoone. Mrs. McLoone, who died Wednesday at age 88, was the mother of Pat
McLoone, the Daily News' managing editor (and former sports editor), and
mother-in-law of DN sports columnist Rich Hofmann. Other children: Joseph, a
priest; Mary, a doctor; Kathleen, a nurse. RIP, Mrs. McLoone. Your life
would make a wonderful movie. Click
here for Jack Morrison's obit.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Dan Geringer's
front-page DN story on Strawberry Mansion's difficult first football season.
Former MC&S guard Malik Starkes is now playing college basketball at Cecil
JC, in Maryland.
Sept. 11
Imhotep beat Boys' Latin, 49-0. Ace's
DN ink to sr. QB (for tonight,
anyway) Denniston "DJ" Moore.
The commemorative book -- "La Salle
College High School - 100 Years of Football History" -- is about to be
released. It was written by 1969 grad Bill Wasylenko. Proceeds on book sales
will benefit the school's Touchdown Club. For now, you may reserve a copy of
the book by visiting
this eBay page.
More options to be
posted at a later date.
TEAM PAGE not yet updated: Future.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Ace's Public League
preview, including top returnees and thumbnail sketches.
Sept. 10
Click
here
for: He Recently Philled the Stat Sheet.
Click
here for: Sooner or Ladder, the
Football Must be Retrieved!! (It bounced over a high fence at Roman's
practice field.)
Click
here
for practice pics from Penn Charter and Roman.
Tonight at 6 o'clock: Episode 2 of SFBN Talks High School Sports, on The
Comcast Network.
The renovation of Bonner-Prendie's gym continues. Click
here
for some pics, as provided by Steve Clement.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Sept. 9
Click
here for our latest Before They
Drew X's and O's . . . on Judge assistant Tom Ryan, who starred for the
Crusaders as a receiver (and basketball player).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Roman jr. QB Phil DiWilliams is Ace's first Daily News Player of
the Week. Click
here.
Sept. 8
TEAM PAGES not yet updated: Future.
Click
here
for our latest Before They Played for Pay . . . on O'Hara product Corey
"Philly" Brown, of the Carolina Panthers.
Click
here for Huck's City Top 10.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Ace's writeback on SCH
Academy sr. QB Paul Dooley.
Sept. 7
Congrats to O'Hara product Corey "Philly" Brown, who today made his NFL
debut for the Carolina Panthers!! He returned three punts for 36 yards with
a long gain of 23; also made one tackle on special teams. On a boxscore
page, every player is listed with first initial and last name. He is listed
only as Philly. 'Cause Philly rules!!! Ha, ha. Click
here
for pic. And his name is now on
this
list of Philly NFL/AFL guys.
Tiiiiime for (another) Tedbit . . .
click
here.
Pub
roster still needed: Straw. Mansion. Please send to
tedtee307@yahoo.com.
Rosters for
Franklin, Overbrook, Washington,
Mastbaum & Imhotep are now posted on the
TEAM PAGES. Next?
Couple Tedbits: Franklin's 46-0 win over Kensington was its biggest
shutout in school history, besting 44-0 over U. City in 2010 . . . Friday
night, West Catholic fell to North Penn, 19-16, in OT. Since 2000, only one
other game involving Pub/Cath/Int teams has ended with that score. In '11,
also in OT, Northeast beat Lincoln.
All Catholic & Inter-Ac
TEAM PAGES have been updated. Thanks to all helpers!
On today's Phillies pregame show -- "Behind the Pinstripes" with Scott
Palmer -- a segment on the campaign to get Dick Allen into the Hall of Fame
will be aired. Show starts at 1 o'clock. Campaign is being fueled by website
legend Mark "Frog" Carfagno!! Please watch or DVR. Thanks!
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
9 a.m.: As just reported by the famous Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna,
who'll turn 64 tomorrow and has been keeping stats for the Daily News since
1978, Roman's Phil DiWilliams last night passed 25-for-37 for 415 yards in
the 40-38 OT loss to Downingtown East. That's the highest total ever for a
CL QB and ranks No. 2 in city history (to the 498 rung up last season by SCH
Academy's Paul Dooley). AJ Frazier turned 12 catches into 220.
Tedbits for Sept. 2 and 4 have been updated.
Click
here.
Sept. 6
Twenty-nine
TEAM PAGES have been updated. Thanks to all helpers!
In a game that was delayed by lightning and didn't end until 10:58,
Roman fell to Downingtown East, 40-38, in OT.
SJ Prep fell to Don Bosco, 35-7, in game cut short by lightning a
shade before halftime.
John Knebels' report is posted.
In North Jersey, La Salle fell to Bergen Catholic, 42-34. Huck kept
stats while watching the game on his cell phone and, for at least three
quarters, his five-month-old son, Max, was on his lap!! He also snuck in
some looks at the Phillies' game/other events. Pic is
here!
And click
here
for a pic of his stat sheet. Kyle Shurmur again surpassed 300 passing yards,
with 353, and Jimmy Herron made 12 catches for 179.
SCH Academy beat Central, 35-14. Ace's Monday DN ink TBA.
Click
here for pics from
the first quarter-plus of Prep Charter vs. Germantown Academy. Due to
persistent lightning detection in the area, the game was suspended in the
fourth quarter with the score at 21-21. It goes into the books as a tie.
Roster for Fels
is now posted on the
TEAM PAGE. Next?
Twenty-plus
TEAM PAGES have been updated. Thanks to all helpers!
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Sept. 5
In Haverford School's 31-14 win over Ryan, Jack Soslow notched touchbacks
on five of six kickoffs and hammered a 52-yard field goal.
Northeast's cheerleaders can now be found
here.
Judge beat Northeast, 38-18.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
In a night game, host West Phila. beat Bartram, 12-8. Ace's
DN ink to sr. RB Jarvis Cooper.
North Penn beat West Catholic, 19-16, in OT.
Huck's
report is posted. Cauls' pics
here.
Glen Mills beat Southern, 20-6.
Frog's
report is posted.
Cheltenham beat McDevitt, 24-7.
Duck's
report is posted.
Click
here
for: It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's an Almost-Punt-Blocker.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
West Philadelphia High is pumped to again host a night game. Click
here for Ace's story.
Click
here for Ace's Catholic League
preview. And click
here for top returnees and
thumbnail sketches.
Congrats to
Kennedy-Kenrick product Christian "Ya-Ya"
Walker, the Orioles Minor League Player of the Year! Click
here.
Click
here
for: Makin' Hoop Dads Proud on the Sports Writing Trail.
Click
here
for: Never Expected to See THIS in the Parking Lot at Northeast Before the
O'Hara-Washington Game.
Click
here
for: A Reason to Ditch Walmart in Favor of Kmart.
Sept. 4
Washington's cheerleaders can now be found
here.
Washington beat O'Hara, 15-6.
Ted's
report is posted. Ace's
DN ink to sr. WR-DB-KR Tavious
Morgan. Pics
here.
Lincoln beat Dobbins, 20-7.
Frog's
report is posted.
Welcome to our newest advertiser, Knights Abstract, Inc., a full service
title insurance company based in Feasterville. The company president is
Michael Wade and we thank him for his support!
The ad is on the right side. Click
here for website.
Dandy Dozen, Part II . . . More cool names spotted on city rosters: Fodi
Koita, Obassie Osiefa, Maverick Roomes, Supreme Kemp, Julius Stivender,
Oyetunde Fakeye, Blessing Kahn, Dumond Brunache, Marlen Fenstermacher, Will
Tuthill, Tiernan Posse, Santino Miriello.
Click
here for: You Knew This Was
Coming, Right? Scheeeeeeez.
Schedule note: Ryan at Haverford School is now tomorrow at 4:45.
Rosters for King and Northeast are now posted on the
TEAM PAGES. Next?
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Sept. 3
Roster for
Carroll is now posted on the
TEAM PAGE. Next?
Click
here
for practice pics from Neumann-Goretti and West Catholic.
Click
here for our first "Before He
Drew X's and O's" for 2014 . . . on Del-Val Charter assistant Kellen "Bubba"
Kemp (Dougherty '06).
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Pub rosters still needed: Fels, Franklin, Imhotep, Mastbaum, Overbrook,
Straw. Mansion, Washington. Please send to tedtee307@yahoo.com.
Roster for West Phila.
is now posted on the
TEAM PAGE. Next?
Dandy Dozen . . . Cool names spotted on city rosters: Kody Cracknell,
Bashir Shakir, Obe Odey, Jackson Lake, Answered Gleplay, James Bond III, Tio
Dottin, Eucal Holness, Ta'Hir Boone-Branch, Gaye-Lortue Breeze, Damir
Duvernay, Rashon Lusane.
Click
here for Ace's Inter-Ac preview,
with top returnees and thumbnail sketches.
Sept. 2
Thomas Beck, a senior at
Roman, will be one of our student
reporters this school year. Welcome aboard, Thomas!
Rosters for O'Hara & Neum.-Goretti are now posted on the
TEAM PAGES. (Carroll is still missing.) Next?
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Bob Kaupp.
Bob, who was the football coach at North Catholic (1989-91) after assisting
stints at SJ Prep, Judge (alma mater; he also played at Penn) and Villanova,
died yesterday. RIP, Bob.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Frog's
reports
on all three of his weekend games are now posted.
Schedule note: Roman at Downingtown East is now Saturday at 7 p.m.
Sept. 1
All
TEAM PAGES have been updated. Thanks to
all helpers!!
Click
here for John Knebels' report on Olney's win over KIPP
DuBois.
The Phillies posted a four-man no-hitter this afternoon vs. Atlanta!!
Malvern product Phil Gosselin lined out to end it.
Congrats to Imhotep wideout Denniston "DJ" Moore, who tied the city record
with four TD catches vs. Cardinal Mooney. His name can now be found on the
city records page.
Welcome to our newest advertiser, Nationwide insurance agent Brian
McKendry. His office is in Newtown Square and he handles auto, home, life
and business. The ad is on the left side. Click
here for website. Thanks for
your support, Brian!
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Huck's City Top 10.
August 31
Click
here for an outrageous baseball
story. Wow!
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
In Chicago . . . SJ Prep beat Mt. Carmel, 28-27. Click
here for a story from the
Chicago Tribune.
Click
here
for: Never Know Which Legends You'll See at Week One Football Games.
Rosters for Dobbins, Future, Olney, Penn Charter, Mast. North, W. Catholic
and Bartram are posted. Next?
August 30
Click
here
for pics of Ryan/McDevitt cheerleaders!!
McDevitt beat Pope John Paul II, 33-14.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
Ryan beat Judge, 21-20.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
West Catholic beat Haver. School, 24-19.
Huck's
report is posted. Cauls' pics
here.
Delco Christian 18, Future 16:
Frog's
report is posted.
August 29
The
first few weekends are beyond nuts. Please be patient. Thanks!
La Salle beat North Penn, 29-7.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
Roman beat Malvern, 38-27.
Huck's
report is posted.
Del-Val 50, Kensington 6:
Duck's
report is posted.
West Phila. beat Harriton, 19-14.
Frog's
report is posted.
Boys' Latin beat Palumbo, 40-0.
Frog's
report is posted.
Penn Charter beat Fels, 54-26.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
Southern beat Lincoln, 14-12, in OT. Ace's
DN ink to jr. RB-DE Casey
Williams.
Opening Day is finally here. Enjoy the games!
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Jack Kraft.
Mr. Kraft, who's in the Big 5 Hall of Fame due to his coaching prowess at
Villanova (he also guided Malvern in the '60 and '61 seasons), has died.
RIP, Sir. Click
here for Mike Kern's obit.
Click
here for Ace's feature on Roman
sr. DB John Chaney, grandson of you know who.
August 28
***Randy Seidman has submitted final stats -- click
here -- for every "Our Guy" who
played college baseball this past spring. Wow! Thank you, Randy!***
Catholic rosters still needed: Carroll, N-G, O'Hara.
Public rosters still needed: Thousands (smile).
Lots of rosters came pouring in today. Thanks to all contributors!
**Click
here for Huck's preseason list
of the Top 35 players in each Catholic League division . . . and much
more!!**
Click
here
for: Caught in the NFL Webb.
Rosters for La Salle, Malvern, Southern, Central, Lincoln, Boys' Latin,
McDevitt, Frankford, Roxborough, Lansdale, Roman, SCH Academy, Palumbo and
Del-Val are now posted on the
TEAM PAGES. Next?
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Ace's ink on Prep
Charter coach David Hand (SJ Prep).
August 27
REMINDER: Tonight is the premiere of SFBN Talks High School Sports on
The Comcast Network at 6 p.m. Northeast High alum Ari Bluestein will be
hosting a high school football preview show! And live tweeting at @The_SFBN.
Rosters for Gratz, Haverford School, Episcopal and Prep Charter are now
posted on the
TEAM PAGES. Next?
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
**Click
here
for Ted's list of the best "Our Guys" Big 5 baseball players since 1980.**
Team-by-team schedules for all Pub/Cath/Int members are in today's Daily
News (pages 50-51; crafted by Boop Vetrone).
August 26
Note
from Ted: Check back tomorrow for my list of the best "Our Guys" baseball
players (Public, Catholic, Inter-Ac) for Big 5 schools since 1980. Two full
teams and three dozen HMs.
Five
Imhotep products will be playing college football in games set for Thursday
night: South Carolina (RB David Williams) vs. Texas A&M on SEC Network;
Temple (TE Saledeem Major, OLs Aaron Ruff and Gordon Thomas) vs. Vanderbilt
on SEC Network; and Arizona State (DB Deandre Scott) vs. Weber State on
Pac-12 Network.
Rosters for Judge, Bonner-Prendie, Wood, KIPP DuBois and Gtn. Academy
are now posted on the
TEAM PAGES. Next?
Click
here for the latest effort from
Ted Taylor, who's now in his 39th year of writing hobby columns. Congrats!
August 25
***The 2014 Pennsylvania Football
News Resource Guide, which has 399 pages packed with schedules, photos,
all-time lists/records, etc., is now available. Visit
www.pafootballnews.com
and click on the book's cover to
reach the page with complete info on what's in the book, and how to
order.***
Ryan's roster is now posted on the
TEAM PAGE. Next?
SJ Prep's Student Broadcasting Club (WSJP) is preparing for its first
broadcast this Sunday from Chicago as the football team plays Mount Carmel.
To listen to all action, live, starting at 1 p.m. (EDT), click
here.
Click here for John Knebels' look, via
www.catholicphilly.com, at the Taney Dragons. The focus is
on Tai Shanahan, whose dad, Pat, is a notable basketball ref and former
Neumann player.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Ace's story on Nebraska
sr. LB Zaire "Bam" Anderson (Frankford)
and
here for thumbnails on other
"Our Guys" noisemakers.
August 24
***The wonderful
Taney Dragons were welcomed home
today. Click
here
for pics. And
here
for a good view of Mo'ne Davis.***
Click
here for Armand Vanore's
preseason report (via
www.easternpafootball.com) for Districts 12
and 1.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
August 23
Please send rosters to
tedtee307@yahoo.com. Thanks!
August 22
SJ
Prep's roster is now posted on the
TEAM PAGE. Next?
Click
here
for: Hip, Hip, Kornegay!!
Click
here for cool news from La
Salle.
Click
here
for: No Cap on Class.
Click
here
for: Effort to the Max.
Scrimmage: Frankford beat O'Hara, 4-3. Pics
here.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Click
here for Ace's preseason combo
story on La Salle & W. Catholic.
Penn State hoops star D.J. Newbill (Strawberry Mansion) had a very
interesting summer. Click
here for Jake Kaplan's DN
story.
***Congrats to the Taney Dragons on a great ride!!***
August 21
The following players have joined the basketball program at Bryn Athyn
College, per assistant Dan Regan: Damontay Fowler-Thomas and Che Perry,
Franklin LC; Malik Smith, Bartram; Devante Laws and Jarelle Pinckney,
Dobbins; Luis Martinez, Sankofa; Jihaad Fluellen, Robeson; Jon O'Connor,
Judge; Jalen Roberson-Cosby, West Catholic.
Click
here
for: Only in the Pub, Catholic League version.
Scrimmage: Roman beat Northeast, 4-1. Pics
here.
Congrats to Gratz all-timer/NBAer Aaron McKie,
who's now an assistant his alma mater, Temple!! Click
here for Dick Jerardi's story.
**Click
here for Ted's list of the best
"Our Guys" football players for Penn, Temple and Villanova since 1970.**
Click
here for Ace's preseason combo
story on Imhotep & Northeast.
A film by ex-Villanova basketball player
Tony Chennault (N-G) is about to be
released. Click
here for Dick Jerardi's story.
August 20
Liberty and Independence are now the official names of the Pub's Class
AAAA divisions. Click
here to see the breakdown.
Recent
Lincoln grad Raymond Fred will play
college basketball at Johnson College, a JC in Scranton.
Note from Ted: Check back tomorrow for my list of the best "Our Guys"
football players (Public, Catholic, Inter-Ac) for Penn, Temple and Villanova
since 1970. One full team and 30 HMs.
Today's Daily News is all Taneyed up! And
here is a story from Yahoo!
Thanks to Mike McLaughlin and Lamp & Shade Outlet (8601 Torresdale Ave.;
215-331-7277;
www.lampandshadeoutlet.com), for continuing
to support this website! The ads can be found on 10 football
TEAM PAGES.
Conwell-Egan's roster is now posted on the
TEAM PAGE. Next?
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
August 19
The football teams from
Bonner-Prendie and neighboring Upper
Darby took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, with a twist . . . Click
here.
So . . . . Which school will be the first to provide its football roster?
Please send to
tedtee307@yahoo.com.
Thanks!
Northeast sr. DE Gladimir Paul will play college football at Virginia.
Click
here for Ace's DN ink.
O'Hara's football coaches took the Ice Bucket Challenge. Click
here for the video, and
here
for a thawing-out pic.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
Haverford School sr. INF Kevin McGowan will play college baseball at La
Salle.
August 18
Cauls and wife Katie took the you-know-what challenge. Click
here.
O'Hara lineman Jack Horan is a major player in LeSean McCoy's "Fight ALS
by the Yard" campaign. Click
here
for a video, which includes info on how you can join the fight. Thank you.
**Click
here for Ted's "Our Guys" All-Big 5 Basketball Teams
(1956-2014).**
August 17
John
"Blade" McCauley, a Bonner-Prendie baseball assistant and Cauls' dad, has
taken the Ice Bucket Challenge. Click
here.
Roman sr. OL Gavin Wiggins will play college football at Youngstown.
Note from Ted: Check back tomorrow morning for my list of the best "Our
Guys" basketball players (Public, Catholic, Inter-Ac) in Big 5 history
(1956-2014). Eight assorted lists, in all.
August 16
Click
here
for: Um, Don't Let Me Get in Your Way, Guys . . .
Click
here
for: Never Know What You Might See on Your Car's Side Window When You're
Getting Ready to Leave for a Football Scrimmage.
Click
here
for pics of West Catholic's new Maguire Field (off 43rd & Powelton; part of
Drexel's athletic complex).
Scrimmage: West Catholic beat Bonner-Prendie, 20-0. Ted's pics
here
(set starts with JV portion). Cauls' pics
here
(ditto).
August 15
A CL
football coach (those colors are a big hint -- ha ha) has taken the Ice
Bucket Challenge. Click
here!
Constitution G-F Ahmad Gilbert will play college basketball at George Mason.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
August 14
Wood sr. DE Christian Lohin will play college football at Delaware.
Click
here
for: Some Jockeys Are Stand-Up Guys.
Tiiiiime for a Tedbit . . . click
here.
When it comes to giving back, Central lineman Rob Luckain-Rowl is trying
to become the next Jon Dorenbus. Click
here for Ace's story.
August 13
Look to the right >>>>> for information on
Whiz
Kids Baseball's
summer 2015 tryouts. Thanks to Bill Angeloni and WKB for again being one of
our advertisers!!
**Click
here for Philly's Top 10 Late-Blooming Pros.**
Taney Dragons pitcher Mo'Ne Davis, who attends
Springside Chestnut
Hill Academy, is taking the country by storm. Click
here for Jenice Armstrong's DN
story, and
here for a story by the DN's
Tyler Tynes that features reactions from assorted high school coaches.
Click
here for Tyler Tynes' DN story
on Villanova hoops frosh Phil Booth Jr. His dad, Phil Sr., starred at
Northeast ('85)
and Coppin State. Click
here
for Ted's story on Dad from 1985.
August 12
Note from Ted: Are you a lesser light on your team? Do you still
have dreams of reaching the pros? Even starring? Not impossible! Check back
tomorrow morning for some inspiration.
Northeast product Shahir Gates (pitching/hitting) earned tourney
MVP honors for the Philly Area Black Sox, which last weekend, at Virginia
State University, won the 19U national championship in the Metropolitan
Junior Baseball League Inner City Classic. PABS, coached by Paul K. Johnson,
went 7-0 in the tourney with wins over teams from Virginia, Maryland,
Michigan, Florida (twice), North Carolina and Connecticut.
**Check out the lower right corner on the back page of today's Daily News.
That kid is Tai Shanahan, of the now-famous Taney Dragons. His dad, Pat, is
a prominent hoops ref. His brother, Liam, is a hoops/baseball
star at Masterman.**
Penn State DE Deion Barnes (Northeast) is looking nowhere but forward.
Click
here for Jake Kaplan's DN story.
Guard Jesse Morgan (Olney) is featured
here in Dick Jerardi's DN story about Temple's hoops
transfiguration.
August 11
Roman sr. F TreVaughn Wilkerson will play college basketball at
Hartford. (The coach is O'Hara product John Gallagher and one of his
assistants is former Chestnut Hill coach Bill Dooley. Behind the scenes,
legendary Roman statman Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna kept twisting their
arms -- ha ha).
Malvern sr. LB Trevor Morris will play college football at Rutgers.
Merry Late-Summer Christmas!! Look under the tree. There's a football
season!! Practice starts today. Have fun, everyone!!
August 10
Special Note: The Brothers Forever Football Classic, matching La Salle vs.
DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.), will be played Friday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m., at
Plymouth-Whitemarsh High, and will be televised on Comcast. Foundations
honoring deceased former players for both schools -- Travis Manion (La
Salle) and Brendan Looney (DeMatha); they were roommates/best friends at
Navy before losing their lives in Iraq (2007) and Afghanistan (2010),
respectively -- will be recognized in a halftime ceremony. Tom Manion, who
has written a book about the special bond between his son and Brendan, will
be on hand.
Click
here
for a pic of something special in Sea Isle City, N.J.
August 8
SJ Prep sr. DB John Reid will play college football at Penn State.
Northeast product Guy Rodgers ('53) tonight will be inducted
(posthumously) into the Basketball Hall of Fame!! Click
here for Dick Jerardi's DN
story.
August 7
Imhotep sr. F Devin Liggeons will play college basketball at Wagner.
August 6
King sr. L Dawayne Young will play college football at Temple.
Click
here
for a new website - Dick Allen Belongs in the Hall of Fame
- that has been created by publicist Joe Ferry, a former pitcher at West
Catholic High ('72). All kinds of great info!
August 5
Great news! Pat Manzi, McDevitt's football coach/AD, has been released
from the hospital. As Pat continues with his recovery, Karl Stout will be
the Lancers' interim coach.
Click
here for Ace's obit on Gene
Ferraiolo (see August 3).
August 4
Tiiiiime for Tedbits . . . Click
here for a CL/Hawk Hill item.
Conwell-Egan all-timer Steve Slaton is now playing pro football in Canada.
Click
here for a story about a recent
game.
A vigil was held last night in Nicetown to honor former Dobbins basketball
starter Terrance "Bird" Cox ('06). Click
here for Jason Nark's Daily News
story.
Thanks to Tom Mahon and his High & Inside column, our recent list of
Philly's top all-time pros is in today's Daily News. Click
here.
August 3
SJ Prep sr. WG Chris Clover will play college basketball at Saint
Joseph's. Click
here for Ace's story. Click
here
for a pic.
Wood jr. P-OF Joe Lancellotti will play college baseball at the University
of North Carolina.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Gene Ferraiolo.
Gene, a baseball assistant at Bonner-Prendie, passed away last night. RIP,
Gene.
August 1
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Terrance
"Bird" Cox. Terrance, a basketball starter for Dobbins in '06, passed last
night of injuries suffered in a shooting in Nicetown. RIP, Terrance.
Neumann-Goretti sr. G Lamarr "Fresh" Kimble will play college basketball at
Saint Joseph's. Click
here for Ace's story.
Click
here for Joseph Myers' story in
the South Philly Review about last week's Dick Allen rally/press conference.
July 31
Recent Constitution grad Raheem Liggins will play college basketball at
Mercyhurst JC in North East, Pa.
July 30
Lycoming sr. OL Casey Strus (O'Hara) has earned preseason D-III
All-American honors. Click
here. And click
here for an overall list that
shows all "Our Guys" joining Lycoming's program.
SJ Prep sr. RB Olamide Zaccheaus will play college football at Virginia.
Good news! Pat Manzi, McDevitt's long-time football coach/AD, is said to
be doing much better. Please keep him in your prayers.
*The
Philadelphia Association of Black Sports and Culture will hold its eighth
annual Legends Banquet Sunday, Sept. 28, 2 to 6 p.m., at 511 W. Oak Lane,
Glenolden, Pa., 19036. Among the honorees: basketball legends Ray Scott
(West Philly High, NBA player/coach) and Vince Miller (Overbrook High, 76ers
scout, Frankford High coach; posthumously) and long-time sports writer
Donald Hunt (Phila. Tribune). Congrats to all!! For more info/tickets,
contact Bernie Chavis at 215-858-8447 or Bill Baggett at 215-696-9313.
Congrats to Bonner grad Ed Stefanski ('72),
who's now the Memphis Grizzlies' executive VP of player personnel.
***Click
here for our list of the best-ever, Philly-product
pros, compiled with great help from 22 other contributors (thanks, guys!).
The 15 candidates have been separated into two lists: Great Eight and
Still-Special Seven. The winner is . . . big hint, which you don't need
(smile): Orange and black are his old school's colors. He was No. 1 on every
ballot!!***
July 29
Randy Seidman hit the baseball trail tonight to catch what turned out to
be the title game in the Lower Bucks County Senior Babe Ruth League. Liberty
Bell topped Tri-County, 4-2. Click
here
for Randy's report.
Please say a prayer for McDevitt football coach/AD Pat Manzi, who is in
critical but stable condition following gallbladder surgery.
Thanks to Penn Charter's John Burkhart,
the list of Inter-Ac baseball
champs now goes back to the league's first season in 1888.
Yo, heads up! The NFL Network is preparing to highlight
SJ Prep. Click
here for Tyler Tynes' DN story.
July 28
**Note from Ted: Last week, I picked all-time teams of Philly guys for
the NFL/AFL, NBA/ABA and MLB. Now, with the help of 20-plus other people
(writers, coaches, officials, a former NBA star, etc.), an overall team is
being selected. I plan to post that on Wednesday. Each voter has been asked
to rank 15 nominees -- seven football, five basketball, three baseball.**
Bonner-Prendie sr. SS Richie Tecco will play college baseball at Rider.
Click
here
for . . . Before He Became a Star Boxer (story/nugget on Ben Franklin's
Bryant Jennings from his high school days). Jake Kaplan's story on Jennings'
Saturday night win over Mike Perez, clinching a title shot, is in today's
Daily News (and
here).
July 27
Congrats to Malvern product Phil Gosselin (INF), who has been recalled by
the Atlanta Braves from AAA Gwinnett!
July 26
Former Franklin football star Bryant Jennings
tonight raised his record to 19-0 with a split-decision heavyweight win over
Mike Perez!! Huck watched it on HBO and scored it 115-112 for Jennings. One
of the judges had it that way also. Huck rules!!
Click
here for Tyler Tynes' DN story
on yesterday's Dick Allen press conference/rally (see July 21 entry).
July 25
Four Del-Val College football players have earned preseason D-III
All-American honors and four are Our Guys! - - -
QB Aaron
Wilmer (Washington), WR Rasheed
Bailey (Roxborough), LB Ken
Kenner-English (Roman)
and OL Josh Wallace (Northeast). Click
here.
Click
here
for pics from the Dick Allen
press conference/rally.
See July 21 entry. Congrats to website legend Mark "Frog" Carfagno and
publicist Joe Ferry for their work in putting together a wonderful event!
July 23
***Click
here for
Ted's all-time MLB team of Philly guys (Public, Catholic and
Inter-Ac).***
West Virginia 2B Billy Fleming (Council Rock South) has signed with
the Yankees. His dad, Bill, QBd
Frankford
to the '84 Pub football crown and earned all-league honors as a first
baseman. Click
here.
uly 22
***Click
here for
Ted's all-time NBA/ABA team of Philly guys (Public, Catholic and
Inter-Ac).***
Wood grad
Colin Thompson has
finalized plans to transfer to Temple.
Beginning in late August, Sports Fan Base Network and Ari Bluestein,
roughly every other week, will present a show about area high school sports
on The Comcast Network.
July 21
A press
conference/rally in support of the campaign to help ex-Phillies slugger Dick
Allen gain entrance to the Hall of Fame will be held Friday, 3 p.m., at Ashburn
Field, in South Philly
(in the back part of FDR Park, across Broad Street from the Wells Fargo
Center). Website legend Mark "Frog" Carfagno will be prominent in the
presentation of facts, figures, testimonials. Dick Allen Jr. and Rich
Ashburn Jr. will also be on hand, as will a movie producer who's putting
together a documentary about Allen. All are welcome! No admission charge.
For more info, check out a Facebook page called . . . Dick Allen Belongs in
the Hall of Fame.
***Click
here for
Ted's all-time NFL/AFL team of Philly guys (Public, Catholic and
Inter-Ac).***
July 20
Penn Charter
sr. 1B-OF Dillon Malandro
will play college baseball at Connecticut.
In 1995, former Judge star
Chris Gies would have
been the Phillies' Opening Night starter. Now, at age 45, he's still taking
the mound. Click
here for Ed Morrone's story in the Northeast Times.
O'Hara jr. T
Ted Field, a transfer
from Garnet Valley, will play college football at Rutgers.
July 19
Kennedy-Kenrick
product Christian "Ya-Ya" Walker
has been promoted to AAA Norfolk in the Orioles' system.
July 18
Click
here
for Randy Seidman's annual list of homers struck by Our Guys in college
baseball.
Neumann-Goretti sr. LH Pat
Doudican will play college
baseball at the College of Charleston.
July 17
**Click
here
for a list of Public, Catholic and Inter-Ac basketball products who've
earned AP All-America honors.**
Click
here for the latest effort from
Ted Taylor, who's now in his 39th year of writing hobby columns. Congrats!
Click
here for Big Willie McGonigle's tribute to coach Danny Algeo
and O'Hara's
2004 championship season.
Fels product Dionte Christmas
is still hard at work trying to become an NBA fixture. He's profiled
here in the second part of Bob Cooney's DN story from Las
Vegas.
Former Franklin FB
star Bryant Jennings
is preparing for the biggest fight of his boxing career. Click
here for Jake Kaplan's DN story.
July 15
***Click
here
for a list of Public, Catholic and Inter-Ac players drafted by NFL teams
going back to 1974.***
Click
here for Voorhees
Vortex . . . strong winds (maybe a tornado?) swept through part of Voorhees,
NJ, and caused some damage.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Louis
Herman "Red" Klotz. Mr. Klotz, 93, starred in hoops at Southern and
Villanova, played in the BAA (NBA forerunner), and later served as the
longtime coach of the Harlem Globetrotters' forever foe, the Washington
Generals. Click
here for Jack Morrison's DN obit. RIP, sir.
Carroll sr. F
Derrick Jones is
creating a national hoops buzz. Click
here for Tyler Tynes' DN story.
La Salle
product Sean Burke, a
fullback at Boston College, now owns a scholarship after proving himself as
a walk-on. Click
here for Tyler Tynes' DN story.
July 14
Gtn. Academy product Sean Coyle,
now a Red Sox farmhand (2B in AA), played yesterday in the All-Star Futures
Game.
July 13
***Click
here
for a list of Public, Catholic and Inter-Ac players drafted by NBA teams
going back to 1947.***
July 12
Small world: Daily News statman (and website legend) Mark "Frog"
Carfagno is participating in softball playoffs. The scorekeeper for the
opposition? DN statman Big Steve Reid.
July 11
Northwestern sr. DB Ibraheim
Campbell (Chestnut Hill Academy)
has earned a spot on the preseason Jim Thorpe watch list, and he represented
his school at the Big Ten's media day.
Click
here for John Knebels' wonderful story, via
CatholicPhilly.com, on Danny Algeo.
Assistant Paul Strus has been appointed O'Hara's interim football
coach for the 2014 season.
As part of the DN's series on pioneering African-American athletes,
Ace profiles Penn Charter's
Roger Gordon (Class of '69)
here and Chestnut Hill
Academy's Gerald Howard (Class of '92)
here.
July 10
Tiiiiime for Tedbits . . . Click
here (Take a guess. When was
the last time the Sixers drafted one of Our Guys?)
Don't forget.
The tryout for Whiz Kids Baseball's fall program is tonight.
Check the info to the right >>>>> Thanks.
Click
here for Andrew Albert's DN story on Overbrook all-timer Jackie Moore
('50), the first
African-American to play hoops for La Salle Univ.
July 9
Click
here for a Danny Algeo
Tribute Page. We welcome your thoughts. Please send to
tedtee307@yahoo.com.
Thanks.
Almost 10 years ago, former Penn State football star
Imani Bell
(Dougherty), now a
heavyweight boxer (then working as a bouncer), was shot during an incident
that left another man dead. The shooter is now showing remorse. Is he
sincere? Click
here for Ronnie Polaneczky's DN column.
July 8
Click
here for info on the
Reebok Breakout, set for today through Friday at Philadelphia University.
July 7
After contributing to Vanderbilt's CWS crown, Gtn. Academy product Chris Harvey,
a catcher, has signed as a free agent with the Pirates. He's currently with
Bristol in the Appalachian League. (RHP Joe Harvey, from Kennedy-Kenrick
and Pitt, is playing his first pro season this summer, in the Yankees'
system. Chris is his cousin.)
One La Salle
to another . . . After a redshirt season, PG Amar Stukes
is preparing to make a splash. Click
here for Tyler Tynes' DN story.
July 5
Click
here for info on Philadelphia Amateur Baseball, a league with
players such as Randy Seidman's sons, Eric and Corey, and roughly 10 other
former Pub guys.
Click
here for Ace's obit on Danny Algeo.
July 4
Services for Craig White (see July 2): Tuesday, viewing, 9 to 11
a.m., funeral service to follow. Mitchum-Wilson Funeral Home, 1410 S. 20th
Street (20th and Reed), Phila., PA, 19146.
Central Connecticut State sr. Rob Hollomon (West Catholic)
has earned preseason All-America honors at the MP position. Click
here.
Phila.
Electrical F James Suber
will play his college hoops at Niagara.
Happy 4th of July!!
July 3
A prayer service for Danny Algeo will be held tonight, 7 o'clock, at
O'Hara's football field . . . Funeral arrangements: A viewing will be held
Tuesday, 6 to 9 p.m., at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, 51 Lansdale Ave.,
Lansdale, PA, 19446. A viewing will also be held Wednesday morning, 9 to 11
a.m., same site, with the funeral Mass to follow.
Click
here for a Danny Algeo
Tribute Page. We welcome your thoughts. Please send to
tedtee307@yahoo.com.
Thanks.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Danny
Algeo. Danny, the football coach at O'Hara (his dad, Jim, was Lansdale
Catholic's longtime coach), died early this morning after suffering a heart
attack earlier this week. RIP, Dan. Click
here for a pic
from last season.
Congrats to former New York Giants fullback Charles Way (Northeast '90),
who has just landed an interesting job with the NFL! Click
here for
a press release that explains Charles' new duties and
here for a
story from his high school days.
July 2
Roman sr. WG-SF Gemil Holbrook
has committed to play his college basketball at Rider.
Imhotep sr. WR Denniston "DJ" Moore
has committed to play his college football at Maryland.
Click
here
for a question-answer session, from Malvern's
blog, with football coach Aaron Brady. And
here for pics of
Brady and player Hayden Mahoney (see June 27), who are bound for Kuwait.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Craig
White. Craig, a basketball star at Germantown Academy ('88) and Lafayette,
has passed away. RIP, Craig.
June 30
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Fran
Hamilton. Fran, a basketball assistant at Constitution, and a Frankford
grad, died suddenly over the weekend. Click
here for a pic.
RIP, Fran.
***Good luck to Kevin Silary, Ted's son, who today begins working
(as a carving assistant) for Ursula von Rydingsvard, a world renowned
sculptor in Brooklyn. Click
here
for her Wikipedia bio.***
Notre Dame Fighting Alumni, featuring Ryan Ayers (Gtn. Academy)
and Rob
Kurz (Penn Charter),
yesterday topped Team Barstool (GA's
Matt Walsh), 72-68, to win
the $500,000 prize in The Basketball Tournament. Point totals: Ayers (15),
Kurz (11); Walsh (12). Click
here for a story.
June 29
***Click
here
for "Our Guys" in the minor leagues.***
Click
here
for: Next Stop, Second Floor . . .
June 28
Frankford seeks a Thanksgiving game. Contact athletic director
Ben Dubin at
bdubin@philasd.org.
In the final of the Gregory
Hennigar Memorial
Tournament,
Judge
beat West Catholic, 18-14. Zach Carroll hit Quadir Gibson for the winning TD
with 0:36 left and Raheem Blackshear followed with an interception. Pics of
the final
here. Large pic
here of the
winning Crusaders. Pics from earlier rounds
here.
Click
here
for instructions on how to copy the pics.
Congrats to N-G product Josh
Ockimey, who yesterday lashed
his first pro hit, a triple, for the Red Sox' squad in the Gulf Coast
League! Track his progress
here.
The Gregory
Hennigar Memorial
Tournament (7-on-7 touch football, now a high school event) takes place today,
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Judge.
3A/4A division: Judge, Lincoln, Penn Charter and Bonner-Prendie.
1A/2A division: West Catholic, Del-Val, Carroll and Bristol. Check back
tonight for pics.
June 27
***Attention: baseball players in the Class of 2016 . . . Information
about
Whiz Kids Baseball's
fall ball tryouts can be found in the ad to the right.***
Aaron Brady, Malvern's
new football coach, is guiding USA's Under-19 Team, which next week will
travel to Kuwait to compete in the world championships.
Malvern L Hayden Mahoney
is one
of the players. Click
here
for a commercial.
June 26
For the third time in five years, one of
"Our Guys" helped his team win the College World Series. Junior C/DH
Chris Harvey (Germantown Academy)
had one RBI apiece in Game One and Two for Vanderbilt, which triumphed by
beating Virginia, 3-2, in Game Three.
Christian "Ya-Ya" Walker (Kennedy-Kenrick)
was a star for South Carolina's '10 and '11 CWS champs.
Congrats to Episcopal product Matt Sheehan ('07),
who has been named player development director and assistant strength and
conditioning coach for men's/women's basketball at La Salle University!
Click
here for a DN story about Matt from his walk-on days there.
June 25
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Jimmy on the plate)
Congrats to Episcopal
all-timer Eugene Burroughs ('90),
who has joined the Sixers as an assistant coach!
Click
here for Dick Jerardi's DN story on former FLC star Mike
Green ('03), who is
giving back to his childhood neighborhood through hoops.
June 22
After a redshirt year and a walk-on year, Boston College fullback
Sean Burke (La
Salle; star linebacker there)
has earned a full scholarship!
La Salle
seeks a head JV coach for the upcoming football season. Call coach Drew
Gordon at 267-718-4810.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Failing to win the league title is not necessarily the end of the world)
June 21
Click
here for more Jerrell Wright
pics (see 6/14). Sorry for the delay.
Wood rising
sr. RB Jarrett McClenton
will play college FB at 'Nova.
Click
here for the
celebration pics from La Salle's
state-title victory, as snapped by team mom Dianne Herron.
Thank you!
June 20
In the
Carp Cup
final, Jersey Shore blanked Burlington County, 2-0.
The
All-City honorees have been added to the
master lists.
The multisport All-City list has been updated
here.
New info for Jimmy Herron and Jawan McAllister; new appearance by Ryan
Coonahan.
The Malandros have been added to the All-City father/son list
here.
The list of first team All-City brothers has been updated. Click
here.
The names of first teamers can now be found
here on
the all-time list.
***Ace's first
Daily News All-City Baseball Team is in today's paper. Click
here for story,
here for teams and congrats to
the honorees, Player of the Year Josh Ockimey (N-G)
and Pitcher of the Year Dom Cuoci (La Salle).***
June 19
In the 2014 USA Special
Olympics, the team from Pennsylvania (fueled by students from
George
Washington) took
silver in unified soccer. Click
here for three
pics.
Click
here for an article from StateCollege.com, by Jay Paterno,
which was written in anticipation of the upcoming Gregory
Hennigar Memorial
Tournament (7-on-7 touch football, now a high school event). Click
here if you're able to contribute and
here for
the calendar item, with details.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Joe Parisi's accomplishments)
***Best wishes going forward to Joe Parisi, who has
retired after 28 seasons as La Salle's baseball coach. Click
here
for Aaron "Ace" Carter's DN story.***
June 18
Best wishes going forward to Ed Enoch, who has stepped down as Lansdale
Catholic's hoops coach
to take the same job at Hat.-Horsham.
Click
here for the latest effort from
Ted Taylor, who's now in his 39th year of writing hobby columns. Congrats!
Click
here for Tyler Tynes' DN ink on Zach Kurtz (see June 17).
June 17
In this afternoon's Carp Cup
quarterfinal involving Inter-Ac/Indy, Penn Charter's Zach Kurtz
homered twice! Kurtz, who's planning to do a post-grad year in 2014-15, is the third city-leagues player in the tourney's 29 years to go
yard twice in the same game (or same year, for that matter), joining Stan Orzechowski (North Catholic)
in '04 and Mark Donato (Neumann-Goretti)
in '09. I-A/Indy fell to Delco, 11-8. Boxscore can now be found on
this page.
***Today we have welcomed visitor No.
13,000,000. Thanks, everyone! And special appreciation to all
contributors/advertisers!!***
June 16
The boxscore for
Inter-Ac/Indy's Carp Cup
game with Delaware South (played today, 14-1 win) can now be found on
this page. Click
here for intern Tyler Tynes' DN ink on Penn Charter sr. 2B
Demetrius "Meech" Isaac.
Roman rising sr. L Manny Taylor
will play college football at Rutgers.
Click
here for pics by
La Salle parent Jim Dougherty from the AAAA state final.
June 15
Summer project, to
begin next week: Each school's most noteworthy individual performances in postseason wins
in football, basketball and baseball. (League and City Title games only.)
Get ready for a wild ride!
The boxscore for
the Public League's Carp Cup
game with Delaware County (played today) can now be found on
this page.
The boxscore for the Catholic League's Carp Cup
game with Tri/Cape (played yesterday) can now be found on
this page.
Click
here for Kevin Cooney's memories of his father.
June 14
Click
here
for: The Wright Stuff (No Dobbins
basketball player will again wear No. 22) . . . Click
here for large
version.
June 13
**Click
here
for La Salle's Tribute Page.**
La Salle's
postseason stats have been finalized (June 12
Tedbit)
In the Class AAAA state final . . .
La Salle beat Conestoga, 4-2, in eight
innings, to claim its second title in three years. Brian Buckley broke a 2-2
tie with a two-run single and John Scheffey's 1-2-3 bottom half saved
Dominic Cuoci's win.
Ted's report
(via the Internet) is posted. Ace's
DN ink to Buckley/Cuoci.
Pics by La Salle parent Jim Dougherty are
here.
Others' pics to come, perhaps.
N-G 1B Josh
Ockimey, recently selected in
the fifth round, is now part of the Boston Red Sox organization. Go get 'em, Ock!
Carp Cup update:
today's games involving Pub and Inter-Ac/Indy have been postponed. New info
-- Pub: Sunday at 4. I-A/I, Monday at 12:30. Click
here for updated schedule.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Starters for multiple state champs; all basketball guys so far)
Click
here for Ace's feature on La Salle sr.
2B Brad Schneider.
June 12
Click
here
for: Gym Dandy Coming Soon at
Bonner-Prendie.
Carp Cup update:
today's game involving the CL has been postponed. Will now be played
Saturday at 4 p.m.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(La Salle's postseason stats)
June 11
Click
here for Randy Seidman's
look at the
College World Series, and his local-guys draft recap.
Corey Seidman, Randy's son, is making a media-oric rise. Click
here for Ed Morrone's story from the Northeast Times.
***Click here for great pics of La Salle's
semifinal win by baseball parents Dianne Herron
here and Jim
Dougherty
here.***
Click
here for
practice pics from La Salle. Click
here and
here for pics of
possible starting lineups for Friday's AAAA state final vs. Conestoga. Click
here for a pic of
coach Joe Parisi and his assistants.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(N-G's final postseason stats)
June 10
Click
here for
all three "Our Guys" rosters for the Carpenter Cup. Thanks to Cath assistant
Joe DeBarberie, Inter-Ac/Indy coach David Miller and Pub coach Juan Namnun
for their help, in addition to the Phillies' Jon Joaquin.
Click
here
for: Fitting the Bill . . .
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Two-hitter time again)
The
Tedbits
for June 4 and June 6 have been updated.
June 9
In PIAA state semifinals . . .
AA: In gut-wrenching fashion, Neumann-Goretti fell to Loyalsock,
4-3.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
AAAA: La Salle beat Spring-Ford, 3-0, as sr. RH Dominic Cuoci spun a
two-hitter. He'll receive Ace's
DN ink.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(A list of all draftees directly out of Public/Catholic/Inter-Ac schools,
1965-2014)
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Jay
Connaghan, who died Saturday. Jay was a basketball starter at McDevitt
('78), then at Villanova was part of an intramural team that won a national
championship. Also, in '96, he was part of a squad that won a national crown
for barbecuing. The Philly Pigs were the only team (of almost 50) not from
the South. RIP, Jay.
Click
here for Ace's feature on La Salle sr. C
Nick Dermo.
June 8
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Kevin
Cooney Sr. Mr. Cooney, a Frankford
grad and former Philadelphia policeman, died today after a courageous battle
against cancer. His son, Kevin, is a sports writer for the Bucks County
Courier Times and formerly wrote for this website. RIP, Sir.
Interesting updates have been made to the June 5 and May 6
Tedbits.
Malvern rising sr. QB Alex
Hornibrook has
committed to Pitt.
Click
here for
the Catholic League's Carpenter Cup roster. (Rosters
for Inter-Ac/Indy and Public have not been provided. Please send to
tedtee307@yahoo.com.
Thanks!)
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Pub/Cath/Int African-Amer. picks)
June 7
Congrats to Gtn. Academy grad Keenan Kish, now a RHP at Florida. He was
drafted by the Reds in the 34th round.
Congrats to Kennedy-Kenrick grad Joe Harvey,
now a RHP at Pitt. He was drafted by the Yankees in the 19th round.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Draftees in top five rounds)
Click
here for Ace's short story on Bosox draftee Josh Ockimey (N-G).
June 6
Congrats to
Wood
product Brian O'Grady,
now a first baseman at Rutgers. He was drafted by Cincinnati in the eighth
round.
***Click
here
for the semifinal schedule for PIAA playoffs***
West Philly today held a wonderful ceremony
to honor its 1977 national basketball champs (30-0), coached by Joe
Goldenberg ('55), and retire the numbers of the starters -- Gene Banks (20),
Clarence "Eggy" Tillman (25), Darryl "City Lights" Warwick (11), Joe Garrett
(30) and Mike Nichols (21). Click
here
for pics. And
here
for the Fab Five. And
here
for another view of the overall set (with captions). And
here
for Coach G and all players in attendance.
Congrats to Neumann-Goretti sr. 1B Josh Ockimey, who was drafted in the
fifth round by the Red Sox!! The scout mostly responsible for selling the
Bosox on "Ock" was Chris Calciano, a former star at
Lamberton.
Click
here
for: Take That, Home Plate!!
Click
here
for: On the Ball and the Ball's "On" Him.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(N-G "breaks" MLB record!!)
Click
here for Randy's Junior
College Wrap-Up and Division I Recap.
****Corey Seidman, Randy's son, co-hosts Phillies Today. Click
here
for a recent episode. One of his guests was dad, and he talked about local
guys in connection with the draft.****
June 5
In PIAA state quarterfinals . . .
AAAA: La Salle beat Hazleton, 3-1, as sr. LH John Scheffey went
the distance in a game that ended in VERY unusual fashion.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
AA: Neumann-Goretti beat Bloomsburg, 1-0, and soph RH Ethan "E" Pritchett
earned Ace's
DN ink by twirling a two-hitter with nine whiffs.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
Schedule note: Start times for today's state-playoff doubleheader
involving CL teams have been pushed back -- N-G at 4:30, La Salle at 7.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Top-shelf long relief by CL guys)
Randy attended last night's coaches' All-Pub banquet. Click
here for
his report, with a special focus on guest speaker Bob Peffle, former star/coach at Frankford.
Click
here for Ace's feature on N-G jr. RF Bay To.
Click
here for a story from the Chestnut Hill Local about Gtn. Academy all-timer Paul Hutter
and his book on Ivy League hoops (see ad down the left side of homepage).
June 4
**Dan Spinelli, who lit up this website with
wonderful reports, was one of the student speakers at La Salle High's
graduation ceremony. Click
here.
Congrats, Dan, and thanks again for everything!**
Speaking of former website writers . . . Click
here for
PC grad Ed Morrone's
riveting story from the Northeast Times about three Judge
athletes who are bouncing back from being stabbed.
Click
here
for: We're Having Serious Doubts About This Claim . . .
The names of the guys who enabled Overbrook
to win the Pub's 4x800 relay a while back can now be found
here,
and thanks to football coach Rendell Ivory for providing them.
Click
here for pics from
the final Inter-Ac/Indy Carpenter Cup tryout.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Charlie Jerla's postseason roll)
Coaches' all-star teams for Cath/Int/Pub are in today's DN (page
45)
June 3
Click
here
for the 2014 Inter-Ac League Master Football Schedule, and thanks to Jim
DeCarlo, the new assigner of officials, for providing it. Holes remain.
Please help, if you can.
tedtee307@yahoo.com. Thanks!
***Click
here
for the quarterfinal schedule for PIAA playoffs . . . The games involving
N-G and La Salle will be part of a doubleheader!***
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Some nuggets on lefty shortstops)
Roman product Rashann London
is grounded as he prepares for the Drexel portion of his hoops career. Click
here for Tyler Tynes' DN ink.
June 2
Click
here for: Leave It
to Liam the Lefty.
Click
here for:
Fiiiiinally!!!
Click
here for: Framing
a Teammate.
Click
here
for: Three Yards, er, Third Base and a Cloud of Dust.
In PIAA first-round playoffs . . . (Ted's
combo report is posted)
AAAA: La Salle beat Boyertown, 6-3. Ace's
DN ink to sr. RH Dominic Cuoci. Pics
here.
A: Masterman fell to Schuylkill Haven, 12-2, in five innings. Pics
here.
AAAA: Washington fell to Methacton, 4-0.
Randy's report is posted.
Other results: N-G won in AA; Wood lost in AAA; Franklin Towne
lost in AAA.
Masterman's roster can now be found
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Rundown for D-12 in state playoffs)
***Click
here
for the first-round schedule for PIAA playoffs.***
June 1
Southern sr. L
Mark "Spider" Webb will next
play football at Globe Tech, a JC in New York City.
Click
here to see what Malvern product Tim Cooney,
a lefty with AAA Memphis (Cards' farm system), recently experienced.
The Tedbits entry for May 31 has been updated.
Former Kennedy-Kenrick star
Christian "Ya-Ya" Walker
is killin' it with the Orioles' AA team in Bowie, Md. Through 54 games, he's
hitting .321 with 14 homers and 46 RBI!
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Ock, my goodness!)
May 31
La Salle jr. QB Kyle Shurmur
will play college football at Vanderbilt.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(African-American starters for Pub baseball champions over the last 40
years)
Click
here
for scores/point totals from last night's All-City Classic.
***Click
here
for the first-round schedule for PIAA playoffs.***
Congrats to Inquirer sports writer Matt Breen, who received the
media award at last night's All-City Basketball Classic! Click
here.
(Matt wrote great reports for this site during his days at Archbishop Ryan.)
May 30
***Click
here for pics from the All-City Basketball
Classic (pics of scorebook sheets at end of set). Order: freshmen, sophs,
juniors.***
The Little Quakers' eighth annual golf
outing/dinner will be held Thursday,
June 26, 11 a.m. start, at Raven's Claw Golf Club, in Pottstown, Pa.
Golf format: 4-man scramble. Entry fee of $200 per person includes greens
fees, driving range, cart lunch, dinner, beverages, LQ windbreaker and a
sleeve of golf balls. For more info, contact Aimee Schnee at 215-713-4432 or
philalittlequakers@gmail.com. Sponsorships are also available.
Best wishes going forward (in Florida - nice!) to John Grone, who has stepped down
as
Esperanza's
baseball coach.
Former Phila.
Electrical hoops star Hakeem Baxter
is transferring from Maryland Eastern Shore to UAB (University of
Alabama-Birmingham).
Click
here for Steve
Falk's DN photo gallery of Wood's game. Included is coach Jim DiGuiseppe
Jr.'s unexpected bath.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Anthony
Russo's unmatched
feat!!)
Click
here
and
here for pics of
almost-great catches.
In anticipation of tonight's 20th annual Wayne Ellington All-City
Basketball Classic, Ace profiles director Charles "Shoob" Monroe
here. The tripleheader, set for Girard College, starts at
6:30. Rosters
here.
May 29
The May 29 Tedbit has been updated.
Click
here for: Don't
Fence Me In . . .
Click
here for: Bracy
Yourself!
Click
here for: Who
Needs Eyes? (revisited)
Click
here for: Ain't
Life Grand . . .
Click
here for: Don't
Give Us Any (cleanliness above the) Lip . . .
In the City Title tripleheader (Ted's
combo report is posted) . . .
AAA: Wood beat Franklin Towne, 8-0, as soph RH Anthony Russo fired
a one-hitter with 14 whiffs. Ace's
DN ink to Russo. Pics
here.
AAAA: La Salle beat Washington, 16-1, in five innings, on the strength of
an 11-run second. Pics
here.
AA: Neumann-Goretti beat Phila. Academy, 12-1, in five innings, as Josh
Ockimey's three-hit, five-RBI performance featured a grand slam. Pics
here.
Best wishes going forward to Dennis Foglia, who has stepped down
as McDevitt's
baseball coach.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(CL's dominance in CTs, part 2)
May 28
Ryan sr. lineman
Joe Hansbury has finalized
plans to play his college football at Army.
Tiiiiime for
(more) Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Pub guys with the playing & coaching touch)
It rained today. Wow, that has hardly ever happened this spring.
Ugh!! The City Title games will be part of a tripleheader tomorrow at
Ashburn Field, beginning with AA at 11 a.m. AAAA, then AAA to follow.
Click
here
for: Hair's (partially gone) to the Title!!
**Happy birthday to website legend Randy Seidman!!**
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Breakdown of G-Dub's titles)
May 27
The members of Washington's starting lineup can now be found
here.
In the Pub final . . .
Washington beat Franklin Towne, 3-2, to win
its first title since 1995 as sr. RH Roger Hanson fanned nine in a
six-hitter and sr. 3B Scott Siley had the decisive RBI.
Randy's report
is posted. Ace's
DN ink to jr. 1B Ishmael Bracy (two RBI) in overall
context. Click
here
for a celebration pic and
here
for a cropped version.
Sankofa sr. basketball star Anthony
Wright-Downing is
bound for Raritan Valley CC, in New Jersey.
Current assistant Joe O'Hara, who coached Washington to six Pub
baseball titles, will serve as Germantown Academy's
baseball boss in the 2015 season.
Click
here for the Coaches' All-Public
Baseball Team and special congrats to the MVPs --
Washington's Roger Hanson
in A, Boys' Latin's
Manny Fernandez
in B, two guys in C (Science
Leadership's Jeff Schwartz
and King's
Randolph Edwards), and Tacony's Matt
Bilotti in D.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Washington's drought)
Ace profiles Washington sr.
3B Scott Siley, a
volunteer fireman, in anticipation of today's Pub final. Click
here.
May 26
**Tomorrow's
Washington-Franklin Towne Pub final, set for 3:30 at Ashburn Field, will be
carried on
Sports Fan Base Network. Ari
Bluestein will handle play-by-play. Randy Seidman will provide color.**
Click
here
for Randy Seidman's breakdown of Hometown Philly Guys
in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and more. Thanks, Randy!
Happy Memorial Day
. . . and thanks to all who have served.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(N-G coach Kevin Schneider completes an unusual trifecta.)
May 25
City Title
schedule . . . AAAA, La Salle
vs. Washington, Thursday, 1 p.m., at Ashburn Field; AAA, Wood vs. Franklin
Towne, Thursday, approx. 3:30, also at Ashburn Field; AA, N-G vs. Phila.
Academy (sorry for earlier mistake), Wednesday, 3:30, at Ashburn Field.
Alumnus Jack
Concannon ('83) is back in the B-P basketball-coaching saddle! He will be
the school's new coach. His first stint covered five seasons ending with
'96.
Tuesday's
Washington-Franklin Towne Pub final, set for 3:30 at Ashburn Field, will be
carried on
Sports Fan Base Network.
A story by website
legend Jon "Duck" Gray about the upcoming Wayne Ellington All-City
Basketball Classic can be found at the bottom of
this page.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Josh Ockimey's titles feat & stats)
May 24
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(N-G's shutouts feat)
May 23
Tiiiiime for
(more) Tedbits . . . click
here.
(N-G's final playoff stats)
Today was special for N-G hoops, as well. Click
here
to see why.
The members of N-G's starting lineup can now be found
here.
Click
here for: Darn
Near Pitcher Perfect . . .
Click
here for: Oh, the
Saints Go Smilin' In . . . (huge version
here)
Click
here for: Talk
About VIP Treatment . . .
Click
here for a pic of
N-G's lineup (with IDs). And
here for a
supersized version (no IDs).
In the CL's "second final" . . .
Neumann-Goretti claimed its second title in three years by beating Roman,
11-0, in five innings.
Ted's report is posted. Ace's
DN
ink to sr. LH Charlie Jerla (in overall context). Before/after pics
here. Game pics
here.
In Pub semifinals . . .
Washington beat
Masterman, 6-2, and Franklin Towne beat Phila. Academy, 10-2.
Randy's report
is posted.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Playoff stats for Roman/N-G)
May 22
The Pub's
Carpenter Cup tryouts will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, 3:30 each day, at
Frankford's field.
Click
here
for: The Puckster Was In Attendance!!!
SJ Prep sr. G Kyle Thompson
will play college basketball at Saint Joseph's as a preferred walk-on.
Tiiiiime for
(more) Tedbits . . . click
here.
(N-G's uncommon, two-out wizardry in recent playoffs)
Click
here
for: Never Know Where an NBA All-Timer Might Own a Car Dealership.
Those Explorers
are it again. Click
here
for the CL lacrosse champs.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Pat Doudican's six-RBI outburst, in context)
Tomorrow's playoffs . . . CL final: N-G vs. Roman, 3:45 at Widener; PL
semis (both games at Ashburn Field): Washington vs. Masterman at 1; Franklin
Towne vs. Phila. Academy at roughly 3:30.
Former N-G hoops star
Tony Chennault
(Villanova grad), the DN's Player of the Year in 2010, has crafted an
award-winning film in the aftermath of family tragedy. Click
here for Valerie Russ' DN story.
May 21
Click
here for the
Coaches' All-Inter-Ac Team and special congrats to the co-MVPs, Malvern's
Gardner Nutter and Penn Charter's
Steven Cohen.
Click
here for: The
Scoreboard and Star Tell Their Stories . . .
Click
here for: Even
Courtesy Runners Have to Get Psyched!!
Click
here for: Who
Needs Eyes?
Click
here for:
Equal-Age Brother Is Watching . . .
In what turned out to be the CL's "first final" . . .
Neumann-Goretti beat Roman, 11-1, in five innings, as jr. LH Pat
Doudican got the win and bagged six RBI.
Ted's report
is posted. Ace's
DN ink to Doudican. Pics
here.
In the Pub AAAA final . . .
Washington beat Central, 9-8.
Randy's report is posted.
Other winners: Fkn Towne in AAA, Phila. Ac. in AA, Masterman in A.
Congrats to Delaware baseball players Joe Giacchino
(Malvern) and Doug Trimble
(Episcopal). Click
here.
Best wishes to Phillies
president Dave Montgomery (Penn Charter
'64) as he recovers
from cancer surgery. Recent pic
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Roman is on the doorstep of an
all-time accomplishment!)
In anticipation of today's N-G/Roman
showdown (part 1, perhaps) for the CL title,
Ace takes a look at Roman's turnaround from 2-13 in '13.
May 20
Tiiiiime for
(more) Tedbits . . . click
here.
(1st-batter importance, part 2)
Click
here for
the 2014 Catholic League Master Football Schedule, and thanks to Jim King,
the new assigner of officials, for providing it. There are still some holes.
Please help, if you can.
tedtee307@yahoo.com. Thanks!
In next week's City Title games, the CL's participants are set for
AA (N-G) and AAA (Wood). Roman must win the CL title to earn the AAAA spot.
If not, the spot will go to La Salle.
**Cool experience: Tom Taylor, who long has helped us keep track
of basketball scoring, recently got to play with his son, Curt, in an
over-30 baseball league. Tom played one inning in right (his first game in
41 years) and batted leadoff. Curt played in center and hit second. Their
first at-bats (Tom's wearing black socks) are on Page 1 of
the photo set. Tom
noted, "One swing resulted in a ground ball to the
pitcher and the other in a double to right-center. I'll let you guess which
was which." Ha, ha.
Group shots are on Page 3.**
Basketball note: MC&S guard Lou Myers
has decommitted from Norfolk State and reopened his recruitment.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(N-G's
Ethan "E" Pritchett
posts a rare shutout, and MUCH more.)
Click
here for the latest effort from
Ted Taylor, who's now in his 39th year of writing hobby columns. Congrats!
May 19
Schedule note: Two of the Pub's classification finals will be
played Wednesday at Ashburn Field. GAMP vs. Masterman at 1; Franklin Towne
vs. Boys' Latin at 3:30.
***This spring, the Catholic League offered boys' volleyball for the first
time. The title event was held today and
La Salle bested Wood, 3-1, thanks to
guidance from a quite-unique coach. Click
here.***
Click
here for: The
Triple Jump Is Not Exclusive to Track & Field . . .
Click
here for:
Interference=Out.
Click
here
for: Standin' on the Bag Is the Bay . . .
Click
here
for: They Come No Better . . .
In the CL losers bracket final . . .
Neumann-Goretti beat O'Hara, 3-0, as soph RH Ethan "E" Pritchett
pitched a four-hitter and started one of the Saints' three doubleplays.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
In a Pub Class AAAA semi . . .
Central beat Olney, 6-3. Ace's
DN ink to jr. DH Tyler Barreto, son
of first team All-City OF Javier Barreto (North Catholic '86).
Other Pub winners: Wash in AAAA; BL and FT in AAA; PA and PC in
AA; GAMP and Mstr in A.
Click
here for
updated Pub/Cath track results/records, and special congrats to Central
shot-putter Samuel Reid,
who broke a record that had stood since 1969!
(He also played in Saturday's football game.)
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Malvern sniffs rare air)
Click
here for Ace's FB writeback story on Wood's Kendall
Singleton.
And
here for a baseball blurb on the N-G/La Salle losers bracket
final.
May 18
Some recent Tedbits have been updated . . . click
here.
Click
here for: Eye Ball
. . .
Click
here for: One of a
Kind . . .
Click
here for: Almost
Justin Time . . .
Click
here for: Almost
in the Black . . .
Click
here for: Dang
Zebra . . .
Click
here for:
Chuck=Puck . . .
Click
here
for: Non-Pub Enjoys Its Non-Loss . . .
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Neumann-Goretti nuggets)
May 17
In the 40th annual City All-Star Football
Game, Non-Public beat Public, 34-20. Ace's Monday DN ink TBA. Pics
here.
Stats, etc., are
here.
Cropped group pics with IDs are
here.
In the CL losers bracket . . .
Neumann-Goretti
beat La Salle, 1-0, as Charlie Jerla went the distance. Ace's possible DN
ink TBA. Pics
here.
Penn State SS Jim Haley (Bonner)
TWICE made ESPN's Top 10 plays last night!! Click
here for a video
that shows the reason and
here for a story that explains the importance.
Don't forget . . . The 40th annual
City All-Star Football Game will be played tonight, 7 o'clock, at Northeast High. Click
here.
Lansdale Catholic sr. C Sean Becker
will play college baseball at D-I Saint Peter's.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Roman's playoff stats)
Click
here for Regina Medina's inspirational story on Roxborough jr.
football lineman Javahn Singleton,
and
here for Javahn's
award-winning video on dealing with Asperger's.
May 16
Roman
is not unfamiliar with winning crazy baseball playoffs. Click
here for a
Wild/Wacky story from 1983.
***Schedule note: Tomorrow's La Salle at Neumann-Goretti CL losers
bracket game will now start at 3 p.m.***
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Roman's rare feats)
Villanova WR Joe Price
(Malvern) is getting a
minicamp shot with the Detroit Lions.
**All
Pub playoffs scheduled for today
were moved to Monday.**
Don't forget . . . The 40th annual
City All-Star Football Game will be played Saturday
night, 7 o'clock, at Northeast High. Click
here.
Washington sr. PG Khyree
Hunt-Hawkins, who
missed much of his final season due to injury, will play college hoops at
Baltimore City CC.
May 15
Updated CL brackets are
here . . . updated PL
brackets are
here.
Winners in Pub AA playoffs: Phila. Academy, MaST Charter (not in
Pub, but part of these brackets), Bracetti and Prep Charter. MaST won by
forfeit over Esperanza (penalty for recent bench-clearing episode).
Explanation in daily recaps
here.
Crazy night. Lots to do. Way behind. Please be patient. Thanks.
In the CL winners bracket final . . .
Roman beat O'Hara, 6-5, in nine innings, as Connor McKenna saved
Kyle Rogalski's win and Mike Opiela went 4-for-5 with one RBI.
Ted's report
is posted. Ace's
DN ink to McKenna (began game at 3B). Pics
here.
Winners in losers bracket: La Salle and Neumann-Goretti.
Click
here for Randy Seidman's latest
batch of Hometown Philly College Baseball Awards, and more. Thanks, Randy!
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(1-0 playoff games in CL history)
Click
here
for: That Didn't Take Long . . . (Tacony
wins!)
May 14
Justin Renfrow has started his pro experience (see 5/12). Click
here.
Click
here for Cauls'
pics from the recent "Legends of Tomorrow" youth football camp, hosted
mostly by former West Catholic
stars.
***Scores for all Pub playoff games have been reported. Click
here for the updated
brackets.***
Exactly one week ago, Edison
beat Frankford, 8-7, in a regular season game to end a 26-game losing streak
vs. the Pioneers (previous win: 2nd meeting in '98; 22 losses in regular
season and four in playoffs, including the final in '11). Today, in a AAAA quarterfinal, the Owls
triumphed again, 5-3. Edison had been 0-5 all-time in playoffs vs. Fkd.
You won't believe this . . . Wait, maybe you will. In its first
playoff game of 2014, Swenson
won AGAIN in its last at-bat -- 4-3 over Mastbaum, in eight innings. That
has been the score in '11, '12, '13 and '14! (It was 3-2 in '10.)
In lacrosse, Episcopal beat Gtn. Academy, 14-6. Ace's
DN ink to jr.
attacker Curtis Zappala.
Click
here
for brackets for the upcoming Pa Indy Schools Tourney.
***Due to weather concerns for Friday, the Roman-O'Hara winners
bracket CL final will be played tomorrow
(3:45 at Immaculata Univ.).***
Best wishes to Gtn.
Academy baseball coach Tyler Stampone,
who is stepping away to attend law school.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Double upsets in CL semis)
Click
here
for a pic from Dick Allen Day,
so to speak, at City Council.
May 13
Click
here for: The
Very Definition of Fraternal Twins . . .
Click
here
for: Not All Slides Occur at Bases . . .
Click
here for: The
Throw Was So De Treux . . .
The updated CL playoff brackets are
here.
In Catholic League winners bracket semis . . .
Roman beat La Salle, 8-4, as sr. CF Conor Smith had three RBI and
sr. RH Joe Mangano went the distance.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
O'Hara beat Neumann-Goretti, 5-2. Ace's
DN ink to sr. LF Nolan Cummings
(grand slam).
Winners in losers bracket: Wood and B-P.
In Inter-Ac finales . . .
Malvern and Penn Charter tied for the title. PC beat Episcopal,
2-1,
and Haver. School beat Malvern, 3-2, on Frank Cresta's walkoff homer.
Click
here
for Bill Wasylenko's look at the first 99 seasons of La Salle High football
. . . Thanks for sharing this, Bill!
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Swenson's many nail-biters)
Click
here
for standings and
here for Pub playoff brackets.
May 12
Franklin LC beat Saul, 11-4. Ace's
DN ink to soph RH Joe Pagan.
Penn Charter product Mark Gubicza,
the DN's City Pitcher of the Year in '81 and later a prominent pro, is back
in town this week to cover the Phillies-Angels series as an analyst for FOX.
University of Miami DL Justin Renfrow (Penn Charter)
has signed a free-agent deal with the Arizona Cardinals.
Click
here for Jake Kaplan's story on Tom Savage
(see May 10)
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Dominic Cuoci's mound stats)
The
Pub
playoff brackets have been fleshed out, as much as possible.
Click
here for Ace's writeback story on Roman sr. 1B
Joe Mangano.
Full boxscores for the CL's four first-round playoffs are in
today's
Daily News (page 53). Thanks to all helpers!
May 11
Click
here for: Chop's
Chop . . .
Click
here
for: Hair's a Goofy Pic . . .
Tuesday's CL playoff schedule . . . (brackets
here)
Winners bracket: O'Hara at N-G, 3:45; Roman at La Salle, 3:45.
Losers bracket: Carroll at B-P, 3:45; C-E at Wood, 3:45.
Ohio State wideout Corey Brown (O'Hara)
has joined the Carolina Panthers as an unrestricted free agent.
In regular Catholic League playoffs . . .
La Salle beat Conwell-Egan, 9-2.
O'Hara completed its win over B-P. Final: 7-2.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
N-G completed its win over Carroll. Final: 4-0.
Update: The Carroll/N-G resumption was pushed back to 4 o'clock.
Happy Mother's Day!!
Click
here for
details/rosters for the upcoming Wayne Ellington All-City Basketball
Classic.
Conwell-Egan
did not come close to breaking the city record for runs in a baseball
playoff. Click
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(C-E's 22-run explosion, in context)
May 10
Click
here for It's on
Its Way and
here for Mess Has
Been Made.
Click
here for: Big
Willie!!
Click
here for: To the
Victor Goes . . .
Click
here for: He Might
Have a Future in Umpiring . . .
***The Houston Texans tabbed Pitt QB Tom Savage (O'Hara)
in the fourth round (No. 135) of the NFL draft.***
In regular Catholic League playoffs . . .
O'Hara leads B-P, 5-1, in the visiting fourth. Suspended by rain.
Will be resumed tomorrow, noon start, at O'Hara.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
C-E at La Salle never got started. Rescheduled for tomorrow at 3.
Roman beat Wood, 6-5, in nine innings. Ace's Monday DN ink TBA.
N-G leads Carroll, 4-0, in the visiting seventh. Suspended by rain. Will
be resumed tomorrow, noon start, at N-G's field.
In prelims . . .
Carroll beat Judge, 7-2. Pics
here. (Some notes
in Ted's report.)
C-E beat Ryan, 22-9, in five innings.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(CL football-baseball headliners)
May 9
The updated Pub/Cath/Int standings are
here.
9:13 p.m. -- All-time receiver Marvin
Harrison (Roman) just
announced the Colts' selection at No. 59 in the NFL draft. Very cool!!
Click
here
for: Never Know What You'll See at the Rocky Statue . . .
Click
here for: You
Finish Watching a Baseball Game and a Concert Breaks Out . . .
Click
here
for: Four Z's for the Price of Two . . .
(normal pic
here)
Click
here for: They
Left Their Stamp . . .
Click
here for: Not the
Beach in Stone Harbor, But It'll Do . . .
Penn Charter beat Germantown Academy, 4-2.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Washington beat Franklin Towne, 3-0, as sr. RH Roger Hanson
pitched a one-hitter (game's first batter) with 12 Ks. He received Ace's
DN
ink.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(CL Red sniffed rare air in '14)
The Pub standings now include remaining games --
here.
**Click
here for the Catholic
League playoff schedule/brackets.**
May 8
Ryan sr. G Brendan Horan will
play his college basketball at DeSales.
***The Catholic League playoffs
are slated to start Saturday
with six games: Carroll vs. Judge, 11 a.m., at N-G (loser eliminated); the
winner plays N-G, 2:30, at N-G . . . C-E vs. Ryan, 11 a.m., at La Salle
(loser eliminated); the winner plays La Salle, 2:30, at La Salle . . . B-P
at O'Hara, 2:30 (back
to original time) . . . Roman at Wood, 2:30.***
Click
here
for: Baseball's Version of a Chorus Line . . .
Click
here for: Everything's Coming Up Roses . . .
Click
here for: Another Wonderful Sports Moment . . . (and
here).
Click
here
for: Not Exactly a Future Olympic Gymnast . . .
SJ Prep beat Ryan, 15-5, in 5 innings.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
In lacrosse, La Salle beat Wood, 12-6. Ace's
DN ink to sr.
attacker Mitch Soufleris.
**Click
here
for the 2014 Pub Master Football Schedule, and thanks to chairman Ken Geiser
for providing it.**
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(First team All-Catholic six-packs)
The updated Pub/Cath/Int standings are
here.
Click
here for pics of Engineering
and Science's sports
signees.
May 7
Click
here for: He
Traded a Pen for a Bat . . .
Click
here for: If He
Ever Needs a Side Gig . . .
Welcome back, game-wise, to Randy Seidman, who hit the Pub trail
today! His report is
here.
**Click
here
for the Coaches' All-Catholic Baseball Team, and congrats to top honorees Dominic Cuoci
(La Salle, twice),
Josh
Ockimey (N-G) and Pat Doudican (N-G).**
Click
here
for: Cool Socks Are Back for Zach . . . (Last year's
here)
The top five
seeds, in order, for the upcoming CL playoffs: N-G, La Salle, Wood, O'Hara,
B-P. Other seeds TBA.
Along with brackets (one day remaining in Red regular season).
Bonn.-Pren. beat McDevitt, 9-2.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Central beat Prep Charter, 15-0, in three innings and 64 minutes.
Ace's
DN ink to sr. RH Anthony DeVito.
Washington beat Masterman, 13-0.
Randy's report is posted.
Click
here for Jake Kaplan's DN story on ex-O'Hara
QB Tom Savage (Pitt),
whose draft stock is rising by the minute.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Wood's mercy-rule wins)
The April 11
Tedbit has been updated.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Marvin
Wells. Marvin starred in basketball (click
here) at Central ('95) and Clarion and as a youth was the
organist at his church. RIP, Marvin.
The updated Pub/Cath/Int standings are
here.
May 6
Click
here for Randy Seidman's latest
batch of Hometown Philly College Baseball Awards, and more. Thanks, Randy!
Click
here
for: No Need for an Elevator . . .
Click
here for: He Goes
for the Hose . . .
Click
here for: A
Different Kind of M&M . . .
Click
here for: Not All
Triumphant Trios Need a Trampoline . . .
Click
here for: Old
MacDonald Had a Farm . . .
Malvern beat Penn Charter, 7-5, to claim a one-game lead with two
games remaining.
Ted's
report is posted. Ace's
DN ink to sr. SS Matt "King of
Prussia" Maul. Pics
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(In yesterday's N-G/Carroll game, the teams "broke" a major league
record!!)
Click
here for Ace's Page 1 obit on Devin Bullock (see May 5),
whose death is being widely mourned.
Click
here
for a pic of West Catholic honoree Matt "Cauls" McCauley (service/loyalty)
and buddies after Sunday's banquet.
Stan Hochman supports the campaign to put former Phillies
slugger Dick Allen in
the Baseball Hall of Fame. Click
here for his column (website legend Mark "Frog" Carfagno is
featured!)
May 5
Click
here for: J.J.
Goes J-Jumpin' . . .
Click
here for: Rock 'em,
Sock 'em, Ock 'em . . .
Click
here for: He's Got
His Pinky on the Pulse of the Situation . . .
Click
here for: Time for
Jerlabilation . . .
Click
here for: Homers
Lead to Hydration . . .
***In a game that ended at 7:28 and
featured MANY crazy and/or controversial moments, Neumann-Goretti beat
Carroll, 14-13, in nine innings. Fifteen runs were scored in the ninth;
Carroll scored five in the home seventh to force extra innings.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here (335 of 'em).***
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Devin
Bullock. Devin, a star guard for New Media Charter's basketball team, died
overnight of injuries suffered in a recent shooting. RIP, Devin.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Standout African-Americans in CL baseball, with notes on two rising
pitchers)
May 4
The updated Pub/Cath/Int standings (through today's games) are
here.
Click
here for: Bringin'
Down the Curtin on This One . . .
Click
here for: Under
Scouts' Scrutiny . . .
Click
here for: He Plays
for Neumann-Goretti, But . . .
Neumann-Goretti beat Bonner-Prendergast, 7-3.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(La Salle's 1-0 wins under Joe Parisi)
May 3
The updated Pub/Cath/Int standings (through today's games) are
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Consecutive Inter-Ac shutouts)
May 2
Click
here
for: Ready to Become a Quick Change Artist.
Click
here and
here for Great
Catches.
Click
here for: Never
Know When a Baseball Bigwig Will Make an Appearance . . .
Click
here for: Talk
About Back in the Day . . .
Click
here for: Like
Always, Spring Has Sprung in Spectacular Fashion Right by Penn Charter's
Baseball Field.
Penn Charter beat Haverford School, 6-2, as T.J. Pagan's three-run
homer highlighted a five-run fifth.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
In lacrosse, Haverford School beat Gtn. Academy, 12-3. Ace's
DN
ink to jr. midfielder Brandon Shima.
Congrats to Tommy Coyle, who last night was inducted into Judge's
Hall of Fame and received the Crusader Award (highest honor). He
played/coached football there and is now Penn Charter's coach.
Congrats to former Dobbins basketball star Jerrell
Wright ('11), whose
No. 22 jersey will be retired by the school at an upcoming banquet.
Updates for the CL Master Baseball Schedule are
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(CL division titles, 1976-2013)
May 1
Ace hit the lacrosse trail tonight for SJ Prep-La Salle, but
lightning caused a shutdown with the score at 5-5. Click
here.
Philly's City Council wants to see former
Phillies
slugger Dick Allen in
the Baseball Hall of Fame!! The members today passed a resolution. Congrats
to Mark "Frog" Carfagno, who's heading the effort to get Allen enshrined.
Click
here
to see the resolution.
Click
here
for: This Just Ain't Right . . .
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Mike
Prendergast. Mike, Cardinal Dougherty High's "do-everything" alumni director
for 30-plus years (and a constant at the now-closed school's sports events),
died earlier this week of cancer. RIP, Mike.
Southern's baseball roster is now
here.
Click
here for classic
video from a college softball game (not only
bases can be stolen).
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(First-batter-of-inning importance)
The rosters for the City All-Star Football Game are in today's
Daily News (page 44).
You won't believe this, but there's
a big yellow thing in the sky again!
April 30
Click
here for Randy Seidman's latest
batch of Hometown Philly College Baseball Awards, and more. Thanks, Randy!
Click
here
for: This Guy Still Misses the North Catholic-Frankford
Thanksgiving Football Game.
**Click
here
for rosters/other info for the 40th annual City All-Star Football Game
(thanks to game director Brian Fluck for his help).**
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Performances by 3-4-5 hitters)
**Rosters/schedules
for the Narberth Summer Basketball League can be found
here, and
thanks to Mike Herron for providing them!**
April 29
Malvern's
Gardner Nutter and Chris Butera
threw a combo no-hitter today vs. Gtn. Academy. Complete details are now
here
(thanks to Malvern scorekeeper Mike Higgins).
Ryan sr. 2B
Chris Sanchez will attend Penn State, and
will attempt to make the team as a walk-on.
SCH Academy beat Penn Charter, 11-8.
Ace's
DN ink to frosh OF Andrew Singer (3-for-3, two RBI).
**Note from Ted: Did some rainy-day research on the production of
the 3, 4 and 5 hitters in the 14 games I've seen so far this baseball
season. Care to guess which spot has the highest batting average? Most RBI?
Most extra base hits? Send your guesses to
tedtee307@yahoo.com by 9
a.m. tomorrow. I'll mention those folks with three correct answers in
tomorrow's Tedbit. Good luck!**
Click
here for a Wild/Crazy baseball story from 1988. Two of Ryan's
heroes are now head coaches: Gerry Eck with Ryan baseball and Steve
Devlin with Wood football.
Esperanza's baseball roster is now
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Longest current streaks of consecutive winning league seasons)
Judge sr. OF
Michael "Mike Is Fine, Too" Taffe
will play his college baseball at Phila. Univ.
The updated Pub/Cath/Int standings are
here.
After twice earning first team All-City laurels, LHP Joey
Gorman
(N-G) has twice
undergone brain surgery. Click
here for Ace's story on Joey's inspirational fight.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Jack Ramsay.
Mr. Ramsay, an all-time coach/overall figure on the basketball scene (he
spent three seasons, 1950-52, as the coach at the ol' St. James,
in Chester), died yesterday. Click
here for Jack Morrison's obit &
here for Dick Jerardi's column. RIP, sir.
April 28
The
King
documentary began at 9 o'clock, on ESPN2.
Click
here for: Talk
About Being Determined . . .
Click
here for: You Know
How It's Always Windy at La Salle's Field?
Click
here for: Trio-mendous
Players . . .
La Salle beat Judge, 11-1, in six innings.
Ted's report
is posted. Pics
here.
Mastbaum's baseball roster is now
here.
***Website legend Frog Carfagno's hard work to support Phillies
all-timer Dick Allen
is gaining momentum. Click
here
to see what'll happen this Thursday. It's open
to the public. Please attend!!***
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Detailing West Catholic's struggles
. . . and the eight league wins since 2001)
Schedule note: Central will play at Frankford TODAY.
The April 24
Tedbit about CL forfeits has
been updated with THREE new baseball entries, and another baseball entry
about a forfeit that turned out not to be a forfeit.
April 27
O'Hara sr. F
Mark Plousis will play
hoops at Hartford as a preferred walk-on.
Click
here
for a special pic of Haverford
School's Brendan Burke.
Remaining games have been added to the
Catholic League standings.
The King
documentary is slated to air again Mon., 9 p.m., on ESPN2.
April 26
Note: The King
documentary began at 8 p.m. on ESPNNEWS (it was switched from ESPN2).
Former MC&S forward
Jeffon Powell ('13,
currently at Cecil County CC, in Maryland), will next play hoops at Bethune-Cookman.
**At O'Hara, White
beat Cherry, 10-9, in Temple's Spring Football
Game. Click
here for
individual pics of Our Guys. Click
here for overall
photo set.**
The updated Pub/Cath/Int standings are
here.
Did you know? Temple's Cherry vs. White spring football game will
take place today (1 o'clock) at a Catholic League school! Click
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(This crappy spring, in context)
Ace hit the Penn Relays trail yesterday. Click
here for his story on Central shot put whiz Sam Reid Jr.
April 25
The documentary about King's
memorable 2013 football season is scheduled to appear tomorrow night, 8
o'clock, on ESPN2.
Congrats to ex-Washington
football assistant Mike Wallace,
who is now on the staff at Temple. Good luck, Mike! Click
here.
Click
here for the latest effort from
Ted Taylor, who's now in his 39th year of writing hobby columns. Congrats!
Click
here
for: Never Know When You'll See a Car From Your Youth.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Wood's outburst, in context)
Kristen Silary, a k a The Best Daughter Ever, spent a few days in
Florida this week. Click
here for a pic.
Click
here
for: It's Always Fun to Imitate Your Coaches . . .
Click
here for Ace's story on popular New Media Charter basketball
star Devin Bullock, who was shot on Wednesday. Stay strong, Devin.
April 24
Ever think of trying something new? Former website stalwart
Mark Hueber (SJ Prep)
did so in his freshman year at Immaculata (after playing basketball) and
look what happened! Click
here.
Gtn. Academy baseball commitments: P-INFs Sean Weiss and Nick "Pop"
Pololizio are bound for Washington College, in Maryland.
Click
here
for: He Gets a Kick Out of Pitching.
Click
here
for: Scoring a Run Can Be Lotsa Fun.
Wood beat Bonner-Prendie, 14-4, in six innings.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Did you know? Temple's Cherry vs. White spring football game will take
place Saturday at a Catholic League school! Click
here.
The updated Pub/Cath/Int standings are
here.
Tiiiiime for Tedbits . . . click
here.
(CL forfeits/punishment shutdowns
in the three major sports)
Click
here for Ace's story on West
Catholic's
baseball shutdown.
April 23
Click
here for Randy Seidman's latest
batch of Hometown Philly College Baseball Awards, and more. Thanks, Randy!
Click
here
for: To the Victor Goes the Chance to Spoil a Dog.
Click
here
for: You Da RoMANo!
Click
here
for: No Horsing Around, This Dog Is As Big As One.
Click
here
for: All in the Family.
Click
here
for: Those Ryan Guys Can Rip the Cover Off the Ball.
Ryan beat Roman, 6-2, and there were all kinds of oddities.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Boys' Latin beat Roxborough, 16-5. Ace's
DN ink to jr. RH Asa
James, who helped himself with a grand slam.
West Catholic has shut down its baseball team. All opponents will receive
forfeit victories.
Tiiiiime for Tedbits . . . click
here.
(La Salle-O'Hara romp, in context)
April 22
La Salle beat O'Hara, 15-5, in five innings.
Ted's
report is posted. Ace's
DN ink to jr. LF Tommy Albertson. No
pics. ('Cause Ted wasn't there -- smile).
Click
here
for a pic of Navy lineman Jake Zuzek (West Catholic '10)
meeting someone who's just a liiiiiiittle bit famous.
Click
here for a story on former O'Hara QB Tom Savage
(Pitt), who is climbing up assorted experts' draft lists.
E&S' roster is
here.
Team pic is
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(All-City Team . . . of coaches!)
The feat of B-P's Dan
Goggin/Anthony Martinelli
is now
here.
The updated Pub/Cath/Int standings are
here.
April 21
Boys' Latin's roster is
here.
We still need MANY Pub rosters. Players, tell your coach!
Click
here
for The Perfecto Ends &
here
for The Shutout Is Preserved.
Carroll beat Conwell-Egan, 3-0, as sr. RH Bryan Chesky pitched a
three-hitter.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
N-G beat McDevitt, 4-0. Ace's
DN ink to sr. 1B Josh Ockimey.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Lengthy league winning streaks)
Click
here for Frank Thoughts
from former Daily News sports writer/desk man Frank Bertucci. (More Penn Relays
goodies)
April 20
Former first team All-City honoree
Savon Goodman (Constitution '12)
will resume his college hoops career at Arizona State.
Franklin Towne's roster is
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Props to B-P's streak)
The updated Pub/Cath/Int standings are
here.
Happy Easter
April 19
Soph-to-be RB
Eerin Young (Imhotep) was
named Rhode Island's most improved offensive player after spring practice.
MAJOR congrats to Matt "Cauls"
McCauley, who long has partnered with Huck, his long-time buddy, to promote
West Catholic's football and basketball teams. At an upcoming alumni
Mass/breakfast, he'll receive the Silver Burr Award for dedication/loyalty
to West. Way to go, Cauls!
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Malvern's few three-game skids)
Aaron "Ace" Carter
presents the Daily News' 36th annual basketball prospect list
here.
April 18
Click
here for Randy Seidman's latest
batch of Hometown Philly College Baseball Awards, and more. Thanks, Randy!
The updated Pub/Cath/Int standings are
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Steve Callahan again goes to shutout towne)
Click
here for a sneak
peek, via Newsworks.org, of the documentary about King's
memorable 2013 football season.
April 17
Tuesday's O'Hara at La Salle CL Red game will be shown
here.
Click
here for: Not
Exactly an Exhausting Ride, and We'll Assume No One Fell Asleep . . .
Click
here
for: Big Brother Is Watching (Literally) . . .
Malvern beat Episcopal, 9-4, thanks to a seven-run sixth.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
Franklin Towne beat Northeast, 9-0. Ace's
DN ink to sr. C Chris
Hammerstein.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Matt Kress Kame Klose)
Donofrio full boxscore is now
here.
April 16
Click
here
for: Go (to) West (Chester), Young Man . . .
Click
here
for: The Thrill of Self-Provided Victory . . .
Click
here for You
Robbed Me and
here for Now I'll
Rob You.
Neumann-Goretti used a three-run home seventh to edge Lansdale
Catholic, 3-2, and sr. LH Charlie Jerla gave himself the win with a walkoff
RBI single.
Ted's
report is posted. Pics
here.
In lacrosse, Haverford School fell to St. Anthony (Long Island,
NY), 7-6. Ace's
DN ink to sr. defender Connor Black.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Big point performances by Our Guys in Donofrio finals, 2000-14)
Donofrio full boxscore is in today's DN (page 41).
April 15
In the Donofrio Classic final . . .
Old School Cavaliers beat Bucks All-Stars, 75-66. Ace's
DN ink to
Haverford
School soph F Lamar Stevens
(18 points, 12 rebounds, team MVP for tourney). Click
here for
special awards/all-tourney (bottom of that page). Pics
here. Team pic
here.
OSC's special award winners
here.
Ryan
FB commitments -- Moravian: Connor Rooney, Andrew Hund and Andrew Vorosack;
Del-Val: Jesse Wireman; Susquehanna: Tom Haughey and Ryan McArdle;
Dickinson: Jason Dones.
Haverford School sr. QB-S-P Brendan
Burke will play
college football at Bentley, in Massachusetts.
Carroll sr. WG Joe Mostardi
will play his college hoops at Widener.
Congrats to Rasool Hajj and Jack Whitehead, who last Saturday, at
Imhotep, ran a showcase event for about 80 unsigned senior basketball
players that was witnessed by 50 coaches (from as far away as Arizona).
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
("Modern Era" coaches with 25 yrs) Roman
FB commitments: FB Pat McCourt to Moravian; DE Christian Greene to Kutztown.
April 14
Click
here
for: May the Force Knock Off Your Mitt . . .
Click
here
for: Lining the Field Is Not His Strength . . .
Wood beat Conwell-Egan, 10-0, in five innings, as soph RH Anthony
Russo hurled a one-hitter.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Bonner-Carroll beat Carroll, 4-1, thanks to a messy three-run
visiting seventh. Ace's
DN ink to jr. RH Nick Bralczyk.
Gtn. Academy sr.
OF Zeke Zabinski will play
college baseball at Babson, in Massachusetts.
Click
here
for a group pic that shows all Philly members of Team Stars & Stripes
(with IDs). And
here for a
gigundo version (without IDs).
Baseball rosters for Malvern and Episcopal are
here.
Click
here for Tom Mahon's story on Judge's
plans to honor Jackie Robinson.
Click
here for Ace's story on Maurice Watson
(see 4/13).
April 13
Click
here for more Frank Thoughts
from former Daily News sports writer/desk man Frank Bertucci. (Starts with
cool Penn Relays names!)
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here. (Watson's rare move)
Creighton will be the next stop for former
Boys' Latin
basketball star Maurice Watson
(after two years at Boston University). Click
here.
The Pub/Cath/Int standings are
here.
Baseball rosters for Gtn. Academy and Bodine are
here.
April 12
After a JC stint, LB Martin "Nico" Henry (McDevitt)
is now at Southern University. Click
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Pub's 1-0 games, 2000-14)
April 11
Lincoln sr. LB
Donte Davenport will play his
college football at Clark Atlanta University.
Episcopal beat Gtn. Academy, 4-3, on Austin Morgan's walkoff
single. Ace's
DN ink to sr. RH Mark Washington.
**Click
here
for Comcast's interview with Charles "Shoob" Monroe, director of the
upcoming 20th annual All-City Basketball Classic.**
West Philly product Eric "T.O."
Leslie, who once held
the Pub's one-season record for receiving yardage, is now at Globe Tech JC, in
New York City. Click
here.
**Click
here
for Randy Seidman's annual list of college baseball players from the Pub/Cath/Int
leagues. Thanks as always, Randy!!**
**Click
here for great news concerning former website stalwart Ed
Morrone, who now writes for the Northeast Times.**
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of former
basketball ref John Thompson. John, who worked a number of Pub finals and
City Titles in the '70s, passed recently. RIP, John.
The Cath/Int standings are
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Will Latcham's 14 Ks, in context)
George Geiss, long-time football/hoops ref in the Catholic League,
has been assigned to officiate ACC football games. Congrats, George!
April 10
Click
here for Randy Seidman's
latest batch of Hometown Philly College Baseball Awards, and more. Thanks,
Randy!
Southern DB Michael
Riley will play his college
football at Lycoming.
Click
here
for: It's Not a Bird or Superman . . .
O'Hara beat Roman, 9-4.
Ted's report is posted. Ace's
DN
ink to sr. RH Will Latcham (14 Ks, 3-run HR, 1 special
request from a female admirer). Pics
here.
Roman sr. LB Brandon Lopez
will play his college FB at Millersville.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Breakdown of 40-K game involving FLC and Randolph)
The April 3
Tedbit has been updated to show yesterday's high-K efforts by FLC's Joe
Pagan (20) and Randolph's
Manny Neris (19). In
the SAME game!
The accomplishment of Kensington's Cesar Vargas
is now
here.
Click
here for Ace's update on the PIAA's attempt to sack charters.
April 9
Click
here for:
Impressive Vertical Leaps, But . . .
SCH Academy beat Penn Charter, 7-5.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
La Salle beat SJ Prep, 9-3. Ace's
DN ink to sr. DH Adam Arcadia.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Tom Derer's 13 Ks, in context)
April 8
Judge
K-P Connor Foley will play his college football at West Chester.
Ryan beat Judge, 4-1, as sr. RH Tom Derer pitched a four-hitter with 13
whiffs and no walks.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Ace hit the lacrosse trail today! Malvern beat SCH Academy, 15-6. His
DN ink went to sr. attacker Ryan
Hilburn (four goals, one assist).
C-E football news: sr. LB Rich Turchi will play at Delaware Valley and '13
grad Dan McLaughlin has made Temple's squad as a walk-on LB.
Tiiiiime for Tedbits . . . click
here. (Malvern sniffs rare coaching air)
Click
here for Ace's story on
yesterday's football announcements involving Malvern and West Catholic.
April 7
Click
here
for: This Has Been One Halluva Spring for Baseball.
Aaron Brady, most recently the head man at Gonzaga (D.C.), is Malvern's
new football coach.
***It's expected that West Catholic's 2014 football practices will be held
on a turf field on Drexel's campus.***
Tiiiiime for Tedbits . . . click
here.
(High-K games in Cath/Int)
April 6
Tiiiiime for Tedbits . . . click
here. (Top Labor Classic outbursts)
In the 27th annual All-Star Labor Classic . . . City beat Suburbs,
150-130. Ace's
DN ink to Franklin Towne sr. G
Ryan Boyd.
Lansdale Catholic's roster is
here. One
CL roster still needed: McD.
April 5
Just found out:
former Egan basketball star Brian
Townsend ('74), in
only his third varsity game, was the
plate ump in the 22-K Pub game earlier this week. Cool!
Click
here to see which Pub/Cath/Int guys earned all-state honors
in voting by sports writers.
April 4
Lincoln's baseball roster is
here.
Click
here
for: Never Know Where You'll See a Hot Motorcycle.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(B-P owns the 2-1 world)
April 3
Conwell-Egan's baseball roster is
here.
Two
CL rosters are still needed: Lans,
McD.
Bonner-Prendie beat Wood, 2-1, as coach Joe DeBarberie bagged his 100th
career win (seven seasons).
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
And click
here
for a large, postgame pic of the team (with Joe next to winning pitcher Brad
Scull).
Maritime beat New Foundations, 12-10. Ace's
DN ink to jr. RF
Marcus Jimenez.
Tiiiiime for Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Amazing Pub strikeout feats)
April 2
***Check the
Baseball Results Page for the crazy circumstances in
Furness' 3-2 loss to Mastbaum (via Furness coach Eric Weinstein).***
Click
here for Ed Morrone's wonderful,
feel-good story from the Northeast Times about Washington's lacrosse
goalies.
Click
here
for a pic of St. Thomas' CYO champs. (see March 31).
Click
here
for: If You Win Big in Cash 5, Please Give Me a Cut . . .
Roman beat SJ Prep, 6-3.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
Neumann-Goretti beat West Catholic, 30-1, in three innings and 1 hour, 49
minutes. Ace's
DN ink to sr. LF Charlie Jerla.
*Click
here for details/rosters for Friday's Pub event.*
The
baseball roster for Carroll is
here.
Three
CL rosters are still needed: C-E,
Lans, McD.
Tiiiiime for Tedbits . . . click
here.
(La S's Grezeszak-Schneider duo)
The PIAA is trying to sack charter schools. Click
here for a story from
pennlive.com (Harrisburg area). And
here for one by the Associated
Press. And
here for one from triblive.com
(Pittsburgh area).
Phila. Elec. product Davian Joseph, currently at a JUCO, will continue his
college hoops career at Missouri Baptist, a D-1 NAIA school.
April 1
Click
here
for: Sometimes Only Half a Tippy-Toe Act Is Needed.
2010 SJ Prep grad Bob D'Orazio,
who starred at Johns Hopkins, is trying to draw pro interest as a
receiver. He has been hitting the combine trail. Click
here for his
impressive highlight video.
Click
here for Randy Seidman's
latest batch of Hometown Philly College Baseball Awards, and more. Thanks,
Randy!
La Salle beat Judge, 14-3.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
King beat Freire, 18-3, in three innings. Ace's
DN ink to sr. P-3B
Clinton Hickson.
Congrats to those who tonight will be inducted into the Pa. Sports
Hall of Fame's City All-Star Chapter!!:
Robert
Coleman, Joe Corbi (deceased), Michael Corbi, Kathy Killian, Jim King, Hubie
Marshall, Brian McCloskey, Bill Mendek, Tim Murphy, Gene Otto, Stanley
Parker, Dave Pauley, Frank Sylvester, Robert Wheeler.
Click
here
for some notes from coach Bill Gallagher about Team Stars & Stripes'
recent win in Barcelona, Spain. Thanks and congrats, Bill!
The baseball roster for Washington is
here.
Congrats to Bucknell's Cameron Ayers (Gtn. Academy)
and Norfolk State's Pendarvis Williams (Bodine),
who earned honorable mention on the Associated Press All-America Basketball
Team.
Click
here for Ace's story on Miami FB commit Hayden Mahoney.
March 31
C-E sr. C Tom Dougherty
will play his college football at Catholic U.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here. (No. 1 of the baseball season! A Cath trend)
Click
here
for the overall recap of the 2013-14 hoops season.
Ace made his debut on the baseball trail today!! . . . SJ Prep beat
Judge, 10-6. His
DN ink will go to jr. P-1B Colin Cunningham.
Team Stars & Stripes
kicked butt again. Click
here
for a pic.
Haverford School seeks games for tomorrow and Wednesday. Contact
coach Bob Castell at
rcastell@haverford.org.
Baseball rosters for Judge, Bracetti and La Salle are
here.
Four CL rosters are still needed: Carr, C-E, Lans, McD.
Congratulations to the Pa. State CYO Grade
School Champions, St. Thomas the Apostle Knights,
for winning the title this past weekend at Chestnut Hill College. In
succession, the boys from Glen Mills defeated teams from Scranton,
Allentown and Erie. Each game was decided in the final seconds . . .
PLAYERS: Mike Barone, Austin Laughlin, Drew Savon, Danny Guy, John
McLaughlin, Connor O'Brien, Brady Devereux, Cole Palis, Chris Mills, Jake
Erley, Ray McGuire. COACH: Dan Guy. ASSISTANTS: Joe Murphy, Dan O'Sullivan.
March 30
Click
here for more Frank Thoughts
from former Daily News sports writer & desk man Frank Bertucci.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(Hometown Philly College Basketball Teams)
March 29
Malvern jr. OL Hayden Mahoney
has made an oral commitment to play his college football at Miami.
Click
here for the latest effort from
Ted Taylor, who's now in his 39th year of writing hobby columns. Congrats!
This one begins with Ted's memories of the A's final season in Philly.
The baseball roster for Bonner-Prendie is
here.
March 28
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here. (Most honored All-City players over a four-decade period via a power
points system)
Baseball rosters for Phila. Elec. and
Dobbins are
here.
The All-City honorees have been added to the
master lists.
And click
here
for a list of all first-teamers, by school, going back to 1972.
Click
here for Ace's story on his first Daily News All-City
Basketball Team, and congrats to the major honorees: Player of the
Year Ja'Quan Newton (N-G) and Coach of the Year Carl Arrigale (N-G).
All-City, All-Public and All-Catholic Teams are on page 68 (along with Ace's
final City Top 10) and
here; special tribute to Newton on page 70.
March 27
Click
here for a story about last Saturday's AA final; it ends with
a nice tribute to Constitution's sportsmanship.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here. (Breakdown of CL overall records in this century; year by year and
totals/winning percentages)
Click
here for Randy Seidman's
latest batch of Hometown Philly College Baseball Awards, and more. Thanks,
Randy!
The baseball roster for Haverford School is
here.
All basketball photo sets for 2013-14 can now be found
here.
March 26
Let the anticipation
build! . . . In Friday's
Daily News, Aaron "Ace" Carter will present his All-City, All-Public and
All-Catholic Teams.
The baseball rosters for Roxborough, O'Hara, GAMP, West Catholic, Penn
Charter and Ryan are
here.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here. (Comparing 6-title runs by N-G/RC)
Carroll P-INF Matt Lafferty
will play college baseball at Ursinus.
March 25
**Click
here
for a list of all Pub/Cath/Int guys who averaged
at least 15 points over the last 15 seasons.**
Constitution's
gals can now be found
here.
The Little Quakers'
2013 photo album is now on sale.
Click
here.
If you'd like to be
B-P's
new hoops coach, visit the
calendar page.
All Pub games scheduled for today have been moved to April 15.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here. (Top 10 Pub & Cath
champs, by overall winning percentage, over last 40 seasons)
Roman
baseball commitments: P Kyle Rogalski to Misericordia, SS Joe Myers to
Widener.
Baseball rosters for FLC, Swenson, Edison & Northeast are
here.
March 24
Honors for
Washington
products: Bucks County CC G William Davis 1st team, all-EPAC; 3rd team,
NJCAA All-Region XIX. Clinton JC (South Carolina) G Kendale Truitt, 2nd
team, NJCAA All-Region X.
Mercer County CC (NJ) frosh Gs
David Johnson (Comm Tech)
and
D.J. Alexander (Gratz)
earned second team honors in the Garden State Athletic Conference.
Info for the 2014 Donofrio Classic is above!!
Click
here
for info on Wednesday's big Markward Club dinner.
Baseball rosters for Central and Phila. Academy are
here.
**Congrats to website legend Ed "Huck" Palmer and his wife,
Shannon. Earlier today they welcomed son No. 2, Max!!! Click
here
for a pic.**
Thanks to Boop Vetrone, boxscores for all six state finals involving
Pub/Cath teams are in today's Daily News (page 51).
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here. (Props for N-G and
Imhotep)
Writebacks in overall context: Ace on
Constitution and
La Salle; intern Andrew Albert on
Wood's girls.
The Donofrio Classic, held at the Fellowship House, in Conshohocken,
starts tonight with games at 7 and 8:30. The links to the brackets and rosters
are now above.
Carroll sr. G Austin Tilghman,
also a hot football recruit, has opted to play hoops at Monmouth.
March 23
**Click
here for recaps of
all 2014 state playoffs.**
Many of the March Tedbits have been updated. Click
here.
Baseball rosters for N-G, Wood, Tacony, Roman and Olney are
here.
**Click
here
for
Constitution's Tribute
Page.**
Click
here
for Dan Spinelli's report on
La Salle's
loss last night in the Class AAAA final. The report completes Dan's magical
run for this website. Thanks for everything, Dan!! And best of luck at Penn!!
**Click
here for Neumann-Goretti's
Tribute Page.**
Click
here
for the
final Overall Scoring Leaders
(15.0 minimum).
Click
here for the final 1,000-Point
Career Scorers (top
contenders for 2014-15 are now included).
March 22
In PIAA finals . . .
AAAA: La Salle fell to New Castle, 52-39.
Ted's report is
posted. Ace's Monday DN ink TBA. Pics
here
. . . Also, in the girls' AAA final, Wood fell to Blackhawk, 51-43. Andrew
Albert's Monday DN ink TBA. Pics
here.
AA: Constitution beat Seton La Salle, 61-59,
as jr. G-F Ahmad Gilbert totaled 19
points and 14 rebounds.
Ted's report
is posted. Ace's Monday DN ink TBA. Before/after pics
here.
Game pics
here.
Click
here for the updated 1,000-Point
Career Scorers/Contenders list.
Click
here
for: Coach Carl and His Official First Family.
Click
here
for: The Worst Job in Sports.
Click
here
for: Celebrities Taking a Shot at Photography? (smile)
March 21
In PIAA finals . . .
AAA: Neumann-Goretti beat Susquehanna Twp., 64-57, in OT, thus claiming its
fourth state title in five years, as sr. G Ja'Quan Newton rang up a
career-high 33 points.
Ted's report
is posted.
Ace's online story to Newton (shorter story for DN). Before/after pics
here. Game pics
here.
A: Math, Civics and Sciences fell to Lincoln Park, 70-66.
Ted's report
is posted.
Ace's DN ink in overall context. Pics
here
. . .
Also, in the girls' AA final, Neumann-Goretti fell to Seton La Salle, 58-50.
Pics
here.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Lisa
Brown. Lisa, the mother of N-G star Ja'Quan Newton, passed yesterday
after a courageous battle against cancer. Click
here for Ace's story. And
here
for a Facebook photo. RIP, Lisa.
Click
here for Ace's look at the state finals.
March 20
SJ Prep's
baseball roster is
here.
Tiiiiime for
(more) Tedbits . . . click
here. (Greenberg points)
Tom Meakim is no longer the basketball coach at
Bonner-Prendie. Best
wishes going forward to a class act!
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here. (Recipe for title-game
success)
Click
here for Randy Seidman's
latest batch of Hometown Philly College Baseball Awards, and more. Thanks,
Randy!
Saturday at 6 in Hershey, Bailey Greenberg and
Wood's girls
will play for a state title. At 8, so will her brother, Sean, and
La Salle's boys. Click
here for Ace's feature story.
And
here
for a recent photo set.
March 19
Dan Spinelli offers his report on
La Salle's
semifinal win
here.
Frosh F David George, who played high school ball at
Phila. Electric, has
helped Amherst reach the D-III national semis. Click
here.
Tiiiiime for
(more) Tedbits . . . click
here. (D-12's uncommon feat)
Click
here
to check out Mark "Frog" Carfagno's latest blog posting
about his mushrooming effort to help
ex-Phillies slugger Dick Allen
gain entrance to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Facebook page is: Dick Allen
Belongs in the Hall of Fame. Thanks!
For those who've been asking . . . We have not received the
brackets/rosters for this year's Donofrio Classic.
tedtee307@yahoo.com
Check out recent practice pics from:
La Salle
&
Neumann-Goretti &
Constitution &
MC&S.
Click
here
for the schedule for D-12's entrants in all four state finals this weekend
(bottom of that page).
Click
here for a story about the situation facing Iowa coach Fran
McCaffery (La
Salle High '77).
**Click
here for recaps of
all 2014 state playoffs.**
Click
here for: How'd You Like to Lose THIS Way? (In NJ, Pitman
lost a Tournament of Champions quarterfinal because . . . incredible).
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here. (Breakdown of Ja'Quan
Newton's 1,939 career points at
Neumann-Goretti.)
As of 7:55 a.m., the DN stories by Ace (N-G) and Andrew Albert (La
Salle) have not been posted on philly.com.
Click
here
for: Bloodline Time! (Ja'Quan Newton and his dad, Joe)
March 18
Tiiiiime for
(more) Tedbits . . . click
here. (Twenty-nine people
took guesses on how Ja'Quan Newton would break the record . . . )
***For the first time, D-12 schools have made it to PIAA
finals in all four classifications!!!***
In PIAA semifinals . . .
Neumann-Goretti sr. G Ja'Quan Newton became the leading
career scorer (1,939 points) in Catholic League history -- he broke the
record
on a layup 4:11
before halftime -- as the Saints beat Phila. Electric, 65-53, in Class AAA.
Ted's report
is posted. Ace's
DN ink to Newton. Key Newton pics
here. Full set
here. (Almost all
pics in both sets are black & white).
La Salle beat Chester, 61-55, in AAAA.
Dan Spinelli's report
is posted.
DN ink
(overall context) by intern Andrew Albert.
In other games:
Constitution
beat Elmer L. Meyers, 55-44,
in AA.
MC&S
beat St. John Neumann, 76-53, in A.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(semis results for state champs)
Website legend Mark "Frog" Carfagno is working hard behind the
scenes to help
ex-Phillies slugger Dick Allen
gain entrance to baseball's Hall of Fame. As is Dick's son, Richard Jr.
Click
here for Tom Mahon's DN High & Inside column, and see how
there's a connection to tonight's semifinal round of the state playoffs.
If you're worried how baseball season will start after the bad weather
finally ceases and teams head outdoors, click
here.
March 17
Episcopal RB Anthony Feliziani
will play his college FB at Ursinus.
Click
here
for: The Public League Needs More Guys in Kevin's Two-Sport Heaven.
Practice pics! Click
here for
MC&S and
here for
Constitution
and
here for a small
set from the end of
Franklin's indoor
baseball practice.
Click
here
for: Have You "Herd" Who Starred for La Salle?
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here. (D-12 semis breakdown)
Click
here
for: St. Joe's Makes Statewide Noise.
Click
here for Ace's writeback on
La Salle sr. F Jalen Herdsman.
March 16
**Click
here for a complete breakdown of
Huck's results, and see how he fared against the famous Joe Lunardi. Both
went 67-for-68!**
**Ready for some Huckotology?? Click
here for Huck's
predictions on the NCAA brackets (posted at 5:55 p.m.)**
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here. (La
Salle
has rebuilt from within)
***Click
here for Dan Spinelli's
report on
La Salle's
big win over Lower Merion in yesterday's AAAA quarterfinal. Thank you,
Dan!***
Click
here
for: And He Does So Religiously . . .
Click
here
for the semifinal schedule for D-12's entrants in the AAAA and AA state
playoffs (bottom of that page). Semis in
all
classifications will be played
Tuesday. Thanks to Joe Sette.
**Click
here for recaps of
all 2014 state playoffs.**
Click
here for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders (15.0
minimum).
Click
here for the updated 1,000-Point
Career Scorers/Contenders list.
March 15
In PIAA quarterfinals . . .
AAAA: King fell to Abington, 56-52.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here
. . . La Salle beat Lower Merion, 71-48.
Ted's report is posted. And
Dan Spinelli's is
here. Ace's
Monday DN ink TBA. Pics
here.
AA: Constitution beat Holy Cross, 72-62. Del-Val fell to Elmer L. Meyers,
52-50, in two OTs.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here. (One-point, same-day
margins)
March 14
In PIAA quarterfinals . . .
AAA: Neumann-Goretti beat Allentown Central Catholic, 60-50.
Ted's report is posted. Pics
here
. . . (And click
here
for pics of the Class AA N-G/St. Basil girls' game, won by N-G). In the
other game: Phila. Electric beat Carroll, 52-51. The Patriots converted a
layup with a hint under 5 seconds left, but had no timeouts remaining. PE&T
never had to inbound the ball.
A: MC&S beat Church Farm, 47-46. Ace's
DN ink in overall context
(with some details on PE&T's game also).
Click
here
for: Someone Finally Nailed the Apostrophe Placement.
Tiiiiime for
Tedbits . . . click
here.
(quarters results for state champs)
Click
here for Ace's feature story on Constitution jr. F Ahmad Gilbert
(top part) and
La Salle jr. G Dan Corr |