Philadelphia High School Basketball
Participants in McDonald's All-American Game

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    The McDonald's All American High School Basketball Game, featuring the nation's Top 24 players in an East-West format, was first played in 1978 at the Spectrum, in Philadelphia.
    The 10th game was also played in the Spectrum in 1987.
    A McDonald's All American Team was picked in 1977, but no game was played. Gene Banks, West Philadelphia, was a member of that first team.

    Here are the students at Philadelphia city leagues high schools who have participated in the game:

    1978 -- Reggie Jackson, Roman Catholic, and Clarence "Eggy" Tillman, West Philadelphia. Jackson shot 4-for-14 for nine points and had five assists. Tillman shot 3-for-9 for seven points and had three rebounds.

    1979 -- Horace "Pappy" Owens, Murrell Dobbins Tech. Owens shot 9-for-17 for 18 points and had three assists.

    1980 -- Lonnie McFarlan, Roman Catholic. McFarlan shot 6-for-13 for 13 points.

    1983 -- Dallas Comegys, Roman Catholic. Comegys had six points, 16 rebounds and six blocks.

    1985 -- Jerome "Pooh" Richardson, Ben Franklin, and Mark Stevenson, Roman Catholic. Richardson shot 4-for-9 for 10 points and had six assists. Stevenson shot 7-for-16 for 16 points.

    1986 -- Barry Bekkedam, Archbishop Carroll. Bekkedam was held scoreless in 8-plus minutes, shooting 0-for-3 from the floor and 0-for-4 at the line. (He contracted mono after scoring 35, 38 and 41 points in the final three regular season games. He missed the playoffs and lost 15 pounds.)  

    1993 -- Rasheed Wallace, Simon Gratz. Wallace shot 4-for-7 for nine points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

    2000 -- Eddie Griffin, Roman Catholic. Griffin shot 7-for-16 for 19 points (two treys) while adding four rebounds and two blocks.

    2006 -- Gerald Henderson and Wayne Ellington, both of Episcopal. Henderson shot 6-for-10 (one trey) and 3-for-4 for 16 points. Ellington shot 3-for-10 total and 2-for-8 on treys for eight points.

    2009 -- Maalik Wayns, Roman Catholic. Shot 2-for-6 and 1-for-1 for five points. Also notched seven assists to just one turnover. (He underwent right-knee meniscus surgery and missed nine late-season games before returning for the finale, a first-round, state-playoff loss. This game was played 3 1/2 weeks later.)

    2017 -- Quade Green, Neumann-Goretti. Shot 4-for-12 (1-for-6 on treys) for nine points in 16 minutes. Attempted no free throws. Also posted five rebounds, seven assists and two steals.

Penn Charter-Germantown Academy Football Series
Results and Individual Scoring, 1950-
Winners of Geis Award, 1953-

This series began in 1887 and is the nation's longest continuous high school rivalry.
Overall, PC leads the series, 83-36-1.

1950 Through 2016 Seasons

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