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To see Ted's recent DN stories, go to www.philly.com and put Silary 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" . . . Ted's look at the crazy, funny, curious, ridiculous, disturbing and/or head-scratching moments that make Public League sports so legendary (through 2010-11).

***Click here for even older alerts.***
(The ones on this page go back to start of 2010-11 school year.)

May 11
  Pied Piper Time: Two Philly stars have followed coach Joe Mihalich from Niagara to Hofstra. Click here.
  Ryan alums Tim Ditro, Michael Anusky and Eric Frain are now
here.
  Tony Heffner, DE from Dougherty and the Non-Public defensive MVP in the '79 City All-Star Football Game, has joined the staff of Judge's new coach, Mike McKay. He reminds all players to put forth maximum effort in the all-star game. That performance got him to Villanova!
  Upcoming coverage by
SFBN: Northeast at Lincoln playoff on Mon.
  Ryan alum Eric Frain is now
here.
  The Coaches' All-Catholic Teams are in today's DN (page 45).

May 10

  Click
here for . . . It's a Dirty Job, But Somebody's Gotta Do It.
  Click
here for . . . Answers to All Questions Are in There Somewhere.
  Click
here for . . . Um, It Might Be Time to Check the GPS.
  Malvern beat Gtn. Academy, 6-0, to clinch a share of the Inter-Ac title.
Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. SS Joe Poduslenko. Pics here (set starts with eight pics of SCH Academy's new field).
  Click here for the updated lists of winners in Pub track (B&G).
  Click here for Randy Seidman's latest Hometown Philly weekly college baseball awards . . . and more.
  The playoff brackets for the Pub and Cath have been updated.
  If The Pub still exists next school year, it will remain a PIAA member, according to Robert Coleman. Click
here for Ted's story.
  Congrats to Malvern coach Freddy Hilliard for reaching career victory No. 100 (in just four years!). Click
here for a pic. 
  Whistletopps' latest offerings are over there (Pub track!!) >>>>>

May 9
  **Click here for the Coaches' All-Catholic Teams . . . and congrats to MVPs Tom Mullin (SJ Prep, Red) and Jim Haley (B-P, Blue) as well as coaching honorees Joe Falcone (SJ Prep) and Joe DeBarberie (B-P).**
  Click
here for . . . Not Exactly a Groundball to Shortstop.
  Click
here for . . . Enough Plates for a Banquet.
  Judge beat SJ Prep, 7-2. That result, coupled with La Salle's win over Roman, gave the Explorers the Red Division title.
Ted's report on Judge-Prep is posted. DN ink to sr. CF Marc Berlanger. Pics here.
  **Don't forget to make your Best Teammate '13 nominations!!**
  Basketball commitments for Washington players: Kendale Truitt to
Marshalltown CC (Iowa); Wanye Ferguson to Rosemont; Donte Williams ('10) to D-I Cal Poly (from Pierce JC in Los Angeles).
  Click here for an interesting story about how the memory of former Parkway basketball star Daniel Rumph has been honored.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert puts J.A. Happ's beyond-scary moment into the you-know-what context.

May 8
  Click
here for Ted's story on Northeast's three-sport star, Daquan "Bo" Bohannan.
  The Khandyman is back! With recruiting updates on Haverford School hoops stars Levan "Shawn" Alston, Eric Anderson and Sean Lloyd.
  It's official!! This is the first time Bonner has finished perfect in league play. Click
here for Joe Smagala's final contribution under May 4. Thanks, Joe!
  Click
here for splendid (cough, cough) pics from Northeast's indoor baseball practice.
  SJ Prep product Kyle Mullen continues to set pitching records at Saint
Joseph's. Click here.
  Joe Smagala is still trying to find out: Had Bonner Ever Been Perfect? His latest contribution can be found here under May 4. Thanks, Joe!
  The playoff brackets for the Pub and Cath have been updated.
  *Click here for interesting baseball Tedbits (under today's date).*
  Tom Mullin's name can again be found on this list.
  Click here for rosters for the City All-Star Football Game.

May 7
  Baseball standings are now updated (with remaining games). 
  Click
here for . . . Never Know What You Might See in a Tree.
  Click
here for . . . Not All Second Basemen Look the Same.
  **Anthony Morel spun a two-hitter with 15 strikeouts as U. City edged Randolph, 3-2, to finish perfect (12-0) in Pub play for the first time in the school's 40 seasons.
Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Anthony and his brother, Brandy, the staff ace but unavailable for this one (concussion). Pics here . . . Click here for a big pic of the joyous Jags!**
  Congrats to the following distinguished teacher honorees: Doreen Coleman, Furness' dean of students (and Southern's basketball coach); Frankford hoops coach Dave Huzzard; Mastbaum AD Drew Knasiak.
  The coaches are honoring Masterman's Mike Sturdivant for being the Public League's top basketball scholar-athlete. Others in the top five (players were required to submit an essay, in addition to owning great grades): Charles Peck, World Comm; Kevin Beaford, Mastery South; Gary Bryant, Masterman; Charles Ganges, CAPA.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Dr. Roger Saylor, who passed recently at age 95. A former Penn State professor, he was a long-time historian for Pennsylvania high school football and  did team rankings based on a complicated formula. Click here for an obit. RIP, sir.

May 6
  **Another update has been made to the May 4 Tedbit. Click here.**
  Baseball standings are now updated (with remaining games). 
  Prep Charter beat Esperanza, 12-5. DN ink to sr. 1B Steven Miraglia. (Note from Ted: No pics/report. My car broke down en route to game. AAA towed it home. And showed up almost immediately! Props to the tow-truck driver, Ismael Torres. Thanks to PC coach Shawn Magee for providing details and Steven's phone number.)
  Northeast 3, Roxborough 0: Randy's report is posted.
  ***The Eagles have nixed the Linc as the site of this year's City All-Star Football Classic and organizer Brian Fluck, West Catholic's coach, is still feeling the sting. Click here for Ted's story; also in today's paper along with the rosters (page 54).***
  A Daily News friend needed some help with a police matter and one of the guys who came to his house was . . . former Bartram basketball star Rudy Yuille ('84). Did a great job. Rudy's brother, George ('85), also a policeman, is a bigwig with PAL. Good luck, guys!
  Whistletopps' latest offerings are over there >>>>>
  Congrats to Joe Malizia, whose dad, Joe, long has filmed/taped high school football games in Philly. He is now a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army as well as a Battalion Commander. Thanks for your service, Joe!!
  Update on a former website writer: Adam Ferrone, who covered SJ Prep sports ('06) before moving on to Penn State, is now a world-famous rapper (he's known as Rone). Click here for a story written about him last year and a Google search will lead you to all kinds of stuff. Rone is in the zone!

May 5
  Click here for Randy Seidman's latest Hometown Philly weekly college baseball awards . . . and more.
  Back in the day, La Salle baseball coach Joe Parisi was an assistant coach at now-closed North Catholic. Check out
this classic pic from '79!!
And click
here for a current pic; shows Joe last week during indoor BP. 
  Asterisk time, baby! *Click here to check out an add-on to yesterday's baseball Tedbit.*


May 4

  Germantown's Mike Hawkins (football, also the AD) received the Coach of the Year Award at last night's banquet for Pub coaches. 
  Update on a former website writer: Matt Davis, a point guard for the basketball team ('08), covered McDevitt sports, starred in soccer for Albright and is now an assistant at St. Aloysius College. His bio is on this page. Keep it rollin', Matt!
  Update on a former website writer: Drew Flanagan ('06) covered Malvern sports, became the head manager of Villanova's team and is now a business development executive for iQ Media Corp. Do it, Drew!
  Update on a former website writer: Mike "Suds" Sunderland played baseball at SJ Prep ('02), then attended Holy Cross. He now teaches English and journalism at Red Cloud Indian School, in South Dakota. Click
here for a story about a recent accomplishment. Very cool, Mike!
  Click here for our latest Before They Hit Infield-Outfield . . . on SCH Academy assistant Anthony Cafagna ('07).
  *Click here for an interesting baseball Tedbit (under today's date).*
  Congrats to Centenary soph Joe Forcellini (La Salle), the CSAC Player of the Year. Click here.
  Baseball standings are now updated (with remaining games). 
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Don Hobson, who passed yesterday. Don was the Catholic League's leading basketball scorer (19.1) in '74 for North Catholic and played his college hoops at Spring Garden. A great guy in every way! RIP, Don. 

May 3
  Click
here for . . . 300 Reasons for a Coach and Ump to Pose Together.
  Click
here for . . . Ever See a Male Version of a Chorus Line?
  Haverford School beat SCH Academy, 6-0. Ted's report is posted.
DN ink to sr. LH Matt Galetta (four-hitter). Pics
here.
 
Pky West G Jeffrey Allen will play college hoops at Dean Coll. (MA). 
  Ryan's Jerry Smith and Judge's Nick Petroski are now
here.
  Sankofa G Dache' Talbert will play college hoops at Virginia Union.
  Baseball standings are now updated (with remaining games).
 
May 2
  Click
here for . . . Oh, Brothers! 
  Click
here for . . . Same Family. Uniformly Different.
  Click
here for . . . Oh, Deer. This capital S is Cooler Than Most.
  Click
here for . . . It's a Bird! It's Superman! No, It's the Other Thing!
  Phila. Academy bested Phila. Elec., 13-3, in five innings. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. CF Mike Sullivan (four RBI). Pics
here.
  B-P beat Lansdale, 9-7. Huck's report is posted.
  Click
here for a pic/news release about Penn Charter's Kayla Quinn, who did something pretty darn special yesterday.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Bishop Joseph McFadden, who passed this morning. Then not a priest, he coached West Catholic's basketball team into the '76 CL final. Later, as the director of education for the Archdiocese, he spearheaded the CL's entry into the PIAA for the 2008-09 school year. RIP, sir.
  Coverage by
SFBN next week: Monday, Roxborough at Northeast; Tuesday, SJ Prep at Judge; Wednesday, Washington at Frankford; Thursday, Roman at La Salle.
  Friar Power! In a battle yesterday of area bigwigs with the same nickname, Malvern beat Bonner-Prendie, 7-0. Click here for Mike Higgins' report.

May 1
  Click
here for . . . The McDevitt's Kid's Socks Are Almost as Colorful as This Website's Homepage. (Almost, But Not Quite -- smile.)
  Click
here for . . . Sometimes the Foul Pole Isn't Metal or Wood.
  Lansdale beat McDevitt, 3-1. Ted's report is posted. In a rarity, DN ink to McDevitt sr. RH Tim O'Neill, who spun a one-hitter with eight Ks and went 3-for-3 with two doubles and one run. Pics
here.
  Malvern baseball player Matt McNally is up for Best Teammate '13.
  *The 39th annual City All-Star Football Game will be played Saturday, May 18, 7 p.m., at Northeast HS. We hope to have rosters soon.*
  Click here for . . . Ten Years Ago Today. It's a Tribute Page for a baseball game for the ages.
  Next stop for SCH Academy gridders: Bobby Keyes to Franklin & Marshall; Mike Hayes and Jamil Poole to Moravian.
 
SFBN will now cover today's SJ Prep at La Salle game.

April 30
  Have you seen one of ESPN's Top 10 Plays for April?
La Salle's Stefan Bergman is the maaaaaaan! Click here.  
  (Playing off
a pic from April 12): Click here for . . . If Anyone Is Going to Fall Asleep in the Dugout, It's a Guy With This Letter (Three Times) in His Surname.
  Click
here for . . . Some Days at Malvern Are Flat-Out Exhausting.
  Malvern beat Penn Charter, 5-1. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. RH Gardner "Mayor" Nutter. Pics
here.
  Washington came from behind to beat GAMP, 6-4, as Jake Wright crunched three triples. Randy's report is posted.
  Kenny Devenney, first team All-City outfielder for Penn Charter in '00 and '01, will be Roxborough's next baseball coach. Best wishes to Bob Stowman, who'll soon be heading into retirement.
  Lincoln's Adonis Rosario will play college hoops at Bryn Athyn.
  A reminder: Only seniors are eligible for Best Teammate '13. Thanks.

April 29
  Click here for Ted's story on La Salle sr. 1B Chris Melillo, who'd love to win another state title before heading to Notre Dame. 
  Click here for Nick Mandarano's report on Lansdale Catholic's recent Senior Night win and his great descriptions of all the senior players.
  Click here for Randy Seidman's latest Hometown Philly weekly college baseball awards . . . and more.
  Click
here for . . . If Anyone Should Head La Salle's Stat Crew . . .
  Click
here for . . . Baseball is a Thinking Man's Game. Don't You En-Tire-ly Agree?
  Click
here for indoor batting practice pics from La Salle (riveting stuff; some will appear next week in Sports Illustrated -- smile).
  Click here to see the latest edition of The Emissary (West Catholic's alumni publication) and Ed Kerr's detailed story on the school's great basketball run from 1949-59.
  Ryan's Kevin Mack is now in the
college baseball set.
  Whistletopps' latest offerings are over there >>>>>
  Next stop for Judge hoopsters: Sean Hanna and Brandon McGuire to Moravian; Jeff Seigafuse to Bryn Athyn (first team next winter).
  Click
here for Ted's NFL draft story on Our Guys.

April 28
  Click
here for pics from a signing ceremony (not a mainstream sport) involving Roman's Thomas Gallagher and SJ Prep's Hugh McAllister.
  Click here for more Frank Thoughts from former DN sports writer & desk man Frank Bertucci.
  Click here for Before They Hit Infield-Outfield . . . on Prep Charter assistant Foster McKoskey (GAMP).
 
SFBN will cover GAMP-Wash on Monday and Ryan-Judge on Wed.
  Baseball standings are now updated with remaining games.
  Congrats to Georgetown LB Robert McCabe (Malvern), who has signed a free agent deal with Miami. And to Rhode Island TE Joe Migliarese (La Salle), who has been invited to Baltimore's mini-camp.
 
April 27
  Please visit www.phillydailynews.com. Today's promo code: C86C.
 
***Click here for . . . Before They Got Caught in the NFL Draft. Ted's stories about Sharrif Floyd, Ryan Nassib and Earl Watford; written during their high school careers.***
  **Congrats to Florida State OLB Nick Moody (Roman), who was picked at No. 180 (sixth round) by San Francisco.**
 
Click here if you'd like to sign a petition asking Philly's pro teams to help save Public League sports. It was created by Chris Lehmann, the principal of Science Leadership.
  **Congrats to James Madison G Earl Watford (Gratz), who was picked at No. 116 (fourth round) by Arizona.**
  **Congrats to Syracuse QB Ryan Nassib (Malvern), who was picked at No. 110 (fourth round) by the NY Giants.**
  Baseball standings are updated through yesterday.

April 26
  Please visit www.phillydailynews.com. Today's promo code: B91O.
 
Click here to see why Chestnut Hill's Dom Raia (GAMP) was named the Division II
National Pitcher of the Week.
 
La Salle's Luke Persichetti competed in the Penn Relays shot put. He will receive DN ink. A few pics
here.

April 25
  Please visit www.phillydailynews.com. Today's promo code: F73W.
 
**Congrats to Florida DL Sharrif Floyd (Washington), who was picked at No. 23 by Minnesota. He's now here.** 
 
Click
here for . . . Doin' the Dirty Work, Part II.
 
Click
here for . . . Woodn't Your School Like to Have Seven Baseball Commits?
 
Click
here for . . . This Uniform Number Is Off the Charts, and There's a Great Reason!!
 
Washington overcame a 4-0 deficit to beat Prep Charter, 6-4. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. 2B-RH Jake Wright. Pics
here.
 
*Click here for two interesting baseball Tedbits (under today's date).* 

April 24
  Please visit www.phillydailynews.com. Today's promo code: H66A.
 
Click
here for Malvern's team pic, as offered by Jim Gentile. Thanks!
 
Congrats to Haverford School coach Bob Castell, who notched his 300th career win in the Fords' 7-1 non-league win over Upper Darby.
 
Click
here for . . . Sometimes Father's Day Comes Early.
 
Audenried sr. G Qaadir Nock will play college hoops at Wilmington.
 
Click
here for . . . Some Schools Have Trouble Finding One Manager. Carroll Has a Whole Crew, and the Gals Are Easy on the Eyes.
 
Carroll beat N-G, 5-4, on the strength of a five-run fourth. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. 1B Evan Harvey (plus a sliver to sr. RH Eric McGough). Pics
here.
 
Click
here for a pic of Haverford School CB Hannibal Mathis, who recently committed to play football at Valparaiso.
 
Modern mystery: Why has one of O'Hara's main colors switched from red to maroon? (At least on the baseball uniforms. See
here.)
 
Baseball standings are updated through yesterday.
 
For those who've been asking . . . Current PIAA pitching restrictions.

April 23
  Please visit www.phillydailynews.com. Promo code is again: P77D.
  Click
here for: I Went to a Baseball Game and a Carnival Broke Out.
  SJ Prep topped O'Hara, 3-0, in a game that featured just one hit until one man was out in the visiting sixth. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. RH Tom Mullin. Pics
here.

April 22
  Please visit www.phillydailynews.com. Today's promo code: P77D.
 
Click here for Randy Seidman's latest Hometown Philly weekly college baseball awards . . . and more.
 
***The following Cath/Int baseball rosters are still needed: McDevitt,
Ryan, SCH Academy. (Plus many Pub schools.)***
 
Masterman G Gary Bryant will play college hoops at Guilford.
  Boys' Latin beat Furness, 5-3, in a nice duel between jr. RH Antonio Harris and sr. RH Augustin Gil. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Harris. Pics
here.
  Bonner-Prendie 11, Conwell-Egan 0: Huck's report is posted. 
  Site change today: FLC at Germantown.
  Whistletopps' latest offerings are over there >>>>>.
  Former Gratz G Devon Walker, now at Globe Tech JC in NYC, will next play college hoops at Maryland-Eastern Shore.

April 21
 
Vaux' Rysheed Jordan and Imhotep's Brandon Austin will play for the U.S. All-Stars vs. the Capital Stars (D.C. area) in the 40th annual Capital Classic on Sunday, 4 p.m., at T.C. Williams High in Alexandria, Va. Vaux coach Jamie Ross will guide the U.S. squad.
  The 2013 Catholic League baseball champ will be decided in a double-elimination tournament. Click here for the brackets. Note: Complete info is not yet available. Thanks to coaches Joe Parisi (La Salle) and Jim DiGuiseppe Jr. (Wood) for their help.
  Click here for Before They Hit Infield-Outfield . . . on Central assistant Jim Benek.
  Click here for Nick Mandarano's report on Lansdale's 7-4 win over Roman (played yesterday). Make sure to read the part in yellow at the end of the report. Nick at his best!
  Bonner-Prendie 11, SJ Prep 7: Huck's report is posted.
  N-G point guard Hanif Sutton will play college hoops at Ursinus.

April 20
  Click here for a large-version pic of Episcopal's winning run yesterday vs. Penn Charter. Scoring it is No. 4, Anthony Perretti.
  **Click here for an interesting baseball Tedbit (under today's date).** 
  Comm Tech T Herron McBride will play college football at Bloomsburg as a preferred walk-on. Teammate Tylik "Bam" Guilford is headed for Shippensburg.
 
SFBN will cover Carroll at N-G on Monday.
  Washington baseball player Corey Sharp is our newest Best Teammate '13 nominee. Click here.
  Click here for Joe Santoliquito's pre-draft profile on Washington megastar DL Sharrif Floyd (Florida).
  What are the chances? Wednesday's four Pub A games were decided by five total runs. Friday's were decided by FIFTY-SEVEN!!!
  Baseball standings are updated through yesterday.

 

April 19
  Click
here for . . . Carly Rae Jepsen Would Love This Hat.
  Episcopal used a five-run home seventh to stun Penn Charter, 8-7. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. RH reliever Bennett Smith. Pics
here.   
  Carroll QB Sal Bello will play college football at Ursinus.
  **Click here for an interesting baseball Tedbit (under today's date).**

April 18
  Click here for . . . Some Ballpark Seats Are Bigger Than Others.
  Bonner-Prendie outlasted Wood, 12-9. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. RH Pat Vanderslice. Pics
here.
  Esperanza G Stanley Whittaker and Comm Tech F Terrence Brown
will play college hoops at Frank Phillips JC, in Texas.
  Click
here for . . . Some Coaches Never Stop Showing Their Love.
  Boys' Latin G Yahmir Greenlee will play college hoops at D-II Nyack College (NY).
  Science Leadership basketball player Andrew Chalfen is our newest Best Teammate '13 nominee. Click here.
  Baseball standings are updated through yesterday.
  Phila. Elec. G Hakeem Baxter has signed with Md.-Eastern Shore. Click here for Ted's short story.

April 17
  Click
here for . . . Some Leftfielders Have Four Legs.
  Click
here for . . . To Get Pics of Righthanded Batters at 7th & Packer, You Have to Take Advantage of a Small Hole in the Netting.
  Central beat Prep Charter, 11-9, in 56 hours (slight exaggeration - smile). Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. 2B-CF Kyle "Nuke" Newcomb. Pics
here.
  Yo, we need more baseball rosters!! (smile) silaryt@phillynews.com.
  What are the chances? . . . Haver. School-SCH Academy was suspended yesterday afternoon. So was Phillies-Reds last night.
  Click
here for some pics of Penn Charter's baseball players, as provided by staff member John Burkhart. Thanks, John!
  Palumbo sr. F Jameal Tucker will play college hoops at Bloomsburg.

April 16
  I-3 won its fifth consecutive Donofrio title by topping Team Philly, 123-116. Recap, tourney honors and boxscore are here. Click here for Joe Santoliquito's story.  
  Click here for Randy Seidman's latest Hometown Philly weekly college baseball awards . . . and more.
  Andrew D'Addona, a former La Salle High athlete (football/lacrosse, class of '09) and now a Temple senior, will box in a Philadelphia Golden Gloves championship bout Friday, 7 p.m., at Front Street Gym, 2076 E. Clearfield Street, 19134.
  Very cool, part I!!: La Salle's Tyreek Duren (N-G) earned first team All-Big 5 honors. (Click here for all-time list of city All-Big 5 guys).
  Very cool, part II!!: Temple's Jimmy Kerrigan (N-G) and La Salle's Joe Ravert (Malvern) are the A-10 Baseball Co-Rookies of the Week.
  O'Hara jr. Rec. Thaddius Smith has committed to Boston College. Click here for Ted's story.

April 15
  Frankford 7, Washington 3: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. C-P Eduardo "Cheese" Sanchez. Pics
here.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert puts the Greinke-Quentin brawl in the you-know-what context. 
  Click here for a blurb on Team Stars & Stripes' crush job in Italy.

April 14
  West Catholic WR Ron Womack will play college FB at Millersville.
  In Shippensburg's spring football game, frosh RB Sharif Smith (Furness) scored a TD. From the school's press release:
" . . . eluded three tacklers while taking a 24-yard swing pass to the house." Niiiiice.

April 13
  Click here for Before They Hit Infield-Outfield . . . on Gtn. Academy assistant Matt Zielinski (La Salle).
 
SFBN will cover Ryan at La Salle 4/15 and Wood at B-P 4/18.
   Whistletopps' latest offerings are over there >>>>>.

April 12
  Click here for . . . If Anyone Is Going to Fall Asleep in the Dugout, It's a Guy With These Initials.
  Gtn. Academy edged Haverford School, 8-7, in an Inter-Ac classic. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. CF Zeke Z Zabinski. Pics
here.
  As you might have heard, '74 La Salle High grad Joe Mihalich is now the basketball coach at Hofstra (after a long stint at Niagara). Click here for some info from La Salle's website, with links to other stuff.
  Click here for the updated Baseball Standings.
  Click here for Randy's report on Washington's 4-3 win over Central.
  Phil Gormley is Northeast's new football coach.

April 11
  Randy Seidman will file a report on Washington's win over Central.
  This is the worst spring ever for the reporting of baseball results. Might be time to start covering lacrosse or just worry about offseason football/basketball news. Very frustrating.
  Click
here for . . . We're Thinking This Mound Is Illegal.
  Click
here for Ted's followup story on Rysheed Jordan's commitment, with quotes from 'Sheed and coach Jamie Ross.
  Masterman 7, Franklin Towne 3: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. INF-OF-(P, though not today)/Entrepreneur/3-Sport Stalwart/Star Student Harry Taggart. Pics
here.
  ***Via Twitter, Rysheed Jordan has just announced his decision to attend St. John's.***
  Ed Morrone, ex-website stalwart now at the Northeast Times, penned
a profile piece on Judge's new football coach, Mike McKay. Click here.
And click here for his story on a budding baseball star at Frankford, Tim DiGiorgio, whose name should be familiar due to his QBing exploits. 
  Washington QB Dave Gavrilov will play college FB at Albright.
  Vaux hoops star Rysheed Jordan is expected to tweet his college decision this morning. Click here for Ted's setup story.

 

April 10
  **So, have you ever seen a Colt 45 on a baseball field?! You could have seen one today at Wood!! Click
here.**
  (Busy night. Please be patient. Thanks.)
  Wood beat N-G, 5-4, on Matt Mandes' two-run walkoff single. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Mandes, a jr. 2B. Pics
here.
  Click
here for . . . Is It OK If I Just Shoot the Ball Out of the End of My Bat?
  Click
here for . . . Now We've Seen Everything; a Righthander Throwing Over a Left Shoulder.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Romeo Capriotti, who passed recently at age 91. Mr. Capriotti was a first-magnitude football star for Frankford (Class of 1942) and the uncle of the school's recent coach, Mike Capriotti. RIP, sir.
  Check out Nick's report on Monday's 5-4 loss for Lansdale vs. Carroll.

April 9
  Lincoln 14, Kensington 4 (6 inn.): Ted's report is posted. DN ink
to sr. LH Dylan Burke. Pics
here.
  Check out Huck's report on yesterday's 12-0 win by B-P vs. McDevitt.
  Masterman G Mike Sturdivant will play college hoops at Immaculata.
  ***Check out stories by Dick Jerardi and John Smallwood on hoops Hall of Famer Dawn Staley (Dobbins).***
  Click here for more Frank Thoughts from former DN sports writer/deskman Frank Bertucci.

April 8
  Mike McKay, a '76 grad and star QB there, is Judge's new FB coach.
  Furness' team photo can be found
here. Thanks to Mike Moffa of www.moffaphoto.com.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Shawn White, an All-City QB for Bok in 1988. He passed recently after suffering a seizure. RIP, Shawn.
  Click here for Randy Seidman's latest Hometown Philly weekly college baseball awards . . . and more.
  Whistletopps has it all from the Pub all-star tripleheader>>>>>.
  Click here for the AAAA/AAA/AA/A All-State Basketball Teams, as chosen by sports writers and TV/radio folks, and congrats to MVPs Brandon Austin (Imhotep, AAA) and Rysheed Jordan (Vaux, A).  

April 7
  West Catholic DB Brandon Hollomon, now at Pierce JC in Calif., will next play football at Kansas.
  ***Click
here for pics from the recent sendoff for this year's Global Bowl Italy crew. Seven Int/Cath players and assistant Bill Gallagher. Thanks to team mom Lisa Florio for providing the photos!***
  Baseball historian John Shiffert takes a look at the Pirates' chances of leaving behind two decades of incompetence.
  Click here for Huck's reports on last week's B-P/Carroll games.
  Four Gtn. Academy guys have been added to
The College Set.
  Gtn. Academy OT Cullen Doyle will play college FB at Salve Regina.
 
SFBN will cover Thursday's Central at Washington baseball game. 

 
Click here for the latest effort from Ted Taylor, who's now in his 38th year of writing hobby columns. Congrats!
  Ed Dunn, formerly a Germantown assistant, is King's new FB coach.
  The Master Schedule pages for the Pub and Cath are updated.
  Click here for the updated Baseball League Recaps page.
  Click
here for the updated Donofrio Classic page.
  Click here for the boxes from the recent Pub All-Star Tripleheader.

March 31
 
Note from Ted: I'll be on a Daily News furlough this coming week. I'm also going to take a one-week break from the website. Full activity will resume April 7. Have a great week, everyone!

March 30
 
SJ Prep's Mark Hueber will play college hoops at Immaculata.
  Click here for Jerry Shenk's final state basketball rankings.
  Bonner-Prendergast beat Neumann-Goretti, 5-4, in eight innings, in a controversial finish. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.

March 29
  Congrats to former King football star Mark Bristol, who spent time on multiple NFL practice squads and is now pursuing a medical career. In July, he will begin a general surgery residency stint at Guthrie/Robert Packer Hospital, in Sayre, PA. Best of luck, Mark! (Click here for Ted's story about Mark's path from Sept. 2010.)
  Click here for Covered in Ink . . . These guys have received DN ink or cyber attention so far this school year (also links to past years).
  Welcome to our newest advertiser, Scott J. Fagan of Lincoln Mortgage
Company. His ad is up this page to the left and his website is here. Thank you, Scott!

March 28
  Click
here for . . . Dones Question the Effort.
  Central product Marcel Quarterman is the new d-backs' coach at Kutztown. Click here.
  Click here for the Daily News' All-City, All-Pub and All-Cath basketball teams and congrats to the Player of the Year, Vaux sr. G Rysheed Jordan.
  (The first-team All-City guys have been added to this list. The first- through third-team All-City guys have been added to these lists.)
  Click here for Randy Seidman's 2013 Hometown Philly College List. Thanks again, Randy, for your exhaustive work on this project!

March 27
  Ryan 9, La Salle 2: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Lansdale 11, McDevitt 0: Nick's report is posted.
  Click here for a great (yet sad) column, by Sandy Grady, on the last game in La Salle College's special 1968-69 season. FOUR guys from that team played pro ball and the coach was the legendary Tom Gola.
  Click here for Randy Seidman's latest Hometown Philly weekly college baseball awards . . . and more.
  Click here for more Frank Thoughts from former DN sports writer/deskman Frank Bertucci.

March 26
  Click here to see the details on tomorrow night's biggest Markward Club session of the year (Players of the Years, etc.)
  Ted debuted on the '13 Baseball Trail today . . . Judge beat Roman,
8-3. The report is posted. Pics
here.
  Wood DL Tyler Smith will play college football at Lycoming.
  **Click
here for Ted's background piece on La Salle star Tyrone Garland (Bartram) and thanks to coach James Brown and Amauro Austin, director of his ol' AAU program, for their insights.**
  **And click here for Rich Hofmann's column on another stellar 'Splorer, Tyreek Duren (Neumann-Goretti).**

March 25
  *A retirement party for long-time referee Tom McClain will be held this Thursday, 6 to 11 p.m., at Bridgemen's Hall, 11600 Norcom Road, Phila., Pa., 19154. Cost of $40 per person includes dinner and open bar. Tickets can be purchased at the door. For more info, contact Ernie Gallagher at
ernestgallagher@comcast.net
  The page of photo sets has been updated. Click
here.
  Click here for the list of Overall Scoring Leaders over the last 14 seasons (2000-13).
  Click here for Bill Wasylenko's look at La Salle's football series vs. now-defunct North Catholic. Thanks again, Bill!
  SJ Prep product Kyle Mullen now owns the career strikeout mark at Saint Joseph's University. Click here.

March 23
  **Click here for Vaux' State Champs Tribute Page.**
  **Click here for Imhotep's State Champs Tribute Page.**
  Click here for the Final 1,000-Point Scorers/Contenders (
**includes strongest candidates to reach 1,000 in 2013-14 and Top 25 all-time.**).
  Click here for the Final Overall Scoring Leaders.
  Randy Seidman was in the outdoors as the Pub baseball season opened yesterday! Click here for his report on G-Dub's win over Fkn Towne.

March 22
  In PIAA finals . . .
  AAA: Imhotep beat Carroll, 54-45, as Brandon Austin offered 25 points and solid defense.
Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to Austin. Game pics here. Celebration pics here. Click here for one of the team pics.
  A: Vaux beat Johnsonburg, 83-63, as Rysheed Jordan scored 32 points and shot 14-for-20.
Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to Jordan in overall context. Game pics here. Celebration pics here. Click here for one of the team pics.
  Click here for Ted's story on Carroll jr. G Joe Mostardi, who was preceded there by brother Vince (a member of the Patriots' 2009 state champs) and dad Dan (two-sport stalwart). And click here for an overall blurb on the title games (Main Men in the paper).

March 21
  Click
here for a video about Florida FB stud Sharrif Floyd (G-Dub).
  Click here for two Before They Drew X's and O's stories on West Catholic's new hoops coach, Jasmine Williams ('97). And click here for an announcement on West's website.
  ***Click here for the schedule/rosters for the upcoming Donofrio Classic.*** 
  Congrats to SJ Prep sr. G Stephen Vasturia, who has been named Gatorade's Pennsylvania Player of the Year!


March 20

  Four years ago today, Carroll won the CL's first state hoops title. Remember these guys?
  Click here for pics of NFLer Anthony Walters' special day at O'Hara!! Website legend Big Willie was also on hand!!
  Click here for practice pics from Carroll.
  ***Click here for info/rosters on the Public League Coaches' 38th annual all-star event, set for April 2 at Ben Franklin. And click here for a group pic of players/coaches from the recent practice.***
  Tim Kelly is no longer O'Hara's basketball coach.
  Malvern L Dan Riordan will play college FB at Franklin & Marshall.
  Click here for a story about Imhotep's win. And here for Carroll's.
  MC&S' Britton Lee is the newest member of the Pumpkin Head Team.
  Click here for Dick Jerardi's great story on Philly all-timer Tom Gola (La Salle High '51).


March 19

  Click
here for a pic of the Hershey-bound Vaux Cougars!!
  In PIAA semifinals . . .
  A: Vaux beat MC&S, 83-66. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to soph G Sammy Foreman. Pics here.
  AAAA: SJ Prep fell to Chester, 62-53. Stringer Joe Santoliquito did a DN story.
  AAA: Carroll beat Montour, 50-45. And Imhotep beat Donegal, 56-54, so it'll be an all-12 final! 
  Arcadia's Justin Scott (E&S) was named Philly's Small College Basketball Coach of the Year. Click
here
for a pic with Justin and staff.
  Click here for Randy Seidman's latest Hometown Philly weekly college baseball awards . . . and more.
 
La Salle's Mike Piscopo (with a very famous "friend"!) is now in The College Set.
  Click
here for our annual look at the Pub/Cath/Int guys who'll be playing in the NCAA tournament.

March 18
  Demetrius "Meech" Robinson hit leadoff in
The College Set. He has been joined by Dom Raia.
  Click
here for . . . So Many Seagulls, So Few Cars to Poop On.
  Click
here for . . . Patriots Go Bragh.
  Click here for Ted's writeback story on ConHigh jr. G Floyd Preito and here for a semis setup story.

March 17
  Services for Marvin Brown (see 3/16 entry) will be Friday, 3/22, at Greater Bible Way Temple, 1461 N. 52nd Street, Phila. Viewing from 9 to 10 a.m. Service to follow immediately.
  Click here for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders.
  Click
here for . . . Snow Go.
  In case you've never seen this . . . click
here
for a video of the Eagles-Packers NFL title game in 1960.
 
Click here for the matchups/sites/times (bottom of that page) for the semifinal round of the state playoffs.
  Thanks to commish Gene Otto for providing the CL/I-A schedules!
 
Click here for the Inter-Ac League Baseball Master Schedule.
 
Click here for the updated list of 1,000-Point Scorers/Contenders.

March 16
  Click here for the Catholic League Baseball Master Schedule.
  In PIAA quarterfinals . . .
  AA: Constitution fell to Holy Cross, 75-61. Ted's report is posted. Monday DN ink TBA. Pics
here.
  AAAA: SJ Prep won.
  Click
here for . . . Not All Passengers Can Go Inside the Supermarket.
  Click
here for . . . Hey, Let's Play Leap Frog!
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of friends of former Gratz basketball star Marvin Brown, who died earlier this week. Marvin was a first team All-City player in '74, then split his college career between Temple and North Carolina A&T. RIP, Marvin.

March 15
  In PIAA quarterfinals . . .
  A: Vaux beat Church Farm, 68-64. Ted's report is  posted. Pics
here . . . MC&S beat Sankofa, 71-59. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to sr. G Britton Lee. Pics here.
  In other games: In AAA, Imhotep and Carroll won. N-G did not.
  Click here for a story on the passing of NYC high school coach Jack Curran, who collected more than 2,500 lifetime wins with basketball/baseball teams. RIP, sir.
  Click here for Ted's feature story on Imhotep sr. WG Deryl Bagwell.

March 14
  Click
here to see how ex-Southern star Jason Sabb ended his college career at Cheyney.
  The PIAA brackets (look above) are now updated.
  Click here for the latest effort from Ted Taylor, who's now in his 38th year of writing hobby columns. Congrats!

  Click
here for practice pics from Imhotep.
  Click here for Labor Classic info/rosters (April 7, at Northeast HS)
.
 
Click here for the matchups/sites/times (bottom of that page) for the AAAA/AA state quarterfinals.
  Click
here for . . . A Battle Cry All Coaches Might Wanna Steal.

March 13
  In PIAA second-round playoffs . . .
  AAAA: SJ Prep beat York William Penn (a k a just "York"), 72-55. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to soph F Chris Clover. Pics
here.
  Other games: King lost in AAAA. ConHigh won in AA. Comm Tech, Sayre and Del-Val lost in AA.
  The PIAA brackets (look above) are now updated.

 
Click here for the matchups/sites/times (bottom of that page) for the AAA/A state quarterfinals.
  Click
here for . . . Soarin'-Three-No. (Soarin'-Three-Yes, actually.)
  Click
here for . . . Is There Anything More Grueling Than Badminton?
  Click
here for . . . King's Allen "Pumpkin" Anderson is Already Looking Forward to Next Halloween.
  Click
here
for . . . Never Know What Nutty Bumper Stickers You'll See on the Back of a Service Company Van.

March 12
  In PIAA second-round playoffs . . .
  AAA: Carroll beat Pope John Paul II, 57-40. Ted's report is posted.
DN ink to soph F Derrick Jones (within a whisker of a triple-double). Pics
here.
  Other games: D-12 went 6-1. N-G and Imhotep won in AAA; Phila. Elec. fell. Vaux, MC&S and Sankofa won in A.
  Click
here for practice pics from King.
  After storming to a 10-0 record in Round One, the Pub is ready to forge ahead in state playoffs. And one of the foes will feature the grandson of an all-time Phillies slugger. Click here. And click
here for a photo set (thanks to Mark "Frog" Carfagno for making this happen!).

March 11
  Southern Miss sr.
Dwayne Davis (Strawberry Mansion) earned first team honors in Conference USA! Click here. Also, Mansion product D.J. Newbill (Penn State) earned HM in the Big Ten. Click here.
 
Click here for Bill Wasylenko's look at La Salle's successful sophomore QBs. Thanks again, Bill!
  Click here for Randy Seidman's latest Hometown Philly weekly college baseball awards . . . and more.
  Tidbit from Ted: Every kid on
Sayre's team should be a good shooter. The gym has FOURTEEN baskets!! (smile)
  Click
here for practice pics from Sayre & Phila. Electrical.
  Click here for info on Wednesday's Markward Club luncheon.
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on
Del-Val soph G-F DaShon Giddings and Comm Tech sr. WG David Johnson
.

March 10
  Click
here for . . . Hey, We Thought He Coached the Baseball Team.
  Norfolk State jr. G Pendarvis Williams (Bodine) has been named the Player of the Year in the MEAC. Niiiiiiiice!
  Click here for a page that celebrates University City's football history.
  The PIAA brackets (look above) are now updated.
  Click here for the updated list of 1,000-Point Scorers/Contenders.

 
***District 12 squads compiled a 13-2 record in first round games, lifting their mark over the last four seasons to 44-13 (.772). And the Pub was perfect at 10-0! Has to be a state (even national? -- smile) record, right? In nine seasons total, D-12 is 70-34 (.673) in first-rounders.***

 
Click here for the matchups/sites/times (bottom of that page) for the second round of the state playoffs.

March 9
  In PIAA first-round playoffs . . .
  AAAA: Roman fell to Norristown, 79-66. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  AA: Del-Val beat Conwell-Egan, 63-59. Ted's report is posted. Monday DN ink TBA. Pics
here.
  Other games: King and SJ Prep won in AAAA. Sayre, Constitution and Comm Tech won in AA. (D-12's first-round record: 13-2!)
  Click
here for . . . A Dunkin' We Will Go (one of Anthony Wright-Downing's three wolf-downs).
  Click here for a SportsWeek story on NBA twins Marcus and Markieff Morris (Prep Charter), who are together again in Phoenix.
  David Hand is Prep Charter's new football coach.
  ****Click
here
for video of an all-time basketball play (not the right play, unfortunately). And here for a column about it.****

March 8
  In PIAA first-round playoffs . . .
  AAA: Phila. Elec. beat Palmyra, 48-44. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  A: Sankofa beat Lebanon Catholic, 54-41. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to sr. G Dache' Talbert. Pics
here.
  Other games: A 7-0 sweep for D-12! N-G, Imhotep and Carroll won in AAA. Vaux and MC&S won in A.
  Click
here for pics of Boys' Latin's recent football commits.
  Click here for a page that celebrates Comm Tech's football history.
  West Catholic has scrapped plans to field a varsity baseball team this season. There will be a JV squad.
  Click here for a page that celebrates Bok's football history.
  Click here for a page that celebrates Germantown's football history.
  Click here for a short story that sets up the state playoffs' first round.

March 7
  Click here for Covered in Ink . . . These guys have received DN ink or cyber attention so far this school year (also links to past years).
  Three of Our Guys have been named to the PSAC's East/West all-star basketball squads. Congrats to Judge's Reggie Charles, Southern's Jason Sabb and N-G's Wali Hepburn
! Click here for the teams.
  Click here for Randy Seidman's latest Hometown Philly weekly college baseball awards . . . and more.
  Click here for Ted's feature story on
Carroll sr. PG Yosef Yacob.

March 6
  Click
here to see how a court-storming SHOULD happen.
  McDevitt DB Tymere Wilder, also a basketball starter, will play college football at Millersville.
  Click
here for: If Carroll's Boys' Squad Needs Another Rotation Member . . . (smile).
  Click
here for practice pics from Carroll (girls, then boys).
  Click here for Ted's feature story on ConHigh soph WG Akeem King.
  Another BT '13 nominee! Josh LaMarra, of Bonner-Prendie rugby.

March 5
 
Click here for the Daily News' All-City Baseball Returnees.
  Click
here for . . . Sometimes the Best Action Involves the Managers.
  Click
here for . . . Some Practice Turnovers Can Be Painful.
  Another BT '13 nominee! Episcopal hoopster Matt Angelos.
  Click
here for practice pics from SJ Prep and Constitution.
  Another Best Teammate '13 nominee! MC&S hoopster Jeffon Powell.
  Click here for "Only in the Pub" . . . Tennessee version.
  Click
here for info on tomorrow night's Markward Club dinner. ***Note: Dinner has been postponed to 3/20!!***

March 4
  Click
here for a weird pic from Sankofa's practice.
  Another Best Teammate '13 nominee! N-G hoopster Hanif Sutton. 
  Another Best Teammate '13 nominee! Palumbo hoopster Calvin Francis.
  We've added some files to Baseball '13. Thanks to Dave Connolly and Gene Otto for their help!
  Another Best Teammate '13 nominee! SJ Prep hoopster Mark Hueber.
  Click
here for practice pics from MC&S and Sankofa.
  ***We have our first Best Teammate '13 nominee! Ryan hoopster Gage Galeone.***
  Click
here for a pic of brothers Terrence Brown (CT) and Jordan Burney (C-E), whose teams met Saturday for the Class AA City Title.
  The City Title boxscores are in today's Daily News (page 55).

March 3
  Click
here for Ted's writeback story on Comm Tech's Terrence Brown AND Conwell-Egan's Jordan Burney
, whose teams met on Saturday.
 
The nomination box is open!! We're looking for Best Teammate '13, the coolest senior athlete in the Public/Catholic/Inter-Ac leagues. Please send your nominations to silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks!
 
Click here to be amazed by the final seconds of a playoff game.
  The PIAA brackets (look above) are now updated.
  Click here for the matchups/sites/times (bottom of that page) for next weekend's first round of the state playoffs.


March 2

  Click
here for video of the great speech made last night by Wood sr. L Fran Walsh, the Maxwell Club's High School Player of the Year (starts at 3:30 into video).
  Look to the right to see which recent games were covered by Greg Harris and his Whistletopps crew >>>>>

  In a City Title . . .
  AA: Comm Tech beat Conwell-Egan, 70-60.
Ted's report is posted. Monday DN ink TBA. Pics
here (set starts with some pics from the N-G/Imhotep girls' game).
 
Former McDevitt FB star Lamar McPherson is becoming quite the film whiz. Click here for Dana DiFilippo's SportsWeek story.
  Click
here for . . . Cotton Earrings Are All the Rage.
  Click
here for a playful pic of AAA City Title -- cough, cough -- "MVP" John "Sticky Fingers" Mastrando. 
  Click here for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders.
  Click here for the updated list of 1,000-Point Scorers/Contenders.
  Gtn. Academy sr. Greg Dotson is a semifinalist in a national dunk contest. You can vote for him here and see his uncorkings here.
  Seven Heaven . . . Click here for a pic of N-G's
rotation members.

March 1
  In City Titles . . .
 
AAA (and overall): Neumann-Goretti topped Imhotep, 52-51. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to jr. G Ja'Quan Newton and jr. F-C Tony Toplyn. Game pics here. Celebration pics here. Philly.com pics here.
  AAAA: Roman bested King, 69-53.
Ted's report is posted. Dan Hoban's to come. Pics here.
 
Look to the right to see which recent games were covered by Greg Harris and his Whistletopps crew >>>>> 
  Rysheed Jordan IS the Pub coaches' MVP (overall voting is complete.)
  Click
here for . . . Never Know What You Might See Right Outside Comm Tech's Practice.
  Science Leadership's team photo can now be found
here. Thanks to Andrew "Captain Chalf" Chalfen for making it happen.
  MC&S' Kwahmere Gredic is now in
the college set

  The Coaches' All-Public Team is in today's Daily News (page 55).
  Click here for a story by Ted that sets up City Title Weekend.

Feb. 28
  Click
here for . . . When It Comes to Stats, He Floors the Competition.
  District 12 Game to Determine Seeding . . .
  AAAA: SJ Prep beat Bartram, 70-42. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. PG P.J. Kelly. Pics
here.
  Click
here for practice pics from Comm Tech.
  Seven Int/Cath FB players will be playing in Italy. Click here.
  Click
here for a memorable video. (No hints. WELL worth your time.)
  Click
here for . . . "Erning" His Keep. (Carroll's Ernest Aflakpui
took four charges in last night's loss to Phila. Elec.)
 
Click here for Bill Wasylenko's look at La Salle's 1998 football champions . . . the CL's last overall kingpin. Thanks again, Bill!

Feb. 27
  District 12 Game to Determine Seeding . . .
  AAA: Phila. Elec. beat Carroll, 48-46. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. G Austin Hawkins. Pics
here (set starts with some from the Bonner-Prendie/Freire girls' game).
  Ticket info for the CT doubleheader Friday night at Saint Joseph's University: Each participating school has been provided 500 tickets for pre-sale. Unsold tickets will be returned to SJU Friday afternoon. All tickets are $10. No will-calls.
  The Khandyman checks in with Haverford School's Levan "Shawn" Alston
, the Inter-Ac's co-MVP and only a sophomore.

Feb. 26
  Click here for another Wild/Wacky Story . . . about Overbrook's OT win over Roman for the 1980 City Title. (N-G/Imhotep will be the first full-fledged CT since then.)
 
Click here for the latest effort from Ted Taylor, who's now in his 38th years of writing hobby columns. Congrats!

  Click here for Randy Seidman's latest Hometown Philly weekly college baseball awards . . . and more.
 
Upcoming telecasts on SFBN: Friday, the AAAA and AAA City Titles.
  Click here for practice pics from Conwell-Egan (gym is newly lit!!).
  Click
here for a pic of Ja'Quan Newton's banked trey to end the first half & here for a pic of his second half flush job.
  Today's final edition of the Daily News has complete CL finals coverage, with full boxscores & photos. Should be at stores/newsstands.
  Click here for the 2013 Carpenter Cup Classic brackets/schedule.
  Scratch the Pub MVP choice: After further discussion, the league's five-member executive committee has decided to involve all coaches in the selection process. A winner will be announced at a later date.
  Malvern QB Billy "Moose" Ford will play college FB at West Chester.
  In a special meeting Monday night, Vaux sr. G Rysheed Jordan was unanimously named the Pub's most valuable player.
  Click
here
for a large group pic of the happy Saints.

Feb. 25
  In the Cath boys' final . . .
  Ja'Quan Newton scored 27 points and played strong defense as N-G beat SJ Prep, 60-42, to claim its fifth consecutive title.
Ted's report
is posted. DN ink to Newton. Ed Barkowitz handled the story for the first edition. Game pics here. Celebration pics here.
  In the Cath girls' final . . .
  O'Hara beat Wood, 31-25, and took just four shots from the floor in the second half (none in fourth quarter).
DN ink by stringer Joe Santoliquito. Pics here.

  ***To all who are wondering . . . If any organization is streaming/televising tonight's Cath final, they haven't let us know.***
  The first team All-Pub honorees can now be found on this master list, which goes back to 1941. And click here for the updated list of multi-year first-teamers.
  **Click here for the Coaches' All-Pub Teams and congrats to MVPs Rysheed Jordan,
Jahyde Gardiner, Fa'Teem Glenn, Jamie Betancourt and Tobias Stokes.**
 
Baseball historian John Shiffert finds a century-plus tie to baseball in the Oscar Pistorius situation.
  Two winners in the Fenerty family. Dad Jim led Gtn. Academy to Inter-Ac and Indy Tourney crowns. Son Jimmy, a senior G, and Dickinson are headed to the D-III tournament after winning the Centennial title.  
  MC&S' Chris Stokes & Quentin Davis are now in
the college set
.
  Click here for new thoughts from Speedy Morris on Roman's gym.
  ***Click here for Ted's X-ray on tonight's Cath final.***
 
Look to the right to see which recent games were covered by Greg Harris and his Whistletopps crew >>>>> 

Feb. 24
  **Click
here for a large pic of Imhotep's hoops/overall family.**
  **Click
here
for a large pic of Abraham Massaley's winning shot.**
  In the Pub boys' final . . .
  Imhotep edged Vaux, 67-66, on Abraham Massaley's drive with 0:12 left, thus capturing its fourth title in five years. Vaux' Rysheed Jordan poured in 45 points, going 21-for-23 at the line.
Ted's report
is posted. DN ink to several in overall context. Game pics here. Celebration pics here.
  In the Pub girls' final . . .
  Prep Charter bested Central, 56-37, for its third consecutive crown.
DN ink by intern Kimberly Slaven. Pics here.

Feb. 23
  Click here to see which Philly guys earned postseason honors in the D-III MAC Commonwealth Conference . . .And congrats to E&S product Justin Scott (Arcadia), the Coach of the Year! (In his first season!)
  Click
here for . . . The Few, The Proud, The Sabers (Sayre had just six players in uniform today. The starters went the distance).
  District 12 Games to Determine Seedings . . .
  A: Sankofa 60, Mansion 47: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here. (Sankofa gets 3rd; Mansion is eliminated.)
  AA: Sayre 41, Del-Val 40: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
(Sayre gets 4th; D-V gets 5th.)

Feb. 22

  ***Click here for Ted's X-ray on Sunday's Pub final.***
  Two
Gratz FB players have made college commitments: QB/WR Davone Cornish to Bloomsburg; OL Scott Ervin to Kutztown.
  **Click here for Ted's special research on CL semifinals.**
  Ryan Goessler is West Catholic's new baseball coach.
  Look to the right to see which recent games were covered by Greg Harris and his Whistletopps crew >>>>>
  Click here for the updated list of 1,000-Point Scorers/Contenders.
  Click
here for a page that includes a pic of La Salle's 14 D-I lacrosse signees/commits.
  Gtn LB Tyron Blackwell will play college football at East Stroudsburg.
  B-P lineman Devin Young will play college football at Wesley.
  You know you want to see the video!! Troy Harper's
unconscious put-back slam
for N-G vs. Carroll at the Palestra Wednesday night.

Feb. 21
 
N-G jr. 1B Josh Ockimey has committed to play his college baseball at the University of Arkansas.
  Coach Speedy Morris is NOT happy his SJ Prep team is not assured of representing the CL in the game for the AAAA City Title. Click here.
  In Public League semis . . .
  Vaux 71, King 68 (OT): Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. G Karon Snead. Pics
here.
  Imhotep 66, Comm Tech 40: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. G-F Brandon Austin. Pics
here.
  Tommy Coyle has left Judge to become Penn Charter's new FB coach.
  ***Word from CL hoops moderator Joe Sette: Roman will play King in the 4A City Title game UNLESS SJ Prep beats N-G in Monday's CL final. (There's a complicated points formula. SJ Prep is ahead on TOTAL power points right now, but a loss to N-G would place its AVERAGE number of power points below Roman's.)*** 
  Former West Catholic LB Tristin Freeman ('12)
, now at Valley Forge MA, is headed to Temple as a preferred walk-on.
 
Upcoming telecasts on SFBN: Thurs., Pub semis (IC-CT & RV/MLK); Sun., Pub final. 
 
Click here for the updated master schedule for classification City Title and seeding games (bottom of that page). Number of District 12 teams to play in state tourney: 3 in AAAA; 4 in AAA, 5 in AA, 3 in A.

Feb. 20
  In Catholic League semis . . .
  N-G 57, Carroll 34: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sub jr. G Troy Harper. Pics
here.
  SJ Prep 57, Roman 50: Ted's report is posted. As is John Knebels' DN ink to jr. G-F Kyle Thompson. Pics
here.
  Click here for a story that sets up the Cath/Pub semis.
  One of MC&S' stars has been banished from the Pub. Click here.

Feb. 19
  Fkd QB Tim DiGiorgio is headed to Temple as a preferred walk-on.
  Click
here for practice pics from Neumann-Goretti.
  Click here for info on tomorrow' Markward Club dinner.
  Click here for Ted's feature story on King sr. G-F Raquan Brown-Johnson, who will enjoy the Pub AND Cath semis.

Feb. 18
  Baseball historian John Shiffert examines the Rays.
  ***To put you in the mood for Wednesday's Cath semis, click here for a story from 2006.***
  Click here for Randy Seidman's first Hometown Philly weekly college baseball awards of 2013 . . . and more.
 
For the fourth time total, and second week in a row, Boston U.'s Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson (Boys' Latin) is the America East Rookie of the Week. Click here.
  For the second time this season, Shippensburg's Reggie Charles (Judge) is the PSAC East Player of the Week. Click here.
  Click
here for . . . Block Party!
  Click here for our latest Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on King assistant Jason Lawson (Olney '93).
  Click here for the updated list of One-Game School Records.
  Bill Gallagher, Episcopal's former FB coach, will be an assistant for Team Stars & Stripes, which will play Italy's under-19 national team in Milan on 4/13 in "Global Bowl Italy." Rosters TBA next week.
  Full boxscores on all Pub/Cath quarterfinals are in today's Daily News (page 51). Thanks to: Amauro Austin, Frog Carfagno, Huck Palmer, Steve Reid, coaching staffs from Bartram & King, SJ Prep's managers. 
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on
Vaux sr. G Rysheed Jordan and Gtn. Academy sr. G Nick Lindner
.

Feb. 17
  OK, so The Khandyman is not an Inter-Ac basketball coach. Doesn't mean he can't have an opinion! (smile) Click
here.
  Look to the right to see which recent games were covered by Greg Harris and his Whistletopps crew >>>>>
  Click here for the Coaches' All-Inter-Ac Team and congrats to the co-MVPs, GA's Julian Moore and HS' Levan "Shawn" Alston.
  Click here for the updated list of 1,000-Point Scorers/Contenders.
  Congrats to Germantown Academy, which last night topped Kiski for the Pa. Indy Schools Tourney title.

Feb. 16
 
Click here for . . . It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Basketball Player.
  **Special note: The Pub semis have been switched to Thursday. Two games at Southern. Imhotep-Comm Tech at 5; Vaux-King at 6:45.**
  In Pub quarterfinals . . .
  A: Vaux beat MC&S, 62-61, as sr. G Rysheed Jordan scored 29 points and hit the second of two free throws with one-tenth of a second remaining.
Ted's report is posted. Pics here. Click here for a pic of Rysheed Jordan's winning free throw. And click here for a pic of the drive on which he was fouled.
  AAA: Imhotep beat Phila. Electrical, 51-43, as jr. F Basil Thompson saved eight of his 10 points for the fourth quarter.
Ted's report is posted. Pics here.
  AAAA: King beat Bartram, 63-46, as sr. WG-SF Raquan Brown-Johnson posted 24 points.
Ted's report is posted. Pics here
.
  AA: Comm Tech beat Constitution, 78-75.
 
Click here for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders.
  Gtn. Academy (over HS) and Kiski (over PC) were the winners in last night's Pa. Indy Tourney semis. Tonight's final: 6:45 at Malvern. 
  Wednesday's Cath semis (Palestra): RC-SJP at 7, AC/N-G at 8:30.
 
N-G L Jose Rodriguez will play football at Cheyney.
  Germantown WR Darnell Baldwin
will play football at Bloomsburg.

Feb. 15
  In Cath quarterfinals . . .
  Roman 55, Wood 44:
Ted's report is posted. Dan Hoban's will be. Pics here. Roman student Jake Flanagan began the night as a lensman (click here) and finished it as a mascot (click here).
  SJ Prep beat La Salle, 74-57, as Miles Overton (26) and Stephen Vasturia (23) led the way.
Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to Overton, a sr. G-F. Pics here.
  Carroll 69, Ryan 53: Huck's report is posted.
  Other game: N-G beat McDevitt, 85-54. 
  West Catholic L Josh Gibbs will play college football at Marist.
  Former Penn Charter basketball star Aaron Carter, the son of ex-NBAer Fred Carter (Franklin), is now a sports writer for the Centre Daily Times and he covers Penn State. Click here for a wonderful column he wrote about Philly guys such as his dad (who turned 68 yesterday), Earl Monroe (Bartram) and PSU's D.J. Newbill (Mansion)
while working in some of his personal story.
 
Tomorrow's telecasts on SFBN: Bart-King and Imho-Phila. Elec.
 
Frankford football commitments: SS Renz "Rodeo" Compton to East Stroudsburg; WR Denzel Turbeville to Wesley.

Feb. 14
  Wow!
Imhotep product Sam Prescott tonight scored 44 points (10-for-14 on treys!) as Mount St. Mary's knocked off Bryant, 84-70.
  Welcome back to the website crew, Luke Sawick. The '09 McDevitt grad was in attendance last night and couldn't resist writing a report. Click here. Thank you, Luke!
  In a Pa. Indy Tourney quarterfinal . . .
  Penn Charter 44, Malvern 37:
Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. CG Sean O'Brien. Pics here.
  Click here for the final Int scoring leaders, and congrats to top-guy Shawn Alston (Haverford School), who's only a soph.

  **Dan Spinelli, Nick Mandarano and guest Bob Long -- website contributors, all -- will break down tomorrow's La Salle-SJ Prep CL quarterfinal tonight, from 7 to 7:30, right here. Take a listen.**
  *Click here for our 36th annual list of basketball prospects.*

Feb. 13
  **McDevitt topped Judge, 56-46, for its second CL playoff win in 50 seasons of membership.
Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. F Tyrell Long (22 points). Pics here. Click here for a team pic and here for a BIG version.**
  Wood won the other first-rounder, 38-36, over Lansdale.
  In a Pa. Indy tourney quarterfinal, Haverford School beat Westtown, 65-56. The Khandyman's report is posted.

  Click
here for the brackets for the Pa. Independent Schools Tourney.
  "Bourn" baseball historian John Shiffert is back with a breakdown that includes Shane Victorino. Click here.
  Sign of respect for his "little" contributions: N-G's Hanif Sutton
now owns the "modern" record for lowest scoring average (4.7) for an All-Catholic honoree, breaking 4.9 by Judge's Chris Farrell in 1979. (We have league averages for everybody going back to the 1950 season.)

Feb. 12
  ***Congrats to award winners Stephen Vasturia (MVP), Chris McNesby (coach of year) and Hanif Sutton (top defender)!!!. The full Coaches' All-Cath Team is here.***
  Congrats to La Salle's freshman team, coached by Alex Brown, which has finished unbeaten for a second consecutive season (21-0 both times; streak is up to 47 games).
  Time for another Separated at Birth . . . Comm Tech's Samir Doughty and TWO guys.
  ***We're expecting to post the Coaches' All-Cath Team late tonight.**
  Schedule for Saturday's Pub quarterfinals (also classification finals) . . .
  At Franklin: King vs. Bartram, 1; Imhotep vs. Phila. Elec., 2:45.
  At Southern: ConHigh vs. Comm Tech, 4:15; MC&S vs. Vaux, 6.
  In Pub round-of-16 playoffs (also classification semis) . . .
  AA: Comm Tech crunched Sayre, 88-54, as soph PG Samir Doughty rang up a school record 37 points. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Doughty. Pics
here.
  AAAA: Bartram edged Frankford, 52-51, on sr. G Khayri Washington's late trey. DN ink to Washington.
  Other winners:
  AAAA: King - AAA: Phila. Elec., Imho - AA: Const. - A: Vaux, MC&S.
  Ryan football commitments: OL Billy Dykan to Bloomsburg; OL Brian Robbins to Kutztown.
  Northeast QB/S Harold Alexander will play football for the JC portion of Valley Forge Military Academy.
  Wood baseball commits: P Scott Boches to D-I Marist; INF Colt Smith to D-III Neumann.
  Shippensburg's Tyhiem "Redz" Perrin (Imhotep) is the PSAC East's Freshman of the Week for the second time this season.
  Boston University's Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson (Boys' Latin) is the America East Rookie of the Week for the third time this season.
  Click
here for a bit of Lansdale Catholic history. (Large version here.)
  Click
here for . . . He DOES Know Jack About How a Coach Should Dress When He Goes Out to Watch Two Other Teams (smile). 

Feb. 11
  Roman QB Michael Keir will play college football at California (Pa.) 
  Lansdale Catholic beat Conwell-Egan, 50-35, in a pre-playoff to claim the CL's 10th and final postseason berth. Ted's report is posted. As are  reports by Nick Mandarano and Mike DeMarchi. DN ink to sr. C Chris Rudisill. Pics
here.
  Click
here for video of Amar Stukes' 1,000th point and La Salle's "Silent Night" (afternoon version) festivities. Thanks to Rob Johnson.
  The start time for Friday's La Salle-SJ Prep playoff will be 3:30.
  Click here for Dan Hoban's report on yesterday's Roman-Ryan tilt.
  ***Click
here for . . . Order on the Court!! (a page that celebrates La Salle's recent, goofy scoring feat).***
  B-P assistant Jack Glacken was the first to provide a correct answer for the trivia question at the end of Ted's B-P/O'Hara report.
  Roman's Matt Simon will play his college basketball at Immaculata.
  Click here for the final Cath scoring leaders . . . and congrats to La Salle's Amar Stukes, who won the crown while surpassing 1,000.

Feb. 10
  Special note: Lansdale beat C-E, 50-47. Mike DeMarchi's report is  posted. Those two will meet again Monday night at La Salle HS, 7 o'clock, to determine 10th place.
  N-G fell to Chester, 58-41, before a standing-room only crowd (and a national TV audience) at Neumann University. Ted's report is posted. Medium DN story (just to recap). Pics
here.
  B-P 40, O'Hara 39: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. F-C Nick Czibik. Pics
here (lots of JV to start).
  Carroll 65, La Salle 52: Dan Spinelli's report is posted.
  Other afternoon results: Carroll and Roman were winners. **N-G is first seed. Roman is 2nd. Prep is 3rd. Carroll is 4th seed; Ryan is 5th;
La Salle is 6th. Wood is 7th. McDevitt is 8th. Judge is 9th. 10th seed to be determined (LC or C-E)**

 
This week's telecast on SFBN: Sou at King, Tues.

Feb. 9
  **How cool is this?! A La Salle grad earned a Super Bowl ring. To boot, he formerly wrote for this site!! Click
here for a neat pic and here for his basketball reports in '06**
 
Click here for the final Pub scoring leaders (expanded: 10.0 minimum).
  Click
here for . . . Sometimes It's Halloween in February.
  Click here for the updated overall scoring leaders.
  Click here for the updated 1,000-point scorers/contenders.
  Click here for the updated Cath/Int scoring leaders.

Feb. 8
  **Congrats to Gtn. Academy on its 10-0 Inter-Ac season!!**
  Click
here for . . . He Doesn't Know Jack About How a Coach Should Dress on Game Day (smile).
  McDevitt 56, B-P 45: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Roman 71, O'Hara 39: Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to O'Hara sr. PG Mike Louden. Pics here.
  Ryan 57, La Salle 56: Dan Spinelli's report is posted.
  Changes: GA at EA, 3:45; AW at N-G, 6; FJ at AC, 6; BM at B-P, 6.
  Click
here for a video of Notre Dame's Signing Day press conference. It's loooong. Roman's William Fuller is mentioned at 9:14; PC's Mike McGlinchey at 15:10.
  The dates/details for Pub/Cath playoffs are now
here
  Click
here for the brackets for the Pa. Independent Schools Tourney.
  Click
here for a pic of La Salle's
football commits.

Feb. 7
  Click
here for a pic of Haverford School's football commits.
  Click
here for an Oldheads/Youngbloods Mansion pic (smile).
  Click
here for a pic of Raekwon Dial's winning basket for Mansion.
  Click
here for Tuesday's Pub playoff schedule (under Feb. 12) and click here for brackets.
  In Pub first-round playoffs . . .
  A: Strawberry Mansion beat New Media, 53-52, on Raekwon Dial's late steal-layup combo. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Dial, a jr. WG. Pics
here.
  AAAA: Southern beat Washington, 65-55, in a game halted with 23.2 seconds left due to fighting. DN ink to sr. G Wayne Brunson.
  Other winners . . .
  AAAA: King, Frankford, Bartram.
  AAA: Imhotep, Boys' Latin, Phila. Elec., Dobbins.
  AA: Comm Tech, Sayre, ConHigh, Del-Val.
  A: MC&S, Vaux, Sankofa.
  Wood OL George Griffin will play college football at Holy Cross.
  Click
here for a pic of O'Hara's signees.
  Randy Seidman is back with more college baseball info. Click here.
  More football commitments: Lackawanna JC's Andrew Edouard (Overbrook, OL) to Bethune Cookman and Maciej Mazur (Northeast, TE) to Kutztown (received bad info earlier); O'Hara WR Tarron Dunbar and Washington DB Marquis Edwards to Shippensburg.
  Overall records for Pub teams have been added to
the standings page. Please speak up if something is incorrect. silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Your school's team can make money by assisting at the Blue Cross Broad Street Run. Check out the ad above to the left. Thanks!
  Jared Jackson, who plans to become a pediatrician, is one of the jewels in Imhotep's senior class of football players. Click here for Ted's story. And here for a website with a story and photos.

Feb. 6
  Click
here for a pic of ex-West Catholic QB Jaleel Reed, who has signed to play WR at Maine.
  In SJ Prep's game tonight at Wood, Stephen Vasturia became the Hawks' all-time leading scorer and Miles Overton reached 1,000 points.
Thanks to Mike Prince for the heads-up.
  Ex-PET WG Carrington Ward, now at Palm Beach State JC, will next play basketball at North Texas.
  Click
here for a pic of Northeast DB David Pulliam (Eastern Michigan).
  Click
here for a pic of La Salle P Ryan Winslow (Pitt).
  Click
here for a pic of Penn Charter's signees.
  Click here for an update on the James Cottrell situation (transferred from Fels, now at Imhotep) from Imhotep coach Andre Noble.
  Judge's Brandon Spatz (LB) and Vince LoStracco (OL) will play college football at West Chester.
  Click here for intern Kimberly Slaven's story on N-G football star Sharif Custis,
who's bound for UMass.
 
This week's telecasts on SFBN: NE at Fkd, Thurs.; Wood at N-G, Fri.

Feb. 5
  Click
here for Thursday's Pub playoff schedule (under Feb. 7) and click here for brackets.
  **Click
here for a pic of De'Andre Williams' winning trey for NE.**
  In preliminary Pub playoffs . . .
  AAAA: Northeast beat Fels, 59-56, on De'Andre Williams' late trey off a pass from Tony Nayan. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Nayan, a sr. WG. Pics
here.
  AAAA: Kensington beat Central, 53-50, on Isaiah Hill's three-point play off a pass from Julius VanGuine. DN ink to VanGuine, a sr. PG.
  ***Other winners*** . . . 
  AAAA: Olney, Southern.
  AAA: E&S, Gratz, Franklin LC.
  AA: Masterman, Bodine, Palumbo, Sayre.
  A: Lamberton, GAMP.
  Click here for our latest Before They Drew X's and O's, on Audenried assistant Marvin Stinson (Dobbins '91).
  Some SJ Prep football commitments: DB-P Dan Sherry and DB Pat McCabe to West Chester; DT Paul Johnson to Amherst.
  Haverford School T Sema'j Reed has changed his football commitment from Buffalo to Temple.
  Click
here for a neat video involving Wood product Joe Getz (UMBC).
  The Robeson gals can now be found
here.
  MC&S' Thomas Moore is now in
the college set.
  Bartram
broke the rule regarding game limits. No penalty. Click here.

Feb. 4
 
Wood K Nick Visco will play college football at Temple as a preferred walk-on.
  La Salle 73, Lansdale 41: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. PG Amar Stukes. Pics
here.
  Robeson 84, Lamberton 67: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  La Salle DB Dad Poquie will play college football at Penn State as a preferred walk-on.
  Click here for Dan Hoban's report on Friday's Roman-Wood game.
  Click here for the updated Cath Scoring Leaders.
  Click here for info on this week's Markward Club luncheon.
  La Salle QB Chris Kane will play college football at Kutztown.

Feb. 3
  Look to the right for Whistletopps' recent filming efforts >>>
  Click
here
for . . . How Do You Say Cheesesteak in Spanish?
  With a late, controversial call playing a role, Roman outlasted SJ Prep, 62-58.
Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. WG Rashann London. Varsity pics
here. JV pics here. . . . And click here for a large version of the late attempt by SJP's Miles Overton to make a trey and create a tie. Did TreVaughn Wilkerson deflect it?

Feb. 2
  Click here for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders.
  Former Bonner SS Rob Benedict ('08) has signed a pro contract with the New Jersey Jackals of the Can-Am League . . . Just found out via John Coppinger. The Jackals' GM/manager is former Roxborough star Joe Calfapietra. Cool!!
  **The schedule for Tuesday's Pub preliminary playoffs, and the seedings for each classification, can be found here (under Feb. 5).**
  Click here for the updated Inter-Ac Scoring Leaders.
  Click here for the updated list of 1,000-Point Scorers . . . and there's a tie at the top!
  E&S' Asante Prophet is now in
the college set.
  Click here for the latest effort from Ted Taylor, who's now in his 38th years of writing hobby columns. Congrats!

  Click
here for another look at Lansdale Catholic's cheerleaders.
  Click
here for the last shot from Lincoln-Swenson.
  Click
here for . . . A high school pic of AI and Kobe together!!
  Click
here
for . . . Who Needs Human Growth Hormones?

Feb. 1
  **Germantown Academy beat Haverford School, 78-53, to clinch the Inter-Ac title (at 8-0) with two games remaining.
Ted's report
is posted. So is The Khandyman's. Cyber attention to sr. SF Greg Dotson. Pics here (plenty of JV to start).**
  Lincoln 59, Swenson 56: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Episcopal DB Matt Rushton will play college football at Villanova as a preferred walk-on.
  Click here for info on tonight's La Salle-SJ Prep tripleheader.
  Click here for the updated Pub Scoring Leaders.
  Guard Malik Smith yesterday made his debut for Pub team No. 3 this season. Click here for Ted's story.

Jan. 31
  **The schedule for Tuesday's Pub preliminary playoffs, and the seedings for each classification, can be found here (under Feb. 5).**
  Phila. Elec. 69, Bartram 67: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WG Hakeem Baxter. Pics
here.
  Southern 51, Franklin LC 48: DN ink to sr. PG Yusef Ross. 
  The Randolph and Constitution gals can now be found
here.

Jan. 30
  Click
here for . . . OK, So We Lost, But I'm Not Gonna Flip Out. Oh, Wait, Yes I Am.
  ConHigh 52, Del-Val 47: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to soph
G-F Ahmad Gilbert. Pics
here.
  Randolph 76, Palmer 60: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Wood lineman Fran Walsh will play college football at Villanova as a preferred walk-on. More Wood
commits: RB-LB Andrew Guckin to Penn; lineman Chris O'Connor to Robert Morris.
  Welcome to our newest advertiser, Stevenson University, a D-III school in the Baltimore suburbs. Please check out the ad down the right-hand side of this page. Thank you.
  ***You've been asking for it . . . Click
here for a pic of La Salle University's four Philly guys!***
 
Randy Seidman is in the baseball flow! Click here.
  Click here to see Ted's ranking of the city's best guard combos, beginning with the 1975-76 season.

Jan. 29
  The
Audenried gals can now be found
here.
  Boston U.'s Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson (Boys' Latin) has again been named the America East Rookie of the Week. Click here.
  Ryan lineman Ed Bier will play college football at D-II Indiana (Pa.)
  Audenried 66, Masterman 61: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WG Qaadir Nock. Pics
here.
  Northeast 57, Lincoln 50: DN ink to sr. PG De'Andre Williams.
  Click here for Bill Wasylenko's look at La Salle's memorable 1944 football season . . . And here for a look at the 2009 state title squad. Amazing work, Bill. Thanks for sharing!
  Wood DE/LB Benji Abercrombie will play college football at Mercyhurst, of the D-II Pa. State Athletic Conference. 
  Click
here for Uniformly Crazy . . . a day in the life of Edison guard Anthony Montgomery.
  Click here for Truly Treymendous!! . . . a tribute to Wood's amazing performance beyond the arc vs. Conwell-Egan.
  Click here for the updated Catholic Scoring Leaders.
  Ryan-Judge drew a turn-away crowd. Click
here and here
for some pics by Fran Costello.

Jan. 28

  ***Click
here for a pic of the four Wood guys who combined to hit those EIGHT first-quarter treys. In a row.***
 
Wood beat Conwell-Egan, 65-53, while nailing its FIRST EIGHT ATTEMPTS from beyond the arc, all in the first quarter. Ted's report is posted. As is Mike DeMarchi's. DN ink to jr. WG Pat Smith, who hit five of those first eight and nailed seven total en route to 30 points. Pics here.
  Mastbaum 65, Edison 53: Ted's report is posted. Pics here.
  Click here for Dan Hoban's report on Friday's Roman/B-P game.
  This week's telecasts on SFBN: PET at Vaux, Tuesday; La Salle at SJ Prep, Friday.
  Note from Ted: It's impossible to see every Pub team. If you have a team pic, please send it to silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks!
  Look to the right to see which recent contests were filmed by Greg Harris and his Whistletopps crew . . . >>>>

Jan. 27
  Click
here for McDevitt's last gasp against Roman. And here for a LARGE version.
  Four guys have been added to
the college set.
  Click
here for . . . When Did "IS" Become a Legit Uniform Number?
  Roman survived an in-and-out, last-moments trey to beat McDevitt, 61-58. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to soph PF-C Manny Taylor. Pics
here (decent amount from JV game to start).
  In the feature attractions of a showcase event at Franklin . . . MC&S beat King, 80-71, in OT, in a battle of unbeatens. DN ink to King sr. PG Fa'Teem Glenn (yes, in losing effort). Also, Vaux topped Princeton Day (Md.) and its nationally famous star, Aquille Carr, 70-66.
  Click here for Dan Spinelli's report on La Salle's Friday night win over McDevitt.

Jan. 26
 
**Welcome back to Coyne Computer, which is again one of our website advertisers! Please check out the ad below along the left-hand side.**
  All photo sets from the 2012-13 hoops season can now be found
here.
  La Salle LB Trent Simmons will play college football at Bloomsburg.
  Darnell Harris peeped the recent NE-Central OT thriller. Click here.
  Click here for the updated Pub & Inter-Ac Scoring Leaders.
  Click here for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders.
  Click here for the 1,000-Point Scorers (and those in the ballpark).
  Congrats to Joe D'Orazio, former star lineman at SJ Prep and Penn, who has been named an assistant to KC Chiefs coach Andy Reid.

Jan. 25
  Click
here for a LARGE version of PC's "Silent Night" rooters.
  Click
here for the cropped version of Frank Jackson's winning basket for SCH Academy. And here for the large, uncropped version 
  SCH Academy ruined Penn Charter's "Silent Night" festivities, 39-38, as Frank Jackson canned a buzzer-beating layup. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to sr. F-C Drew Dowds (and Jackson). Pics
here . . . And pics here of the first half of the Imhotep-Frankford game.
  Haver. Sch. 61, Malvern 58 (OT): The Khandyman's report is posted.
 
Parkway Northwest's Kalill Purnell is now in the college set.
  Click here for our latest Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on Gratz coach (and former star) Andre Griffin.
  You've heard of the TV show "Basketball Wives."
These gals
would like to star in "Basketball Girlfriends."

Jan. 24
  Gratz 64, Southern 61: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WG Donte' Winfield. Pics
here.
  MC&S beat Vaux, 74-70, in OT. DN ink to sr. WG Shafeek Taylor.
  Click
here for . . Nothing Like Playing Basketball on a "Soccer Field."

Jan. 23
  Carroll (of Pub) 68, Douglas 60: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  L'est we forget, GA sniper James Drury is also a serious skywalker! Remember
this pic from last season?

Jan. 22
  Three Shippensburg players are now in
the college set.
  The Sankofa gals can now be found
here.
  Darnell Harris peeped last Friday's E&S-Central game. Click here.
  Sankofa 66, Washington 51: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. F Anthony Wright-Downing. Pics
here.
  Gtn. Academy 59, Penn Charter 55: DN ink to sr. WG James Drury.
  Click here for info on tomorrow's Markward Club dinner.
  Click here for the updated Catholic Scoring Leaders.
 

Jan. 21
  Info for E&S and Central on Pub TEAM PAGES has been restored.
  Tom Spiteri, star lineman for La Salle, is bound for Colgate as a preferred walk-on.
  Click
here for . . . When the Nose Flows (with SJ Prep's Dan Nedbal).
  Congrats to Shippensburg soph PG Reggie Charles (Judge), the PSAC East Player of the Week. Click here.
  SJ Prep hit its first 21 free throws while topping Ryan, 56-44. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. G-F Stephen Vasturia (14-for-14 at line). Pics
here . . . Click here for pics from the second half of C-E/WC.
  Welcome aboard to Manav Khandelwal! Manav, a sophomore at the Haverford School, is better known as The Khandyman. Click here for his debut report on the recent Vaux-HS game.
  We've welcomed almost a half-million visitors in roughly 3 1/2 months.
Thanks very much!
  Click here for our latest Before They Fathered Star Athletes (on West Philly's Joe Newton, dad of N-G's Ja'Quan).
  Click here for the updated Catholic & Inter-Ac Scoring Leaders. 

Jan. 20
  Look to the right to see which recent contests were filmed by Greg Harris and his Whistletopps crew . . .
  Click
here for . . . Hip, Hip, Hooray! You're in the Way (smile).
  Info for Malvern/PC on the Inter-Ac TEAM PAGE has been restored.
  Click here to see King Day showcase games to be held tomorrow.
  **Click
here for a small photo set that features your favorite Catholic League basketball assistant, Roman's Tom "Puck" McKenna.**
  McDevitt 64, Judge 61: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. PG Kenyatta Long. Pics
here (lots of JV to start).
  La Salle 65, Bonner-Prendie 62 (OT): Dan's report is posted.
  This week's telecasts on SFBN: Vaux at Imhotep, Tues., 3:15; Carroll at SJ Prep, Fri., 3:30.

Jan. 19
 
Click here for Dan Spinelli's report on La Salle's 47-39 Friday night win over Wood.
  **Every basketball season, Ted's wife promises to attend at least one game. She did that today! Click
here for a pic.**
  At Springfield College, in Massachusetts, Neumann-Goretti beat Orlando Christian Prep (Fla.), 63-40. Ted's report is posted. Crappy pics
here. (Watched it on the Internet! Ha, ha.)
  Click
here for . . . It's Not Easy Being Matt "Cauls" McCauley.
  Click here for another Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on Ryan assistant Andrew Rogers.
  Click here for the updated Pub Scoring Leaders.
  Click here for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders.
  Click here for the 1,000-Point Scorers (and those in the ballpark).
  Unreported boxscores from last night: PC-MP - Cent-E&S.
  Pics of Pitt FB commit Jaryd "Burger" Jones-Smith (West Catholic) are
here (solo) and here (with coach Brian Fluck).

Jan. 18
 
Bonner-Prendie beat West Catholic, 55-52, in OT. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to sr. SF Christian Summers. Pics
here . . . And click here for pics of the Frankford-West Philly game.
  Roman 79, Conwell-Egan 57: Mike DeMarchi's report is posted.
  **Click
here
for a Fran Walsh photo set.**

Jan. 17
  Click
here for a pic of Palmer's littlest (and cutest) hero!
  Palmer beat Palumbo, 99-96, in three OTs and 2 hours, 19 minutes.
Ted's report is posted.
DN ink to sr. G Amir Davis. AND a sidebar story to referee Vince Trombetta, who worked the game by himself (one month short of his 80th birthday). Pics here. One of "Trom" is here.
  ***Congrats to Wood lineman Fran Walsh, the recipient of the Maxwell Club's 28th annual Jim Henry Award (most deserving player in the Philly area based on football skills, academics, community service).***
 
 
**Time for another Separated at Birth. Notre Dame's mascot is here and the local guy is here.**

Jan. 16
  Are you "reddy" to see a pic of a
SJ Prep legend? Click here.
  Ryan 59, McDevitt 50: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WG Tyler Reed. Pics
here.
  SJ Prep 62, Lansdale 51: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Mastery South's info on a Pub D TEAM PAGE has been restored.

Jan. 15
  ***Did you do anything on your bucket list today? Check out what happened at the MC&S-CT game
here and here.***
  Olney beat Central, 37-36, in a game with 71 missed shots and a 4-0 second quarter. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. G Shakeem Stevens, who made the winning basket. Pics
here.
  MC&S beat Comm Tech, 60-58. DN ink to sr. PF-C Quadir Welton.
  West Catholic OL Jaryd "Burger" Jones-Smith will play his college football at Pitt. Ted's story is here.
  A Christian memorial service for Dick Bernhart, former basketball coach at Bonner, will be held
Monday, Jan. 21, 6:30 p.m., in the auditorium at Bonner/Prendergast.
 
Click here for the League Scoring Leaders (CL updated).

Jan. 14
  Del-Val's Mark Thomas is now in the
College Set.  
  Time marches on . . . Mark Hueber is a senior sub for SJ Prep. Click
here to see how he looks now and here to see how he looked six seasons ago, when he began covering North Catholic's games for this site.
  Before a standing-room-only crowd, Neumann-Goretti topped St. Joseph's Prep, 67-43. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. PG Hanif Sutton. Pics
here.
  Click here for the updated League Scoring Leaders (CL now included).

Jan. 13
  Note from Ted: At the end of the Roman-Carroll report, I asked a question. The answer, Tom Ingelsby, was provided by Paul McManus.
  Wednesday's Judge-Wood game has been postponed. No new date.
  Carroll is on Matsonford Rd., in Radnor. Or is it? Click
here and here.
  Roman 62, Carroll 52: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WG Matt Simon. Pics
here (JV to start; that went OT).
  The following players will represent Pennsylvania vs. Maryland in the 56th annual Big 33 Football Classic, June 15, 7 p.m., at HersheyPark Stadium: OL, George Griffin, Wood; TE, Nick Arcidiacono, Wood; RB, David Williams, Imhotep; K, Ryan Winslow, La Salle; DL, Jaryd Jones-Smith, West Catholic; LB, Matt Galambos, Haverford School; DB, Marquis Edwards, Washington; DB, Najee Goode, Imhotep.

Jan. 12 
  **Last night's Roman-La Salle game was a classic. Check out "dandy" reports from
Roman's Dan Hoban and La Salle's Dan Spinelli.**
  Click here for . . . Before They Drew X's and O's on King coach Sean Colson, who starred at FLC and made the NBA.
  Southern's Shaquille Gaskins is now in the
College Set.
  Click here for the updated League Scoring Leaders (no CL yet).
  Click here for an Internet interview with Malvern product Robert McCabe, a star LB at Georgetown who's now being eyed by the NFL.
  Thanks to coach Rick Sabol, 4 Con.-Egan guys are in the
College Set.

  This week's games on SFBN: Tuesday, MC&S at Comm Tech, 3:15; Wednesday, C-E at La Salle, 7:30.

  Unreported box from last night: BL-Wash.
  Click here for the updated School Scoring Records (one game).
  Click here for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders.
  What are the chances? Yosef Yacob of Carroll (Cath) owns 890 career points. So does Jamier Cross of Carroll (Pub)! Click here for the updated list of 1,000-Point Scorers (and those in the ballpark).
  Click
here
for "Only in the Inter-Ac" . . . involving Penn Charter sr. G Kyle Drayton.

Jan. 11
  Haverford School 54, Penn Charter 49: Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to jr. G-F Eric Anderson. Pics
here (LOTS of JV to start) . . . And click here for pics from the Bartram-Vaux Pub game.
  Carroll 65, Conwell-Egan 33: Mike DeMarchi's report is posted.
  Click here for the latest effort from Ted Taylor, who's now in his 38th years of writing hobby columns. Congrats!
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Erv "Stu" Staggs, who passed recently. Stu led Edison to the 1966 City Title and later played in the old ABA. RIP, sir.  
  All Pub TEAM PAGES have been restored/updated. Two schools have
yet to report point totals for a game: Mastery North vs. Mastery South.

Jan. 10
  We have welcomed 400,000-plus visitors in just over three months. Thanks and thanks again!
  The Phila. Academy gals can can now be found
here.
  Click
here for some highlights of Monday's La Salle/N-G streak-ender, courtesy of Rob Johnson, La Salle's director of multimedia technology.
Thanks, Rob!
  GAMP 73, Phila. Academy 68 (OT): Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WG Tobias Stokes. Pics
here (order is a little messed up; had downloading problems).
  Click
here for video of a wicked play involving Washington basketball player Kendale Truitt. What is it? Let's just say it's not a free throw . . .
  Mike Gossner is Conwell-Egan's new baseball coach.

Jan. 9
  It's always football season, right? Click
here for the highlight video of Delaware Valley College QB Aaron Wilmer (Washington).
 
Check out the vertical of Lamberton's Loavel Summerville.
  Thanks to La Salle manager Dan Spinelli and N-G assistant John Mosco, a full boxscore for that game can be found here (bottom of page).
  The Lamberton gals can now be found
here.
  Wood sr. RHP Brian Wojtko will play his college baseball at Lackawanna JC.
  Lamberton 73, Edison 48: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. PF-C Loavel Summerville (all 5-10 1/2, 155 pounds of him -- smile). Pics
here
.
  This week's games on SFBN: Thursday, Phila. Elec. at Prep Charter, 3:15; Friday, Lansdale at McDevitt, 7.

 
Click here for the updated standings.

Jan. 8
  **TEAM PAGE info for the following Pub squads has been removed until missing boxscores are received: Mastery North, Mastery South, Sayre. The list of what's needed is
here.**
  Frankford 58, Boys' Latin 48: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. WG Joseph Ricketts. Pics
here
.
 
Click here for a Tribute Page detailing N-G's 73-game streak.
 
Click here for blog post by website legend "Famous" Amos Leak on Gtn. Academy sr. PG Nick Lindner.
  Click
here for a panoramic view of last night's La Salle/N-G game, courtesy of website visitor Andrew Bowman. Thanks, Andrew!
  Something you'll likely never see occurred in the Lansdale/B-P junior varsity game. Click
here
and prepare to be amazed.

Jan. 7
  ***La Salle topped Neumann-Goretti, 65-62, ending the Saints' CL winning streak, counting playoffs, at 73 games. Amar Stukes (26) and Steve Smith (19, six treys) led the way.
Dan Spinelli's report is posted. Click here for a blurb. And here for a story from the Norristown Times Herald.***
  Lansdale 59, B-P 49: Ted's report is posted. Nick Mandarano's will be, also. DN ink to jr. PG Brian Rafferty. Pics
here (lots of JV). 
  Click here for Dan Hoban's report on yesterday's Roman-Judge game.
  Click
here for info on this week's Markward Club luncheon. 
  Click
here
for a panoramic view of Friday night's La Salle-Judge game, courtesy of website visitor Andrew Bowman. Thanks, Andrew!
  Click here for Ted's writeback story on Episcopal jr. WG Chris McNeal.

Jan. 6
  Click here for the updated standings.
  Ryan 55, Conwell-Egan 38: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. PG Gage Galeone. Pics here (JV to start).
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Angelo Coia, who passed Wednesday at age 74. He starred for Northeast's '55 Pub champs and played for seven years in the NFL. RIP, sir. 
  Nick Mandarano peeped Friday's Roman-LC game. Click here.
  C-E grad Mike DeMarchi is back in the fold. Check out his report here on Friday's C-E/O'Hara tilt. Thanks for returning, Mike!

Jan. 5
  Click
here for . . . Never Know Where You'll Find Couch Patriotatoes.
  In the Dan Dougherty Inter-Ac League Tripleheader . . .
  Haverford School beat SCH Academy, 53-51. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here (all from this game and the others are uncropped).
  Gtn. Academy beat Penn Charter, 72-49. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Episcopal beat Malvern, 64-47. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Click here for the Overall Scoring Leaders.
  Look to the right for Greg Harris' latest Whistletopps efforts >>>

Jan. 4
 
At halftime of tonight's Semper Fi Bowl, via NFL Network, Imhotep sr. RB David Williams announced his commitment to South Carolina.
  La Salle 62, Judge 56: Ted's report is posted. As is Dan Spinelli's. Cyber attention to sr. F-C Ryan Winslow. Pics
here (with lots of JV to start). Pics here of halftime ceremony to honor the memory of 1970 grad/basketball player/Philly firefighter Bob Neary, who died in the line of duty.
  Click
here for pics from an afternoon non-league game (Bartram-King).
  Washington's Donte Williams is now in
the college set.
  Click
here for the updated list of 1,000-Point Scorers/Contenders.
  The time for Monday's N-G at La Salle game has been moved up to 7.
  Florida DL Sharrif Floyd (Washington) is entering the NFL draft. Click here for a blurb.
  Click here for the Public League Scoring Leaders.

 
Click here for a pic of Philly's FB Fab Four in California!! The game in which they'll be playing, the Semper Fi Bowl, will be televised at 9 p.m. on the NFL Network.

Jan. 3
 
N-G 70, Carroll 59: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to soph WG Lamarr "Fresh" Kimble. Pics here (JV to start) . . . Also, click here for pics from an afternoon Pub game (Freire-Esperanza).

Jan. 2
  Kensington 56, Palumbo 48: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. CG Jamie Betancourt. Pics
here.
  This week's games on SFBN: Carroll at N-G, tomorrow at 7; La Salle at Judge, Friday at 7.
  **Click
here for another pic from the Sugar Bowl.**
  Individual point totals for non-league games have been added to the Public E TEAM PAGES.
First here and second here. (Still some holes. silaryt@phillynews.com.) 
  Five Lock Haven guys are now in
the college set. (Thanks to a former website reporter, Judge grad Matt Wyszynski, for providing them!)
  Individual point totals for non-league games have been added to the Public D TEAM PAGES. First here and second here
. (Still some holes. silaryt@phillynews.com.)

Jan. 1
 
Individual point totals for non-league games have been added to the Public C TEAM PAGES. First here and second here. (Still some holes. silaryt@phillynews.com.)    
  La Salle's Dan Spinelli has checked in with his first basketball report of the season. It details yesterday's win over Malvern and includes a season update. Welcome back, Dan!
  Click here for Pa. Football News' All-State Teams (by classification).
  Note to Pub coaches/players: Please check out the results we have for non-league/tourney/showcase events. If we're missing something, PLEASE let us know at silaryt@phillynews.com.
*Public A - *Public B - *Public C - *Public D - *Public E. 
  Individual point totals for non-league games have been added to the Public B TEAM PAGES. First here and second here
. Thanks to Robeson coach Rob Powlen and Philly scoring guru Tom Taylor for their help. (Still some holes. silaryt@phillynews.com.)    
  Happy New Year! Let's make it a great one!

Dec. 31
 
The list of
1,000-Point Scorers has been updated for Public A guys.
 
Individual point totals for non-league games have been added to the
Public A TEAM PAGES. First here and second here. Thanks to Imhotep coach Andre Noble, ConHigh coach Rob Moore, Robeson coach Rob Powlen, website visitor William Cummings and Philly scoring guru Tom Taylor for their help. (Still some holes.
silaryt@phillynews.com.)  
 
Do you need some Sugar? Click here for the Philly version!!
 
Roman 70, Penn Charter 46: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here (with some JV to start).

Dec. 30
 
The list of
1,000-Point Scorers has been updated for Cath/Int guys.
 
Individual point totals for non-league games have been added to the
Catholic League TEAM PAGES. First here and second here
. Thanks to B-P coach Tom Meakim, website visitor William Cummings, Philly scoring guru Tom Taylor and Imhotep coach Andre Noble for their help with games we were missing earlier today.

Dec. 29
  Three guys with Lansdale Catholic ties are now in
the college set.   
  In a major coincidence, earlier today we received a pic of Wood's Joe Getz for
the college set.   
  Wood jr. WG Pat Smith broke the school record for points in one game with 42 in a win over Sacred Heart (NJ). Also, 42 points are a record in St. Augustine Prep's gym! Pat shot 8-for-17 on treys and 14-for-25 overall from floor. Went 6-for-6 at line. Old Wood record: 41 by Joe Getz. (Thanks to coach Jack Walsh/assistant Blair Klumpp for the info.)
  In the Constitution Convention . . .
  National final: Sayre 62, Constitution 46. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  American final: King 51, Gratz 30: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here . . . And pics here from the Life Center-Mansion consolation.
  Click here for Dan Hoban's report on Roman's recent hoops win.

Dec. 28
  In the Philly-S. Jersey Catholic Showcase at St. Augustine (NJ) . . .
  B-P fell to St. Joseph (Hammonton, NJ), 55-52. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Judge beat Sacred Heart (Vineland, NJ), 56-51. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  In the Lenape High (NJ) Showcase . . .
  Ryan beat Seneca (NJ), 66-38. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.  (Malvern team pics at end of set).
  Click
here for . . . Some Guys Can't "Stands" to Remain on the Court.
  Carroll's Jay Donovan is now in
the college set. 
  Correction: Theresa Edmunds (not Evans) is the mother of Sayre star Richard Burton, who was featured in Thursday's paper. Sorry, mom!
 
Click here for Ted's 35-Year All-Star Football Teams (All-City, All-Pub, All-Cath, All-Int) along with a bonus: All-NFL Team of city guys from that time frame.

Dec. 27
  In the Constitution Convention (American Division) . . .
 
Gratz 49, Franklin 40: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WG Dashante "DJ" Alexander. Pics here . . . And click here for pics from the second half of Fels-Mastery North.
  In the Eastern States Christmas Invitational Tournament (Flight 2) . . .
  Carroll fell to Lakewood (NJ), 59-51. Ted's report is posted (and you'll find the last part VERY interesting). Pics
here
(about a dozen early ones wound up near the end of the set). 
  N-G's progress in the Oregon tourney can be followed here.

Dec. 26
  Carroll's Tom Rymal is now in
the college set. 
  In the Constitution Convention (National Division) . . .
  Sayre 61, Mastery North 60: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. G Richard Burton. Pics
here (had uploading problems; Sayre's team pics at end of set) . . . And click here for first-half pics from another National game, Mastery South vs. Roxborough.
  Three more guys are in
the college set.  
  Click here for the Final Football Stats for 2012.

Dec. 25
 
West Catholic WR Jaelen Strong (formerly Strong-Rankin), now at Pierce JC in Los Angeles, will next play college football at Arizona State.
 
Merry Christmas!!

Dec. 23
  O'Hara's Jared Richardson is now in
the college set.  
  Haver. School 66, McDevitt 54: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. C Sema'j Reed (that apostrophe should be an accent mark; no clue how to do that on this keyboard -- smile). Pics
here (some JV to start).
  Wood sr. OF Joe Santospago will play his college baseball at Mercer County CC (NJ).
  Individual point totals for non-league games have been added to the Inter-Ac TEAM PAGE.

Dec. 22
  Look to the right to see which events were covered this week by Greg Harris and Whistletopps >>>
  N-G sr. RH John LaMotta
will play his college baseball at Marymount University in Arlington, Va., which will debut the sport in '14.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Joe Evanosich, who passed recently. In '68, Joe was a starting guard for North Catholic's basketball JV, which filled in for the suspended varsity and beat McDevitt in a CL quarterfinal at the Palestra. RIP, Joe.
  **Click here for Huck's annual Catholic League postseason all-star football squads.**
  Note from Ted: Whatever happened to three-point shooting? In the seven games I've seen so far, the 14 teams have combined to shoot 47-for-204 behind the arc (23 percent). Maybe Dobbins had the best idea: If you're not good at it, don't do it. The Mustangs tried just one (unsuccessful) while beating Esperanza. 
  Click
here for . . . Mike McGlinchey has a lot of "moccsi."

Dec. 21
  Forty-nine schools played football this year in the city leagues. Mark "Frog" Carfagno has compiled final overall standings and winning percentages. Click here.
  No one will ever accuse Penn Charter coach Lynard Stewart of acting like any job is beneath him. Click
here to see why.
  Penn Charter 53, Freire 36: Ted's report is posted. No DN ink. Pics
here (starting with JV).
  Did you see the outrageous dunk by Charlotte's Gerald Henderson (Episcopal) over Dwight Howard? Click
here.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Dick Bernhart, who coached Bonner's basketball team for six total seasons (1971-75, '85) and assisted other Friar coaches. Dick, who also spent some time as one of our stat guys at high school football games, passed
a few days after many old friends gathered to celebrate his 75th
birthday. RIP, sir.
  Bonner-Prendergast Frank Saviski (3B-P) will play his college baseball at Gwynedd-Mercy.

Dec. 20
  Darnell "D-Blockk" Harris is back! Click here for his report on the recent Northeast-Audenried game.
  Nick Mandarano weighs in on last night's N-G/Lansdale game.
  The
Maritime Charter gals can now be found
here.
  Looking for a lottery number? With the help of an Elverson player, click
here (and/or here) to see why you might want to play 234 (straight or boxed).
  Elverson 70, Maritime 35: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WG Ikeal Johnson. Pics
here.
  The names of the first-, second- and third-team All-City football players can now be found via this link.
  Boys' Latin's Carlos Taylor is now in
the college set.  

  The Daily News' All-City, All-Catholic and All-Public Football Teams can be found on pages 56 & 57 in today's paper. And
here. Congrats to our Players of the Year (
La Salle's Sean Coleman, Wood's Andrew Guckin, Imhotep's David Williams and Episcopal's Adam Strouss) and to our Coach of the Year, Bok's Frank "Roscoe" Natale.

Dec. 19
 
Roxborough's Samson Akano is now in the college set.  
  Click
here for a pic of New Media Charter boxer, er, basketball player Ahtif Govan-Wheeler.
  The New Media Charter gals can now be found
here.
  Wood 48, SCH Academy 40: Ted's report is posted. No DN ink. Pics
here (some JV early in set) . . . Also, click here for pics from the first half of the La Salle-New Media game.
  We still need full rosters (name, grade, uniform number) for Audenried, Future, Palmer, Parkway, Randolph, World Comm. Send to silaryt@phillynews.com.  
  **Our annual All-City, All-Catholic and All-Public Football Teams are scheduled to appear in tomorrow's Daily News.**
  Click
here for a pic of the real star of the Imhotep/MC&S game.
  Seven Judge guys have been added to
the college set.
  Today's Daily News features the final football stats, Top 10 and updated city records. Congrats to Wood
, the O-line of the year.
  Click
here for basketball's version of The Four Tops!!
 
Frankford's Keith Washington and La Salle's Jaylen Bond (though he transferred to P-W . . . boo!! . . . ha ha) are now in the college set.

Dec. 18
  The gals from
E&S and MC&S can now be found
here.
 
MC&S beat Imhotep, 53-50, in a game worthy of a spot in Only in the Pub annals. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. F Jeremiah "Lump" Worthem. Pics here (set starts with about 30 from the JV game).
  Click
here for pics from the first half of West Philly-E&S.
  SLA's Tyler Hankinson is now in
the college set.

Dec. 17
  **All Pub games scheduled for Jan. 3 have been switched to
Jan. 2.**
  D-V's Fateem Brockington is now in
the college set.  
  The Vaux gals can now be found
here.
  Vaux 78, Comm Tech 67: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. F Keith Fletcher. Pics here
.
 
The Sports Fan Base Network is back for hoops season! This week's game: Tuesday, Imhotep at MC&S (5 p.m.). This is a change!
  Links to all recent photo sets have been added to
this page.
  Comm Tech hoops assistant Matt Rogerson correctly answered the trivia question listed below. Vito Goggins (Bok), Robert Hall (U. City), Ishmael Dargan (Germantown) and Zaki Jamison (Comm Tech) were the last guys to score TDs for their respective, slated-for-closure schools. Click
here for a pic of Matt with his shirt.

Dec. 16
  Four more guys have been added to
the college set.

 
More time on Huck's hands . . . Final detailed CL stats are here.
 
Click here for Huck's CL stats package and here for his City Top 10.
  ***Trivia time!! . . . How are these guys linked? Vito Goggins, Robert Hall, Ishmael Dargan and Zaki Jamison. If you know, send an email to Ted at silaryt@phillynews.com. The first person with the correct answer will receive a Player of the Week T-shirt.***
  Amos Leak has updated his blog with a post about
Penn Charter two-sport star Mike McGlinchey (Notre Dame for FB). Click here.

Dec. 15
  Boys' Latin's Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson is now
here.
  Click
here for a video involving a play made by Lycoming basketball frosh William Wingate (Mastery North). It went national!
  Many of the files on this Football Research Page have been updated.
  Puck beat Big Willie, 1-0, to create a tie for second place for the season. Puck won on an elaborate tiebreaker. Huck finished No. 1!
 
Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  Gtn. Academy sr. G Nick Lindner last night scored his 1,000th point!

Dec. 14
  In the PIAA Class AAA final . . .
  Wood fell to Cathedral Prep, of Erie, 24-14. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to sr. TE/DL Shane Neher. Before/after pics
here. Game pics here.
  The ties with Bok for coach/AD Frank "Roscoe" Natale go back more than 60 years and coach/AD M.W. "Mike" Hawkins has worked at Germantown
for most of the last 37. Barring a miracle, their schools will close this June. Click here for Ted's story. 
  All KINDS of Philly guys starred this fall in football at LA Pierce, a JC in California. Click
here for a pic!

Dec. 13
 
A Haverford School trio -- Chris Morgan, Matt Galambos and Aron Morgan -- can now be found in the FB Players of the Week set.
  Germantown beat Masterman, 76-71, in OT, as jr. WG Malcolm Jenkins scored all 15 of his points (4-for-5 on treys) over the final 12 minutes. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Jenkins. Pics
here.
  James Madison G Earl Watford (Gratz) and Georgetown LB Robert McCabe (Malvern) have been named first team All-America in I-AA by The Associated Press!! Click here.
  Eleven guys from assorted schools are now in
the college set.
(Thanks to Esperanza assistant Chris Clahar!)
  ***Click here for the Pub basketball preview, including thumbnail sketches for the 65 teams.***
  The four-year varsity of career of
Wood K Nick Visco will conclude Friday night. Click here for Ted's story.

Dec. 12
 
MC&S sr. F Jeremiah "Lump" Worthem has scored 1,000 career pts!
  A whole bunch of Constitution players and Bodine's Pendarvis Williams have been added to
the college set. (Thanks to ConHigh coach Rob Moore for his hustle.)
  Click
here for practice pics from Wood. (Can't get enough of those, right? Smile.)
  We have welcomed 300,000 visitors in just over two months. Thanks!
 
*Central High is hosting a College Fair for football-playing juniors and seniors TODAY, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Most PSAC schools (D-II) and some D-III/Patriot League schools (D-IAA) will be in attendance. Bring highlight tape, unofficial transcripts and questions for the coaches.

Dec. 11
 
Dobbins' cheerleaders are now in this set
  Dobbins 55, Esperanza 53: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. G-F Dequan Jackson. Pics
here.
  **The Pub preview is slated to run in Thursday's Daily News.**

 
Pickin' Parade, Week 16. We have season-ending drama, folks! Puck and Big Willie are separated by one game and the special tiebreaker, as formulated by Huck, would go to Puck. Puck is on one side. BW is on the other. Huck sided with BW. Oh, baby!
 
***Heeeerrrrre we go . . . Click here for pics of Philly Guys in College Basketball. Pics of Constitution's Daivon Jackson and Roman's Kevin Regan are getting us started.***
  Pub basketball starts today! Where you goin'?
  Click
here for a pic of Haverford School's fall signees.
 
More time on Huck's hands . . . Detailed CL stats are here again!!

Dec. 10
  Boys' Latin's Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson, now a frosh G at Boston U., last week was named the America East Rookie of the Week.
  U. City's Robert Hall is now in the
Player of the Week Set
  The Sports Fan Base Network is back for hoops season! This week's game: tomorrow, E&S at Washington.
  Website legend Famous Amos Leak offers thoughts about SJ Prep's Miles Overton and Vaux' Rysheed Jordan in his first blog post of the hoops season. Click here
  Look to the right to see which Week 15 football games (finalizing the season total at 65!) were filmed by Greg Harris and Whistletopps >>>.
  Click here for Ted's writeback story on Imhotep sr. G Tevin Gadson-Jones, who wishes the football season could have lasted forever.

Dec. 9
 
Are you playing college basketball? If so, send us your pic!! We're going to set up a photo set like the one we had during football season. Send to tedtee308@yahoo.com. Thanks!
 
Click here for Huck's CL stats package and here for his City Top 10.
 
  We have updated the basketball TEAM PAGES with current players  (for those schools that have sent them). If your name is misspelled, speak up!!! silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Click here for Dan Spinelli's final thoughts on
La Salle's 2012 season. Thanks for everything, Dan!
  Rough drafts of the Pub basketball TEAM PAGES have been posted. We repeat . . . rough drafts. Look below in BASKETBALL '13.

 
**Click here for the Master Basketball Schedule for the Public, Catholic and Inter-Ac leagues . . . And here for a schedule for non-league games/tournaments.**

Dec. 8
  In a PIAA Class AA semifinal . . .
  Imhotep fell to Wyomissing, 35-13. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here. And Cauls' better pics here!
  Andy Person, the oldest of four Episcopal brothers to play for Navy, is featured in Alex Lee's SportsWeek story. Click here.

Dec. 7
  In a PIAA Class AAAA semifinal . . .
  La Salle fell to Coatesville, 42-35. Ted's report is posted. As is Dan Spinelli's. Cyber attention to several (overall context). Pics
here.
  In a PIAA Class AAA semifinal . . .
  Wood beat Allentown CC, 36-6. Click here for Stephen Miller's story from The Morning Call (Lehigh Valley).
  Florida jr. DT Sharrif Floyd (Washington) was named first team D-IA All-American by The Sporting News.
  James Madison sr. G Earl Watford (Gratz) was named a D-IAA All-American by the American Football Coaches Association. He twice earned All-CAA honors. Click here.
  Do you miss watching Brian Dawkins? Imhotep jr. SS Deandre Scott
can fill the void. Click here for Ted's story.
  Click here for the Catholic League hoops preview. (Thumbnails ARE included.)

Dec. 6
 
Wood C John Santospago will play his college baseball at Kent State.
  Click
here for FB practice pics from Imhotep.
  There's a push taking place to get former Frankford/Penn State star RB Blair Thomas (also an NFLer) inducted into the Philly Sports HOF.
If you'd like to nominate him (or anyone), here's your chance.
  Click here for the Inter-Ac hoops preview. (Thumbnails not included. No idea what happened. They're in the paper.)
  Franklin grad Bryant Jennings ('03)
, a football star (third team All-City DL) and basketball starter, has become quite the heavyweight boxer. Click here for Bernard Fernandez' story.

Dec. 5
  Some of Our Guys made D3Football.com's All-East Region Teams. first,
Jon Lavelle, Judge, G, Del Val; Second, Nate Oropello, O'Hara, DE, Lycoming, and Floyd Shafer, La Salle, C, Salve Regina; third, Kyle Schuberth, Bonner, RB, Del Val.
  Click here for a video featuring Imhotep hoops star Brandon Austin
.
  Hoops time!! The Inter-Ac preview is scheduled to appear in Thursday's Daily News. The Catholic League is slated for Friday. As for the Pub . . . Who knows? Sixty-five schools. Gonna take a while, folks.
 
Pickin' Parade, Week 15: The selections by Mr. Thomas McKenna & Big Willie & Still in Copycat Mode are posted. Nooooo differences.
 
Malvern sr. LB Robert McCabe (Georgetown) has been named first team D-IAA All-America by the AFCA!! 
  Wood sr. TE-DE-LB Nick Arcidiacono is completely focused on trying to win another state title. Click here for Ted's story.
  Mike Higgins is back on the Malvern
basketball trail!! Click here for his reports on the Friars' first two games. Welcome back, Mike!!

Dec. 4
  Best wishes to Jeff Humble, who has stepped down as Penn Charter's football coach.
  ***Wonderful news! Former Daily News sports writer Paul Hagen is going into the Baseball Hall of Fame!! Congrats, Paul!! Click here.***
  Check out practice pics from Wood.
Football and hoops
  La Salle jr. G David Geppert, dealing yet again with an injury, is featured in Ted's weekly football notes. Click here. Stats in DN.

Dec. 3
 
More time on Huck's hands . . . Detailed CL stats are here again!! 
 
Click here for Huck's CL stats package and here for his City Top 10.
 
For baseball historian John Shiffert, Al Reach's inclusion on the HOF ballot is not a head-scratcher. Click here.
  MN's James Johnson has been added to the
Player of the Week set.
  Click here to see a list of this week's Markward Club award winners.
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on
La Salle sr. WR-DB-KR Sean Coleman and Imhotep sr. LB Brandon Chatmon.
  Judge product Bill Gallagher, former coach at CHA/PC/EA, is profiled in Alex Lee's story about Notre Dame's resurgence. Click here.
  Ex-U. City three-sport star Jim Smith
is now a nationally known motivational speaker. Click here for Michael Hinkelman's Q & A.

Dec. 2
  Accepting basketball rosters at silaryt@phillynews.com.
  ***Christmas is still down the road, but Duck is givin' out presents. Click here.***
 
Click here for the updated Team-by-Team Schedules.
  Click
here for . . . Tom Drops Da Bomb (one of many, actually).
  PIAA semis . . .
  AAAA, Friday: La Salle vs. Coatesville, at Downingtown West, 7.
  AAA, Friday: Wood vs. Allentown CC, at Bethlehem Liberty, 7.
  AA: Saturday: Imhotep vs. Wyomissing, at Germantown Super Site, 1. 
 
Look to the right to see which Week 14 games were covered by Greg Harris and his Whistletopps crew. >>>>>>

Dec. 1
  In a PIAA Class AAAA state quarterfinal . . .
  La Salle beat Parkland, 28-7, thanks to a defense that racked up 11 sacks and posted six more stops behind the line. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  In a PIAA Class AA state quarterfinal . . .
  Imhotep rolled past Pen Argyl, 54-7. Thanks to Bruce Buratti, of The Easton Express-Times, for providing the stats. Click here for Bruce's story and here for Michael LoRe's column.
  The side story concerning Hector Scott's eight-TD outburst for Bartram in 1983 is today's "Only in the Pub" in SportsWeek. And C-E product Joe Benedetti (Salisbury) is highlighted in Off to College.

Nov. 28
  **Click here for our annual list of D-I basketball players.**
 
Final career totals are in today's DN for guys whose seasons are over.
  **Ohio State WR Corey Brown (O'Hara) was named second team All-Big 10 by the coaches. Northwestern DB Ibraheim Campbell (CHA) and Penn State DE Deion Barnes (Northeast)
earned HM and Barnes was named freshman of the year.**
 
More time on Huck's hands . . . Detailed CL stats are here again!!
  Click here for Ted's story on
La Salle sr. FB-LB Mike Eife and sr. TE-DE Jon Naji, who've become tight thanks to football. And pics of their celebratory handshake, which needs a copyright NOW (smile), can be found at the bottom of this page of pics.
 
Pickin' Parade, Week 14: The selections by Mr. Thomas McKenna & BW & Mr. Copycat are in. Nooooo differences.
 
Click here for the TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week for Week 13 . . . **General Thanksgiving Heroes!**

Nov. 27
 
Click here for Huck's CL stats package and here for his City Top 10.
  Click here for . . . One Guy Who's Ready for Hoops!
  **All TEAM PAGES for teams that have finished their season have been "finalized." Please speak up if you notice any lingering glitches.**
  Prep Charter's cheerleaders are now in
this set. (Apologies for not adding the pic last week.)
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of former Bok basketball star Jim Wilson ('65), who passed last Tuesday. After starring at Cheyney, Jim played briefly in the old ABA. RIP, sir.
  Click here for pics of Penn Charter's fall signees.
  Roman sr. L Collin Shields is highlighted in Ted's weekly football notes. Click here (weekly Top 10 included).

Nov. 26
  We are now accepting
basketball rosters. Elverson again is first!
  La Salle jr. PG Tyreek Duren (N-G)
was named the Big 5 basketball player of the week. Click here.
  Click
here for practice pics from La Salle and Wood.
  Two statistical lists have been updated with all special performances by 2012 players (except for La S/Wood/Imho). Click here and here.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert offers his All-Thanksgiving Team.

Nov. 25
  Lock Haven jr. F Kasheef Festus (Carroll) was named the PSAC West's basketball player of the week. Click here.
  Look to the right to see which Week 12 & 13 games were covered by Greg Harris and his Whistletopps crew >>>
  The Season Records Page has been updated.
  The Game Records Page has been updated.
  Due to his basketball commitment, La Salle's Ryan Winslow has declined an invitation to punt in the Chesapeake Bowl.
  State quarterfinals . . .
  AAAA: La Salle vs. Parkland, Sat., 1 p.m., at Northeast.
  AAA: Wood vs. Interboro, Fri., 7 p.m., at Plymouth-Whitemarsh.
  AA: Imhotep vs. Pen Argyl, Sat., 1 p.m., at N. Lehigh, in Slatington.

Nov. 23
 
TEAM PAGES for all Catholic & Inter-Ac schools have been finalized. (Except for La Salle & Wood, of course.) Please speak up if you notice issues. Thanks! silaryt@phillynews.com.
  John Knebels, former 30-year sports columnist for the Catholic Standard & Times, has joined our nutty crew. He covered yesterday's Frankford-Fels game and enjoyed numerous "Only in the Pub" moments. Click here for Knebs' Notes. Thanks, John!
  Click
here for . . . Old School Orange (N-G's unis vs. Southern)
  All TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to all helpers!

  Click here for the updated Thanksgiving Rivalries page.
  Thanks to everyone who helped us yesterday on the Turkey Trail!! Our stat-keepers were Huck, Puck, Amauro, Frog, Duck, Keith Hines, Paul Schneider, Joe Turkos, Will Cambria, John Knebels and Tom Waring. Best wishes to Joe, veteran sports writer for the Roxborough Review, who'll soon be moving to Chicago. Have a great time out there, Joe!   
  Turkey yesterday. Crowin' today. The Puckster smithereened Huck, 3-0, and Big Willie, 2-0. Wow! Even BW beat Huck, 3-2. Holy upset!
  Click
here for . . . TD for Double D! (The winning play in Cent-NE.)

Nov. 22
  Happy Thanksgiving!!
 
Northeast 14, Central 12: Ted's report is posted. DN combo ink to jr. DT Anthony Pulliam and sr. TE/CB Devon Dillard. Before/after pics here. Game pics here.
  SJ Prep 35, Malvern 6: Huck's report is posted. DN ink to sr. LB John Antiskay.
  Ryan 13, Washington 7: DN ink to sr. G Brian Robbins.
  Franklin 20, Dobbins 8: DN ink to sr. QB Mike Edwards.
  N-G 21, Southern 12: Frog's report is posted.
  Germantown 48, King 0: Duck's report will be posted.
  Judge 41, Lincoln 0: Paul Schneider's report will be posted.
  Frankford 32, Fels 0: John Knebels' report is posted.
  (Crazy day/night, folks. Thanks for your patience.)

Nov. 21
  Click here for . . . Let the NE-Central hostilities begin!! (In a fun way.)
  Click
here for . . . Todd Jones, star LB for SJ Prep, was in the house for Furness-Prep Charter, accompanied by his gigantic posse!!
  Prep Charter 46, Furness 12: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here
.
  Did you hear about the D-III dude who exploded for 138 points in one GAME!? Click here.
 
Click here for the TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week for Week 12.
  Georgetown's Robert McCabe (Malvern), I-AA's national leader in tackles with 159 (28 more than anyone else) is the Patriot League's defensive player of the year.
  Click
here for a camaraderie photo of the MN-Gratz players/coaches  after yesterday's game.
  Click
here for . . . A Heapin' Helping of Raspberry Sherbet.
  Click here for a pic of Germantown Academy's fall signees.
  Six Philly football guys earned all-academic honors in the Centennial Conference. Click here for the complete list.
  Twenty-five years ago, in coach Al Angelo's final season, Frankford beat Thanksgiving rival North Catholic en route to what's still the best record (12-0) in school history. Click here for Alex Lee's story, which focuses on QB Terrant Morrison.
  Click
here
for pics from MC&S' hoops signing ceremony for Quadir Welton, Britton Lee and Jeremiah "Lump" Worthem.
  Gratz' cheerleaders can now be found
here.

Nov. 20
  Mastery North 34, Gratz 26: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. QB James Johnson. Pics here.
  Click here for the CL Master Basketball Schedule. Still has missing links. Please help if you can. Thanks! silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Retiring ref Tom McClain is featured in Ted's weekly football notes. Click here. City Top 10 also included.

Nov. 19
 
Click here for Huck's CL stats package and here for his City Top 10.
 
Lansdale's Devon Barrett is now in the college set.
 
Pickin' Parade, Week 13 (Thanksgiving): The selections by Talk About a Turkey & Big Willie & Huck are posted. TAaT & BW have two differences. TAaT has Ryan & Truman. BW & Huck have five. BW has Wash, C-E, NE, West & UC. TAaT & Huck have three. Huck has Cent, Ovb & Mastbaum.
 
Imhotep sr. PG Brandon Austin will play his college hoops at Providence. Click here for Ted's story.
  The records on this page have been updated.
  Look below in BASKETBALL '13 for rough drafts of the Catholic and Inter-Ac TEAM PAGES . . . Repeat:
rough drafts.
  Shippensburg's Tyhiem "Redz" Perrin (Imhotep)
has been named the PSAC East's basketball freshman of the week. Click here.
  The pages with City Records and Individual Postseason Records have been updated.
 
Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on
Wood jr. RB-LB Josh Messina & La Salle soph RB Jordan Meachum.

Nov. 18
 
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Brother James Rieck, a long-time La Salle administrative/mentoring stalwart and photo-taking presence on the football sidelines. Brother James passed at 10 p.m. last night due to injuries suffered in a recent fall. RIP, Brother James. You were treasured by all.
  Bok's cheerleaders can now be found here.

 
Accepting your Week 12 Player of the Week nominations. Please send to silaryt@phillynews.com.
 
Click here for updated Standings/Overall Records/PF-PA.
  Click here for the Week 12 results and Thanksgiving schedule. 

 
Look to the right to see which Week 12 games were filmed by Greg Harris and Whistletopps >>>>>
  ***Click here
for . . . We Need Numbers, Stat! (A pic of four members of our illustrious Daily News/website stat crew. Thanks, guys!)***

Nov. 17
  Click
here for the AAA and AAAA CT boxscores (will also appear in Monday's DN).
  ***Click here for one of the best action pics you could ever hope to see. Thanks to Matty "Cauls" McCauley!!***

  In the Class AAAA City Title . . .
  La Salle beat Frankford, 37-20.
Ted's report is posted. Before/after pics here. Game pics here.
  In the Class AAA City Title . . .
  Wood beat Bok, 49-28.
Ted's report is posted. Before/after pics here. Game pics here.
 
Click here for a pic of Imhotep's grunts.
  The Coaches' All-Pub and All-Int Teams are in SportsWeek.
  Syracuse QB Ryan Nassib (Malvern) is feted in SportsWeek.
  The West Catholic-Imhotep boxscore can be found here (and it will appear in Monday's DN).
  The ladies from Imhotep & West Catholic can now be found here.
  ***Big Willie sliced and diced Huck & Puck, 1-0 apiece.***

Nov. 16
  In the Class AA City Title . . .
  Imhotep beat West Catholic, 40-8.
Ted's report
is posted. As  Huck's will be. Cyber attention to jr. G-DT Tyrone Barge. Ted's before/after pics here. Game pics here. Cauls' pics here.
  Comm Tech fell to Bristol, 27-24, in the Class A subregional final. 
  Click here for a great video, part of the Declaring Destiny series, and produced by M-Vision, about the challenging life of times of Baltimore Ravens LB Jameel McClain (Washington). The video was directed by former McDevitt star Lamar McPherson.
  Thanks to Joe Parisi, a better pic of La Salle's Jimmy Herron is now in
the POTW set.

  **Happy Hoops Season!! Practice starts today!!**
 
More time on Huck's hands . . . Detailed CL stats are here again!!

Nov. 15
 
Click here for the Coaches' All-Inter-Ac Team and congrats to Player of the Year Adam Strouss (Episcopal)!!
 
B-P's Joe Smith is now in the POTW set and the pic is a classic!!!
  Check out the beginning of Ted's UC-Edison report to read about an idea that could have made today a memory-maker.
  U. City's cheerleaders are now in this set.
  Univ. City 40, Edison 0: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. T-DE Davon Wise. Pics
here.
  Click
here for pics of La Salle's basketball signees.
  Click
here for . . . Think Any Suburban Teams Have a "Locker Room" Like Imhotep's? (City football is always a scramble, folks.)
  The following players received honors on the PSAC's All-East Teams:
  Chris Oliver, Germantown, 1st team OT.
  English "Buddy" Peay, Washington, 1st team DB.
  Curtis Wortham, Judge, 1st team, Ret. & 2nd team RB.
  Chris Kennedy, Carroll, 1st team DL.
  Brandon Allen, Frankford, 2nd team OT.
  Anthony McCloskey, O'Hara, 2nd team DL.
  Tyrone Brown, Roman, 2nd team DL.
  The following player received honors on the PSAC's All-West Teams:
  Akeem Smith, Frankford, 2nd team DL.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert puts the Marlins' latest fishy move into the you-know-what context. Click here.
  Carroll's Bill Ghaul is now in
the college set.

 
Pickin' Parade, Week 12: The selections by Pretty Much Your Worst Nightmare & Big Willie & Only Sane One in the Group are posted. They differ on just one one game. PMYWR and OSOitG have West; BW has Imhotep.

Nov. 14
  Click here for our AA West Cath.-Imhotep City Title X-Ray.

 
**Click here for the Coaches' All-Public Team and congrats to MVPs Tim DiGiorgio (Fkd), Khaaliq Shuler (Furn), Antoine Whitney and Vittorio Goggins (Bok), and David Williams (Imho)!!**
 
Click here for pics from Signing Day at Episcopal Academy.
  Click
here for pics from Signing Day at SJ Prep.
  ***Five recent Player of the Week winners received their T-shirts today and
here are their pics.***
  You know how the Pub has many players with cool nicknames? The Compton family, of Frankford football, has three! Click
here.
  Click here for practice pics from La Salle, Imhotep and Frankford
.
 
Click here for our AAAA La S.-Frankford City Title X-Ray.
  Gobble, gobble: The Thanksgiving schedule is here. If you're aware of  changes, please let us know at silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks!
  Click here for an interesting story, from USA Today, about
Washington product Sharrif Floyd, now starring for Florida.
  Note: Edison-West Philly (bus snafu last week) has been canceled.
  Wood sr. C-DT Fran Walsh
has become a mirror image of his late father, Matt, and nothing could make him feel better. Click here for Ted's story.
 
Click here for the TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week for Week 11.

Nov. 13
  Big Willie's report on Episcopal-Haverford School is now posted.
  Click here for our AAA
Wood-Bok City Title X-Ray.
  Remember the pic we posted, out of Penn State's weight room, after SJ Prep beat La Salle during the regular season? Well, the two guys in it are baaaaaack and, my, how things have changed. Click
here for Part II and here for Part I. Thanks for being good sports, guys!
  Click
here for practice pics from Wood (weightlifting, first).
  In case you missed it, click
here for a pic of the final TD (of 4) scored
by La Salle's Sean Coleman in the CL AAAA title game vs. SJ Prep.
  Malvern's Joe DiTrolio and Tommy Rumer are now in
the college set.
  ***Update: Roman's William Fuller IS the leading receiver in city history. Click here for Ted's story.*** 
  Frog's report on Bok-Gratz is posted.
  Roman/B-P will not be completed and Roman's William Fuller is now the leading receiver in city history. Or is he? Click here.
  Episcopal sr. T-NG Jack Florio is featured in Ted's weekly football notes. Click here. (Top 10 also included.)
  Click
here to see what Patriot League honors were won by Malvern's Robert McCabe and SJ Prep's Mike Yeager
. Very cool!
 

Nov. 12
  Frog's report on U. City-Furness is posted.
 
Click here for Huck's CL stats package and here for his City Top 10.
  Click
here for . . . Lookin' for Some Great Buddies?
  Click
here for . . . Lookin' for a Lottery Number?
  Schedule note: The Class A District 1/12 subregional final will be
Friday at 7: Comm Tech at Bristol.
  Huck's report on Wood/B-P is now posted.
  Ted's report on Frankford-Washington is now posted.
  Boxscores for the five championship games, including the EA-HS Inter-Ac showdown, are in today's Daily News. Page 59. 
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on La Salle sr. QB Chris Kane and
Frankford jr. OLB Marquise Poston
.
  Look to the right to see which Week 11 games were filmed by Greg Harris and Whistletopps . . . >>>>>>>

Nov. 11
 
Accepting your Week 11 Player of the Week nominations. Please send to silaryt@phillynews.com
 
Huck again ruled in the Pickin' Parade. He dismantled Puck, 1-0, and annihilated Big Willie, 3-1. Puck beat BW, 2-1. Meawnhile . . . all three guys were at P-W for the Wood/B-P game. Click here!!
 
All TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to all helpers!
  Dan Spinelli has filed his report on the La Salle-Prep classic.
  Paul Schneider has filed his report on the recent MN-Mastbaum tilt.
  Click
here for video highlights, as provided by Rob Johnson, of yesterday's La Salle-SJ Prep championship game.
  Much work to do for the Daily News. Please be patient. Thanks!
 
Click here for updated Standings/Overall Records/PF-PA.
 
Click here for the Week 11 results and Week 12 schedule. 

Nov. 10
  In Catholic finals . . .
  AAAA -- La Salle beat SJ Prep, 28-27, in OT, as sr. QB Chris Kane and sr. WR Sean Coleman turned in huge performances.
Ted's report is posted. So is Dan Spinelli's. Before/after pics
here. Game pics here.
  AAA -- Wood beat Bonner-Prendie, 38-16, as sr. RB Andrew Guckin again ran wild. Huck's report is posted. Celebration pics here. Game pics (from second quarter forward) here.
  In Public finals . . .
  AAAA -- Frankford beat Washington, 30-16, as jr. OLB
Marquise Poston made a pair of big-time contributions on defense. Ted's report is posted. Celebration pics here. Game pics (from halftime forward) here.
  AAA -- Bok beat Gratz, 28-22, as sr. Antoine Whitney went crazy in a new role.
Frog's report is posted.
 
In a showdown for the Inter-Ac title . . .
 
Episcopal beat Haverford School, 21-14, to complete a 10-0 season. Big Willie's report is posted.
 
In Class AA subregional semis . . .
  West Catholic beat Conwell-Egan, 48-14. Huck's report is posted. Cauls' pics
here.
  Imhotep beat Prep Charter, 32-7. Duck's report will be posted.
 
Puck has already squashed Big Willie (2-0 lead with 1 to go.)

Nov. 9
  In a Class A subregional first-rounder . . .
  Comm Tech 18, Morrisville 0: Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to jr. TE Steven Kargobai. Pics
here.
  Pub non-leaguer . . .
  Future 16, King 6: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Mastery North 26, Mastbaum: Paul's report is posted.
  Click
here for . . Pop Goes the Lil Frosh (With the Very High Number).

Nov. 8
  Germantown 22, Franklin 14: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WR-S Darnell Baldwin. Pics
here through third quarter. (Camera then died. RIP, camera.)
  Univ. City 49, Furness 16: Frog's report is posted.
  Dobbins 26, Lincoln 0: Paul's report will be posted.
  Click here for Armand Vanore's look, on www.easternpafootball.com,
at Round Two in the SJ Prep-La Salle skirmish.
  Wood hoops coach Jack Walsh, along with current players and parents, will bus to the Palestra tomorrow night to watch a pair of ex-Vikings do battle. It'll be Fran Dougherty and Penn vs. Joe Getz and UMBC.
  Click
here for . . . Philly guy Mike Stern (Olney '73) rubs elbows with  Olympic boxer Errol Spence during high school football game in Texas. 
  SJ Prep coach William "Speedy" Morris
has been nominated for a spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Click here for Dick Jerardi's story.
 
More time on Huck's hands . . . Detailed CL stats are here again!!
 
West Catholic T-DE Jaryd "Burger" Jones-Smith, owner of an 88-inch wingspan, is featured with our 35th annual list of Division I-A and I-AA prospects. Click here for story, and here for list.

Nov. 7
 
Malvern's Robert McCabe is now in the college set.
  Schedule change: B-P/Wood will be Saturday, at P-W, at 7 p.m
.
 
Pickin' Parade, Week 11: The selections by His Picture Is Next to Knucklehead in the Dictionary (he lost to Huck last week), Big Willie and Huck are posted. HPINtKitD and BW have three differences. HPINtKitD has Future, CT and Wash. HPINtKitD and Huck have one. Huck has Bok. Huck and BW have four. BW has Morrisville, King, Frankford and Gratz.
 
Lincoln's Miguel Sanchez can now be found in the POTW set. 
  Penn Charter sr. T-TE-DE-more Mike McGlinchey (Notre Dame commit) has been selected to play in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl on Jan. 4, in Carson, Calif. Click
here for a pic that includes Mike and PC coach Jeff Humble. And here for one that includes Mike and his parents, Michael and Janet.
  Click here
for . . . Wouldn't This Be a Cool Trick Play?
  Click here for a note about a special effort that'll take place Saturday at the Cath AAAA final.
  Click here for the Public League Master Schedule for hoops!
  This week's telecasts on www.sportsfanbase.com: Saturday's Pub AAA and AAAA finals. 

  Click here for the TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week for Week 10.

Nov. 6
  Click
here for . . . The Backup QB's Gotta Do Something As He Awaits Practice Reps.
  O'Hara's Chris Nolan is now in
the college set.
(Cool pic!)
 
Click here for Huck's CL stats package and here for his City Top 10.
  Click
here for practice pics from West Catholic.
  Four Penn guys from Our Schools are now in
the college set.  
  Check out Frog's reports on the Pub AAA semis.
  Playoff boxscores have been added to this page.
  Gratz jr. WR-DB Nydair Rouse
, who tied the city record for pick-sixes in a playoff game (and had three TDs total), is featured in Ted's weekly football notes. Click here. (Top 10 at bottom of notes.)

Nov. 5
  Click
here for three Penn Charter pics from the game vs. SCH.
  Malvern's JoJo Rava is now in
the college set.
  The picture you've been awaiting is now in The House!! Well, actually it's in
the college set. It features the three Philly guys at Florida: Vet  Sharrif Floyd (Washington) and two young bucks, Colin Thompson (Wood) and Skyler Mornhinweg (SJ Prep)
.
  All TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to all helpers!
  Schedule shuffling: U. City at Furness, Thurs., 2:30, at S. Philly; Mastery North vs. Mastbaum, Fri.,
6, at Northeast. (Brought about by the fact UC-Mastbaum will meet on Thanksgiving.)
  Click
here for . . . Great Catch, But There Was a Catch (involving Comm Tech's Steven Kargobai).
  Click
here for a small photo set . . . Bok Back in Final.
  Schedule update: Comm Tech will visit Morrisville at 7 p.m. Friday for a Class A D-1/12 subregional.
  Schedule change: Overbrook at Central is now at 2:30 on Friday.
  Schedule change: Saturday's Prep-La Salle game, still at 1 p.m., has been moved to Plymouth-Whitemarsh.
  Check out Nick Mandarano's report on the B-P/LC playoff.
  Schedule change: Saturday's Malvern at SCH game will start at 1:30.
  **The boxscores for all playoff games are in today's Daily News.**
  Click here for Frank Seravalli's story on Frankford product Jahri Evans, Pro Bowl lineman for the New Orleans Saints.
  B-P sr. RHP Dan Furman will play his college baseball at Pitt.
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on
Episcopal jr. TE-DE-LS Evan Butts and Washington sr. FB Joshua "Texas" Macauley
.

Nov. 4
 
Click here for updated Standings/Overall Records/PF-PA.
 
Click here for the Week 10 results and Week 11 schedule.
  In the Week 10 Pickin' Parade, Huck did a slap-'em-silly number on Puck and Big Willie, 2-1 apiece. The co-goofballs tied, 1-1.  
  Ryan seeks a game for this week. Email coach Frank McArdle at fmcardle@arfootball.com.  
  Accepting your Week 10 Player of the Week nominations. Please send to silaryt@phillynews.com
  Look to the right to see which Week 10 games were filmed by Greg Harris and Whistletopps . . . >>>>>>>

 
Click here for updated Standings/Overall Records/PF-PA.

ov. 3
  In Pub AAAA semifinals . . .
  Washington 28, Central 0: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Frankford 35, Northeast 15: Paul Schneider's report is posted.
  In Inter-Ac . . .
  Episcopal 47, Gtn. Academy 0: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  In the Cath AA final . . .
  West Catholic 30, Carroll 7: Huck's report is posted.
Cauls' pics.
  In Pub AAA semis . . .
  Bok 12, Boys' Latin 6: Frog's report is posted.
  Gratz 36, Mastery North 12: Frog's report is posted.
  In Pub AA final . . .
  Imhotep 48, Del-Val 0: Duck's report will be posted.
  In Cath AAAA semis . . .
  La Salle beat Roman, 42-13. Dan Spinelli's report is posted.
  In Cath AAA semis . . .
  Wood beat O'Hara, 54-28, and B-P beat Lansdale, 28-0. Nick Mandarano's report on the LC game is posted.
  The Malvern-SJ Prep Thanksgiving game will be played at P-W instead of Villanova Stadium.
  District 1 has opted out of the D-1/12 Subregional in Class AA. Thus,
all four teams will be from the Cath/Pub. (If this decision had come earlier, the CL playoffs could have included four teams. Ugh to D-I!)
  The Coaches' All-Catholic Football Team is in SportsWeek.
  Franklin's cheerleaders can now be found
here.
  Click
here for . . . Franklin Coach David Carter Brings Good Cheer.

Nov. 2
  SJ Prep beat Ryan, 29-6, in a Catholic AAAA semi. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to sr. TE-S-P Dan Sherry. Pics
here.
  Franklin 12, Comm Tech 6. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.

Nov. 1
 
*Click here for the Coaches' All-Catholic Football Team and Congrats to MVPs William Fuller (Roman), Andrew Guckin (Wood) and Greg White (West) . . . (earlier issues now resolved)*
  Overbrook 16, Lincoln 13: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. FB-LB Marice Tillman. Pics
here.
  West Phila. 36, Furness 0: Frog's report is posted.
  Wood sr. RB-LB Andrew Guckin is now lighting it up on both sides of the ball. Click here for Ted's story . . . And click here for Before He "Uncled" a Star Player, a story from 1979 that included Vince Guckin, star linebacker (and true nut, in a good way -- ha ha) for Judge
. Wayne Faircloth's classic photo included!

Oct. 31
 
Roman's Maalik Wayns can now be found here!! Congrats!!
 
Germantown's Ackeno Robertson is now in the college set.  
 
Pickin' Parade, Week 10: The selections by More of a Pain Than Sandy (he lost last week), Big Willie and Huck are complete. MoaPTS and BW have two differences. MoaPTS has Ovb and Furn. MoaPTS and Huck have three. Huck has Oln, West Phila. & Haver. School. BW and Huck have three. BW has Fut, Malv and Linc.
  Schedule change: Gtn. Academy at Episcopal is now Saturday at 1:30.
  Click
here to see the Co-Captains of the All-Practice Pants Team.
  Click
here for another Separated at Birth (involving QBs).
  Click
here for practice pics from O'Hara . . . and here for Carroll  . . . and here for Franklin
.
 
Click here for the TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week for Week Nine.

Oct. 30
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Jordy Hinkle, who quarterbacked the old Bishop Kenrick to the '72 Catholic League championship game. Jordy died Monday as the result of injuries suffered in a recent fall. His father, Jack, was a star running back for the 1943 Steagles (Steelers/Eagles combo team) and coached briefly at
Gratz, and his son, J.J., played football/baseball at Germantown Academy. RIP, Jordy.  
  Click here for . . . Only in the Cali. Incredible video/story from USA Today about a disturbing event at a high school game in Sacramento. 

  Website legend Mark "Frog" Carfagno didn't mind Sandy's visit. Click
here to see why.
  Penn State's Deion Barnes (Northeast) and Mark Arcidiacono (SJ Prep) are now in
the college set.  
  The page with
Game Records
for each school has been updated and now includes all 300-yard rushers and passers in city history, plus all receivers who have notched at least 180 yards (bottom of page). Please let us know of any omissions at silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks!
 
This week's Internet broadcast on www.sportsfanbase.com: Frankford vs. Northeast, Saturday, 3 p.m.
 
This is what 29th Street Stadium looked like early last season after heavy rains. Wonder what it looks like today? And click here for a legendary pic from the Franklin-Boys' Latin game that day.
  Lansdale Catholic QB Pat Duggan
, who engineered a comeback win over O'Hara, is featured in Ted's weekly notes. Click here.

Oct. 29
  **Jon "Duck" Gray lists some more Pub prospects here.**
 
Wood's Sam McCain is now in the college set.  
  The World Series is over and baseball historian John Shiffert puts it in the you-know-what context. Click here.
  The page with
Team-by-Team Results has been updated. 
  This week's CL playoffs . . .
  AA final: Carroll vs. West, Saturday at O'Hara, 3.
  AAA semis: O'Hara vs. Wood, Saturday at Truman, 3; B-P vs. Lansdale, Saturday at Plymouth-Whitemarsh, 3:30.
  AAAA semis: Ryan vs. SJ Prep, Friday at Germantown, 7; Roman vs. La Salle, Saturday at Tennent, 3.
  The Week 10 schedule is now complete (CL playoffs added).
  The page with City Records
has been updated.
 
More time on Huck's hands . . . Detailed CL stats are here again!!
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on
Del-Val sr. WR/DB Rasheed "Twin Two" Cade (Rashan "Twin One" was injured early) and Conwell-Egan QB/S Kyle Techtmann, son of coach Jack Techtmann.
 
Click here for Huck's CL stats package and here for his City Top 10.

Oct. 28
 
All TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to all helpers!
  Frankford's Ed Ferrell, Washington's Mickey Caban and C-E's Anthony Singlar are now in
the college set.
  Click
here for . . . Not All Workouts Take Place in the Gym.
  West Catholic's Antwain McCollum just passed for six yards!! Huck was reviewing the West-La Salle game on film and realized the last TD pass was from the far 47, not the near 47. Thus, it was a 53-yarder and McCollum's school record has been lifted from 336 to 342!
  The Week 10 schedule is here (though details for CL playoffs are not yet available).
  Next week's Pub playoffs (all games Saturday) . . .
  AA final: D-V vs. Imhotep, at Germantown, 6
  AAA semis: doubleheader at Gratz, BL vs. Bok, 3; MN vs. Gratz, 6:30
  AAAA semis: doubleheader at Northeast, Northeast vs. Frankford, 3; Central vs. Washington, 6:30 
  Look to the right to see which games were filmed in Week Nine by Greg Harris and Whistletopps. >>>>>>

 
Click here for updated Standings/Overall Records/PF-PA.
 
C-E's Dan McLaughlin and Prep Charter's Asa Manley (with his pink posse!!) are now in the Players of the Week set.
  N-G's varsity and JV cheerleaders are now
here.

Oct. 27
  Next week's CL playoffs (details TBA) -- AA final: West vs. Carroll; AAA semis: Wood vs. O'Hara, Lansdale vs. B-P; AAAA semis: Prep vs. Ryan, La Salle vs. Roman. 
  Conwell-Egan rallied from a 33-14 deficit to edge Neumann-Goretti, 34-33, and almost certainly earn a spot in the Class AA D-1/12 subregional (two weeks away). Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  In a Pub AA semi . . .
  Del-Val 14, Prep Charter 8: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here. (Imhotep beat Comm Tech, 41-8, in the other semi.)

Oct. 26
 
Big Willie is the king of Week Nine! He dismantled Huck and Puck, 2-1. Huck and Puck tied, 1-1. (Picks match tomorrow.)
 
***In Wood's 56-35 win over Bonner-Prendie, Andrew Guckin ran for a school record 345 yards and six TDs. Also, B-P's Colin DiGalbo passed for a school record 332 yards and Christian Summers tied the city record for TD catches (four) . . . In West's 28-26 loss to La Salle, Antwain McCollum passed for a school record 336 yards . . . In BL's 62-34 loss to Gratz, Eric Lark raised his passing school record from 151 to 287.***
  In Pub AAAA first-round games . . .
  Northeast 44, Furness 0: Ted's sketchy report is posted. SportsWeek ink to sr. LB Shahir Gates. Not a full arsenal of pics
here (with a few from the mess mentioned right below -- ugh!)
  Bus miseries 1, Lincoln/Central 0: Lincoln never showed up. Game rescheduled for 11 a.m. tomorrow. (Plug was pulled at 3:17. Ted then rushed to South Philly, where the score was already 38-0. Ugh, Part II.)
  Other Games . . . 
  La Salle 28, W. Cath. 26: Huck's report is posted. Cauls' pics
here.
  Gratz beat Boys' Latin, 62-34, to win a last-game showdown for the AAA regular season title. Amauro's report will be posted.
  Overbrook 28, Dobbins 8: Amauro's report will be posted. 
  Click
here for . . . "Usher"ing in Another Separated at Birth.
  Welcome to our newest advertiser, www.whizkidsbaseball.com. Please check out the ad in the column to the right. Thanks!
  Malvern's Shawn Wilson is in
the college set.

Oct. 25
  Think You Have a Keen Eye? . . . Click
here to see the identity of the guy who's now nationally famous (and not as an athlete). Thanks to all who took guesses earlier today.
  Fels 42, U. City 12: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. ATH/DB Jamiel Hines. Pics
here.
  26,000 views for
the college set. YOUR pic should be in there.  
  Frosh RB Shawn Wilson (Malvern)
is Dickinson's male athlete of the week! He scored two TDs in a 38-31 OT win over McDaniel.

Oct. 24
  All recent photo sets can now be found here.
  Click here for Before They Played for Pay . . . on
Penn Charter grad Matt Ryan, who'll be in town Sunday!!
  Carroll's Greg DiSanto and Kevin McLaughlin (different colleges, same pic) are in
the college set.
(Their teams met last week. Photo op!)
  Penn Charter sr. T/TE/H-back/DL Mike McGlinchey
is the latest headliner in a family packed with them. He'll be at the Linc Sunday, with many others, to watch his first cousin, Matt Ryan. Click here. Two special charts in paper. Click here for pic of Mike with brother/two cousins currently on PC's squad.
  ***Click here for Frog's reports on all four South Philly Super Site games from last week.***
 
Click here for the TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week for Week Eight.
  Pickin' Parade, Week Nine: The selections by
Big Willie, Huck and Must Have Been a Jockstrap in a Former Life are posted. BW & Huck have three differences BW has HS, Epis & Edi. BW & MHBaJiaFL have three. MHBaJiaFLW has Penn Charter, Malv & Ovb. Huck & MHBaJiaFLW have two. Huck has Fut & Dobb.

Oct. 23
 
More time on Huck's hands . . . Detailed CL stats are here again!!
 
Wood's Colin Thompson is now  in the the college set.  (And now there's also a pic of Colin with his best buddy from AHA, John Shulby.)
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Lou Tribuiani, former JV basketball coach at O'Hara and for the last six years an on-field producer for Fox Sports' NFL coverage. Lou and his wife, Laurie, hosted future NBAer Adonal Foyle during his one year at O'Hara in 1991-92. RIP, Lou.  
  This week's Internet broadcasts on www.sportsfanbase.com: Saturday's
Pub AA semis (Prep Charter/Del-Val at 1, Comm Tech-Imhotep at 4).
  Click
here for practice pics from Penn Charter, Dobbins (JV only, varsity guys had school commitments; didn't stay long) and Roman.
  SJ Prep's Skyler Mornhinweg is now in the
the college set.  
  Click here for . . . our latest Before They Drew X's and O's, on former Frankford star Montik Goodwin, now an assistant at Germantown.
  Gratz sr. DE Saeed Sheard
is featured in Ted's weekly football notes. Click here. City rankings at bottom of notes. Stats in paper.

Oct. 22
 
La Salle's Steve Szostak is now in the the college set.
 
Click here for Huck's CL stats package and here for his City Top 10.
 
Judge grad Pete Gabriele, assistant baseball coach at Frankford, is on Wheel of Fortune right now! (Started at 7:30. Will end at 8.)
  Click here for the Week Eight results/Week Nine schedule.
  **Huck and Big Willie tied and they both slapped around Puck, 2-0.**
  Look to the right to see which games were filmed during Week Eight by Greg Harris and Whistletopps. >>>>>>>
  Click here for Ted's writeback story on West Catholic sr. DE/DT Dom Toney, who honors his mother's survival of breast cancer
.

Oct. 21
 
Send POW nominations for Week Eight to silaryt@phillynews.com.
  All TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to all helpers!
 
Wood's varsity and JV cheerleaders are now here.
 
Click here for updated Standings/Overall Records/PF-PA.
  Wood 62, Carroll 7: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WR-QB Chris Rahill, whose special-needs brother, Fran, served as an honorary captain and waterboy. Before/halftime/after pics
here. Game pics here.
  The Pub schedule for Week Nine (aside from AAA games) will not be finalized until Monday afternoon.
  Congrats to Episcopal grad Brian Dougherty (son of Dan, the ex-hoops coach) on his induction into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame! 
  Click
here for . . . Some Conversion Catches are Not Hart.
  Click
here for . . . Not the Corner of Healthy & Happy Street Signs. 
  Chris Lubanski, former mega-star at the ol' Kennedy-Kenrick High, and a first-round MLB draftee, is SCH Academy's new baseball coach.
  Central's Hakeem Ellis is now in the
Players of the Week set.

Oct. 20
 
Seedings for Pub AAAA playoffs: 1, Frankford; 2, Washington; 3, Central; 4, Northeast; 5, Furness; 6, Lincoln . . . Seedings for Pub AA playoffs: 1, Imhotep; 2, Prep Charter; 3, Del-Val; 4, Comm Tech.  
  West Catholic 42, N-G 0: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here. (And much better ones from Cauls are here.)
  Central 36, Germantown 26: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  O'Hara 9, B-P 7: Huck's report is posted.
  Mastery North 18, Bok 8: Frog's report is posted.
  Furness beat Olney, 42-6, to take Pub AAAA Silver. Frog's report is  posted.
  Lansdale fell to Ryan, 34-7. Nick Mandarano's report is posted.
  Haverford School's Lou Moeller, SJ Prep's Mark Giubilato and O'Hara's Tom Savage are now in
the college set.  
  Schedule change: today's HS at GA game is now at 2:30

Oct. 19
  Malvern 27, Penn Charter 20: Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to jr. RB Troy Gallen (3 TDs). Pics
here.
  La Salle 28, Roman 14: Huck's report is posted. As is Dan Spinelli's.
  Lincoln 32, Mastbaum 28: Amauro's report will be posted.
  Imhotep 47, Prep Charter 0: Frog's report is posted.
  Southern 24, Edison 6:  Frog's report is posted.
  Click
here for . . . Some Windshield Stickers Are Sarcastic.
  Click
here for . . . Ken You Believe This Catch?
 
Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
 
Click here for a Separated at Birth involving one current and one former Northeast player (now in NFL!). And click here to see how the ex-Viking looked in the basketball team pic from 2000-01 (wearing No. 10; he was a good point guard).

Oct. 18
 
Washington 23, Northeast 6: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. QB Dave Gavrilov. Pics here.
  Click
here for practice pics from Olney and Fels.
  MC&S sr. F Jeremiah "Lump" Worthem will play college basketball at Robert Morris. Ted's story is here. Click
here
for pic from 2011-12.
  **Welcome to our newest website sponsor, Oxygen 4 Energy. Please check out the ad in the right-hand column of this homepage. Thanks!**

Oct. 17
  Two
Del-Val grads and four Kutztown players are in the college set.  
  **Click here for Amauro's midseason notes.**
 
Click here for practice pics from Lansdale and Gratz.
  At Penn State, lineman
Mark Arcidiacono (SJ Prep) and assistant Craig Fitzgerald (La Salle) made a bet before last Saturday's Prep-La Salle game. Click here for the outcome.
  Click
here for . . . No Ifs, Ands or Butts About It. Some Guys Need to Rest BEFORE Practice.
  West Catholic grads Jim Lynch and Jordan Culbreath are now
here.
  This week's games on
SFBN: Thurs., Wash-NE, 6; Sun., Carr-Wood, 1.
  Pickin' Parade, Week Eight: The selections by
Huck, Puck (didn't lose last week, but didn't win, either) and Big Willie are complete. Huck & Puck have two differences. Huck has HS and C-E. Huck & BW have ZERO. Puck & BW have two. BW has HS and C-E.
  Click here for the TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week for Week Seven.
 
Sr. QB Adam Strouss has led Episcopal to a 6-0 record and 253-14 scoring advantage. Click here for Ted's story.

Oct. 16
 
La Salle sr. 1B Chris Melillo will play college baseball at Notre Dame. 
  Click
here for practice pics from Episcopal and Boys' Latin.
  Click here for Tim Gilbert's story on La Salle products John Butler and Craig Fitzgerald, who are members of Penn State's football staff.
  Haverford School's Ethan Brown and Roman's Dennis Regan are now in
the college set.
  Click here to nominate candidates for Mr. Pennsylvania Football.
  N-G sr. F John Davis will play his college hoops at Towson. Ted's story is here. Click
here for a pic that shows John playing D last year.
  Prep Charter soph DB (and RB) Asa Manley is featured in Ted's weekly football notes (Top 10 included). Click here. Stats in paper.

Oct. 15
 
More time on Huck's hands . . . Detailed CL stats are here again!!
 
Click here for Huck's CL stats package and here for his City Top 10.
  Click here for our latest Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on Haverford School assistant
Lance Shaw (SJ Prep).
  Germantown's Kwame Miller, GA's Austin Kevitch and Haverford School's Matt Fortin are
here.
  La Salle's Chris Kane is in the
Players of the Week
set.  
  All
TEAM PAGES have been updated. Thanks to everyone who helped! 
  Take Me Out to the Brawlgame, Part II: Saturday's Overbrook-Bartram game was halted early (on the heels of Olney-Southern one week earlier). Click here for the fallout.
  Check out Ted's writeback story on
SJ Prep sr. LB Todd Jones and  Ryan sr. RB Jeremiah Agrio.

Oct. 14
  Click here for the debut report by
Lansdale Catholic student Nick Mandarano, who's good buddies with website vet Dan Spinelli. Welcome aboard. Nick! Thanks for joining us! 
  Look to the right for the Whistletopps
ad to see which games were filmed during Week Seven. >>>>>>>.  
  Three visits to Splitsville. Huck & Puck tied, 1-1. Huck and Big Willie tied, 2-2. Puck and BW tied, 1-1.
 
Click here for updated Standings/Overall Records/PF-PA.
  Send POW nominations for Week Seven to silaryt@phillynews.com

 
Click here for the Week Seven Results & Week Eight Schedule.

Oct. 13
  **SJ Prep beat La Salle, 24-16, before an outrageous crowd at P-W.
Ted's report is posted. As is Dan Spinelli's. Before/after pics
here. Game pics here.**
  Haver. School 10, SCH Acad. 9: Ted's report is posted. Pics here.
  Click
here for . . . Sometimes Catching the Ball Can Be Hart.
  Click here for a story from the Patriot League's website about star Georgetown LB Robert McCabe (Malvern)
.

Oct. 12
  Northeast's David Pulliam is in the
Players of the Week set. 
  Mastbaum 40, Edison 0: Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to jr. QB Joseph Walker. Pics
here.
  West Catholic beat Carroll, 42-22, as Greg White ran for 300 yards and four TDs. Huck's report is posted. Cauls' pics
here.
  Prep Charter 37, Comm Tech 0: Frog's report is posted.
  Gratz's Saeed Sheard is in the
Players of the Week set.
  Carroll's Luke Wischnowski and Kevin Eckel are now
here.

Oct. 11
  Hard to believe, but 17,000-plus people have checked out
Philly Guys in College Football.
  A half-dozen Haverford School guys (AJ Jones, Grant Jamgochian, Wyatt Benson, Chris DiBello, Max Silver, Zach Trauger) and North Catholic's Robert Mullen are now
here.
  Click
here for . . . A Shuler-Handed Interception.
  Southern's Wayne Brunson and Bok's Vittorio "Vito" Goggins can now be found in the
Players of the Week set.
  Furness 22, Southern 12: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr.
QB-DB Khaaliq Shuler. Pics
here.

Oct. 10
 
Pickin' Parade, Week Seven: The selections by Huck, Big Willie and His Yappin' Makes Fingernails on Blackboards Seem Like a Pleasant Sound (he lost last week to Huck) are posted. Huck & HYMFOBSLAPS have two differences. Huck has Dobb & Ryan. Huck & BW have four. BW has MN, SJP, Judge & O'Hara. BW & HYMFOBSLAPS have two. HYMFOBSLAPS has La S & RC.
 
Washington's Aaron Wilmer, West Catholic's Dwayne Shaw and  Carroll's Jalal Timmons are now here.
  Congrats to Saint Joseph's basketball coach Phil Martelli (SJ Prep), who was recently
given the American Cancer Society Southeast Region Distinguished Service Award!! The DSA is the highest honor bestowed by the Southeast Region to a volunteer who has greatly contributed to the ACS for a minimum of 10 years, while carrying out its mission.
  Click here for . . . Sometimes JV Guys Make Memorable Plays, Too. 
  Baseball historian John Shiffert puts Miguel Cabrera's Triple Crown into the you-know-what context. Click here
  ***The hammer has fallen hard on Olney's program in response to last week's brawl with Southern. Click
here
for Ted's story.***
 
Huck had some time on his hands, so . . . Holy Christmas! Check out what he compiled here.
  Click here for the TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week for Week Six.
 
Click here for Ted's story on Imhotep sr. RB/SB Eerin Young, who has teamed with David Williams to form an eye-catching duo.

Oct. 9
  Click here (fiiiiiinally!!) for pics from practices at Central (some shots of JV game with Washington mixed in), Imhotep and Mastery North.
  Click here for . . . When He's Not Keeping Stats and Writing Website Reports. ("Frog" Carfagno has many talents!)
  Look to the right for the Whistletopps ad to see which games were filmed last week. >>>>>>>
  Click here for a story by former DN staffer Dana O'Neil about a great deed performed by Richmond hoops coach Chris Mooney (Ryan).  
  Olney's roster is now posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Boys' Latin's Ben Coulibaly is now in
Players of the Week
  The Hyphen Bowl, B-P vs. C-E, is now Saturday, 7 p.m., at Truman.
  Frog's reports on MN-Bart and PC-Fut are now posted.
  Click here for John Smallwood's column about the rise of Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan (Penn Charter).
  Carroll's Ryan Boornazian and his amazing sports story are featured in Ted's weekly football notes. Click here. Stats leaders in DN.

Oct. 8
  Judge's Steve Owens and O'Hara's Corey Brown are now
here.  
  Click here for a pair of Before They Drew X's and O's stories on Roman assistant Dom Joseph, who starred there as well.
 
  Amauro's reports on NE-Cent and Wood-SJ Prep are posted.
 
Click here for Huck's CL stats package and here for his City Top 10.
  Click here for the updated school records for one game.
  Click here for the updated team-by-team results.
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on
Roman sr. TE-LB Chris Cruz and Bonner-Prendergast jr. WR-S Michael Ockimey.
  This week's telecast on SFBN: Germantown at Northeast, Fri., 6:30.

Oct. 7
  Gtn. Academy's cheerleaders are now in
this set
.
  All TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to all helpers!
 
Click here for updated Standings/Overall Records/PF-PA.
  Send your POW nominations for Week Six. silaryt@phillynews.com

 
Click here for the Week Six Results & Week Seven Schedule.
  Huck thumped Puck, 1-0, and Big Willie, 2-1. Puck and BW split, 1-1.
 
Click here for Paul Schneider's report on that messy Southern-Olney game from Friday.

Oct. 6
  Cheerleaders from
Ryan & McDevitt are now in this set.
  O'Hara 57, McDevitt 7: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Roman 14, Ryan 7: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Bonn.-Pren. 28, Lansdale 9: Huck's report is posted. Cauls' pics
here.
  Click
here
for . . . Are We All in UNIson? This guy's wacky.
  We've passed 11 million visitors! We added the last million in roughly 10 1/2 months. Thanks for the support!

Oct. 5
  Frankford 25, Washington 14: Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to sr. C Lorenz "Bubbles" Compton. Pics
here.
  Rough day on the Pub trail: Southern-Olney halted by fighting; Edison forfeited to Lincoln due to numbers shortage; tomorrow's D-V/Imhotep game moved to daytime because of crowd-control fears. Ted's SportsWeek story is here. Paul Schneider's report is here.
  W. Catholic 52, Conwell-Egan 16: Huck's report is posted. Click
here for Cauls' pics.
  SJ Prep 23, Wood 10: Amauro's report is posted.
  Central 16, Northeast 6: Amauro's report is posted.
  Prep Charter 59, Future 6: Frog's report is posted.
  Mastery North 12, Bartram 6: Frog's report is posted. 
  Schedule change: The time for tomorrow's D-V/Imhotep game, at Germantown, has been switched to 3 p.m.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert puts one-game playoffs into the you-know-what context. Click here.

Oct. 4
  Duck has his eyes on more Pub prospects. Click here.
  Click
here for . . . Nice Catch by the Young Boah.
  You know those helmet stickers guys get for making great plays? Look what Bok's Larry Pelzer did with his . . . Click
here.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of mid-'60s North Catholic basketball starter Vince Regan ('66), who passed recently. Vince was part of a big CL sports family and a beloved firefighter. RIP, Vince.
  Bok 30, Franklin 6: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. FB-DE Vittorio "Vito" Goggins. Pics
here
.
  Funeral services have been set for former Overbrook basketball coach Ron Ford. Click here for a short story.

Oct. 2
  Click
here for . . . Wearing Your Heart on Your License Plate.
  Brent Celek visited La Salle's FB team today. Click here.
  Congrats to La Salle product Tim Wade, the SAAC Rookie of the Month for his RB exploits at Susquehanna . . . and to Washington alum Aaron Wilmer, the MAC Offensive Player of the Week for his QBing at Delaware Valley.
  Click
here for (mostly woeful) pics from St. Joe's Prep's indoor practice.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of former Overbrook hoops coach Ron Ford, who passed Saturday. Ron steered  the Hilltoppers for six seasons (1997-2002) and starred for Edison's '58 Pub semifinalists. RIP, sir.
  Yo, Players of the Week. Send us your photo. tedtee308@yahoo.com
  B-P sr. WR Christian Summers is featured in Ted's weekly football notes. Click here (also includes City Top 10). Stats leaders in paper.

Oct. 1
 
 Click here for Huck's weekly CL stats package.
 
G-town's Darryl McBride and Fels' Chris Miller are in the college set.  
  Click here for Huck's City Top 10.
 
Bonner grad Jeff Jones and N-G product Earl Pettis have signed to play pro hoops in Hungary. Click here.
  Click
here for . . . Think You Could Handle This Bike?
  All TEAM PAGES have been updated. Thanks to all helpers!

 
This week's telecasts on www.sportsfanbase.com -- Thurs., Franklin vs. Bok, 3; Friday, Washington vs. Frankford, 3.
  Schedule change: Lansdale at B-P, Saturday at U. Darby,
3:15.
  Rich Hofmann Jr's SportsWeek story on W. Catholic is now posted.
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on
Judge sr. RB-FB-S Dennis Boice and Carroll sr. WR-S-Ret. Dan Bier.

Sept. 30
  Franklin's Rasalic Mackey and Jeff Brown and West Catholic's J.J. Small are now in
the college set. 
  Click
here for . . . City Guys on High School Chain Gangs (ha ha).
  Click
here
for . . . Summers Stars in the Fall (one of the great catches made by B-P's Christian Summers vs. Judge).  
  Click here for updated Standings/Overall Records/PF-PA.
  Send your POW nominations for Week Five. silaryt@phillynews.com
  Click here for the Week Five Results and Week Six Schedule.

Sept. 29
 
The wonderful Mr. Thomas McKenna beat Huck, 2-1, and Big Willie, also 2-1. Huck and BW split, 1-1.
  The cheerleaders from Judge, C-E and Carroll are now in
this set.
  Carroll 41, Conwell-Egan 0: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Judge survived last-play drama to edge Bonner-Prendie, 25-24. Ted's report on a classic is posted. Pics
here.
  West Catholic 46, McDevitt 14: Huck's report is posted. And click
here for Cauls' pics.
  SJ Prep 37, Roman 7: Amauro's report is posted.
  La Salle 31, Ryan 0: Dan Spinelli's report is posted.
  Check out SportsWeek for Rich Hofmann Jr.'s lengthy look at West Catholic's program. He spent a week with the Burrs leading up to, and including, the 42-24, come-from-way-back shocker over Bonner.
  Click here for: Let There Be Night Football! On Campus . . . Huck's detailed look at the Wood-O'Hara night game.
  Central's cheerleaders are now in
this set.

Sept. 28
 
Special note: In Northeast's 43-20 win over Fels, Daquan Bohannan passed for 328 yards (The Puckster adjusted the number AGAIN after a full review -- ugh!) and five TDs while Shimeek Carter made 11 catches for 208 yards and two scores (and added a TD on a 79-yard interception return)!!
 
Washington 20, Central 16: Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek
ink
to sr. LB (and FB) Melvin "Macho" Gonzalez. Pics
here
.
  **Wood beat host O'Hara, 38-14, in the first night game ever played on a CL school's campus. Huck's report is posted. And click
here for a special page with boxscore, firsts, etc.**
  Furness 12, Lincoln 6: Frog's report is posted.
  Comm Tech 22, U. City 20 (OT): Frog's report is posted.
  Frankford 27, Germantown 8: Paul Schneider's report is posted.
 
Olney's Nasir Alston is now in the college set. 
  Click
here for . . . Some "Footballs" Are Bigger Than Others.
  Comm Tech sr. OLB (and RB) Diquan Gilbert became quite the football force . . . once he put fear behind him. Click here for Ted's story.
  La Salle sr. T-DL Patrick Hoffman
has committed to Navy. Click here for Ted's story. 

Sept. 27
  Frankford's Pub baseball champs were honored Wednesday night by
the Phillies. Click here for a video.
 
Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  Check out practice pics from
Comm Tech and Neumann-Goretti.
  Carroll's basketball program has added a 15-year-old (maybe) power forward from Ghana. Click here for Ted's story.
  **Click here for a press release concerning tomorrow night's Wood-at-O'Hara game, the first on-campus night game in CL history.**

Sept. 26
  King's roster is posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.  
 
Chestnut Hill's Chris Howard & Brett Flannery are in the college set. 
 
Week Five Pickin' Parade: The selections by Every Possible Screw Loose, Big Willie and Huck are posted. EPSL and BW have three differences. BW has O'H, SJP and C-E. EPSL and Huck have three. Puck has Ovb, Roman and Carr. Huck and BW have two. Huck has Wood and MN.
 
La Salle's grunts excel in the classroom, too. Click here for Ted's story, which highlights Luke Persichetti and Patrick Hoffman.
 
Click here for the Week Four TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players
of the Week.

Sept. 25
  Click
here for pics from Roman's Maalik Wayns Day . . . to honor the former Cahillite, now preparing for the start of his NBA career with the 76ers.
 
Click here for Huck's weekly CL stats package.
  Check out practice pics from
La Salle & SCH Academy. (two sets) 
  Congrats to La Salle product Sean Burke, who has joined Boston College's football squad as a walk-on.
  Episcopal WR-DB-K-P Quinn Hager
is featured in Ted's weekly football notes. City Top 10 at bottom of notes. Stats in Daily News.
  Click here for Huck's City Top 10.

Sept. 24
  SCH Academy sr. INF-OF Matt Rowland will play his college baseball at Louisville.
  Click
here for Poppa Razzi, as provided by La Salle fan Bill Wasylenko to celebrate Chris Rocco's fumble return TD vs. Malvern.
  W. Catholic's Kevin Burns & Leroy Wesley are now in
the college set.  
  Click here for Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on Franklin's first-year coach, David Carter.
  Note to Public League teams: Somebody please switch a game to Thursday! Ink is available! C'mon, we don't want to be inactive (ha ha).
  La Salle's John Palermo/Floyd Shaffer and McDevitt's Matt Conroy are now in
the college set together (teammates at Salve Regina, RI). 
  All TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to all helpers!
  Chestnut Hill's Jamie Young and West Catholic's Kevin Malone & Blaise Schieler are now in
the college set. 
  Baseball historian John Shiffert places The Melkman's Bombshell in the you-know-what context. Click here.
  Let There be Night! (Games at O'Hara) . . . Click
here for two pics.
  O'Hara jr. RB-SB Thaddius Smith tied the city's one-game record for TD catches with four in Saturday's win over Carroll. Click here for Ted's writeback story.
  This week's telecasts on www.sportsfanbase.com -- Friday, Lincoln vs. Furness, 6; Saturday, Mastery North vs. Overbrook, 1.

Sept. 23
 
Frankford's Tim DiGiorgio surpassed 3,000 career passing yards on Friday. Click here for the throw that put him over; here for receiver Denzel Turbeville; and here for the immediate aftermath.
  Check out Frog's reports on his three weekend games. 
  SJ Prep sr. CG Miles Overton will play his college hoops at Wake Forest. Click here for Ted's story. 
  Click here for . . . Even When Your Name's a Match, It's Not Always Easy Being the King (involving Rox QB/homecoming king Isaiah King
).
  Click here for updated Standings/Overall Records/PF-PA.
  Send your POW nominations for Week Four. silaryt@phillynews.com
  Lincoln's Durell Dixon is now in the Players of the Week.
  Click here for the Week Four Results and Week Five Schedule.
  Click
here for . . . Time Flies (involving Rox CB Devin Crosby).
  Huck had a take-'em-behind-the-woodshed week. He thumped Puck,
4-1, and roughed up Willie even worse, 5-1. Puck edged Willie, 2-1. For the season, Huck is 9 games ahead of Strapper Supreme; 8 of BW.
  Bonner-Prendie/Roxborough cheerleaders are now in
this set.  

Sept. 22
  Bonner-Roman: NO GAME. (Suspended in second quarter after lengthy lightning delay. No resumption plans set.) Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  La Salle 38, Malvern 6: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Click
here for first-half pics from Prep Charter-Rox. (PC won, 45-0).
  O'Hara 56, Carroll 20: Huck's report is posted.
  Furness 30, Edison 22: Frog's report is posted.
  Click
here for . . . Legend in the House.
  Click
here for . . . Smoeboyd at Frod Motro Comapyn Has a Prbolme.

Sept. 21
 
Frankford/Northeast cheerleaders are now in
this set.
  Frankford beat Northeast, 27-6, as sr. QB Tim DiGiorgio joined the 3,000-yard club. Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to DiGiorgio. First half pics
here.  Second half pics here. And check the separate set for the pregame ceremony honoring the memory of deceased police officer Brian Lorenzo, a former Fkd player.
  Wood 27, West Catholic 6: Huck's report is posted. Cauls' pics
here.
  Franklin 38, Bartram 16: Frog's report is posted.
  Lincoln 28, Southern 6: Paul Schneider's report is posted. 
  This week's games on www.sportsfanbase.com -- Today, Central vs. Fels, at Northeast, 3; Tomorrow, Gratz vs. Mast. North, at G-town, 1.
  West Catholic's Jake Zuzek, Penn Charter's John Loughery,
Germantown's Ramadan Abdullah and Bok's Robert Kralle are now in
the college set

Sept. 20
  Del-Val's Cade twins, Rashan and Rasheed, are now in
this set.
  Del-Val 12, Comm Tech 0: Frog's report is posted. Ted's DN ink to jr. RB-DT-LB Antron Smith. Pics
here.
  Bok 40, Boys' Latin 0: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Bonner-Prendie sr. SS Jim Haley will play college baseball at Penn St.
  Germantown's Ackeno Robertson is now in
the college set (and the photo is quite unusual).
  Congrats to O'Hara product Joe Cassidy, of Williamson Trade, the USCAA National Defensive Player of the Week. The OLB had 14 tackles (13 solo), two hurries, a knockdown, a sack and a forced fumble in a loss to Stevens.

Sept. 19
 
Malvern's Joe Nilan and West Catholic's Eric Wyant are now in the college set.
  Congrats to West Catholic product Eric Brennan
, who has signed to play pro hoops in Finland; team is Tapiolan Honka, in Espoo.
 
Click here for Anthony Franklin's annual list of City Guys in College Football. Thanks again for your hustle, Anthony!!
 
The Week Four Pickin' Parade selections by Big Willie, Makes Fruitcakes Seem Nutless (he got cwushed last week!) and Huck are posted. BW and MFSN have three differences. BW has BL, Int & Pedd. BW and Huck have
six. Huck has UC, LC, C-E, Ovb, Bok & Penn Char. Huck and MFSN have five. MFSN has Fut, McD, Nat, WP and GA.
  Click
here for . . . Chute, Who Needs Weights?
  Click here for practice pics from McDevitt and Gtn. Academy.
  Trying to resolve TEAM PAGE issues . . . Who scored Olney's conversion in Week 2? Any INTs for Olney in that game? In Week 3, who wore Nos. 17 and 28 for Edison? silaryt@phillynews.com
  West Catholic's Kevin Malone is now in
the college set.

  Click here for the Week Three TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week.
 
Click here for Ted's feature story on Haverford School RB-TE-LB-BA Matt Galambos . . . (BA stands for budding artist -- smile).

Sept. 18
  Schedule change: Friday's Gtn-Wash game, at NE, will start at 7 p.m.
  Click
here for practice pics from Haverford School.
  The stats leaders are in today's Daily News. Apologies to those Judge guys who were inadvertently omitted. Will be corrected next week.  
  A pic of Gtn. Academy's Keith Braccia is now in
the college set.
  **Some thieves wind up with six points and become celebrities. Such is the case with La Salle's Ryan Coonahan. Click
here.**
  Click here for Ted's weekly notes column and City Top 10. Washington sr. K-P Jake Wright is highlighted.
  Click here for Huck's City Top 10 and here for his CL weekly stats.

Sept. 17
  Click here for A Burry Amazing Victory . . . A look at
West Catholic's 42-24 triumph over Bonner-Prendie (featured a 66-point swing!).
  Roman's Tahir Basil is now in
the college set.
  Schedule change: Friday's UC-Future game will be played at W. Phila.
  Click
here for . . . Franklin's Not Playin' Around (shows how the Electrons, under rookie coach David Carter, are getting the plays to
QB Michael Edwards).
  Click here for the updated One-Game School Records. 
  **Our first notes/stats/rankings for 2012 will be in tomorrow's DN.**
  Schedule change: Saturday's Imhotep at SCH game will start at 2 p.m.

  All TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to all helpers! 
  Sr. RB-S Greg White is featured in Ted's writeback story on Saturday's West Catholic-Bonner classic (Burrs rallied from 24-0 deficit to win, 42-24).

Sept. 16   
  Once again, Huck went above & beyond. Watched N-G tape for stats!
 
If you like hip hop, you're going to love our new website advertiser, www.hiphopsince1987.com. Thanks for supporting us, guys!
  Click here for Frog's reports on two recent games: Chester-Furness
and Comm Tech-Future. 
  In the mood for some Schneid Remarks? Click here for Paul Schneider's report on yesterday's Fels-Truman game.
  Dan Spinelli reports on yesterday's La Salle-O'Hara tilt.
  West Catholic's cheerleaders are now in
this set
.  
  Click here for the Week Three Results and Week Four Schedule.
  Click here for updated Standings/Overall Records/PF-PA.
  Send your POW nominations for Week Three. silaryt@phillynews.com
  Large props to Big Willie! He beat Huck, 3-1, and Puck, 5-1!! Huck swept the Puckster, 2-0.
 
Mastery North's & Washington's cheerleaders are now in this set.
  Mast. North's Armani Fuller-Williams is in the
Player of the Week set
.

Sept. 15
  Washington 35, Glen Mills 7: Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  La Salle 38, O'Hara 6: Ted's report is posted. So is Dan's! Pics
here.
  Click
here for pics from the first half of Mastery North-Franklin.
  West Catholic stormed back from a 24-0 halftime deficit to beat Bonner, 42-24. Huck's report is posted. With
Cauls' pics for first half (then had to attend a wedding).
  Future's Qaadir James is in the
Player of the Week set.

Sept. 14
  Germantown's cheerleaders have been added to
this set.
  Bartram 28, King 12: Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to sr. TB Elijah Clark. Pics here (including some pregame Germantown stuff).
  Wood 35, Frankford 6: Huck's report is posted.
  Comm Tech 52, Future 0: Frog's report is posted.
  Photos of Washington's Sharrif Floyd and Northeast's Stokes brothers, Je'Ron and Malik, are now in
the college set.    
  Lincoln grad Tyreek Wanamaker is back and he's not happy with what he's seeing from his Railsplitters. Click here for Reek Picnic.

Sept. 13
 
West Catholic's Anthony McDonnaugh is now in the college set.  
  Del-Val's
roster is posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.  
 
Click here for our new set . . . Players of the Week 2012.
  Best wishes to Stan Parker, who has stepped down after 23 seasons as Springside Chestnut Hill Academy's baseball coach.
  Bok 28, West Phila. 6: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. RB Larry Pelzer. Pics
here.
  Congrats to O'Hara product Nate Oropollo (four sacks vs. Del-Val),
the
Middle Atlantic Conference Defensive Player of the Week.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Sebastian "Ben" Barretta, who passed Tuesday. Ben was a first team All-Public football player for Southern in 1947, his sons starred at assorted schools, and he was a long-time supporter of high school (filming games) and youth sports (field caretaker) in South Philly. RIP, Ben.
  Click here for the Pub football preview (with thumbnails).

 

Sept. 12
 
Pickin' Parade, Week Three: The picks by Big Willie, He's Crazy But We Love Him and Huck are posted. BW and HCBWLH have six differences. HCBWLH has Bok, NP, Furn, Judge, Hill and GM. HCBWLH and Huck have two. Huck has SJ Prep and Wash. Huck and BW have four. BW has WC, SC, Chester and GA.
  Central's Richard "Tre" Drayton and Prep Charter's Keith Jenkins are now in
the college set.  
  ***Jon "Duck" Gray has compiled a list of prospects; members of teams he has seen thus far. Click here.*** 
  All TEAM PAGES have been updated: Thanks to all helpers!
  Carroll PG Yosef Yacob will play his college hoops at Binghamton.
Click here for Ted's story.
  Click
here for . . Not a Great Day on the Grammar Trail.
  Click
here for practice pics from Future, SJ Prep and West Catholic.
  Germantown's Myles Brooker and Aaron "Snook" Boyd (they attended Mastery North) and West Catholic's Brandon Calhoun are now in
the college set.
 
  The Pub preview is scheduled to run in tomorrow's Daily News. 
  **Click here for the TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Week Two Players of the Week.**

Sept. 11
  Click here for . . . Some Great Practice Catches Deserve Cheers, Too.
  Franklin's roster is posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
  **Click
here for practice pics from Frankford and Northeast.**
  Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Atlanta cornerback Brent Grimes (Northeast), who suffered a season-ending injury in the opener.
  Pics of Judge's Matt Smalley and four Lycoming guys are now in
the college set.

Sept. 10
  Click here for a general sports blog written by former Daily News sports writer/copy editor Frank Bertucci. It's called Frank Thoughts.
  Click here for Huck's City Top 10. (And thanks to him for compiling Judge's stats by watching the game tape.)
  **The 2012 Player of the Week T-shirts have arrived. Thanks to Brett Antell, of Get in the Zone!! We've gone retro, bringing back a popular look from the 2006 season. Click
here.**
  Schedule changes: West-Bonner is now at
3 p.m. Saturday, at U. Darby; McDevitt at Edison will be Friday at 3:15. 
  Still need rosters for: Del-Val, Future, King, Olney. Send to silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks!
  This week's televised games on www.sportsfanbase.com will be Boys' Latin-Dobbins Thursday at 6 and Southern-Northeast Friday at 6:30.
  Rosters for Lansdale & Germantown are posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Congrats to West Philly football coach Paul Noon and his bride, Mary, who were married Saturday. Click
here for two pics and an explanation about some unusual circumstances.
  We had 13,024 visitors for Friday/Saturday/Sunday. Much appreciated.
  A pic of Keith "Radar" McCarthy, a Judge grad and Kutztown's equipment manager, is now in
the college set.
 

Sept. 9
  Frog has filed his report on Friday's Prep Charter/Del-Val game.
  The following TEAM PAGES have not been updated: Edi, King. Thanks to all helpers!
  Click here for Ted's writeback story on
Penn Charter sr. WR-DB Daryl Worley (3 INTs, TD vs. Fels).
  Is it possible a baseball Hall of Famer was working the chains Friday night? Click
here for a pic from Matt "Caulsy Cauls" McCauley.
  West Catholic's Bruce Mapp is now in
the college set.

  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of friends of former Olney/Gratz ('86) basketball star Keith Wall, who passed due to lingering health issues. Keith later was an assistant at Gratz and always a fun guy to see on the trail. RIP, friend.
  Click here for updated Standings/Overall Records/PF-PA.
  Schedule change: Prep Charter-U. City will be played Saturday, 3 p.m., at West Phila.
 
We are accepting your Player of the Week nominations. Please send to
silaryt@phillynews.com.
 
  Click here for Week Two results and the Week Three Master Schedule. Please let us know about changes.
  Week Two results in the Pickin' Parade: Huck beat Puck, 3-2, and Big Willie, 4-2. Puck also topped BW, 5-4. 

Sept. 8
  Wood fell to North Penn, 24-10.  Ted's report is posted. Crappy pics
here (mostly from the press box).
  Washington 20, West Catholic 19 (OT): Huck's report is posted. 
  Penn Charter 30, Fels 0:  Ted's report is posted. Pics
here
.
  O'Hara 13, Haverford School 12: Huck's report is posted.
  Hey, if you're playing college football somewhere, be proud. Send us a pic. C'mon, you can do it . . . silaryt@phillynews.com.

Sept. 7

 
Judge's Curt Wortham, Washington's English "Buddy" Peay, Roman's Robert Harris-Barron and Northeast's Josh Wallace are now in the college set.
  Click here for . . . Never Know When You Might Have to Write Down an Unusual Stat.
  Bok and Del-Val have been added to
the cheerleaders set.
  Bok 22, Overbrook 14 (OT): Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to sr. WR-FS Antoine Whitney. Pics here.
  Roman fell to Downingtown East, 42-20. Huck's report is posted.
  Prep Charter 22, Del-Val 6: Frog's report is posted. 
  *Wendy's is accepting
applications for its annual Wendy’s High School Heisman Award, a program honoring outstanding high school student-athletes for their commitment to academic achievement, community service involvement & athletic prowess. Visit www.WendysHeisman.com through Oct. 2 to apply.

  Rosters for GA, McDevitt and Washington
are posted. Next?

Sept. 6
  Imhotep beat Comm Tech, 28-0, as
sr. RB David Williams (No. 33) joined the 3,000-yard club. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Williams.  Pics here.
  Click
here
for first-half pics of West-Dobbins. West won, 26-22.
  Click here for the Catholic League preview.
  Rosters for
Judge / Central are posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.

Sept. 5
  Pickin' Parade, Week Two: The selections from Big Willie,  Pucklehead and Huck are in. BW and Puck have NINE differences. Puck has BL, Roman, Judge, N-G, Chelt, U. Mer., Malv, Oln & Wash. BW and Huck have six. BW has Bart, CRS, Spr.-M, McD, Coat, & N. Penn. Puck and Huck have five. Huck has D-East, Lans, ANC, West Cath. and Wood.

  Rosters for
West Catholic & Penn Charter are posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Congrats to Roman product Mike Bantom ('69), the new supervisor of  the NBA's referees!!
  Lots of cool names on rosters this year! Fabi Hoxha, Joe Frio, Olamide Zaccheaus, Tiernan Posse, Joe Paradise, Seldi Shitka, Monithay Lay, Cleeford Narcisse, Shaka Toney, Obe Odey, Ala Duppins, Erickson Tarlue, Octavio Ocana, Vittorio Goggins and my two personal favorites, drum roll, please . . . Kory Calicat and Teddy Tootle!!
  **Check out the new pic in
the cheerleaders set!! . . . And click here for a video that goes along with it.**   

  Click here for the Inter-Ac League preview.
  Rosters for
Roxborough & Lincoln are posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
 
Big Willie has completed his report on Saturday's O'Hara-Ryan game.
  ****Thanks to Huck, who watched a wickedly bad tape (crappy angle, shot from about three blocks away -- ugh!!) to slap together stats for Judge's game in Ireland. You think the event organizers could have kept official boxscores after getting all these teams to go over there??!!****
  Click here to see our first Players of the Week for 2012!!

Sept. 4
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Robert "Jay" McKee, a first team All-Public basketball player for Southern in 2007. Also known as "Elevator Man" (unbelievable leaper), Jay was shot to death this morning near 12th and Bainbridge. RIP, Jay. Click here for William Bender's story.
  Rosters for NE & Bonner are posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Click here for Ted's writeback story on N-G jr. RB Sihmare Morgan.
  Three more Cheyney guys are now in
the college set.
  One more TEAM PAGE to go (Judge). Thanks to all helpers!!

Sept. 3
  Click
here for another great retrospect on La Salle High football by alumnus Bill Wasylenko. This one highlights the series vs. long-gone St. Thomas More and examines the history of STM's football program and the school itself. Among the head coaches: Gamp Pellegrini, who went on to great success at Malvern; Ralph Ricapito, co-founder of the City All-Star Game; and Jim Panetta, who's still in coaching as a member of Malvern's staff (with Gamp; under Gamp's son, Kevin). Thanks, Bill!
  **The Inter-Ac League preview will be in Wednesday's Daily News, followed by the Catholic League in Thursday's.**   
  We still need rosters for these Cath teams: Bonner, Judge, Lansdale, McDevitt and West.
  We had 9,537 combined visitors Saturday & Sunday. Thanks for caring.
  Rosters for Fels & Comm Tech  are posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
  For those who've been asking . . . the Pub record for points in one game is 74, by Lincoln vs. Mastbaum in 1958.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Todd Jones, a long-time expert on facts/figures concerning Pennsylvania high school sports. Click here for a feature story about Todd, who lived in Nazareth, that was written back in 1984. RIP, Todd. 

Sept. 2
  Click here for Huck's City Top 10.
  Click here for updated Standings/Overall Records/PF-PA.
  Rosters for
Wood, Dobbins, Mastery North and Overbrook's are  posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Click here for a pic of a leaping William Fuller (Roman) and
here for a darn good imitation by Jamal Custis (N-G)
.
  As of 5 p.m., our four photo sets from this weekend had drawn a combined 2,597 views.
  A D-III quarterback rang up a CRAZY number of yards. Click here.
  All but four TEAM PAGES are updated. Those undone: Judge, SJ Prep, Germantown and Lincoln. Thanks to all helpers!!
  The Week Two Master Schedule can be found here.
  ***We are accepting your Player of the Week nominations. Please send to silaryt@phillynews.com.***
 
Bartram's Russell Calloway and three Cheyney guys are now in the college set.
  Huck trounced Big Willie, 6-2, and Puck, 5-2. Puck beat BW, 2-1.
 

Sept. 1
  N-G beat Furness, 33-32. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
  Roman beat Malvern, 28-27. Ted's report is posted. Pics here.
  Lansdale beat Prep Charter, 27-26. Website legend Dan Spinelli, a junior at La Salle, made his pro debut as a writer for the Intelligencer. Click here for his story. Congrats, Dan!!
  O'Hara 13, Ryan 7: Big Willie's report is posted.

Aug. 31 
  **Enjoy the games!!**
  ***This weekend will be crazy. Please be patient.***
  Gratz beat King, 43-0. Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to sr. QB Davone Cornish. Pics
here.
  Olney 12, University City 6. Ted's pics
here
.
  Bonner fell to Downingtown East, 42-18. Huck's report is posted.
  Bok 26, Dobbins 0: Frog's report is posted.
  Southern fell to Jenkintown, 28-6. Frog's report is posted.
  Imhotep 68, Strath Haven 13: Duck's report will be posted.
  Lincoln fell to Truman, 13-7. 'Reek Wanamaker's report will be posted.
  Frankford 32, Hat.-Horsham 20. Ed Morrone's report will be posted.
  In Ireland, Judge fell to Notre Dame of Scottsdale, Ariz., 20-6.
 
**Click here for Huck's preseason list of the Top 30 (or 35) players in each Catholic League division  . . . and more!!**
  Talk about an away game! Judge will open the season today in Ireland. Click here for Ted's story, which highlights sr. QB Ryan Mackiewicz in an overall context.
  Rosters for C-E and U. City are posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.

Aug. 30
  Great day/night on the roster trail. Thanks to all contributors!
  Lansdale's Evan Coughlin is now in
the college set.
  Rosters for Bartram, West Phila., Southern, Bok, Boys' Latin, Gratz, SCH Academy & Frankford are posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com
 
Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  Tomorrow's Bensalem-at-Wood game will be telecast live, 7 p.m., on
www.sportsfanbase.com, with former Northeast High baseball star Ari Bluestein as the play-by-play man. (Also available via smart phones.) 
  Malvern product Robert McCabe
already owns Georgetown's season record for tackles and is primed for a big senior campaign. Click here for Ted's story and here for thumbnail sketches of 12 more Pub/Cath/Int guys expected to do great things at the I-A and I-AA levels. 

Aug. 29
 
Prep Charter's roster is posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com
  Frankford product Carl Wallace ('10) has committed to play the rest of his college hoops at Millersville; previously at Barton JC, in Kansas.
  Roman grad Glenn Ochal ('04), who recently won a bronze medal with the Olympic rowing team, returned to school yesterday to interact with students and faculty. Click here for a story by Steve Ziegler, Glenn's classmate and now Roman's director of development & communications.
  The Father-Son All-City List has been expanded to include combos with third-teamers. (Like before, one guy must be a first-teamer.)
  Neumann-Goretti's
roster is posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Herrrrrre we go, folks. The Pickin' Parade has returned!! Check out the selections by Mr. Thomas Hubert McKenna (he won last year; deserves respect), Huck and Big Willie. MTHM and BW have three differences. BW has Linc, CT & SCH. Huck and BW have eight. Huck has Sou, Tru, Oln, Imho, Fkd, Rad, La S & Wash. Huck and MTHM also have seven. MTHM has Jenk, UC, SH, H-H, Bris, Carr & NP.

Aug. 28
  Call at 10:04 p.m. from Puck: "How come Huck pick not post yet? Wemine him who won wast yeah!! ME!!! My pick shuh be wast!!"
 
Ryan's roster is posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Destinations for four members of Constitution's state hoops champs: Craig "Poppy" Slade, Essex County JC; Amonie "Moonie" Holloman and Fajion Jones, Delaware County CC; Tamir Bolger, Baltimore City CC at Catonsville. 
  **Dan Spinelli provides a La Salle season preview. Click here.**
  Baseball historian John Shiffert examines blockbuster trades.

 
They said it would never happen. They were wheely wong! Philly's streets, get ready for Tom McKenna!! Click here 
  Click
here for . . . We're Thinking This Dude Could Stop the Run.
 
Welcome to Lamp & Shade Outlet, a new sponsor of some football TEAM PAGES. Here's the company's info:
8601 Torresdale Avenue, Philadelphia, PA  19136, 215-331-7277, www.lampandshadeoutlet.com. Please let them light up your world (smile).
  Roman's
roster is posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
  West Catholic has canceled its opener vs. Eastern Christian (Md.) Academy. Click here.

Aug. 27
  Congrats to
La Salle grad Shawn O'Neill (La Salle), who has been named Pitcher of the Year in a college summer league. Click here.
  Northeast's Antoine Fowler, Gtn. Academy's Keith Corliss and La Salle's guys at Susquehanna (and some buddies) are
now in the college set.
  Rosters for Imhotep/O'Hara are posted. Next?
silaryt@phillynews.com. 
  Click
here for practice pics from Judge.
  Comm Tech's Shamere Blanford is
now in the college set.
  As are Imhotep products Gerald Bowman, Leland Smith, Nick Johnson and Elijah Anthony.

Aug. 26
  Under the supervision of Rob Johnson,
La Salle's students are now lighting up a sports blog. Click here.
  West Catholic's Rodney Linder, Comm Tech's Rolando "Ro-Ro" Ransom and Imhotep's Saladeem Major
are now in the college set.
 
More than 3,100 people have checked the college set. Please spread the word to other college players. Get them to send in pics! Thanks!

Aug. 25
  Bok grads Jihad Ward & Shaquil Sammons
are now in the college set.
 
Click here for Brad Wilson's story from Lehigh Valley Live about Roman product Tahir Basil, a new married DE for Lafayette.
  Click here
for pics from the SCH Academy-Ryan scrimmage.

Aug. 24
 
Frankford grads Anthony "Juicy" Capers and Aaron "Prez" Allison
are now in the college set.   
  For those who might have been going . . . tomorrow's Central-Prep Charter scrimmage has been canceled.

  Click here for a video that features, perhaps, the biggest player in football history! Two of his teammates, former Pub stars Vincent "VMack" McDuffy (Dobbins) and Nate Gibson (Overbrook), are interviewed in the video. (It's a minor league team in Pa.)
  Click
here for . . . Sometimes, Football is Like a Day at the Beach.
  Click
here for pics from the O'Hara-Washington scrimmage.
  La Salle's
roster is posted. Next? silaryt@phillynews.com.

Aug. 23
 
Neumann-Goretti sr. RHP Joe Kinee has committed to play his college baseball at Maine.
  **Click here for our first pic of Cheerleaders 2012-13.**
 
Will Parks (Germantown) is now in the college set.
  Let Ted's time on the 2012 Football Trail begin!! Click
here for pics from the Bok-Lincoln scrimmage!!

Aug. 20
  Justin Renfrow (Penn Charter), Andrew Edouard (Overbrook), Taishan Tucker (Roman) and Daivon Jackson (Franklin) are now in
the college set. 
  The theory that all boats are tremendous sometimes doesn't hold water. Click here and
here for examples from Ted's visit last week to Florida.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Tom Mazza, who passed recently. Tom, 53, a Ryan grad, was nationally known for his expertise on the limousine business and his earlier years was involved with basketball as a coach, play-by-by announcer, etc. Click here for Jack Morrison's obit. RIP, Tom. 

Aug. 19
 
CHA's Ibraheim Campbell and Southern's Stephen Hoskins are now in the college set.
  Click
here for photos
of Philly football players who are now competing for college teams. Send yours to tedtee307@yahoo.com. No copyrighted images. Include IDs and name of the photographer (if that person would like some credit). Thanks! The first pic features ex-Furness star Sharif Smith, now a freshman at Shippensburg.  
  Click here for preseason rankings from Pafootballnews.com.

Aug. 18
  Chestnut Hill Academy product Ibraheim Campbell is primed for a super sophomore season at Northwestern. Check out two interviews from YouTube: One via the Big 10. Another via Northwestern.
  Scheduling note: King's games on 9/14 (vs. Bartram) and 9/28 (vs. Bok) will be played AT King (field behind the school).
  Congrats to former SJ Prep hoops star Joe Meehan (Lebanon Valley), who has signed to play pro ball in Switzerland.
 
Baseball historian John Shiffert can't get enough of Ty Cobb biographies . . . And especially loves one penned by a guy named Cobb.
  SJ Prep's updated football roster is posted. Will your school's be next?
Please send to silaryt@phillynews.com.

Recent stories . . .
  La Salle sr. G Amar Stukes made an oral commitment to play his college hoops at La Salle. Click here for Kerith Gabriel's story. (Also, Haverford School sr. LB Matt Galambos said yes to Pitt for football.)
  As ex-NG star Tony Chennault prepares for his junior basketball season at Villanova, he continues to mourn his brother's death. Click here for Mike Kern's story.
  Forty years ago, Karl Wallenda walked across a tightrope high above Veterans Stadium. The man who made the arrangements, Bill Hall, can be found these days umpiring Public League baseball! Click here for intern Daniel Carp's story.

Aug. 13
 
***Merry Late-Summer Christmas!! FB season has begun!! Best of luck to everyone!!***

Aug. 12
  Ex-Frankford F Taylor Bessick ('11) has committed to play his college basketball at James Madison (after a stop at Rise Academy).
  As we prepare for the 2012 football season, check out the updated list
of all the terrific adult & student reporters who have contributed to this website since its start in the 2000 basketball season. Thanks, guys!!

Aug. 11
  ***Football season doesn't start until Monday, but we have our first roster. It has some holes, but we'll take it! (smile). Thanks to SJ Prep assistant Bill Morris.***

Aug. 10
 
Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  Imhotep's Khyree Wooten will play his college hoops at Trinity Valley JC, in Texas.
  Congrats to Gtn. Academy's John Aiello, who has been selected for  USA Baseball's 15U National Team. Click here.

Aug. 9
  Congrats to Wood's P-RF Joey Monaghan and 3B/SS Colt Smith, who helped Doylestown win the state American Legion championship!! The Mid-Atlantic tourney is now taking place in West Lawn, Pa.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert examines the rookie year comparison of The Mick vs. The Mormon.
  Check out
this new high school football stadium in Texas. Wow!!!
  Three more La Salle football commitments: OL Dan Wasylenko and QB Matt Magarity to Franklin & Marshall; LB John Palermo to Salve Regina, in Rhode Island . . . Meanwhile, check out the "Fanatics of La Salle Football" page on Facebook. Many more cards have been added!

Aug. 8
  Click here for the expanded Fathers-Sons All-City list. Now included are combos with first AND second teamers.
Have we  missed some combos? Please let us know at silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks!  
 
La Salle product Sean McDermott is doing great, thank you, in season No. 2 as the Carolina Panthers' defensive coordinator. Click here for Paul Domowitch's column from Spartanburg, S.C.

Aug. 7
 
La Salle sr. WG-SF Steve Smith will play college hoops at Fairfield.
Ted's story is here.
  Recent West Catholic grad Mark Perez
will play college hoops at Eastern.

Aug. 6
 
Click here for a list of Fathers-Sons who've earned first team All-City honors in Football/Basketball/Baseball. Have we  missed some combos? Please let us know at silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks!
 
Malvern Prep sr. 3B/SS Joe Poduslenko will play his college baseball at Seton Hall.

Aug. 5
 
The near future for Imhotep basketball product Erik Copes (George Mason) is examined in part of this piece from Sports Illustrated.
  Roman sr. wideout William Fuller has switched his commitment to Notre Dame. Ted's short story is here.
  Recent La Salle grads Tim Wade (RB), Colin Buckley (WR) and Connor Kerrigan (C) will play their college football at Susquehanna.

Aug. 3
  Click here for a story from the South Philly Review on N-G product Mark Donato, who's now a rookie in the Royals' farm system.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert examines Cliff Lee's hopscotch act (though it didn't continue this year . . . for now).
 

Aug. 2
  Click
here for two pics of Penn Charter's Daryl Worley, a recent West Virginia football commit.
  Congrats to former University City basketball player Carlton Corprew ('82)
, who won the gold medal (with his 3-on-3 partners) in The Transplant Games! Click here for the setup story from several weeks back
  Ted and son Kevin traveled to Washington, D.C., to watch last night's
Phillies-Nationals game. Click here for pics (pregame atmosphere around/inside ballpark, Phillies stuff, some game shots, a few around D.C. earlier today).

July 31
  Phila. Elec. sr. PF-C Jai Williams will play his college basketball at Saint Joseph's. Ted's story is here.
  Penn Charter sr. WR-DB-KR Daryl Worley
will play his college football at West Virginia. Ted's story is here.
  EasternPAfootball.com has announced its preseason all-state teams. Click here for big schools (AAAA/AAA); here for small schools (AA/A).

July 30
  Congrats to Roman product Maalik Wayns ('09), who'll be going to training camp with the 76ers!
  Baseball historian John Shiffert takes a look at all of baseball's BIG winners (minor league work included).

  Check out the first item on the Calendar Page for info on the radio return of the Sports Chatter Guys!! Today: Gene Giello's Sports Trivia Question for cash and tickets for the Bonner/Prendie Beach Blast, set
for Sat., 2 to 9 p.m., at La Costa in Sea Isle City, NJ, with Jerry Blavat.
  Thanks to coach/AD Frank "Roscoe" Natale, Bok's football team has a bunch of new fans, and they're not exactly from around the way (smile).
Click
here for the Bonkers 'bout Bok photo set. 

July 28
  ***
North Boys/Wolfpack beat Penny Gardens, 12-7, for the title in the 10th annual Gregory Hennigar Memorial Rough Touch Football Tournament. Click here for team photos . . . Click here for the first batch of game pics . . . Click here for the second batch of game pics (except for the final) . . . Click here for pics from the championship game.***
 
Special note: After some technical difficulties with a server change,
www.Burrsfootball.com, which covers West Catholic's program, is back online. Huck & Cauls are sorry for the problems, and they are getting the site ready for the upcoming season. Thank you!


July 27
  Germantown Academy sr. F-C Julian Moore will play his college hoops at Penn State. Ted's story is here.
  Yet another Philly guy -- New Media's Keenon Johnson
-- will be playing his college hoops at Olive-Harvey JC, in Chicago (via Jack Whitehead of www.runhouse.net.)

July 26
 
**By popular request (demand, actually -- smile), we have added uniform numbers to the 35-Year Basketball Team. Click
here. . . . And to the 35-Year Baseball Team. Click here. . . . And to the 30-Year Football Team that was picked after the '05 season (except for players from '76.) Click here.**
 
Keith "Goon" Conlin, '91 La Salle High grad and ex-star lineman at Penn State, co-hosts a show about all things PSU. Tonight from 7 to 8, Goon and co-host Tim Sweeney will be speaking with football assistants John Butler (also a La Salle grad) and Craig Fitzgerald about how the program will go forward, and how the support of Nittany Lions fans is needed more than ever. Listen to the show at www.goonshowpsu.com.
 
If stage-climbing ever becomes an Olympic sport, Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna will win the gold medal (ha ha). Click
here for video.
 
Click
here for a photo set that honors the memory of Frankford and Temple football legend "Indian" Joe Nejman, who passed recently. Thanks to Mr. Nejman's football-playing grandsons, Joe (Penn Charter '99) and John (Germantown Academy '01), for their help with this. 
 
In yesterday's Daily News, a computer error -- our paper is using a new system; bugs remain -- caused an incomplete caption to run beneath the photo of the "Canton Seven." The photo and full caption appear in today's paper on page 49.

July 25
 
Click here for Ed Morrone's moving column on the young journalist who lost her life in the Colorado theater tragedy.
 
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Mike McCann, who passed recently. Mike was a long-time football official (umpire) in the three city leagues and later did college ball. RIP, Mike.
Click
here for a photo. Services: viewings, Friday, 6-8 p.m., and Saturday, 9-10:15 a.m. at DiGiacomo Funeral Home, 1055 Southampton Road, Phila., 19116; Mass, Saturday, 11, at St. Christopher Church, 13301 Proctor Road, Phila., 19116.
 
**Seven members of the Philly Football Skills Academy "Canton" believe what they're about to experience. Click here for Ted's story. And click
here for a group pic.**

July 24
 
Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
 
Via coach Joe McCourt,
Roman WR William Fuller says he remains committed to Penn State. Ted's story is here. ***And here is a followup, posted early this afternoon, that indicates a slight alteration; includes statement from Fuller.***
  *Click
here for complete info, and a registration form, for the Coaches vs. Cancer Basketball Coaches Clinic, set for Sept. 23 at Gtn. Academy.
 
Congrats to Washington grad Dominique Curry
, formerly of the Rams, who has signed to play WR for the Lions.

July 23
 
The Football project is now complete. Next we'll pick the top guy OVERALL for each number. That'll start tomorrow. Thanks for your
continued interest!
 
The Narberth League's finals (best of three) begin tonight at Narberth Playground, 100 Conway, Narberth, 19072 . . . (rain site: Waldron Mercy Academy, 513 Montgomery Ave., Merion, 19066).
  Junior League, 6 p.m. -- Seltzer vs. Cameron.
  National, 7 p.m. -- O'Rourke vs. Media.
  American, 8 p.m. -- Duffy vs. Greeks.
 
Imhotep basketball star Brandon Austin ('13) has nixed his commitment to Penn State. Click here for a blurb.
 
Congrats to Fels product Dionte Christmas, who has signed with the Boston Celtics!

July 22
 
Click here for pics from a session at the Philly Football Skills Academy.
 
The Narberth League's semis will be held tonight at Narberth Playground, 100 Conway, Narberth, 19072 . . . (rain site: Haverford School, 450 Lancaster Ave., Haverford, 19041)
  Junior League, 6 p.m. -- Bringhurst vs. Seltzer; Cappers vs. Cameron.
  National, 7 p.m. -- O'Rourke vs. Carvision, Media vs. Oldfield.
  American, 8 p.m. -- Duffy vs. Henning, B&E vs. Greeks.
 
. . . Finals begin Monday (info to come).

July 20
 
Special note: *District 12 needs many more officials for boys'/girls' soccer games this fall. The pay per game is $67. Emergency tests for interested officials will be held July 24, 6 p.m., at High School of the Future, 4021 Parkside Avenue, Phila., 19104. A study/preparation session will begin at 4 p.m. The test fee ($35) will be waived for the first 35 people to show up and take the test. 

July 18
 
Nos. 38, 39 and 62 are pretty much off the board! We have first team All-City honorees for two of those numbers, and an interesting situation for No. 39. You're still welcome to make more suggestions.
 
Thanks to Dave Bertoline, we have a solid choice for No. 2 in Hoops.
 
*The kicker/punter decision is in . . . and YES is the winner. It only took 16 votes (13-3). Changes have been made to the following numbers: 5, 6, 8, 10, 31, 84 and 87. Also, 16 and 19 will include Ks-Ps.*

July 17
 
***Note from Ted: So far in the football numbers project, I have NOT included kickers/punters. I'm thinking about changing that. Guess who's going to make the call? YOU! Send an email to silaryt@phillynews.com with YES or NO in the subject line. We'll use the first 25 responses to decide. Thanks!***
  Nos. 17, 50, 61, 64 and 85 are pretty much off the board! We have first team All-City honorees for those, though you're welcome to make more suggestions.
  Congrats to Jim Foster, coach at Ohio State, for his selection to the women's basketball Hall of Fame!! He has been a head coach of women's college teams for 35 years (including St. Joe's), but beforehand was a boys' assistant at McDevitt. All the best, Jim!! 
  ***Click
here for Never Know What You Might See While Weaving Your Way Through Walmart.***
  Click here for intern Alex Lee's story on Vaux hoops star Rysheed Jordan, one of the country's Top 20 players.

July 16
  No. 26 is off the board! Spoke tonight with a 30-year guy who wore it! (Identity withheld until that group of numbers is posted -- ha ha.)
  **Note from Ted: Over the next seven days, I'll be completing the Football part of the Summer Project. There are no surefire choices for these numbers: 17, 19, 26, 29, 38, 39, 50, 61, 62, 64 and 85. If you know of someone who was first team All-City and wore one of those numbers, let me know at silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks! (In a few cases, I have tentative choices, but if you come up with someone better . . . Oh, and later we'll pick the best OVERALL guy for each number.)**   
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of "Indian" Joe Nejman, who passed Friday at age 91. Mr. Nejman was a first-magnitude football star at Frankford and Temple, then coached at Germantown Academy and Temple in addition to teaching at Cheltenham and running a highly successful camp. RIP, sir.
  Congrats to McDevitt product Matt Davis (also a former website writer), who has been named an assistant for men's/women's soccer at Mount Aloysius College, in Cresson, Pa. He just graduated from Albright, where he starred as a player/student. Best of luck, Matt!
  A tidbit featuring the world famous Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna, courtesy of basketball scouting wizard Norm Eavenson . . .
  The setup: There was a 32-team torney this past weekend at Albright. Puck is an assistant to Roman coach Chris McNesby. Roman fell in a quarterfinal very early Sunday morning, but there would be consolation games the rest of the day. Chris tells Puck he has to go back home for his 1-year-old's birthday party.
  Puck: "Why, the kid is 1. He won't know it's his birthday. Stay here."
  Chris: "My wife will kill me if I'm not there."
  Puck: "Yeah, that's why I never got married."

July 15
 
Click here for a heartwarming story from Armand Vanore.
 
Click
here for a pic of Gratz Charter's football squad, which recently won a 7-on-7 tourney at Gettysburg College. Thanks to parent Donna Chadwick Ervin for providing the pic!
 
Ed Lowry (Wood '91) now gets the nod at No. 38 for
Baseball.
Thought we had two strong contenders for No. 40 -- Ryan's Earle Masciulli ('86) and Neumann's Doug Rubino ('95). Guess what? They wore 40 as underclassmen, but wore 33 and 32, respectively, as seniors.
 
The numbers list for
Baseball
is complete. Also, we've found someone for No. 50 and have added two guys with numbers above 50. Blanks remain. Don't hesitate to fill them. (Player must have been at least third team All-City.) Send to silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks!

July 14
 
Our last five baseball numbers will be 36 to 40. Thirty-nine is a lock. There are NO definite winners for the other numbers. Think you have someone? Send to silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks! 
 
Baseball historian John Shiffert takes a look back at the '76 All-Star Game (held in Philly), checks in with a member of the Hot Pants Patrol and even offers two pics!
 
Click
here for back-in-the-day stories on four of the five Conlin brothers -- Chris, Craig, Keith and Kevin. (To make them larger, click on the thumbnail, then go to "actions" and click on "view all sizes.")

July 13
  Click
here for Never Know What You Might See on the Way Home From a Golf Outing (along Limekiln Pike in North Hills).
  Click here for pics from the 14th annual Mary "Moon" Conlin Golf Outing, held to honor the memory of the matriarch of one of the first families of city high school sports -- Ken (baseball) and Chris (football, NFL) of McDevitt; Craig (basketball; now head coach at Episcopal), Keith and Kevin (both football) of La Salle. Chris, Keith and Kevin played at Penn State --
here. Sisters Carin, Kim and Courtney were also in attendance, running the show -- here. Craig's pic here. Didn't see Ken on the course (sorry!).

July 12
  ***Drum roll, please . . . Click here for Randy Seidman's seventh annual Hometown Philly Awards (all-star and all-rookie selections). Great job again, Randy. Thank you!!***
  Anyone have a strong candidate for No. 45 in baseball? Please send to silaryt@phillynews.com.

  Swenson's Marcus Tillery
will join Esperanza's Khalil Keel at Olive-Harvey, that legendary JC in Chicago (smile).
  Some adjustments have been made to the PL Master Schedule. Thanks to chairman Ken Geiser for his help. (Thanks also to Andy Hafele, who assigns officials, for his earlier help with the CL/I-A schedules.)

July 11
  Click here for a story about a sixth-grade hoopster who has already collected a D-I scholarship offer.
  Congrats to Iowa men's basketball coach
Fran McCaffery (La Salle
'77), who has earned a great new contract. Click here.
  Congrats to E&S product Terrence Stewart ('92), the new men's basketball coach at Immaculata.
  Del-Val's Fateem Brockington will play his college hoops at Mercyhurst JC, in Erie.
  If you have strong candidates for No. 90 and above in football, please send to silaryt@phillynews.com. (We do have a mortal lock at No. 99.)
  Three decades after playing one productive season of varsity basketball at University City, Carlton Corprew
is still at it and now he's dreaming of winning a national crown. Ted's story, which features an inspirational twist, is in today's DN and here.
  Except for minor touch-ups, the
CL Master Schedule and Inter-Ac Master Schedule are now complete. A hearty thanks to everyone who helped!! 

July 10
 
Strawberry Mansion's Jermain Gregory will play his college hoops at Valley Forge Christian.
 
Click
here for a pic of West Catholic product Curtis "Boonah" Brinkley (RB with San Diego Chargers) during his recent Community Day in Abbotsford Homes. And here for a pic of one of his buddies, Washington grad Dominique Curry (WR with St. Louis Rams). Pics by Amos Leak. Thanks, Amos!
 
**Thanks to those who are providing updates for the FB schedules!**

July 9
  Thanks to Gerry Sasse, an assistant to Penn Charter's athletic directors, No. 1 in Basketball and No. 34 in
Baseball have been assigned. Care to guess what school they're from? (smile). Don't forget, you're allowed to challenge. silaryt@phillynews.com
  The baseball field at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy has been leveled in preparation for the building of a new one. (Ditto for everything nearby.) Click here for some pics, as provided by assistant coach Dennis Primavera. Thanks, Dennis!
  Click here for the Catholic League Master Football Schedule. (Still many holes for non-league games on the road/home sites/etc., but it's a start.) Please send adjustments to silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks!  
  Click here for the Inter-Ac League Master Football Schedule. (Still many holes for non-league games on the road, but it's a start.) Please send adjustments to silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks!  
  If you have a strong candidate for No. 4 in football, please speak up. Send to silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks!
  Esperanza's Khalil Keel will play his college hoops at Olive-Harvey, a JC in Chicago.

July 8
  If you have a strong candidate for No. 34 in baseball, please speak up. Send to silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks!
  We have wrapped up the summer project for Basketball. And at the suggestion of Pat McLoone, former La Salle High wing sniper ('77) and now the Daily News' managing editor, we have reached an interesting decision with No. 5!! 

July 7
 
Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!

July 6 
  Major congrats to E&S product Justin Scott, the new basketball coach at Arcadia University. Click here for a story from Arcadia's website.
  We have a new top contender for No. 51 in Basketball.

July 5
 
**In Hometown Philly Awards, Randy Seidman offers his statistical rundown for EVERY guy from the Pub/Cath/Int. Thank you, Randy!!**
 
We have a very interesting tentative choice for No. 51 on the Basketball list. Check it out and thanks to Paul Schneider for the hustle.

July 4
  Happy 4th of July!!
  For the number project . . . Anyone have a suggestion for
No. 51 in basketball? If so, please send to silaryt@phillynews.com. (Thanks to Willie McGonigle for his No. 32 contribution for football, Steve Cook, and to the others who took a shot.)  
  Our football numbers posting for July 4 includes a number worn by THREE guys who advanced to the NFL.

June 3
  Egan's Joe McEwing has reclaimed No. 4 in baseball! Sorry for the confusion and thanks again to Rich Papirio for his help. 
  For the number project . . . Anyone have a strong suggestion for No. 32 in football? If so, please send to silaryt@phillynews.com.

July 2
  Thanks to C-E hoops coach Rick Sabol and former baseball coach Rich Papirio for their help in nailing down a baseball number mystery involving Joe McEwing ('90). Their research forced a change to the list.
  Three JUCO hoops commitments, courtesy of Jack Whitehouse at runhouse.net: Imhotep's Kamani Jordan, CCBC-Dundalk (Md.); MC&S' Quentin "Tree" Davis, Murray State (Okla.); Washington's Keith Richardson ('11), Globe Tech (NYC).

July 1
  Swenson grad Da'Quan Ballenger will play his college hoops at Valley Forge Christian College.

June 29
  Click
here for a large version of yesterday's Daily News staff photo, taken outside the building on Broad Street.

June 28
  Click here for a high school era photo of Penn Charter's Mark Gubicza, our Top Pitcher on the 35-Year Baseball Team.
  Click
here for some current pics of Daily News sports folks . . . and here for a much larger set from four years ago.

June 27
 
The Daily News soon will be moving to 8th & Market. Click
here for a small photo set (the tower . . . view of downtown . . . Ted's former workspace . . . Puck's former workspace; brace yourself! smile).

June 25
 
La Salle sr. punter Ryan Winslow
has committed to Pitt. Ted's story will be in tomorrow's Daily News. (It's linked here.)
  Click here for 2012's All-Star Football Returnees.
  Click here for intern Daniel Carp's story on N-G rising junior Ja'Quan Newton, who last weekend competed in the NBPA Top 100 Camp. (Vaux senior Rysheed Jordan was also invited, but had to decline.)

June 24
 
N-G grad Mark Donato ('10) has begun his pro career with the Royals' Rookie League team in Arizona. He's playing 1B and batting cleanup.
  **Click here for two Before He Played for Pay stories on '81 Penn Charter grad Mark Gubicza, our Top Pitcher for the 35-Year Team . . . and here for two more on '95 Malvern grad Ben Davis, our Top Player.**

June 23
  Click here for another great Hometown Philly Awards from Randy Seidman. A look at Christian Walker's CWS heroics, a list of EVERY home run hit by Philly guys (with details) and names of guys who are following in the family tradition. Thanks again, Randy!

 
The 35-Year Baseball Team is in this week's edition of SportsWeek and here. Congrats to the guys who remain our Top Player (Ben Davis Malvern '95) and Top Pitcher (Penn Charter's Mark Gubicza '81).

June 22
  Note from Ted: Nick yesterday became the third Arcidiacono brother to make plans to play Division I football. That means the Arcidiaconos are halfway to the acknowledged city record of most brothers to play D-I football. Yes, SIX Person brothers did that. I reached out to Andy via email earlier this evening to make sure of his uniform number at Episcopal for our Summer Project. Guess what? He responded almost right away. All the brothers are together this weekend and, presto, Andy sent back a pic! Click
here to see it and Andy said all the brothers send along best wishes to the Arcidiaconos!
  . . . And while we're at it. Click
here for a Separated at Birth involving Andy Person and a former NFL star from a Catholic League school!
  Neumann-Goretti will begin the 2013 baseball season without coach Mike Zolk. Click here for a short story.
  Remember when LeBron James and his high school team came to the Palestra in Dec. 2002 to play Maureece Rice and Strawberry Mansion? Click here for Ted's story about that memorable game.

June 21
  Wood sr. TE Nick Arcidiacono has committed to Rutgers. Ted's story will be in tomorrow's DN (it's also here). Pics
here.
  Click here for Quite a Rush . . . a group pic of three guys from one school who combined to rush for more than 10,000 career yards!

June 20
 
***It's expected that our 35-Year All-City Baseball Team will appear in this week's SportsWeek (to be published Saturday).***
  Happy summer, everyone!! Click
here
for a photo set from three years ago to get you in the seashore mood.
  Click here for the updated list of All-City multiple sports honorees and here for the updated list of first team All-City brothers.
  The All-City baseball honorees (first through third team) have been added to these lists.
 
**Click here for the 35th annual Daily News All-City Baseball Team. Special congrats to Player of the Year Joe Ravert (Malvern) and Pitcher of the Year Kevin Long (La Salle).**

June 19
 
Baseball historian John Shiffert does a review on John Grisham's latest baseball novel.

June 18
  N-G product Tony Chennault has been granted a hardship waiver by the NCAA and will be eligible to play for Villanova in 2012-13.
  On the Facebook page he created, Fanatics of La Salle Football, Bill Wasylenko has posted a bunch of very cool pro-style football cards of assorted Explorers; some go 'way back. Click here for the page.
  Click here for Jack Morrison's great obit on Billy Dunphy.
  ***It's expected that the 35th annual Daily News All-City Baseball Team will appear in Wednesday's paper.***
  Burlington County won the Carpenter Cup.

June 17 
  A basketball camp for boys-girls ages 6-16, directed by former NBA guard Sean Colson (FLC), will be held tomorrow through Friday, 8:30 to 3 each day, at ML King High, Stenton & Haines. Contact Sean at 267-709-5030 or sean.colson@yahoo.com. (Sorry for not posting this earlier.)
  Congrats to
Bonner grad Bill Ferry, who was one of the officials (field judge) in last night's Big 33 Game. He's a member of the Chester Chapter of football officials and started doing CL games in 1975.
  Click here for the updated version of Covered in Ink for 2011-12.
  All spring photo sets have been added to
this page
.
  Happy Father's Day!!
 
Check out this note from basketball scouting legend Norm Eavenson about Sankofa Charter, which played yesterday in a Hoop Group showcase in Neptune, N.J. Norm writes, "
They played good team ball, good defense, and came from 20 down in the championship game vs. Union (NJ) Catholic to win. BUT . . . How about a team winning a championship and then going around the facility and picking up all the empty water bottles before they left?" Great OVERALL job, guys!

June 16
  Click
here for a pic of Ted's son, Kevin, who thinks he looks like Bryce Harper and/or Michael Phelps. Is he delusional?! Ha, ha.
 
Baseball historian John Shiffert puts Matt Cain's perfecto into you know what.
  Note from Ted: I'd been meaning to figure this out for a while. Finally found the time to plow through old programs/records. The City All-Star Game has been around for 38 years. The Pub is 17-20-1. With Vince Trombetta on the staff as the head coach (2-0) or a defensive assistant (often the coordinator), the Pub is 12-4-1. Without him: 5-16-0. He has been part of four of the PL's five shutouts.
  Click here
for some group/team pics, as provided by Bill Achuff, of the Carpenter Cup's Inter-Ac/Independent Team. They were snapped yesterday before the quarterfinal. Thank you, Bill!
  The Big 33 Game, featuring Pennsy's top football seniors vs. Ohio's,
will be televised tonight at 7 on PCN.
  **Click
here for a La Salle State Title Tribute Page!**
  Joe Falcone is
SJ Prep's new baseball coach.

June 15
  La Salle is the Class AAAA state champ!!! The Explorers beat CR South, 3-1, as sr. RH Kevin Long spun a three-hitter with eight strikeouts. Mike Piscopo, Colin Pyne and Dom Cuoci had the RBI.
Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to Long/Baiada (overall context). Preparation/celebration pics here. Game pics here.
 
Constitution sr. basketball stars Savon Goodman and Daiquan Walker have committed to UNLV and Central Florida, respectively.
  In a Carp Cup quarterfinal, Inter-Ac/Indy fell to Lehigh Valley, 5-1.
  Click here for a blurb that sets up the
La Salle-CR South state final.

June 14
  Click
here for La Salle's practice pics.
 
Tidbit: Masterman sr. RH Nate Vahedi was the first Pub pitcher to throw three hitless/shutout innings in the CCC since Frankford's Carlos Rivera in 2003 (also vs. Delco).
  Dobbins three-sport star Daquan "Day-Day" Brown is headed for Lackawanna JC to play football.

 
WBCB (1490-AM) will broadcast tomorrow's Class AAAA baseball final matching La Salle vs. Council Rock South. Game is at 1 p.m. Broadcast will begin at 12:45. Bob Long, who does reports for this website, will handle color commentary! The game will also be live streamed at http://wbcb1490.com/. PCN will do a tape delay telecast at 10:30 p.m.

June 13
  In the Carpenter Cup Classic . . .
  The Public League fell to Delaware County, 9-3; score was 3-3 after seven. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. RH Nate Vahedi (Masterman). Pregame pics here. Game pics here.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert goes all current on  us. He checked out a recent Yankees-at-Braves game.
  The PIAA is looking into the extra variables -- coach Mike Zolk's comments on the umpiring; behavior of supporters -- from N-G's loss to Lampeter-Strasburg on Monday. Click here.

June 12
  Details for Bill Dunphy's services: Monday, 6/18, viewing from 5 to 9 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 2917 Dickinson Street, Grays Ferry section of S. Philly. Tuesday, 6/19, viewing from 8 to 10 a.m., followed by Mass.
  Click
here for . . . Never Know What You Might See on a Back Windshield After Leaving a State Playoff Doubleheader at a High School in the Deep Suburbs.
  Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  Fun fact: Council Rock South's principal, Al Funk, was on the first La Salle team coached by Joe Parisi in '86. Also, he was the starting first baseman for the '87 squad, which earned a playoff berth.
  Click here for postseason stats for La Salle and Neumann-Goretti through seven games apiece.
  Bill Sytsma, N-G's former football coach, is now in Italy, coaching a pro team. He recently went to watch a flag football game in Reggiano, Italy, and noticed a team with very interesting jerseys. He asked about them  and someone told him "they'd been donated by a team in America." Click here for a team pic. You'll be stunned.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Bill "DJ Billy Dunph" Dunphy, who passed recently. Bill was a very popular DJ in the Grays Ferry/Southwest Philly neighborhoods, as well as in North Wildwood, and many of our website visitors were made happy by his work. To boot he mentored Huck, who's also a DJ. Details on services TBA. RIP, DJ Billy Dunph.
  The Pub's Carpenter Cup game has been postponed. Now 2 p.m. Wed.

June 11 
  N-G fell to Lampeter-Strasburg, 2-1, in a AAA semifinal featuring MAJOR controversy.
Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. 2B Joey Glennon (overall context). Pics here from first 6 1/2 innings. **Pics here from home seventh/aftermath. Captions/descriptions have been added.**
  La Salle beat Hatboro-Horsham, 7-5, in a AAAA semifinal. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to soph SS-RH Dom Cuoci. Pics here (now in order).
  In the Carpenter Cup Classic . . .
  Inter-Ac/Indy beat Dela. South, 12-11. DN ink by intern Daniel Carp.

June 10
  In the Carpenter Cup Classic . . .
  Catholic fell to Chester County, 13-7, after using a three-run seventh to earn a 7-7 tie.
Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. DH Corey Baiada (La Salle). Pregame pics here. Game pics here.

June 9
  Congrats to basketball player Dan McLoone, one of our Best Teammate '12 nominees, who won the St. Augustine Medal (best possible human qualities among all seniors) at Bonner's graduation!! Jack Glacken, a hoops assistant, won the alumni version of the award in '06.   
  The Carpenter Cup began in 1986 and the Catholic League had a title by year No. 2. Click here for the story about that championship game.
  Congrats to 2009 SJ Prep grad Kyle Mullen, who's now starring at Saint Joseph's. He was the Big 5 Pitcher of the Year, first team All-Atlantic 10 and a member of the Big 5's All-Academic Team. Oh, one more thing: He tied Jamie Moyer's school record for strikeouts in one season (90).
  Chris Prusinowski, N-G's senior class president, is also the baseball team's scorekeeper. And he knew how to dress for a game that followed the graduation ceremony. Click
here.
  Click
here for a pic of Germantown Academy's baseball commits.
  Click here for another one of Josh Ockimey's long drive, outta here swings. And
here to see where the ball went . . . Click here for Chris Melillo's three-run double to center. And here to see where the ball went.
  Click
here for . . . Never Know What You Might See on a Back Windshield in the Drive-Thru Line at McDonald's.
  Monday's semifinals: AAAA, La Salle vs. Hatboro-Horsham, noon, at Spring-Ford HS, in Royersford . . . N-G vs. Lampeter-Strasburg, 3 p.m., same site.

June 8
  AAAA quarterfinal: La Salle beat Central Dauphin, 7-6, on Ryan Otis' walkoff sac fly. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to jr. 1B Chris Melillo (3-for-4, four RBI). Pics
here (bottom of 3rd forward).
  AAA quarterfinal: Neumann-Goretti beat Blue Mountain, 9-2, as the game started Thursday was completed. Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to sr. SS Marty "Mart-EEEEEE!" Venafro. Pics
here
. (The order is all messed up. Not sure why. Sorry.)
  Click
here for Randy Seidman's
Hometown Philly Postseason Report and MLB Draft Recap.

June 7
 
Neumann-Goretti/Blue Mountain was halted by rain in the fourth inning with the score tied at 2-2. One out; N-G has 'em loaded. It will be completed tomorrow at 4 p.m. La Salle-Central Dauphin will follow no earlier than 5. Ted's report is posted. Pics
here.
 
Today's quarterfinals: AAAA, La Salle vs. Central Dauphin, 6:30, at Muhlenberg HS, in Laureldale (right outside Reading) . . . AAA, N-G vs. Blue Mountain, 4, at Muhlenberg HS, in Laureldale (right outside Reading) . . . A, GAMP vs. Lancaster County Christian, 3:30, at Unionville HS, in Kennett Square.
 
Twenty-three of
Penn Charter's seniors (25 percent of the class) will be playing college sports. Click here to see a group pic with IDs. Or click here for a larger version of the pic (without IDs.)

June 6
  The Carpenter Cup page now includes the Public roster.
  Click here for Before He Headed the City Leagues' 2012 Draft Class . . . a story from 2008 on Malvern LHP Tim Cooney.
  Click here for Ed Morrone's baseball story, from The Northeast Times, on the relationship between Frankford coach Juan Namnun and La Salle assistant Bob Peffle, formerly the head man at Frankford (Juan played for him and coached under him). 
  Congrats to four more MLB draftees (now complete): Gtn. Academy grad Tommy Coyle (2B, North Carolina, 16th round, Rays), N-G grad Mark Donato (1B, Indian River JC in Fla., 26th round, Royals), Chestnut Hill grad Steel Russell (C, Midland JC in Texas, 32nd round, Orioles);  Malvern grad Chris Cowell (C, Richmond, 34th round, Rockies)!! Sorry we missed Steel earlier. He was listed by his real first name, William. Thanks to CHA assistant Dennis Primavera for the heads up. (Also drafted was Twin Valley RH Jared Price, who pitched yesterday vs. N-G. He was tabbed in the 33rd round by the Mets.) 
  Click
here for Josh Ockimey's long drive, outta here swing yesterday.
  Click here for . . . The Things Some People Lose at Baseball Games. You won't believe what was stuck to a pole at La Salle yesterday.

June 5
  Congrats to
Roman Catholic jr. WR William Fuller, who has committed to Penn State!! Blurb is here.
  Congrats to Malvern grad Tim Cooney (LHP, Wake Forest, 3rd round, Cardinals) and Kennedy-Kenrick grad Christian "Ya-Ya" Walker
(1B, South Carolina, 4th round, Orioles), who were drafted today!!
  **C-E's John Macnamara received his Best Teammate '12 plaque after today's graduation ceremonies at Holy Family. Click
here for pics.**
  In PIAA first-round playoffs . . .
  AAA -- Neumann-Goretti 2, Twin Valley 0: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. RH Joe Kinee (distance). Pics
here.
  AAAA -- La Salle 10, Upper Dublin 1: DN ink by intern Daniel Carp to sr. RH Kevin Long (six innings). Pics
here.
  A -- GAMP beat Calvary Christian, 5-4, in eight innings.
  Esperanza and Phila. Electrical fell in AA and AAA, respectively. 
  Congrats to Ben Franklin jr. RH Khalil Coles and SJ Prep jr. OF Shane Williams
, who have been chosen to play in the Big26 all-star events for junior baseball stars in PA. They'll be held in July (further details TBA).

June 4
  Today's state playoffs involving La Salle and N-G were postponed. The games will be played tomorrow at La Salle University's Hank DeVincent Field; La Salle at 1 and N-G at 4 . . . Click
here for rainout pics! The players spent time as groundskeepers!
  Frankford fell to Council Rock South, 6-2. DN ink in overall context with the help of coach Juan Namnun.
  GAMP-Calvary Christian was suspended after one inning with the score at 0-0. Will be continued tomorrow, 4 p.m., at Sun Valley HS, in Aston.
  Esperanza-Brandywine Hts. postponed (never got started). Tomorrow,
4 p.m., at same site.
  Phila. Elec./Lampeter-Strasburg also postponed. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., at same site. 
  The Pub's Carpenter Cup roster will not be finalized until Wed./Thurs.
  Click here for a blurb that sets up Day 1 of the state playoffs . . . and let's hope memories of 2011 are left far behind.

June 3
  The Carpenter Cup page now includes the Catholic roster.
  Baseball playoff boxscores for 2012 (quarters/semis/finals/CTs) have been added to
this page.

May 31
  FLC's George "Tony" Ellis and Swenson's Jay "Gumby" Hardy will play their college basketball at Shippensburg.
  La Salle beat Frankford, 14-1, in six innings, for the Class AAAA City Title.
Ted's report is posted.
DN ink to sr. SS P.J. "Paul" Acierno. (Gotta love that twist, right? His real name is now his nickname.) Pics here. (In fifth/sixth inning, Ted noticed the camera was still on an indoor setting. That's why the earlier pics look washed out. Ugh. Sorry!)
 
Neumann-Goretti beat Phila. Elec., 13-0, in six innings, for the Class AAA City Title. Randy's report is posted. DN ink by intern Daniel Carp to sr. C Nicky Nardini.
  In a Class AA D I-XII subregional final, Esperanza fell to Springfield Montco, 8-2.
 
Ex-Bonner football coach Tom Oropeza is calling the shots one more time in tonight's Hero Bowl (Delco's version of City All-Star Game). Click here for intern Daniel Carp's story.

May 30
  White beat Blue, 110-98, in the feature attraction (for juniors) in the All-City Basketball Classic, fronted by
Wayne Ellington. DN ink to Vaux G Rysheed Jordan. Pics here of all three games, and the dunk contest. Click here for a pic of Tony Toplyn's winning dunk.
  Penn Charter sr. RHP-SS Kenny Koplove has been named Pennsylvania's Player of the Year by Gatorade.
  N-G's Marty Venafro and Nicky Nardini are just the second/third players in CL baseball history to start for three champions. The other, Frank Ryan, did so for St. James in '61, '62 and '63 and was later Malvern's AD.
  As it turns out . . . Esperanza will meet Springfield Montco tomorrow, 1 p.m. (note new time), at La Salle High for District 1-12 honors. Yesterday, Conwell-Egan fell to SM, 4-2, in a subregional semi.
  Former La Salle star Matt Zielinski, now the JV coach at Germantown Academy, pitched a four-hit shutout for the Evansville Otters in the independent Frontier League.
  Click here for some Pub tidbits from Randy Seidman.
  The boxscore from yesterday's CL final is in today's DN (page 42).
  The All-City Basketball Classic, now being fronted by Wayne Ellington, will be held tonight (three games, first one at 5 p.m.) at the Community College of Phila., 17th below Spring Garden. Click here for rosters.
  Bob Long's podcast of the CL final can still be accessed. Click here.

May 29
 
N-G edged La Salle, 5-4, in eight innings, to win its second consecutive CL title, and third in four years. Ted's report is  posted. DN ink to several (overall context). Pregame & celebration pics here. Game pics through fifth inning here. Game pics from sixth inning forward here.
 
***Website contributor Bob Long will be doing a live internet broadcast of today's La Salle/N-G CL final. Listen to it here.***
  The boxscores from Friday's CL semis are in today's DN (page 50). 

May 28
  Congrats to midfielder
Chris Layne (Malvern), who had three assists as Loyola won the NCAA National Championship in lacrosse!!
  ***Click
here
for Matt "Cauls" McCauley's great pics from Friday's N-G/Bonner Catholic League semi.***
  Happy Memorial
Day!!
 
**Best Teammate '12 has been chosen. Congrats to Conwell-Egan soccer/baseball player John Macnamara!! Click here to see the page. John prefers to receive a plaque and we'll present that down the line at a site/time TBA. Thanks to all who made nominations and to the website guys who voted.**

May 27
 
SJ Prep G Gene Williams will play his college hoops at Johns Hopkins.
  Click
here for a pic, with IDs, of Malvern's 12 seniors.
  Have you ever seen the famous pic of Wilt Chamberlain holding a piece of paper with a certain number? Well, Wilt had nothing on T.J. Berry, the plate ump last Friday in the N-G/Bonner, 14-inning CL semi. Click here to see how many pitches he called!!

 
Malvern completed a 31-5 season by beating Haverford School, 3-2, in the Indy Tourney final. Ted's report is posted. Celebration pics here. Game pics here.  (Click here for pics from the completion of the HS-Penn Charter semi.)
  Check out the CL semis reports by Huck and Bob Long.

May 26
  The CL final is set for Tuesday, 2:30, at Widener.
 
Congrats to Boys' Latin's Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson and Constitution's Savon Goodman, who've made PARADE's All-American Team!!
  Schedule for City Titles . . .
  All on 5/31: La Salle vs. Frankford (AAAA), 12:15 at Ashburn; Phila. Elec. vs. Neumann-Goretti (AAA), 3:15 at Ashburn.
  The Frankford-GAMP boxscore is in SportsWeek. N-G/Bonner and La Salle-Carroll will appear in Tuesday's paper.

May 25
  In the Pub final . . .
  Frankford beat GAMP, 8-3, as sr. RH Rafael "Omar" Cruz
went the distance and big hits were provided by Augusto "June" Ortega (three-run double) and Kevin Montero (two-run single). Ted's report will be posted Saturday. SportsWeek ink to several in overall context. Pregame & celebration pics here. Game pics here.
  In Cath semis . . .
  La Salle beat Carroll, 10-0, in five innings, as Dom Cuoci pitched a four-hitter and had two RBI. Bob Long's report is posted.
 
N-G beat Bonner, 8-7, in 14 innings and 4 hours, 15 minutes. Huck's report is posted. Cyber attention to jr. RH John LaMotta, who hurled NINE innings of 4-hit, 1-run relief. Cauls' pics here.
  Twelve website contributors have offered their voting totals for Best Teammate '12. Three-four more guys are expected to check in and then we'll announce the winner. As of noon, 11 votes separated the Top 4 contenders!! Oh, baby!!

May 24
  Click
here for a pic of Judge golfer Gordon Dunlop, who has won a $10,000 college scholarship from the Kelly Rooney Foundation.
  Rising juniors, seniors and 2012 grads planning to play basketball in college are invited to try out for a team of Philly-area players that will travel to Europe this August and play five games over an eight-day period. Another eight-nine players are needed. The team must be finalized by mid-June. Visit
this website for complete info on the organization that's organizing the trip. To try out, contact Colin Fitzgerald at 215-718-0061 or cfitz386@gmail.com.
 
Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
 
Time to rejoice!! The PIAA state basketball finals will be held in Hershey for at least the next four years!!
 
The boxscores from the Pub semis are in today's DN (page 44). Thanks to Randy/Ed/Boop.
 
Click here for the Coaches' All-Public Baseball Team, and congrats to the MVPs!! . . . Frankford's
Augusto "June" Ortega, Prep Charter's Mike Borelli and Lincoln's Dylan Burke, Franklin's Khalil Coles and U. City's Brandy Morel.

May 23
  In Pub semis . . .
  Frankford beat Washington, 11-1, in six innings. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. LH-RF Hector Cerda (5 innings, one hit). Pics
here.
  GAMP  rallied from a five-run deficit to beat Central, 9-7. Randy's report is posted. DN ink to soph RH Jake Kurtz.
  The start time for Friday's Carr-La S semi has been switched to 2:30.
  The boxscores for the Cath quarterfinals are in today's DN (page 48). Thanks to Huck, Bob Long and Fr. Ed Casey for their game help and to Ed Barkowitz/Boop Vetrone for putting them into the computer system.
  Click here for Randy's tidbits on the upcoming Pub semifinals.

May 22
  In Cath quarterfinals . . .
  N-G beat Wood, 8-4. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to soph 1B Josh Ockimey (2-for-4, three RBI). Pics
here.
  Bonner beat Ryan, 5-3. Huck's report is posted. DN ink to sr. RH Ronnie Scull (6-plus innings, 10 Ks).
  La Salle beat SJ Prep, 6-0, as sr. RH Kevin Long spun a one-hitter. Bob Long's report is posted.
  Carroll won the other game, 4-3, over Lansdale as jr. RH Eric McGough struck out 14 in a six-hitter.
  Friday's semis, both with 3:45 starts: Carroll vs. La Salle, at Phila. Univ.; Bonner vs. N-G, at Widener Univ.
  Esperanza sr. G Jean Claude Forte will play college hoops at Lackawanna JC.
  The Fkd-Wash Pub semi will be tomorrow, 12:15, at Ashburn Field, in South Philly's FDR Park. GAMP-Cent will follow at about 3:15.
  Click
here
for And You Thought Mascots Were Limited to Football and Basketball Games. This is no bull . . . Yesterday, the Esperanza Toro was in the house! (Oops, the outdoors!)
 
Click here for the Coaches All-Inter-Ac Team and congrats to MVP Joe Ravert (Malvern).
 
The boxscores for the Pub quarterfinals are in today's DN (page 35). Thanks to Puck, Ed Barkowitz and Frankford coach Juan Namnun for their help.
  Click here to see the list of participants for the Wayne Ellington All-City Basketball Classic, which will feature games for freshmen, sophs and juniors May 30, 5 p.m. start, at the Community College of Philadelphia.

  The nomination box for
Best Teammate '12 is closed. Thanks to all who took the time to recognize our great contestants!! We hope to announce a winner by the end of the week.

May 21
  In Pub quarterfinals . . . Washington beat Esperanza, 11-6. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. C-RH Dean Grande. Pics
here. Also, GAMP beat Lincoln, 9-3. DN ink to sr. 1B Tyler Criniti (by Ed Barkowitz). Other winners: Frankford and Central. Wednesday's semifinals: Frankford vs. Washington, Central vs. GAMP (details TBA).
  In Cath first-round games . . . SJ Prep beat O'Hara, 4-3. Sean Dwyer's report is posted. As is Huck's. DN ink to sr. RH Ryan Winton. Other winners: Ryan, Wood and Lansdale. Tuesday's quarterfinals: SJ Prep at La Salle, Ryan at Bonner, Wood at N-G, Lansdale vs. Carroll at Wood.
  Click
here for a pic of website legend/Dobbins product "Famous" Amos Leak, who has earned his master's degree from Del State. Congrats and go get 'em, Amos!!
  The unusual Ross family trifecta is complete. All at Judge: Tim made All-Catholic in baseball. His older brothers -- Marc (a k a "Zeke") and Derek -- had done so in golf and soccer, respectively. 
  The Coaches' All-Catholic Baseball Teams are in today's DN (page 54.)
  E&S sr. G Tahjere McCall continues his out-of-nowhere rise by snagging a scholarship to Niagara. Click here for Ted's story.

May 20
  C-E's John Macnamara has been nominated for Best Teammate '12.
  Site change: Carroll's game in the CL quarterfinals, scheduled for Tuesday (weather permitting), will be played at Wood. Father Ed Casey, Carroll's president and assistant baseball coach, feels Carroll's ballpark is too small to serve as a fair venue for a playoff game. 
  The John Macnamara story (see 5/19) can now be found
here.

May 19 
  Haverford School's team photo has been added to
this page. And click here for a large version of that pic. Thanks to coach Bob Castell!
  Click here for Randy's report on the Andrew Farrell Spirit of Courage Home Run Derby, and his setup for the Pub quarterfinals.
  *Don't forget. The Best Teammate '12 nomination box will close Mon.*
 
Conwell-Egan 2B John Macnamara, who was born with Poland Syndrome and enjoyed stirring moments in Thursday's game vs. Lansdale Catholic, is featured in the current edition of SportsWeek.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert does the ol' context job on the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks.

May 18
  Click
here for a pic, provided by John Burkhart, of Rick Mellor, Penn Charter's retiring baseball coach, and his first star, David Amaro ('80).
  Phila. Elec. beat Swenson, 7-5, to capture the Pub AAA title as jr. RH Ray Guinther went the distance and frosh SS Elliot Castillo smoked a two-run double. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to Guinther. Pics
here . . . GAMP beat Masterman, 2-1, in A. Esperanza claimed AA honors, 10-7, over Prep Charter. Quarterfinal matchups are here.
  Randy Seidman offers his latest Hometown Philly Awards!!
  Click
here for the Catholic League playoff brackets.
  The fourth annual Dave Garrison Beef & Beer will be held tomorrow, 8 p.m. to midnight, in Bonner's cafeteria. Celebrate Dave's life while raising money for students of Bonner and St. Andrew. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Call 610-304-9317 or 610-357-1135.
  Tomorrow will bring the annual Andrew Farrell HR Contest. Head to  George Washington High for a great cause, try hitting the long ball, and be heckled by PA announcer/website legend Randy Seidman. For more details, go to www.andrewfarrell.org.
  Our trip to Catholic "schools" via players' names continues . . . Lansdale Catholic has Kevin Neumann and Ian Conwell. Click
here
.

May 17
 
**The Coaches' All-Catholic Teams were picked tonight. Congrats to MVPs Corey Baiada (La Salle) and Joey Gorman (N-G), and Coaches of the Year Joe Parisi (La Salle) and Mike Zolk (N-G). Click here to see the teams.**
 
(Very busy night for several reasons. Thanks for your patience.)
  Lansdale beat C-E, 8-6, in 10 innings and 183 minutes. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. C Kevin Neumann. Pics
here
.
  Pub playoff winners: Fkd, Cent, Fels, Linc, Wash in AAAA; Mstr and GAMP in A.
  Jamie Chadwin is SCH Academy's new basketball coach.
 
Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!

May 15
  All Cath and Pub games were postponed and rescheduled for tomorrow.
  Pub playoff update:  Class A semis/final will be Thursday/Friday; AA and AAA finals will be Friday; AAAA 1st round will be Thursday. (Earlier start times for some games are possible. When we know, you will, too.)
 
**Videos of the City All-Star Football Game are now available for purchase. Contact Brian Fluck at brianfluckwc@hotmail.com for info.**
  Wood FB commitments: DB Kyle Adkins to Ursinus. DB Ulus Jorden to Kutztown. QB Joey Monaghan to Dickinson.
  More hoops commitments via www.runhouse.net: Lincoln's
Mike Bowlers to Seminole JC in Oklahoma; Freire's Carlton Wright to Genesee JC in New York; FLC's Turhan Griffin ('11) to Holy Family.
  Carroll DL Bill Ghaul will play his college football at Ursinus.
  La Salle baseball coach Joe Parisi will again assume athletic director duties for the 2012-13 school year as Tony Resch moves into guidance. Best wishes to both!
  Steeee-rike!! Website legend Big Willie McGonigle can now be addressed as "Yo, Blue!" You got it. He's an umpire. Click
here
.

May 14
 
Roman jr. CG Britton Lee has committed to play hoops at Robert Morris. Ted's story is here on RALLY and will appear in Wednesday's DN, hopefully.
  Ex-Germantown Academy football coach Luke Harris is the new head man at Montclair Kimberley Academy, in NJ. Best of luck to a class act!
  Prep Charter topped Phila. Academy, 10-4, in a Public AA semi. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. RH Pete Piccoli, who fanned 13 in six innings (one run). Pics
here. Other winners: Esp in AA, Swen/PE in AAA.
  Via Dave Connolly, the Pub baseball czar, at noon: Games are ON!
  Are you ready for some football??!! . . . Can't help ya. But thanks to chairman Ken Geiser, we can offer the 2012 Pub Master Schedule.
  A pic of Frankford
football players Tommy Cuthbert and Mike Brown has been added to this set.
  Congrats to
2002 Carroll grad Mike Costanzo, who yesterday made his MLB debut in Cincinnati's 9-6 win over Washington. Click here. And here for Before They Played for Pay.
  Congrats to Donald Hunt, former CAPA basketball player and son of Phila. Tribune sports writer Donald Hunt, who graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass., on Saturday. He earned his degree in THREE years while majoring in professional music. He also competed in cross country for Emerson College (partnership with Berklee) and was named to the D-III GNAC All-Academic Team.
  Southern OL Bryce Hicks will play his college football at Cheyney.

May 13
  Happy Mother's Day!!
 
Malvern sr. PG Steve Perpiglia is headed for Boston College and has been invited to try to make the team as a walk-on.
  Click here for our latest Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on former Lincoln football star Joe DiGrazio, who has now been part of City All-Star Game wins as a player and assistant coach.
  The pages for Catholic League track are now updated. Special congrats to O'Hara's Chazz Wilks
, who became the first competitor in CL history to win two events (shot put, discus) for four consecutive years!! (Still some loose ends for The Pub. Most of it is updated.)

May 12
  The full boxscore from the City All-Star Football Game and a pic of WC's Bruce Mapp are in SportsWeek.
  Click
here for Shadow of Doubt . . . Roxborough P Ralph Martinez.
  Randy Seidman brings the Hometown Philly Awards up to date!!

May 11
  Visiting Engineering and Science (6-5 in C) stunned Roxborough (8-2 in B), 7-5, in a Public AAA quarterfinal. Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to sr. LH Dougie Williams. Pics
here . . . Other winners in AAA: FT, PE and Swen. Winners in AA: Esp, Bra, PA and PC.  
  Remember SJ Prep pitcher Ryan Judge? His name isn't the only cool thing about him. Check out his delivery here.
  Click here for the City All-Star boxscore. (Defensive stats have been added, thanks to website legend Bill Wettstein. Thank you, Bill!)
  Sean Dwyer peeped Bonner-Roman yesterday. Here is his report.
  Two former Comm Tech hoops stars have committed to D-1 programs out of JCs. Sherman Blanford (Marshalltown, Iowa) is bound for Eastern Illinois. The next stop for Shaquille Shannon (Connors State, Okla.) will be Quinnipiac. Thanks to Amauro Austin for providing the info.

May 10
 
In the 38th annual you-know-what, Public beat Non-Public, 29-22, as Sharif Smith (Furness) ran for two scores and Marquise Brown (Bok) passed for two more. DN ink to sr. NT Demetrius Town (Franklin), who also had an impact as a Rhino fullback. Pre-game pics here. (The broadcast will be Friday night, 7 o'clock, on WIP 610-AM.)
  Click here for pics of SJ Prep's baseball win over O'Hara. (Would have had McDevitt/N-G pics, too, but that game was postponed.)
  Bonner 3, Roman 0: Sean Dwyer's report is posted.
  Judge L Shawn Hartigan will play his college football at Ursinus.
  Via www.RunHouse.net: Bartram G Gary Gordon will play his college ball at Northwest College, a D-1 Juco in Wyoming.
  Southern lineman Stephen Hoskins (he attends Mastery South) will play his college football at Cheyney.
  Best wishes to Episcopal sr. RH Burk FitzPatrick, a Maine signee, who yesterday had successful shoulder surgery and will be rarin' to go in '13!
  **Don't forget: The 38th annual Phila. Eagles City All-Star Football Game will be tonight, 7:30, at Lincoln Financial Field.**
  Click here for Ted's story on BL five-sporter Oumar Diawara
.

May 9
  Click
here for pics from Boys' Latin's practice (as part of a visit to interview Oumar Diawara, a FIVE-sport athlete and strong student.)
  All Pub baseball games scheduled for today were called off and the regular season has ended. Via baseball chairman Dave Connolly: Due to school issues (special tests tomorrow, unavailability of coach Vic Otarola Friday), Masterman was charged with a forfeit loss to Frankford. That makes Frankford the Division A champ and top AAAA playoff seed.
  Click here for a pic related to Joe Parisi's 400th baseball win.
  Roman sr. DB Darryl Mintz has two of the best fans ever. Click here for Ted's story.

May 8
 
Former Neumann-Goretti hoops star Tony Chennault has finalized his transfer to Villanova. Click here for Mike Kern's story.
  Click
here for pics from the Non-Pub's City All-Star practice (couple Pub pics also mixed in). Eagles coach Andy Reid, among others, spoke to the teams. Large version of team pic.
 
Baseball historian John Shiffert examines the Hamels-Harper dustup.
  Click
here for the latest info on the upcoming Pub baseball playoffs. There have been date changes in some of the brackets.
  Judge's Brian Hennessey will play college hoops at Gwynedd-Mercy.
  Check back tonight for pics from today's Non-Pub practice.
  WIP (the 610 AM version) will again do a delayed broadcast of the City All-Star Football Game. It will air on FRIDAY at 7 p.m. with Merrill Reese doing play-by-play and Ted handling color. (The game is THURSDAY, 7:30, at Lincoln Financial Field.)
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Charles "Buddy" Donnelly, who passed yesterday. Buddy, a guard and La Salle High product, was the captain of La Salle College's 1952 NIT champs and earned a spot in the school's Hall of Athletes in 2011. He also was Judge's first coach (1956 through '62 seasons). RIP, sir.  
  Randy Seidman offers his list of Philly's college ball HR-hitters for the last three weeks. Click here.
  **Congrats to Dobbins football coach John Sullivan, one of the School District's Distinguished Teachers for 2011-12. His pic/bio are No. 39 in this set.**
  Click here for a large version of Bok's Team Pic
, as offered by coach Frank "Roscoe" Natale.

May 7
 
Click here for today's installment of Only in the Pub . . . There's No Soccer in Baseball.
 
Del-Val beat Lamberton, 17-2, to clinch first in Public D at 9-0. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to frosh DH Rainiel "Ray" Bravo, who went 5-for-5 with a homer and four RBI. Pics here . . . And, yes, of course there's a separate Only In the Pub photo set (smile; right above).
  Frankford beat Washington, 7-1. Randy's report is posted.
  **O'Hara beat SJ Prep, 5-3. The first report by former O'Hara player Sean Dwyer is posted here. Welcome aboard, Sean!!**
  Ted's 35-year, DN all-star basketball teams are now online. Click here.

  In yesterday's PSFCA East-West All-Star Football Game, East fell to West, 45-24.

May 6
  Congrats to '95 alumnus Greg "Bubba" Bernhardt, who is Bonner's new football coach.
  Chris Thompson, vs. McDevitt in a non-league game yesterday, posted the first triple on Judge's new field. No homers yet!
  Oh, the carnage! Click
here for a pic of a Lumber Bowl victim.
  Congrats to Roman baseball player Steve Minuto, the latest Best Teammate '12 nominee. The nomination box will be open until May 21.
  The PSFCA East-West All-Star Football Game will be played today, 2 p.m., at Gateway HS (Pittsburgh suburbs). Mike Makor (West Catholic, L), Shane Johnson (O'Hara, DE) and Will Parks (Germantown, DB) will be playing. Listen to broadcast at www.easternPAfootball.com.

May 5
  The Howard Lynn story has gone national. Click here for Yahoo's look.
 
Frankford's football squad has a new strength & fitness center. Can you guess who made it happen? Click here.  . . . Also on hand, among roughly 10 NFL guys who supported Jahri's efforts, was Washington grad Jameel McClain (Ravens LB). Click here.  
  Bonner hoopster Dan McLoone watched the Lumber Bowl and came over to say hello. Guess what? We put him to work! Click
here
for a nice pic. Next stop: photo staff at Sports Illustrated!!
  **Click
here for pics from the Lumber Bowl, in which Bonner beat Carroll, 9-2.**
  **Click here for pics from Jahri Evans' football camp.**
 
Aside from providing non-stop encouragement yesterday, SCH Academy bench guy Jamie "1-Hour Energy" Young retrieved foul balls and danced up the first base line after the dramatic win . . . And SCH's first battery miiiight have been over the age limit (smile). Click here.
  Carroll will host Bonner today at 3. Wood bats will be used!
  Jahri Evans' fourth annual FREE clinic for players/cheerleaders will be held today, noon to 3 p.m., in Frankford's stadium. Just show up! Some of Jahri's Saints teammates will be helping him.
 
**The current edition of SportsWeek, available today, includes Ted's 35-year all-star basketball teams. All-City, All-Pub, All-Cath, All-Int and each school's top five guys for that time frame (1978 through 2012 seasons). Enjoy! Currently not posted online.**

May 4
  SCH Academy beat Episcopal, 3-2, in eight innings, on a
walkoff solo homer by jr. 3B Matt Rowland. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to Rowland. Pics here. (The weather was basically perfect. Not even a HINT of storms.)
  Ted is heading to SCH Academy (nee Chestnut Hill) for today's game with Episcopal. Wicked thunderstorms are being predicted. Hmm. Click
here to see what happened on his last visit 5/19/11.
  A player said yesterday that O'Hara's managers deserve to be pictured on the homepage. How about the next best thing?
Linked from it.
  You won't believe this story. (Or maybe you will.)
  Click
here for Ferry Aggressive . . . Bonner's Sean Ferry goes airborne to score on a wild pitch vs. O'Hara. 
  Who says Bonner and O'Hara kids can't get along? Check out
this pic from yesterday's game.

May 3
  **Congrats to La Salle coach Joe Parisi, who today claimed win No. 400 in 26 seasons. Click
here for a short story.**
 
O'Hara beat Bonner, 4-3, in eight innings, as jr. RH Nick Donovan pitched three-hit ball over seven and Mike Schneider worked a 1-2-3 eighth. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Donovan. Pics here.
  Roman last week won the CL crew title. Click here.
  Roman SS William Dougherty yesterday posted the first hit at Judge's new field by
lining pitch No. 1 for a double
. "Firsts" run in the family, it turns out. Click here for a blurb.

May 2
 
In the first game on its new turf field, Judge used a two-run seventh to edge Roman, 5-4. Ryan Mackiewicz' walkoff single made the difference. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Mackiewicz (overall context). Pics here. Mackiewicz' winning hit is here. Group shot of happy Crusaders is here. Pro pics
  **Weather permitting, Judge today will host Roman, at 3:45, on the new turf field across the street from the school.**

  Click here for Ted's story on
Northeast's Howard Lynn, who kicks with his right foot and punts with his left. (Also soccer goalie/baseball player.)

May 1
  The following football players are bound for Delaware Valley College: Dave Faraldo, Judge; Antwoine Powers, N-G; Kenny English, Jack Schanz and Steve Noel, Roman; Mike Anusky, Ryan; Will Berry, Bartram; Aaron Boyd, Germantown; Jahreeson Caines, Future; Sincere Merced, Lincoln; Isaiah Rogers, Josh Wallace and Daquan White, Northeast; Keith Jenkins, Prep Charter.
  More commitments: Gtn. Academy gridder Marcus Anthony (Franklin & Marshall); Randolph hoopster Eugene Lett (Cheyney); Bartram hoopster Bo Murray (Phila. Community).
  **Click
here for pics from the Pub's practice for the City All-Star Football Game. Click here for a large version of the Players Pic. And here for a large version of the Coaches Pic.
 
Click here for Pump It Up . . . a cast iron sneaker made by Ramapo College junior Kevin Silary as part of an "iron pour" sculpting session in Binghamton, NY. (Might be a liiiittle hard to dunk in this baby. Ha, ha.)
  How cool is
this item from MLB?
  Note from Ted: I knew I'd seen the brick thing before. Just had to find the reference in the database. Here we go, from a 1991 Kenrick-Dougherty preplayoff, held at La Salle HS . . .
The game featured a 13-minute brick delay in the home second. Sean Vandegrift kept landing on bricks (that are used to build up the mound) on his follow-through, so La Salle coach Joe Parisi used a rake to rebuild the area. Joked Parisi: "Here's my card if anybody needs landscaping work."
  Conwell-Egan hoops star Jamal Nwaniemeka (Rider) was named the Bucks County Courier Times' Player of the Year by ex-website legend Kevin "Sparky" Cooney. (Wood soph Pat Smith was a first-teamer also.)
  Marty Venafro, Neumann-Goretti's 4-year shortstop starter, will play his college baseball at Chestnut Hill.
  Randy Seidman was in the house for Washington's 6-5 win over Masterman yesterday. Click here for his report.
  Penn Charter's John Moderski, also a football/basketball stalwart, will play his college lacrosse at Villanova.
  College decisions have been made by McDevitt basketball stars Brahieme Jackson (Lock Haven; coached by Bonner grad Mike Nestor) and Markeise Chandler (Manor JC).
  If the Phillies need a third baseman for the Lakewood BlueClaws, Franklin Towne's George Klein is ready. He has
the claw thing
down pat.

April 30
  Only in the Pub, Installment No. 57 Million (at least) . . . Click here for The Mound's a Briiiiick . . . Hoouuuse. Maybe the Commodores installed it? (smile). GAMP-Franklin Towne featured three delays.
  GAMP beat Franklin Towne, 5-1. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. 3B Desmond Drummond (solo homer). Pics
here.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert plays the (unreal) name game.

April 29
  Randy Seidman has filed his first report of the season! (Not counting his Hometown Philly Awards, of course). Click here
  The current SportsWeek includes a story on
Swenson jr. track star Niager Mathis; not posted online.
 
There were three no-hitters in city leagues games last week and that got us to thinking. So . . . Click here to see a list of regular reason league and playoff no-hitters (minimum five innings; no combo jobs) since this site was created in 2000.

April 28
  Click here for a story about a great recent effort by
RHP Sean Murphy (North Catholic '06), who's in the A's farm system.
  Click/click here/here for our latest/latest Before They Hit Infield/Outfield . . . on La Salle assistant Harry Carr, who starred/starred at Roman
with his twin/twin, Mike.
  Click here for the updated Baseball Standings.
  Speaking of no-hitters . . .
Bonner sr. RH Ronnie Scull fired one yesterday vs. Judge. He whiffed eight, walked four.
  Robeson G Marquise Richards
will play his college hoops at Neumann.

April 27
 
Note:
Central High seeks a game for Tuesday. Contact coach Rich Weiss at rweiss@philasd.org.
  We welcome Summit Sports Training Center as our newest advertiser. Please check out their facilities/programs at
www.summitstc.com.
 
Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  Click here for Ted's story on Bronxville (NY) High soph Mary Cain, who broke the meet record while winning the Penn Relays mile run.

April 26
  *Click
here for 12-1 Jump Street . . . After Bartram beat West by that score, two players staged an incredible duel. (And a third guy capped things off, though less impressively.)*
  Not too many baseball teams have centers, nose tackles, linebackers, wideouts, defensive ends . . .
Bartram's does! Click here and here.
  Speaking of no-hitters . . . Franklin jr. RH Khalil Coles spun a five-inning version today vs. Germantown. He fanned 16 and walked one.
  Bartram beat West Phila., 12-1, in 5 innings. Ted's report is posted. No DN ink. Pics
here. (Look above for two extra sets; very entertaining.)
  Click here for a Wild/Wacky story from 2003, when Ryan came out on the plus side of a Catholic League game with all kinds of runs (36).
  Tom Carroll plays for Roman . . . and Justin Roman plays for Carroll. And they're happy right where they are, thanks. Click
here. (You can also find William Dougherty at Roman, Dylan Egan at Ryan, Kevin Neumann and Ian Conwell at Lansdale and the grand-prize winner, Ryan Judge
, at SJ Prep.)

April 25
  Click
here for a pic of Matt Simon's game-winning grand slam.
  Roman beat Ryan, 18-15, as a grand slam by jr. 1B Matt Simon capped an eight-run home seventh.
Ted's report is posted.
DN ink to Simon (and a bit to Ryan jr. C Matt Graber, who went 4-for-4 with a double, two homers and EIGHT ribbies). Pics here
 
Speaking of no-hitters . . . Wood jr. RH Brian Wojtko twirled one last Saturday in a five-inning game vs. Morrisville.
  Click here
for Sometimes It's Not Easy Being a Baseball.
 
Click here our latest Before They Played for Pay . . . on Dodgers LHP Michael Antonini (O'Hara '03).

April 24
 
Congrats to '03 O'Hara grad Michael Antonini (LHP), who today was promoted to the Dodgers to help in the bullpen!!
 
Junior RH Eric McGough spun a no-hitter as Carroll bested C-E, 5-0. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to . . . do you need to ask? (He also went 3-for-4 with a double and one RBI.) Pics here . . . Also, N-G's Joey Gorman came within two outs of one vs. Lansdale! (Until he got jinxed by a ump. Blurb about that development is at end of story on McGough.)
 
Roman's baseball team has a kid named Tom Carroll . . . Carroll's baseball team has a kid named Justin Roman . . . When's the trade deadline? (smile)
  Yesterday brought the first rainouts of the baseball season. Click here for Ted's overall story on how amazingly postponement-free this school year has been, with a focus on Pub baseball chairman Dave Connolly.
  Click here for rosters of the four teams that will compete tonight
in the Coaches vs. Cancer All-Star Doubleheader, at the Fellowship House, in Conshohocken. (Info/rosters at bottom of that page.)

April 23
  Click
here for a pic of Furness product Devin Walker, who has made West Chester's football team as a walk-on.
 
Click here for the rosters for the City All-Star FB Game!
 
Postponement info: here for Pub and here for Cath.

April 22
  The Pub Coaches' Assn. (all sports) held its awards banquet Friday. The honorees: Coach -- Lou Biester; Retired coaches -- Pat Buchanan, Fred Bannon, Lou Zambino; Administrator -- Penny Nixon; Principal -- Dr. A. Larry Melton; Achievement/Service -- Dave Connolly; Lifetime Achievement/Service -- Mike Capriotti; Facilities -- Ernie Marcone. Congrats! Thanks to website legend Frog Carfagno for the info.
  Talk about aptly-named . . . Click
here for a pic of Gardner the Gardener. Sub Gardner Nutter tends to the field at Malvern.
  In Rome yesterday, Malvern's Shawn Wilson carried 10 times for 170 yards and two TDs as Team Stars & Stripes thumped Italy's 19-and-Under National All-Star team, 50-0. TS&S also featured Penn Charter L Tyler Mercer, O'Hara LB Pat Funchion, Episcopal DB Julian O'Neill, two Judge players -- K-P Dave Faraldo and L Eric Condron -- and assistant Bill Gallagher, former head coach at Episcopal.

April 21
  Congrats to Constitution's Savon Goodman, who earned honorable mention on ESPN's All-American Team.
  Click here for another Before They Hit Infield-Outfield . . . on N-G assistant George Hatton, a player there five years ago.

  In West Chester's recent spring game, the primary QBs were
Mike Mattei (Chestnut Hill) and Sean McCartney (Wood). Click here to see how they fared. La Salle QB Drew Loughery, who's returning to football after a 2-year break, also saw action.
  Malvern lineman Joe Smith
will play his college football at W. Chester.
  The La Salle-Bonner boxscore is now posted at the end of Ted's report on Day Two of Sungate.
 
Click here for Randy Seidman's weekly Hometown Philly Awards. Thanks, Randy!

April 20
 
Malvern beat Haverford School, 10-1, as sr. RH Joe Ravert pitched six strong innings and went 3-for-3 with a walk and RBI double. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to Ravert. Pics here.
  In the completion of Sungate, La Salle beat Bonner, 10-3, in 11 innings (and 36 more minutes).
Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to sr. 3B-P Mike Piscopo. Pics
here. 
 
Click here for Jack Morrison's obit on Jim Kearney (see 4/18 item).
  Still need numerous baseball rosters! Really, is it THAT hard? Please send to silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks.
  Esperanza PF Shaquille Bowman will play his college hoops for Polk, a D-I junior college program in Florida.  
  Click here for the rosters/schedule for the 2012 Narberth League.
  Click here for rosters of the four teams that will compete in the Coaches vs. Cancer All-Star Doubleheader, set for April 24
at the Fellowship House, in Conshohocken. (Info/rosters at bottom of that page.)

April 19
 
Only in the Cath!! . . . La Salle at Bonner was suspended in the visiting 11th, at 2-2, because the sun (setting in dead center, basically) was creating a safety hazard. The game will be completed tomorrow at 2 p.m. Ted's report is posted. DN ink in overall context. First 150 pics here. Other 92 pics here.
 
Swenson's softball team was playing footsteps away yesterday. Click here for the Lady Lions' team pic.
  Get in the Zone, owned by Brett Antell and long-time supplier of our Player of the Week T-shirts during football season, is running craaaaazy specials. Click here and stock up on sports garb for men/women/kids.
  Click here for the updated Baseball Standings.

April 18
  ***You won't believe the "leftfield wall" and "foul pole" at
Swenson's home field. And the "wall" caused controversy in Prep Charter's win. Click here for Swenson's Wall of Fame, and prepare to be entertained. (Captions/explanations under the pictures.)***
  Prep Charter beat Swenson, 10-2. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. 3B Mike Borelli (also a pitching mainstay). Pics
here.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of former NFL official Jim Kearney, who passed Sunday at age 79. In the early part of his career, Jim was the Catholic League's FB commissioner. RIP, Jim.
  Marc Marrone next month will be joined in the Neumann/N-G Sports Hall of Fame by his brother, Christian. Both were FB stars. Congrats!
  Furness product Maurice Harris rocked his Falcons T-shirt under his uniform for Shippensburg's spring game. Gotta love it! Click
here for a pic from Furness coach Anthony Pastore.
  The Donofrio page now includes the title-game boxscore and awards.
  Click
here for more pics in the Jamal Nwaniemeka set.
 
Father Judge High's Class of 1970 is holding a Memorial Mass for Lt. Bob Neary tonight, 7:30, in the school's auditorium. All members of Philadelphia Firefighters Local 22, as well as the general public, are invited to attend. Bob was a basketball starter for the Crusaders.
  GAMP's Tyler Criniti will play his college baseball at Phila. Comm.
  GA jr. PG Nick Lindner
will play his college hoops at Lafayette. Click here for a short story.

April 17
  I-3 is the Donofrio Classic champ for the fourth consecutive year. It bested Team Philly, 91-85, in the final.
DN ink to Westtown sr. PF-C Daniel Ochefu, a 'Nova signee. Pics here.
  Penn Charter beat Gtn. Academy, 8-3. Ted's report is posted. No DN ink. Pics
here.
  Roman FB coach Joe McCourt and NFLer Scott Paxson (both '01) were inducted into Roman's Athletic Hall of Fame. Click
here for pics, as provided by Scott's dad, Jeff. Congrats, guys!!

 
Veteran varsity baseball players: Please tell your young-buck teammates about this site. Thanks!
 
Neumann-Goretti catcher Nicky Nardini will play his college baseball at  the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
  Conwell-Egan held an assembly to celebrate basketball star Jamal Nwaniemeka's commitment to Rider. And coach Rick Sabol sent pics, courtesy of Lifetouch.com. Click
here
and congrats to the school for doin' it up right!

April 16
 
Three Pub forfeits to report: Freire OVER U. City on 3/29 (UC's pitcher did not have the required rest); UC OVER King and West OVER Mansion tomorrow (King and Mansion are being punished for fighting after their game last Thursday).
 
Frankford beat Washington, 11-6. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. CF-RH Augusto "June" Ortega (3-for-5, 4 steals, 3 runs, 2 shutout relief innings). Pics
here.

April 15
  For those who've been asking . . . the City All-Star Football Game will be played Thursday, May 10, 7:30, at Lincoln Financial Field. Rosters should be finalized in roughly one week. The coaches will be Brian Fluck (Non-Pub) and Erik Zipay (Pub).
  Ted recently wrote a story about Central sr. CF Mike Cavallaro, and part of the focus was on his stint as a hockey goalie. Click
here for a clip from those days.
  Click here to see the names/numbers for ALL the basketball guys who  averaged at least 15 ppg over the last 13 seasons.

April 14
  Click here for our first Before They Hit Infield-Outfield . . . on GA's first-year baseball coach, Tyler Stampone.
  At yesterday's Esperanza-Edison game, an Edison fan was making noise with a very unusual instrument -- a berimbau from Brazil. Click
here for a pic of the kid and here for a Wikipedia page that shows/explains the berimbau. (Where else can you get this stuff? Ha, ha.) 
  ***Click
here for a photo/info on Our Lady of Calvary's 2011 CYO championship football team. (Yes, football. News travels slowly sometimes -- smile.)***

April 13
  ***A carnival forced today's Edison-Esperanza game to be moved from Front & Erie to Edison's field. Click
here for a legendary on-site pic from Esperanza coach John Grone . . . And click here for a pic of Esperanza's two sets of starting brothers, Escolatico/Perez.***
  Esperanza beat Edison, 13-3, in five innings, as sr. LF Ralphy Ramos went 2-for-2 with a double, two walks, two RBI, two steals, two raspberries (see story/report) and three runs scored. Ted's report is  posted. SportsWeek ink to Ramos. Pics
here
  Bartram will battle Overbrook tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., at Phila. Community (17th, right below Spring Garden) in an alumni basketball game. I'm now being told Sixers TV analyst Malik Rose ('Brook '92) will NOT play. 
  Click here for the updated baseball standings.
  Congrats to Quasim Jones (Bartram '10), who earned second-team honors on the NJCAA D-II All-American Basketball Team. He played for Johnson County CC, in Kansas.
  Congrats to West Catholic product Jim Sheehan, who is being inducted into West Chester University's Killinger Football Hall of Fame. Jim ('88) played receiver at WCU and was also a member of the hoops squad.
  Tidbit from Gerry Sasse, assistant AD at Penn Charter: His next-door neighbor is Ryan McDevitt, former soccer star at La Salle HS and now at DeSales. "I called him 'Northern Division,' " Gerry said.

April 12
  Click
here for . . . A Baseball Team (Franklin) Can Never Have Too Many Guys Named Chris Sullivan, Especially When They're Brothers.
  Click
here for . . . What the Truck? (Some delays are true all-timers.)
  Franklin beat Bracetti, 7-5, as jr. RH Khalil Coles pitched a three-hitter with 12 Ks and Emmanuel Young cracked a three-run homer. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Coles (and a little to Young). Pics
here.
  Check out
this story about an incredible softball feat.
  With Ozzie Guillen in mind, baseball historian John Shiffert picks his all-time All-Castro Team.
  Note: In Bartram's win Tuesday, Matt Hutchinson should have been credited with 17 strikeouts!
  Carroll WG Alec Stavetski will play his college hoops at Muhlenberg.

April 11
  *Click
here for new pics of Judge's almost ready base/FB turf fields.*
  We're not stretching the truth, folks. SJ Prep's baseball team really does have a player named Ryan Judge . . . Click
here.
  Judge beat SJ Prep, 16-6, in six innings, after falling into a 5-0 hole. After the first two batters in the fourth made outs, the Crusaders exploded for 11 runs! Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. 3B Tim Ross (3-for-3, triple, two walks, two RBI). Pics
here
.
  *Click here for Randy Seidman's weekly Hometown Philly Awards. Thanks, Randy!*
  Gotta love this: SJ Prep's baseball team has a kid named Ryan Judge. Maybe he has a cousin named Car(r)ol(l) O'Hara? Or Wood(y) McDevitt? Or Roman Neumann? . . . OK, I'll stop (smile).

 
Welcome to the world of byes . . . The top of the CL Red standings looks like this: O'Hara 3-0, La Salle 2-0, Bonner 1-0.
  Great news out of the Big 5! City guys ruled on the all-star teams!! Southern's Ramone Moore (Temple) and Roman's Maalik Wayns ('Nova) made first team. N-G's Tyreek Duren and Earl Pettis (both La Salle) made second team. Pettis was named most improved. Dobbins' Jerrell Wright (La Salle) was the top rookie. Malvern's Fran Dunphy (Temple) was the No. 1 coach. Even three other honorees spent time in city schools before transferring -- North Catholic's Khalif Wyatt (Temple, first), Freire's Ramon Galloway (La Salle, second) and La Salle's C.J. Aiken (Saint Joseph's, second). However, since they left, we'll withhold the high school colors respect (smile). Click here for the updated all-time list of Pub/Cath/Int guys on the All-Big 5 Teams.

April 10
  Note: Mastbaum-BL is tomorrow. The ever-popular bus miseries nixed the game today.
 
Robeson sr. F Richard Lemon will play his college hoops at Alderson-Broaddus, a D-II school in West Virginia.
  N-G 5, Wood 2: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. LH Joey Gorman, a Saint Joseph's signee. Pics
here.
  Note: Tomorrow's Esp-Fkd game now AT Fkd.
  This just in . . . When the CL basketball coaches held their meeting to pick the All-Catholic teams many weeks ago, they also decided to select  an all-defensive squad. Here are the results:
Derrick Stewart, N-G (defensive POY); Kyle Adkins, Wood; Kevin Oberlies, SJ Prep; Tom Rymal, Carroll; Shafeek Taylor, Roman. Congrats, guys!
  Click here for the Associated Press All-State Basketball Teams (as announced last week).

April 9
  Being a Bench Guy Is Not Always Exciting. Click
here for a pic of Masterman frosh Logan Murray . . . And click here for Some Fans Don't Like Being Part of a Crowd.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of former Archbishop Wood baseball starter Kyle Schwab ('08), who died of injuries suffered in a recent motorcycle accident. RIP, Kyle.
  Central edged Masterman, 4-3, as sr. OF Mike "Cavs" Cavallaro went 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Cavs. Pics
here.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Bob Neary and Dan Sweeney, the Philly firefighters who perished fighting a blaze in Kensington. Bob was a basketball starter for Judge ('70). RIP, men.
  Note: PAC @ PET moved to 4/20 due to Phillies' home opener.

April 8
  ***Note from Ted: Back in the saddle again. Updates to the Donofrio Tourney and assorted baseball pages have been made. Thanks to the DN's Kerith Gabriel for his help/patience.***
  Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  Baseball historian John Shiffert examines the ever-curious Marlins.

April 1-7 -- no activity. Furlough week at Daily News

March 31
 
*Click here for Randy's weekly Hometown Philly Awards (filed a shade early this week). Thanks, Randy!*
 
Note from Ted: I'll be on a Daily News furlough this coming week. I'm also going to take a one-week break from the website. Full activity will resume April 8. Have a great week, everyone!
 
Click here for the 2011-12 version of Covered In Ink; guys Ted has written stories about so far this school year. Page also includes links to "ink data" going back to 2000-01.
 
Click
here for the updated Special Photos page.
 
Click here for Jerry Shenk's final state basketball rankings, as published on llhoops.com.

March 30
  **Updates for the 2011-12 basketball season have been made to almost all of the files on this page.**
  C-E hoopster Jamal Nwaniemeka has committed to Rider. Click here.
  Click
here for the photo set that features Judge's new baseball/football fields. The final four shots were taken this week by football assistant Fran Costello. 

March 29
  Lansdale Catholic LB Evan Coughlin will play his college FB at Middlebury, in Vermont.
  Click
here for brackets/schedule for this year's Carpenter Cup Classic. 
  Click here for boxscores from the Pub All-Star Classic, played Monday.
  Wood's football champs were feted in Harrisburg Tuesday. Click
here for two pics, as snapped by team lensman Michael Pronzato.
 
Names of the first-, second- and third-team All-City hoops honorees have been added to the all-time lists. Click here.

  Click
here for Ouch, That Hurts! Lincoln's Eric Cintron gets plunked.
 
Congrats to Player of the Year Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson and the other members of the Daily News All-City First Team. Click here for the story. Here for the full All-City Team. Here for the DN All-Pub Team. Here for the DN All-Cath Team. Here for the video. Here for the photos.

March 28
 
*Click here for Randy's weekly Hometown Philly Awards.*
  Northeast rallied from 5-0 and 9-6 deficits to beat Lincoln, 10-9. Ted's report is posted. No DN ink. MANY pics
here.
  Veteran varsity baseball players: Please tell your young-buck teammates about this site. Thanks!
  We still need baseball rosters for three CL teams -- McDevitt, C-E and Ryan. Players, tell your coaches and/or manager. Send to silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks!
  When you stand 7 foot, 8 inches, you don't exactly need to soar to
score. Click
here
.

March 27
  Overbrook beat Olney, 10-7, in a game packed with Only in the Pub tidbits. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. C-P Shafeeq Coleman (6-5, 280). Pics
here.

March 26
  In the Pub coaches' all-star classic . . .
  White 86, Red 80: DN ink to Lincoln sr. F Michael Bowlers.
  In the prelims, A beat AAAA, 83-69, and AAA beat AA, 84-70. DN ink (bottom of story on Bowlers) to Robeson sr. F Richard Lemon (did well for A).
  Boxscores for all three games will be in Tuesday's Daily News. 
  Baseball historian John Shiffert puts the winding-down career of Larry "Chipper" Jones into context.
  Baseball note: Due to field issues, Fels will play all games away.
  Penn Charter jr. T Mike McGlinchey will play his college football at Notre Dame. Click here for a blurb.
  Click here for Ted's writeback story on Imhotep sr. F Shakur NeSmith.

March 25
  Crazy weekend, folks . . . Recaps of Friday's Pub baseball openers can now be found here. Thanks for your patience.
 
*Click here for Imhotep's State Champ Tribute Page.*
 
Click here for info on the Markward Club's final get-together for 2011-12 (Players of the Year; Special Awards).
  **Click here for the final Overall Scoring Leaders.**
  Click here for the final list of 1,000-Point Career Scorers - **now includes underclassmen who are best bets to reach 1,000 in 2012-13.**
  *Click
here for N-G's State Champ Tribute Page.*
 
*Click here for Constitution's State Champ Tribute Page.*

March 24
  Tribute pages for all three state champs will be completed over the next few days.
  Congrats as well to the girls' teams for Carroll (AAAA) and Wood (AAA), which also won state titles this weekend!!  
  In a PIAA state final . . .
  AA: Imhotep topped Beaver Falls, 56-54, in OT, to win its third crown in four years and give D-12 a trio of titles for the second consecutive year!!
Ted's report
is posted. Monday DN ink TBA. Game pics here. Celebration pics here.

March 23
  In PIAA state finals . . . (2-for-2; it's the thing to do!)
  AAA: Neumann-Goretti beat Montour, 48-45, for its third consecutive state title as La'Quan Coaxum got the slightest piece of a last-second trey.
Ted's report
is posted. Cyber attention to soph G Ja'Quan Newton and sr. F-C Derrick Stewart. Game pics here. Celebration pics here.
 
A: Constitution beat Lincoln Park Charter, 68-49, as Savon Goodman (27 points) and Daiquan Walker (22) led the way. Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek  ink to sr. PG Tamir Bolger. Game  pics here. Celebration pics here.
  Donofrio Tournament rosters are here.
  **Click here for Randy's amazing College List.** 
  Click here for Ted's story to set up the state finals. And here for starting lineups and D-12's state finals history.

March 22
 
Click here for the updated list of 1,000-Point Career Scorers - **now includes underclassmen who are best bets to reach 1,000 in 2012-13.**
 
**Click here to see which guys -- rosters revised!! -- have been chosen to play in the Public League Coaches' 37th Annual All-Star Event, set for Monday, 3/26, at Southern High.**
 
Check out Greg Harris' YouTube videos of the recent PIAA semis, at Southern for
AAA and A.
 
Click here for info on PCN's television coverage of all b-ball finals.
 
Furness' Sharif Smith, the DN's Public League Player of the Year, will play his college football at Shippensburg.

 
*Click here for Randy's weekly Hometown Philly Awards.*

March 21
  We'll have three in State C!! . . .
  AA: Imhotep beat Holy Cross, 37-35, as sr. G Kamani Jordan provided the go-ahead-for-good bucket with a three and soph F Deion Evans
blocked a last-second layup. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Jordan/Evans. Pics here. Pro pics here.
  Schedule for PIAA finals . . .
  A, Friday:
Constitution (12-1) vs. Lincoln Park (7-1), at Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center, 2 
 
AAA, Friday: Neumann-Goretti (12-1) vs. Montour (7-4), at Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center, 8.

  AA: Saturday: Imhotep (12-4) vs. Beaver Falls (7-1), at Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center, 2.
 
Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!

March 20
  In PIAA semifinals . . .
  AAA -- Neumann-Goretti 74, Boys' Latin 43: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. Gs La'Quan Coaxum (N-G) and Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson (BL). Pics
here.
  A -- Constitution 62, MC&S 37: Ted's report is posted. DN ink by intern Alex Lee. Pics here.
  Click here for the brackets/schedule for Conshohocken's Donofrio Tournament, which starts Monday, 3/26. (Rosters not yet available).
  Constitution coach Rob Moore informs us Savon Goodman and
Daiquan Walker will NOT play Monday night in the Pub all-star event.
  Please check out the website for our newest advertiser, MyCoachFlix.com, which rents instructional/training videos. Thanks!
  Click here for info on this week's Markward Club dinner (academic awards, unsung heroes).
  Click here for Ted's combo story on MC&S guys Jeffon Powell (jr. F) and Will Williams (sr. G).

March 19
 
Click here for Ted's writeback story on
Imhotep jr. G Brandon Austin.

March 18
 
**Click here for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders.**

 
**The All-Star Labor Classic will be played Sunday, 4/1, at Upper Dublin High, in Ft. Washington. Click here for the rosters/details.** 
  Schedule for PIAA semifinals . . .
 
A: Constitution vs. MC&S, Tuesday, 6, at Southern.
  AAA: Neumann-Goretti vs. Boys' Latin, Tuesday, 7:30, at Southern.
  AA: Imhotep vs. Holy Cross, Wednesday, 7, at Bethlehem Liberty.

March 17
  In a PIAA quarterfinal . . .
  AA: Imhotep 65, McDevitt 54: Ted's report is posted. See 3/19 for DN ink. Pics
here.
  Congrats to Bodine product Pendarvis Williams
, who scored 20 points
as Norfolk State shocked Missouri in the NCAA tourney! Click here.
  Click here for the updated list of 1,000-Point Career Scorers.
  Baltimore City Community College is headed to the NJCAA D-II National Tournament, March 20-24 in Danville, Illinois, thanks to soph G
Zafir Williams (Vaux, 13.4 PPG and 5.8 APG) and soph F Theo West (Kensington, 14.6 PPG and 6.9 RPG). Johnson County CC (Kansas) will also be competing. One of its stars is soph G Quasim Jones (Bartram, 17.8 PPG with 64 treys). Congrats, guys!
  *Click here for Randy's weekly Hometown Philly Awards.*
  **Click
here for a pic that celebrates a special feat for Boys' Latin.**

March 16
  In PIAA quarterfinals . . .
  AAA: N-G 64, Holy Ghost Prep 37: Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to soph G Ja'Quan Newton. Pics
here.
  AAA: Boys' Latin won. Carroll did not.
  A: Constitution and MC&S won.
  It's expected
that a semifinal doubleheader will be played Tuesday at Southern. Con-MC&S at 6, followed by N-G/BL at 7:30. Of course, this means D-12 will have teams in the A and AAA state finals!
  Click here for Bill Wasylenko's great look at the La Salle-Kenrick/K-K football rivalry and the latter's overall grid history. Also, check out earlier retrospectives on
La Salle-Egan/C-E and La Salle-Bonner (though those two schools are now remaining open).
  Click here for a blurb that sets up the state quarterfinals.
  **Congrats to
La Salle on its state championship in swimming.**

March 15
  Click
here for practice pics from Boys' Latin and Carroll
.
  Imhotep-McDevitt will be played Saturday, 2 p.m., at Germantown.

March 14
  In PIAA second-round playoffs . . .
  AAAA: Roman fell to Lower Merion, 67-49. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. F Rashann London. Pics
here (second quarter forward).
  AAAA: Bartram fell to Coatesville, 61-51. Ted's report is posted.
DN blurb detailing game (no official ink). Pics here
.
  AA: McDevitt and Imhotep won. Vaux and Comm Tech did not.
  Click here for the quarterfinal matchups for D-12's A and AAA teams in the state  playoffs.
**Sites/times now included.**
  They grow 'em pheisty in Philly . . . Check out
this video of Mississippi Valley State's Kevin Burwell (Imhotep '06) and a certain president.
  Click
here
for Only in the Mass (as in Massachusetts). An all-timer.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Dick Harter, who passed yesterday at age 81. Dick was a long-time college and NBA coach, but it all began at Germantown Academy in the '57 and '58 seasons. RIP, sir. 

March 13
  In PIAA second-round playoffs . . .
  AAA: Carroll 71, Octorara 50: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WG Alec Stavetski. Pics here.
  AAA: Boys' Latin and N-G also won. A: Ditto for ConHigh & MC&S.
  We are now accepting baseball rosters -- silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks. Leading off . . . Haverford School.
  Click here for a blurb on the next round of the state playoffs.
  Click here for info on tomorrow's Markward Club luncheon. Tom Gola (La Salle '51) will be among the honorees.

March 12
  The pic of the St. Matthew CYO team (high school varsity) now includes a caption that details how the squad performed in the state tourney.
  Click here for Dan Hoban's report on Roman's win over Parkland, played on Saturday. Thanks, Dan!
  Click
here for practice pics from Roman, Constitution and N-G.
  Click
here for video (earlier this season) of Constitution's Daiquan Walker breaking ankles (or at least spraining 'em.)
  Click here for the latest dunkathon by Constitution's Savon Goodman.  (All 5 games at Southern are now here.)
  Click here for the Public League Master Baseball Schedule.
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on
McDevitt soph F Tyrell Long and Bartram jr. C Gerald Evariste.

March 11
  Check out this video of a 4-year-old Syracuse fan who LOVES
N-G product Antonio "Scoop" Jardine.
  Individual stats for McDevitt's guys vs. Shenandoah Valley are here (bottom of that report).
 
Click here for the second-round matchups for D-12 teams in the state  playoffs. ***Sites/times now included.***

March 10
  D-12 schools went 11-4 in first-round playoffs.
  In PIAA first-round playoffs . . .
  AAAA: SJ Prep fell to Central Bucks West, 48-44. Ted's report is  posted. Pics
here.
  AAAA: Bartram beat Central Dauphin E, 48-47. See 3/12 for DN ink.
 
AA: McDevitt beat Shenandoah Valley, 68-44, for its second postseason win in 49 years of CL membership! Ted's report is  posted. See 3/12 for DN ink. Pics here. Group pic of players here. Coaches/support personnel here.
  Other games: Roman won in AAAA; Fels did not. Vaux, Comm Tech and Imhotep won in AA; D-V did not.
 
Click here for the updated list of 1,000-Point Career Scorers.
  Click
here for a pic of Boys' Latin's Yahmir Greenlee
(and teammates), the newest member of the 1,000-Point Club.
  Kyle Mullen, our Pitcher of the Year in 2009 and one of Randy Seidman's current Hometown Philly honorees, yesterday pitched Saint Joseph's University past Iona, 5-1, in the Hawks' first home game on campus since 1958. Click here for a YouTube video. 

March 9
  In PIAA first-round playoffs . . .
  AAA: Boys' Latin beat Pope John Paul II, 70-49, as jr. G Yahmir Greenlee (15) raised his career point total to 1,005. Ted's report is  posted. SportsWeek ink to Greenlee. Pics
here.
  A: Constitution swamped Camp Hill, 84-45. No report/ink. Pics
here from roughly the last 12 minutes.
  Other games: N-G and Carroll won in AAA; Phila. Elec. did not. MC&S won in A.
  Tony Resch is switching jobs, so La Salle High is seeking an athletic director. Click here if you're interested.
  A pic of Lincoln's Sincere Merced has been added to this set.
  Click here for Tom Mahon's High & Inside story on the VERY cool experience recently enjoyed by ex-Northeast P "Lancecum" Lempert.
  The state playoffs start tonight. Click here for Ted's set-up story.
  MC&S jr. F Quadir Welton has committed to Saint Peter's. Click here.

March 8
 
*Click here for Randy's weekly Hometown Philly Awards.*
 
Thanks to commish Gene Otto for supplying the Catholic and Inter-Ac master schedules for baseball! See below in BASEBALL '12.
 
Click here for Ted's story on McDevitt sr. G Markeise Chandler, who hopes to lead the Lancers to their second-ever postseason win.

March 7
  Click
here for practice pics from McDevitt and Del-Val (with D-V's cheerleaders, as well, at end of set).
  Photos of Germantown LB Anton Adams (East Stroudsburg) have been added to this set.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of former
West Catholic/O'Hara basketball assistant Jimmy Gilmartin, who passed recently. RIP, Jimmy.
  Click here for Ted's story on Vaux jr. G Rysheed Jordan, who possesses a national profile.

March 6
 
NOTE: New times for the two games Saturday at New Oxford High that involve Pub teams . . . Vaux at 6, Imhotep at 7:30.
 
Click
here for practice pics from Vaux and MC&S.
 
Because the PIAA bans the use of underclassmen, the Catholic League coaches have decided to scrap their annual all-star basketball event.
 
Please take note: the site and dates have changed for the basketball clinics being held by Old School Sports (ad on the right side of this page).

March 5
  Click here for our newest Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on McDevitt assistant Isaiah "Zeke" Pinckney.
  For the second time in three years Sunday, St. Matthew (Mayfair) won the Archdiocesan CYO championship by topping St. Patrick (Malvern), 53-47. The team is 20-2 with an 18-game winning streak (players injured earlier this season have returned) and will play this weekend in Erie in the state tournament. Click here for a team pic.
  Click here for the list of All-City baseball returnees. Please let us know of changes (transfers, etc.) at silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on
SJ Prep sr. G Tom Stewart and Comm Tech jr. G Basil Malik.

March 4
  Click
here for a pic of a VERY special moment from yesterday's Prep-Bartram game. We're talking history, folks.
 
Click here for the first-round matchups for D-12 teams in the upcoming state playoffs. Sites/times now posted for all games.

March 3
  In City Titles . . .
 
SJ Prep beat Bartram, 63-56, in AAAA, as jr. G Stephen Vasturia scored 17 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter. Ted's report is posted. See 3/5 for DN ink. Pics here.
  Comm Tech beat McDevitt, 55-53, in AA, exhaling after a last-second trey from beyond halfcourt hit the rim.
Ted's report is posted. See 3/5 for DN ink. Pics here.
  Click here for Ted's SportsWeek piece on the growing controversy about how District 12 determines which teams make the state tourney.

March 2
  In the Class AAA City Title . . .
 
Neumann-Goretti beat Boys' Latin, 66-57, as MVP John Davis (also 15 rebounds) and Ja'Quan Newton halved 42 points. Ted's report is posted. Inky ink (yes, Inky; we're one unit now) and cyber attention to Davis. Scaled down version will appear in the Inky. Full version on philly.com. Pics here (in black & white! Something different). 
  ***PIAA state tourney brackets can be found here.***
 
DB Will Parks (Germantown), OL Mike Makor (West Catholic) and DE Shane Johnson (O'Hara) will play for East vs. West, May 6 at Gateway High in suburban Pittsburgh, in the PSFCA all-star game. Ryan coach Frank McArdle will be an East assistant.
  Gtn. Academy LB Keith Corliss has committed to Johns Hopkins.
  To correct some bad info given to us a while back . . . Bartram football coach Mark Effendian
has NOT stepped down. He was out on sick leave and returned to work this past Monday. Our apologies, Mark.

March 1
  Roman beat Fels, 73-41, in the game to decide D-12's third/fourth seeds for the upcoming AAAA state playoffs. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to frosh F-C TreVaughn Wilkerson. Pics here.
  Click here for our latest Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on N-G coach Carl Arrigale, who starred for Penn Charter under none other than William "Speedy" Morris.
  Funeral arrangements for former Gratz basketball star Sharod Carroll . . . viewing: Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., 7112 N. Broad Street; second viewing, 9 to 11 a.m., Monday, same site, services to follow. RIP, Sharod. 
  Best wishes to Tom Oropeza, who has stepped down after five seasons as Bonner's football coach.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert reports on Leap Year major leaguers.
  Wood soccer player Matt DiFlorio and two MC&S hoopsters, William Williams Jr. and Quentin Davis, are new Best Teammate '12 nominees.
  There has been a change in Del-Val's opponent for Saturday's D-12/D-1 Class AA play-in game, noon, at SJ Prep. It'll be Devon Prep.
  Some refs know how to have fun . . . Click
here for a pic that shows George Geiss during a timeout in last night's Carroll-PET game.

Feb. 29
  Carroll beat Phila. Elec., 48-37, in the game to decide D-12's third/fourth seeds for the upcoming AAA state playoffs. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. PG Yosef Yacob. Pics
here.
  Many of the files on this page have been updated with 2011-12 info.

  Click here for a short story that sets up the rest of the week; focus on McDevitt coach Jack Rutter and his school's odd situation.


Feb. 28

  Click here for the page that details
Neumann-Goretti's 70 consecutive CL wins. It now includes complete playoff statistics (at the bottom) for all 12 prominent players over these last four seasons.
  *Click here for Randy's weekly Hometown Philly Awards.*
 
Click here for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders.
  Click here for the updated 1,000-Point Career Scorers.

  **The memory card issue has been resolved. Photos from last night's games are now posted. Thanks for your patience.**

Feb. 27
  In Catholic League Finals . . .

 
Neumann-Goretti edged SJ Prep, 59-57, in OT, to capture its fourth consecutive boys' title and 70th straight CL win. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to several in overall context. Game pics here. Celebration pics here. Pro pics here.
  Carroll topped Wood, 40-38, in OT, for girls' honors. DN ink by intern Alex Lee. Pics
here. Pro pics here.

  ***Click here for dunk highlights from the Pub final, as offered by Whistletopps' Greg Harris.***
  To those who've been asking: SJ Prep is NOT streaming the CL final.
  Click here for info on this week's Markward Club dinner.
 
Click here for Ted's look at the SJ Prep/N-G final.
  Click here for Ted's writeback story on Constitution sr. F Craig "Poppy" Slade . . . and click here for Temple intern Brian Dzenis' writeback story on Prep Charter sr. Kahleah Copper.

Feb. 26
  Click here for Dan Spinelli's recap of La Salle's season.

Feb. 25
  In Public League Finals . . .
 
Constitution stormed to the boys' title, 85-60 over Boys' Latin, as Savon Goodman (24 points, 12 rebounds) and Daiqaun Walker (15, seven assists) led the way. Ted's report is  posted. See 2/27 for DN ink. Pics here. Pro pics here.
  Prep Charter frolicked past Central, 70-34, for the girls' crown as Kahleah Copper had 19 points and 10 rebounds. See 2/27 for DN ink. Pics
here. Pro pics here.

  Congrats to
Dobbins football player Kyle Napper-Green, who has been nominated for Best Teammate '12.
  Click here for the updated One-Game School Scoring Records.

 
Click here for Ted's look at the Boys' Latin-ConHigh final.

Feb. 24
  **Cool update to the Kevin McGuire story.**
  Doomed no more . . . The four Catholic high schools are staying open!!!
  Congrats to
Germantown Academy grad Tim McCarty ('08), who has been named an Academic All-America basketball player for the second consecutive season at Johns Hopkins. Click here.
  Click here for Jason Nark's DN story on Sterling High FB player Kevin McGuire, who's battling cancer and wants to take Taylor Swift to his senior prom. And click here for a Facebook page. One of Kevin's coaches was Sean Matthews (Roman '05), an All-Catholic linebacker. 
  Talk about having faith in your teammates . . . Click
here for a pic that features two VERY trusting Imhotep
cheerleaders.

Feb. 23
  Click here for a story about 2008 Germantown Academy grad Kevin Doty (Lafayette), and his unusual quest for an NFL career.
  Imhotep beat Del-Val, 65-46, in a game to determine the fourth AA seed in the upcoming state playoffs. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WG Khyree Wooten. Pics
here. Pro pics here.
  The schedule for next week's City Title and seeding games is here.
  A pic of four Germantown signees (see names/choices in Feb. 21 entries) has been added to
this set.

Feb. 22
  In Catholic League semifinals . . .
 
SJ Prep beat Carroll, 58-49, as William "Speedy" Morris became the winningest coach in city scholastic history (622). Ted's report is posted. Combined DN ink to Speedball and jr. G Stephen Vasturia. Pics here (1st half by Frog). Pro pics here.
  Neumann-Goretti beat Roman, 73-56, for its 69th consecutive CL triumph (regular season/playoffs). Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. PG Hanif Sutton. Pics here. Pro pics
here.

  A pic of
Central FB star Rich "Tre" Drayton has been added to this set. 
  Click
here
for Dave Maialetti's great pro pics from the Pub semis.

Feb. 21
 
In Public League semifinals . . .
  Constitution 76, Bartram 55: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. sub WG Amonie "Moonie" Holloman (five treys). Second-half pics here.
  Boys' Latin 70, Comm Tech 59: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. F Carlos Taylor (17 points). Pics
here

 
Germantown football commitments: L Kwame Miller and Diamir Baker to Lincoln, L Jordan Morgan to Kutztown, RB Ackeno Robertson to Indiana (Pa.).
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of ex-Gratz basketball player Sharod Carroll, who passed as the result of a recent motorcycle accident. Sharod was a starter for the '98 and '99 squads that reached the Pub semis and final, respectively. RIP, Sharod.
  A pic of Malvern FB star Shawn Wilson has been added to
this set.
  Click here for Ted's story on Comm Tech twins Tony & Terrell Parker
.

Feb. 20
  Click here for Randy Seidman's Hometown Philly Awards.
  Frosh
Mike "Zoom" Zolk, a product of Neumann-Goretti, is already making a baseball impact at North Carolina. Click here.
  A pic of Judge FB star Matt Smalley has been added to
this set.
  Furness WR-DB Dante Barkley will play his college football at Millersville, where he'll join ex-teammate Kyle Smithson.
  Click here for photographer Ron Siliani's great basketball sets.
  Now that Tim Wakefield has retired, baseball historian John Shiffert takes an overall look at infielders turned knuckleballers.
  Congrats to website legend Ed Morrone (Penn Charter '04)
, who today starts work as the sports editor of the Northeast Times.
 
Click here for info on Wednesday's Markward Club dinner.
  Dad's a big shot, so why not son? Chris Morris, son of Speedy, wants
the Sixers to bring back Big Shot and put him in the costume. Click here for Tom Mahon's High & Inside story.
 
Full boxscores for the CL/PL quarters are in today's DN (page 52) and thanks to Big Steve Reid, Mark "Frog" Carfagno, Joe McFadden, Keith Hines, Ed "Huck" Palmer, Amauro Austin, the SJ Prep crew and Kerith Gabriel (typed them into the computer system) for their help.
 
**Click here for the Coaches' All-Public Team. Congrats to overall MVP Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson and to division MVPs Savon Goodman, Tahjere McCall, Shaquille Bowman, Nadir Matthews and Larry Webster.**
 
Congrats to two of "Our Guys" -- North Catholic's Nate Edwards and West Catholic's Eric Brennan -- for surpassing 1,000 career points this season while playing for Kutztown. Click here.
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on
Bartram jr. G Terrieck Williams and Constitution sr. F Fajion Jones
, plus a blurb on Watson's big day.

Feb. 19
 
Scheduling note: Del-Val will visit Imhotep at 5:30 Thursday to determine D-12's fourth seed for the Class AA state playoffs. 
 
Click here for the updated list of 1,000-Point Scorers.
 
Esperanza has sent its team pic. Why don't you? tedtee307@yahoo.com.
 
Ticket info for the CL semis -
Pre-sale tickets (available at N-G, Carroll, Roman and Prep): general admission $8, reserved $12. At the Palestra the night of the doubleheader: general admission $10, reserved $15.

Feb. 18
  *Congrats to Boys' Latin sr. G Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson, who today scored 41 points to sweep past Wilt Chamberlain (Overbrook '55) and claim the No. 2 spot in city history. Watson has 2,228. Wilt had 2,206. Maureece Rice (Mansion '03) is still sittin' pretty at No. 1 (2,681).*
  Schedule for Pub semis: Tuesday at Southern, Boys' Latin vs. Comm Tech at 6; Bartram vs. Constitution at 7:45. The championship game will be played next Saturday, 5:30, at Community College of Phila. (after the 4 o'clock girls' championship game.)
  In Public League quarterfinals . . .
  A -- Constitution 72, MC&S 51: Ted's report is posted. See 2/19 for DN ink. Pics
here.
  AAAA -- Bartram 57, Fels 49: Ted's report is posted. See 2/19 for DN ink.  Pics here
.
  BL (AAA) and Comm Tech (AA) were the other winners.
  Tonight's Indy Tourney final will be Inter-Acless. Malvern and Gtn. Academy fell in Friday's semis.

Feb. 17
  In Catholic League quarterfinals . . .
  Roman 53, Ryan 43: Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to jr. F Shafeek Taylor. Pics
here.
  SJ Prep beat Wood, 76-49, as coach William "Speedy" Morris achieved another milestone (tied for most high school wins in city history). Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to Speedball and jr. WG Miles Overton. Pics
here.
  Carroll 53, La Salle 49: Huck's report is posted. Danny's to come . . .
  Also, N-G beat O'Hara, 77-53.
  A full boxscore has been added to Huck's C-E/O'Hara report. An almost full boxscore has been added to Ted's Judge-La Salle report (smile).
  Click here for a short story concerning the Pub/Cath quarterfinals.

Feb. 16
  Click here for our latest Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on Phila. Electric assistant Alan Watkins, a former Roman star.
  Website stalwart Ed "Huck" Palmer is making his first appearance of the hoops season. Click here for his O'Hara/C-E report.
  Friday's Indy Tourney semis, at Penn State Brandywine: Malvern vs. Westtown, 4:45 . . . Gtn. Academy vs. Friends' Central, 8:15.
  Click
here for video, courtesy of Rob Johnson, director of multimedia technology, of La Salle's 10th Point "Silent Night" explosion.
  Friday's Cath quarterfinals: Wood at SJ Prep, 3:30 . . . La Salle at Carroll, 7 . . . Ryan vs. Roman, at Philly Univ., 7 . . . O'Hara at N-G, 7.

Feb. 15
  In Cath first-round playoffs . . .
 
La Salle beat Judge, 69-51, as its student rooters had a wonderful "Silent Night." Ted's report is posted. So is Danny Spinelli's. DN ink to sr. PG Darnell Artis. Game pics
here. Click here for a pic of the first "Silent Night" explosion. Click here for the "Silent Night" set.
  O'Hara beat C-E, 45-44, as jr. WG Pat Hagenbach hit a right-wing trey at the buzzer. C-E, playing its final game, had scored the previous 10 points. Click here for Mike DeMarchi's report. And here for Huck's. Short DN recap story. Click
here for a YouTube clip of the final sequence, courtesy of SJ Prep manager Nick "Howie" Fattori. And click here for C-E's final points, as scored by Dylan Pease (also from Howie).    
 
Click here for a "nice to see" contribution from website visitor Barbara Lowe, who supports a star player for an upper-echelon team.
 
Click here to see the great award products that are available from our newest advertiser, Portraits to Remember. Thanks for joining us, Steve!
 
Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!

 
Click here for an amazing dunk video from yesterday's Con-Lamb game. It features Savon Goodman (coulda guessed that, right? -- smile.)
 
Yesterday's games have been added to the Pub playoff recaps. Also, full boxes for BL-E&S and CT-Imhotep are in today's Daily News.

 
He's baaaaaack . . . and baseball folks could not be happier. Click here for Randy Seidman's first submission for Baseball '12. Welcome back, Randy!!

 
Click here for Dan Hoban's great reports on Roman's two recent games, wins over Judge and Wood.

Feb. 14
  Details for Saturday's Pub quarterfinals . . .
  Doubleheader at Southern: Bartram vs. Fels at 1, MC&S vs. Constitution at 3. Doubleheader at Franklin: Vaux-Comm Tech at 1, Boys' Latin-Phila. Elec. at 3.
  In Pub round-of-16 playoffs . . .
  AAA: Boys' Latin beat E&S, 62-59, as guards Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson and Yahmir Greenlee combined for 51 points. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Greenlee (with help from Watson). Pics
here.
  AA: Comm Tech beat Imhotep, the three-time defending champ, 66-61. DN ink to jr. F Terrence Brown.
  Other winners -- AAAA: Bartram and Fels. AAA: Phila. Elec. AA: Vaux. A: MC&S and Constitution.
  Click here for the updated 1,000-Point Scorers List.
 
As baseball historian John Shiffert reminds us, the real arrival of baseball season is signaled by cards.
  The All-Cath/All-Int teams appear in today's DN. Page 35.
  McDevitt seeks one varsity game in the Feb. 14 to 28 time frame. Contact coach Jack Rutter at
jackrutter2@comcast.net.
  Science Leadership has sent its
team photo. Why don't you?
  Click here for Ted's basketball notes column: features West Catholic coach Guy Moore, a plan to (somewhat) fix the Pub
, and the kid who scored the last point in Bonner's history, Nkingi Jones.

Feb. 13
  Click
here for the Coaches' All-Catholic Team and congrats to SJ Prep jr. Stephen Vasturia, the MVP.
  Pics of Germantown's Will Parks and Myles Brooker are now
here.
  Click here for Friarside Chats V-A, courtesy of Jake Stokes and Matt Greskoff, which chronicles Saturday's win over GA. 
  Click here for brackets for the Pa. Indy School Tournament.
  Ex-Judge righthander Matt Compton ('06)
has accepted an invitation to participate in the Phillies' minor league spring training camp, with the hope of making a roster. Good luck, Matt!
 
Click here for the Coaches' All-Inter-Ac Team and congrats to Malvern sr. Brendan Kilpatrick, the two-time MVP.
 
Click here for the final CL scoring leaders. C-E's Jamal Nwaniemeka finished No. 1 at 24.4.
  Click here for info on Wednesday's Markward Club dinner.
  Congrats to
Judge's cheerleaders, who placed first in the national championships in Orlando, Fla. Their coach? Lisa McNesby, wife of Roman coach Chris McNesby. Judge is all boys, of course. These gals go to St. Hubert (and they ain't lettin' anybody close their school!! - smile.)
  CL hoops moderator Joe Sette has provided a correction for the quarterfinal round matchups. It's reflected on the schedule here.
  Before yesterday's Roman-Wood game, assistant Tom "Hockey Puck" McKenna received the Fr. Joseph Murphy Award for dedicated service to Roman's program!! How cool is that?! Did anyone take a picture? If so, please send it to silaryt@phillynews.com and we'll post it.

  Click here for Ted's writeback story on Malvern sr. G Dennis Gabert. Also, the boxscore is in today's DN. 

Feb. 12
  Click here for Mike Higgins' report on Malvern's title-earning win.
  Click
here for the updated CL playoff schedule. Here are the seeds . . . 1, N-G. 2, Carroll. 3, SJ Prep. 4, Roman. 5, Ryan. 6, Wood. 7, La Salle. 8, O'Hara. 9, C-E. 10, Judge.
  O'Hara beat Judge, 59-54, to claim a playoff spot for the first time since 2001. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. PF-C Ed Allen. Pics
here (some JV, also). Pro pics here.
  C-E fell to La Salle, 78-63. Mike DeMarchi's report is posted.
  McDevitt beat West, 60-55, to claim the CL's spot in the March 3 Class AA City Title.  
  Click
here for Danny Spinelli's report on Friday's LS-MB game.
  Click here for the final Inter-Ac League scoring leaders. Penn Charter's John Moderski finished No. 1 at 18.1.
  Ted's Feb. 10 game report on C-E/Wood now includes the names of the 77 former basketball players who showed up!! Thanks to coach Rick Sabol ('99) for sending that. And click here for Mike DeMarchi's report.

Feb. 11
  **Malvern outlasted Gtn. Academy, 55-52, to win its second consecutive outright Inter-Ac title.
Ted's report is posted. For DN ink see 2/13. Game pics
here (decent amount of JV). Celebration pics here.**
 
Click here for the Cath/Pub playoff schedules (rough drafts).
  Click here for Famous Amos' report on last night's PC-EA game.
  Click here for Bill Wasylenko's great look at the La Salle-Egan/C-E football rivalry and the latter's overall grid history. And here is his earlier look at La Salle-Bonner, in case you missed it. Thanks again, Bill!
  Click
here for Hangin' With Huck . . . Website legend Ed "Huck" Palmer watched West Catholic's last game with a famous ex-Burr (think football) and a future stat whiz who's also named Palmer (smile).
  Click
here for the final field goal in C-E's
last regularly scheduled home game. It was a memory-maker, folks, courtesy of Jamal Nwaniemeka.
  Best of luck to SCH Academy hoops coach Bill Dooley, who is stepping down at the conclusion of the season.

Feb. 10
 
With emotions flowing big time, Conwell-Egan beat Wood, 60-47, in its last regularly scheduled home game. Ted's report is posted. So is Mike DeMarchi's. Cyber attention to sr. C Bobby McTague (overall context). Pics here.
  N-G beat SJ Prep, 66-53, in a showdown of 11-0 teams to extend its CL winning streak to 66. Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to sr. F-C Derrick Stewart. Pics here. 
  Last night, two of Our Guys helped Tennessee State hand Murray State its first loss of the season! (On the road, no less.)
U. City's Kenny Moore had 16 points, five rebounds and four steals off the bench. Robeson's Jay Harris was the starting point guard. Click here. Congrats, guys!
  Click here for Jake Stokes' look at Tuesday's Malvern-PC game.
  Click here for the schedule for Tuesday's Pub round of 16. (Earlier mistakes corrected.)
  Imhotep jr. PG Brandon Austin
has committed to Penn State. Click here.

Feb. 9
  Photos of
Frankford's Aaron Allison/Anthony Capers and Carroll's Teron Dobbs/Jalal Timmons have been added to this set.
  In Pub first round playoffs . . .
  A: Robeson 77, Sankofa 72. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WG Marquise Richards. Pics here.
  AAAA: Bartram 70, Central 61: DN ink to sr. PG Gary Gordon.
  AA: Vaux 63, Freire 52: Amos Leak's report is posted.
  Other winners -- A: Constitution, MC&S, Lamberton. AA: Del-Val, Imhotep, Comm Tech. AAA: Phila. Elec., U. City, Boys' Latin, E&S. AAAA: Fels, Washington, Olney. 
  In his
Phillies column
, John Shiffert thinks outside the Oswalt box.
  Click here for Jack Morrison's great obit on Herm Rogul.
  **Click here for our 35th annual list of City Leagues' Basketball Prospects.**

Feb. 8
  Click here for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders.
 
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of former Bulletin sports writer Herm Rogul, whose People in Sports column, featuring all kinds of neat tidbits, was a daily MUST read. RIP, Herm.
  The Roman-Judge
game will be played Friday, 7 p.m., at St. Matthew, 3000 Cottman Ave., in Mayfair. Proceeds will go to Coaches vs. Cancer.
  Thanks to Southern manager Jeff Casey for tracking down an elusive boxscore (West Philly-Central) from early in the season!

Feb. 7
  Malvern 52, Penn Charter 37: Mike Higgins' report is posted.
  In Pub preliminary playoffs . . .
  AAA: Dobbins beat Bok, 67-53. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. SF Dequan Jackson. Pics
here.
  AAAA: Washington 49, Lincoln 42: DN ink to jr. G-F Nafece Edwards.
  Other winners -- AAAA: Frankford, Olney, Southern, Central. AAA: West Phila. AA: Comm Tech, Esperanza, Freire, Masterman, Prep. A: World Comm.
  Click here for Thursday's first round schedule. 
  TE Aaron Allison  and L Anthony "Juicy" Capers, both of Frankford, are bound for Bloomsburg.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert examines Billy Hamiltons (yes, plural.)
  Thanks to Constitution coach Rob Moore and Boys' Latin AD Joe Dunn for solving a Gratz scoring issue.
  Click here for a report by Anonymous Fan on Prep-O'Hara (last night).
  Congrats to SJ Prep hoopster Joe Kane, a Best Teammate '12 nominee.
  Click here for the updated Catholic League Scoring Leaders.
  Congrats to SJ Prep's Stephen Vasturia, who has reached elite status
on this list. And to GAMP's Tobias Stokes, whose name has been added to this list.
  Friday's Roman-Judge game will be played at St. Matthew, in Mayfair.
  The Gtn. Acad.-Malvern makeup game will be Sat., 7:30, at Malvern. 
  Manning isn't the only clutch Eli! Thanks to Washington manager
Elisha "Eli" Roberson for sending point totals going back to the opener vs. Sayre.
  Gtn. Academy coach Jim Fenerty will miss the rest of the season. Click here. Best wishes, Jim! 

Feb. 6
 
Wood 66, La Salle 54: Ted's report is posted. So is Danny Spinelli's. DN ink to soph C Joe LoStracco. Pics
here (including JV).
 
Click here for info on Wednesday's Markward Club luncheon.
 
Click here for Ted's writeback story on Jim Fenerty, with insights from daughter Erin, the manager who keeps the scorebook.

Feb. 5
 
Click here for Mike Higgins' reports on Malvern's two recent games.
 
C-E 68, McDevitt 57: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WG Jamal Nwaniemeka (27 points, and much more). Pics
here (with JV).
 
Thanks to
Wood photo whiz Michael Pronzato, who sent us three more great pics for the Football Signings set!
 
**Click here for the updated 1,000-Point Scorers List.**
  Click here for the updated Inter-Ac Scoring Leaders.

Feb. 4
 
Click here for a report by soccer goalie Dan Phelan on Bonner's Friday win over McDevitt. (Look under Feb. 3; below the GA-Peddie report.) Thanks for chronicling the Friars' big moment, Dan!
  With coach Jim Fenerty (somewhat) back in action, Gtn. Academy beat Peddie, NJ, 58-42, for Victory No. 500, Part II. Ted's report is posted. Monday DN ink (see Feb. 6). Jim/Senior Day/Overall pics
here. Game pics here
(with some from SJ Prep-GA freshman game).
  Click here for the Final Public League Scoring Leaders (10.0 or higher), though players from some schools are not included because boxscores (league or overall) are still missing.
  Click
here for another Separated at Birth . . . SJ Prep players Mark Hueber and Tom Stewart (Mark used to write for this website when his dad, Tim, was an assistant at North Catholic). 

Feb. 3
 
What a day and night!! . . .

  Bodine's Nadir Matthews scored 37 points in his final game to edge Randolph's Eugene Lett, 28.8 to 28.6, for the Pub scoring title.
  **Congrats to Gtn. Academy coach Jim Fenerty, who tonight earned his 500th career coaching win as the Patriots edged Haverford School, 60-59. (Jim was not on site due to a health issue. Long-time assistant Mike Hannigan ran the show).** 

  In Constitution's victory over Strawberry Mansion, sr. PG Daiquan Walker surpassed 1,000 career points and a brief ceremony was held. Then, at halftime, sr. F Savon Goodman (transfer from ANC) was recognized for 1,500 points. Coach Rob Moore arrived just in time to fete Walker and Goodman . . . then immediately departed to resume being with just-born daughter Cassidy and mother Genna. All are doing great!
  Carroll 61, C-E 53: Mike DeMarchi's report is posted.
  N-G 64, Wood 34: Nick Cusato's report is posted.
  **Congrats to SJ Prep coach William "Speedy" Morris, who today bagged his 900th career coaching win (guys/gals, high school/college) as the Hawks downed Roman, 73-67.
Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to Speedy and sr. G Kevin Oberlies. Speedy/celebration pics
here. Game pics here. Pro pics here.**
  Click
here for a pic of one of Savon Goodman's dunks from last night.
  A pic of Hope Charter's cheerleaders has been added to
this set