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Aug. 20
Click
here for a story from Yahoo! about the dangers of
cheerleading. Shocking stuff.
Aug. 19
Yes, it's early, but click
here for
the 2008-09 Public League Master Basketball Schedule.
Click
here for final info on the
Chosen League.
Aug. 17
More on WC-SJP . . .
Huck's notes
on "the wire" and
video highlights
from EasternPaFootball.com.
Click
here to see a
breakdown on what's contained in the amazing 2008 Pennsylvania Football News
Resource Guide. There's also info on how to order; a PayPal option is
included.
Click here
for updates on the Girard College-Triple Threat Summer League.
Aug. 16
West Catholic beat SJ Prep, 3-1, in a scrimmage at
Belmont Plateau. No report, but click
here for pics.
Aug. 14
Congrats to former La Salle High FB/bask star
Tom Gizzi, who's now an assistant with the women's hoops
squad at Loyola (Md.). One of the all-time class acts!
Click
here for complete information on a pitching clinic -- open to
pitchers, parents, coaches, scouts, etc. -- to be offered Sept. 20 by former
California Angel lefty Frank DiMichele.
Aug. 12
A big thank-you goes out to
Brett Antell of In the Zone Inc.,
who will again provide T-shirts for our Players of the Week!! Much
appreciated, Brett!!
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it explains how unique
Jamie Moyer really is!
Aug. 11
Click
here for a story on Texans' RB Steve Slaton (Conwell-Egan) in
the Houston Chronicle.
**Merry Late-Summer Christmas!! Your present is the beginning of FB season.
Practice starts today. Enjoy!!**
Click here
for info on the Tony Samartino Future Stars BB Tourney, which starts
Wednesday.
Click here
for info on the Chosen League (standings, all-stars, recaps, alumni);
playoffs upcoming.
Aug. 10
Click
here for a story on Falcons' QB Matt Ryan (Penn Charter) in
the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Aug. 8
Click
here
to check out website legend Frog Carfagno's latest blog effort. It concerns
Aaron Rowand's 2006 catch.
Aug. 6
While on vacation, we discovered a basketball
player with amaaaaazing leaping ability. Dude can throw down like it's
nothing. About two feet above the rim!! He said he'd love to play for a high
school in Philly. Not sure about his eligibility, though. Click
here for his
skywalking pic.
Neumann-Goretti rising junior Tony Chennault has
committed to play basketball at Wake Forest. Click
here
for Kerith Gabriel's story.
Click
here for an update on Bobby Mizia,
the former La Salle High/Temple FB star who became a popular ref and is now
battling a health issue. All the best, Bobby!!
Aug. 4
McDevitt recently beat Univ. City, 22-17, for the Passing Football
League title. Click
here
for league reports; a report on the final will be posted soon.
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it examines
trading-deadline activity.
Aug. 2
Click
here for the 2008 Week-by-Week FB
Schedule. Please speak up about glitches. Thanks.
Aug. 1
Click
here for another interview featuring NE High product Brent
Grimes, now a CB with the Atlanta Falcons.
Click
here
to check out website legend Frog Carfagno's latest blog effort. It concerns
the Phillies' inactivity before the trade deadline.
Click
here for a story from DigitalSports Maryland about ex-Roman
star Kyle Locke, who's still around the game and carrying himself with
class.
July 31
Sports collecting enthusiasts: Click
here for the latest contribution from
long-time expert Ted Taylor.
Among the items: the time Babe Ruth played a game for the A's!
July 30
Click
here for an update/words of
wisdom from ex-Northeast FB star Cameron Murphy, who has turned his degree
into a great job in the corporate world, and gives back to his community.
Click
here for a report by website
stalwart Tom Zulewski, of Wood, about his experience at Penn State's
Journalism Camp.
Click
here
for a short story on Wood T Adam Citko (6-5, 300), who has committed to
Temple.
Click
here for more all-star awards from
the Sonny Hill programs (future & regular).
July 29
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it explains how the
Pirates have become MLB's farm system.
July 27
Congrats to LHP
Sean Grieve, a 2004 Germantown Academy grad who has been
promoted to the Phillies' Williamsport team in the Class A short-season New
York-Penn League.
July 25
Click
here for the all-star teams from
the Sonny Hill programs (future & regular).
Click
here for a story (and some
video) about a high school in California with a two-QB offense.
July 24
Congrats to LHP
Michael Antonini, a 2003 O'Hara grad who has been promoted to
Class AA with the Mets.
Click
here
for info on the Fort Collins (Colo.) Foxes, of a summertime college league.
Temple players Carmen Del Mastro (Roman) and Lenny DelGrippo (K-K) are having
nice seasons.
July 23
Click
here for some Day Five pics in Seattle. Visit to Safeco Field
for Mariners-Red Sox. Sox won, 6-3, in 12.
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it concerns the death
of two famous sports media figures.
July 22
Click
here for some Day Four pics in Seattle. Visit to Vancouver
for sightseeing and minor league baseball.
July 21
Click
here for some Day Three pics in Seattle. Visits to Space
Needle and Pike Place Market.
Congrats to Muhlenberg C Mike Nolan, a Bonner
product who has been named a pre-season D-III All-American by The Sporting
News. Click
here
for release.
Click
here to see an update and new pics
of Army sergeant Tommy DeVietro, former Bonner RB.
July 20
Click
here for some Day Two pics in Seattle area. Trip to
Snoqualmie Falls and a Bavarian-themed town called Leavenworth. Sorry, no
sports. Bear with us (smile).
July 19
Click
here for pics of Day One of our trip to the Seattle/Tacoma
area. Included is a AAA game in Tacoma and a visit to a high school made
famous in the movie "10 Things I Hate About You," with Heath Ledger.
July 17
Click here
for the latest contribution from recruiting expert Julie Lanzillo.
Sports collecting enthusiasts: Click
here for the latest contribution from
long-time expert Ted Taylor.
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; among his thoughts:
how to "fix" the
all-star game.
July 16
Click
here for an update on Bobby Mizia,
the former La Salle High/Temple FB star who became a popular ref and is now
battling a health issue. All the best, Bobby!!
July 15
Click
here for Stan Hochman's column on Eric Seidman and his new
book, "Bridging the Statistical Gap."
Click
here for a one-on-one video interview featuring Atlanta
Falcons CB Brent Grimes (Northeast High).
We have posted the
Inter-Ac FB Master
Schedule. Still has holes, especially for GA/HS. Please help.
July 14
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it concerns the
all-star game.
July 13
Ted took pics of all four all-star
basketball games in Narberth today/tonight. Click
here for American #2. And
here for American #1. And
here for National. And
here for Junior.
Click here
for the latest contribution from recruiting expert Julie Lanzillo.
July 12
Yik-Yak beat Team Mitchell, 6-0, for
the championship in the 6th
annual Gregory Hennigar Memorial Rough-Touch FB Tournament. Click
here for Team Photos. And
here for pics from the final. And
here for pics from the latter part of the tourney (except the
final). And
here for pics from the early part.
July 11
Our thoughts and
prayers are with the family/friends of John "Wags" Wagner, beloved freshman
football coach at St. Joseph's Prep, who passed after a lengthy battle
against cancer. There will be a viewing Monday, 6 to 8 p.m., at the Gesu
Church, at the Prep, and another at the same site Tuesday from 9 to 10 a.m.,
with the funeral Mass to follow. John is survived by his wife, Mona,
daughter Kim and sons
John (Prep '98) and Steve ('01).
Click
here for a Tribute Page.
Please click
here
for information on fund-raising efforts to help Kevin McCloskey, former
North Catholic athlete who suffered severe injuries while serving in
Afghanistan.
The 6th
annual Gregory Hennigar Memorial Rough-Touch FB Tournament, to honor the memory
of the former Judge/Penn State quarterback, will be held tomorrow, 10 a.m.
start, at Ramp Playground, across the street from Judge. The tourney will
feature 16 teams in a single-elimination format. Ted will snap pics.
July 10
Condolences to the family/friends of former Mastbaum basketball player
Chris Macey ('03), who passed after a battle against leukemia.
July 8
Our thoughts and prayers are with the friends/family of Eddie
Lane, who passed in a house fire in Chester. Eddie starred in football
(third team All-City RB) and track (anchor of championship relay) at Gratz
(class of 1998).
Click here
for a Back in the Day story from July 1988. It concerns an experience of a
lifetime for some Philly baseball players, who rubbed elbows with perhaps
the greatest athlete in the history of team sports and even lived in his
parents' home!
July 6
Two interesting books are
now on the market: It All Began With Wilt, by Cecil Mosenson, Wilt
Chamberlain's coach at Overbrook HS and a long-time coach/educator; at
www.amazon.com/bookstores
. . . Bridging the Statistical Gap, by Eric Seidman, former George
Washington baseball player (and the son of website legend Randy Seidman).
This one simplifies sabermetrics. Click
here.
Joe Malizia Jr., serving the
USA in the Army, has sent
some pics from Colombia.
Our condolences to the
family/friends of Frank Banas, who passed last Monday. Frank was Cardinal
Dougherty's first football coach, completing his stint in 1960. Services
were Thursday. Guest Book
here.
July 5
**Click
here
for Randy Seidman's
Hometown Philly All-Star &
All-Rookie Selections,
plus other season-ending lists!! Thanks for the amazing hustle, Randy.**
June 30
The Philly Lightning, a lacrosse team featuring players from Neumann-Goretti
and O'Hara, and coached by N-G's Bill Sytsma (also N-G's FB boss), has
returned from England, where it went 5-1 on an exhibition tour. Players from
N-G: Drew Byrne, Vinny Colase, Ryan Dougherty, John Gambone, Christian
Irwin, Brian Uhl, Dan Uhl, Stan Visack. From O'Hara: John Batista, Pat
Convery, Mark Juliano, Pat Murray, Mark Muto, Andrew Sorensen, Andy Vogel.
Assistants to Sytsma: Kevin Richardson, Mike Rickey, Tim Boyle.
June 29
Congrats to catcher Dale Curry (Judge '04, Alvernia '08), who has signed
with the River City Rascals (O'Fallon, Missouri) in the independent Frontier
League. Click
here
for the Rascals' website.
June 28
Penn Charter DE Justin Renfrow has committed to Virginia. Click
here for Ted's DN story.
June 27
**Congrats to Penn Charter/Virginia PG Sean Singletary, selected in the
second round (No. 42) of last night's NBA draft by Sacramento. Click
here for Ted's story and here
for a pair of Before They Played for Pay stories from Sean's PC days and
here for a
report on Sean's classic duel with Kyle Lowry in Jan. '04.**
SJ Prep QB Mark Giubilato has committed to Temple.
Click
here for that story.
Sports collecting enthusiasts: Click
here for the latest contribution from
long-time expert Ted Taylor.
June 26
**Congrats to Penn Charter/Virginia PG Sean Singletary, selected in the
second round (No. 42) of the NBA draft by Sacramento. Ted's story will be in
tomorrow's Daily News.**
SJ Prep QB Mark
Giubilato has committed to Temple. Ted's story will be in tomorrow's
Daily News.
June 25
Congrats to LHP Frank Gailey (Carroll '03, West Chester '07) on his
promotion to the Blue Jays' Class A team in Lansing, Mich. (Midwest League).
Click
here for his bio page on
minorleaguebaseball.com.
June 24
**Click
here
for Randy Seidman's newsy notes on Philly's college
baseball guys. Featured: final stats for everybody and details on all home
runs!!**
Click here
for info/schedule on the Girard College-Triple Threat Summer Basketball
League (for returning varsity teams.)
June 23
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it examines goofy
nicknames in pro baseball history.
Former Northeast HS baseball star
Ari Bluestein is now hosting an internet radio sports show, running from 10
a.m. to noon Mondays through Fridays. Click
here. Best of luck, Ari!
June 22
We're trying to flesh out the
Catholic League
Football Master Schedule. Coaches/ADs/anybody: Please send
updated schedules to
silaryt@phillynews.com. Thank you.
June 20
Welcome back to Philly, Mark Gubicza! Mark, a Penn Charter grad and our
Pitcher of the Year in 1981 (and a member of the Royals' HOF), is here this
weekend with the Angels' broadcast crew.
June 19
Click
here
to check out website legend Frog Carfagno's latest blog effort. It concerns
several topics.
Click here for website legend Ed
"Huck" Palmer's list of the CL's top 100 football returnees.
June 18
Click
here for pics of many members of the Daily News sports staff.
We had a meeting tonight. Couldn't resist bringing the camera (smile).
June 17
Well, we have posted at least a rough draft for the
Catholic League
Football Master Schedule.
Congrats to ex-website stalwart Nick "Nick at Mid-Afternoon" Cammarota, a
Central grad who's now at Boston U. Nick is interning this summer for
MLB.com. Click
here for a story he did last night in Allentown.
June 16
North Carolina's basketball website is
reporting that Wayne Ellington
(Episcopal) has withdrawn his name from the NBA draft.
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it examines a book
about the Phillies' glory era (surrounding '80).
June 15
**Happy Father's
Day!!**
June 14
**Courtney "CC" Charles has received his
plaque. Click
here
for some pics.**
June 13
**Click
here for our 31st annual All-City Baseball Team. Also on page 128 in
today's Daily News. Congrats to top player
Esteban
"Shortie"
Meletiche
(Frankford) and top pitcher
Conor
Kerins
(Bonner), and to all of the honorees.**
Check the
updated lists for
All-City baseball first-teamers by school and
all-time All-City
honorees and
All-City honorees in multiple sports.
June 12
**Gtn. Academy's Courtney
"CC" Charles, Best Teammate '08, will receive his plaque Saturday at 5
o'clock at a graduation party hosted by the parents of fellow his Patriots,
Colin and Keenan Kish.**
West Catholic QB Curtis Drake indeed committed to Penn State. Our
PSU writer, Bernard "Bre" Fernandez, who's of course a giant on the boxing
media trail, covered the event and his story is
here.
June 11
In the Carpenter Cup . . . Catholic fell to Burlington County
(N.J.), 10-7. Ted's
report is posted.
DN ink to Nick Ferdinand (and a drop to
Brian O'Grady). Click
here for group pics of players/coaches
(also PL/I-A).
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it examines 500/600
homer guys.
Click
here
to check out website legend Frog Carfagno's latest blog effort. It concerns
the '93 World Series.
Click
here for Jack Morrison's wonderful DN obit on Derek Bowen,
who was paralyzed while playing FB for Southern on Thanksgiving Day in 1966
yet nevertheless went on to live a model life.
June 10
**West Catholic QB
Curtis Drake will hold a press conference Thursday at 11:30 a.m. Everyone
will be shocked if his choice is NOT Penn State.**
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it examines a night of
insider baseball.
June 9
In the Carpenter Cup . . . Inter-Ac-Independent fell to Berks
County, 9-3. Ted's report
is posted.
DN ink to John Gentile. Also, Pub fell to Mercer County (N.J.),
4-3. Ted's report
is posted.
DN ink to Luis Santos. Click
here for group pics of players/coaches for Inter-Ac/Indy and
Pub.
June 8
Click
here
for Randy Seidman's newsy notes on Philly's college
baseball guys.
June 7
We took a little trip to NYC to see "Jersey Boys." Click
here for some pics.
With the Carpenter
Cup nearing . . . click
here for a Back in the Day story
about the CL's 1987 championship.
June 6
**Congrats to William & Mary LHP Sean Grieve (Gtn. Academy '04), who was
drafted today by the Phillies in the 21st round!! Sean was our DN Player of
the Year as a senior at GA.**
Click
here
and go to the bottom of that page to check out boxscores from the '92 CL
baseball semis. Look at the names of the leadoff hitters in the North game
and the No. 3 hitters in the South game. With regard to CL baseball, all
four now hold the same job! (If you're stumped, click
here.)
Sports collecting enthusiasts: Click
here for the latest contribution from
long-time expert Ted Taylor.
June 5
Frankford fell to Hempfield,
3-2, in a Class AAAA quarterfinal. Ted's report will be posted.
DN ink to
several in an overall context. Pics
here.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family/friends of Ben
Shervin, who has passed. Ben's son (Vince, Dougherty) and grandson (Matt,
McDevitt, this past season) were Catholic League basketball players and Ben
was a passionate follower/coach, and even played playground ball into his
70s.
Click
here for a blurb on today's Frankford-Hempfield state
playoff.
And
here for a blurb on tomorrow's Rasual Butler All-City
Basketball Classic.
June 4
Our thoughts and prayers are with long-time website stalwart Amauro "Amar"
Austin, and his family/friends, on the passing of his father, Ron Price.
Information about the services will be posted when it becomes available.
Click
here for some pics from Academic Awards Night at Eastern HS (Kev
& some buddies.)
Click
here
for a story in the Lexington Herald-Leader (Ky.) about an amaaaaazing
8-year-old athlete.
Congrats to Big Willie McGonigle on his graduation today from O'Hara!!
June 3
**Click
here to see the Catholic, Public,
Inter-ac/Indies
Carpenter Cup rosters (go to bottom of that page.)**
The Frankford-Hempfield
Class AAAA quarterfinal will be played Thursday, 12 noon, at Spring-Ford HS,
in Royersford. (Early start due to Hempfield's 6 o'clock graduation.)
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it examines amazingly
quick heroics by rookie hitters.
June
2
**Frankford beat Avon Grove, 3-1, in
eight innings, in a Class AAAA first-round playoff as
Edwin "Tito" Rohena pitched a
three-hitter and won it with a two-run walkoff homer.
Ted's report
is posted.
DN ink to Rohena.
Pics
here.**
In other playoffs . .
. AAA: PET lost, 14-0. AA: Prep Charter lost, 11-1. A: GAMP lost, 16-1.
**Click
here to see the Catholic and Public
Carpenter Cup rosters (go to bottom of that page.)**
Click
here for a blurb on today's state baseball playoffs.
June 1
Click
here to see pics of our family trip to Citizens Bank Park for
Phillies-Marlins.
Congrats to Temple sr. OF Stan
Orzechowski (N. Catholic) on his selection to the All-Big-5 Team.
May 31
Click
here for Covered in Ink, 2007-08
Edition. (Guys who've received DN stories from Ted this school year.)
Click here
for updated rosters, with alternates, for the Rasual Butler All-City
Basketball Classic.
May 30
This note about Northeast High product Brent Grimes appeared on a
Falcons blog maintained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Niiiice!:
Grimes, who came out of small Shippensburg
State, has a real opportunity to emerge as DeAngelo Hall’s replacement at left cornerback.
Assistant head coach Emmitt Thomas told me last
season that Grimes was probably the best athlete
on the team and that the only thing holding him
back is experience. Grimes (5-10, 180) also is
small and could have problems against bigger
receivers but if he stays focused and holds up
to the rigors of training camp and preseason,
don’t be shocked to see this guy in the starting
lineup or at least in the top-end of the
rotation.
REVISED info
for Monday's state playoffs:
AAAA champ Frankford will host 1-3
(Avon Grove) at
La Salle Univ., 3 p.m.
AAA champ Phila. Elec. will host 11-1 (Blue Mountain) at Ashburn
Field, in S. Philly's FDR Park, at 1:30.
AA champ Prep Charter will play 11-1
(Pine Grove) at Blue Mountain HS, in Schuylkill Haven, at 4.
A champ GAMP will host 1-1 (Christopher Dock) at Ashburn Field, in
South Philly's FDR Park, at 4:30.
May 29
Website
writer Big Willie McGonigle, one of the coolest young men you
could ever hope to meet, will graduate next week from O'Hara. Please take a
moment to read his reflections. Best of luck at Delco Community, Will!
Thanks for being you, and for this contribution.
Click
here for info on Bonner baseball's recent visit to the Don
Guanella School.
**Tryouts for the CL's Carpenter Cup team will be held Saturday and
Sunday, 4 p.m. each day, at Bonner. The Friars' Joe DeBarberie is the head
coach.**
May 28
**Frankford beat Central, 15-5, in six innings, for its fifth Pub
championship in six seasons.
Ted's report
is posted.
DN ink
to several in an overall context. Pics
here and
here.**
**Congratulations to
Gtn. Academy's Courtney Charles, Best Teammate 2008. Click
here.**
Click
here
for Randy Seidman's newest batch of Hometown Philly Awards (college
baseball).
Plans have been finalized for
Monday's state playoffs involving three of the four Pub teams: the AAAA
champ (Fkd) will host 1-3 at La Salle Univ., 3 p.m.; the A champ (GAMP)
will host 1-1 at Ashburn Field in South Philly at 1:30; the AAA champ (Phila.
Elec.) will host 11-1 at Ashburn Field at 4:30; the AA champ (Prep Charter)
will hit the road to play 11-1 (details TBA).
May 27
**SJ Prep beat Bonner, 5-1, for its second
consecutive CL baseball title.
Ted's report
is posted.
DN ink
to
several in an overall context. Pics
here.**
Click
here to read how RH Chez Angeloni (La Salle HS) pitched Johns
Hopkins to a victory in the D-3 CWS.
May 26
Click here
for a Back in the Day story on Bonner's 1989 CL baseball championship.
One of the heroes, Jack McCoy, the South MVP, got a key RBI while wearing a
cast to protect a broken hand!
May
25
Check out this email from Malvern website writer
Matt Thomas. It concerns Best Teammate voting. Legendary!! (smile):
"I'm actually in Peru right now at
an internet cafe. I'm in a real tiny town 2 hours from the Pacific Coast and
I don't have much time because there are about 15 other guys who wanna hop
on this thing. We're all here for our senior service project and we don't
get home until the 29th, so I don't know when I can get my votes to you. But
I will rush it."
Congrats to former K-K basketball player Brian
Beacham ('02), who's about to start working as the sports information
director at Cabrini College.
Very nice!! Best of luck, Brian!!
May 24
Click
here for some pics of Kevin and Eastern High's track team at
the South Jersey Sectionals.
Click here
(bottom of that page) for a photo of the Bux-Mont FB all-stars, who won the
City All-Star prelim.
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it examines no-hitters
pitched by young guys.
May 23
In a CL semi, Bonner beat Ryan, 11-1, in six innings, as Ryan Haley
(2.2 innings) and John Condo combined for a no-hitter.
Ted's report
is posted.
DN ink to the No-No Boys. Pics
here.
*Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel, an All-Public linebacker for
Bartram in '80 (and baseball player), is the 23rd winner of the George
Fencl Award (courage, determination, integrity). Congrats, Kevin!!*
May 22
In a CL semi, SJ Prep used a five-run home sixth to beat N-G, 5-1.
Ted's report
is posted.
DN ink to Perry Russom. Pics
here.
In CL quarters, Bonner beat K-K, 8-1.
Huck's report is posted.
DN
ink to Conor Kerins. In the other one, Ryan edged C-E, 3-2, in the
continuation of the game suspended yesterday.
Click
here for updated info on the Rasual Butler
All-City Basketball Classic (rosters for juniors now added).
Sports collecting enthusiasts: Click
here for the latest contribution from
long-time expert Ted Taylor.
Click
here for Lormont Sharp's latest hoops contribution. It
concerns budding Bartram star Tyrone Garland.
May 21
In Pub semis, Frankford beat Northeast, 6-4.
Ted's report
is
posted.
DN ink to Esteban "Shortie" Meletiche. Pics
here. Central beat
Washington, 12-11, in 10 innings.
Randy's report is posted. Some pre-game, early-game pics
here.
In CL quarterfinals, N-G beat La Salle, 1-0, on Mark Donato's
three-hitter. Huck's report
is posted.
DN ink to Joey Armata. Also, SJ
Prep beat Wood, 10-0, in six innings, as Kyle Mullen, Kevin Gillen and Pat
Carbone pitched two frames apiece in a no-hitter! Ryan/C-E was suspended by
heavy rain with one on and nobody out in the home fifth. Tied at 2-2. Will
be finished tomorrow at 3:45. (Yes, from the time of the suspension. These
CL folks are quick learners -- smile.)
The K-K/Bonner quarterfinal has been postponed: Tomorrow, 3:45, at
Widener.
Click here
for a story on the recent Blue-Gold CYO All-Star FB Game, which was played
at Widener.
Condolences to the friends/family of Tim "Pipper"
O'Neill, who has passed. A star RB/KR/K for West Catholic ('82) and the last
player in city history to drop-kick a PAT, the personable Tim truly was a
pip.
May 20
*Click
here for the
Coaches' All-Catholic Team. Congrats to the MVPs, Conor Kerins (Bonner, Red)
and Mark Donato (N-G, Blue).*
*Click
here for the
Coaches' All-Inter-Ac Team. Congrats to MVP John Gentile (Malvern).*
Click
here
for Randy Seidman's newest batch of Hometown Philly Awards (college
baseball).
May 19
Crazy night, gang. Sorry for the delay . . .
In PL quarterfinals, Northeast beat GAMP, 8-5, and Washington beat Prep
Charter, 13-3, in six innings.
Ted's report on NE-GAMP is posted. Pics
here.
DN ink to NE's Lance Lempert and
DN ink to GW's Damien Wilmer.
Other winners: Central and Frankford.
In CL pre-playoffs: Ryan beat North, 4-2, and Wood beat Carroll, 7-3.
Both games were handled incorrectly by CL officials (should have been
continued from point of suspension Sunday; instead were entirely replayed).
Click
here for Ted's story on that mess.
We also have full boxscores on all six games (thanks to all who made
that happen!)
May 18
Click for
Kerith Gabriel's DN stories on the CL track championships:
Judge (boys)
and
O'Hara (girls).
The North-Ryan pre-playoff was washed out by rain in the third
inning, with North up, 2-0. That and Carroll-Wood (0-0 after one) are
scheduled to replayed in their entirety tomorrow (same sites, 3:45).
Ted's report
on Ryan-North is posted.
Pics
here.
May 17
**Non-Public pounded Public, 48-7, in the
34th annual Daily News-Eagles City All-Star Football Game as numerous
records tumbled. Click
here
for Ted's story. Pre-game pics
here
and boxscore
here.**
Chestnut Hill beat Episcopal, 11-7.
Ted's report is posted. No DN
ink (sorry). Pics
here.
Click here
for a pair of Wild/Wacky stories concerning baseball playoffs. Just to put
you in the mood (smile).
May 16
**We've welcomed 400,000 visitors in one week short of four months. Thanks
for your continued support.**
Schedule for CL pre-playoffs, both SUNDAY at 1 p.m.: Carroll at Wood; Ryan
vs. North, at La Salle HS.
Freire guard Jarrod "G" Denard has committed to play hoops at Morgan
State. Click
here for Ted's story.
Malvern is the Inter-Ac baseball champ, thanks to CHA's win over GA
yesterday. Click
here.
May 15
Phila. Elec. beat Franklin Towne, 11-9, in a wild/nutty District 12
Class AAA final.
Ted's report
is posted.
DN ink to Luke "Pinkie" Moscinski. Pics
here.
Washington beat Kensington, 3-2.
Randy's report
is posted.
Other PL winners: Prep, Fkd, NE, Linc, Cent.
Monday's quarters, all at 3:15: PE at Fkd, GAMP at NE, Linc at
Cent, Prep at Wash.
CL playoffs: We'll let you know when all of the
behind-the-scenes maneuvering for the pre-playoffs is history. Tuesday's
quarters, all at 3:45: Wood-Carroll at Prep, Ryan-North at C-E, La Salle at
N-G, K-K at Bonner.
**Click
here
for the Coaches' All-Public Baseball Team and congrats to the MVPs: Shortie
Meletiche (A), Keith Rycek and Benji Cruz (B), Evan Hunt (C) and Dave
Pachucki (D).**
May 14
GAMP beat Masterman, 9-4, in the
District 12 Class A final.
Ted's report is posted.
DN ink to Foster McKoskey. Pics
here.
Prep Charter beat E&S, 8-2, in a D-12 AA semi.
Ted's report
is
posted. No DN ink (sorry). Pics
here.
Click
here
for Randy Seidman's newest batch of Hometown Philly Awards (college
baseball).
May 13
N-G beat Wood, 9-4, in 8 innings.
Ted's report
is posted.
DN ink to Agapito "Aggie" Osano.
Pics
here.
Click
here for Ted's story on
Judge's Jim DiLisio, who will
play LB in the 34th annual DN-Eagles City All-Star FB Game, set for
Saturday,
7 p.m., at Northeast High.
Click
here for updated info on the Rasual Butler
All-City Basketball Classic (rosters for sophs now added).
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it examines unassisted
tripleplays (one happened last night; John is ALL over it -- smile.)
May 12
Click
here for info (you
may also register) on Saturday's Andrew Farrell Home Run Derby at Washington
HS.
Click
here for updated Pub baseball playoff schedule, from chairman
Dave Connolly. And
here for updates to the CL regular schedule, from
commissioner/chief umpire Gene Otto. Thanks,
guys!
May
11
**Happy Mother's Day to all of the
wonderful moms out there!**
May 10
Click
here for some pics of Kevin and his teammates (and a few
others) in the Camden County (N.J.) Track Championships, at Haddon Township
HS.
Click
here
for a story about great police work being done by Michael Cermignano, former
All-Public catcher at Franklin Towne Charter (Class of '04).
May 9
**Click
here for info on the Rasual Butler
All-City Basketball Classic.**
In light of the recent GA-Malvern
baseball development . . . click
here
to read about a legendary college FB game from 1940. (Thanks to Ted Rauch, a
Haverford School grad/star athlete, for passing this along.)
Click
here
for Randy Seidman's newest batch of Hometown Philly Awards (college
baseball).
Click
here for the overall PL
baseball playoff schedule (bottom of that page) and
here
for just Monday's.
May 8
Kenn.-Ken. beat Carroll, 10-5.
Ted's report is posted.
DN ink to Christian "Ya-Ya" Walker.
Pics
here.
Click
here for Ted's story on Franklin's Tajidin McGough, who will
play WR in the 34th annual DN-Eagles City All-Star FB Game, set for May 17,
7 p.m., at Northeast High.
May 7
The Gtn. Academy-Malvern game will be replayed May 20 from the
time the rules violation was committed (sixth inning, two away, runners on
first and third). Click
here for Ted's story.
La Salle beat North Catholic, 7-3, in another crazy one! (Just kidding.
It was tame). Ted's
report is posted. No DN ink (sorry). Pics
here.
Strawberry Mansion C Devon White has signed with La Salle for basketball.
Click
here for the story by DN legend Bob Cooney.
Pics
here.
**Click here
for Ted's update on how GA's alternating-pitchers strategy vs. Malvern
constituted a rules violation. The regular report will be posted later this
morning.**
May 6
**Gtn. Academy
beat Malvern, 4-2, in a game that didn't start until 5:39 (ended at 7:50). Also, starting lefty Colin Kish and righty reliever Slater McCue
alternated back and forth between the mound and first base throughout the
last two innings (eight batters total).
Ted's report on this all-timer
is posted (below 5/7 update).
DN ink to many (overall context). Pics
here.**
Our
thoughts and prayers are with the family/friends of former 19th District
Phila. police
officer George Bobe, who passed after battling cancer. George was a first
team All-City infielder for Edison in 1980.
Mansion C Devon White is expected to hold a press conference
tomorrow. La Salle is lookin' good.
May 5
O'Hara beat Bonner, 3-2, on Bill Pace's RBI double with one away
in the home seventh.
Ted's report is posted.
DN ink to Pace. Pics
here.
Click here
for rosters (and links to other info) for the 34th annual Daily News-Eagles
City All-Star FB Game.
Sports collecting enthusiasts: Click
here for the latest contribution from
long-time expert Ted Taylor.
May 3
**Click
here for a
special page to honor a recent heroic act by West Catholic baseball player
Tom Sessa.**
Adam Keller (158+) and Kevin (156+)
combined for javelin gold (315+) in the SJTCA Relays. Pics
here.
Click
here
for Randy Seidman's newest batch of Hometown Philly Awards (college
baseball).
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it examines good
hitting pitchers.
May 2
Penn Charter beat Haverford School, 14-7, in 3 hours, 18 minutes,
with MANY baserunners.
Ted's report
is posted. No DN ink (sorry).
Only 104 pics (smile).
Our
thoughts and prayers are with the family/friends of 14th District police
officer Terrance Young, a first team All-Pub running back (Washington, class
of '01) who has passed as the result of injuries suffered in a recent
off-duty motorcycle accident. Terrance was a coach with the North Philly
Aztecs youth program.
Click
here
for a special page to celebrate the recent no-hitter by Phila. Acad. LH Dave
Pachucki.
May 1 (or April 31, if you prefer -- smile)
SJ Prep beat Judge, 6-2.
Ted's report is posted. No DN
ink (sorry). Pics
here.
North beat O'Hara, 3-2.
Huck's report is posted.
Click here
for Randy Seidman's report on Washington's 6-4 conquering of Northeast
(played yesterday).
April
30
**SJ Prep OT Mark Arcidiacono has committed
to Penn State.
Ted's story. Pics
here.**
Dobbins
beat U. City, 12-11, in a wildly entertaining game filled with pretty much
everything.
Ted's report is
posted. No DN ink (sorry). Pics
here.
ANC basketball star Larry Loughery, formerly of SJ Prep, is bound for
Penn. Click
here
for Ted's story.
**Click
here for a feel-good sports story by columnist George Vecsey
in the New York Times.**
April
29
Neumann-Goretti beat Conwell-Egan, 9-2.
Ted's report is posted.
DN ink
to Mark Donato. Pics
here.
Click
here for Ted's story on Masterman LHP-1B-RF Evan Hunt, bound
for Penn on a Mayor's Scholarship.
Washington product Jameel McClain has signed with the Ravens. Click
here for that story.
April 28
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it examines John
Smoltz' HOF worthiness.
Click here
for Randy Seidman's combo report on Washington's recent wins over Edison and
Prep Charter.
April
27
**Congrats to RB Steve Slaton (Conwell-Egan,
West Virginia), a third-round pick (No. 89) of the Houston Texans. Click
here
for Ted's story.**
April
26
**Congrats to QB Matt Ryan (Penn Charter,
Boston College), the No. 3 pick (Atlanta) in the first round of the NFL
draft!! Click
here for
DN story by Joe Santoliquito.**
SJ Prep tackle
Mark Arcidiacono has scheduled a press conference for Wed.
(ignore the fact that the headline says Judge; that was his father's school
-- smile.)
April
25
Click
here
for Randy Seidman's newest batch of Hometown Philly Awards (college
baseball).
La Salle took second in the Penn
Relays distance medley.
DN ink to anchor Dan Lowry.
Central beat GAMP, 18-4.
Ted's report
is posted. No DN ink (sorry). Pics
here.
Click here
for the latest hoops contribution from ex-King star Lormont Sharp, who
watched Tyreke Evans again win MVP honors at last week's Jordan Classic.
April 24
Frankford beat Northeast, 6-0.
Ted's report is posted. No DN
ink (sorry). Pics
here.
Neumann-Goretti beat W. Catholic, 11-0, in five innings.
Huck's
report is posted.
Washington beat Edison, 12-2, in five innings. Randy's report will
be posted.
Olney High baseball coach Barry Strube, currently serving in Iraq,
has sent
more photos. Stay safe, Barry!
Click
here
for Brian Cunniff's story in the Wildwood (N.J.) Leader about Trevor
Rivera, a Wildwood HS catcher who's the grandson of a Hall of Fame player
from Philly.
April 23
**Dave Pachucki, a senior lefty, pitched a no-hitter with 17 strikeouts as
Phila. Academy Charter beat Furness, 7-0.
Ted's report is posted.
DN ink to
take-a-guess. Pics
here.**
The recent obits for two
Philly gems: Ted on
Al Angelo,
Paul Hagen on
John Marzano.
Along with their Tribute Pages:
Al
and
John.
Click
here
for baseball historian John Shiffert's latest effort; it compares pitchers
separated by basically a century.
April 22
With Boston College QB Matt Ryan among
the witnesses, Malvern beat Penn Charter, 5-1.
Ted's report is posted.
DN ink
to Tim Cooney. Pics
here.
Ryan PG Andrew Rogers has
committed to Maine. Click
here for Ted's story.
April
21
Judge beat O'Hara, 7-2.
Ted's report is posted.
DN ink to Kevin
Conroy. Pics
here.
Bonner beat Roman, 10-2.
Huck's report
is posted.
Washington beat Prep Charter, 9-5.
Randy's report is posted.
April
19
Our thoughts
and prayers are with the family/friends of former Frankford High football
coach Al Angelo, who
passed away at age 77 early this morning. Al won
83 percent of his games in 21 seasons
(184-39-5) and owns the city record for most titles (10). We have set up a
Tribute Page. Please send
contributions to
silaryt@phillynews.com.
Thank you.
And the same for
former Central High baseball star John Marzano (later a major leaguer;
working most recently as TV commentator), who passed away at age 45. We have
set up a
Tribute Page
for John.
Click
here for some pics of Eastern's track team at the Woodbury
Relays.
April 19
Our thoughts
and prayers are with the family/friends of former Frankford High football
coach Al Angelo, who
passed away early this morning. Al won
83 percent of his games in 21 seasons
(184-39-5) and owns the city record for most titles (10). We will set up a
Tribute Page. Please send
contributions to | 
