Speedy's All-League players: ROMAN CATHOLIC, 1968-81 FIRST TEAM 1969: Mike Bantom 1970: Jim O'Brien 1971: John Beecroft 1973: Chico Singleton, Donald Kelly 1974: John Griffin, Donald Kelly 1975: Zane Major 1976: Mike Morrow 1977: Reggie Jackson 1978: Reggie Jackson 1979: Lonnie McFarlan 1980: Lonnie McFarlan 1981: Randy Monroe, Glenn Welton SECOND TEAM 1968: Keith Coady, Steve Collins 1969: Mike Moody 1971: Ed Hoban 1972: "Chico" Singleton, Frank Sykes 1976: Reggie Jackson 1978: Larry McGill 1979: "Yosh" Siorek, Rakph Mack 1980: Glenn Welton, Gerald Roberts THIRD TEAM 1976: Steve Compton 1977: Larry McGill 1978: Charlie Robbins PENN CHARTER, 1983-84 FIRST TEAM 1983: Andy Vye 1984: Carl Arrigale SECOND TEAM 1983: Carl Arrigale 1984: Marv Dunmeyer, Joe McGarvey,   Drew Meyers ST. JOSEPH'S PREP, 2002-16 FIRST TEAM 2002: Mark Zoller 2003: Mark Zoller, John Griffin 2004: Chris Clark, John Griffin 2005: Reggie Redding 2006: Reggie Redding 2007: Matt Griffin 2008: Jim Mower 2009: Joe Nardi 2010: Joe Nardi 2011: Stephen Vasturia 2012: Stephen Vasturia, Miles Overton 2013: Stephen Vasturia, Miles Overton 2014: Chris Clover 2015: Chris Clover SECOND TEAM 2002: John Griffin 2003: Chris Clark 2004: Reggie Redding 2005: Corey O'Rourke, Joe Fox 2006: Dave Stefanski 2007: Larry Loughery, Jim Mower 2010: Gene Williams 2011: Gene Williams 2012: Gene Williams 2016: Kyle Thompson THIRD TEAM 2002: Chris Clark 2003: T.J. Valerio 2004: Mike Kearney 2006: Matt Griffin, Larry Loughery 2009: Pat Stewart, Dan Fitzpatrick 2011: Miles Overton 2014: Kyle Thompson 2015: James McGovern 2016: Pete Gayhardt

Speedy Morris Celebration Page   On Dec. 30, 2016, with a 67-48 win over St. Georges (DE), in a showcase event at Widener University, William "Speedy" Morris notched his 700th win as high school coach.   Morris was 347-82 in 14 seasons at Roman (1968-81), 41-14 in two at Penn Charter (1983-84) and this win made him 312-103 in 16 at St. Joseph's Prep (2002-17).   Junior Kyle Thompson led the Hawks with 21 points while classmates Darius Kinnel (17) and Ed Croswell (12) also scored in double figures. Other scorers: Brian Griffin 9, Gabe Arizin 8. Arizin (13) and Croswell (12) led in rebounds.   The win raised the Prep's season record to 6-2.   In 2015, in the same gym on the same date, the Hawks bested Salesianum (DE), 49-43, to make Morris the first high school basketball coach in Pennsylvania history to claim win No. 300 at a second school, according to state hoops historian Bill Gaffey. Also, high school win No. 700 came in his 1,400th game as a high school/college coach.                                       ----   This story was written after Speedy notched his 300th win on Dec. 11, 1979 . . . By Ted Silary   There was a cake for Bill "Speedy" Morris, but in deference to an ever-present diet, he did not eat any. There was not a cake for Lonnie McFarlan, but then again no one could have foreseen the need to order one.   As a boisterous crowd at Bishop Kenrick sensed early last night, a celebration with two cakes, two sets of noisemakers and two brands of party hats was surely in order.   For Morris, the mastermind basketball guru with the theatrical savvy to match, the occasion was his 300th victory in 12-plus years at Roman Catholic High. For the 6-5 McFarlan, the 72-58 win provided a chance to smash some records.   With 2:57 remaining in the third quarter, McFarlan snatched his eighth rebound of the night, thus rubbing out Reggie Jackson (763) as Roman's all-time leader. McFarlan finished the evening with 12 boards and a 768 total, but in the really big news, he also poured in 45 points, shooting 21-for-30 from the field, along with 3-for-4 from the line.   Again, Jackson (now at Maryland) was the victimized Cahillite, having scorched St. James for a school-record 41.   "In the middle of the second quarter, I started to get the feeling that it was gonna be a pretty good night," noted McFarlan, who scored 21 first-half points. "But I never thought it was gonna wind up as good as this.   "I TURNED ONE time in the middle and I was off-balance. I just threw it up and it went in. It shocked me. That was a George McGinnis shot."   Ha, ha. If McGinnis - at least in his late Sixers' days - had taken that shot, it might have clanged off the rim or wound up as an air-ball. McFarlan's shots last night seemed to be encased in cotton. He first forced a shot in the fourth quarter and, if anything, did not cut loose often enough.   As you can expect, each time McFarlan even came close to messing up, ol' Speed Man displayed the contortions and facial expressions that have made him famous. With those pointed, high-pitched words to match.

Speedy in 1968 SEASON BY SEASON ROMAN 1968: 17-7 1969: 26-4 1970: 15-9 1971: 17-8 1972: 19-6 1973: 24-6 1974: 31-3 1975: 28-6 1976: 28-5 1977: 24-8 1978: 32-4 1979: 31-5 1980: 31-3 1981: 24-8 PENN CHARTER 1983: 20-7 1984: 21-7 SJ PREP 2002: 24-6 2003: 30-2 2004: 27-4 2005: 26-5 2006: 24-5 2007: 22-8 2008: 16-11 2009: 14-9 2010: 17-8 2011: 14-9 2012: 21-6 2013: 24-6 2014: 16-7 2015: 18-5 2016: 13-10 2017: 6-2 TOTAL RECORD High School 700-199 1968-81: Roman, 347-82 1983-84: Penn Charter, 41-14 2002-17: SJ Prep, 312-103 -- (  College  ) 281-220 1985-86: La Salle women, 43-17 1987-01: La Salle men, 238-203 -- (  Overall  ) 981-419 -- CATHOLIC LEAGUE TITLES 1969: 14-2, 26-4 1973: 13-3, 24-6 1974: 15-1, 31-3 1978: 13-1, 32-4 1979: 13-1, 31-5 1980: 13-1, 31-3 2003: 13-1, 30-2 2004: 13-1, 27-4 INTER-AC TITLE 1984: 9-1, 21-7

  "Lonnie scores 45 points, it must seem silly for me to yell at him. Maybe it's that I'm too much of a perfectionist. He's got
to play defense better, he's got to rebound better. He's an unselfish kid - too much, sometimes. If he had taken all the shots
that were there, he would have scored 'way over 50."
  "He can holler at me and jump all over me, if he wants to," Lonnie said. " It's for my own good. If I didn't have someone
of his caliber to lead me, I wouldn't be where I am right now (among best players in country). I have to take what he says
constructively. If he didn't say anything, I'd start to wonder, 'Something must be wrong with Coach Morris.'
  "One thing I'd like to say: Lonnie McFarlan didn't get these points all alone. I can't do anything if my teammates don't play
well, also. Say I'm off. They'll be able to pick up the slack. In fact, they might do a better job than me."
  BEFORE ROMAN COULD have Speedy's cake and eat it, too, it first had to shake a team that is much better than many
people had realized.
  Phil Martelli, the Knights' second-year coach, has a great thing going. Junior Tom Scott mixed 13 points and 10 rebounds,
Pat Hannan pulled off several pretty drives en route to 14 points, and Jim Bolger chipped in with 12 points and four assists.
  This team is most assuredly not a spittin' image of the one in '76, which took the title and warmed hearts the area over,
but if Martelli can sustain both the intensity and high level of play, a Northern Division playoff berth could be in the offing.
  Meanwhile, Morris was asked to recall his early days at Broad and Vine, when a job coaching basketball at Roman was
tantamount to leaping from the third-floor fire escape.
  When Speedy took over, the Cahillites had not reached the playoffs since about the time that David beat Goliath. Or so it
seemed. However, that first squad in 1967-'68 invaded the Palestra, as have all the others since but one ('70). Roman owns
five league titles and one City Title ('74) under Morris.
  "No one thought Roman basketball would come to this, including myself, " Morris said. "I remember when I took the job,
talking with my best friend, John Hoban. We said that if we could just be .500 after a couple years, people would say we
were doing a great job.
  "In fact, if somebody had said, 'We will let you be 50-50 after five seasons,' I would have pinned him down right then
and said, 'Yeah, yeah, I'll take it.'
  "THAT FIRST TEAM should get the credit for getting everything going. I like to remind these kids of those kids - how
much they worked, how nobody got on anyone else. They were united in every way."
  When pressed, Morris was able to recall that his 100th win came over O'Hara in 1972 and that his 200th win came over
Neumann in 1976. And the first?
  "Barry Fisher was my assistant. I can even remember the things we talked about on the bus ride up there (to Wood). He
said I didn't know how to dress, that my socks should match my pants, that instead they matched my sports coat."
  These days, Speedy Morris is unmatched when it comes to high school coaches in the area (state?, country?, universe?)
and, as players go, McFarlan's attaining that same stature in a hurry.
  Over the summer, Lonnie gave a hint of a dynamite senior season, exploding for 41 points (19-for- 35) as the Venice
Island All-Stars lost to Mrs. Paul's Pals.
  "I'm trying to approach each game with the same feeling, that I just go out to do my best," McFarlan said. "There's
nothing to worry about, no pressure at all from anybody. I go out there totally relaxed. I block everything outta my mind.
On the court, I can hear just one person - Coach Morris. And I know what he says is not gonna steer me wrong."
  At game's end, McFarlan, Glenn Welton (18 points, 11 rebounds), Gerald Roberts (7 assists), Steve Scheier (6 assists),
Randy Monroe (9 boards) and the rest of the Cahillites steered themselves into the locker room.
  Morris' brother, Dave, unveiled a cake that he ordered on behalf of the Morris children. Later, back at Speedy's Drop
in the Bucket tappy in Roxborough, there was another cake, even bigger.
  "The thing is," Speedy said, "I don't even eat cake."
  But how that man can put away the basketball victories.

  Below are the players who helped Speedy Morris accumulate 700 wins at the high school level.
The year indicates the player's final season. Most were seniors. Some transferred and some were
underclassmen who did not play in the following season. The '81, '84 and '17 teams include
multiple underclassmen.
 

ROMAN CATHOLIC 1968-81 Seasons			PENN CHARTER 1983-84 Seasons			ST. JOSEPH'S PREP 2002-17 Seasons
Charles DiCicco	1968		Andy Vye	1983		Evan Pierce	2002
Dan Avington	1968		Art Duff	1983		Jim Good	2002
Dennis Mathews	1968		Dennis Foley	1983		Matt Stefanski	2002
John Proud	1968		Joe Doherty	1983		Mike Haubrich	2002
Keith Coady	1968		Abe Dunmeyer	1984		Ryan Lynch	2002
Larry Avington	1968		Brian Duffy	1984		Brett Novielli	2003
Steve Collins	1968		Carl Arrigale	1984		John Oberlies	2003
Bill Braunsberg	1969		Drew Meyers	1984		Kyle Eisenmann	2003
Bill Medina	1969		Ed Small	1984		Mark Meehan	2003
Bob Giballa	1969		Hank Weiss	1984		Mark Zoller	2003
John Pindynski	1969		Joe Gleason	1984		T.J. Valerio	2003
Larry Storm	1969		Joe McGarvey	1984		Antoine Joseph	2004
Lorenzo Hough	1969		Marv Dunmeyer	1984		Chris Clark	2004
Mike Bantom	1969		Tom Burke	1984		Jared Black	2004
Mike Moody	1969					John Griffin	2004
Bob Zakrzewski	1970					Mike Boyle	2004
Charles Gardner	1970					Mike Kearney	2004
Dennis Carr	1970					Pat O’Toole	2004
Jim O'Brien	1970					Paul Lynch	2004
Rich Giusti	1970					Corey O'Rourke	2005
Ed Hoban	1971					Joe Fox	2005
John Beecroft	1971					Oscar Griffin	2005
Marty Corcoran	1971					Sean Barker	2005
Tony Smith	1971					Charlie Schrier	2006
Bob Blumber	1972					Dave Stefanski	2006
Charlie Rumsey	1972					James Oberlies	2006
Dave Henderson	1972					Kevin Fox	2006
Ed Jones	1972					Kevin Funston	2006
Fran Sykes	1972					Kevin Gallagher	2006
John Murphy	1972					Matt Beck	2006
Mike Cannon	1972					Mike Lombardi	2006
Mike Foster	1972					Mike McCauley	2006
Rich Maguire	1972					Reggie Redding	2006
Bob Cahill	1973					Chris Farrell	2007
Chico Singleton	1973					Drew Horgan	2007
Jim Harrington	1973					Larry Loughery	2007
Rocco Piliero	1973					Matt Dolan	2007
Adrian Moody	1974					Matt Griffin	2007
Donald Kelly	1974					Mike Mifka	2007
Jack Kelly	1974					Rob Coney	2007
John Griffin	1974					Sean McNulty	2007
Marcellus Pringle	1974					Casey Convery	2008
Mike LaPera	1974					Jim Mower	2008
Ike Robertson	1975					Joe Meehan	2008
Ira Brown	1975					Matt Williams	2008
Jeff Marcial	1975					Mike Bradley	2008
Joe Garrett	1975					Phil Giordano	2008
Keith Green	1975					Rich Hofmann	2008
Rich Smith	1975					Sean Dooley	2008
Terry Christian	1975					Brandon Robinson	2009
Tom Griffin	1975					Dan Fitzpatrick	2009
Tony Rapone	1975					Drew Valerio	2009
Zane Major	1975					Kevin O'Neill	2009
Bob Alessio	1976					Mike Leithead	2009
Greg Flannery	1976					Pat Stewart	2009
Jim Benincasa	1976					Pete Buzby	2009
Jim Dougherty	1976					Tom Griffin	2009
Mike Morrow	1976					Bryan Bacskai	2010
Rich Blasetti	1976					Connor McIntyre	2010
Steve Compton	1976					Joe Nardi	2010
Frank Ward	1977					Joe Oberlies	2010
Fred Braunsberg	1977					John Hrabrick	2010
Jim Parson	1977					John Regan	2010
Kevin Eagan	1977					Sean Brophy	2010
Mark Dugan	1977					James Stewart	2011
Ray Finney	1977					Matt Stahl	2011
Tyrone Dent	1977					Mike Fee	2011
Warren Catlett	1977					Mike Levy	2011
Charlie Robbins	1978					Gene Williams	2012
Chris Kelley	1978					Joe Kane	2012
Greg Hayden	1978					Kevin Oberlies	2012
Jim Braunsberg	1978					Matt Gorman	2012
John Siorek	1978					Tom Stewart	2012
Larry McGill	1978					Trevor Johnson	2012
Reggie Jackson	1978					Wes Hackman	2012
Roosevelt Prescott	1978					Dan Nedbal	2013
Bill Dillard	1979					Dan Sherry	2013
Kevin Copes	1979					Kyle MacWilliams	2013
Leonard Stubbs	1979					Mark Hueber	2013
Mike Lally	1979					Miles Overton	2013
Ralph Mack	1979					P.J. Kelly	2013
Ray Gorham	1979					Stephen Vasturia	2013
Darryl Williams	1979					Alex Stewart	2014
Gerald Roberts	1980					Chris Hoffner	2014
John Ross	1980					John Luciano	2014
Lonnie McFarlan	1980					Kyle W. Thompson	2014
Steve Scheier	1980					Malik Macon	2014
Alex Staranowicz	1981					Rick Slusarczyk	2014
Anthony Abron	1981					Ryan Wall	2014
Craig McClellan	1981					Tom Fox	2014
Dallas Comegys	1981					Austin Gallagher	2015
Glenn Welton	1981					Billy Kramer	2015
Jim Capella	1981					Billy Kramer	2015
Jim Parrella	1981					Brendan Burns	2015
Marc Jones	1981					Chris Clover	2015
Marc Jones	1981					Jack Henkels	2015
Mike Morris	1981					James Leible	2015
Randy Monroe	1981					James McGovern	2015
Steve Dangerfield	1981					Mark Scarlett	2015
Steve Pettit	1981					Zach Talke	2015
						Alim Kamara	2016
						Anto Keshgegian	2016
						Chris Montie	2016
						Evan Wall	2016
						Fintan O'Toole	2016
						John Kueny	2016
						Keith Williams	2016
						Pete Gayhardt	2016
						Temi Aiyegbusi	2016
						Vincent Luciano	2016
						Askia Hamilton	2017
						Brian Griffin	2017
						Darius Kinnel	2017
						Edward Croswell	2017
						Gabe Arizin	2017
						Joseph Paparone	2017
						M. Kyle Thompson	2017
						Matt Hartz	2017
						Matthew Cruz	2017
						Max Frantz	2017
						Mike Barton	2017
						Mike Hagan	2017
						Vincent Busico	2017