On the Trail With Ted, Basketball 2016-17 (December/earlier)

On the Trail With Ted
Basketball 2016-17, December (and earlier; back to April 1)

Observations, notes, etc., on games I've seen during
the 2016-17 season . . . Plus some Tedbits.

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SPECIAL NOTE
To all scorekeepers: PLEASE try to make sure that correct info on scoring is called into the Score Service (215-854-4570). Generally, it's better when the winning team calls in the results. That way the papers receive info to explain HOW the game was won because representatives of the winning team will usually be in a better mood (just human nature) to provide extra details such as rebounds, assists, etc., or the identity of someone who maybe hit a winning shot. Thank you.

DEC. 31
TEDBIT
Below are recaps for wins Nos. 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 and 700 in Speedy Morris' lengthy career
as a high school coach. . .

No. 100
Dec. 15, 1972 - Friday night
Catholic South
At O'Hara
Roman 46, O'Hara 44
O'Hara scored 11 of the game's first 13 points. Jim "Chico" Singleton finished with 18 points and Donald Kelly
scored 11 of his 17 in the last quarter. Steve Oristaglio (17) led O'Hara. O'Hara's star in the previous season
(first team All-City) had been Michael Arizin, the son of NBA all-timer Paul Arizin. Michael's son, Gabe, a
soph, is now a starter for SJ Prep (see recap for No. 700.)
No. 200
Feb. 13, 1976 - Friday afternoon
Catholic South
At Roman
Roman 58, Neumann 51
Soph Reggie Jackson saved 14 of his 18 points for a 32-25 second half and Mike Morrow added 15 points
overall. Afterward, Roman stat man Bob Beecroft joked, "We're calling it 198 and a half. Speedy got thrown
out at Carroll last week and was sick for a game last year."
No. 300
Dec. 11, 1979 - Tuesday night
Non-League
At Kenrick
Roman 72, Kenrick 58
Lonnie McFarlan shot 21-for-30 and 3-for-4 for a school-record 45 points. He also collected 12 rebounds.
Glenn Welton added 18 points and 11 rebounds while '81 grad Randy Monroe -- he's now in his first season
as Speedy's assistant at SJ Prep -- grabbed nine boards. Kenrick's coach was Phil Martelli, who's now in his
22nd season as the boss at Saint Joseph's University. One of Phil's assistants was Geno Auriemma, who has
enjoyed wild success as the women's coach at the University of Connecticut.
No. 400
Jan. 6, 2002 - Sunday afternoon
Catholic South
At SJ Prep
SJ Prep 54, O'Hara 38
Mark Zoller and John Griffin contributed 15 points apiece and Ryan Lynch hit three treys en route to 11
points. Griffin's brother, Matt ('07), also played for Speedy at the Prep -- he was a starter in win No. 500 --
and is in his first season as Roman's coach. Their dad, John ('74), was a star for Speedy at Roman.
No. 500
Dec. 14, 2005 - Wednesday afternoon
Non-League
At Malvern
SJ Prep 43, Malvern 39
Reggie Redding offered 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Larry Loughery had 11 points and eight
boards. Dave Stefanski -- his dad, Ed, a Bonner product, has long held front office jobs for NBA teams --
also scored 11 points. The best pre-game line came from Malvern assistant Joe Redican, in reference to
interim coach Kurt Ruch. Mindful that the Friars would be entering play with one win, Joe said playfully,
"Kurt has a chance to do something today that Speedy will never be able to do -- double his win total."
No. 600
Jan. 31, 2011 - Monday night
Catholic League
At West Catholic
SJ Prep 70, West Catholic 31
The Hawks created major distance with a 25-5 run to start the second half. Gene Williams (23), Stephen
Vasturia (15) and Miles Overton (11) paced the romp. Overton's dad, Doug, enjoyed a lengthy NBA career
and is in his first year as the coach at Lincoln University.
No. 700
Dec. 30, 2016 - Friday afternoon
Showcase
At Widener University
SJ Prep 67, St. Georges (DE) 48
Juniors Kyle Thompson (21), Darius Kinnel (17) and Ed Croswell (12) scored in double figures. Soph
Gabe Arizin snagged 13 rebounds and Croswell was right behind with 12. Counting Morris' stints with the
women and men at La Salle University, this was his 1,400th game as a head coach (981-419).

DEC. 30
NON-LEAGUE
Penn Charter 58, Friends' Central 28
Unusual has been outdone by almost never. Just two days ago, in a Boardwalk Basketball Classic final vs. PC, Cherokee (NJ) did not post a two-point field goal until 7:35 remained in the third quarter. Today, also against Your Favorite Team (well, some of you -- smile), Friends' Central failed to score at all until 7:17 remained in the second stanza and did not notch a field goal until the 4:13 mark. That bucket, a trey by frosh G Omar Nichols, reduced PC's lead to 25-5 and made the Phoenix 1-for-16 from the floor. Of course, PC played excellent defense. But FC helped by missing a number of attempts that coulda/shoulda succeeded. It was just one of THOSE days, folks. Sr. WG Mike "Neeko" Hnatkowsky, back in the starting lineup today, grabbed three early rebounds as did frosh WG Ryan "Pooch" Holmes. With 5:01 left in the half, Holmes made a great spin move along the right baseline and wound up posting a three-point play despite being hammered. He then drove down the lane for a flip shot that made it 25-2. The sequence of the game occurred with a shade under six minutes remaining in the third quarter. Sr. F Dylan Burnett dove to the floor near halfcourt to earn a steal and flipped the ball slightly ahead to Holmes. Pooch powered to the hole and . . . pounded! (Then he held on to the rim and damn near did a chin-up, thus drawing a tech. But let's forget that happened, OK? Smile) Jr. WG Mason Williams sniped for 10 of his 18 points in the third quarter, then the fourth stanza was the coolest of all. How so? The bench guys received major playing time and maintained the good vibrations. Sr. F James Gabor totaled four rebounds and two assists. Soph WG Ryan "Zingy" Maloney, a lefty who was recently given a varsity uniform, hustled for two points, four boards and one assist. Jr. G Terence Thompson racked up a major snuff job at the far end. Sr. SF Alex "Florida" Cohen notched a three-point play and snagged two boards. Like sr. PG Adam Holland (Rutgers), Gabor (Georgetown) and Cohen (Army) are Division I baseball commits. Also in the Good Numbers Club were Hnatkowsky with seven boards and four assists and jr. PF Ryan Dickson, today's sixth man, with six boards. The scoring leaders for FC, which is coached by alumnus Ryan Tozer (1,000-point scorer), were soph G Bryce Spriggs, Nichols (eight apiece) and sr. G Antone Walker (seven). The Phoenix shot 9-for-48. The seven-man rotation includes just one senior, so better days will come. This hasn't happened much this season, but all three refs were familiar -- lead man Bob "Notre Dame Harvey" Sumner, John Murphy and Christian Cintrone. Among the witnesses was 2016 PC grad Sean Foley (football, basketball, track). Sean now attends Richmond and has been forced to leave contact sports behind due to a serious injury. But . . . he decided to try out for the club volleyball team. He wasn't even sure he'd make it. Well, his judgment was off (smile). He's already a starter! Also watching the clash was Zack Zeglinski ('05), a bigwig in football, basketball and baseball (and the brother of Ryan's hoops coach, Joe). Nice to see you, guys. Also, South Philly in the House! Well, in the car. At least when I saw them. When I went out to the parking lot at halftime of the JV game, ready to head home, in the car right behind mine, also ready to leave, were PC senior Matt Gorman (driver) and '16 grad Kenny Bergmann (passenger). Matt's car was nicer than mine. Yeah, but was it filled with empty McDonald's bags and soda cups? Ha, ha. Happy New Year, folks!

DEC. 30
TEDBIT
This is the seventh consecutive season in which Catholic League teams, per PIAA rules, have been limited to nine non-league games. This year, four will finish with zero or one loss. Does that mean those squads will also post spectacular overall records? No. But don't think the bottom is likely to drop out. The winning percentage for the qualifying teams in non-league games is .918. Overall it's Babe Ruthish . . . as in .714. Still quite decent.

Catholic Teams With Great N-L Records, 2011-17
Year	Team	W-L	W-L
		Non-Lea.	Overall
2011	Judge	7-1	16-6
	La Salle	7-1	21-6
	McDevitt	8-1	10-12
2012	Judge	8-1	13-10
	McDevitt	7-1	12-13
	Ryan	9-0	18-5
2013	Carroll	8-1	23-7
	Lansdale	8-1	12-12
2014	Carroll	8-1	23-5
	Conwell-Egan	9-0	15-8
	La Salle	8-1	23-7
	Ryan	8-1	10-12
	SJ Prep	8-1	16-7
2015	Judge	8-1	15-9
	La Salle	8-1	21-7
	Neumann-Goretti	9-0	29-2
	Roman	9-0	29-2
	SJ Prep	8-1	18-5
	Wood	9-0	18-6
2016	Carroll	8-1	23-4
	La Salle	8-1	17-6
2017	Bonner-Prendie	8-0
	Carroll	8-1
	Roman	8-1
	Ryan	8-0
		202-18	382-153
		.918	.714

DEC. 29
TEDBIT
You're a high school basketball program with a lengthy stay on the well-respected list and you've just lost a game by 30 points. Does that signal the start of a downward spiral? If you're Roman Catholic, not even close. Last Jan. 16, the Cahillites were sliced and diced by Montverde Prep (FL), 74-44, in the Spalding Hoophall Classic in Springfield, MA. They bounced back in admirable fashion and have now won 25 in a row. That setback made their record 10-4. Their other losses: 58-51 to Oldsmar Christian (FL) on Dec. 19, 85-68 to Neumann-Goretti on Jan. 6 and 64-51 to Archbishop Carroll on Jan. 10. Under coach Chris McNesby, they finished the 2015-16 season with 17 straight wins (27-4 overall) and a second consecutive Class AAAA state title and they've started this season with eight under their new boss, Matt Griffin. Three of the last four wins have been one-pointers. Last season four guys were leading scorers. This season six have already led the way. Are the Cahillites in position to claim the city record? Not even close. West Philadelphia reeled off 68 consecutive victories over the 1975-76 to 1977-78 seasons thanks largely to '77 grad Gene Banks and '78 grad Clarence "Eggy" Tillman. The 1977-78 season was my first at the Daily News. The streak ended in the beyond-packed gym at Overbrook, 62-61, on Tuesday, Feb. 21, and Carlton "C-9" Willis led the way with 25 points and 11 rebounds. Covering that game was an incredible experience.
UPDATE: The streak ended at 25. The Cahillites lost to Roger Bacon, of St. Bernard, Ohio, in the championship game of the Rotary Roundball Classic in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Details of Roman Catholic's 25-Game Winning Streak
Date	Opponent	Occasion	Roman	Foe	Marg.	Leading Scorer	Pts
2015-16 Season
1/18	La Salle	Reg. Season	52	48	4	Tony Carr	15
1/20	Archbishop Ryan	Reg. Season	55	52	3	Lamar Stevens	19
1/22	Lansdale Catholic	Reg. Season	69	38	31	Mikeal Jones	13
1/27	Father Judge	Reg. Season	73	59	14	Tony Carr	25
1/29	St. Joseph's Prep	Reg. Season	52	42	10	Tony Carr	20
1/31	Bonner-Prendie	Reg. Season	66	43	23	Tony Carr	19
2/5	Archbishop Wood	Reg. Season	52	37	15	Lamar Stevens	16
2/7	Bishop McDevitt	Reg. Season	83	31	48	Mikeal Jones	17
2/12	St. Joseph's Prep	Quarter	56	42	14	Lamar Stevens	15
2/17	Archbishop Carroll	Semi	64	63	1	Tony Carr	24
2/22	Neumann-Goretti	Final	72	65	7	Lamar Stevens	22
2/26	M.L. King	City Title	64	53	11	Nazeer Bostick	22
3/5	Academy Park	First Round	73	58	15	Tony Carr	33
3/9	Central Bucks West	Second Round	60	41	19	Lamar Stevens	21
3/12	Parkland	Quarter	73	60	13	Tony Carr	26
3/15	Plymouth-Whitemarsh	Semi	64	45	19	Nazeer Bostick	17
3/19	Pittsburgh Allderdice	Final	73	62	9	Lamar Stevens	27
2016-17 Season
12/9	Prep Charter	Tourney	80	31	49	*see below	12
12/10	Haverford School	Tourney	66	60	6	Jon-Paul Sanders	19
12/17	Abington	Showcase	73	66	7	Allen Betrand	23
12/19	Malvern	Non-League	68	46	22	Lynn Greer	17
12/21	West Philadelphia	Non-League	74	73	1	Da'kQuan Davis	18
12/23	Simon Gratz	Non-League	59	45	14	Jon-Paul Sanders	18
12/27	Pinewood Prep (SC)	Tourney	70	69	1	Seth Lundy	17
12/28	West Ashley (SC)	Tourney	67	66	1	Da'kQuan Davis	24
			1,658	1,295	363
			66.3	51.8	14.5
*Da'kQuan Davis and Colin Flach 12 apiece

DEC. 28
BOARDWALK BASKETBALL CLASSIC
William "Chickie" Ludman Bracket Final
Penn Charter 55, Cherokee (NJ) 43
Think about the things you could see a team NOT do through an entire half (plus a little more) of a basketball game. Not commit a turnover? Highly doubtful. Not be whistled for a personal foul. Very unlikely. Manage to go without an assist? A hint of a chance, maybe. Not notch any two-point field goals? Ding, ding, ding! If you were in attendance today at the Wildwoods Convention Center, you saw this happen and maybe didn't even realize it. Cherokee finished the first half with 16 points thanks to five treys (in 10 attempts) and 1-for-2 shooting at the foul line. The Chiefs tried just six two-point shots and missed every one. Legendary, right? Unfortunately for all lovers of very quirky stuff (yes, my hand is raised), Cherokee posted a regular field goal just 25 seconds into the third quarter as jr. F Tymere Bennett made a short shot from the right block. Oh, well. So much for the dream of 32-minute Non-Twoness. Bennett's bucket drew the Chiefs within 26-18 and touched off a mini-run. Soon, the score was 26-25 and PC was right on the doorstep of maybe finding itself in we're-reeling mode. No sweat. Jr. WG Mason Williams stuck a midrange jumper to restore a hint of order. As the fourth quarter began, sr. F Stephen Gervasi hit two free throws and Cherokee again was within one at 31-30. No sweat, repeat. As PC pressed, sr. PG Adam Holland made a terrific save along the baseline to set up a steal/assist combo that produced a layup for frosh WG Ryan "Pooch" Holmes. In short order, the Quakers kept up the great defensive work as Holmes made a steal and Holland took a charge. At the other end, threes by Holland and Holmes helped to zoom the lead to 40-30. No drama thereafter. For a championship game, admittedly just of a four-team bracket, this one was strange. The 100 to 125 spectators offered almost no emotion and the teams' bench players also mostly just watched. At least things worked out well for PC, which upped its record to 7-4 heading into Friday afternoon's non-league game vs. visiting Friends' Central. Williams had 19 points and five rebounds. Holmes (11) also scored in double digits. En route to a five-assist performance, Holland took just one shot through three quarters. He then scored all seven of his points in the final eight minutes. Sr. WG Mike "Neeko" Hnatkowsky dealt four dimes. In a girls bracket final played earlier in the afternoon. PC lost to Ryan for the third time this season. The best part of the day was getting to spend some time with Vince Trombetta, then take some pics of him reffing a girls game. He has led such an interesting teaching/coaching/reffing life and has been loved/entertained by ALL. It was also wonderful to see Jim Rogers, who put high school sports training on the map a generation ago through Temple's special program. Jim's brother, Jack, is PC's chief development officer. Brian "BA" Adair, a first team All-Catholic lineman for West Catholic in 1989, reffed one of the boys' games. Cool! The Maley family was out in force to support Emma, starting point guard for the girls team, and at least three PC grads were among them -- dad P.J. ('86) and uncles Rich "Birch" ('83) and George ('88). Might have been others. If so, email me, guys! (smile). One more thing: As she tries to do once each season, The Wonderful Wife (a k a Anne) today served as arm candy. We saw all or part of five games and since she's not exactly a hoops expert (in Anne speak, a full court press is a "full press court"), she asked numerous questions. The best, by far: "How do they make the floor so shiny? I wish our floors looked that good." Ha ha ha ha. A project for another day . . . not.

DEC. 28
TEDBIT
Most 1,000-point scorers, you'd imagine, forever remember at least some of the main details connected with their special moment. Germantown Academy sr. Kyle McCloskey will likely recall every . . . last . . . one. In the first round of the Benedictine Capital Classic in Richmond, Virginia, not only did McCloskey, also a star quarterback and a Villanova commit, score 32 points vs. Millwood School, of Midlothian, VA. The Patriots needed overtime to claim the victory, 82-77, and to get to the extra session they had to overcome a seven-point deficit after three quarters. Oh, and there was this: Kyle's teammate and fellow lefty, Evan-Eric Longino, scored 37 points. So the duo combined for 84.1 percent of the Patriots' points! Kyle racked up 14 field goals (two treys) and went 2-for-2 at the line. E-E's totals were 10 (one) and 16-for-18. Their respective career totals now stand at 1,018 and 1,200.

DEC. 27
BOARDWALK CLASSIC
William "Chickie" Ludman Bracket Semifinal
Penn Charter 53, Middle Twp. (NJ) 27
In the overall scope, it meant nothing. In the moment, it was terrific and meant everything. PC's play of the game occurred in the first quarter right after sr. PF-C Justus Sanders got snuffed on a layup attempt. MT grabbed the rebound and raced downcourt and one of the players uncorked a layup that did not find twine. PC snatched THAT board and headed back upcourt. The guy who did so? Justus Sanders. Yes, he immediately shook off frustration and/or embarrassment and showed big-time hustle to ZOOM downcourt -- and he's not some skinny, little guard -- and snag the rebound at the other end. Many players on many teams would have barely bothered to make it back to halfcourt, let alone all the way to the other bucket, so major props to Justus! . . . If you took note of the score line, you're probably thinking, "Guess this wasn't a classic, eh?" You are correct. MT is scuffling and getting adjusted to a new coach and it's never easy to hang tough when you shoot 11-for-46 from the floor and hit nary a trey. Though PC did win by 26, somehow it gave off an odor in the third quarter and then briefly into the fourth. The Quakers shot 0-for-8 in the stanza No. 3 and missed their first three attempts in the fourth quarter, too. Finally, 42 seconds in, sub jr. handyman Owen Pighini snagged an airball and converted the follow. One possible explanation for the game's overall lack of crisp play: It didn't start until 9:30, exactly one hour after the scheduled start time. It wrapped up at 10:41. This was game No. 8 of the day/night on the boys' court in the Wildwood Convention Center. One of the earlier ones went into overtime and another one had a delay to sort out an ejection. After the first six-odd minutes, PC built a 13-7 lead thanks to two crisp passes from sub WG Mike "Neeko" Hnatkowsky. One produced a trey by jr. WG Mason Williams and the other set up sub jr. PF-C Ryan Dickson for an inside gimme. The Panthers scored just four points over the next 10 minutes leading up to halftime. Sr. PG Adam Holland packed nine points, three boards and two assists into the second quarter. Overall he had 18 points and four dimes. Williams hit three treys en route to 13 points. Holland (eight) and sr. F Dylan Burnett (seven) were the rebound leaders. Soph WG Ryan Maloney, until recently strictly a JV player, made his varsity debut (no stats) over the final minute, 42 seconds. Much earlier, PC's girls won their semifinal over Downingtown East and their opponent in Wednesday's 1:45 final will be . . . Archbishop Ryan. The matchup will be the teams' third this season! The boys will play Shawnee (NJ) at 5. Had great talks with tourney organizers/stalwarts Ernie Troiano and Brian Cunniff. Brian also refs and serves as the sports reporter for The Leader, a newspaper that covers the Wildwoods. In a girls game today, one of the refs, amazing, was Vince "Trom/Pops" Trombetta. Not only is Vince, best known for his years as Ben Franklin's football coach, in his 80s, he suffered severe injuries in a car accident just three months ago. The man is superhuman! This is also very cool: One of the tourney's brackets has been named after Vince. Niiiiiice!

DEC. 26
TEDBIT
Tis the day after Christmas and all through the hoops house
Two GA guys are on fire and they're quite hard to douse.
How's that for a dorky poem to get your day started? (smile)
It's not yet January, of course, and lots of games remain, but for now Germantown Academy senior lefties Evan-Eric Longino and Kyle McCloskey own the highest total average for Inter-Ac/Catholic duos in this century! Longino is scoring 23.9 PPG while McCloskey is not far behind at 19.9. That computes to 43.8. The next three spots on the list below are occupied by duos with guys who advanced to the NBA. The top 32 duos are below. Each member must have averaged at least 15.0. With Devon Goodman, who's now at Penn, Longino was part of a qualifying twosome last year. Two other 2017 duos are also on the list -- Ryan's Matiss Kulackovskis and Izaiah Brockington, and Episcopal's Conner Delaney and Nick Alikakos. . . Only one other combo on this list featured lefties: McDevitt's Mike Ross and Chris Hanes in 2003. Greg Stitt, the Lancers' No. 4 scorer that season, was also a lefty. (No. 3 Chris Palmero was not.)

Most Productive Catholic/Inter-Ac Duos in This Century
Season	Name	School	G	Points	PPG	Total
2017	Evan-Eric Longino	Gtn. Academy	8	191	23.9	43.8
	Kyle McCloskey		8	159	19.9
2006	*Wayne Ellington	Episcopal	30	657	21.9	43.4
	*Gerald Henderson		31	667	21.5
2004	*Sean Singletary	Penn Charter	27	617	22.9	40.3
	*Rob Kurz		27	471	17.4
2005	*Wayne Ellington	Episcopal	28	591	21.1	39.6
	*Gerald Henderson		28	518	18.5
2002	*Matt Walsh	Gtn. Academy	29	650	22.4	38.4
	Lee Melchionni		29	464	16.0
2014	Tyrell Long	McDevitt	25	537	21.5	38.0
	Amin Taylor		20	329	16.5
2015	Shawn Alston	Haver. School	28	548	19.6	38.0
	Lamar Stevens		28	515	18.4
2009	Rakeem Brookins	Roman	27	547	20.3	37.9
	*Maalik Wayns		18	317	17.6
2016	Zane Martin	Neum.-Goretti	31	584	18.8	37.5
	Quade Green		31	579	18.7
2007	Rick Jackson	Neum.-Goretti	32	593	18.5	36.9
	Antonio "Scoop" Jardine		32	588	18.4
2016	Devon Goodman	Gtn. Academy	30	594	19.8	36.7
	Evan-Eric Longino		27	457	16.9
2004	*Kyle Lowry	Dougherty	31	570	18.4	36.6
	DeSean White		32	581	18.2
2017	Matiss Kulackovskis	Ryan	6	121	20.2	36.5
	#Izaiah Brockington		6	98	16.3
2003	*Sean Singletary	Penn Charter	28	520	18.6	36.3
	*Rob Kurz		30	530	17.7
2004	Marshall Taylor	West Catholic	26	520	20.0	36.3
	Rob Latimer		26	425	16.3
2013	Stephen Vasturia	SJ Prep	30	615	20.5	36.2
	Miles Overton		29	456	15.7
2001	*Matt Walsh	Gtn. Academy	30	626	20.9	36.1
	Lee Melchionni		29	441	15.2
2006	Andrew Ott	Gtn. Academy	26	499	19.2	35.7
	Kyle Griffin		29	478	16.5
2001	Tamal Forchion	Roman	29	547	18.9	35.4
	John Huggins		20	495	16.5
2012	Brahieme Jackson	McDevitt	24	441	18.4	35.1
	Markeise Chandler		24	401	16.7
2017	Conner Delaney	Episcopal	9	167	18.6	35.0
	Nick Alikakos		8	131	16.4
2003	Mike Ross	McDevitt	24	444	18.5	34.7
	Chris Hanes		25	404	16.2
2003	DeSean White	Dougherty	28	520	18.6	34.5
	*Kyle Lowry		27	429	15.9
2015	Quade Green	Neum.-Goretti	31	553	17.8	34.3
	Zane Martin		31	512	16.5
2010	Mike Terry	North Catholic	21	365	17.4	34.1
	Jaleel Mack		23	384	16.7
2004	John Griffin	SJ Prep	31	512	16.5	32.6
	Chris Clark		31	498	16.1
2014	Tim Guers	Gtn. Academy	27	457	16.9	32.6
	Sam Lindgren		27	424	15.7
2006	Mike Ringgold	Roman	32	561	17.5	32.5
	Bradley Wanamaker		32	481	15.0
2009	Omari Grier	Episcopal	24	407	17.0	32.1
	Cory Goodman		24	362	15.1
2014	Levan Alston	Haver. School	23	378	16.4	31.6
	Lamar Stevens		24	365	15.2
2005	Brian Grimes	Gtn. Academy	30	483	16.1	31.3
	Ryan Ayers		30	456	15.2
2013	Shep Garner	Roman	26	408	15.7	31.2
	Rashann London		26	404	15.5
*-advanced to NBA

DEC. 23
NON-LEAGUE
Penn Charter 56, West Catholic 54
Merry Two Days Before Christmas, Penn Charter fans! The basketball squad just gave you a terrific present. Not only did the varsity earn a last-moments triumph in the Burrs' basement gym, the 3rd team (freshmen plus two sophs) and junior varsity rolled to rather easy victories, thus enabling the Quakers to pull off a trifecta. OK, let's get right to it. Not THAT many games come down to the last possession, but this one surely did . . . and it took a while to get there (smile). With 1:17 remaining, sr. F Sekou Fofana made an impressive leap beyond the foul line to control a pass, then drove straight down the lane and drew a foul while attempting a layup. He hit the second of two free throws to provide a 52-51 lead and PC called time at 1:10. The Burrs went with a 3-2 zone and jr. WG-SF Will Samuel missed a right-wing trey. Thankfully, sr. PF-C Justus Sanders fought for the offensive board and was chopped on the follow. All season, he had attempted just six free throws. Noooooo problem. Sanders strolled to the line and perfect-swished both attempts, putting PC ahead, 53-52 at 48.5. Twenty-four seconds later, West soph G Imere Harris nailed a right-side two to provide another one-point lead. (This occurred at the opposite end, but it appeared West thought Harris had connected from beyond the arc.) PC called time at 22.5 and West returned to the floor with three bigs and two littles. After some passing, jr. WG Mason Williams wound up with the ball directly in front of the basket beyond the arc and zipped a pass to frosh WG Ryan "Pooch" Holmes on the left wing. Catch. Lift. Aim. Fire. Bang! WC called time at 4.3. PC followed with a timeout of its own. Tweet. West called another timeout. The Burrs finally inbounded with a three-two breakdown on the floor. Maybe six feet across midcourt, toward the left, the Burrs again called time. Then they inbounded from the left side and sr. backup F James Gabor, who's seriously springy, was assigned to bother the inbounder. Mr. Lockdown, sr. WG-SF Dylan Burnett, was right on the guy who caught the pass and a desperation trey wound up thumping against the ceiling. Let the wild celebration begin! OK, not really. I mean, it was only a non-league game in December between teams with nothing close to bitter-rivals status. The Quakers and their supporters definitely felt good, though. For my money, the best play occurred earlier in the fourth quarter when Burnett made a steal at the far end and raced all the way back to PC's end to can a layup on a pass from Williams, thus providing a 48-46 lead. Serious hustle. Before the pleasant stretch run, I was thinking I'd be starting this report with something like, "Here's hoping the PC guys, under their trees, can receive medicine that improves their confidence." Again and again, the Quakers missed reasonably open and even wide open shots. Yes, West's gym can be a shade intimidating for first-timers but many of the misses were of the eye-opening clunker variety and caused more than a few folks to scratch their heads. Ah, at least the end result was acceptable. Good overall work, guys. Williams (19), Holmes (13) and sr. PG Adam Holland (12) scored in double figures and the latter dealt five assists. No one grabbed more than four boards, but jr. F Ryan Dickson, the seventh man after playing in the JV game, no doubt felt happy after grabbing three caroms in the varsity tilt. WC has a mix-and-match squad under first-year coach Jason Hasson. No franchise guys, but some who could become mighty darn important over time. After a scoreless first half, soph G Ty Sutton-Durham notched 10 points in the second. Fofana and jr. F Calvin Pressley have some strength and resolve and 6-8 frosh Naadir Wood had some good moments. This was only WC's third game, so the Burrs are still feeling their way. Hasson is rather intense. He is fully involved non-stop and twice he called quick, this-has-to-stop-NOW timeouts when he spotted trends he didn't like. There's some Phil Martelli in his body language and facial expressions (smile). Best of luck to Jason and the Burrs. Former coach Jazz Williams, now an assistant at Haverford School, was on hand. Neumann-Goretti megastar Quade Green and former star Troy Harper (sitting out as a transfer at down-the-street Drexel) were among the spectators. So was former Germantown Academy star Kyle Griffin. Mark Perez, West's leading scorer in his senior season (300 points in 2012), is the Burrs' JV coach. It was also great to see WC president Paul Colistra, football coach Brian Fluck (though from afar, didn't see him in the hallway afterward), cheerleader coach Mary DeMasi and AD/trainer Kyle Sheaffer. Merry Christmas to all!

DEC. 23
TEDBIT
In 19 seasons under coach Carl Arrigale, Neumann-Goretti (nee SJ Neumann) has experienced wild success and usually has had no trouble racking up high point totals. There have also been occasional hiccups in terms of output and one occurred this week at The City of Palms Classic in Ft. Myers, Florida. In their last of three games, and their second in a row without superstar guard Quade Green (injured), the Saints fell to Hudson Catholic (NJ) and were limited to a Carl Era low of 36 points. Incredibly, N-G shot 16-for-37 from the floor and 4-for-15 on treys while HC was 16-for-37 and 4-for-16. The difference: N-G attempted just two free throws and missed them both while HC was 8-for-13. Below are all outputs of 45 points or less. As always, thanks to Tom Taylor, a k a The City Scoring Guru (smile), for providing major help in putting this together. Also, take note that the Saints (nee Pirates) did win three of the games listed below.

Lowest Point Totals by Neumann/N-G in Coach Carl Arrigale's 19 Seasons
Season	Pts	Opponent	Pts	W-L	Occasion	High Scorer	Pts
2017	36	Hudson Cath. (NJ)	44	Lost	Tournament	*Two guys	11
2002	37	SJ Prep	43	Lost	Reg. Season	Chris Del Brocco	14
2002	39	Bonner	42	Lost	Reg. Season	Antwain Wynn	10
2003	40	Denham Springs (LA)	57	Lost	Tournament	Adon El	13
2013	41	Chester	58	Lost	Non-League	Troy Harper	10
2003	42	Bishop O'Connell (VA)	66	Lost	Tournament	Adon El	14
2001	43	Carroll	38	Won	CL Quarter	Brandon Brigman	13
2001	44	Carroll	46	Lost	Reg. Season	Beattie Taylor	12
2006	44	Roman	41	Won	CL Final	Rick Jackson	12
2013	45	Ryan	43	Won	Reg. Season	John Davis	19
Christian Ings & Mike Milsip

DEC. 20
NON-LEAGUE
Shipley 70, Penn Charter 50
Talk about a misleading final score . . . And so much for the notion that dunks get teams fired up and lead to impressive runs. Maybe midway through the fourth quarter, jr. WG Mason Williams made a flip-ahead pass to frosh WG Ryan "Pooch" Holmes on a fast break and, whomp!, Holmes lifted high to wolf down a slam. That play moved the Quakers within 48-43 and if you look at the final score, yes, they were outscored the rest of the way by 22-7. Not good. Eight quick points started the outburst and seven were scored like this: a pair of easy layups off open-floor strip-steals in the midcourt vicinity and a three-pointer from the left corner. PC was reeling and never came close to recovering. Shipley's main force was jr. PG Sam Sessoms, whose dad, also named Sam, starred for now-closed University City. Though Sam was a shade subdued in the third quarter, otherwise he was a whirlwind. He has quick feet and hands and can go to his left as easily as his right. In all, he scored 23 points and dished a decent amount of assists, too. More than once, he used shakes-and-bakes to get reasonably close to the basket, then zipped the ball to an open teammate beyond the arc. Often, that was jr. WG-SF Tom Sobelman, who hit four treys en route to 14 points. Also impressive for Shipley was sr. PG/WG Kiyon Hardy, who had some of Sessoms' qualities. The Gators also had a soph center named Ray Somerville. He's listed at 6-9, 235, and comes off as quite raw. He did show respectable balance and presence a few times, though, and he'll bear watching. For the moment, though, he is almost never given the ball in post-up positions. It's incumbent upon him to attack the glass. PC's best spurt occurred over a 67-second span in the third quarter as Williams drained a left wing trey off a pass from sr. PG Adam Holland, Williams hit a two-point pop from the upper right side and Holland drilled a left wing trey off a feed from Williams. Those eight points moved the Quakers within 40-33. Holland (13), Holmes (11) and Williams (10) scored in double figures, but shot a combined 10-for-26 from the floor. Jr. WG-SF Will "New Haircut" Samuel struggled from the floor, but claimed 11 rebounds. That's the most boards grabbed by a Quaker in these last two seasons. The most prominent Legend in the House was PC grad Mike McGlinchey, who intends to play one more football season at Notre Dame (even though he could leave now and advance to the NFL). Mike's sister, Mary Jane, is on PC's girls team, which defeated Olney in the second game of the doubleheader. And his brother, Matt, a freshman, is a gridder/grappler. For many reasons, the McGlinchey clan is a strong contender for Best Family Ever. (Two cousins, recent PC grads Pat and Jake McCain, were also in attendance and another cousin, Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan, has been chosen to play in the Pro Bowl.) It was also great to see Bonner-Prendie assistant Bill Cassidy, who was on hand to scout Shipley. His son, Billy, is a junior guard for Neumann University and is coached by former Malvern Prep boss Jim Rullo. Shipley's coach, Phil D'Ambrosio, was a member of Bonner's varsity teams in 2003-04 and 2004-05. Somehow, over a period from an hour before the boys game to the end of the girls game, the temperature in PC's Dooney Field House went from sauna to brrrr.

DEC. 20
TEDBIT
Hopefully, the members of Bonner-Prendergast's basketball varsity are walking through the hallways today with an extra bounce in their step. Reason: The Friars are off to a 5-0 start for the first time in at least the last 23 seasons. Last night, they beat Academy Park, 64-46, as Ajiri Johnson (23), Christian Lane (19) and Tymir Cooper (12) scored in double figures and Dylan Higgins came close with eight. Johnson and Higgins swept 17 and 14 rebounds, respectively. B-P's first four wins, in order, came against Malvern, Penn Wood, Beaver Falls and Gratz. Since the 1994-95 season, they'd started 4-1 seven times. Tom Taylor, who has long helped with scoring info, did a little checking on some way-back Bonner teams and found that the '71 squad started 4-0 before losing game No. 5. In '72, the Friars lost their opener to Dougherty and then reeled off nine consecutive wins before losing to DeMatha, of Hyattsville, MD. Those details were available in previews for the postseason Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament. Thanks, Tom! B-P's coach is Jack Concannon and he was a senior frontcourt star for the Friars' 1983 Catholic League champs as guided by Ed Stefanski, who's now in the Memphis Grizzlies' front office.

4-1 Starts for Bonner/B-P Since 1994-95
Season	Opponent	Lost in
2015-16	Penn Wood	Game 5
2007-08	Ryan	Game 2
2006-07	American Christian	Game 4
2005-06	Ryan	Game 1
2004-05	Wood	Game 3
2001-02	Dougherty	Game 4
1994-95	Dougherty	Game 4

DEC. 18
TEDBIT
Pat McLoone, sniping wing guard for La Salle High in 1977, is not only the managing editor of the good, ol' Philadelphia Daily News and the father of four boys who were students/athletes at Monsignor Bonner/Bonner-Prendie. He has a good sense of humor and it was the inspiration for this Tedbit. In a showcase event Friday night, B-P beat Beaver Falls, 52-49, on a buzzer-beating trey by Tymir Cooper and Pat sent me a text that began with "John Cappelletti over Joe Namath." Ha, ha, ha. All people of a certain age get the reference and, hey, who knows, maybe some young bucks also understand. Cappelletti, a 1970 Bonner grad, won the Heisman Trophy in 1973 thanks to his rushing exploits for Penn State. He then played nine seasons in the NFL. Namath, a 1961 Beaver Falls grad (that town is about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh), played quarterback in the pros for 13 seasons and is most famous for having led the New York Jets (AFL) past the Baltimore Colts (NFL) in Super Bowl III. After "guaranteeing" that the huge upset would happen. I knew that Cappelletti -- we're almost the same age -- had played basketball for Bonner and had even earned first team All-Catholic honors in the Southern Division in 1970. But what about Namath? Had he played hoops at Beaver Falls? . . . First some nuggets about Cappelletti. As a junior at Bonner, he hardly played for the varsity and settled for four CL points on a field goal and two free throws. As a senior he scored 198 points in 16 division games for a 12.4 average. He had five points in a quarterfinal win over St. Joseph's Prep, played on a Sunday, but injured his foot or ankle (reports vary) at practice four days later and was unavailable for Sunday's semifinal loss to North Catholic. Both games were played at the Palestra . . . Now for Namath. He was a star in the three major sports at BF -- some expected him to sign a baseball contract out of high school; this was the before-the-draft era -- but did not make it through his senior basketball campaign. Here's why: He got kicked off the team! On January 21, in the New Castle (Pa.) News, sports editor Bob Vosburg included this short (but telling?) nugget in a notes column: "Though he's no angel, Joe Namath, Beaver Falls' fine athlete, isn't the dead-end kid some stories make him out to be, either." Just a few days earlier, Namath had scored 19 points to lift Beaver Falls to a 75-68 win over New Castle. In that story, Vosburg noted Namath had "walked onto the court carrying a basketball palm-down in one hand as if it were an orange." Numerous stories through the years made note of Namath's huge hands (he was only 6-2) and how he could palm a basketball as early as tenth grade. Anyway, then there was this in the Feb. 7 New Castle paper: Namath and Bennie Singleton, the team's top scorer, had been dismissed from the team because of their actions during a game vs. visiting Farrell. BF was getting swamped when coach Nate Lippe substituted for the two players. "Instead of retiring to the bench, the two went directly to the locker room to shower without Lippe's permission," Vosburg wrote. He added, "A story behind the story has it that there was dissension on the club because of the feelings in some quarters that Namath and Singleton were hogging the shots." There was lots of uproar about the decision but Lippe, a first-year coach, stood his ground. Namath and Singleton played no more (though both were given honorable mention on the all-league team). While conducting research for this nugget, I found something else concerning Namath and his, um. nutty ways. In a story published years later after Namath had become quite famous, one newspaper ran this quote from a Beaver Falls athletic director. "Right after Joe's Beaver Falls High won the league (football) title, Joe climbed on the roof of the Sahli Chevrolet building on Seventh Avenue and shinnied up the flag pole. He wanted to tie an orange balloon on the top, advertising Beaver Falls' championship. Well, a crowd started to gather and the police were called and Joe, as usual, got in a helluva mess." Gotta love it! Thanks for the text, Pat.

DEC. 17
SHOWCASE EVENT
At Germantown Academy
Penn Charter 61, Palumbo 40
With 90 seconds still on the clock, John Burkhart stepped down from the stands and began to head for the exit. His work as a good luck charm was done. Burky, a '72 PC grad, has been a rock at the school for a long time as a teacher, advisor, photographer and go-to guy for all things involving the yearbook. Today, he popped up at Germantown Academy to watch PC's girls and boys play games in the second day of a showcase event. Both squads lost Friday when he wasn't in the house. Both squads rolled to easy wins today. Hmmmmmmm . . . Let's start the details by telling you PC's boys owned a 37-14 halftime lead. And now you're saying to yourself, "And they probably jumped on them right away." Innnnnncorrect. In fact, Palumbo, a Public League member from South Philly, rolled to 10 of the game's first 12 points and the Quakers didn't score their third and fourth points until sr. PG Adam Holland canned a layup with 2:07 remaining in the first quarter. Since the halftime score was the aforementioned 37-14, that means PC stormed to 35-4 advantage in roughly 10 minutes. How? Well, they hit shots from pretty much everywhere and anywhere and dominated the defensive boards against the Griffins, allowing many fast breaks to occur. The outburst was keyed mostly by jr. WG Mason Williams, who'd shot 1-for-10 from the floor in Friday's loss to Gratz. In this one he missed his first three shots, all treys, and one had to wonder if "Struggles, Part Two" was coming. Instead, Williams hit a very late trey to end the quarter at 12-10. Then, as the second quarter began, he used a brief dribble-drive to create an opportunity for a sweet midrange jumper. Next, he headed all the way to the hoop and went up for a . . . oops. That one was swatted. No sweat. Soon, he was posting a three-point play and two more three-point jumpers and two threes in the third quarter enabled him to finish with 20 points. He had that I'm-rollin' look in his eyes again. Incredibly, he was the only Quaker to reach double figures. Frosh WG Ryan "Pooch" Holmes was next with eight. Seven guys scored from seven to three points. In the whirlwind second quarter, jr. WG-SF Will Samuel snatched five rebounds while jr. handyman Owen Pighini dished three assists. The halftime highlight involved JV player Ryan Kessler, a freshman. Wearing street clothes (and sneakers), he came down from the top row of the stands to the court and put on a serious shooting exhibition. He made five consecutive jumpers from behind the arc (maybe even six?) while drawing high-volume support from the guys who head the Adam Holland Fan Club. They were oohing and aahing and when Ryan finally missed, one of the guys hollered, "Even Jordan misses!" Ha, ha. Ryan then drove the length of the court, very quickly, and made a good-lift layup. Soon, he returned to the top row to share laughs with two buddies. The third and fourth quarters pretty much resembled a playground game. For Palumbo, coached by a good man named Frank Schneider, sr. Myles Carter (19 points) was the only guy to reach double figures. Sr. G Rahee Ellis was next with six. For the girls, who bested Mercersburg by 73-24, the highlight came in the early moments of the third quarter when sr. G Lexi Hnatkowsky swished one, two, three, FOUR treys. They came in maybe the first three minutes. Or the first 3 1/2, at most. Very cool sight. Among the observers: Eric Neefe, former star running back for PC (also played at Temple) and Joe Carter, former hoopster for now-closed North Catholic. His daughter, Kait, a freshman, is already a very important player for the Quakers.

DEC. 17
TEDBIT
The Daly family is on the doorstep of another milestone . . . 2,500 points in high school hoops. Brian, the father, scored 1,253 points in a wonderful career at then-Monsignor Bonner. He graduated in 1988 and was the Daily News' City Player of the Year, then played college ball at St. Joseph's. Ryan, the first son, tallied 992 points before graduating last year from Archbishop Carroll and is now a freshman at the University of Delaware. He's playing 23 minutes per game as the sixth man and owns a 10.0 average through 10 games. Colin, the second son, is now a senior at Carroll. Through four games this season he owns 37 points with a high of 15 and his career total now stands at 233. So, if you ch-ching the numbers, the total is 2,478. Just 22 more points and the Daly Dad-Sons Trio will own 2,500! The Patriots are scheduled to play Penn Wood today and Malvern next Friday. Talk about a chance for an even nicer Christmas . . . (smile).
UPDATE: Just found college totals for Brian. He scored 264 career points at St. Joe's. Mix in Ryan's 80 far at Delaware and the trio needs 178 for 3,000 overall.

DEC. 16
SHOWCASE EVENT
At Germantown Academy
Gratz 54, Penn Charter 41
Have you seen Geico's alligator arms commercial? The alligator says he wants to pay for everybody's meals, but then can't . . . quite . . . reach . . . the . . . check. This game mirrored that commercial. Gratz built a reasonably comfortable lead (27-19 at halftime, 38-31 after three quarters) and Penn Charter couldn't . . . quite . . . make . . . a . . . game . . . of . . . it. Yes, there was an almost moment. With 1:07 remaining, sr. PG Adam Holland drove for one of his patented, hard-charge layups and the Quakers moved with 48-41. Could we see a VERY interesting final 67 seconds? Nope. Jr. F William Moore made a perfect leak behind the press and gathered in a fullcourt pass for an easy layup. Ballgame. Good guy Lynard Stewart, Gratz' second-year coach and the Daily News City Player of the Year in 1994 while playing for the Bulldogs, owned what no doubt was a satisfying win over the school he coached from the '12 through '15 seasons. Shootingwise, this was one of the weirdest games ever. Gratz sr. SF Rashon Johnson made his first eight shots -- three regulars, three treys, two free throws -- for 14 points in maybe the first 13 minutes. Then he didn't score again, and attempted just one shot. It was a layup attempt with 4:21 left in the game and sr. G-F Dylan Burnett bashed it, big time. Then in the last few moments, Gratz was running out the clock and Johnson was standing near the left corner. Nobody was nearby and some Germantown Academy players, sitting in the stands while waiting to play their game to conclude the quadrupleheader, urged him to shoot it. So he did and hit a three-point swish. One problem: He let the ball go maybe one-hundredth of a second after the clock hit 0:00. There was also this: Gratz sr. SG Johnny Eden shot 1-for-15 from the floor en route to two points. And this: PC jr. WG Mason Williams shot 1-for-10. In retrospect, Gratz wrapped up this one quite early when it stormed to an 11-2 lead. Even the Bulldogs' guards are rangy kids with long arms and all players did a great job of playing suffocating defense. PC experienced not even a hint of comfort on offense. Things opened up a little over time, but a telling stat is that PC managed just five assists for the game. Holland finished with 16 points and jr. WG-SF Will Samuel quick-drawed his way to 10. Burnett managed five boards and four rejections. Another telling stat: PC had just three steals. In the opener, PC's girls lost to Ryan. Those teams had met recently in a non-league game at Ryan with the same result. Inky/DN reporter Aaron "Ace" Carter was in the house to cover the game and we had interesting discussions about assorted matters. Other legends, as the names come to me: Mike McCusker, Paul Fricker, Lou Dilonardo (they form the coaching staff for Ryan's girls), Jim Fenerty, Evan-Eric Longino, Cole Storm, Joe Magarity, Frank McGlinchey, P.J. Maley, Birch Maley (he made a suggestion for Song of the Day; look for it tomorrow! smile), Marty Weiss, Jon Haynes, Ed Foley . . .

DEC. 15
TEDBIT
When it comes to points in one game, sr. G Quade Green, a Kentucky commit, stands alone among all players coached by Carl Arrigale during his 19 seasons as head man at Neumann-Goretti (nee St. John Neumann). In a showcase event last night, Green rained down 37 points as the Saints topped Imhotep, 87-73. He shot 11-for-19 from the floor (4-for-8 on treys) and 11-for-14 at the line, according to stats that were tabulated by Aaron "Ace" Carter. The previous best outburst in Carl's reign occurred in the 2007 season, when Antonio "Scoop" Jardine dropped 36 on mighty DeMatha, of Maryland. In the '94 season, Rashid Bey, who later played for St. Joseph's University, had 38 points in a non-league game vs. now-closed North Catholic. That was Carl's first season with the program as an assistant to Mike Doyle. The school record is 44 and it belongs to Billy Oakes, who hit that number during the 1961 season. He also played at St. Joe's, then was a long-time NBA referee.

Neumann/N-G's Top Outbursts During the Carl Arrigale Era
Name	Pts	Opponent	Season
Quade Green	37	Imhotep	2017
Antonio "Scoop" Jardine	36	DeMatha (MD)	2007
Ja'Quan Newton	33	Susquehanna Twp.	2014
Antonio "Scoop" Jardine	32	SJ Prep	2007
Quade Green	31	Ryan	2016
Tony Chennault	31	Dougherty	2010
Chas Bailey	31	Carroll	1999
Quade Green	31	Wheeling Park (WV)	2015
Ja'Quan Newton	31	St. Vinc./St. Mary (OH)	2014
Rick Jackson	31	Kathleen (FL)	2007
Zane Martin	30	Ryan	2016
Ja'Quan Newton	30	Ryan	2014
Lamin Fulton	30	Roman	2011
Lamin Fulton	30	SJ Prep	2011

DEC. 13
NON-LEAGUE
Ryan 57, Penn Charter 43
Latvija uz visiem laikiem! According to a translation site on the Internet, that phrase means "Latvia forever!" And here's the explanation for why I used it. Irish people. Italian people. African-American people. German people. Polish people. They grew up having MANY major-sports athletes of their heritage to root for. And then there were Latvians . . . We always had nobody (smile). My long-gone grandfather came here from Latvia in the late 1800s and my also deceased dad was a first-generation American. I always used to ask him, "Dad, what's with Latvians? When it comes to sports, I never hear any mentions. We do nothing." (Though from what I always heard, my dad was pretty good at playing cards. Is that a sport? Ha, ha.) And then came Matiss Kulackovskis. He's from Latvia (yes!) and arrived last year at Archbishop Ryan. I met him around this time 12 months ago when PC played at Ryan and said hello tonight at PC before the schools' latest meeting. Matiss is now a 6-7 forward and all he did was score more than half of Ryan's points. Yes, he was torching my alma mater, which is also the school that now employs me as a part-time sports-coverage/historian/photographer guy. But I won't say I minded. It was neat to watch him do his thing and say to myself again and again, "Go ahead, Latvian!" Matiss scored 30 points and packed 15 into a 23-6 third quarter. Yes, he's 6-7, but like most European players he's just as comfortable away from the basket as he is in the vicinity. In that third quarter, which began with PC owning a 29-14 advantage, Matiss scored in many ways. He hit medium pop shots, drained two treys and went around guys a few times for layups. Honestly, it was quite the show. During the second quarter, a quartet of energetic/entertaining PC fans had yelled at Ryan star Isaiah Brockington, who's committed to New Jersey Institute of Technology, "You're the only one they got! I'm waiting for somebody else to step up!" Can't imagine Matiss heard the comment. Don't even know if anyone told him. Nor do I know what coach Joe Zeglinski told his players in the locker room at halftime. But Matiss was the one who stepped up, big time. And he wasn't finished. In the fourth quarter, he had the ball kinda deep on the right wing. He began a drive that took him toward the right baseline, then he smoothly/rather quickly got all the way to the basket area and . . . pow! He soared and hammered the ball right through the bucket! The Ryan fans exploded. No wonder. It was one of those did-that-just-really-happen moments. And it wasn't alone in the second half. In the third quarter, soph G Amin Bryant had made a steal and dribbled a shade more than halfway down the court for a slam and 6-9 sr. C Fred Taylor had lifted way off the floor for a follow flush-down. Whoa! Ryan owned the second half, just as PC had pretty much dominated the first 16 minutes. Therein, the Quakers drained six three-pointers and seven of their 10 buckets wound up having assists. Sr. WG Mike "Neeko" Hnatkowsky, of QBing fame, hit three of those treys and jr. WG Mason Williams nailed two. Also, frosh WG Ryan "Pooch" Holmes grabbed seven rebounds. But in the second half, Ryan played terrific defense. The Raiders' guys were close enough to count cavities and PC enjoyed very few free-and-clear looks. The good vibrations slowly . . . then emphatically disappeared and there was no doubt Ryan was going to win. Brockington, a lefty, used three treys to notch nine of his 14 points in the second quarter. No other Raider scored more than five points. Hnatkowsky (12), sub jr. WG-SF Will Samuel (11) and Williams (10) reached double digits for PC. Sr. PG Adam Holland had four assists. This game was the last in a tripleheader with all three vs. Ryan -- 3rd team at 3:30, JV at roughly 5, varsity at roughly 6:30. In all three games, only one player stirred my emotions. Yes, the Latvian. You understand, right? I'd only been waiting 65 years (smile).

DEC. 12
TEDBIT
As often as once a season, Bill "Speedy" Morris seems to reach some kind of milestone in terms of coaching victories. Today, it's possible he set a world record (smile) -- Largest Total Point Differential in High School Games Coached by the Same Guy. That number is 162! In a non-league home game, Speedy's St. Joseph's Prep team was outrun by Malvern Prep, 102-89 (191 total points). On Jan. 16, 1970, when Speedy was in his third season of coaching at his alma mater, Roman Catholic, the Cahillites traveled to Cardinal O'Hara for a Friday night game and lost, 15-14. Yes, 15-14! (29 total points). Speedy's top player was Jim O'Brien, who wound up winning the Markward Award as the city's top senior and is now an assistant with the Philadelphia 76ers. For most of the game, O'Brien and others stood far from the basket and dribbled and dribbled and dribbled and . . . you get the idea. Gene Gomolka covered that game for the Delaware County Daily Times and you could tell he was NOT happy that he'd been forced to watch such a snoozefest. Among other things, he wrote that the game was "the biggest freeze since the Ice Age." Gene quoted Speedy as saying, "It turned out to be a 'freeze' or a 'stall' because O'Hara didn't send their men out for the ball." Also, when Gene asked Speedy whether Roman had PLANNED to freeze, the coach responded, "No. Our strategy was to wait for the good shot." Gene added that Speedy had offered that response in his best semantics. Anyway, Dave Comey scored nine points for O'Hara while Ed Manning and John Connors scored three apiece. O'Brien topped Roman with six. Comey converted a one-and-one with eight seconds left to provide a 15-12 lead and O'Brien hit a jumper to create the one-point final score. (Threes were not an option back then.) Early reports on today's game indicate Malvern freshman Deuce Turner scored 35 or 38 points and that three other Friar frosh also reached double digits. Four freshmen in double figures for one team in a varsity game? Whoa! That might be some kind of world record, too (smile). . . . (More info to be added when numbers are confirmed.)
UPDATE: Malvern shot 36-for-69 (52.2 percent) from the floor and 14-for-30 (46.7) from beyond the arc. Deuce Turner was 14-for-20, 2-for-3 and 8-for-9 at the line. Overall, the freshmen were 8-for-13 (61.5) on treys. Malvern had 73 total possessions. Thanks to coach John Harmatuk for these numbers.
UPDATE: One of SJ Prep's starters today was Gabe Arizin, a sophomore. He's the grandson of Hall of Famer Paul Arizin, a La Salle High product. Gabe's dad, Mike, starred for O'Hara (class of '72, first team All-City) and was also a member of O'Hara's varsity in 1970, though he watched the "ice game" from the bench. He remembers it very well.
UPDATE: Deuce Turner was credited with 38 points in the boxscore reported to Score Service. The freshmen in double figures: Isaac White (15), Rahdir Hicks (12) and Spencer Cochran (10). Senior Tommy Wolfe (14) also scored in double figures for Malvern. DF guys for SJ Prep: Edward Croswell and Darius Kinnel (24 apiece), Kyle Thompson (19) and Brian Griffin (12).
UPDATE: This comes from Daily News sports writer Ed Barkowitz, a SJ Prep grad: Approximately equivalent to a college game ending 126-113 or an NBA game at 150-137.

DEC. 11
TEDBIT
Last year in December, we posted a nugget about then-Germantown Academy junior Evan-Eric Longino and wondered whether he'd set an all-time record for most points by a lefthanded Inter-Ac player. In a tournament in Washington, DC, Longino scored 37 points as the Patriots fell to Maret School (DC), 81-76, in overtime. He notched 11 field goals (two treys) and went 13-for-15 at the line. We reached out to a few people and no one had evidence that an Inter-Ac lefty had ever scored that many -- league or non-league. Guess what? In GA's opener Friday night vs. Lansdale Catholic in a tournament at Souderton, good, ol' double E exploded for 40 points! He racked up 14 field goals (two treys) and went 10-for-13 at the line. So, it appears he broke his OWN record. Repeat: appears. If you know for sure that any really talented, back-in-the-day Inter-Ac players were lefties and scored at least 40, please let me know at tedtee307@yahoo.com.

DEC. 9
NON-LEAGUE
Penn Charter 60, King's Christian (NJ) 33
Assists can be tricky. For the passer to get one, of course, the shooter's attempt must go IN. By the same token, if the passer rarely gets the ball to shooters in proper spots, nor at the very best time, he's not going to rack up too many A's. Today for PC, all was right in the court chemistry world. The Quakers notched 20 field goals and 16 assists and the percentage (80) doesn't get much better. Honestly, this wasn't much of a contest. KC had just eight players in uniform and there did not appear to be any true stars in the group. It was hard to tell exactly whether the Knights favored a patient approach or were forced into that mode because PC played such sticky man-to-man defense. Many KC possessions featured six, seven, eight passes and many were criss-crossing handoffs beyond the three-point line. Frosh WG Ryan "Pooch" Holmes, who suffered an injury during soccer season, made his first start today and exploded for seven quick points (of PC's 10) on a regular field goal, a trey and two free throws. Meanwhile, sr. G Dylan Burnett grabbed four rebounds in the first quarter and jr. G Terence Thompson, a deep sub, hustled for five quick points near the end. Over the middle two quarters, Holmes (four) and sr. PG Adam Holland combined for seven assists as the Quakers kept playing impressively. Late in the second quarter, Holland grabbed a rebound, whipped a long pass downcourt and, whoa, Holmes soared for a flush-down! Holland then followed with a steal and layup to make it 29-10. The medium to late subs dominated the fourth quarter. Jr. WG-SF Will "Quick Draw" Samuel (14 points) drained two more treys, upping his number for the game to four. Jr. G Owen Pighini dished three assists. Sr. baseball buddies Alex Cohen (four) and James Gabor combined for seven rebounds and jr. WG Jake Nicastro scored his first varsity points by taking a feed from Pighini and nailing a trey from a shade upcourt from the left corner. Soph SG Tony Little Jr. led KC with 13 points. Sr. SF Will Burt added eight. Ed Foley, who handles boys sports for PC, deserves credit for this win. Long before gametime, he played great psych-up music over the sound system. Which song was his first choice? "Luck Be a Lady Tonight" by Frank Sinatra (smile). Hey, where isn't that used as psych-up music? Ha, ha. Play it before the next home game, Ed. Let's see if the good fortune continues.

DEC. 6
NON-LEAGUE
Penn Charter 49, Abington Friends 37
PC sr. PG Adam Holland might have set a world record! . . . Fewest Shots Attempted in the Fourth Quarter After Scoring a Decent Amount of Points in the Third Quarter and Making Every Single Shot: None . . . How's that for an off-the-wall record? PC led this road tilt at halftime, 21-18, then rolled to a 19-4 advantage in the third stanza. Holland fueled it, big time. The Rutgers baseball commit began his avalanche with three-pointers off passes from jr. WG Mason Williams and sr. WG Mike "Neeko" Hnatkowsky. Soon, sr. PF Justus Sanders (six boards) snatched an offensive rebound and whipped the ball out to Holland on the right wing. "Dutch" made a hard drive for a three-point play, thus expanding the Quakers' edge to 32-20. His other bucket in the quarter also came on a brassy drive with 2:50 remaining. Wow, this is nuts. This kid could wind up with 30 points. Um, no. He never attempted another shot. Well, he did try one (with 1:50 left in the game), but he was fouled on the play and the attempt didn't count since the ball did not find cotton. It made sense for Holland not to pump away down the stretch. It wasn't that kind of game. All along the Quakers mostly made the ball talk and there was a lot of caring/sharing. Once again an injured guy made his season's debut, and managed to make meaningful contributions. This time it was jr. G-F Owen Pighini, who'd suffered a minor knee injury in the very first practice. Shortly after he walked onto the floor, "Piggy" grabbed an offensive rebound and went right back up for a bucket. Overall, he contributed four boards and two steals. Williams had 15 points and four boards. Frosh WG Ryan "Pooch" Holmes dealt three assists. Jr. WG Will Samuel hit two treys while Hnatkowsky grabbed five rebounds. Also high on the Nice Plays List was this one in the second quarter: Holland made a steal, dashed downcourt and received a dump-it-back pass from Holmes for a layup. Remember that one, guys. Let's see such chemistry again and again. G Joel Arteaga was AFS' only player with more than seven points, with 13. He slapped together a nifty sequence in the late going, hitting a three-pointer then maneuvering around/through a couple guys for a dipsy-doodle layup. The ballclub of coach Steve Chadwin (great to see you!) is young and undersized, but effort was present non-stop. In the early going, jr. F Ace Bibbs showed some aggressiveness/slinkiness. Randy Pritzker, long a Pub fixture, was one of the refs. There wasn't enough room to take pics from behind a basket, so I camped out in the corner opposite PC's bench. Tweeting away right next to me was Ed Foley, who oversees boys sports at PC. He's a football guy (played for PC/Penn, coached the Little Quakers forever) and somehow we wound up talking about the legendary William "Refrigerator" Perry. Oh, speaking of legends, Roman assistant Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna called me at roughly 7 o'clock. He'd been scouting the Haverford School-Shipley game. "Yo, put dis on the webline." (That's what he calls the Internet.) "Da Intwac chambinchip gone thwu Havfohd School. Dey good! Dey got pwayahs." You heard it here first, via The Puckster. Fords=Favorites.

DEC. 2
NON-LEAGUE
Academy of the New Church 56, Penn Charter 50
With 2:55 left in the first half, a fastbreak bucket enabled ANC to take an 18-17 lead and PC coach Jim "Flipper" Phillips called a quick timeout. Two of the refs were standing not far from my behind-the-far-basket perch and one said to the other, "So much for the mercy rule." My thought exactly. Probably the thought, also, of many of PC's players and coaches. There's no getting around this: Something serious happened last school year at ANC and a decent number of quality players wound up leaving. Now, coach Kevin Givens' 13-man varsity roster includes five freshmen and seven sophs. After the Lions' JV got trampled by PC -- something like 60-20, my apologies for not writing down the score -- one had to think that the varsity contest would also be one-sided. And then the tipoff took place and ANC not only competed, it wound up impressing. (And the one junior did not even play.) Beyond that, though the game was played AT Penn Charter, the Lions' supporters showed much more juice. Sitting in the stands behind ANC's bench, the group (mostly parents) was loud and animated and there wasn't a time when it wasn't involved. PC's fans cheered at times, but there was nothing close to sustained juice. C'mon, gang. Somebody has to step forward and lead the way. Halftime arrived with PC in front, 22-20. ANC then seized the third quarter, 21-8. Soph G Cameron Thompson drained 11 of ANC's first 13 points and classmate/G Louie Wild-DiOrio notched the final eight. (Louie's dad, Mike Wild, was a prominent wing sniper for Roman.) Though Thompson is listed at 5-9, he looked to be maybe 5-7. No matter. He knew how to get off his shot, even against much taller foes. Right after catching passes, he often looked at defenders' bellies or even down at the floor. As in, don't sweat over me. I'll be passing the rock momentarily. Then, zip, he was launching and connecting. Wild-DiOrio had no hesitation firing away from deep. ANC's lead soared to as much as 11 points (41-30) in the third. PC began to regroup in the fourth and the deficit was down to four points with 4 1/2 minutes left after sr. PG Adam Holland drove hard for a layup. The PC kids even chanted, "DEEEE-fense! . . . DEEEE-fense!" Well, briefly anyway. The Lions declined to crumble and PC just could not make THE play that could have caused that to happen. Little closer. Arm's length. Little closer. Arm's length. One of THOSE situations. PC played without sr. WG Mike "Neeko" Hnatkowsky, who was in Indiana/Chicago with the Little Quakers. Today's highlight was a visit to Notre Dame. Jr. WG Will Samuel and sr. WG Dylan Burnett fouled out with 1:40 and 59.5 remaining, respectively. This was a special day for Samuel. Just three days earlier, he was a combo JV/varsity player. Today, he did not dress for the JV and wound up starting for the varsity. Though his shooting was off, he snagged a team-high eight rebounds while adding two apiece of assists/steals/blocks. Jr. WG Mason Williams (19, five treys) and Holland (15) scored in double figures. Burnett had three steals. Frosh WG Ryan "Pooch" Holmes, who missed much of the soccer season due to injury, made his 2016-17 hoops debut today. Understandably, due in part to hardly any practice time, he showed some rust, but did grab five boards. The best non-hoops performance was turned in by Gerry Sasse, an assistant to PC's assorted athletic directors. Somehow I left the house without four perfectly sharpened pencils. I found four unsharpened ones in various parts of my pristine ar (sike, it's always a MESS) and happened to mention the situation to "Sas" shortly before the game began. "I got ya," he said. He took three of the pencils, left the gym and, bingo, they came back with perfect points. He then said, "C'mon, give me the other one, too. I'll do it." Then he did! Somewhere in PC's budget there HAS to be bonus money for above-and-beyond effort, right? "Sas" deserves it! His extra effort was right on point! (smile)

NOV. 29
NON-LEAGUE
Penn Charter 45, Germantown Friends 35
At least this rainy day wasn't completely dreary. Penn Charter opened its 2016-17 basketball season and claimed a 10-point win on the road. (Not far down the road. GFS is also on School House Lane toward the edge of West Germantown.) Did the Quakers slap together a marvelous effort? Of course not. Almost no teams in world hoops history have looked terrific in openers. They did show non-stop effort, however, along with decent chemistry, and aren't those elements especially important at this time of the year? Coach Jim "Flipper" Phillips used 10 players (nine in the first quarter) and that total likely would have been 12 if frosh WG Ryan "Pooch" Holmes and jr. handyman Owen Pighini had not been unavailable due to injury. I have a feeling the Quakers will do a lot of mixing/matching this season and, as long as all players understand and embrace the concept and show non-stop focus for each and every second they're on the court, the season could work out quite well. GFS, meanwhile, deserves major kudos for hanging tough. The Tigers had, basically, no depth and only three players owned points 27-plus minutes into the game. PC was led by jr. WG Mason Williams, who finished with 17 points despite below-average shooting (7-for-19). He did snipe four treys and eight of his points were racked up in a 19-10 second quarter. Also, Williams made three steals in the fourth quarter to help prevent the Tigers from pulling off any late miracles. Sr. PG Adam Holland (13) also scored in double figures and his solid fourth quarter featured three assists. Another vet, sr. WG Dylan Burnett didn't score his three markers until 3:53 remained and the guy he mostly covered, sr. G Michael Buckmire, had 22 points. Trust me. Burnett still played well. Buckmire is very slinky and often finds a way to get near the basket. Not always TO it today, though, and Dylan was the reason. Alas, Buckmire often wound up at the line and hit 11 of his 16 attempts. Sr. WG Mike "Neeko" Hnatkowsky, of QBing fame, dealt five assists, all in the first half. At least a couple came off pinpoint inbound passes. Two seniors with D-1 baseball rides, Fs Alex Cohen and James Gabor, have decided to play hoops this season and their contributions should be important. Cohen hit a trey and Gabor, who can really run and hop, registered a blocked shot almost BEFORE he entered the game (smile). Sr. PF Justus Sanders, a tree trunk in his spare time, likewise hit a three-pointer. The game's best sequence was provided by jr. WG-SF Will Samuel, who will compete hard for the QB job next fall. His block/rebound/assist combo (to Holland) provided a 33-25 lead with five minutes left. Jr. F Ryan Dickson, who has added some bulk since last season, was the first man off the bench and his main contribution came in the form of four rebounds. One minute into the fourth quarter, Williams hit a wing jumper to make it 35-29 and, in a big hurry, a complete hush fell over the gym . . . except for the cries of agony coming from GFS sr. G Sam Istvan. He hurt his left knee/leg and was down for a while before being helped off the court. He returned to the gym later, on crutches, and here's hoping he's able to return to action. The same three refs handled both games. John Duffy, former baseball coach at Germantown Academy, said originally there was confusion about which game would be played first, varsity or JV. (JV went first.) Ben Moore was one of the other two zebras. Gratz coach Lynard Stewart, who starred there and was also PC's coach for four seasons through 2015, was in attendance. Ditto for Michael Lintulahti, former coach at a now-defunct Pub member, Hope Charter, and an assistant at Penn. He's GFS' assistant athletic director and the coach of the girls team. Other legends: Ed Foley, David Bass, Gerry Sasse, Sonny Pitts.

NOV. 19
TEDBIT
Forward Derrick Jones, a product of Archbishop Carroll, tonight made his NBA debut for the Phoenix Suns in a game vs. the 76ers. It was played in Philly and Jones' two-minute stint produced no stats. He is one of 11 Public/Catholic/Inter-Ac guys to make debuts in the NBA/ABA within four years of his high school graduation. Like Roman's Eddie Griffin (RIP), Jones played just one year of college ball. Southern's Stan "Loady" Brown, a k a The Original Kobe Bryant, also made an incredibly early pro debut in the 1940s. More info on his situation will be posted later. Thanks for your patience . . . Here we go: In the 1945-46 school year, Brown was a junior at Southern and earned first team coaches' All-Public honors while averaging 24.1 points and pumping in a one-game high of 49. In the fall of 1946, his senior year, he was approached by pro teams and decided to sign with the Philadelphia Sphas of the American Basketball League (basically a minor league team). In his pro debut, on Oct. 26, 1946, he scored 11 points in a loss to the Paterson (NJ) Crescents. He played 32 games for the Sphas that season, averaging 13.5. In May of '47, he signed with the Philadelphia Warriors and made his NBA debut in the 1947-48 season. He played 19 games in that season and then 15 more in the 1951-52 season. He wound up scoring 104 points in 34 total games (3.1 average). In between, he played in the ABL and wound up playing six total pro seasons. His dreams of stardom were hampered by a knee injury. In 1996, shortly after Kobe announced his plans to enter the draft, I met with Stan in a South Philly diner and wound up doing a rather lengthy interview. He was a very pleasant guy and I felt honored to tell his story in the Daily News. Stan passed away in 2009 (RIP).

"Our Guys" Who've Made Early NBA/ABA Debuts
Name	School	Grad.	College	Debut Season	Seasons After Grad.	First Team
Eddie Griffin	Roman	2000	Seton Hall	2002	Second	Houston
Derrick Jones	Carroll	2015	UNLV	2017	Second	Phoenix
Mike Sojourner	Germantown	1972	Utah	1975	Third	Atlanta
Rasheed Wallace	Gratz	1993	North Carolina	1996	Third	Washington
Kyle Lowry	Dougherty	2004	Villanova	2007	Third	Memphis
Erv "Stu" Staggs	Edison	1966	Cheyney	1970	Fourth	Miami
Joe Bryant	Bartram	1972	La Salle	1976	Fourth	Philadelphia
Matt Walsh	Gtn. Academy	2002	Florida	2006	Fourth	Miami
Wayne Ellington	Episcopal	2006	North Carolina	2010	Fourth	Minnesota
Gerald Henderson	Episcopal	2006	Duke	2010	Fourth	Charlotte
Maalik Wayns	Roman	2009	Villanova	2013	Fourth	Philadelphia

OCT. 27
TEDBIT
For the first time since the 2012-13 season, and just the fourth time in this century, one of "Our Guys" last night made his debut for the Philadelphia 76ers. Gerald Henderson, a 2006 Episcopal Academy grad, started at wing guard in the 103-97 loss to Oklahoma City and played for 24 minutes. He contributed nine points, shooting 3-for-6 (two treys) from the floor and 1-for-2 at the line. The Sixers played their first season here in 1963-64, having moved to Philly from Syracuse. "G" is the first Inter-Ac product to play for the Sixers. There have been six Catholic League guys and 13 Public League guys.

Homegrown 76ers (Public/Catholic/Inter-Ac Products)
NAME	SCHOOL	SEASONS	G	PTS	AVG
Cliff Anderson	Edison '63	1971	5	7	1.4
Mike Bantom	Roman '69	1982	43	380	8.8
Jerry Baskerville	Edison '70	1976	21	26	1.2
Joe Bryant	Bartram '72	1976-79	287	1,849	6.4
Larry Cannon	Lincoln '65	1974	19	117	6.2
Fred Carter	Franklin '63	1972-77	409	7,673	18.8
Wilt Chamberlain	Overbrook '55	1965-68	277	7,651	27.6
Steve Courtin	St. James '60	1965	24	101	4.2
Matt Guokas Jr.	SJ Prep '62	1967-71	304	1,427	4.7
Gerald Henderson	Episcopal '06	2017	-	-	-
Marc Jackson	Roman '93	2004	103	1,175	11.4
Ollie Johnson	Southern '66	1981-82	66	263	4
Wali Jones	Overbrook '60	1966-71/'76	454	5,229	11.5
Lewis Lloyd	Overbrook '77	1990	2	2	1.0
Aaron McKie	Gratz '90	1998-04	536	4.143	7.7
Doug Overton	Dobbins '87	1997-99	94	289	3.1
Steve Smith	Northeast '01	2007	8	5	0.6
Jim Washington	W. Cath. '61	1970-72	174	2,246	12.9
Maalik Wayns	Roman '09	2013	21	56	2.7
Hubie White	W. Phila. '58	1964	23	79	3.4

OCT. 6
TEDBIT
What a mess this trivia question caused. Millions of apologies for being such a dope and moron, as Howard Eskin would say. While researching the names of basketball coaches who have headed programs in Catholic AND Public schools, I spent so much time trying to not miss anyone, I overlooked two guys whose names should have hit me right away. Ugh squared. Marc Ross, a long-time website supporter, sent an email early this morning to note that Mark Heimerdinger (1983-2009 at Cardinal Dougherty, 2010-present at Samuel Fels) was definitely one of the answers. Indeed! And I'd been dumb enough not to include him. Later, an email rolled in from another long-time website supporter, Dan Solis-Cohen. He mentioned another guy, Bill Tomasco (1991-92 at St. Joseph's Prep, 1993-96 at Horace Furness), whose name also should have popped immediately into my head. Phew. Nitwit time. Dan also got the names of my two original guys. Bob DiFlorio coached at Neumann from 1986-93, at Conwell-Egan from 1994-2001 and at Northeast in the 2010 and '11 seasons. Now for the way-back, most-interesting guy. Mike Saxe, who was Jewish, starred for Penn and then coached at South Philly High for a few seasons up until the 1916-17 season. He resigned for what newspapers referred to as "financial reasons." By the 1919-20 season, the first for CL basketball, he was coaching at Villanova Prep. It's tough to tell the way some newspaper stories were written, but it appears he remained in that job through the 1992-23 season, VP's last in the CL. We do know this: He was the first head coach of Villanova's college team and held that position from the '21 through '26 seasons! So he might have been coaching two teams in the same sport in the same season on the same high school/college campus. Oh, he also was the head coach at La Salle High in football and basketball in the 1927-28 school year. Later, he became a lawyer and along the way Saxe must have been popular and/or respected. For a decent amount of time -- not sure why things changed -- the Big 5's annual Most Valuable Player Award was named for Saxe. So there you have it -- Saxe, Heimerdinger, DiFlorio, Tomasco and now Jason Harrigan (Del-Val Charter, O'Hara). Five guys with Catholic-Public basketball ties. If I was idiotic enough to miss someone else (or even 27 -- smile), please let me know (smile). Thanks to Marc and Dan.

SEPT. 29
TEDBIT
Julian McFadden today was named to coach the basketball team at SCH Academy. He was a star guard at the school (then known as Chestnut Hill Academy) and earned first team All-Inter honors in the 2005-06 season while completing his career with 1,026 points. Julian is the 10th African-American to head a basketball program in the Inter-Ac/Catholic leagues and the third to do so at his alma mater, joining Henry "Doug" Fairfax (Haverford School) and Jasmine "Jazz" Williams (West Catholic). Hal Greer, who coached Germantown Academy in the '79 and '80 seasons, was a star guard in the NBA and played 10 seasons with the 76ers. Ron Haigler, who coached Penn Charter in the '76 and '77 seasons, was an all-time player for Penn and is a member of the Big 5 Hall of Fame. Guy Moore coached at two schools, North Catholic and West Catholic. Best of luck to Julian with the Blue Devils!
UPDATE: Jason Harrigan, formerly of Del-Val Charter, was appointed O'Hara's coach on Oct. 5. He has been added to the list below.

African-American Coaches at Inter-Ac/Catholic Schools
INTER-AC LEAGUE
School	Alma Mater	Years	When
Chestnut Hill/SCH
Rob Jackson	Edison	1	1984
Julian McFadden	Chestnut Hill	--	2017
Germantown Academy
Hal Greer	Douglass (Huntington, WV)	2	1979-80
Haverford School
Henry "Doug" Fairfax	Haverford School	4	2012-15
Penn Charter
Ron Haigler	Madison (Brooklyn, NY)	2	1976-77
Lynard Stewart	Gratz	4	2012-15

CATHOLIC LEAGUE
School	Alma Mater	Years	When
Kennedy-Kenrick
Marc Turner	Lower Merion	1	2001
North Catholic
Guy Moore	Roman	1	2010
O'Hara
Jason Harrigan	Burlington City (NJ)	?	2017
St. Joseph's Prep
Fred Douglas	Overbrook	3	1972-74
West Catholic
Guy Moore	Roman	3	2011-13
Jazz Williams	West Catholic	3	2014-16

SEPT. 14
TUKBIT
This comes from Malvern coach John Harmatuk . . . Thanks!

Coaches and Athletic Directors (please pass on to your coaches)
Malvern Prep Basketball Presents:
Philadelphia Area College Showcase Night 2016
Date: Wednesday October 12th, 2016
Time: 7:00 p.m. (Registration starts at 6:00 p.m.)
Location: O'Neil Center on campus at Malvern Prep
Cost: $50 per participant (cash/check); All coaches/parents/guests are free
This is a great annual event we have put on for years to try and help area kids get exposure in front a targeted audience of Division II, Division III, JUCO, and NAIA coaches only. For a player to attend they must be nominated by high school or AAU coach. Just send an email to: jharmatuk@malvernprep.org to sign a player up.
Space is extremely limited and it will be capped at 50 players max. All players will receive a jersey they will keep & accredited referees will officiate the event.
College coaches there is no charge to attend this event, however please RSVP via email to let us know you or your staff are going to attend. An event program with player info will be provided free of charge. If you have any questions please contact Coach Harmatuk.

JULY 6
TEDBIT
Over the last 41 seasons, only four "complete outsiders" could be found coaching Catholic League basketball teams. And by complete outsiders we mean guys who attended high school outside Greater Philadelphia (five-county Philly/South Jersey). This coming season, there will be at least two more. West Catholic has hired Jason Hasson, a product of Bishop Guilfoyle, in Altoona (about 35 miles southwest of Penn State), and Conwell-Egan has brought aboard Eric Kindler, a product of Trinity, in Camp Hill (about four miles southwest of Harrisburg). Hasson coached for the last five years at Pope John XXIII, in Sparta, NJ, and won a state championship in 2015. His dad, Paul, recently resigned after seven years as the coach at Altoona High. Kindler starred at Trinity and earned a scholarship to Canisius. He had only a brief stay before leaving the team and the school. Later, he attended Saint Joseph's and played as a walk-on for coach Phil Martelli and most recently he was an assistant at Boys' Latin, of the Pub. The longest CL stint among the guys below was posted by Carroll's Barry Kirsch. He also wound up coaching St. Joseph's University baseball's team along with Carroll's girls basketball team. Other talent? Doing a great job handling PA duties at Carroll games (smile). As you can imagine, the vast majority of CL coaches have been products of CL schools. The most prominent semi-outsider has been wildly successful Neumann-Goretti coach Carl Arrigale, the Inter-Ac MVP for Penn Charter in '84. While researching this posting, I found that Kevin Touhey passed away in March at age 64. His high school, Dover (N.J.), is about 25 miles northwest of Newark. Before coming to the Prep, Kevin was an assistant at Penn and prior to that he was the coach at Mount Mercy College, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. RIP, Kevin.

Catholic League Coaches From Outside Greater Philadelphia, 1976-2016
Name	School	Stint	Years	Alma Mater
Barry Kirsch	Carroll	12 seasons	1970-81	St. Francis (Clearfield, Pa.)
Bill Michuda	La Salle	2 seasons	1980-81	Marquette (Milwaukee, Wisc.)
John Miller	Ryan	9 seasons	1977-85	Reading (Pa.) Central Catholic
	& Bonner	1 season	1986
Kevin Touhey	SJ Prep	1 season	1990	Dover (N.J.) High

JUNE 30
TEDBIT
Matt Griffin is about to embark on a new career, but he won't be blazing a new trail. Look below to see how many other All-Catholic/All-Inter-Ac guys have coached at a school aside from their alma maters. That's what Matt will be doing. He was a star at SJ Prep and now he's the boss at Roman, succeeding Chris McNesby. The list provides details for any coach whose stint at The Other School included the 1976 season on up. Some also coached at alma maters. Episcopal coach Craig Conlin (La Salle '85) was the only one to thrice earn first team honors. Eddie Burke (RIP) also was the coach at two other schools aside from West Catholic and his alma mater, SJ Prep -- St. Thomas More (located at 47th and Wyalusing, it closed in June 1975) and McDevitt (in '76).

All-League at One Catholic/Inter-Ac School . . . Coach at Another
Name	Attended	High Honor	Coached at . . .	Seasons	#W-L
George Paull	Dougherty	1st '63	Ryan	1968-76	52-92
Joe Corbett	Haver. School	1st '99	Lansdale	2016-	2-11
Jim "Mo" Connolly	Judge	1st '76	Wood	1988-89	9-23
*Sean Tait	Judge	1st '95	Wood	2009	10-6
Tom Lynch	Judge	1st '65-'66	SJ Prep	1975-77	21-25
*Bernie Fitzgerald	La Salle	2nd '77	Lansdale	2009-11	10-35
Craig Conlin	La Salle	1st '83-'85	Episcopal	2011-	33-27
*Joe Rapczynski	North	1st '70	Egan	1976-81	10-86
Barry Brodzinski	North	1st '72-'73	Roman	1982-86	46-10
Tom Ingelsby	O'Hara	1st '69	Carroll	1992-97	69-15
Lou Becht	O'Hara	3rd '98	Carroll	2005	5-9
Mike Doyle	O'Hara	2nd '84	Neumann	1994	7-7
*Steve Cloran	O'Hara	1st '90	Haver. School	2004-11	22-58
*Ed Enoch	Penn Charter	1st '72	Lansdale	2012-14	9-30
Carl Arrigale	Penn Charter	1st '84	Neumann/N-G	1999-	222-28
Jim Buckley	Penn Charter	2nd '60	Germantown Ac.	1970-78	27-63
*Bernie Rogers	Ryan	1st '92	Haver. School	2016-	4-6
Bill McFadden	SJ Prep	1st '57	Wood	1974-77	34-30
Frank Sciolla	SJ Prep	1st '89	Conwell-Egan	2014-16	21-18
*Eddie Burke	SJ Prep	2nd '63	McDevitt	1976	7-9
*Eddie Burke	SJ Prep	2nd '63	West	1977	8-6
Fran O'Hanlon	ST More	1st '66	Bonner	1987-89	25-17
*-also coached at alma mater
#-in league games (not including playoffs)

JUNE 24
TEDBIT
The list below includes Public League, Catholic League and Inter-Ac League players drafted by NBA teams since the spring of 1947.
I am unsure on the high schools for some players from the early years, so please speak up if you know of someone I missed. tedtee307@yahoo.com.Also, there is conflicting info on rounds/selection numbers for some of the early years. The notation "Terr." means the player was a territorial draftee. Those players with asterisks next to their name transferred out of the listed school before exhausting their eligibility. (Also out of the three city leagues.).

NBA Draftees From Public League, Catholic League and Inter-Ac League Schools
Year	Name	School	College	Team	Rd.	No.
2016	*Ben Bentil	Haverford School	Providence	Boston	2	51
2015	*Rakeem Christmas	North Catholic	Syracuse	Minnesota	2	36
2014	None
2013	None
2012	None
2011	Markieff Morris	Prep Charter	Kansas	Phoenix	1	13
	Marcus Morris	Prep Charter	Kansas	Houston	1	14
2010	None
2009	Gerald Henderson	Episcopal	Duke	Charlotte	1	12
	Wayne Ellington	Episcopal	North Carolina	Minnesota	1	28
2008	Sean Singletary	Penn Charter	Virginia	Sacramento	2	42
2007	None
2006	Kyle Lowry	Dougherty	Villanova	Memphis	1	24
	Mardy Collins	Gratz	Temple	New York	1	29
2005	*Hakim Warrick	University City	Syracuse	Memphis	1	19
2004	None
2003	None
2002	Ronald "Flip" Murray	Straw. Mansion	Shaw	Milwaukee	2	41
	Rasual Butler	Roman	La Salle	Miami	2	52
2001	Eddie Griffin	Roman	Seton Hall	New Jersey	1	7
2000	None
1999	Larry Ketner	Roman	Massachusetts	Chicago	2	49
1998	Cuttino "Cat" Mobley	Dougherty	Rhode Island	Houston	2	41
1997	*Adonal Foyle	O'Hara	Colgate	Golden State	1	8
	Marc Jackson	Roman	Temple	Golden State	2	37
	Jason Lawson	Olney	Villanova	Denver	2	41
	Alvin Williams	Gtn. Academy	Villanova	Portland	2	47
1996	Shawn Harvey	West Phila.	West Virginia St.	Dallas	2	34
	Malik Rose	Overbrook	Drexel	Charlotte	2	44
1995	Rasheed Wallace	Gratz	North Carolina	Washington	1	4
	Jerome Allen	Episcopal	Penn	Minnesota	2	49
1994	Aaron McKie	Gratz	Temple	Portland	1	17
1993	None
1992	Randy Woods	Franklin	La Salle	LA Clippers	1	16
1991	Doug Overton	Dobbins	La Salle	Detroit	2	40
1990	Lionel Simmons	Southern	La Salle	Sacramento	1	7
	Greg "Bo" Kimble	Dobbins	Loyola Marymount	LA Clippers	1	8
1989	Jerome "Pooh" Richardson	Franklin	UCLA	Minnesota	1	10
1988	None
1987	Dallas Comegys	Roman	DePaul	Atlanta	1	21
	Nate "Day-Day" Blackwell	Southern	Temple	San Antonio	2	27
1986	None
1985	Steve Black	Overbrook	La Salle	Philadelphia	3	67
	Albert "Truck" Butts	Southern	La Salle	Boston	5	116
	Daryl Lloyd	University City	Drake	Philadelphia	6	136
	Ralph Lewis	Frankford	La Salle	Boston	6	139
1984	Tony Costner	Overbrook	St. Joseph's	Washington	2	34
	Richard Congo	Overbrook	Drexel	Philadelphia	7	160
	Greg "Box" Brandon	West Phila.	Creighton	Seattle	10	219
1983	Joe Brown	Gratz	Georgia St.	Cleveland	9	187
1982	*Dino Gregory	Gratz	Long Beach St.	Washington	3	81
	Jeffery "Monk" Clark	Frankford	St. Joseph's	Indiana	6	123
	George Melton	Gratz	Cheyney	Philadelphia	9	204
1981	Gene Banks	West Phila.	Duke	San Antonio	2	28
	Lewis "Black Magic" Lloyd	Overbrook	Drake	Golden State	4	76
	Kevin "Butch" Lynam	Carroll	La Salle	New Jersey	6	118
	Darryl "City Lights" Warwick	West Phila.	Hampton	Atlanta	6	121
	Joe Schoen	North Catholic	St. Francis (Pa.)	Detroit	8	163
	John Smith	Neumann	St. Joseph's	Portland	8	176
1980	Michael Brooks	West Catholic	La Salle	San Diego	1	9
	Randy Owens	Germantown	Phila. Textile	Indiana	6	124
	Leroy Berry	Olney	Wilmington (Ohio)	Cleveland	7	147
	Jim "Mo" Connolly	Judge	La Salle	Phoenix	8	175
	Joe Hand	La Salle	King's	Philadelphia	10	213
1979	Charlie Floyd	Malvern	High Point	Washington	3	66
	Greg Joyner	Northeast	Middle Tennessee	San Diego	5	99
	Rodney Lee	Edison	Memphis	Detroit	8	150
1978	John "Chubby" Cox	Roxborough	San Francisco	Chicago	8	159
	Tim Claxton	Germantown	Temple	Washington	9	181
	Dennis James	Southern	Widener	Philadelphia	10	201
1977	Rich Laurel	Overbrook	Hofstra	Portland	1	19
	Phil Walker	Central	Millersville	Washington	2	39
	George Gibson	Frankford	Winston-Salem	Philadelphia	6	129
	Emery Sammons	St. Thomas More	Phila. Textile	Buffalo	8	153
1976	Maurice "Mo" Howard	SJ Prep	Maryland	Cleveland	2	32
	Barnes Hauptfuhrer	Penn Charter	Princeton	Houston	3	44
	Andre McCarter	Overbrook	UCLA	Kansas City	6	89
	Phil Walker	Central	Millersville	Philadelphia	7	117
	Ed "Shot" Stefanski	Bonner	Penn	Philadelphia	10	168
1975	Joe "Jelly Bean" Bryant	Bartram	La Salle	Golden State	1	14
	Jimmie Baker	Olney	Hawaii	Philadelphia	3	39
	Andre McCarter	Overbrook	UCLA	Cleveland	8	136
	Freddie Stokes	West Phila.	Barber-Scotia	New Orleans	9	145
	Romie Thomas	Edison	Wisc.-Eau Claire	Milwaukee	10	165
1974	Mike Sojourner	Germantown	Utah	Atlanta	1	10
	*Rubin "Tuner" Collins	Edison	Md.-Eastern Shore	Portland	2	36
	Roland "Tree" Grant	Southern	New Mexico St.	Detroit	3	51
	Joe Newman	Dougherty	Temple	Detroit	5	87
	Greg Newman	West Phila.	Drexel	Detroit	8	141
1973	Mike Bantom	Roman	St. Joseph's	Phoenix	1	8
	Tom Ingelsby	O'Hara	Villanova	Atlanta	2	27
	Joe Cafferky	Bonner	N. Carolina St.	Boston	6	103
	Lynn Greer	Edison	Virginia St.	Phoenix	11	170
	Ed Hastings	Bonner	Villanova	Boston	11	174
1972	Ollie Johnson	Southern	Temple	Portland	2	30
	Hank Siemiontkowski	North Catholic	Villanova	Cleveland	4	50
	Mike Krawczyk	Judge	Loyola (Md.)	Washington	13	178
1971	Willie Sojourner	Germantown	Weber	Chicago	2	20
	Isaiah "Bunny" Wilson	Southern	Baltimore	Detroit	2	29
	Mike Gale	Overbrook	Elizabeth City	Chicago	3	47
1970	Carlton Poole	Overbrook	Phila. Textile	Philadelphia	7	114
	Fran O'Hanlon	St. Thomas More	Villanova	Philadelphia	8	131
	Greg Fillmore	Franklin	Cheyney	New York	8	136
	Mike Hauer	Bonner	St. Joseph's	Philadelphia	9	148
1969	Larry Cannon	Lincoln	La Salle	Chicago	1	5
	John Baum	West Phila.	Temple	Chicago	2	23
	Fred Carter	Franklin	Mount St. Mary's	Washington	3	43
	Jim Bowles	Dobbins	Trinity (Texas)	Philadelphia	8	112
1968	Joe Heiser	Central	Princeton	Washington	6	68
	Clarence Brookins	Bartram	Temple	Philadelphia	9	118
	Bill Soens	Penn Charter	Miami	Philadelphia	11	145
	Ted Campbell	Dobbins	N. Carolina A&T	Philadelphia	12	158
	John Baum	West Phila.	Temple	LA Lakers	15	187
	George Mack	Edison	N. Carolina A&T	Philadelphia	15	189
	Joe Crews	McDevitt	Villanova	Philadelphia	16	197
	Nate Ware	Overbrook	Tennessee St.	Philadelphia	17	203
1967	Earl "The Pearl" Monroe	Bartram	Winston-Salem	Washington	1	2
	Richie Moore	Bartram	Hiram Scott	San Diego	3	29
	Cliff Anderson	Edison	St. Joseph's	LA Lakers	4	35
	Tom "Trooper" Washington	Edison	Cheyney	Cincinnati	5	50
	Frank "Watusi" Card	West Phila.	S. Carolina St.	Philadelphia	7	77
	Ted Campbell	Dobbins	N. Carolina A&T	Philadelphia	11	121
	Frank Gaidjunas	La Salle	Villanova	Cincinnati	12	129
	George Mack	Edison	N. Carolina A&T	Philadelphia	13	139
1966	Matt Guokas Jr.	SJ Prep	St. Joseph's	Philadelphia	1	10
	Tom Duff	SJ Prep	St. Joseph's	Philadelphia	5	49
	Richie Moore	Bartram	Hiram Scott	New York	10	85
1965	Jim Washington	West Catholic	Villanova	St. Louis	1	6
	Richie Moore	Bartram	Villanova	Philadelphia	5	40
1964	Walt Hazzard	Overbrook	UCLA	LA Lakers	Terr.
	Wali Jones	Overbrook	Villanova	Detroit	3	18
	Steve Courtin	St. James	St. Joseph's	Cincinnati	3	24
	Frank Corace	Bonner	La Salle	Philadelphia	4	29
1963	Herb Magee	West Catholic	Phila. Textile	Boston	7	62
1962	Wayne Hightower	Overbrook	Kansas	San Francisco	1	5
	Hubie White	West Phila.	Villanova	Philadelphia	2	14
1961	Ray Scott	West Phila.	Portland	Detroit	1	4
1960	Bill "Pickles" Kennedy	Lincoln	Temple	Philadelphia	2	15
	Bobby McNeill	North Catholic	St. Joseph's	New York	3	19
	Joe Gallo	West Catholic	St. Joseph's	Philadelphia	9	69
1959	Wilt "Dippy" Chamberlain	Overbrook	Kansas	Philadelphia	Terr.
	John Richter	Frankford	N. Carolina St.	Boston	1	6
	Joe Spratt	West Catholic	St. Joseph's	Philadelphia	6	41
	Joe Ryan	SJ Prep	Villanova	Philadelphia	7	49
1958	Guy Rodgers	Northeast	Temple	Philadelphia	Terr.
	Jay Norman	Mastbaum	Temple	Philadelphia	7	52
1957	Kurt Englebert	Lincoln	St. Joseph's	Detroit	4	26
1956	Hal Lear	Overbrook	Temple	Philadelphia	1	8
	Joe Belmont	Northeast	Duke	Philadelphia		50
	John "Misty" Fannon	St. Thomas More	Notre Dame	Philadelphia		52
1955	Tom Gola	La Salle	La Salle	Philadelphia	Terr.
	Bob Schafer	Roman	Villanova	Philadelphia	3	19
	Jack Devine	West Catholic	Villanova	Philadelphia	5	33
	Harry Silcox	Lincoln	Temple	Philadelphia	7	46
1954	Rudy D'Emilio	Northeast	Duke	Philadelphia	5	39
	Fran "Wacky" O'Hara	La Salle	La Salle	Philadelphia	11	92
1953	Ernie Beck	West Catholic	Penn	Philadelphia	Terr.
	Norm Grekin	West Phila.	La Salle	Philadelphia	3	15
	Fred Iehle	Olney	La Salle	Philadelphia	4	18
1952	Charles "Bud" Donnelly	La Salle	La Salle	Syracuse
1951	Jim Phelan	La Salle	La Salle	Philadelphia	8	77
1950	Paul Arizin	La Salle	Villanova	Philadelphia	Terr.
	Larry Foust	South Catholic	La Salle	Chicago	1	5
	Brooks Ricca	Roman	Villanova	Philadelphia	8	92
1949	Nelson Bobb	West Phila.	Temple	Philadelphia	3	28
1948	George Hauptfuhrer	Penn Charter	Harvard	Boston	1	3
1947	None
*-did not finish high school career at listed school

JUNE 22
TEDBIT
Three recent Roman grads -- Lamar Stevens, Tony Carr and Nazeer Bostick -- will be playing together at Penn State. Down the line, what are the chances they'll be selected in the same NBA draft? Slim, yes, but not impossible. We take you back to 1967. The total number of players selected was 162 over 20 rounds -- very few of the 12 teams bothered to make picks in the late rounds -- and three Edison guys heard their names called. All had played together on the Inventors' 1961-62 varsity. Cliff Anderson (St. Joe's) played four years in the NBA/ABA, totaling 253 points and 107 rebounds. He played just three games in the ABA. Tom "Trooper" Washington (Cheyney) did not play in the NBA, but enjoyed a productive six-season career in the ABA (4,499 points, 4.721 rebounds). George Mack (North Carolina A&T) did not play in either league. The guys' Edison point totals, as provided by long-time helper Tom Taylor, are below. Pub schools had mid-year and end-of-the-year graduations back then.

Edison's Three Picks in the 1967 NBA Draft
Name	Year	G	Pts	High	Drafted By . . .	Round	No.
Cliff Anderson	1961	8	58	13	LA Lakers	4th	35
	1962	12	104	14
	1963	6	96	25
Tom "Trooper" Washington	1962	8	71	17	Cincinnati Royals	5th	50
George Mack	1961	12	178	27	Philadelphia 76ers	13th	139
	1962	12	203	25

JUNE 7
TEDBIT
When Chris McNesby recently stepped down as Roman's basketball coach, he became a member of The Won-and-Done Club . . . as in, he departed after winning a Catholic League championship. In CL basketball-football history, he's the 25th coach to do so. The reasons for disconnects have been numerous - retirements, moving on to different schools, firings, the return of coaches who'd experienced health problems, etc. For whatever reason, Roman has lost almost 25 percent of the Won-and-Dones (six of 26). Basketball had not lost a title-winning coach in 30 years (Roman's Barry Brodzinski). When Barry left, he capped a five-in-six-years run for hoops. Ed Stefanski is a now a member of the Memphis Grizzlies' front office. Dave Duke is an assistant to Temple coach Fran Dunphy. On the football side, Jack Ferrante enjoyed a productive receiving career for the Eagles. After a stretch as an assistant, Jim Murphy is ready for his second season in stint No. 2 as Roman's coach.

The Catholic League's Won-and-Done Club in Basketball/Football
BASKETBALL			FOOTBALL
Name	School	Year	Name	School	Year
Chris McNesby	Roman	2016	Chalie Szydlik	N-G	*2014
Barry Brodzinski	Roman	1986	Jim Murphy	Roman	*2007
Dave Duke	Neumann	1985	Art Barrett	Wood	*2003
Art Hunter	Bonner	1984	Danny Algeo	Roman	*1999
Ed Stefanski	Bonner	1983	Sparky Faries	O'Hara	1980
Bill Michuda	La Salle	1981	Gamp Pellegrini	SJ Prep	1977
Rev. James Donahoe	SJ Prep	1962	Joe McNichol	Carroll	1976
Joe Langan	West	1949	Dick Bedesem	Egan	1970
Jocko McGarry	South	1945	John McAneney	West	1965
Jordan Olivar	Roman	1943	Jack Ferrante	Bonner	1961
Pat Conway	West	1938	Jim Gallagher	La Salle	1955
Butch Dougherty	North	1929	John Oakes	Salesianum	1931
			Gene Oberst	Roman	1927
			Tom Tracey	West	1925
			*-enrollment title

JUNE 2
TEDBIT
In compiling the list below -- points scored in NBA/ABA playoffs by products of Public, Catholic and Inter-Ac schools -- one nugget came as a complete surprise . . . Overbrook's Wilt Chamberlain is NOT the king when it comes to average. He was beaten out by a guy, Paul Arizin, who never played a minute of varsity hoops while attending La Salle. Yes, Wilt played in many more games, 160-49, but the numbers don't lie -- 24.2 for Paul, 22.5 for Wilt. Pretty amazing, right? They were teammates for three seasons (1960-62) with the ol' Philadelphia Warriors. Those were the first three seasons of Wilt's pro career and the last three of Paul's. They played together in 24 playoff games. Those numbers: 24-830-34.6 for Wilt and 24-582-24.3 for Paul. His playoff norm in the pre-Wilt days was almost exactly the same -- 25-604-24.1. All guys with at least 250 playoff points are below. This list was prepared a while back, but the Eastern Conference finals were about to start so I held off in part to see how much of a climb Dougherty product Kyle Lowry, star guard for the Toronto Raptors, could make. In six games vs. Cleveland, he notched 121 points (with co-highs of 35) to go from 527 to 648 and 13.9 to 14.7. He's now in a tie with 'Brook product Lewis Lloyd, though Kyle is a sliver ahead if you expand the numbers -- 14.72 to 14.68. The No. 4 spot in terms of average is held by Franklin's Fred Carter, the father of DN/Inky sports writer Aaron "Ace" Carter. When informed of this, Ace could not resist the chance to bust Dad's chops. "He never met a shot he didn't like." Ha, ha. . . Please speak up if I missed someone. These numbers were compiled via research on http://www.basketball-reference.com/.
UPDATE: I sent Michael Arizin, Paul's son, an email about this Tedbit and he offered another very cool nugget: Of ALL the players who have ever played in the NBA (70 yrs---including Wilt, Kobe, Jordan, Baylor, Bird, etc), Dad has the 2nd highest average in his final year of play (21.9 ppg). Only Bob Pettit averaged more in his final year (22.5). Not bad for someone who never played on an organized team until he was almost 20 years old . . . Michael didn't mention this, but I will. Pettit played in just 50 games in his final season. Paul played in 78.

"Our Guys" With at Least 250 NBA/ABA Playoff Points
Name	School	G	Points	Avg.	Rank
Wilt Chamberlain	Overbrook	160	3,607	22.5	2nd
Rasheed Wallace	Gratz	177	2,384	13.5
Earl Monroe	Bartram	82	1,471	17.9	3rd
Paul Arizin	La Salle	49	1,186	24.2	1st
Larry Foust	SE Catholic	73	902	12.4
Wali Jones	Overbrook	70	833	11.9
Aaron McKie	Gratz	75	710	9.5
Walt Hazzard	Overbrook	58	685	11.8
Ray Scott	West Phila.	*48	660	13.8
Kyle Lowry	Dougherty	44	648	14.7	5th-T
Tom Washington	Edison	*66	585	8.9
Mike Gale	Overbrook	*66	512	7.8
Guy Rodgers	Northeast	46	508	11.0
Malik Rose	Overbrook	82	506	6.2
Fred Carter	Franklin	28	446	15.9	4th
Tom Gola	La Salle	39	432	11.1
Jim Washington	W. Catholic	42	369	8.8
Lewis Lloyd	Overbrook	25	367	14.7	5th-T
Cuttino Mobley	Dougherty	26	333	12.8
Ronald Murray	S. Mansion	45	319	7.1
Gene Banks	West Phila.	27	292	10.8
John Baum	West Phila.	*35	262	7.5
Matt Guokas	SJ Prep	60	254	4.2
*-includes ABA

MAY 20
TEDBIT
This morning, in an 8:30 meeting at school, Roman coach Chris McNesby told his players he was stepping down. In a text last evening (he asked us to withhold the news until 9 a.m.), Chris noted, "Everything was great at Roman! It's just that when I first started, I had no kids. Now three. Plus, I have bigger job responsibilities at work. Something had to give, eventually. I don't want to miss my kids' stuff in the next few years." Chris also said he went to visit legendary Roman assistant Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna yesterday morning to give him the news in person. "I called him and told him I was pulling up to his house and wanted to talk to him," Chris noted, also via text. "He said, 'C'mon, man. I'm layin' in bed. What the hell you want?' LOL! I asked him to keep it private until I tell the team." Guess what? Looks like The Puckster did! Puck didn't call me until 10:03 this morning. Ha, ha. . . . Anyway, best wishes going forward to Chris and his family. He has always been a class act. Below you'll find a list of the Top 15 hoops coaches in Catholic League history in terms of regular season league winning percentage (minimum of five seasons). Chris checks in at No. 3. Four guys with Roman ties are on the list. La Salle is next with three.

CL Coaches With Top Winning Percentages in League Play (Minimum Five Seasons; Regular Season Only)
Name	School	Seasons	Total	W-L	Pct.
Carl Arrigale	Neum./N-G	1999-16	18	222-28	.888
Dennis Seddon	Roman	1987-08	22	263-45	.854
Chris McNesby	Roman	2009-16	8	90-16	.849
Barry Brodzinski	Roman	1982-86	5	46-10	.821
Tom Ingelsby	Carroll	1992-97	6	65-15	.821
Speedy Morris	Roman/SJP	1968-81, 02-16	29	323-91	.780
Charley Greenberg	Judge	1964-74	11	111-37	.750
Les Burke	La Salle	1982-86	5	60-20	.750
Bob Dougherty	West	1941-45	5	57-21	.731
Bill Fox	Judge	1975-85, 87-89, 01-05	29	321-121	.726
John Lavin	SJ Prep	1920-27	8	55-23	.705
Marty Jackson	La Salle	1987-91, 94-01, 03-04	15	153-69	.689
Paul Romanczuk	Carroll	2003-04, 06-16	13	124-56	.689
Tony Costantino	North	1971-79	9	99-45	.688
Mike Osborne	La Salle	1971-77	7	75-37	.670

MAY 16
TEDBIT
Cardinal Dougherty product Kyle Lowry ('04), who left Villanova after two seasons, is now in his 10th NBA campaign and he's about to experience a conference final for the first time. Yesterday, he poured in 35 points as the Toronto Raptors performed a 116-89 crush job on the Miami Heat, thus taking Game 7 in the eastern semis. Now for the big question . . . Will Kyle barge his way onto the list below? What does it include? All performances of at least 20 points by "Our Guys" in conference finals in this century. The No. 1 performance will no doubt come as a surprise. In 2003, playing for San Antonio in Game 2 vs. Dallas, Overbrook product Malik Rose was the seventh man. In 27 minutes, he scored 25 points while shooting 5-for-11 from the floor (no threes) and 15-for-18 at the line in a 119-106 victory. That would be 44 points in 48 minutes! Malik, who also played baseball (slugging first baseman) at 'Brook, is beloved by all who know him, and he had an entertaining stint during four seasons as an analyst for Sixers telecasts. This season was his first as the Atlanta Hawks' manager of basketball operations. The other eight outputs of at least 20 points were scored by Gratz guys -- five for Rasheed Wallace and three for Aaron McKie. (By the way, they also participated in other sports in high schools.) Other appearances by "Our Guys" in conference finals in this century: Roman's Rasual Butler in '05 for Miami and '14 for Indiana), Strawberry Mansion's Ronald "Flip" Murray in '07 for Detroit, and Wallace in '07-'08 for Detroit and '10 for Boston. Each of Toronto's first two series this year lasted seven games. In 14 games, Kyle scored 261 points (18.6) while shooting 86-for-235 (floor), 26-for-92 (threes) and 63-for-83 (line). He had outbursts of 25, 33, 35 and 36 vs. Miami. Malik's record might be not sittin' pretty (smile).
I posted this back in November . . . Kyle grew up on the east side of the 2700 block of North 20th Street, right across the street from what had been right field at the ol' Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium. Click here for a pic from the 1914 World Series. (And here for a larger version). What became Kyle's home is second from the right.
UPDATED on May 22 with Kyle Lowry's 20-point effort in Game 3.
UPDATED on May 25 with Kyle Lowry's 35-point effort in Game 4.
UPDATED on May 27 with Kyle Lowry's 35-point effort in Game 6.

Outbursts of at Least 20 points by "Our Guys" in NBA Conference Finals, 2000-16
Name	School	Year	Team	Opponent	Game	Pts	FG	3's	FTs
Kyle Lowry	Dougherty	2016	Toronto	Cleveland	Game 6	35	11-22	6-12	7-7
Kyle Lowry	Dougherty	2016	Toronto	Cleveland	Game 4	35	14-20	4-7	3-4
Malik Rose	Overbrook	2003	San Antonio	Dallas	Game 2	25	5-11	0	15-18
Aaron McKie	Gratz	2001	Sixers	Milwaukee	Game 1	23	8-14	2-3	5-6
Aaron McKie	Gratz	2001	Sixers	Milwaukee	Game 3	22	6-18	1-4	9-9
Rasheed Wallace	Gratz	2004	Detroit	Indiana	Game 6	22	8-17	2-4	4-4
Aaron McKie	Gratz	2001	Sixers	Milwaukee	Game 2	21	9-20	2-5	1-1
Rasheed Wallace	Gratz	2004	Detroit	Indiana	Game 3	20	8-15	0-1	4-6
Rasheed Wallace	Gratz	2005	Detroit	Miami	Game 1	20	7-10	4-5	2-2
Rasheed Wallace	Gratz	2005	Detroit	Miami	Game 4	20	9-13	1-1	1-1
Rasheed Wallace	Gratz	2005	Detroit	Miami	Game 7	20	8-13	2-2	2-2
Kyle Lowry	Dougherty	2016	Toronto	Cleveland	Game 3	20	7-13	4-8	2-2

MAY 10
TEDBIT
Last week, O'Hara grad Ed Dougherty ('88) was inducted into the Middle Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame for his exploits as Lycoming's four-year starter at quarterback. He paced the Warriors to a 39-7 record while passing for 8,850 yards and 84 TDs. In its long history, the MAC has included many schools at many levels. It's now for Division III schools, but back in the day it featured Division I schools. This is year No. 5 for MAC HOF inductions and as near as I can determine, "Doc" is the first football inductee with Public/Catholic/Inter-Ac roots. There have been six basketball inductees and the breakdown is below. In all, those guys combined to score 11,444 college points! Lou Stevens is the father of Roman senior star Lamar Stevens, who's bound for Penn State with classmates Tony Carr and Nazeer Bostick. My biggest memory of Lou's career at Dougherty: He received the Daily News ink after Dougherty claimed a win in its fourth consecutive overtime win. One other thing. One of this year's MAC HOF inductees is Steve Klingman, who had a wildly successful run (324 wins in 22 seasons) as the soccer coach at the University of Scranton. He's a graduate of Haverford High (and his father, John, was the football coach at Bartram from 1948 through '57). In the 1970-71 school year, Steve and I were roommates at Ithaca College. He was a great soccer player there and was inducted into that school's HOF in 1993. Congrats on this latest of many honors, Steve! Click here for links to pages detailing the MAC's HOF inductees. Please speak up if I missed any football/basketball honorees with "Our Guys" ties. Thanks!

MAC Hall of Fame Basketball Inductees, 2012-16
Name	School	Sr. Yr.	College	Sr. Yr.	Points	HOF
John Baum	West Phila.	1963	Temple	1969	1,544	2016
Corey Dickerson	Masterman	1997	King's	2001	2,059	2014
Tom Gola	La Salle	1951	La Salle	1955	2,462	2012
Hal Lear	Overbrook	1952	Temple	1956	1,472	2013
Guy Rodgers	Northeast	1953	Temple	1958	1,767	2012
Lou Stevens	Dougherty	1984	Widener	1988	2,140	2015
Total					11,444
Note: La Salle High ('49)/Villanova grad ('53) C. Alan Rowe was inducted in 2013 for his
great coaching career at Widener.

APRIL 16
CHARITY TOURNAMENT
At Penn Charter
If Bianca Bryant ever runs for office, here's hoping she receives your vote. Bianca is a ninth grader at Penn Charter and today, with primary help from classmate Duncan Glew, she held a basketball tournament to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The 4-on-4 tourney, which ran from a shade past 4 p.m. to roughly 6:15, featured nine teams -- eight with students and one with teachers. Bianca said just under $450 was raised from participation fees, admission charges and snack sales. The eight student teams played seven crosscourt games -- quarters, semis and a final. The student champs -- seniors Jake McCain and Iggy Quinn, juniors Luke Stansfield and Adam Holland, and soph Terence Thompson -- then fell to the teachers -- Bryan Skelly, Wilson Felter, Joe Acquaviva, Allen Vandegrift and Ben Dziedzic -- in a fullcourt contest. Right beforehand, as the student title was being decided, the teachers got a chance to warm up while playing a team that included players from losing squads in the quarters and semis. Congrats to all participants, referees Chris Burnett (teacher) and Hannah Fox (star senior athlete), and those who handled the scoreboard/clock/etc., administrator Ed Foley and handyman Paul Hart. Many players were involved in spring sports activities earlier in the day, so those kids deserve extra praise for making the commitment and sticking with it. And when it comes to Bryants . . . Bianca>Kobe! (smile)

APRIL 14
TEDBIT
The Donofrio Classic, held each spring in Conshohocken, honors two MVPs -- one apiece from the teams that advance to the championship game. Below are "Our Guys" (Public/Catholic/Inter-Ac) who've won MVP honors going back to 1982. Roman's Tony Carr this year became the third player to twice win MVP honors. The others were Roman's Donnie Carr (1995-96) and Vaux' Rysheed Jordan (2012-2013). They did so exclusively in losing efforts. Tony went 1-1.

"Our Guys" MVPs in the Donofrio Classic, 1982-2016
Year	--- Winning Team in Final ---			--- Losing Team in Final --
2016	Josh Sharkey	Carroll	Old School Cavs	Tony Carr	Roman	Team Hardnett
2015	Tony Carr	Roman	Team Hardnett
2014	Lamar Stevens	Haver. School	Old School Cavs
2013	Ja'Quan Newton	Neumann-Goretti	I-3	Rysheed Jordan	Vaux	Team Philly
2012				Rysheed Jordan	Vaux	Team Philly
2008	Novar Gadson	Bartram	Waterview Phoenix	*Maalik Wayns	Roman	Team Philly
2007	Kashief Edwards	Imhotep	Positive Image
2006				*Wayne Ellington	Episcopal	Playaz
2005	*Gerald Henderson	Episcopal	Playaz	Ameer Ali	Gratz	Sonny Hill Srs.
2004	Mark Tyndale	Gratz	Sonny Hill Srs.	*Rob Kurz	Penn Charter	Playaz
2003	Wayne Marshall	King	Positive Image
2002				Micheal Blackshear	Gratz	Waterview
2001				*Steve Smith	Northeast	Waterview
2000	#special situation			Mike Slattery	Gtn. Academy	Conshy Express
1999	Jermaine Robinson	Gratz	Hunting Park	Khalid Bray	Central	Waterview
1998				Kevin "Buzzy' Forney	Straw. Mansion	D-V Blazers
1997				Chris Krug	Gtn. Academy	Conshy Express
1996	Petrick Sanders	Frankford	Sonny Hill Srs.	Donnie Carr	Roman	PI Point Breeze
1995				Donnie Carr	Roman	PI Point Breeze
1994	Fred Warrick	Bok	Sonny Hill Srs.
1993				Tyrone Weeks	Franklin LC	Sonny Hill Srs.
1992	Rondell Turner	Univ. City	Sonny Hill Jrs.	*Adonal Foyle	O'Hara	R/Way Gasket
1991				Paul Burke	Chestnut Hill	Sonny Hill Srs.
1990	*Aaron McKie	Gratz	Sonny Hill Srs.
1989	Carlin Warley	Frankford	Sonny Hill Srs.
1988	*Randy Woods	Franklin	Sonny Hill Srs.
1987	Clayton "Stink" Adams	Roman	Austin's SG
1986	*Lionel Simmons	Southern	Sonny Hill Srs.	@Brian Shorter	Gratz	HBA Crusaders
1985	*Greg "Bo" Kimble	Dobbins	Sonny Hill Srs.	*Paul "Snoop" Graham	Franklin	HBA Crusaders
1984	Howard Evans	West Phila.	Sonny Hill Srs.	Jody Johnson	Southern	Canaan Baptist
1983	Rico Washington	Franklin	Sonny Hill Srs.
1982	Darren Keith	Mastbaum	Moore Funeral Home
*-advanced to NBA
#-Sonny Hill Srs. won title; all players on team named MVP to honor the memory of long-time coach/mentor Tony Samartino, who'd passed away in October of 1999.
@-named a tri-MVP; team did NOT advance to the championship game.

APRIL 13
STEVEBIT
Just a note for those interested: attached is a listing of the attendance for the 2016 NCAA Division I Men�s Basketball Championship games as well as the Philadelphia Catholic League attendance for the Boys & Girls doubleheader on Feb. 22 at The Palestra.
-- Steve Haug, Executive Director of Athletics (for the Archdiocese).

League	Att.
ACC	20,719
Big East	19,812
SEC	19,613
Big 12	19,046
Big 10	16,429
PAC-12	12,916
Summit	10,188
Missouri Valley	9,765
PHILADELPHIA CATHOLIC LEAGUE	8,722
A-10	8,413
Mountain West	8,132
AAC	7,990
West Coast	7,418
Mid-American	6,719
MEAC	6,446
Big West	5,610
Conference USA	5,519
Atlantic Sun	4,670
Patriot	4,587
Southland	4,399
Horizon	4,312
America East	4,109
MAAC	3,115
Southern	3,058
SWAC	3,041
Colonial	3,031
Big South	2,538
Big Sky	2,516
Northeast	2,358
Ohio Valley	2,068
WAC	1,729
Ivy League	No game
Sun Belt	Not reported

APRIL 13
TEDBIT
Here are the top scoring performances by Pub/Cath/Int guys in Donofrio Classic championship games over the last 17 years. Thanks to the three overtimes in this year's final, seven guys were able to barge their way onto the list. Plus, efforts Nos. 3, 4 and 5 were posted. Gotta love it! Four of the players -- Episcopal's Wayne Ellington and Gerald Henderson; Penn Charter's Rob Kurz; Northeast's Steve Smith -- advanced to the NBA. Let's hope a couple more join that club.

Name	Team	School	Pts	Year
Rysheed Jordan	Team Philly	Vaux	48	2013
Ja'Quan Newton	I-3	Neumann-Goretti	42	2013
Josh Sharkey	Old School	Carroll	38	2016
Ryan Daly	Old School	Carroll	36	2016
Tony Carr	Team Hardnett	Roman	35	2016
Rysheed Jordan	Team Philly	Vaux	34	2012
*Wayne Ellington	Playaz	Episcopal	33	2006
*Gerald Henderson	Playaz	Episcopal	33	2005
Tony Chennault	Team Philly	Neumann-Goretti	32	2008
Nazeer Bostick	Team Hardnett	Roman	29	2016
Brandon Austin	Team Philly	Imhotep	28	2013
Ameer Ali	Sonny Hill Srs.	Gratz	28	2005
Micheal Blackshear	Waterview	Gratz	27	2002
Tony Carr	Team Hardnett	Roman	27	2015
DeAndre Hunter	Team Hardnett	Friends' Central	27	2016
Shaun McKie	Sonny Hill Srs.	Gratz	26	2000
Ahmad "JR" Gilbert	Team Hardnett	Constitution	26	2015
Zane Martin	Team Hardnett	Neumann-Goretti	26	2016
Brian Wanamaker	Positive Image	Roman	25	2007
*Wayne Ellington	Playaz	Episcopal	25	2005
Mark Tyndale	Sonny Hill Srs.	Gratz	24	2004
Wayne Marshall	Positive Image	King	24	2003
Novar Gadson	Waterview	Bartram	21	2008
Velton Jones	Team Philly	North Catholic	21	2008
Jamal Wilson	Team Philly	Neumann-Goretti	21	2008
Kashief Edwards	Positive Image	Imhotep	21	2007
Scott Rodgers	Sonny Hill Srs.	Central	21	2005
*Steve Smith	Waterview	Northeast	21	2001
Lamar Stevens	Old School	Roman	21	2016
Bradley Wanamaker	Positive Image	Roman	20	2007
*Gerald Henderson	Playaz	Episcopal	20	2006
*Rob Kurz	Playaz	Penn Charter	20	2004
Sharif Bray	Waterview	Central	20	2002
*advanced to NBA

APRIL 12
TEDBIT
This is the Public League version of the teams presented yesterday -- by geography over 41 seasons (1976-2016).

LOWER/UPPER NORTH PHILLY			LOWER/UPPER NORTHEAST PHILLY
FIRST TEAM			FIRST TEAM
Rasheed Wallace	Gratz	1993	Jason Lawson	Olney	1993
Pooh Richardson	Franklin	1985	Carlin Warley	Frankford	1989
Maureece Rice	Straw. Mansion	2003	Jeffery Clark	Frankford	1977
Lynn Greer	Eng. & Science	1997	Anthony Chennault	Frankford	1981
Rico Washington	Franklin	1983	Dionte Christmas	Fels	2004
SECOND TEAM			SECOND TEAM
Brian Shorter	Gratz	1986	Max Blank	Washington	1984
Bo Kimble	Dobbins	1985	Daryl Wilson	Frankford	1976
Hank Gathers	Dobbins	1985	Petrick Sanders	Frankford	1996
Horace Owens	Dobbins	1979	Timmy Brown	Mastbaum	1982
Tyrone Weeks	Franklin LC	1993	Kevin Compton	Frankford	1980
THIRD TEAM			THIRD TEAM
Faron Hand	Franklin LC	1992	Willie Oliphant	Northeast	1980
Aaron McKie	Gratz	1990	Kevin Benton	Mastbaum	1990
Omar Thomas	Straw. Mansion	2000	Ron Barnett	Olney	1982
Michael Anderson	Eng. & Science	1984	Yah Davis	Frankford	1996
Snoop Graham	Franklin	1985	Ellis McKennie	Washington	1986
SOUTH/SOUTHWEST PHILLY			WEST PHILLY
FIRST TEAM			FIRST TEAM
Lionel Simmons	Southern	1986	Gene Banks	West Phila.	1977
Rab Townes	Southern	1991	Lewis Lloyd	Overbrook	1977
Tyrone Garland	Bartram	2010	Eggy Tillman	West Phila.	1978
Scootie Randall	Comm Tech	2008	Maurice Watson	Boys' Latin	2012
Rodney Green	Prep Charter	2006	Tony Costner	Overbrook	1980
SECOND TEAM			SECOND TEAM
Marcus Morris	Prep Charter	2007	Howard Evans	West Phila.	1984
Markieff Morris	Prep Charter	2007	Rasheed Brokenborough	Univ. City	1995
Nate Blackwell	Southern	1983	Ricky Tucker	Overbrook	1979
Ramone Moore	Southern	2007	Malik Rose	Overbrook	1992
Kevin Broadnax	Southern	1978	Darryl Warwick	West Phila.	1977
THIRD TEAM			THIRD TEAM
Jason Cain	Bartram	2003	Vincent Smalls	Univ. City	1986
Kevin Beaford	Bok	1979	Mik Kilgore	West Phila.	1988
Dallas Philson	Southern	1980	Troy Daniel	Lamberton	1984
Abdul Taylor	Audenried	1996	Henry Smith	West Phila.	1984
World Stokes	Southern	1987	Na'im Crenshaw	Overbrook	1997

APRIL 11
TEDBIT
Through the years, I've offered all-star teams based on multiple categories, even letters of the alphabet. This one plays the geography card and includes the Non-Public city leagues schools, as in the Catholic and Inter-Ac members. It covers 41 seasons (1976-2016). The decisions made for previous all-star teams are followed here and I've placed "newer" guys into spots I feel are deserved. One thing to note: Episcopal Academy is now in Delaware County, but it was based in Montgomery County (along City Avenue across from Saint Joseph's University) when the guys listed below were playing. Brian/Ryan Daly are father/son. Check back tomorrow for the Pub.

NON-PUBLIC TEAMS BASED ON GEOGRAPHY, 1976-2016
LOWER PHILLY			UPPER PHILLY
FIRST TEAM			FIRST TEAM
Eddie Griffin	Roman	2000	Sean Singletary	Penn Charter	2004
Ja'Quan Newton	Neumann-Goretti	2014	Lawrence Reid	Dougherty	1976
Michael Brooks	West Catholic	1976	Kyle Lowry	Dougherty	2004
Donnie Carr	Roman	1996	Steve Goodrich	Penn Charter	1994
Lonnie McFarlan	Roman	1980	Mo Connolly	Judge	1976
SECOND TEAM			SECOND TEAM
Stephen Vasturia	SJ Prep	2013	Cuttino Mobley	Dougherty	1992
Reggie Jackson	Roman	1978	Bob Convey	Judge	1977
Dallas Comegys	Roman	1983	Joe Schoen	North Catholic	1977
Rasual Butler	Roman	1998	Rob Kurz	Penn Charter	2004
Maalik Wayns	Roman	2009	Paul Burke	Chestnut Hill	1991
THIRD TEAM			THIRD TEAM
Tony Carr	Roman	2016	Chris Mooney	Ryan	1990
Rick Jackson	Neumann-Goretti	2007	Chris Williams	Dougherty	1989
Chris Clover	SJ Prep	2015	DeSean White	Dougherty	2004
Mark Stevenson	Roman	1985	Jim Schultice	North Catholic	1988
Steve Benton	Neumann	1985	Mike McIntyre	Judge	1979
MONTGOMERY/BUCKS COUNTY			DELAWARE/CHESTER COUNTY
FIRST TEAM			FIRST TEAM
Wayne Ellington	Episcopal	2006	Rodney Blake	Bonner	1984
Gerald Henderson	Episcopal	2006	Martin Ingelsby	Carroll	1997
Alvin Williams	Gtn. Academy	1993	Derrick Jones	Carroll	2015
Chip Greenberg	La Salle	1982	Brian Grandieri	Malvern	2004
Matt Walsh	Gtn. Academy	2002	Rafal Bigus	Carroll	1995
SECOND TEAM			SECOND TEAM
Brian Leahy	Kenrick	1984	Donny Dodds	St. James	1978
Fran McCaffery	La Salle	1977	Brian Daly	Bonner	1988
Rodney Duncan	Gtn. Academy	1976	Barry Bekkedam	Carroll	1986
Craig Conlin	La Salle	1985	Mike Edelman	Haver. School	1978
Eugene Burroughs	Episcopal	1990	Gary Duda	Malvern	1988
THIRD TEAM			THIRD TEAM
Jerome Allen	Episcopal	1991	Juan'ya Green	Carroll	2011
Joe McEwing	Egan	1990	Jeff Jones	Bonner	2007
John O'Connell	McDevitt	1988	Doug Fairfax	Haver. School	1999
Ryan Ayers	Gtn. Academy	2005	Ryan Daly	Carroll	2016
Lee Melchionni	Gtn. Academy	2002	Eddie Malloy	O'Hara	1989

APRIL 10
TEDBIT
The 29th annual All-Star Labor Classic was played today at New Foundations Charter, in Holmesburg, and for the second consecutive year no players scored enough points to earn spots on the list below. It includes all Public/Catholic/Inter-Ac players who've scored at least 18 points. There have been several formats through the years and one, especially, has not been conducive to point outbursts: a running clock (except on free throws). The first game, in '88, was played on a Saturday night before 4,675 at the Palestra. The kids were pumped and City bested Suburbs, 143-139. There were 255 field goal attempts in the 48-minute game -- one every 11.3 seconds. Franklin's Randy Woods, who advanced to the NBA out of La Salle, shot 13-for-22 (6-for-7 on treys) and 3-for-4 for 35 points. That's still the record.

Best Outbursts by City Players In All-Star Labor Classic, 1988-2014
Name	School	Pts	Year
Randy Woods	Franklin	35	1988
John Davis	Neumann-Goretti	32	2013
Brandon Austin	Imhotep	28	2013
Michael Cuffee	Gratz	25	2001
Tyrell Long	McDevitt	24	2014
Chris Williams	Dougherty	22	1989
Vincent Mason	Univ. City	22	1988
Scootie Randall	Comm Tech	21	2008
Charron Fisher	Roman	20	2004
Sharif Bray	Central	20	2002
Percell Coles	Gratz	20	2000
Phil Crump	Franklin	20	1989
Brian Graves	Olney	20	1988
David Burton	Neumann-Goretti	19	2005
Monroe Blakes	West Catholic	19	1988
Rashann London	Roman	19	2014
Quasim Jones	Bartram	18	2010
Earl Pettis	Neumann-Goretti	18	2006
Tyreek Byard	Franklin LC	18	2003
Troy Roundtree	Northeast	18	2003
John Ashmore	West Catholic	18	1998
Floyd Preito	Constitution	18	2014

APRIL 9
TEDBIT
The All-Star Labor Classic will be played tomorrow, Sunday, April 10, at New Foundations Charter, 4850 Rhawn Street, Philadelphia, PA 19136. The media game will start at noon, followed by the girls at 1 and the boys at 2:30.
The coaches . . .
City girls -- Joe Garrett, Bartram, head; Mike McDonald, Wood, assistant.
Suburban girls -- Roe Falcone, Dickinson College, head; Dave Howell, Morrisville, assistant.
City boys -- Sean Tait, Judge, head; Guy Moore, Cristo Rey, assistant; Mark Hueber, Immaculata College player, assistant.
Suburban boys -- Glenn Dolton, Phil-Mont Christian, head; Steve Black, former La Salle University star, assistant.

2016 CITY GIRLS ALL STARS			2016 SUBURBAN GIRLS ALL STARS
Hannah	Fox	Penn Charter		Alexa	Middleton	Abington Friends
Ayanna	Matthews	Penn Charter		Asia	Turner	Abington Friends
Bailey	Greenberg	Wood		Erin	Lindahl	Gtn. Academy
Jennifer	Mullen	New Foundations		Kendall	Grasela	Gtn. Academy
Shannon	Glenn	Ryan		Mikaela	Giuliani	North Penn
Sydney	Barrows	Bartram		Libby	Tacka	Mount St. Joseph
Kayla	Lewis	Mastery North		Caitlyn	Cunningham	Mount St. Joseph
Bionca	Dunham	Imhotep		Madison	Ireland	Garnet Valley
Princess	Clemons	Bonner-Prendergast		Brigit	Coleman	Gwynedd Mercy
Karen	Lapkiewicz	St. Basil		Erica	DeCandido	Gwynedd Mercy
Alicia	Kebbe	Neumann-Goretti		Courtney	Redcross	Shipley
Morgan	Lenehan	Neumann-Goretti		Maya	Overton	Shipley
Claire	Bassetti	Wood		Leah	Simmons	Abington
Ashley	Smink Ryan			Samantha	Lochner	Abington
Courtney	Hoffman	St. Hubert		Ciara	Forde Bishop Shanahan
JaQuay	Williams	Audenried H.S.		Grace	Phillips	Bishop Shanahan
Allison	Hooven	St. Hubert		Denise	Sacco	Morrisville
				Jordan	Vitelli	C. Rock South
2016 CITY BOYS ALL STARS			2016 SUBURBAN BOYS ALL STARS
Justin	Fleming	Judge		Ryan	Daly	Carroll
Keith	Blassingale	New Foundations		Josh	Sharkey	Carroll
J.J.	Snead	Fels		John	Rigsby	Carroll
Austin	Slawter	Ryan		Colin	Mulvaney	Jenkintown
Jaekwon	Carlyle	Imhotep		Vinny	Dalessandro	Conwell-Egan
John	Hargraves	Bonner-Prendergast		LaPri	McCray-Pace	Conwell-Egan
John	Herndon	West Catholic		Jack	Coolahan	Holy Ghost
Vaughan	Covington	Neumann-Goretti		Daniel	Duffey	Lower Moreland
Zane	Martin	Neumann-Goretti		Noah	Baldez	Phil-Mont Christian
Rasheed	Browne	Neumann-Goretti		Sean	Griffin	Phil-Mont Christian
Ryan	McTamney	La Salle		Devon	Goodman	Gtn. Academy
Tariq	Meredith	Gratz		Gabe	Alter	Gtn. Academy
Fred	Killian	Ryan		Tommy	Funk	Archbishop Wood
Keinan	Oxner	Eng. & Science
Shane	Stark	La Salle

APRIL 6
TEDBIT
Below you'll see point totals, in league play, for seven guys with connections to NCAA National Champs. The far-and-away leaders are the father-son team of Mo and Ashley Howard. Ashley is a Villanova assistant. His dad advanced to the NBA. Though Mo scored more total league points, Ashley has dad beat in one contest -- more varsity seasons, 4-3. In just his second varsity game, a non-league tilt vs. North Catholic, "Ash" notched 21 points. Not bad, eh? Connecticut women's coach Geno Auriemma, who last night broke John Wooden's record for NCAA titles with No. 11, played one season of varsity for now-closed Bishop Kenrick, in Norristown. He was later an assistant at Kenrick under great-friend Phil Martelli, who has long been the men's coach at Saint Joseph's University. . . If I find that other guys deserve to be on here, I'll add them. Thanks. UPDATE: Kevin Rafferty's dad, also Kevin, has been added. It was driving me nuts. I kept thinking he'd played in the CL and couldn't find any evidence. No wonder. He also played for Malvern. Duh! Would it have killed me to check that school first? Smile.

League Points Scored by Guys With Ties To 2016 National Champs
Name	School	Year	Points
Maurice "Mo" Howard	SJ Prep	1970	168
Dad to VU Asst Ashley		1971	345
		1972	301
	Total		814

Ashley Howard	SJ Prep	1996	154
VU Assistant		1997	67
		1998	199
	Bonner	1999	333
	Total		753

Phil Booth	Northeast	1984	97
Dad to VU's Phil		1985	265
	Total		362

Joe Arcidiacono	Judge	1975	2
Dad to VU's Ryan		1976	96
	Total		98

Kevin Rafferty	Malvern	2010	12
VU Substitute		2011	44
	Total		56

Kevin Rafferty	Malvern	1976	30
Dad to VU's Kevin		1977	7
	Total		37

Geno Auriemma	Kenrick	1972	21
UConn Coach	Total		21
	TOTAL		2,141

APRIL 5
TEDBIT
Another nugget inspired by Sunday's party for Speedy Morris . . . Counting Speedy, on hand were seven guys who've coached teams in the Catholic League and/or Inter-Ac League. The breakdown is below. The total overall record in 123 seasons: 2,325-1,102 (.678) with 38 championships.

Catholic/Inter-Ac Coaches at the Speedy Morris Party
Name	School	Seasons	League	Overall	Titles
Speedy Morris	Roman	1968-81	171-39	347-82	6
	Penn Charter	1983-84	15-5	41-14	1
	SJ Prep	2002-16	152-52	306-101	2
	Totals	31	338-96	694-197	9
Jim Fenerty	Conwell-Egan	1982-89	28-100	61-138
	Gtn. Academy	1990-16	198-70	528-210	16
	Totals	35	226-170	589-348	16
Carl Arrigale	Neum.-Goretti	1999-16	222-28	432-94	10
	Totals	18	222-28	432-94	10
Bill Ludlow	West Catholic	1994-10	103-139	221-215
	Totals	17	103-139	221-215
Chris McNesby	Roman	2009-16	90-16	168-56	2
	Totals	8	90-16	168-56	2
John Miller	Ryan	1977-85	66-78	130-138
	Bonner	1986	7-7	20-10
	Totals	10	73-85	150-148
Ed Stefanski	Bonner	1980-83	32-24	71-44	1
	Totals	4	32-14	71-44	1
TOTAL		123	1,084-548	2,325-1,102	38

APRIL 4
TEDBIT
At yesterday's party, as near as we can figure, 22 of coach Speedy Morris' former high school players were in attendance -- 14 from Roman, two from Penn Charter and six from St. Joseph's Prep. Take a quick guess. In league games (not counting playoffs), how many total points did they score? The answer is . . . 3,836! Again, the totals are only from Catholic/Inter-Ac games and playoffs are NOT included. The breakdown is below. If we find out later that any other ex-Speedys were in attendance, we'll add their totals. Note: Speedy's son, Keith, his chief assistant at the Prep, played for Penn Charter, but did so after Dad moved on to coach the women's team (and later the men's team) at La Salle University.

Roman Players
Name	Year	Points
Keith Coady	1968	190
	Total	190
John Pindynski	1968	4
	1969	200
	Total	204
Larry Storm	1968	47
	1969	206
	Total	253
Bob Zakrzewski	1970	15
	Total	15
Ed Hoban	1970	178
	1971	221
	Total	399
Marty Corcoran	1971	4
	Total	4
Fran Sykes	1970	6
	1971	166
	1972	238
	Total	410
Ed Jones	1971	9
	1972	170
	Total	179
John Murphy	1972	2
	Total	2
Bob Cahill	1973	2
	Total	2
Adrian Moody	1972	2
	1973	101
	1974	187
	Total	290
Mike LaPera	1973	14
	1974	97
	Total	111
Randy Monroe	1980	97
	1981	236
	Total	333
Jim Parrella	1981	5
	Total	5
Penn Charter Players
Carl Arrigale	1983	132
	1984	180
	Total	312
Joe McGarvey	1983	56
	1984	88
	Total	144
SJ Prep Players
Jim Good	2002	68
	Total	68
Matt Stefanski	2002	1
	Total	1
Mark Zoller	2002	227
	2003	262
	Total	489
John Oberlies	2002	1
	2003	25
	Total	26
Kevin Funston	2006	11
	Total	11
Joe Nardi	2008	21
	2009	178
	2010	388
	Total	388
TOTAL		3,836

APRIL 1
TEDBIT
Unless something changes over the next two weeks, this will be the second second consecutive season in which no "Our Guys" (Public/Catholic/Inter-Ac products) make NBA debuts. That also happened in the 2004 and '05 seasons and, overall, 20 guys have debuted in the 17 seasons of this century (1.2 average). In the NBA's previous 53 seasons (1947-99), the average was 1.7. In that very first season, six guys owned spots on the rosters of the 11 teams -- Johnny Murphy (Gratz), Angelo Musi (Overbrook), Petey Rosenberg (Southern), Jerry Rullo (Bartram), Art Spector (West Phila.) and Matt Guokas Sr. (Roman). On the list below, only four guys -- Markieff Morris (Prep Charter), Gerald Henderson (Episcopal), Kyle Lowry (Dougherty) and Rasual Butler (Roman) -- have been starters for at least half of their teams' games in two seasons. Lowry, as noted in an earlier Tedbit, has started in two consecutive all-star games. No "Our Guy" had started in one since 1975. The all-star game began in 1951. From that year through '75, five OGs -- Larry Foust (Southeast Catholic, one of Neumann-Goretti's many forerunners), Paul Arizin (La Salle; though he never played there), Guy Rodgers (old Northeast at 8th and Lehigh), Wilt Chamberlain (Overbrook) and Earl "The Pearl" Monroe (Bartram) made a total of 21 starts. From 1947 through '99, no NBA debuts were made by OGs in 1952, '58, '64, '79, '80, '84, '85, '86, '87 and '94.

NBA Debuts by "Our Guys" in 2000s
Year	Name	School
2016	None
2015	None
2014	Dionte Christmas	Fels
2013	Maalik Wayns	Roman
2012	Marcus Morris	Prep Charter
	Markieff Morris	Prep Charter
2011	None
2010	Wayne Ellington	Episcopal
	Gerald Henderson	Episcopal
2009	Rob Kurz	Penn Charter
	Sean Singletary	Penn Charter
2008	None
2007	Maurice "Mardy" Collins	Gratz
	Lynn Greer	Eng. & Science
	Steve Smith	Northeast
	Kyle Lowry	Dougherty
2006	Matt Walsh	Gtn. Academy
2005	None
2004	None
2003	Ronald "Flip" Murray	Straw. Mansion
	Rasual Butler	Roman
2002	Eddie Griffin	Roman
2001	Sean Colson	Franklin LC
	Marc Jackson	Roman
	Steve Goodrich	Penn Charter
2000	Lari Ketner	Roman