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July 18. 2022
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"Monday Flashback"
July 13, 2022
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"COACHING IS A FAMILY BUSINESS"
Jun
21, 2022
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June 10, 2022
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"A Rising Star"
It's always very difficult to predict the manifest destiny of one so
young, but 5-9, 170-pound Millville High School freshman wide
receiver Lotzeir
Brooks (pictured
here)
appears to have the right stuff. In his inaugural season, the
speedy ninth-grader caught 36 passes for 957 yards, breaking the
Philadelphia-area (southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey)
freshman receiving mark of 861 yards set by Pennsauken High's
Ejani Shakir in 2019. Brooks caught 14 touchdown passes last
season in addition to rushing for three TDs and returning one
kickoff for a score. The 14-year-old led his Millville football
team to the South Jersy Group 4 Regional Championship, while
securing a spot on the All-State team as a freshman. The best
is yet to come!!!
May 18, 2022
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Reggie Jackson, Cheltenham High School's most well-known alumnus,
celebrates his 76th birthday today (May 18). The 1964 CHS
graduate ,who grew up at 149 Greenwood Ave. in Wyncote across
from the Jenkintown Train Station, is pictured
here
talking to members of the Cheltenham High football team. Reggie
Jackson is an intelligent, outspoken, and often controversial
figure who was highly recognizable, whether it be for his famous
left-handed swing or from his candy bar. He is an inspiration
that a baseball player can be respected, successful, and clout
563 home runs without the aid of anabolic steroids or other
performance enhancing drugs. The legacy of the Major League
Baseball and Cheltenham High School Alumni Association Hall of
Famer is that of a winner. Reggie played 21 seasons in the Big
Leagues and reached the post-season in 11 of them, winning six
divisional pennants and five World Series. Happy Birthday
Reggie!!!!
May 16, 2022
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Pictured
here
in this 2014 photo at a Serbia market is Denver Nuggets Director
of Scouting Jim
Clibanoff with
then unheralded European basketball player Nikola Jokic (left)
and his brother Nemanja. For the second consecutive year, Nikola,
the Denver Nuggets 6-11 center, was named the 2022 NBA MVP last
week. With vision like Magic Johnson, offensive tricks like
Larry Bird, and a humble confidence like Tim Duncan, Jokic has
morphed into one of the most complete players in the game. As
the Director of Scouting for the Nuggets, Jim Clibanoff, a 1985
Cheltenham High School graduate, was instrumental in bringing
Jokic to the United States and Denver. "Clib," a lifelong
hardcore basketball junkie, ran a private college hoop scouting
service for 17 years, evaluating future NBA players, before
joining the Denver Nuggets front office in 2013. Jokic and New
York Knicks living legend Willis Reed are the only
second-round draft choices ever to win the NBA MVP. The last
Philadelphia 76er to win the coveted award was Allen Iverson in
2001, while Overbrook High product Wilt Chamberlain won
it four times in 1960, 1966, 1967, and 1968. The record for most
NBA MVP awards is six by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who was
known as Lew Alcindor when he attended elementary school at the
now defunct Holy Providence Boarding School in Bensalem,
Pennsylvania.
May 2, 2022
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"A NATURAL RIVALRY"
April 27, 2022
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The greatest
football player in Paulsboro High School history is replacing the
greatest coach in program history. Kevin Harvey (pic
here), considered
by many to be the most accomplished player ever in South Jersey
gridiron history, will succeed Glenn Howard, his former head
coach at Paulsboro. Howard, a Paulsboro graduate himself, who played
in the USFL, compiled a career record of 316-70 (81.9 %) with
14 sectional titles in his 35-year career. At Paulsboro, Harvey
started at quarterback and defensive back all four years. His record
in those four years was (43-1), only losing to Sterling, 14-13,
during his freshman season in 1992. Kevin, a former Temple
University quarterback, netted 101 touchdowns and 656 career
points at Paulsboro, including 4,016 yards rushing and 3,844 yards
passing. For the past 14 years, he has been an assistant at
Paulsboro to his mentor Glenn Howard.
April 3, 2022
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On March 25, it was reported on Ted's website that Our Lady of the Sacred
Heart, a small Catholic school from suburban Pittsburgh, defeated
Constitution, 92-71, in the Class 2A final, tying West Philadelphia
High's state record of 68 consecutive wins from 1976-1978. The
Speedboys were coached by former West Philadelphia High and Temple
University guard Joe Goldenberg (pictured
here).
Here are the 12 longest win streaks in Pennsylvania high school boys'
basketball history:
April 1, 2022
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According to Ted's stats, Overbrook High's Wilt
Chamberlain scored
844 points during the 19-game, 1954-55 season for a scoring average of 44.4 points-per-game.
Wilt had the highest scoring average per game in the city and in the state,
but he didn't lead the country in scoring. He was second to Dr.
Larry Huston (pictured
here)
of Savannah High School in Ohio. The 6-6 center scored 1,221 points in 27
games for an average of
45.2 points-per-game
to lead the nation. Larry graduated from Savannah High in 1955 as
valedictorian of his class and matriculated at Ohio State University. Larry
was a four-year starter on the freshmen and varsity teams at Ohio State and
served as team captain in 1959. At Ohio State he played with former Boston
Celtics great Larry
Siegfried and
Frank
Howard, who
was an All-American in both college basketball and baseball before starting
his Major League Baseball career. Dr. Larry Huston went on to become a
pharmacist and earned his Ph.D. in pharmaceutical chemistry from Kansas
University in 1974. He passed suddenly on July 30, 2007.
March 30, 2022
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March 28, 2022
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Feb. 27, 2022
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Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (21-0)
defeated Sto-Rox High, 87-44, on Friday night to run its winning streak to 61 straight
games. They have the longest
active boys' win streak in
the USA. The small Pittsburgh-area Catholic school has won back-to-back PIAA
Class 2A championships (pic
here)..
The Chargers' 61 consecutive victories ranks third
all-time in
state history behind West
Philadelphia and West
End St. James High of Pittsburgh.
West Philly holds the state record, winning 68 straight
from 1976 to 1978 and West End St. James won 66 games
in a row in the early 1950s.
February 10, 2022
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Egg Harbor Township High pounded previously unbeaten
St. Augustine, 76-51, last night. This means Cheltenham
High (20-0) is
the only
unbeaten boys' basketball team in
the Philadelphia
area (southeastern
Pennsylvania and South Jersey). According to Max Preps, they are one of
only six high school boys' teams in Pennsylvania with a perfect record.
Cheltenham has two games remaining, against Springfield Montco tonight and
Lower Moreland tomorrow. With victories in those two games, the Panthers
will have their first undefeated regular season in 54
years.
In 1968, Cheltenham went 21-0 during the regular season. That team starred Craig Littlepage and
was coached by West Catholic and Malvern Prep graduate Paul
Westhead.
February 1, 2022
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The Bengals' Eli
Apple,
formerly known as Eli
Woodard at
Eastern High, becomes the second All-South
Jersey defensive back from Eastern
High to
make the Super Bowl. Former defensive back Logan Ryan from Eastern
played in Super Bowls XLIX and LI for the Patriots, winning both games.
Logan was All-South Jersey first-team DB in 2008, while Eli was first-team
DB in 2011. Both played for then-coach Dan Spittal.
Pic taken in 2018, when they hosted a clinic at Eastern. Click
here.
January 10, 2022
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Last March, Constitution
High of
Philadelphia lost to Our
Lady of the Sacred Heart from
Coraopolis, Pa., 62-49, in the PIAA
Class 2 state final in
Hershey. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is a small Catholic school outside of
Pittsburgh. They have won 47
straight games
and currently have the longest
active win streak in the USA.
They might even challenge West
Philadelphia's state
record of 68 consecutive
wins. In last year's state final, junior Jake
DiMichele of
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart was high scorer with 21 points. He recently
went over 2,000 points this season. His name might sound familiar to
Philadelphia sports fans. His cousin, Adam DiMichele was
a former star quarterback at Temple University and captained the Owls in
2007 and 2008. Finally, the team with the second longest active win streak
in the nation is a local team----Camden
High with 43 straight
victories. They should beat Eastern Regional for Number 44 on Tuesday, but
will likely have a difficult time against national power Montverde Academy
who they play Thursday night in Trenton.
JULY 29
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JUNE 30
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Pictured
here
is former LaSalle
High School,
Syracuse University, and current Indianapolis Colts linebacker Zaire
Franklin.
Zaire, who graduated from LaSalle in 2014, was drafted by the Indianapolis
Colts in the seventh round, 235th overall in the 2018 NFL draft. He made his
first NFL start at linebacker for the Colts on September 23, 2018 against
his hometown Philadelphia
Eagles.
The Eagles won the game, 20-16, when Derek Barnett tripped up Colts'
quarterback Andrew Luck in the red zone to secure the victory. In his rookie
season, Zaire appeared in all 16 regular season games. At Syracuse
University, Zaire was a two-time
All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection,
and he was only the second
three-time captain in
Orange football history and the first since 1896.
Ted;s Note:
Zaire began his high school years at Franklin Learning Center. The
Bobcats had no footbal; team. He was a sub on the baseball team. Click
here
for a page that includes FLC's team pic. Tenth team down that page.,
JUNE 26
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JUNE 15
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Congratulations to
1972 Cheltenham High School graduate and Montgomery County coaches Hall of
Famer Virginia
"Ginny" Hofmann (pictured
here)
on her retirement from Germantown Academy in Fort Washington. Ginny has been
a teacher, coach, and athletic administrator at Germantown Academy for the
last 44
years. She
started there as a coach and teacher fresh out of West Chester University in
1976. Ginny, who played field hockey and lacrosse at Cheltenham High in
addition to being
a member of the swim team, coached field hockey and lacrosse at Germantown
Academy. She coached field hockey for 36 years, winning 363 games and five
Inter-Ac League championships. As the head lacrosse coach for 39 years,
Ginny won 370 games and seven Inter-Ac titles in addition to producing 16
All-Americans. Her record as a two-sport coach, a rarity in today's world,
remains unmatched. Happy Retirement Ginny!!!
MAY 26
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Sixty years ago on Friday, November 11, 1960, Archmere
Academy from
Claymont, Delaware blanked Friends
Central,
28-0, in Wynnewood to record their first unbeaten-untied season (8-0-0) in
17 years. The Archmere Academy Archers were the only scholastic football
team in the state in 1960 to finish the season with an unblemished record.
Senior halfback Joe
Biden (pictured
here)
was the standout star in the Archers' final game of the season. He tallied
three touchdowns on runs of 4, 12, and 45 yards. Joe, who finished the
season one of the leading scorers in the state with 60 points, matriculated
at the University
of Delaware in 1961 where
he played freshman football.
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With the post on Tuesday, April 7 about the thoroughbred
Secretariat (pictured
here
in the forefront) being an early adopter of social distancing, several
readers inquired whether Secretariat ever raced in the Philadelphia area. The
answer is yes!! On
November 18, 1972, Secretariat made his first and only Philadelphia-area
appearance, winning the Garden State Futurity Stakes by almost four lengths
at Garden State Park Racetrack in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Close to 20,000
horse racing fans braved the rain and cold on that day to see Secretariat do
his thing. After the Cherry Hill victory, Secretariat was named the two-year
old "Horse of the Year." After 58 years of thoroughbred and harness racing,
Garden State Park closed on May 3, 2001. It is now the site of a high-end,
mixed-used "town center" development of stores, restaurants, apartments,
townhouses, and condominiums. Click
here
for a video from the 1973 Belmont Stakes.
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APRIL 3
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Pictured
here
is the late Central Bucks East High teacher and football coach
Larry Greene
, a 1971 graduate of Cheltenham High School. Larry passed on this date seven years ago. Until he saw a horse in the hallway during his first year as a special-education teacher at rural CB East, Larry considered his most acute moment of culture shock to be his first day as a student at Cheltenham High in 1968. He had moved to Cheltenham from the town of Marshfield on Massachusetts's Irish-heavy South Shore after his father Dr. Lawrence Greene had taken the job as Cheltenham Township School District's new superintendent. From a small-town school, Larry felt overwhelmed at first by Cheltenham's size and diversity when compared to Marshfield. But Larry found his niche on coach Harry Hollihan's football team as a three-year starter at defensive back. High school football gave him an identity, a way to adjust to his new school and to form and sustain friendships. He never forgot that. Larry won 125 games as a football coach at CB East and Pennsbury High, but the wins were secondary to him. Larry believed that football taught many life lessons and his passion for coaching and teaching were evident in everything he did. Larry passed on April 3, 2013 after a valiant eight-year battle with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. He touched a lot of people's lives in a very special way for many years. R.I.P. Larry!!
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MARCH 27
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Pictured here is Cheltenham High School senior point guard Zahree Harrison who is the first boys' basketball player in southeastern Pennsylvania history to be a member of both a PIAA District I and District 12 basketball team that reached the district championship game. The first game of this season, Zahree went down with a knee injury that required season-ending surgery, yet he still has made a huge contribution to the District I runner-up Panthers this year, becoming a student-assistant coach for Cheltenham High head coach Pede Fleury. As a freshman in 2017, before transferring to his hometown Cheltenham High, Zahree played on the District 12 and state champion Archbishop Wood High basketball team that featured current Villanova University star guard Collin Gillespie. Even though he was unable to perform this season, Zahree's name is still entered in the official scorebook every game. In fact, the coaching staff honored him for all that he has done for the program by inserting him in the final regular-season home game against Hatboro-Horsham. The Panthers purposely took a 10-second violation to get him safely out of the game. The Division I St. Francis Loretto University signee only played two seasons for the Panthers, but he will go down as one of the best ever to put on a Cheltenham uniform.
MARCH 23
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Pictured
here
is Rancocas Valley grad Franco Harris, the most accomplished
NFL player from South Jersey.
Updated NFL Players List from South Jersey
Flipper Anderson – Paulsboro (LA Rams, Indianapolis WR)
Clifton Anderson-Cape May City (NY Giants, Chicago Cardinals, OE)
Ryquell Armstead – Millville (Jacksonville, RB)
Anthony Averett – Woodbury (Baltimore Ravens DB)
Eli Apple - Eastern (NY Giants CB)
John Aveni – Glassboro (Chicago K)
Rashad Baker – Woodrow Wilson (Buffalo DB)
Brandon Bell – Oakcrest (Cincinnati LB)
Bob Bell - Bordentown Military (Detroit, St. Louis Cardinals DL)
Randy Beverly – Wildwood (NY Jets DB)
Cory Bird – Oakcrest (Indianapolis DB)
Gary Brackett – Glassboro (Indianapolis LB)
A.B. Brown – Salem (NY Jets RB)
John Brown – Camden (Cleveland T)
George Burrell – Kingsway (Denver DB)
Greg Buttle – Mainland (NY Jets LB)
Damiere Byrd – Timber Creek (Carolina WR)
Joe Callahan – Holy Spirit (Green Bay QB)
Chris Canty – Eastern (New England, Seattle, New Orleans DB)
Sean Chandler – Camden (NY Giants DB)
Deron Cherry – Palmyra (K.C. DB)
Stan Clayton – Cherry Hill East (Atlanta OL)
Corey Clement – Glassboro (Eagles RB)
Avon Cobourne – Holy Cross (Detroit RB)
Andre Collins – Cinnaminson (Washington, Cincinnati LB)
Doug Colman – Ocean City (NY Giants, Tennessee LB)
Wayne Colman – Atlantic City (Saints, Eagles DB)
Bill Conaty – Camden Catholic – Buffalo C)
Paul Costa – Bordentown Military (Buffalo TE-T)
Phil Costa – Holy Cross (Dallas OL)
Brad Costello – Holy Cross (Cincinnati P)
Damien Covington – Overbrook (Buffalo LB)
Jack Crawford – St. Augustine (Oakland, Dallas, Atlanta DL)
Dave Crossan – Collingswood (Washington C)
Mike Curcio – Oakcrest (Eagles LB)
Mike Daniels – Highland (Green Bay DL)
Donovin Darius – Woodrow Wilson (Jacksonville S)
Jul’ien Davenport – Paulsboro (Houston OL)
Ron Davis- Deptford (St. Louis Cardinals DE)
Ron Dayne - Overbrook (NJ Giants, Denver RB)
Jamil Demby – Vineland (LA Rams OL)
Lee DeRamus – Edgewood (New Orleans WR)
Mike Devlin – Cherokee (Buffalo, Arizona C)
Ryan D’Imperio – Washington Township (Minnesota FB)
Darren Drozdov – Oakcrest (Denver DL)
Willie Drewrey – N.Burlington (Houston, T.Bay WR)
Joe Duckworth- Bordentown Military (Washington O-end)
Bill Duff – Delran (Cleveland DL)
Doug Easlick – Cherokee (Miami FB)
Chuck Faucette – Willingboro (San Diego LB)
Joe Fields – Glo. Catholic (NY Jets C)
Joe Flacco – Audubon (Baltimore QB)
Glenn Foley – C.H. East (NY Jets, Seattle QB)
Gene Foster – Pennsville (San Diego RB)
Lorenzo Freeman – Woodrow Wilson (Steelers DL)
Walter French-Moorestown (Pottsville, Rochester, RB)
Irving Fryar – Ran. Valley (N. England, Miami, Eagles, Wash. WR)
Ka’Lial Glaud – Winslow Township (Tampa Bay LB)
Matt Gono – Cinnaminson (Atlanta OL)
Bubba Green – Millville (Baltimore DL)
Ron Gassert – Rancocas Valley, Bordentown Military Institute (Green Bay T)
Jamaal Green – Woodrow Wilson (Eagles, DE)
William Green – Holy Spirit (Cleveland RB)
Shonn Greene – Winslow Township (NY Jets RB)
Anthony Griggs – Kennedy (Eagles, Browns LB)
Billy Griggs – Pennsauken (NY Jets TE)
David Griggs – Pennsauken (Miami, S. Diego LB)
Jonathan Grimes – Paul VI (NY Jets, Houston RB)
Chris Hall – Pemberton (Dallas S)
Dino Hall – Pleasantville (Cleveland RB)
Roscoe Hansen – Holy Spirit (Eagles T)
Kelvin Harmon – Palmyra (Washington WR)
Marvin Hargrove – Willingboro (Eagles WR)
Al Harris – Rancocas Valley (Chicago, Eagles DL)**
Franco Harris – Rancocas Valley (Pittsburgh RB)
Mike Haynes – Northern Burlington (Chicago DL)
George Hegamin – Camden (Dallas, Eagles, Tampa Bay OL)
Nate Hemsley – Delran (Dallas, Carolina LB)
Dwayne Hendricks – Millville (N.Y. Giants DL)
Kevin Hickman – Holy Cross (Detroit TE)
Dwight Hicks – Pennsauken (San Francisco DB)
Wesley Hills – Wildwood (Detroit RB)
Gerald Hodges – Paulsboro (Minnesota LB)
Ka'Dar Hollman, Burlington Township (Green Bay Packers DB)
Derek Holloway – Palmyra (Wash, T. Bay WR)
Bill Hunter – Delaware Twp. (Wash, Miami DB)
Pete Hunter – Atlantic City (Dallas DB)
Ron Israel – Haddon Heights (Minnesota DB)
Steve Israel – Haddon Hts (LA Rams, N. England, N. Orleans DB)
Ben Ijalana – Rancocas Valley (Indianapolis OL)
Austin Johnson - St. Augustine (Tennessee LB)
Mike Jarmoluk – Bordentown Military Institute (Chicago Bears, Eagles, Boston Yanks, and NY Bulldogs OT-DL).
George Jamison – Bridgeton (Detroit LB)
George Johnson – Glassboro (Tampa Bay DL)
Harvey Johnson -Bridgeton (NY Yankees RB)
Antony Jordan – Washington Twp. (Indianapolis LB)
Tom Knight – Cherokee (Arizona DB)
Andy Kowalski – Gloucester (Brooklyn WR-DE)
Pete Kugler – C.H. East (San Francisco DL)
John Kuzman-Bordentown Military Institute (Chicago Cardinals OT)
Kevin Landolt - Holy Cross (Jacksonville DL)
Ted Laux – Collingswood (Eagles QB)
Reggie Lawrence-Camden (Eagles WR)
Alex Lewis – Delran (Detroit LB)
Floyd Little – Bordentown Military Institute (Denver RB)
Tom Longo – Bordentown Military (NY Giants, Cards, DB)
Wali Lundy – Florence/Holy Cross (Houston Texans RB)
Brison Manor – Bridgeton (Denver DL)
Greg Mark – Pennsauken – (Miami, Eagles DL)
Mike McBath – Woodbury (Buffalo LM)
Turk McBride – Woodrow Wilson (KC, Detroit, New Orleans DL)
Don McComb – Camden Catholic (Boston Patriots DE)
Todd McNair – Pennsauken (K.C. RB)
Kareem McKenzie – Willingboro (NJ Jets OL)
Bryant McKinnie – Woodbury (OL Minnesota, Baltimore)
Jeromy Miles – Winslow Township (DB Cincinnati)
Lydell Mitchell – Salem (Baltimore RB)
Dezman Moses, Willingboro (Green Bay, Kansas City LB)
Tony Munford – Overbrook (St. Louis Cardinals RB)
Calvin Murray – Millville (Eagles RB)
Rick Newbill – Clearview (Seattle LB)
Dennis Norman – Cherokee (Seattle OL)
Walt Nowak – Camden (Eagles, WR-DB)
Vic Obeck – Audubon (Chicago Cardinals OG)
Tom Palmer – Collingswood (Pittsburgh T)
Shaun Phillips – Willingboro (San Diego, Denver LB)
Lou Piccone – Vineland (NY Jets, Buffalo WR)
Milt Plum – Woodbury (LA Rams, Detroit QB)
Chris Pressley – Woodbury (Cincinnati FB)
Greg Rakoczy – Shawnee (Cleveland OL)
Derrick Ramsey – Camden (Oakland, New England TE)
Isaac Redman – Paulsboro (Pittsburgh RB)
Haason Reddick – Haddon Heights (Arizona LB)
Dave Robinson – Moorestown (Green Bay LB)
John Roman – Holy Spirit (NY Jets OL)
Steve Romanik – Millville (Chicago Cardinals QB)
Kevin Ross – Paulsboro (K.C, Atlanta DB)
Dave Rowe – Deptford (Oakland DL)
Mike Rozier – Woodrow Wilson (Houston, Atlanta RB)
Jim Ryan – Bishop Eustace (Denver LB)
Logan Ryan – Eastern (New England DB)
Tony Sacca – Delran (Phoenix QB)
George Savitsky-Camden (Eagles, OT)
Skip Singletary – Woodrow Wilson (NY Giants OL)
Alex Silvestro – Paulsboro (New England DL)
Ed Smith – Pemberton (Atlanta TE)
Irv Smith – Pemberton (N. Orleans, San Fran, Cleve. TE)
Alonzo Spellman – Rancocas Valley (Chicago, Dallas DL)
John Stone – Mainland (Oakland WR)
Art Still – Camden (KC, Buffalo DL)
Rod Streater – Burlington Township (Oakland WR)
John Taylor – Pennsauken (San Francisco WR)
Keith Taylor – Pennsauken (Ind. N. Orleans, Wash. DB)
Julian Taylor – Williamstown (San Francisco DE)
Phil Trautwein – Eastern (St. Louis Rams, Cleveland OL)
Johnnie Troutman – Pemberton (San Diego OL)
Stan Walters- Bordentown Military Institute (Eagles, OT)
Tex Warrington – Bordentown Military Institute (Brooklyn Dodgers football, C-LB)
Darrell Wilson – Pennsauken (N. England DB)
Earl Wilson-Atlantic City (SD Chargers, DE)
Bo Wood – Haddon Heights (Atlanta DE)
Albert Young – Moorestown (Minnesota RB)
Anthony Young – Pemberton (Indianapolis DB)
** - played his first two seasons at Rancocas Valley
MARCH 8
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MARCH 7
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Paul Wiedeman,
the son of former Eastern High coach Dave
Wiedeman won
his 500th career
game today when Haddonfield edged Haddon Heights, 35-33, in a South Jersey
Group South Jersey Group 2 semifinal. He's only the 11th
coach in South Jersey history to
win 500 games, and from a historical perspective, he is the first
coach in
state history to win 500 games who played in the Tournament of Champions.
Paul played for Haddonfield in the first Tournament of Champions in 1989
when Eastern High with Michael Edwards and John Yezzi upset unbeaten
Haddonfield, 56-54, in the first round of the T of C at Rutgers University.
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Here are the Top 10 career scorers at high schools in the
Philadelphia area (South Jersey, Southeastern Pennsylvania).
JAN. 24
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After reading yesterday's Tedbit on first-team All-City
football players that also scored 1,000 points I was reminded that there is one high
school athlete in New
Jersey history that scored 2,000 career points after making the All-State
Football first-team.
That would be 1996 Paulsboro High School graduate Kevin
Harvey
(pictured
here).
The former Paulsboro quarterback, arguably the most accomplished high school
football player in South Jersey history, scored 101
touchdowns and 25
two-point conversions for 656
career points.
He rushed for 4,028
yards and
threw for 42
touchdowns from
1992-1995. He propelled the Red Raiders to four straight South Jersey Group
1 titles and a 43-1
overall record as
a four-year starter. On the basketball court, Kevin was equally impressive,
scoring 2,161
points.
Harvey played college football at Temple
University and
enjoyed a stint in the Arena football League.
JAN. 22
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"UNDEFEATED
PANTHERS"
During the 2019 Cheltenham High School historic football season, in which
the state finalist Panthers went (14-2) coached by Father Judge graduate Ryan
Nase, the following question has come up: Has Cheltenham High ever
had an undefeated football team in the 118 years they have been playing
football since 1901??? The answer to that question is a short,
not-so-clear----"Yes, but maybe not really." In 1943, the Panther football
team played an abbreviated four-game schedule for a variety of reasons, but
primarily because World War II was going on. They defeated Academy of the
New Church, 19-0, Friends Select,
25-12, the George School, 41-13, and Central High, 13-7, for a perfect 4-0
undefeated season. There was no Abington game that year. The victory over
Central High of Philadelphia was a major upset with future Penn State and
NFL star Wally Triplett (top
row in picture) scoring both touchdowns.
The bottom line is: The 1943 unbeaten, untied Cheltenham High School
football team played four games and won them all, but It all comes down to
what your "definition of a season" is???
JAN. 16
TRIVIA QUESTION
Six-time NBA All-Star Kyrie
Irving is
the only player in the history of New Jersey high school boys' basketball to
score 1,000
points at two different high schools.
He scored 1,000 points and at both St.
Patrick's and Montclair
Kimberley Academy.
Who is the only player in Southeastern Pennsylvania
history to score 1,000 points at two different schools. For which schools
did he do so?
JAN. 14
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Update: John bagged his 700th win on 1/22. Click
here.
JAN, 13
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"A SCHOOL FIRST"
It's January 13,and for the first time in
Cheltenham High School sports history, neither the boys' basketball team
or the football team have yet to lose a Suburban One League game. The
football team coached by Father Judge grad Ryan Nase went (6-0) in
conference play, while coach Pede Fleury's Panther basketball team is
also currently (6-0) in the league and (12-1) overall. It's an incredible
record when you consider star point-guard Zahree Harrison went down
with a knee injury the first game of the season, requiring season-ending
surgery. Harrison, a St. Francis University Loretto signee, played
his freshman season at Archbishop Wood. On Saturday, Rider
University signee Jaelen McGlone (pictured
here)
exploded for 29 points, and budding sophomore star Justin Moore added
13 points and dealt out 12 assists to lead the Chelts to a hard-earned 75-71
victory over host Downingtown West High. The Panthers play Malvern Prep, with
their high-scoring guard Deuce Turner, in a non-league match-up tonight in
Malvern..