Coach Dougherty's All-Stars and Top Scorers
*-Played in NBA

ALL-INTER-AC
FIRST TEAM
MALVERN 1962-66
1962: Dave Baxter
1964: Larry Cabrelli
1964: Tom Keavney
1965: Jack Donoghue
1965: Bob Mahoney
1966: Joe Walters
1966: Fran Dunphy
EPISCOPAL 1977-97 / 2001-10
1979: Charles Hickman
1979: Sean Perretta
1979: Dan Dougherty
1980: Charles Hickman
1980: Dan Dougherty
1981: Charles Hickman
1982: Pete Gregory
1982: Jim Farrell
1982: James "Bruiser" Flint
1983: James "Bruiser" Flint
1983: Anthony Dade
1984: Dolph Tokarczyk
1986: Jeff Hines
1987: Jeff Hines
1988: Paul Chambers
1988: Eugene Burroughs
1989: Eugene Burroughs
1990: Eugene Burroughs
1990: *Jerome Allen
1990: Eric Moore
1991: *Jerome Allen
1991: Eric Moore
1992: Brian Dougherty
1993: Mike Abate
1993: Chris Person
1996: John Phillips
1997: John Phillips
2001: Terrence Mack
2002: Terrence Mack
2004: *Wayne Ellington
2004: *Gerald Henderson
2005: *Wayne Ellington
2005: *Gerald Henderson
2005: Mike Yocum
2006: Wayne Ellington
2006: Gerald Henderson
2006: Mike Yocum
2008: Jack O'Neill
2009: Omari Grier
SECOND TEAM
MALVERN 1962-66
1962: John Holsten
1963: Larry Cabrelli
1963: Charles Hinckle
1966: Tony McDermott
1966: Fred D'Angelo
EPISCOPAL 1977-97 / 2001-10
1977: Pete Herbert
1978: Pete Herbert
1978: Charles Hickman
1979: Jeff Ochroch
1980: Daniel "Skip" Hager
1981: Daniel "Skip" Hager
1981: Jim Farrell
1982: Anthony Dade
1985: Jeff Hines
1986: Paul Gilhool
1987: Scott Turner
1988: Brett Moore
1989: Jim Shanahan
1990: Chris Wyszynski
1990: Jim Shanahan
1991: Chris Wyszynski
1992: Dan Leibovitz
1995: Murphy Barton
1995: John Phillips
2003: Ron Frazier
2003: *Gerald Henderson
2004: Brian Shanahan
2005: Dylan Brown
2008: Omari Grier
2009: Cory Goodman
2010: Isaiah Baker

ALL-CITY
(Bulletin 1977, DN 1978-forward)
*Played in NBA

FIRST TEAM
1983: James "Bruiser" Flint
1990: Eugene Burroughs
2002: Terrence Mack
2005: *Wayne Ellington
2005: *Gerald Henderson
2006: *Wayne Ellington
2006: *Gerald Henderson
SECOND TEAM
1981: Charles Hickman
1989: Eugene Burroughs
1991: *Jerome Allen
1997: John Phillips
THIRD TEAM
1987: Jeff Hines
1988: Paul Chambers
1991: Eric Moore
2006: Mike Yocum

1,000-POINT SCORERS
(All or Part of Career)
2,068 -- John Phillips, EA
2,059 -- Gerald Henderson, EA
1,756 -- Wayne Henderson, EA
1,566 -- Charles Hickman, EA
1,563 -- Eugene Burroughs, EA
1,540 -- #Terrence Mack, EA
1,035 -- @Joe Walters, MP
1,027 -- Jerome Allen, EA
1,008 -- Eric Moore, EA
#-coach for final two seasons
@-coach through junior season

  Dan Dougherty coached basketball at Malvern Prep (1962-66) and Episcopal Academy (1977-97, 2001-10) for 36 seasons, winning 621 games and 13 Inter-Ac League championships (12 outright, one shared). His 2006 team, featuring future NBAers Wayne Ellington and Gerald Henderson, found itself in the running for the answer to this question: Best in Inter-Ac history? That story is here . . .

By Ted Silary

  NOW THAT THE games are over, let's bring everyone to the fierce-debate table.
  Even before the season ended, Dan Dougherty expressed the opinion his 2005-06 Episcopal Academy basketball team was the best he'd coached in 27
seasons there (1977-97, 2001-06).
  Ah, but where does it rank in Inter-Ac League
history? Is it the best of all time? Is it even the crown jewel of this decade?
  "I'm predicting we'd win by 10."
  Those words came tumbling out of the mouth of Jim Fenerty, the longtime coach at Germantown Academy.
As much as he respects the accomplishments rung up this season by Episcopal (10-0 league, 27-4 overall), Fenerty feels his '01 squad was better.
  A case certainly could be made.
  First, let's dissect the '06 Churchmen . . .
  The co-franchise players, wing guard Wayne Ellington (North Carolina) and small forward Gerald Henderson (Duke), were ranked among the very best high school players in the country. They formed an amazing tandem not only because of how well they played, but also because of how well they blended, both with each other and their teammates. Had the NBA not changed its draft rules, it's conceivable both would have been forced hard to think about bypassing college.
  The next starter, 6-9 Mike Yocum, is bound for Division I Albany. His rebounding and shotblocking perfectly complemented the famous duo, allowing them to perform their miracles mostly stress-free.
  Tim Ivory, the football quarterback, was a competent point guard, and not to be left alone from beyond the arc, while Charlie Barks performed the menial tasks with resolve and never once pondered overstepping his bounds.
  The bench was admittedly shallow. But junior Pat Kelly, a guard, was a persistent threebie threat and only some illness problems prevented him from
being a seasonlong starter.
  GA '01 . . . GA '01? Is it coming back to you?
  Those Patriots also swept through the Inter-Ac, and went 27-3 overall.
  Generally, the most talked-about players were the juniors, wing guard Matt Walsh, forward Lee Melchionni and center Ted Skuchas. They would wind up at Florida, Duke and Vanderbilt, respectively, and Walsh has made an NBA pit stop after declaring for the draft as a junior.
  The other starters were point guard Mike Slattery and hustler Troy Holiday. One of the key subs was Rob Kurz, who would later transfer to Penn Charter and be a major component of that school's memory-making squad in '03.
  But back to Slattery for a moment. He was hardly an
afterthought. In fact, he was a first- team Daily News All-City honoree as a senior and then enjoyed an outstanding career at Delaware.
  Fenerty eased through the possible matchups one by one and figured his squad was hangin'. He then halted at point guard.
  "This is where we win it," he said. "I used to bang heads with Mike all the time; he had that edge to him. But what a player. I didn't realize how good he was until he was gone. We're still trying to replace him."
  When asked to pick a winner, Dougherty laughed and said,
  "I'd give it a tie. It'd be a great game."
  He added, "That GA team did have every component you could ask for. I liked Slattery. He got a Division I scholarship and proved his mettle there."
  As an aside, Dougherty said he's still receiving grief from his son, Brian, now his assistant and a starter for the '91 Churchmen (27-2), whom he formerly considered his best team.
  "There's no comparison," he cooed.
  For the record, Dougherty also loved his '05 squad (10-0, 25-3) and its senior starters, steady point guard Dylan Brown (Ohio Wesleyan, lacrosse) and forward/enforcer Joe Rosati (Villanova, baseball).
  Yet this year's must get the nod, he said, because of its much more difficult national-level schedule (23 games were played away or at neutral sites) and the fact The Big Three were seniors and still making tangible improvements. (Ellington, for instance, became a lockdown defender.)
  What's a moderator to do? Consult someone else.
Penn Charter coach Jim "Flipper" Phillips was in his first season in '01.
  "For me," he said, "it comes down to those third-wheel guys. The guy who really gave us fits was Yocum. We never had that much of a problem with Skuchas.
  "And Episcopal's so-called lesser guys could really shoot it. You couldn't leave Ivory open and Kelly could hit treys, too. Know what? I'm not sure we even saw the 'full Episcopal.' Because Kelly had those sickness problems and it took a while for Ivory to get going because he was hurt coming out of football." 
  Dougherty also spoke highly of Yocum.
  "We were pretty good in '04 [22-6 overall] when Gerald and Wayne were sophs, but teams with height really gave us problems," he said. "We just couldn't match up. When Mike came with us, it made a big difference. All the pieces fit."
  Just so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle, PC's '03 squad went 10-0 and 26-4. Its headliners were also juniors - point guard Sean Singletary (starring at Virginia; our Player of the Year in '04) and Kurz (Notre Dame).
Zack Zeglinski (playing football at Penn State as a preferred walk-on) was a sophomore and already a sniping guard while the frontcourt included Matt
Ryan (now playing QB at Boston College) and bruiser Mike Boles (Albright). The main subs were guys destined to focus on other sports in college:
Tony McDevitt (Duke, lacrosse) and Ryan Nanni (Rhode Island, baseball).
  "That PC team was very good," Dougherty said. "But I think we're a little bit better."
  So there you have it. Most of it . . . Except the view from here.
 I'm going with Episcopal '06. Assuming the referees let everyone play.
  When in doubt, and as long as no underlying chemistry problems are sensed, I tend to go with teams that have seniors as their core. This squad was not only senior-laden, it featured two of the very best players in the country, as well as this city's history.
  That makes the difference.

Coach Dan Dougherty

SEASON BY SEASON
League / Overall
Malvern
1962: 9-3 / 13-5
1963: 4-6 / 8-10
1964: 8-4 / 15-7
1965: 14-0 / 20-3
1966: 13-1 / 18-5
Episcopal
1977: 2-8 / 7-11
1978: 4-6 / 9-13
1979: 10-0 / 21-2
1980: 8-2 / 21-4
1981: 8-2 / 22-2
1982: 10-0 / 24-1
1983: 10-0 / 23-1
1984: 4-6 / 13-14
1985: 5-5 / 16-12
1986: 4-6 / 16-12
1987: 10-0 / 26-2
1988: 8-2 / 23-2
1989: 9-1 / 24-3
1990: 10-0 / 24-1
1991: 10-0 / 27-2
1992: 4-6  /16-9
1993: 8-2 / 23-3
1994: 0-10 / 4-19
1995: 4-6 / 13-14
1996: 4-6 / 9-13
1997: 6-4 / 17-11
1998-2000: Inactive
2001: 7-3 / 16-10
2002: 6-4 / 21-6
2003: 3-7 / 15-13
2004: 5-5 / 22-6
2005: 10-0 / 25-3
2006: 10-0 / 27-4
2007: 1-9 / 4-21
2008: 4-6 / 14-13
2009:2-8  / 10-14
2010: 3-7 / 12-14

TOTAL RECORD
36 Seasons, 1962-66 (MP),
1977-97, 2001-10 (EA)
Malvern: 48-14 / 74-31
Episcopal: 191-129 / 547-254
Total: 239-143 / 621-285
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1965
Malvern (14-0)
  In Game No. 12, the Friars received 20 points from Kirk Layton and 14 from Jack Donoghue while thumping visiting Gtn. Academy, 78-53. That same day, Gtn. Friends surprised runner-up Episcopal, 43-42, dropping the losers to 9-3 (en route to 10-4), on Ted Coxe's 12-foot jumper with 0:34 left.
1966
Malvern (13-1)
  The clincher came in Game No. 13. Fran Dunphy (15) and Joe Walters (11) scored in double figures as the Friars dumped visiting Gtn. Academy, 48-38. Hopes for a perfect league season were dashed in the finale, a 63-55 loss to host Haverford School, the runner-up at 12-2. Malvern had won 27 consecutive league games.
1979
Episcopal (10-0)
  The clincher, a 56-47 win over host Haverford School, came in Game No. 8 and gave the Churchmen their first outright title since 1929. Charles Hickman shot 8-for-13 en route to 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Episcopal went to 10-0 in its finale by dumping visiting Gtn. Academy, 70-47, as Hickman (17), Jeff Ochroch (15) and Sean Perretta (13) led in scoring. Chestnut Hill finished second at 6-4.
1980
Episcopal (8-2)
  The clincher came in Game No. 9, a 42-34 win over visiting Haverford School. Charles Hickman (13), Daniel "Skip" Hager (12) and Jim Farrell (11) led the way. Four teams tied for second at 5-5.
1982
Episcopal (10-0)
  The clincher came in Game No. 9 as Pete Gregory (17) paced a 53-41 win at Penn Charter. Gregory (13) was at it again in the finale, nailing a jumper with 0:07 left to provide a 35-34 win at Haverford. Malvern (7-3) finished second.
1983
Episcopal (10-0)
  The clincher came in Game No. 9, a 45-39 success at Gtn. Academy. James "Bruiser" Flint totaled 18 points and three assists and Anthony Dade had 15 points and four blocks. The visiting Churchmen completed a 10-0 season by smoking Haverford School, 92-59, behind 29-point efforts by Flint and Dade. Episcopal, the champ for the fourth time in five years under coach Dan Dougherty, raised its marks during that span to 46-4 in the league and 112-10 overall. Malvern took second place at 8-2.
1987
Episcopal (10-0)
  In Game No. 9, Scott Turner scored eight of his 21 points in a 19-10 fourth quarter as visiting Episcopal downed Gtn. Academy, 66-57, to clinch the title. Jeff Hines (15) and Paul Chambers (13) helped. In the finale, Episcopal needed two overtimes to dispatch Haverford, 87-83, and finish 10-0 for the fourth time in nine seasons. Bill Miller (18), Paul Chambers (17), Jeff Hines (16) and Scott Turner (13) led the way to offset Ed McCrystal’s 38-point outburst. Runner-up Penn Charter was 8-2.
1988
Episcopal (8-2)
Penn Charter (8-2)
  On Feb. 5, visiting PC defeated Episcopal for the second time, 63-60, to leave the winners at 5-0 and the losers at 5-2. Matt Guokas had 23 points, 16 rebounds and three assists while brothers Dave (13) and Chris Nanni (11) also scored in double figures. Eugene Burroughs (19) and Brett Moore (13, 12 rebounds) led Episcopal. Later, PC was stunned by Malvern, 68-62, as Gary Duda shot 8-for-9 on threes (a city leagues record) en route to 34 points and by Gtn. Academy, 52-49, as Craig White’s three capped a 10-0 run at game’s end. Episcopal won its last three.
1989
Episcopal (9-1)
  The title was clinched in Game No. 9. Visiting Haverford was shredded, 63-31, as Eugene Burroughs scored 18 points, Jon Walsh mixed 14 points and nine rebounds and Pat Chambers had 11 points and four assists. The Fords committed 24 turnovers and went 10:15 without a field goal. Runner-up Chestnut Hill went 7-3.
1990
Episcopal (10-0)
  The title was clinched in Game No. 8 as Eugene Burroughs (20) and Eric Moore (19) scored heavily and Jim Shanahan mixed 14 points, two assists and three steals in a 78-51 win over visiting Penn Charter, 78-51. Chestnut Hill and Penn Charter tied for second (6-4).
1991
Episcopal (10-0)
  The title was clinched in Game No. 8 as Jerome Allen (18 points), Eric Moore (16) and Brian Dougherty (14, son of coach Dan Dougherty) paced a 62-43 pounding of visiting Haverford. The championship was the Churchmen’s fifth in a row (one shared) and ninth (two shareds) in Dougherty’s 15 seasons as coach. In the finale, a 64-45 win over visiting Malvern that extended the Churchmen’s league winning streak to 26 games, Allen (1,027) and Moore (1,008) surpassed 1,000 career points with 29 and 11, respectively. Runner-up Penn Charter finished 7-3.
2005
Episcopal (10-0)
   Episcopal and Germantown Academy (8-2) were the powerhouses in a top-heavy league and wound up putting on three great shows, all at neutral sites. EA took the first meeting, 52-51, before 3,000 at Saint Joseph's University as Wayne Ellington (25 points) canned a layup with 3.2 seconds left. Fellow top-notch junior Gerald Henderson added eight points, 11 rebounds and four assists. GA trailed, 48-36, with 5:12 left before rallying mostly on the strength of consecutive treys from Kyle Griffin, Kirk Jones and Ryan Ayers. The Churchmen finished with two turnovers, and the first did not come until 1:08 remained! Game 2 was played before 2,000 at Arcadia University and EA prevailed, 53-45, as Ellington (12-for-18, 25) and Henderson (9-for-13, 22) did most of the scoring. Brian Grimes (14) and Ayers (12), a Notre Dame signee, led GA. The actual title clinching came in Game No. 9, a 64-28 whipping of Haverford School that was paced by Ellington (26) and Henderson (16). The score in Game No. 3 between EA and GA, played at Villanova before about 4,000 as the capper for the showcase tourney, was 66-58. Ellington (27) and Henderson (23) again were dominant. Sub Brian FitzPatrick, the All-City quarterback, received extended playing time due to foul trouble and came up with two assists and three steals. Two of the steals helped the Churchmen (25-3) extend a 47-44 lead to 50-44. Grimes mixed 25 points and 14 rebounds.
2006
Episcopal (10-0)
  With three Division I signees, two of whom boasted high national profiles, on the roster, the Churchmen entered the season as heavy favorites and that prognosis proved to be justified. The title was clinched in Game No. 9, a 70-43 blowout of visiting Penn Charter. In the first 3 minutes, 59 seconds, PC shot 0-for-8 with two turnovers and the quarter score was 13-5 thanks to major contributions from Albany signee Mike Yocum (seven points, seven boards, three blocks). The biggies later exerted their influence: Wayne Ellington (North Carolina) posted 21 points and seven rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Duke) had 20 points, 14 boards and five assists. Yocum's final totals were 15, 12 and five blocks. The Churchmen captured the showcase tournament with wins over Haverford School and GA. The subplot in the finale, played at Malvern, was whether Henderson would score 35 points and surpass '98 EA grad John Phillips (2,068) as the Inter-Ac's all-time leading scorer. He had 23 with 5 1/2 minutes remaining and likely could have poured in 12 more. Coach Dan Dougherty had promised no specific record assault would take place. None did. Henderson converted a one-and-one at 1:21 to reach 25 and 2,059, then departed. He added 12 rebounds, four assists, three steals. Ellington totaled 21 points, eight boards and seven assists, and finished his three-year Episcopal career with 1,756 points. He notched 2,211 overall, counting 455 as a freshman at Daniel Boone, near Reading. GA's Andrew Ott ('Nova) finished with 19 points and 1,074 for his career.