Scholastic Football, 1988
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All-City
FIRST TEAM |
Offense | |
L | Derick Pickett | McDevitt
L | Mark Hrubar | Central
L | Steve McEachern | Ryan
L | Frank Caccuro | Neumann
L | Andrew Burke | Chest. Hill
Rec. | Keita Crespina | Lincoln
Rec. | Neil Abromavage | Kenrick
QB | Jack Stanczak | La Salle
RB | Charlie Peoples | Lincoln
RB | Frank Wycheck | Ryan
RB | Zack Burwell | Gtn. Acad.
MP | Jerrod Washington | Central
K | Matt Knowles | Ryan
P | Jim Wark | Washington
Defense | |
L | Marc Borrelli | La Salle
L | Dave Nanni | P. Charter
L | Mike Kelly | Dougherty
L | Jesse Richardson | St. James
LB | Damon Bethel | Roxborough
LB | Joe Bergstrom | Carroll
LB | Mike Cooley | P. Charter
LB | John Fletcher | Egan
B | Greg Washington | Univ. City
B | Steve Schurr | Egan
B | Patrick Tomosky | Roxborough
SECOND TEAM |
Offense | |
L | Dennis Moore | Lincoln
L | Eric Green | Washington
L | Hugh Gallagher | North Cath.
L | Kevin Furphy | Egan
L | Darryle Simmons | Dobbins
Rec. | John Laumakis | SJ Prep
Rec. | Lamont Day | Carroll
QB | Bill Sachs | Ryan
RB | Chuck Morganti | North Cath.
RB | Sundiata Rush | Central
RB | Paul Aguirre | Chest. Hill
MP | Fred Harrison | Dougherty
K | Kevin Nodis | St. James
P | Andy Cobaugh | SJ Prep
Defense | |
L | Mark Reynolds | Roman
L | Devin Brown | Carroll
L | Dan Graham | Carroll
L | John McBratnie | Malvern
L | Horace Jackson | Lincoln
LB | Derrick Evans | Bok
LB | Charles Williams | Neumann
LB | Jason Galante | St. James
B | Chris Brassell | Chest. Hill
B | Rufus Dorsey | Bartram
B | Toney Snipes | Frankford
B | James McNelis | O'Hara
THIRD TEAM |
Offense | |
L | Jim McGeehan | Gtn. Acad.
L | Jason Cartwright | Dougherty
L | Jim Tobin | West Cath.
L | Paul Shipman | Frankford
L | Tom Ott | Ryan
Rec. | Marcello Settembrino | Ryan
Rec. | Ed Deal | Malvern
QB | Shawn White | Bok
RB | Kimani Patterson | West Cath.
RB | Rob Levan | Malvern
RB | Tim Gardner | Episcopal
MP | Marvin Harrison | Roman
K | Bill Eddis | Dougherty
P | Justyn Tokarczyk | P. Charter
Defense | |
L | Bill Doyle | McDevitt
L | Shawn Smalley | Gratz
L | Colin Devlin | Judge
L | David Carolina | Bok
LB | Frank Rosato | Episcopal
LB | Bill Yoh | Hav. School
LB | John DeFruscio | Bonner
LB | Chris Rhone | Gratz
B | Dave Kratz | La Salle
B | Matt MacMullan | Hav. School
B | Calvin Shakoor | Washington
B | Avery Jones | Lincoln
Public League
Quarterfinals Roxborough 12, Franklin 6 Keith Fisher caught two passes for 49 yards and scored the decisive TD on a 16-yard, tight-end reverse. Steve Poindexter rushed 21 times for 108 yards. Lincoln 41, West 6 Charlie Peoples rushed 27 times for 214 yards and three TDs. Keita Crespina scored twice on runs and once on a pass from Dave MacDonald. Brawling forced the referees to end the game with 9:47 left. Washington 14, Bok 6 Tavis Anderson produced 118 yards and a TD on 18 carries. Jim Wark ran for a TD, made an interception and starred as the kicker-punter. For Bok, Shawn White passed 15-for-28 for 140 yards and Jermaine Smith made five catches for 70 yards. Central 26, King 0 Jerrod Washington (17-108, two TDs) and Sundiata Rush (22-118, TD) did the rushing and Manny Williams returned a fumble 26 yards for a score. Semifinals Doubleheader at Northeast Central 27, Lincoln 19 Jerrod Washington caught a 63-yard TD pass from Fran Schnering
(3-for-9, 156 yards) and threw a 59-yard scoring pass to Derrick Smith. Sundiata Rush added 89 yards and two TDs on 23 carries. Keita Crespina scored twice for Lincoln. Washington 14, Roxborough 6 Tavis Anderson rushed for one score and added another on a pass from Jim Wark. Calvin Shakoor made two interceptions and recovered a fumble. Final At Northeast Central 14, Washington 6 Fran Schnering, an afterthought much of the season, passed 7-for-10 for 89 yards and a 33-yard TD to Eric Mobley as Central finished unbeaten for the second time in four years. Jerrod Washington (23-92, TD) and Sundiata Rush (18-51) led the rushing attack. For Washington, Jim Wark completed 6 of 14 passes for 64 yards and a TD to Doug Tuley, but was intercepted by Bernard Brown on Central's 7 with just under 2 minutes left.
Standings
DIVISION A |
*Lincoln | 4 1 0
Washington | 4 1 0
Frankford | 3 2 0
Northeast | 2 3 0
Olney | 0 5 0
* -- beat Wash. for first.
DIVISION B |
Central | 5 0 0
*Roxborough | 3 2 0
Gratz | 3 2 0
Dobbins | 1 4 0
Germantown | 0 5 0
* -- beat Gtz. for second.
DIVISION C |
*Franklin | 4 1 0
King | 4 1 0
Mastbaum | 3 1 1
Overbrook | 1 4 0
Edison | 0 5 0
* -- beat King for first.
DIVISION D |
*Bok | 4 1 0
West Phila. | 4 1 0
Bartram | 3 2 0
Univ. City | 1 3 1
Southern | 0 5 0
* -- beat West for first.
Coaches' All-Public
DIVISION A |
Lincoln |
Charlie Peoples | B
Keita
Crespina | B
Shane
Osterman | B
Dennis Moore | L
Horace Jackson | L
Washington |
Tavis
Anderson | B
Jim
Wark | B
Calvin Shakoor | B
Eric
Green | L
Greg
Carlisle | L
Frankford |
Toney
Snipes | B
Paul
Shipman | L
Steve
Irving | L
Northeast |
Stan
McLeod | B
Dave
Mulvey | L
Olney |
Cornelius Rivera | B
DIVISION B |
Central |
Jerrod Washington | B
Sundiata Rush | B
Derrick Smith | B
Mark
Hrubar | L
Eric
Mobley | L
Manny
Williams | L
Roxborough |
Patrick Tomosky | B
Damon
Bethel | L
Keith
Fisher | L
Kareem "Wink" Williams | L
Gratz |
Chris
Rhone | B
Tyreke Wilkins | B
Robert Alston | B
Shawn
Smalley | L
Dobbins |
Dwayne Jacobs | B
Darryle Simmons | L
Germantown |
Drexel Reid | L
DIVISION C |
Franklin |
Ty
"Smack" West | B
Troy
Burton | B
Dajuan Williams | L
Rahin
Barrett | L
Terrell Berthau | L
King |
Jimmy
Harris | B
Dysheek Jones | B
Shannon Major | B
Timothy Miranda | L
Perry
Poole | L
Mastbaum |
Russell Bryant | B
Marc
Robinson | B
Tom
Moore | L
Overbrook |
Mike
Ballard | B
Jasper Smith | L
Edison |
Orlando Colon | B
DIVISION D |
Bok |
Shawn
White | B
Anthony Cooper | B
Victor Gibson | L
Derrick Evans | L
David
Carolina | L
West |
Malcolm Ennels | B
Roger
Crosby | B
Kenneth Withers | B
Claudell Jackson | L
Chris
Johnson | L
Bartram |
R.B.
Williams | B
Rufus
Dorsey | B
Tim
Ali | L
U.
City |
Greg
Washington | B
DeAndre McClurkin | L
Southern |
John
Minicozzi | L
Champs' Thumbnail Sketch
Central Coach Bob Cullman Record 5-0-0, 11-0-0 All-Stars Mark Hrubar, L Jermaine Wilson, L Eric Mobley, Rec. Sundiata Rush, RB Jerrod Washington, MP Manny Williams, DL Derrick Smith, DB
Catholic League
Quarterfinals Egan 9, La Salle 0 Tony Spatafore made nine tackles and forced a fumble as Egan stunned the unbeaten Explorers. Scott Haws caught four passes for 63 yards and a TD and made six tackles. Ryan 21, McDevitt 0 Frank Wycheck rushed 23 times for 106 yards. Bill Sachs ran for one TD and passed 8-for-14 for 160 yards and two TDs to Marcello Settembrino (4-79). Jeff Burke had eight tackles and an interception. Carroll 10, St. James 7 After drawing a roughing-the-kicker penalty on a miss, Bob Meals used his reprieve to kick a 23-yard field goal with 0:03 left to win it. Joe Bergstrom made 14 tackles. West 14, O'Hara 7 Kimani Patterson sped for 236 yards and TDs of 54 and 35 yards as unbeaten O'Hara fell. Jeff Toal scored for the losers on a 67-yard fumble return. Semifinals At Northeast Ryan 21, Egan 14 Ryan scored the first 21 points on two TD runs by QB Bill Sachs and one by Frank Wycheck (20-92). Egan's Scott Haws returned a kickoff 90 yards for a TD. At Villanova Stadium Carroll 10, West 7 Rocco Vernisi (7-for-19, 113) hit Mike Sousa with a 20-yard TD pass with 1:19 left shortly after an inadvertant whistle cost West a fumble recovery on Carroll's 35. Final At Villanova Stadium Ryan 6, Carroll 0 Matt Knowles kicked field goals of 24 and 42 yards as Ryan won the CL's first TD-less title game since North and Salesianum battled to a scoreless tie in 1934. Coach John Quinn finally bagged a championship in his 13th Ryan season spread over three stints. Frank Wycheck accumulated 177 yards on 24 carries and added 58 yards on returns. Bill Sachs passed 6-for-13 for 63 yards.
Standings
NORTHERN DIVISION
La
Salle | 8 0 0
Ryan | 6 2 0
McDevitt | 5 3 0
Egan | 4 3 1
Judge | 3 4 1
Dougherty | 3 5 0
Kenrick | 2 6 0
North | 2 6 0
Wood | 2 6 0
SOUTHERN DIVISION |
O'Hara | 7 0 0
Carroll | 6 1 0
St.
James | 5 2 0
West | 4 3 0
Bonner | 3 4 0
Neumann | 2 5 0
Roman | 1 6 0
SJ
Prep | 0 7 0
Coaches' All-Catholic
NORTHERN DIVISION |
FIRST TEAM |
Offense | |
C | Steve McEachern | Ryan
L | Derick Pickett | McD
L | Hugh Gallagher | North
L | Tom Ott | Ryan
L | Kevin Furphy | Egan
Rec. | Steve Devlin | Ryan
Rec. | Neil Abromavage | Ken
QB | Jack Stanczak | La S
RB | Frank Wycheck | Ryan
RB | Jason Hannings | McD
RB | Chuck Morganti | North
K | Bill Eddis | Dough
Defense | |
E | Bill Doyle | McD
E | Colin Devlin | Judge
L | Steve McEachern | Ryan
L | Marc Borrelli | La S
L | Mike Kelly | Dough
LB | Jeff Burke | Ryan
LB | Brian Sebold | Judge
LB | John Fletcher | Egan
B | Brian Vesey | La S
B | Jeff Clower | Dough
B | Steve Schurr | Egan
SECOND TEAM |
Offense | |
C | Jason Cartwright | Dough
C | Joe McDonald | La S
C | Jim Carr | North
L | Ryan Marsh | La S
L | Matt Rossanese | La S
L | Ted McKenna | Ken
L | Jim Grebe | Wood
L | Mike Duchossois | Judge
Rec. | Hank Brown | McD
Rec. | Tom Garlick | Judge
Rec. | Brian Lafty | North
Rec. | Dom Marino | Egan
QB | Doug Briggs | Judge
RB | Eldon Niblett | Dough
RB | Dave Coyle | Judge
RB | Steve Schurr | Egan
RB | John Conte | Ken
K | Steven Spencer | McD
K | John Phillips | Egan
Defense | |
E | Tim Wade | Ryan
E | John Kiernan | Egan
L | Matt LeMarquand | Egan
L | Dave Waters | North
L | Alan Brown | Ryan
L | Keith Householder | McD
LB | Stephen Sheaffer | McD
LB | Jason Cartwright | Dough
LB | Pete Rendina | Ryan
B | Vince Viney | North
B | Frank Altmire | Ryan
B | Tom O'Donnell | Wood
B | Dave James | Judge
SOUTHERN DIVISION |
FIRST TEAM |
Offense | |
C | Andy Durkin | Carr
L | Frank Caccuro | Neum
L | Chris Del Orefice | Carr
L | Shane Smith | West
L | Jim Tobin | West
Rec. | John Laumakis | Prep
Rec. | Lamont Day | Carr
QB | Rocco Vernisi | Carr
RB | Kimani Patterson | West
RB | Anthony Barber | St. J
RB | Steve Evans | Carr
K | Kevin Nodis | St. J
Defense | |
E | Dan Graham | Carr
E | Mike Keir | Neum
L | John Flocco | Neum
L | Jesse Richardson | St. J
L | Devin Brown | Carr
LB | Jason Galante | St. J
LB | Charles Williams | Neum
LB | Vince Ceritano | O'H
B | Gerald Hardy | St. J
B | Bob Frazier | Bonn
B | James McNelis | O'H
SECOND TEAM |
Offense | |
C | Jeff Biancaniello | O'H
L | Mike Clark | St. J
L | Myles Hannigan | O'H
L | Travis Kakoska | O'H
L | Mark Reynolds | Roman
Rec. | Jeff Toal | O'H
Rec. | Andy Cobaugh | Prep
QB | Frank Costa | Prep
RB | Mark Raguckas | O'H
RB | Joe Sheridan | Neum
RB | Lou Cristinziani | Bonn
K | Laurence Carlin | Prep
Defense | |
E | Tom Fitzpatrick | Bonn
E | Brendan Byrne | O'H
L | John Rechner | West
L | Pete Coppola | Bonn
L | Tony DeSante | Bonn
L | Roger Reilly | Bonn
L | Steve Cassidy | Roman
LB | Joe Bergstrom | Carr
LB | John DeFruscio | Bonn
LB | Anthony Casdia | Prep
LB | Max Potter | Neum
B | Rodney Frasier | West
B | Mike Dougherty | O'H
B | Jermaine Wilson | Roman
Champs' Thumbnail Sketch
Ryan Coach John Quinn Record 6-2-0, 10-2-0 All-Stars Steve McEachern, C Tom Ott, L Steve Devlin, Rec. Marcello Settembrino, Rec. Bill Sachs, QB Frank Wycheck, RB Matt Knowles, K Jeff Burke, LB
Inter-Ac League
Season's Recap Penn Charter (3-1-0)
In their finale, the Quakers nipped visiting GA, 10-9, to
win an outright title for the first time since 1967. Mike
Cooley rushed 15 times for 69 yards, caught three passes
for 22 yards and provided protection as Ed Wojdon threw
a TD pass to Greg Summers. Justyn Tokarczyk had a
26-yard field goal. GA and Malvern tied for second
at 2-1-1.
Standings
Penn
Charter | 3 1 0
Gtn.
Academy | 2 1 1
Malvern | 2 1 1
Episcopal | 1 2 1
Haverford School | 0 3 1
Coaches' All-Inter-Ac
FIRST TEAM |
Offense | |
L | Tim Gallagher | PC
L | Rocco Gallelli | EA
L | Mario DeLiberty | MP
L | Jim McGeehan | GA
L | Marty Wetzel | GA
Rec. | Mike Hauer | MP
Rec. | Ed Deal | MP
Rec. | Bob Fitzgerald | HS
RB | Tim Gardner | EA
RB | Rob Levan | MP
RB | Zack Burwell | GA
RB | Michael "Pup" Turner | GA
Defense | |
L | Dave Nanni | PC
L | Paul Landaiche | EA
L | Dave Gallagher | EA
L | John McBratnie | MP
L | Duke Kennedy | GA
LB | Mike Cooley | PC
LB | Frank Rosato | EA
LB | Bill Yoh | HS
LB | Fran Casey | PC
LB | Mike Buono | MP
B | Mike Sheward | PC
B | Pat Chambers | EA
B | Chris Fay | MP
B | Matt MacMullan | HS
B | Austin Stitzer | GA
Champs' Thumbnail Sketch
Penn Charter Coach Bill Gallagher Record 3-1-0, 5-4-0 All-Stars Tim Gallagher, L Dave Nanni, DL Mike Cooley, LB Fran Casey, LB Mike Sheward, DB
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