City Basketball, 1962

Philadelphia

Scholastic Basketball, 1962

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City Title

At the

Palestra | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

West

Phila. 61, St. Joseph's Prep 52 | | | | | | | | | | | |

West coach Doug Connelly enjoyed a City Title victory in his fourth appearance as Ken

Morgan (17), Deforia Coleman (15) and Frank Card (14) paced the scoring. Morgan scored eight points in a 19-10 second

quarter. Matt Guokas Jr. (15) and Tom Duff (12) were high for The Prep.

Public League

Playoffs

FIRST ROUND At Southern Bartram 65, Franklin 46 Earl Monroe scored 26 points. Irv Peacock (17) topped Franklin. West 54, Lincoln 37 Ken Morgan (11) led 11 West scorers. Joe Hindelang had 15 for Lincoln. SEMIFINALS Doubleheader at the Palestra Bartram 52, Overbrook 39 Unheralded sophomore Al Alston scored seven of his nine points in a 17-8

fourth quarter to spark Bartram, which was led by Earl Monroe (14) and Chris Kefalos (13).

Gil Smith had 17 points for ’Brook. West 56, Edison 48 Sixth man Paul Jackson had all eight of his points and many key rebounds

as West controlled the second half. Deforia Coleman (16) and Frank Card (13) led in

scoring. John “Moose” Jackson had 21 points for Edison. Star George Mack was

held to six. FINAL At Southern West 76, Bartram 73 Frank Card scored 24 points to lead the way. Ken Morgan (19), Deforia Coleman

(15) and Lou Gates (14) helped out. Gates went 10-for-10 at the line, with six coming in

the last quarter. West had been forced to forfeit two wins at mid-season for using an

ineligible player. Chris Kefalos (24), Earl Monroe (21) and Frank Kunze (18) paced

Bartram.

Standings

Edison | 11 | 1

Overbrook | 11 | 1

Bartram | 10 | 2

Lincoln | 9 | 3

West Phila. | 9 | 3

Bok | 7 | 5

Franklin | 7 | 5

Southern | 7 | 5

Dobbins | 6 | 6

Germantown | 6 | 6

Gratz | 5 | 7

Mastbaum | 4 | 8

Central | 3 | 9

Frankford | 3 | 9

Northeast | 3 | 9

Olney | 1 | 11

Roxborough | 0 | 12

Coaches' All-Public

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

George Mack | Edi | 12 | 203 | 16.9

Deforia Coleman | West | 12 | 207 | 17.3

Earl Monroe | Bart | 12 | 257 | 21.4

Gil Smith | Ovb | 12 | 166 | 13.8

Joe Hindelang | Linc | 12 | 234 | 19.5

Ted Campbell | Dobb | 12 | 209 | 17.4

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Frank Card | West | 12 | 154 | 12.8

Chris Kefalos | Bart | 12 | 200 | 16.7

Ron Hinson | Bok | 12 | 199 | 16.6

Cleveland Smith | Mast | 12 | 218 | 18.2

Fred Carter | Fkn | 8 | 136 | 17.0

Champs' Rotation

WEST

Coach

Doug Connelly

Record

9-3, 20-3

Starters

Deforia Coleman

Frank Card

Ken Morgan

Jim Peterson

Lou Gates

Key

Subs

Paul Jackson

Gene Shuler

Joe Hill

Catholic League

Playoffs

Semifinals

Doubleheader at the Palestra

SJ Prep 53, West 45

Tom Duff (21) and Eddie Burke (11) led the Hawklets in scoring and West (Marty

Ford 12) went 6:30 without a field goal in the third quarter to hurt its chances.

Dougherty 75, Neumann 53

Tom Griffies scored 20 points and George Paull mixed 16 points and 17 rebounds.

Bill Oakes (19) led Neumann.

FINAL

At the Palestra

SJ Prep 53, Dougherty 47

Matt Guokas (15) was the only Hawklet to score in double figures, but Eddie

Burke, Tom Duff and Bill McFadden added nine points apiece and sub Tom Macksey managed

seven. The Prep took control (46-33) with a 27-8 burst in the first 13 minutes of the

second half. The Hawklets were coached by the Rev. James H. Donahoe, who'd relieved Ed

"Dutch" Doyle (heart attack) early in the season.

Standings

NORTH | |

SJ Prep | 13 | 2

Dougherty | 12 | 3

La Salle | 8 | 7

Judge | 8 | 7

North | 5 | 10

Roman | 0 | 15

SOUTH | |

Neumann | 10 | 4

West | 9 | 5

ST More | 7 | 7

Bonner | 6 | 8

St. James | 2 | 12

Coaches' All-Catholic

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Tom Duff | Prep | 15 | 257 | 17.1

Marty Ford | West | 14 | 203 | 14.5

Tony Gielda | North | 15 | 272 | 18.1

Matt Guokas | Prep | 15 | 245 | 16.3

Billy Oakes | Neum | 14 | 294 | 21.0

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Frank Karvell | Neum | 14 | 228 | 16.3

Mike Maloney | St. J | 14 | 256 | 18.3

George Paull | Dough | 15 | 229 | 15.3

Mike Schanne | Bonn | 13 | 210 | 16.2

Larry White | More | 14 | 199 | 14.2

Champs' Rotation

SJ PREP

Coach

Rev. James

Donahoe

*Dutch Doyle

Record

13-2, 22-5

Starters

Tom Duff

Matt Guokas

Eddie Burke

Bill McFadden

Vince Curran

Key

Subs

Tom Macksey

Gene Cothran

Jay McGowan

George

Hohberger

*Took medical

leave after sixth league game.

Inter-Ac League

Penn Charter (11-1)

The leaders met on the final day of the season. Visiting Penn Charter

registered a 60-49 win as Bill Soens led the way with 15 points, followed by Mike Aron

(13), Steve Cushmore and Lin Scarlett (11 each). Malvern, which received 13 points from

Dave Baxter and 12 from Bill McDonough, fell into a second-place tie with Episcopal at

9-3.

Standings

1962 | |

Penn Charter | 11 | 1

Episcopal | 9 | 3

Malvern | 9 | 3

Haverford Sch. | 7 | 5

Fds. Central | 3 | 9

Chestnut Hill | 2 | 10

Gtn. Academy | 1 | 11

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

FIRST

TEAM |

Bill Radcliffe | EA

Dave Baxter | MP

Larry O'Brien | GA

Steve Shaffer | HS

Bill Soens | PC

SECOND

TEAM |

Fran Bradley | FC

Wally Allen | HS

Mike Aron | PC

Don Lenhard | EA

John Holsten | MP

Allen McCook | CH

Champs' Rotation

PENN

CHARTER

Coach

Buff Weigand

Record

10-0

Starters

Bill Soens

Mike Aron

Steve Cushmore

Jim Lampe

Lin Scarlett

Key

Subs

Tom Sloan

Steve Probst