Scholastic Basketball, 1968
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City Title
At the
Palestra | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
West
Phila. 57, O'Hara 50 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Freddie Stokes scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half and fellow 5-8 guard Brady
Small added 10 of his 20. Ernie Jones (12) and Greg Newman (10) led in rebounding. For O'Hara, Tom Ingelsby scored 19 points and
Lou Ferro grabbed 16 boards.
Public League
Playoffs
SEMIFINALS
At Lincoln
West 76, Edison 74
Five-eight Freddie Stokes, the league scoring champ, shot 14-for-17 from
the line en route to 28 points. Brady Small added 21 points. Edison, down by 20 points
early in the third quarter, had a chance to tie at the buzzer, but a jumper by Romie
Thomas from the key was unsuccessful. Pedro Barez had 18 points.
At Roxborough
Overbrook 45, Olney 36
Ron Eleby scored 13 points and Charles Hudson hit three baskets in the
final minute to make sure Olney (Dave Bell 13) would not catch up. The Trojans were making
their first postseason appearance since losing a pre-playoff in 1949.
FINAL
At Northeast
West 57, Overbrook 55
Lou Miller took a pass from Brady Small (21 points) and scored an open layup at
the buzzer as West gave coach Doug Connelly his sixth title. Freddie Stokes added 17
points and Ernie Jones grabbed 20 rebounds. Ron Eleby (19) and Eldred "Jay"
Bagley (14) led Overbrook in scoring.
Standings
Overbrook | 14 | 0
West Phila. | 13 | 1
Edison | 12 | 2
Olney | 11 | 3
Franklin | 10 | 4
Roxborough | 10 | 4
Bartram | 9 | 5
Germantown | 8 | 6
Lincoln | 8 | 6
Frankford | 7 | 7
Northeast | 5 | 9
Southern | 5 | 9
Central | 4 | 10
Gratz | 4 | 10
Dobbins | 3 | 11
Bok | 2 | 12
Washington | 1 | 13
Mastbaum | 0 | 14
Coaches' All-Public
NORTHERN
DIVISION | | | |
FIRST
TEAM | | | |
Larry Thomas | Rox | 14 | 261 | 18.6
Ray Tharan | Rox | 14 | 246 | 17.6
Jerry Lerner | NE | 14 | 339 | 24.2
Doug Gray | Linc | 14 | 354 | 25.3
Julius Williams | Oln | 14 | 297 | 21.2
SECOND
TEAM | | | |
Mike Kite | Wash | 14 | 285 | 20.4
Ron Coleman | Gtn | 14 | 228 | 16.3
Handsome
Wearing | Cent | 14 | 276 | 19.7
Ken Linneman | Linc | 14 | 187 | 13.4
Dave Bell | Oln | 14 | 233 | 16.6
Ray Ingram | Oln | 14 | 171 | 12.2
SOUTHERN
DIVISION | | | |
FIRST
TEAM | | | |
Eldred
"Jay" Bagley | Ovb | 14 | 253 | 18.1
Ron Eleby | Ovb | 14 | 239 | 17.1
Freddie Stokes | West | 14 | 403 | 28.8
Mike Moore | Bart | 14 | 339 | 24.2
Warren McAliley | Fkn | 13 | 221 | 17.0
SECOND
TEAM | | | |
Dave Mask | Edi | 14 | 217 | 15.5
Pedro Barez | Edi | 14 | 165 | 11.8
Brady Small | West | 14 | 202 | 14.4
Marv Frazier | Bart | 14 | 253 | 18.1
Jim Creswell | Dobb | 14 | 254 | 18.1
Champs' Rotation
WEST
Coach
Doug Connelly
Record
13-1, 19-3
Starters
Freddie Stokes
Brady Small
Bill Jones
Ernie Jones
Lou Miller
Key Sub
Greg Newman
Catholic League
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Doubleheaders at the Palestra
North 77, McDevitt 60
In a game that generated headlines across the country, North’s junior
varsity — filling in for the 12-man varsity squad, suspended by coach Jack Friel
(also the disciplinarian) for cutting classes — rolled to a stirring victory. The
youngsters, booed by North’s fans during warmups and hit with chants of ‘‘We
want the varsity!’’ had not played for eight days and only split with McDevitt’s
JVs during the regular season. The starters were Mike Kaiser (20 points), Iggy Brodzinski
(19), Jim Boylan (14), Joe Evanosich (13) and Billy Dever (nine). Kaiser, Boylan and
Brodzinski claimed 20, 17 and 15 rebounds, respectively. McDevitt was led by junior guard
Bob Haas (26), who during the regular season had scored 51 points against Ryan to break
the CL record.
Judge 50, La Salle 46
Mike Krawczyk scored 24 points and Tim Fehrle (13) converted a layup with 1:02
left to break a 46-46 tie as Judge survived a scare against a team it had swamped twice
during the regular season. Judge trailed, 41-24, before rallying. Bill Walters (19) led La
Salle.
O’Hara 57, Roman 55 (3 ot)
Sub Steve Maiocco, scoreless beforehand, nailed a 20-foot jumper at the buzzer
to dampen Roman’s first playoff appearance since a prearranged preplayoff in 1959
(and before that in ’49). Joe Hazinsky (17) and Tom Ingelsby (11) led in scoring for
O’Hara, which had possession for more than 12 of the final 13 minutes. John Proud
(15) and Keith Coady (13) led Roman.
West 51, ST More 49 (ot)
Ron Billingslea scored 21 points and tipped in a missed free throw with 0:35
left to make the difference. Bob Dennis (12) and Herm Lockley (11) helped. For More, Mike
Jones scored 23 points and Humphrey Conix hit a jumper to force OT.
Semifinals
Doubleheader at the Palestra
O’Hara 51, North 49
Lou Ferro scored on a buzzer-beating tap as O’Hara won a thriller. The
ball rolled around the rim twice, momentarily hung on the metal slab extending from the
rim to the backboard and then fell in. The Lions had created a tie with 0:17 left on Steve
Maiocco’s steal and layup, followed by Ray Martin’s steal. Joe Hazinsky scored
17 points. North’s Hank Siemiontkowski scored 26 points, including 13 in a row in the
fourth quarter. Coach Jack Friel used two of his JV heroes from the quarterfinals —
forward Mike Kaiser and guard Billy Dever.
Judge 64, West 52
Rick Maerten (17) led four double-figure scorers for the Crusaders, who steamed
to a 46-27 lead after three quarters. Bob Dennis (21) and Herm Lockley (15) paced West.
FINAL
At the Palestra
O'Hara 53, Judge 52 (ot)
O'Hara authored one of the more legendary chapters in CL history by scoring the
final 13 points of regulation in 2:18. Mike Daly hit a 25-footer to complete the comeback,
during which Judge missed four one-and-ones, grabbed no rebounds and committed four
turnovers. Joe Hazinsky (15), Tom Ingelsby (13) and Daly (12) scored in double figures.
Ingelsby dribbled away most of the extra session and swished a clinching free throw with
0:16 left. The Lions' playoff run featured four OTs and three wins by five points total.
Judge suffered a blow when floor leader Tim Fehrle (17) fouled out with 1:44 left in
regulation.
Standings
NORTH | |
Judge | 15 | 1
North | 14 | 2
McDevitt | 10 | 6
La Salle | 9 | 7
Dougherty | 8 | 8
Egan | 7 | 9
Kenrick | 5 | 11
Wood | 4 | 12
Ryan | 0 | 16
SOUTH | |
O'Hara | 13 | 1
West | 10 | 4
ST More | 9 | 5
Roman | 9 | 5
Neumann | 6 | 8
Bonner | 5 | 9
SJ Prep | 3 | 11
St. James | 1 | 13
Coaches' All-Catholic
NORTHERN
DIVISION | | | |
FIRST
TEAM | | | |
Bob Haas | McD | 16 | 337 | 21.1
Mike Krawczyk | Judge | 16 | 299 | 18.7
Jim McCollum | Dough | 15 | 236 | 15.7
Dan Pochurek | Egan | 16 | 239 | 14.9
Hank
Siemiontkowski | North | 16 | 361 | 22.6
SECOND
TEAM | | | |
Tom Duffy | La S | 16 | 213 | 13.3
Tim Fehrle | Judge | 16 | 164 | 10.3
Bob Hartman | Wood | 16 | 235 | 14.7
Jim Sullivan | McD | 16 | 279 | 17.4
Bill Walters | La S | 16 | 223 | 13.9
SOUTHERN
DIVISION | | | |
FIRST
TEAM | | | |
Ron Billingslea | West | 14 | 266 | 19.0
Lou Ferro | O'H | 14 | 179 | 12.8
Joe Hazinsky | O'H | 14 | 191 | 13.6
Art Hunter | Bonn | 14 | 204 | 14.6
Mike Jones | More | 14 | 277 | 19.8
SECOND
TEAM | | | |
Keith Coady | Roman | 14 | 190 | 13.6
Steve Collins | Roman | 14 | 188 | 13.4
Tom Ingelsby | O'H | 13 | 156 | 12.0
Herm Lockley | West | 14 | 197 | 14.1
Bob Sabol | Bonn | 14 | 158 | 11.3
Champs' Rotation
O’HARA
Coach
Jim Purcell
Record
13-1, 24-5
Starters
Joe Hazinsky
Tom Ingelsby
Mike Daly
Lou Ferro
Ray Martin
Key
Subs
Steve Maiocco
Bob Oristaglio
Inter-Ac League
Gtn. Academy (14-0)
The clincher came in Game No. 13, a 55-46 win over visiting Episcopal as
6-7 Eric Minkin (15), soph Paul Hutter (14) and Tom Kehan (10) led in scoring. The
Patriots completed their unbeaten regular season -- and extended their league streak to 29
-- by bombing Chestnut Hill, 87-46, as Minkin scored 16 points. Penn Charter (12-2) was
second.
Standings
Gtn. Academy | 14 | 0
Penn Charter | 12 | 2
Haverford Sch. | 9 | 5
Malvern | 8 | 6
Episcopal | 5 | 9
Gtn. Friends | 4 | 10
Chestnut Hill | 3 | 11
Fds. Central | 1 | 13
Coaches' All-Inter-Ac
FIRST
TEAM | | | |
Eric Minkin | GA | 14 | 279 | 19.9
Roger Gordon | PC | 14 | 223 | 15.9
Paul Hutter | GA | 13 | 138 | 10.6
John Gallagher | HS | 12 | 124 | 10.3
Dave Waibel | HS | 14 | 147 | 10.5
SECOND
TEAM | | | |
Kevin Sullivan | MP | 13 | 121 | 9.3
Rick Neeson | MP | 14 | 140 | 10.0
Ken Bate | HS | 14 | 164 | 11.7
Gardy Kahoe | GA | 14 | 91 | 6.5
Pete Johnson | PC | 14 | 127 | 9.1
Champs' Rotation
GTN.
ACADEMY
Coach
Mike Gold
Record
14-0, 23-1
Starters
Eric Minkin
Paul Hutter
Gardy Kahoe
Bill Armstrong
Tom Kehan
Key
Subs
Bob Soley
Dave Brooks
Bill Straub
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