City Basketball, 1968

Philadelphia

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