City Basketball, 1973

Philadelphia

Scholastic Basketball, 1973

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All-City

FIRST

TEAM |

Dana Clark | Olney

Barry

Brodzinski | N. Cath.

Charlie Floyd | Malvern

John

"Chubby" Cox | Roxboro.

Jim

"Chico" Singleton | Roman

SECOND

TEAM |

Joe Gore | Gratz

Joe Rogers | Carroll

Steve

Vassalotti | SJ Prep

Jim Edwards | Judge

Mike Enoch | P. Charter

THIRD

TEAM |

Harry Ley | Wash.

Donald Kelly | Roman

Lyric Collier | W. Cath.

Jim Wolkiewicz | N. Cath.

Galen Baker | Mastbaum

City Title

No Game | | | |

(no official Public League champ; teachers' strike)

Public League

Playoffs

SONNY HILL WINTER LEAGUE PRE-PLAYOFFS

At Recreation Centers

Frankford 68, Mastbaum 66

Ed Simpson (four points) swished a 20-footer with 0:02 left to lift

Frankford (George Gibson 25, Phil Andrews 16, Ed Johnson 11). Wilbert Jackson (24) and

Galen Baker (18) led Mastbaum.

West 67, Franklin 66

Fernando Davis scored 20 points and grabbed the final rebound after

Franklin’s Gary Anderson missed a shot that would have won the game. Mark Dwight

added 15 points. Willie Rogers (23) and Brandt Moses (18) paced Franklin.

Bartram 100, Lincoln 95

Gilbert Saunders exploded for 41 points. Archie Hughes added 22. Lincoln

was led by Joe Dennis (37) and Ignatius “Nash” Berran (21).

QUARTERFINALS Doubleheader

At Temple’s McGonigle Hall

Gratz 76, Roxborough 72

Joe Gore scored 21 points. Al Burton added 15 points, nine rebounds. John

“Chubby” Cox (24) and Anthony “Jing” Juliano (15) paced Roxborough.

Olney 72, Frankford 65

Dana Clark scored 23 points while Milt Colston shot 10-for-14 en route to

21 points and added nine rebounds as the Trojans won a playoff for the first time.

Frankford’s Ed Johnson had 17 points, 18 rebounds.

Doubleheader

At Temple’s McGonigle Hall

Overbrook 60, West 56

Ricky Watson had 18 points and 14 rebounds for ’Brook. Coach Big

Bobby Jones benched himself for missing two practices and turned over the team to

assistant Bob Hall. Kershaw Leatherbury hit two crucial free throws. West’s Fernando

Davis scored 19 points.

Dobbins 52, Germantown 46

Guards Curtis Cannon (14), Fred Tate (13) and Jeff Hatchell (10) led

Dobbins, which was outrebounded by only 47-39 even though G-town’s front line

featured 6-11 DeCarsta “Byrd” Webster, 6-7 George Johnson and 6-6 Michael Mack.

With tension mounting, the game was halted with 0:17 left.

SEMIFINALS Doubleheader

At Temple’s McGonigle Hall

Gratz 66, Overbrook 53

Joe Gore scored 14 points to lead the way. Gregory Pouncy had 12 points,

eight rebounds. Jack Congo (13) led ’Brook.

Olney 67, Dobbins 49

Greg Adams shot 10-for-13 from the line en route to 20 points and dished

five assists. Milt Colston mixed 17 points, 10 rebounds. Curtis Cannon (11) topped

Dobbins.

Sonny Hill Winter League (PL Season Ended by Teachers' Strike)

At the Palestra

Gratz 68, Olney 66

Joe Gore (16 points) hit a jumper with 0:19 left to break the game's 12th tie,

then added two free throws. Greg Pouncy added 22 points and 15 rebounds. Dana Clark (23

points) and Milt Colston (19, 14 rebounds) were Olney's leaders.

*Standings

Olney | 10 | 0

Overbrook | 9 | 1

Gratz | 8 | 2

Germantown | 7 | 3

Dobbins | 6 | 4

Roxborough | 6 | 4

Bartram | 6 | 5

Frankford | 6 | 5

West Phila. | 6 | 5

Franklin | 5 | 6

Lincoln | 5 | 6

Mastbaum | 5 | 6

Edison | 4 | 6

Southern | 2 | 7

Central | 2 | 8

Northeast | 2 | 8

Washington | 2 | 8

Bok | 1 | 8

*Standings for Sonny

Hill Winter League (replaced PL during strike by teachers)

Coaches' All-Public

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

John

"Chubby" Cox | Rox | 2 | 44 | 22.0

Dana Clark | Oln | 2 | 28 | 14.0

Joe Gore | Gtz | 2 | 26 | 13.0

Jack Congo | Ovb | 2 | 34 | 17.0

Michael Mack | Gtn | 2 | 16 | 8.0

Galen Baker | Mast | 2 | 50 | 25.0

Harry Ley | Wash | 2 | 45 | 22.5

Joe Dennis | Linc | | |

Ricky Watson | Ovb | 2 | 21 | 10.5

Michael

"Moon" Black | Ovb | 2 | 38 | 19.0

Jeff Hatchell | Dobb | 2 | 19 | 9.5

One team only selected by coaches in Sonny Hill Winter League (scoring for two PL games.)

Champs' Rotation

*GRATZ

Coaches

Lionel Hoye

(PL)

Ty

"Tee" Shields (HL)

Record

1-1 PL, 8-2HL,

17-4

Starters

Joe Gore

Greg Pouncy

James

"Footie" Alston

Al Burton

Marvin Brown

Key

Subs

Larry Pittman

Greg Coleman

*Sonny Hill

Winter League replaced PL after teachers struck

Catholic League

Playoffs

North Preplayoff At O’Hara Kenrick 63, McDevitt 49 Mike Murphy scored 18 points and Terry Kehoe handled the inside work with 15

points, eight rebounds. McDevitt’s Don Acciavatti had 13 points and seven boards and

sub Steve Olinik scored 11 points. North Semifinals Doubleheader at the Palestra North 77, La Salle 59 Jim ‘‘Bozo’’ Wolkiewicz generated 20 points and 19 rebounds

while Barry Brodzinski mixed 18 points and six assists. La Salle’s Dennis Purcell had

16 points, nine rebounds. Judge 50, Kenrick 40 Dennis Hiller shot 6-for-10 and 8-for-8 for 20 points and Jim Edwards had the

same number of points and rebounds (15). Mike Murphy and Tom Grady scored 14 points apiece

for Kenrick, which surrendered the first 12 points of the third quarter. South Semifinals Doubleheader at the Palestra Roman 57, Bonner 37 The game was history after Bonner went scoreless for the first 5:00 and shot

1-for-11 in the first quarter. Donald Kelly shot 11-for-12 from the line en route to 21

points. Adrian Moody (13, seven rebounds) and Jim ‘‘Chico’’ Singleton

(12, 11) helped. Steve Rush (14) led Bonner. Neumann 54, West 50 Wendell ‘‘Chico’’ Ceasar (14 points) hit three consecutive

bank shots in the fourth quarter as Neumann rang up an 18-11 advantage. Ed Molony (10, 11

rebounds) and Lloyd Ranson (12, nine) helped. For West, Ron Browner had 17 points and Tom

Dougherty grabbed 11 rebounds. Semifinals Doubleheader at the Palestra Judge 59, North 44 Dennis Hiller posted 16 points and 13 rebounds for Judge, which stormed to a

26-10 bulge over the last 10:35. Jim Edwards (12, seven rebounds), Tony Ricci (11, nine)

and Jim Brennan (11) lent assistance. For North, Jim ‘‘Bozo’’

Wolkiewicz posted 12 points and 17 rebounds and Barry Brodzinski scored 16 points. Roman 48, Neumann 46 Adrian Moody turned a pass from Jim ‘‘Chico’’ Singleton

into a decisive three-point play with 1:08 left. Rocco Piliero scored 12 of his 14 points

in the second half. Neumann’s Lloyd Ranson had 16 points, 13 rebounds. FINAL At the Palestra Roman 40, Judge 30 Donald Kelly scored 14 points and dished three assists, Jim "Chico"

Singleton mixed 10 points, seven rebounds and six steals and John Griffin scored 11

points. Also, sub Marcellus Pringle grabbed nine rebounds and played tough defense on Jim

Edwards (10, 13 rebounds).

Standings

NORTH | |

Judge | 14 | 2

North | 12 | 4

La Salle | 11 | 5

a-Kenrick | 9 | 7

McDevitt | 9 | 7

Ryan | 8 | 8

Egan | 5 | 11

Dougherty | 3 | 13

Wood | 1 | 15

SOUTH | |

Roman | 13 | 3

Neumann | 10 | 6

West | 9 | 7

Bonner | 9 | 7

O'Hara | 8 | 8

SJ Prep | 8 | 8

ST More | 7 | 9

Carroll | 5 | 11

St. James | 3 | 13

Coaches' All-Catholic

NORTHERN

DIVISION | | | |

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Barry

Brodzinski | North | 16 | 353 | 22.1

Jim Edwards | Judge | 16 | 226 | 14.1

Terry Kehoe | Ken | 16 | 254 | 15.9

Tony Ricci | Judge | 16 | 249 | 15.6

Dennis Purcell | La S | 16 | 271 | 16.9

Lou Canelli | La S | 16 | 244 | 15.3

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Mike Soroka | Dough | 16 | 236 | 14.8

Jim Wolkiewicz | North | 15 | 184 | 12.3

Tom Grady | Ken | 15 | 192 | 12.8

Ron Brett | McD | 16 | 213 | 13.3

Bob Sarcewicz | Ryan | 16 | 175 | 10.9

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

Brian Townsend | Egan | 14 | 190 | 13.6

Dennis Hiller | Judge | 16 | 162 | 10.1

Ted Gutowicz | La S | 16 | 196 | 12.2

Dave Newns | McD | 16 | 132 | 8.3

SOUTHERN

DIVISION | | | |

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Jim

"Chico" Singleton | Roman | 16 | 245 | 15.3

Joe Rogers | Carr | 16 | 251 | 15.7

Steve

Vassalotti | Prep | 14 | 259 | 18.5

Lyric Collier | West | 16 | 229 | 14.3

Donald Kelly | Roman | 16 | 278 | 17.4

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Emery Sammons | More | 16 | 212 | 13.3

Jim Coyle | O'H | 16 | 185 | 11.6

Ed Molony | Neum | 16 | 170 | 10.6

Tim McKinney | St. J | 15 | 210 | 14.0

Lloyd Ranson | Neum | 14 | 149 | 10.6

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

Frank Dougherty | West | 16 | 192 | 12.0

Mark Lewis | More | 16 | 211 | 13.2

Maurice Smith | Bonn | 16 | 191 | 11.9

Steve Rush | Bonn | 16 | 187 | 11.7

Steve

Oristaglio | O'H | 16 | 188 | 11.8

Champs' Rotation

ROMAN

Coach

Speedy Morris

Record

13-3, 24-6

Starters

Jim

"Chico" Singleton

Donald Kelly

John Griffin

Adrian Moody

Rocco Piliero

Key

Subs

Mike LaPera

Marcellus

Pringle

Jim Harrington

Inter-Ac League

Malvern (10-0)

There wasn't much suspense. Malvern clinched in Game No. 9 by

pounding host Episcopal, 76-50, as Charlie Floyd used 17 field goals and eight free throws

to explode for a school-record 42 points and Emmett Fitzgerald added 18 points. Episcopal

placed second at 7-3.

Standings

Malvern | 10 | 0

Episcopal | 7 | 3

Chestnut Hill | 6 | 4

Gtn. Academy | 5 | 5

Haverford Sch. | 2 | 8

Penn Charter | 0 | 10

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Charlie Floyd | MP | 10 | 192 | 19.2

Emmett

Fitzgerald | MP | 10 | 130 | 13.0

Mike Enoch | PC | 10 | 170 | 17.0

Ed McKendry | GA | 7 | 94 | 13.4

Rich Gorman | HS | 10 | 168 | 16.8

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

John Willcox | MP | 10 | 99 | 9.9

Bob Lange | EA | 10 | 153 | 15.3

Steve Imbriglia | EA | 10 | 125 | 12.5

Steve Shaffer | GA | 10 | 115 | 11.5

Rich Matchett | CH | 10 | 149 | 14.9

Champs' Rotation

MALVERN

Coach

Dan Kelly

Record

10-0

Starters

Charlie Floyd

Emmett

Fitzgerald

John Willcox

Jay Calhoun

Paul McShane

Key

Subs

Wally Shields

Bob Carey

Steve Donnelly