City Basketball, 1974

Philadelphia

Scholastic Basketball, 1974

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All-City

FIRST

TEAM |

Joe Gore | Gratz

Milt Colston | Olney

Charlie Floyd | Malvern

Marvin Brown | Gratz

DeCarsta

"Byrd" Webster | G-town

SECOND

TEAM |

Mike Enoch | P. Charter

Lloyd Ranson | Neumann

Tim Claxton | G-town

Karrington Ward | Franklin

Tony Weldon | Gtn.-Stev.

THIRD

TEAM |

Phil Andrews | Frankford

John Willcox | Malvern

Rendell Bradley | Bartram

Don Hobson | N. Cath.

John Griffin | Roman

City Title

At the

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

Roman

38, West Phila. 35 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Donald Kelly scored 10 points and swished an 8-footer along the left baseline with 1:55

left to put Roman ahead for good, 33-31. John Griffin grabbed 12 rebounds and Zane Major mixed nine points with six boards.

For West, which was guilty of 27 turnovers, Calvin Goodwin (13 rebounds) and Mark Dwight split 20 points.

Public League

Playoffs

QUARTERFINALS

West 52, Edison 51

Off an inbounds play with 0:03 left, substitute guard Herman Adams hit an

18-footer on a pass from Gary Anderson to win the game for West (Mark Dwight 17). Rodney

Lee (15) led Edison.

Germantown 53, Northeast 44

Making his first start since the preseason, Rudy Bowen hustled for nine

points and 11 assists. Stanley Greene had 12 points. Eugene Dantzler (16) led Northeast.

Bartram 83, Franklin 80

William “Doctor” Watson shot 9-for-11 en route to 23 second half

points, raising his total to 32. He began the second half with three straight jumpers, all

from at least 25 feet. Franklin’s Karrington Ward poured in 33 points, but was held

scoreless in the last 4 minutes by Burt Miller.

Gratz 77, Olney 73

Guard Clyde Jones, formerly Gratz’s scorekeeper, drove for the

clinching layup with 0:08 left after Gregory Pouncy (18), Joe Gore (17) and Marvin Brown

(16) fouled out. Milt Colston scored 31 points for Olney.

SEMIFINALS

At Southern

West 57, Bartram 53

Calvin Goodwin (18) and Mark Dwight (16) led in scoring while Tim Smith

showed versatility with 15 points, 14 boards, five assists. Rendell Bradley had 22 points

and nine rebounds and scored eight points in the final 0:53 to bring Bartram close.

At Lincoln

Gratz 68, Germantown 67

Marvin Brown shot 9-for-10 for 18 points and claimed 11 rebounds. Joe Gore

(20) and Gregory Pouncy (12, 13 rebounds), a 6-7 high jumper, lent assistance. DeCarsta

Webster (21) and Tim Claxton (19) led G-town, which came close by scoring the final four

points.

FINAL

At Temple's McGonigle Hall

West 48, Gratz 46

Mark Dwight (14) and Tim Smith (10, 11 rebounds) were the only West players to

score in double figures. Sixth-man Clarence Hamilton had six assists and made a

one-and-one with 0:55 left to provide a 48-44 lead. For Gratz, Marvin Brown had 14 points

and 20 rebounds.

Standings

DIVISION A | |

Olney | 13 | 1

Northeast | 6 | 8

Frankford | 5 | 9

Lincoln | 2 | 12

Washington | 1 | 13

DIVISION B | |

Germantown | 11 | 2

Gratz | 10 | 3

Central | 3 | 10

Roxborough | 1 | 12

DIVISION C | |

Edison | 9 | 4

c-Franklin | 8 | 5

Dobbins | 8 | 5

Mastbaum | 7 | 6

University City | 4 | 9

DIVISION D | |

c-Bartram | 10 | 3

West Phila. | 10 | 3

Southern | 9 | 4

Overbrook | 9 | 4

Bok | 0 | 13

Coaches' All-Public

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Milt Colston | Oln | 14 | 318 | 22.7

Tim Claxton | Gtn | 13 | 213 | 16.4

Karrington Ward | Fkn | 13 | 270 | 20.8

DeCarsta

"Byrd" Webster | Gtn | 12 | 162 | 13.5

Joe Gore | Gtz | 13 | 181 | 13.9

Marvin Brown | Gtz | 13 | 182 | 14.0

Phil Andrews | Fkd | 14 | 272 | 19.4

Tim Smith | West | 13 | 222 | 17.1

Greg Joyner | NE | 14 | 253 | 18.1

Rendell Bradley | Bart | 13 | 195 | 15.0

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Rodney Lee | Edi | 12 | 161 | 13.4

Joe Dennis | Linc | 14 | 356 | 25.4

Greg Pouncy | Gtz | 13 | 173 | 13.3

Terry Swinton | Mast | 13 | 277 | 21.3

Anthony

"Stinky" Norris | Sou | 13 | 179 | 13.8

William Watson | Bart | 11 | 152 | 13.8

Mark Dwight | West | 12 | 144 | 12.0

Sam

"Wobbles" White | UC | 13 | 212 | 16.3

Kevin Allen | Ovb | 12 | 131 | 10.9

Michael

"Moon" Black | Ovb | 13 | 183 | 14.1

Champs' Rotation

WEST

Coach

Joe Goldenberg

Record

10-3, 17-5

Starters

Tim Smith

Mark Dwight

Wilbert Lorick

Calvin Goodwin

Clarence

Hamilton

Key

Subs

Herman Adams

Joe Waller

Gary Anderson

Catholic League

Playoffs

North Semifinals Doubleheader at the Palestra Dougherty 44, North 43 Paul Terrell sniped 14-for-22 and 2-for-5 for 30 points, including 10 in the

final period, as Dougherty stunned the 16-0 Falcons. The 30 points were a CL playoff

record. The other Cardinals shot 5-for-27. North led, 43-40, but Terrell hit jumpers with

0:29 and 0:06 left and North’s Don Hobson (17) missed a last shot. Lawrence Reid had

10 rebounds. North’s Jim ‘‘Bozo’’ Wolkiewicz had 17 boards. La Salle 69, Judge 60 Soph Matt Mihalich, who had never played more than 2 minutes in a varsity game,

got a surprise start and shot 5-for-7 and 10-for-11 for 20 points. Ted Gutowicz posted 17

points, 13 rebounds. For Judge, Bob Gunn shot 7-for-8 for 14 points and Al Clancy had 16

boards. South Semifinals Doubleheader at the Palestra O’Hara 70, Neumann 46 Paul Oristaglio scored 18 of his 22 points in a 38-12 first half while Joe

Dugan added 18 points, 14 rebounds. Joe Purcell had 14 points, eight rebounds, six

assists. Jim Herbert (14) led Neumann. Semifinals Doubleheader at the Palestra La Salle 53, Dougherty 46 Matt Mihalich scored 17 of his 19 points in a 34-27 second half and his

brother, Joe, a senior, had five assists. Ted Gutowicz (11, 14 rebounds) and Bob Carber

(10, nine) handled the inside work. Dougherty soph Lawrence Reid had 14 points, 13

rebounds. Roman 45, O'Hara 33 Donald Kelly (15) and Adrian Moody led in scoring and John Griffin had

eight points, 10 boards, four assists. Joe Purcell (22) led O'Hara, which committed 22

turnovers to Roman's seven. FINAL At the Palestra Roman 50, La Salle 42 Zane Major overcame a scary incident to total 14 points and 13 rebounds and

help the Cahillites become the CL's first back-to-back champs since North Catholic in 1956

and '57. With 0:28 left in the third quarter, a rock came zooming toward the floor and hit

Major in the head. He retreated to the locker room, was patched up with three stitches and

received a standing ovation when he re-entered the game with 6:03 left. Mike LaPera,

Roman's lowest-scoring starter, added 14 points. Ed Mearion had 14 points for La Salle,

which used only five players. All attempted 11 to 13 shots from the floor.

Standings

NORTH | |

North | 16 | 0

Judge | 11 | 5

La Salle | 10 | 6

Dougherty | 9 | 7

Ryan | 8 | 8

Kenrick | 6 | 10

Wood | 5 | 11

McDevitt | 4 | 12

Egan | 3 | 13

SOUTH | |

Roman | 15 | 1

Neumann | 13 | 3

O'Hara | 10 | 6

ST More | 10 | 6

Bonner | 9 | 7

Carroll | 6 | 10

St. James | 5 | 11

SJ Prep | 3 | 13

West | 1 | 15

Coaches' All-Catholic

NORTHERN

DIVISION | | | |

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Guy Stevens | Ryan | 16 | 293 | 18.3

Don Hobson | North | 16 | 306 | 19.1

Mike Blackwell | Ken | 16 | 257 | 16.1

Brian Townsend | Egan | 16 | 296 | 18.5

Lawrence Reid | Dough | 16 | 235 | 14.7

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Ted Gutowicz | La S | 16 | 248 | 15.5

Jim Wolkiewicz | North | 14 | 205 | 14.6

Tom Haggerty | Wood | 16 | 221 | 13.8

Joe Mihalich | La S | 16 | 210 | 13.1

Paul Terrell | Dough | 16 | 227 | 14.2

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

Al Clancy | Judge | 15 | 214 | 14.3

Jim Brennan | Judge | 16 | 203 | 12.7

Mike Murphy | Ken | 16 | 155 | 9.7

Steve Olinik | McD | 15 | 186 | 12.4

Mike Boyd | Wood | 13 | 160 | 12.3

SOUTHERN

DIVISION | | | |

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Lloyd Ranson | Neum | 16 | 299 | 18.7

John Griffin | Roman | 16 | 191 | 11.9

Donald Kelly | Roman | 16 | 228 | 14.3

Joe Purcell | O'H | 16 | 217 | 13.6

Chub Edwards | More | 16 | 223 | 13.9

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Bob Reilly | Prep | 16 | 231 | 14.4

Chris Dougherty | Carr | 16 | 207 | 12.9

Paul Oristaglio | O'H | 16 | 220 | 13.8

Terry Hannan | Bonn | 14 | 158 | 11.3

Enos Hill | More | 16 | 245 | 15.3

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

John Faison | More | 16 | 164 | 10.3

Harry Perretta | Bonn | 15 | 189 | 12.6

Steve Lamb | St. J | 16 | 166 | 10.4

Mike Saksa | Carr | 16 | 198 | 12.4

Bill Romanelli | West | 16 | 180 | 11.3

Champs' Rotation

ROMAN

Coach

Speedy Morris

Record

15-1, 31-3

Starters

Donald Kelly

John Griffin

Zane Major

Mike LaPera

Adrian Moody

Key

Subs

Marcellus

Pringle

Jack Kelly

Inter-Ac League

Malvern (10-0)

The clincher again came in a yawner, a 66-39, Game No. 9 blowout of

visiting Haverford. Charlie Floyd (25) and John Willcox (19) led the way. The Friars

stormed to victory in their first two games -- 90-58 over Penn Charter, 63-22 over

Episcopal -- and won six times by at least 23 points. Their only close encounter yielded a

44-40 edging of runner-up PC (7-3) in Game No. 6 as Willcox scored 14 points.

Standings

Malvern | 10 | 0

Penn Charter | 7 | 3

Chestnut Hill | 5 | 5

Episcopal | 4 | 6

Gtn. Academy | 3 | 7

Haverford Sch. | 1 | 9

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Charlie Floyd | MP | 10 | 204 | 20.4

Mike Enoch | PC | 10 | 177 | 17.7

John Willcox | MP | 10 | 160 | 16.0

Ed McKendry | GA | 7 | 87 | 12.4

Rich Matchett | CH | 10 | 155 | 15.5

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Bob Lange | EA | 10 | 163 | 16.3

Dave Rhoda | CH | 9 | 120 | 13.3

Rob Kurz | PC | 10 | 128 | 12.8

Mike Purcell | HS | 10 | 186 | 18.6

Wally Shields | MP | 5 | 50 | 10.0

Champs' Rotation

MALVERN

Coach

Dan Kelly

Record

10-0

Starters

Charlie Floyd

John Willcox

Steve Donnelly

Wally Shields

Joe Carney

Key

Subs

John Maguire

Pat Ryan

Dan Dixon