City Basketball, 1975

Philadelphia

Scholastic Basketball, 1975

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All-City

FIRST

TEAM |

Gary Devlin | Gratz

Zane Major | Roman

Gene Banks | W. Phila.

Rodney Lee | Edison

Tim Smith | W. Phila.

SECOND

TEAM |

Anthony

"Stinky" Norris | Southern

Rodney Duncan | Gtn. Acad.

Greg Joyner | Northeast

Al Clancy | Judge

Michael Brooks | W. Cath

THIRD

TEAM |

Joe Kurtz | N. Cath.

Terry Hannan | Bonner

Bob Stephens | Olney

Lawrence Reid | Dougherty

Mark Dwight | W. Phila.

City Title

At Temple's

McGonigle Hall | | | | | | | | | | | | |

West

Phila. 67, Judge 45 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Gene Banks, a 6-6 soph, shot 11-for-14 and 2-for-3 for 24 points and snatched 13 rebounds

as the Speedboys completed a 25-0 season. Tim Smith had eight points and six rebounds and held Judge star Al Clancy to

three points. Michael Collins added 11 points and five assists while Mark Dwight had 10 points, nine boards. Charlie Rice led

Judge with 15 points and nine rebounds.

Public League

Playoffs

QUARTERFINALS West 62, Germantown 35

Mark Dwight pumped in 35 points as West overcame the Bears’ attempt

at a stall. Chris Kibler (16) led the losers.

Edison 62, Northeast 59

Rodney Lee (17), Danny Thomas (16) and Mike Fuller (13) led the Inventors,

who blew most of a 13-point lead in the final 2:26. Northeast’s Greg Joyner, the PL

scoring champ, was held to a season-low 17 points.

Gratz 75, Overbrook 67 (ot)

Gary Devlin, who finished an unsightly 7-for-23, hit an 18-footer to force

OT, which Gratz won, 8-0. Devlin and Keith Johnson scored 15 points apiece. Mike

Blackshear (25) led ’Brook.

Olney 77, Dobbins 43

Charles McAliley, held out until the second quarter for disciplinary

reasons, scored 24 points. In the first quarter, 6-8 Bob Stephens had seven rebounds and

five blocks. Mike Saunders (13) led Dobbins.

SEMIFINALS

At Southern

West 52, Edison 50

Tim Smith had 12 points, six rebounds and five assists and blocked Danny

Thomas’s potential tying shot with 0:09 left. Soph Gene Banks totaled 12 points, 11

rebounds. For Edison, Rodney Lee had 18 points and 15 rebounds and Clarence “Cowboy”

Days had 13 points, four assists.

At Lincoln

Gratz 69, Olney 68

Stanley Jenkins (17), Keith Johnson (16), Gary Devlin (15) and Jessie

Grier (14) scored in double figures and Anthony Millhouse grabbed 13 rebounds to pace

Gratz, which won on Johnson’s conversion of a one-and-one at 0:14 and his blocked

shot 10 seconds later. Gratz scored the final five points. Charles McAliley (18) led Olney

while Bob Stephens had 14 points, 16 boards.

FINAL

At Temple's McGonigle Hall

West 62, Gratz 40

Mark Dwight scored 22 points, Tim Smith had 18 points and 11 rebounds and 6-6

sophomore Gene Banks claimed 15 rebounds. Gratz's Keith Johnson had 11 points and 18

rebounds.

Standings

DIVISION A | |

c-Olney | 8 | 5

c-Northeast | 8 | 5

Frankford | 8 | 5

Washington | 3 | 10

Lincoln | 1 | 12

DIVISION B | |

Gratz | 10 | 3

Germantown | 8 | 5

Central | 5 | 8

Roxborough | 0 | 13

DIVISION C | |

Edison | 9 | 4

c-Dobbins | 7 | 6

University City | 7 | 6

Mastbaum | 5 | 8

Franklin | 2 | 11

DIVISION D | |

West Phila. | 14 | 0

Overbrook | 12 | 2

Bartram | 9 | 5

Southern | 8 | 6

Bok | 2 | 12

Coaches' All-Public

DIVISIONS

A-B | | | |

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Greg Joyner | NE | 13 | 334 | 25.7

Gary Devlin | Gtz | 11 | 228 | 20.7

Leroy Berry | Oln | 13 | 276 | 21.2

Bob Stephens | Oln | 13 | 182 | 14.0

Charles

McAliley | Oln | 13 | 197 | 15.2

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Daryl Wilson | Fkd | 13 | 242 | 18.6

Bob Keels | Cent | 13 | 232 | 17.8

Chris Kibler | Gtn | 13 | 156 | 12.0

Charles Murphy | Gtn | 13 | 146 | 11.2

James Carr | Mast | 13 | 235 | 18.1

DIVISIONS

C-D | | | |

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Rodney Lee | Edi | 12 | 227 | 18.9

Tim Smith | West | 14 | 248 | 17.7

Mike Saunders | Dobb | 13 | 287 | 22.1

Sam

"Wobbles" White | UC | 13 | 270 | 20.8

Anthony

"Stinky" Norris | Sou | 14 | 295 | 21.1

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Rodney Scott | Bart | 14 | 320 | 22.8

Tony Wallace | Bart | 14 | 280 | 20.0

Gene Banks | West | 12 | 185 | 15.4

Mark Dwight | West | 14 | 266 | 19.0

Mike Blackshear | Ovb | 14 | 230 | 16.4

Champs' Rotation

WEST

Coach

Joe Goldenberg

Record

14-0, 25-0

Starters

Tim Smith

Gene Banks

Mark Dwight

Wilbert Lorick

Michael Collins

Key

Subs

Calvin Goodwin

Don Watkins

Catholic League

Playoffs

North Semifinals Doubleheader at the Palestra Judge 64, Dougherty 59 Al Clancy posted 22 points and nine rebounds while Jim ‘‘Mo’’

Connolly (11 rebounds) and Tom Kneib had 16 points and four assists apiece. Lawrence Reid

and Pat Wherrity scored 11 apiece for Dougherty. La Salle 66, Wood 58 Five-seven Mike Canelli (seven assists) and 6-8 Bob Carber scored 18 points

apiece while Joe Hand added 13 points and three assists. For Wood, making its first

playoff appearance in its ninth CL season, Mike Dolge had 18 points and Bob Spadafora

mixed 14 points, 13 rebounds, seven blocks. South Semifinals Doubleheader at the Palestra Roman 43, Carroll 38 The Cahillites survived despite shooting 4-for-26 in the first half. On his

18th birthday, Zane Major scored 16 points. Steve Compton also had 16 points. Bonner 43, O’Hara 35 Terry Hannan scored 15 points while Bob Reinagel had 10 points and seven

rebounds. O’Hara got 16 points and 13 boards from Mike Pearson, but shot 4-for-20 in

the second half. Semifinals Judge 61, La Salle 56 Jim ‘‘Mo’’ Connolly shot 7-for-11 and 6-for-6 for 20 points

and took nine rebounds. Al Clancy also scored 20 points and Bob Convey had 14 points, five

assists. The Crusaders won the third quarter, 20-4. La Salle’s Bob Carber had 20

points, 10 rebounds. Roman 61, Bonner 49 Six-six soph Joe Garrett had 13 points and 12 boards and opened the fourth

quarter with a long jumper and a three-point play to provide a 44-38 lead. Zane Major

scored 16 points. Bonner’s Terry Hannan scored 16 points. FINAL At the Palestra Judge 48, Roman 46 Jim "Mo" Connolly shot 7-for-9 for 16 points and Al Clancy added 12

as the Crusaders, a 20-year CL member, won their first title after numerous bouts with

frustration. After Ira Brown hit a 15-footer with 0:26 left to pull Roman within 46-44,

Judge scored the clincher as Tom Kneib hit Clancy with a long-distance pass and Clancy fed

Dennis Taylor for an easy layup. Mike Morrow (19) and Zane Major (14) led Roman.

Standings

NORTH | |

La Salle | 13 | 3

Dougherty | 12 | 4

Judge | 11 | 5

Wood | 11 | 5

Kenrick | 9 | 7

North | 7 | 9

Ryan | 6 | 10

McDevitt | 3 | 13

Egan | 0 | 16

SOUTH | |

Roman | 15 | 1

Bonner | 13 | 3

O'Hara | 11 | 5

Carroll | 9 | 7

West | 8 | 8

ST More | 7 | 9

Neumann | 5 | 11

SJ Prep | 2 | 14

St. James | 2 | 14

Coaches' All-Catholic

NORTHERN

DIVISION | | | |

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Al Clancy | Judge | 16 | 262 | 16.4

Bob Carber | La S | 16 | 208 | 13.0

Matt Mihalich | La S | 16 | 226 | 14.1

Joe Kurtz | North | 16 | 290 | 18.1

Lawrence Reid | Dough | 16 | 232 | 14.5

Bob Spadafora | Wood | 16 | 210 | 13.1

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Pat Wherrity | Dough | 16 | 166 | 10.4

Bob Convey | Judge | 16 | 183 | 11.4

Mike Boyd | Wood | 16 | 203 | 12.7

Tim Koch | Wood | 16 | 195 | 12.2

Mike Murphy | Ken | 16 | 146 | 9.1

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

Jack Vogt | Ken | 16 | 183 | 11.4

Howard

"Pee-Wee" Mims | McD | 14 | 180 | 12.9

Rey Panettieri | Ryan | 16 | 201 | 12.6

Mark Goetz | Dough | 16 | 164 | 10.3

SOUTHERN

DIVISION | | | |

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Zane Major | Roman | 16 | 250 | 15.6

Michael Brooks | West | 16 | 304 | 19.0

Terry Hannan | Bonn | 16 | 206 | 12.9

Frank Sivieri | Bonn | 15 | 179 | 11.9

Bill Kane | St. J | 16 | 227 | 14.2

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

John Faison | More | 16 | 212 | 13.3

Mike Brown | O'H | 16 | 201 | 12.6

Mike Pearson | O'H | 16 | 206 | 12.9

Mike Davis | West | 15 | 213 | 14.2

Tony Scafidi | Neum | 16 | 203 | 12.7

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

Tony Devlin | Prep | 16 | 221 | 13.8

Carlton Hall | More | 16 | 186 | 11.6

Jim Young | O'H | 16 | 229 | 14.3

Mike Saksa | Carr | 16 | 175 | 10.9

Dan Hastings | Bonn | 14 | 153 | 10.9

Champs' Rotation

JUDGE

Coach

Bill Fox

Record

11-5, 20-10

Starters

Al Clancy

Jim

"Mo" Connolly

Tom Kneib

Bob Convey

Charlie Rice

Key

Subs

Dennis Taylor

Lee Maminski

Jim

"Eggs" McCaffrey

Inter-Ac League

Haverford School (9-1) Malvern (9-1)

The teams split their season series. Host Haverford won Game No. 3, 68-53,

as freshman Mike Edelman (20), Mike Purcell (18), freshman Charlie Miller (15, 17

rebounds) and Mike Mayock (nine of the game’s first 11 points) led the way to break

Malvern’s 23-game league winning streak. In Game No. 8, freshman Gordy Bryan (12),

Joe Carney and Steve Donnelly (11 apiece) paced Malvern to a 51-39 win. Purcell (13) and

Edelman (five) were held in check by a triangle-and-two defense.

Standings

Haverford Sch. | 9 | 1

Malvern | 9 | 1

Penn Charter | 6 | 4

Episcopal | 3 | 7

Gtn. Academy | 2 | 8

Chestnut Hill | 1 | 9

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Mike Purcell | HS | 10 | 204 | 20.4

Rodney Duncan | GA | 9 | 187 | 20.8

Gordy Bryan | MP | 10 | 119 | 11.9

Wayne Merkle | PC | 10 | 183 | 18.3

John Maguire | MP | 10 | 150 | 15.0

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Aaron Wells | PC | 10 | 104 | 10.4

Joe Carney | MP | 7 | 101 | 14.3

Mike Mayock | HS | 10 | 97 | 9.7

Rob Bland | EA | 10 | 189 | 18.9

Tom Kennedy | CH | 10 | 158 | 15.8

Champs' Rotation

(Tie)

HAVER.

SCHOOL

Coach

Ray Edelman

Record

9-1

Starters

Mike Purcell

Mike Mayock

Mike Edelman

Charlie Miller

John Walters

Key

Subs

Matt Golla

Doug Slotter

MALVERN

Coach

Joe Hindelang

Record

9-1

Starters

Gordy Bryan

Joe Carney

Steve Donnelly

John Maguire

Dan Dixon

Key

Subs

Pat Purcell

Rich Devine

Dave Lamb