Scholastic Basketball, 1976
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All-City
FIRST TEAM |
Gene Banks | W. Phila.
Michael Brooks | W. Cath.
Rodney Duncan | Gtn. Acad.
Lawrence Reid | Dougherty
Jim
"Mo" Connolly | Judge
SECOND
TEAM |
Mike Blackshear | Overbrook
Clarence
"Eggy" Tillman | W. Phila.
Daryl Wilson | Frankford
Charles Murphy | G-town
Donny Dodds | SJ Prep
THIRD
TEAM |
Mike Edelman | Hav. Sch.
Gordy Bryan | Malvern
Paul Mulholland | Kenrick
Matt Mihalich | La Salle
Ken Mitchell | Southern
Mike Davis | W. Cath.
City Title
At the
Palestra | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
West
Phila. 71, Kenrick 61 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gene Banks (24 points, 18 rebounds) and Clarence "Eggy" Tillman (22, 14) were
dominant inside while Ron "Weiner" Williams added 14 points and Darryl Warwick and Louis Crawley split 12 assists. Kenrick's Tom
Catagnus shot 12-for-14 at the line en route to 24 points and Paul Mulholland mixed 14 points, nine rebounds.
Public League
Playoffs
QUARTERFINALS West 97, Olney 56
Gene Banks (24) and Clarence “Eggy” Tillman (20) triggered the
blowout and Darryl “City Lights” Warwick had 15 points, 10 assists. Keith Hunter
(14) topped Olney.
Dobbins 80, Gratz 64
Starters Leroy Choice (23), Ray Young (18), Juan Rodriguez (16), Robert
Ruffin (12) and Jerome “J.P.” Peterson (11) combined for all of Dobbins’s
points. Dino Gregory (21) led Gratz.
Overbrook 69, Frankford 65
Lewis Lloyd shot 12-for-22 for 24 points and swept 18 rebounds, Michael
Blackshear scored 26 points and Greg Powell grabbed 22 boards. Daryl Wilson (22) and
Jeffery “Monk” Clark (17) led Frankford.
Germantown 63, Franklin 62
Charles Murphy scored 20 points and hit two crucial free throws with 0:34
remaining. Angelo Adams’s basket with 0:04 left drew Franklin within one.
SEMIFINALS
At Southern
West 71, Dobbins 49
Gene Banks shot 13-for-19 for 26 points while also totaling 15 rebounds,
five assists and three blocks. Ronald Williams distributed seven assists. For Dobbins,
Juan Rodriguez had 12 points, 10 rebounds.
At Lincoln
Overbrook 89, Germantown 67
Michael Blackshear scored 26 points, Lewis Lloyd mixed 20 points and 16
boards and sub Harold “Howie” McCutchen, in less than half the game, had 17
points, seven assists. G-town’s Eddie Wright had 12 points, 14 rebounds.
FINAL
At the Palestra
West 89, Overbrook 78
Junior Gene Banks (23 points, 22 rebounds) and sophomore Clarence
"Eggy" Tillman (26, 20) dominated inside and junior Darryl "City
Lights" Warwick had 20 points and five assists. Junior Lewis Lloyd was Overbrook's
best with 18 points and 17 rebounds. Robert Carter had 23 points.
Standings
DIVISION A | |
Frankford | 12 | 1
Olney | 4 | 9
Lincoln | 3 | 10
Northeast | 3 | 10
Washington | 3 | 10
DIVISION B | |
Germantown | 11 | 2
Gratz | 7 | 6
Central | 5 | 8
Roxborough | 3 | 10
DIVISION C | |
c-Dobbins | 8 | 6
Franklin | 8 | 6
University City | 7 | 7
Mastbaum | 6 | 8
Edison | 0 | 14
DIVISION D | |
West Phila. | 13 | 0
Overbrook | 10 | 3
Southern | 9 | 4
Bartram | 8 | 5
Bok | 6 | 7
Coaches' All-Public
FIRST
TEAM | | | |
Gene Banks | West | 13 | 330 | 25.4
Mike Blackshear | Ovb | 13 | 240 | 18.5
Charles Murphy | Gtn | 13 | 198 | 15.2
Daryl Wilson | Fkd | 13 | 223 | 17.2
Ken Mitchell | Sou | 13 | 263 | 20.2
Bob Keels | Cent | 13 | 244 | 18.8
Danny James | Bok | 13 | 266 | 20.5
Clarence
"Eggy" Tillman | West | 9 | 171 | 19.0
Joe DeShazo | Gtn | 12 | 158 | 13.1
Donald Starling | Mast | 13 | 254 | 19.5
SECOND
TEAM | | | |
Dave Broadus | UC | 14 | 246 | 17.6
Rudy Barnes | UC | 14 | 278 | 19.9
Joe Garrett | Gtz | 12 | 127 | 10.6
Jeffery
"Monk" Clark | Fkd | 13 | 234 | 18.0
Lewis Graham | Bart | 13 | 205 | 15.8
Hal Michels | NE | 13 | 270 | 20.8
Angelo Adams | Fkn | 14 | 220 | 15.7
Dino Gregory | Gtz | 12 | 182 | 15.2
James Carr | Mast | 14 | 210 | 15.0
Darryl Warwick | West | 13 | 223 | 17.2
Tyrone Johnson | Bok | 13 | 174 | 13.4
Darrell
DeShields | Rox | 13 | 191 | 14.7
Champs' Rotation
WEST
Coach
Joe Goldenberg
Record
13-0, 24-2
Starters
Gene Banks
Clarence
"Eggy" Tillman
Darryl Warwick
Ron
"Weiner" Williams
Louis Crawley
Key
Subs
Don Watkins
Cliff Riddick
Tony Roots
Catholic League
Playoffs
South Preplayoff At St. Joseph’s College Carroll 59, SJ Prep 49 Kevin ‘‘Butch’’ Lynam (15) and Walter Jackson (10) provided
help off the bench for Hugh McFadden (16). Soph Donny Dodds (14) led The Prep. North Semifinals Doubleheader at the Palestra Dougherty 67, Judge 43 Lawrence Reid shot 11-for-15 en route to 27 points and dished six assists. Ed
‘‘Machine Gun’’ Callan added 16 points and six assists and Joe
Macready grabbed 12 rebounds. No one scored in double figures for Judge. Kenrick 52, La Salle 51 The Knights trailed by 11 points with 6:17 left and then erupted for 24 points
as guards Tom Catagnus (16) and Robert ‘‘Butch’’ Bontempo (10)
combined for 20. Paul Mulholland had 14 points, 12 rebounds. La Salle was led by Matt
Mihalich (17), who missed a last shot. South Semifinals Doubleheader at the Palestra West 45, Carroll 43 (2 ot) Bill ‘‘Bam’’ McDevitt scored the only field goal of the
second OT with 1:13 left and Mike Davis mixed 13 points and 14 rebounds. Michael Brooks,
the leading scorer in CL history (27.3 average), was held to 10 points. Carroll’s
Hugh McFadden had 23 points, 10 boards. Roman 44, Neumann 42 Steve Compton and soph Reggie Jackson scored 14 points apiece and Mike Morrow
won it by hitting a 12-foot jumper from the right of the lane with 0:04 left. Paul
Brightman (13), Bob Fleming (12) and John Smith (10) led Neumann. Semifinals Doubleheader at the Palestra Kenrick 63, Dougherty 45 The Knights shot 22-for-37 and 19-for-20 to pull the upset as Tom Catagnus
(18), Robert ‘‘Butch’’ Bontempo (15), Phil Eisenmann (14) and Paul
Mulholland (10) scored in double digits. Eisenmann held star Lawrence Reid to eight
points. West 46, Roman 43 Michael Brooks had 21 points and 10 rebounds and fellow frontcourter Ed Downs
dished six assists. Reggie Jackson had 21 points and eight boards for Roman, which stalled
for 2:19 in the second quarter and 3:25 in the third. FINAL At the Palestra Kenrick 64, West 54 Paul Mulholland shot 9-for-14 for 21 points, Tom Catagnus (17) and Robert
"Butch" Bontempo (11) also scored in double figures and Phil Eisenmann scored
two consecutive baskets for a 54-48 lead as Kenrick became the fourth suburban team to win
the championship, joining Bonner in 1960, La Salle in '63 and O'Hara in '68. Michael
Brooks (22, 12 rebounds) and Mike Davis (14, 11) led West.
Standings
NORTH | |
Dougherty | 14 | 2
Kenrick | 12 | 4
La Salle | 11 | 5
Judge | 10 | 6
North | 9 | 7
McDevitt | 7 | 9
Wood | 7 | 9
Egan | 1 | 15
Ryan | 1 | 15
SOUTH | |
West | 14 | 0
Roman | 11 | 3
Neumann | 8 | 6
a-Carroll | 7 | 7
SJ Prep | 7 | 7
Bonner | 4 | 10
O'Hara | 4 | 10
St. James | 1 | 13
Coaches' All-Catholic
NORTHERN
DIVISION | | | |
FIRST
TEAM | | | |
Jim
"Mo" Connolly | Judge | 11 | 208 | 18.9
Matt Mihalich | La S | 16 | 315 | 19.7
Lawrence Reid | Dough | 16 | 350 | 21.9
Paul Mulholland | Ken | 15 | 244 | 16.3
Joe Boback | North | 16 | 328 | 20.5
SECOND
TEAM | | | |
Tom Catagnus | Ken | 16 | 235 | 14.7
Robt.
"Butch" Bontempo | Ken | 16 | 217 | 13.6
Bob Convey | Judge | 16 | 255 | 15.9
Rick Hall | Dough | 16 | 187 | 11.7
John Rush | McD | 16 | 289 | 18.1
THIRD
TEAM | | | |
Ed Callan | Dough | 16 | 238 | 14.9
Mike Finley | La S | 16 | 173 | 10.8
Dave Gorlaski | Egan | 16 | 198 | 12.4
Joe Hand | La S | 16 | 203 | 12.7
Bernie
Lajeunesse | Wood | 16 | 187 | 11.7
SOUTHERN
DIVISION | | | |
FIRST
TEAM | | | |
Michael Brooks | West | 14 | 382 | 27.3
Mike Morrow | Roman | 14 | 216 | 15.4
Donny Dodds | Prep | 14 | 269 | 19.2
Mike Curley | O'H | 14 | 257 | 18.4
Hugh McFadden | Carr | 14 | 207 | 14.8
SECOND
TEAM | | | |
Mike Davis | West | 14 | 193 | 13.8
Reggie Jackson | Roman | 14 | 203 | 14.5
Bob Fleming | Neum | 14 | 187 | 13.4
John Smith | Neum | 13 | 173 | 13.3
Dan Hastings | Bonn | 14 | 203 | 14.5
THIRD
TEAM | | | |
Bob Reinagel | Bonn | 13 | 183 | 14.1
Bill McDevitt | West | 12 | 81 | 6.8
Steve Compton | Roman | 14 | 147 | 10.5
Mike McCormack | Carr | 13 | 121 | 9.3
Nate Terrell | Prep | 14 | 178 | 12.7
Champs' Rotation
KENRICK
Coach
Mike Lynam
Record
12-4, 24-8
Starters
Paul Mulholland
Tom Catagnus
Robert
"Butch" Bontempo
Phil Eisenmann
Tony Salamone
Key
Subs
Jim Fazio
Jerry
Kilpatrick
Joe Matteo
Inter-Ac League
Malvern (10-0)
The clincher came in Game No. 9, a 49-48 win over visiting Haverford,
the runner-up at 8-2, in triple overtime. Gordy Bryan (20) was the only Friar in double
figures and his tap-in with 0:11 left made the difference. Mike Edelman, son of coach Ray
Edelman, scored 16 points for Haverford and made a tying basket at the end of the first
extra session. Mike Mayock (12) scored to force the third OT. When Malvern defeated Gtn.
Academy in its finale, it completed a four-year run of 39-1 in league play.
Standings
Malvern | 10 | 0
Haverford Sch. | 8 | 2
Chestnut Hill | 4 | 6
Penn Charter | 4 | 6
Gtn. Academy | 3 | 7
Episcopal | 1 | 9
Coaches' All-Inter-Ac
FIRST
TEAM | | | |
Rodney Duncan | GA | 8 | 209 | 26.1
Gordy Bryan | MP | 10 | 146 | 14.6
Mike Mayock | HS | 10 | 117 | 11.7
Mike Edelman | HS | 7 | 123 | 17.6
Steve Donnelly | MP | 10 | 56 | 5.6
Charlie Miller | HS | 10 | 172 | 17.2
SECOND
TEAM | | | |
Joe Carney | MP | 8 | 78 | 9.8
Tom Kennedy | CH | 10 | 149 | 14.9
John Maguire | MP | 10 | 80 | 8.0
Gil Nassib | MP | 10 | 76 | 7.6
Champs' Rotation
MALVERN
Coach
Fran Dunphy
Record
10-0
Starters
Gordy Bryan
Steve Donnelly
Joe Carney
John Maguire
Pat Purcell
Key
Subs
Gil Nassib
Dan Dixon
Rich Devine
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