City Basketball, 1976

Philadelphia

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