City Basketball, 1984

Philadelphia

Scholastic Basketball, 1984

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All-City

FIRST

TEAM |

*Rodney Blake | Bonner

Howard Evans | W. Phila.

Max Blank | Washing.

Michael

Anderson | E&S

Jerome

"Pooh" Richardson | Franklin

SECOND

TEAM |

Tarone Thornton | Roman

Brian Leahy | Kenrick

Troy Daniel | Lamber.

Henry Smith | W. Phila.

Greg

"Bo" Kimble | Dobbins

Mark Stevenson | Roman

THIRD

TEAM |

Darin

"Munchy" Mason | Mastbaum

Eric

"Hank" Gathers | Dobbins

Steve Benton | Neumann

Brian

"Sugar" Smith | Franklin

Craig Conlin | La Salle

Public League

Playoffs

ROUND-OF-16 Franklin 44, Overbrook 36

Jerome “Pooh” Richardson blended 11 points, six rebounds and

four assists. Franklin led at halftime, 19-7. Overbrook’s Clyde Jones scored 12

points.

Mastbaum 62, Southern 61

Darin “Munchy” Mason bagged 28 points, five rebounds and six

assists, with the last feed setting up Lester Lamb for the winning basket with 0:06 left.

Tyrell “Magic” Cromwell had 15 points, four assists. Southern’s Jody

Johnson shot 18-for-19 at the line (last 17 in a row) en route to 30 points.

Gratz 57, Frankford 54

Sixth man Brian Shorter, a 6-4 freshman, notched 16 points and eight

rebounds. Dexter Whitfield had 15 points, five assists. Frankford’s Tony Crawford had

18 points, 18 rebounds.

Olney 77, Germantown 61

Paul “Snoop” Graham shot 13-for-14 at the line en route to 33

points and grabbed eight rebounds. John Green had 15 points, six assists. Marcus Owens

(23) and Paul Jordan (20) led G-town.

Northeast 68, King 52

Keith Jones (31) shot 15-for-17 at the line and Tom Davis had 12 points,

12 rebounds. Scott Slade (24) led King.

West 67, Univ. City 50

Henry Smith was tough inside with 15 points and 22 boards.

Dobbins 85, Bok 58

Eric “Hank” Gathers generated 27 points and 18 rebounds. Darrell

“Heat” Gates had 18 points, 10 assists. Mike Brice (15) led Bok.

Washington 61, Roxborough 52

Max Blank had 25 points and 18 rebounds as the Eagles won a playoff for

the first time in their 21 PL seasons. Tony Cotton (18) led Roxborough.

QUARTERFINALS Franklin 73, Olney 56

Jerome “Pooh” Richardson combined 17 points with seven rebounds

and nine assists. Brian “Sugar Bear” Smith shot 10-for-16 for 24 points and Will

Bolds mixed 15 points, 15 boards. Olney’s Paul “Snoop” Graham hit for 32

points.

Gratz 63, West 62

Soph Dennis “Dink” Whitaker (eight assists) hit a 10-footer to

beat the buzzer after Lamar Belton (16) was covered. For West, Howard Evans scored 27

points and Henry Smith had 20 points, 16 rebounds.

Mastbaum 64, Northeast 57

Darin “Munchy” Mason (20) and Tyrell “Magic” Cromwell

(17, seven assists) led the way. Darryl Brown (15) led Northeast.

Dobbins 84, Washington 76

Eric “Hank” Gathers shot 11-for-16 and 9-for-12 for 31 points

and grabbed 11 rebounds while Greg “Bo” Kimble scored 23 points. Russian

immigrant Max Blank, with cheers of “U.S.A!” from Dobbins’s fans ringing in

his ears, produced 35 points and 14 rebounds in 25 minutes.

SEMIFINALS

At William Penn

Franklin 77, Gratz 53

Brian “Sugar Bear” Smith led in points (20) and rebounds (13) as

the Electrons won comfortably enough to use 13 players. Jerome “Pooh” Richardson

had 17 points, nine assists. Gratz’s Brian Shorter had 12 points, nine rebounds.

Dobbins 45, Mastbaum 40

The Mustangs advanced to the final for the first time in 39 seasons of PL

membership despite shooting 13-for-59 (floor) and 19-for-35 (line). Eric “Hank”

Gathers had 24 points, 17 rebounds. Greg “Bo” Kimble grabbed 19 rebounds. Darin

“Munchy” Mason (16) topped Mastbaum.

FINAL

At Temple's McGonigle Hall

Franklin 53, Dobbins 49

Jerome "Pooh" Richardson had 17 points and Will Bolds collected 11

points and 11 rebounds. With 0:18 left, Greg "Bo" Kimble (26 points, 20

rebounds) converted a three-point play to pull Dobbins within 50-49. Richardson made a

free throw at 0:13, then Dobbins's Eric "Hank" Gathers missed a 17-footer at

0:04. Rodney Miller's two free throws completed the scoring.

Standings

DIVISION A | |

a-Washington | 8 | 4

Olney | 8 | 4

Frankford | 7 | 5

a-Northeast | 6 | 6

Eng. &

Science | 6 | 6

Kensington | 2 | 10

Lincoln | 1 | 11

DIVISION B | |

King | 10 | 3

Gratz | 8 | 5

Germantown | 7 | 6

Roxborough | 6 | 7

Central | 4 | 9

Parkway | 3 | 10

Straw. Mansion | 3 | 10

DIVISION C | |

Franklin | 13 | 0

Dobbins | 12 | 1

Mastbaum | 8 | 5

University City | 7 | 6

Edison | 5 | 8

Penn | 3 | 10

Franklin LC | 2 | 11

DIVISION D | |

West Phila. | 12 | 0

Southern | 11 | 1

Bok | 6 | 6

Overbrook | 5 | 7

Bartram | 4 | 8

Lamberton | 2 | 10

Coaches' All-Public

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Howard Evans | West | 12 | 279 | 23.3

Michael

Anderson | E&S | 12 | 375 | 31.3

Max Blank | Wash | 12 | 290 | 24.2

Greg

"Bo" Kimble | Dobb | 13 | 344 | 26.5

Troy Daniel | Lamb | 12 | 386 | 32.1

Henry Smith | West | 11 | 242 | 22.0

Jerome

"Pooh" Richardson | Fkn | 13 | 208 | 16.0

Eric

"Hank" Gathers | Dobb | 13 | 298 | 22.9

Darin

"Munchy" Mason | Mast | 12 | 317 | 26.4

Brian

"Sugar" Smith | Fkn | 13 | 239 | 18.4

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Jody Johnson | Sou | 12 | 232 | 19.3

Paul

"Snoop" Graham | Oln | 12 | 285 | 23.8

Marvin Powell | King | 6 | 66 | 11.0

Scott Slade | King | 10 | 191 | 19.1

Rudy Yuille | Bart | 12 | 270 | 22.5

Jonathan Jones | Cent | 13 | 257 | 19.8

Johnny McDonald | FLC | 13 | 308 | 23.7

Rodney Shorter | Gtz | 13 | 182 | 14.0

Tony Cotton | Rox | 13 | 181 | 13.9

Marcus Owens | Gtn | 13 | 225 | 17.3

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

Brian Shorter | Gtz | 13 | 199 | 15.3

Mike Brice | Bok | 12 | 170 | 14.2

Tony Crawford | Fkd | 11 | 186 | 16.9

Willard Mack | Penn | 13 | 295 | 22.7

John Green | Oln | 12 | 235 | 19.6

Darrell

"Heat" Gates | Dobb | 13 | 136 | 10.5

Lionel Simmons | Sou | 12 | 151 | 12.6

Will Bolds | Fkn | 13 | 156 | 12.0

Tommy Gilbert | Ovb | 12 | 139 | 11.6

Amos Clay | Mans | 5 | 110 | 22.0

Champs' Rotation

FRANKLIN

Coach

Ken Hamilton

Record

13-0, 27-1

Starters

Jerome

"Pooh" Richardson

Jimmy

Richardson

Will Bolds

Brian

"Sugar Bear" Smith

Isaac Young

Key

Subs

Rodney Miller

Sherman

Williams

Ben Mitchell

Catholic League

Playoffs

North Semifinals Doubleheader at St. Joseph’s La Salle 59, Judge 47 Craig Conlin (18 points) and Tom Gizzi (16, 10 rebounds) handled the inside

while Larry Guess dished seven assists and shot 10-for-13 at the line. Judge’s Rob

Mulville had 17 points, 10 rebounds. Ryan 42, Kenrick 41 Kevin Farnan (14 points) won it by hitting a foul line jumper with 0:07 left.

Fran Ciliberti added 17 points, eight rebounds. Kenrick’s Brian Leahy had 14 points,

10 boards. South Semifinals Doubleheader at St. Joseph’s O’Hara 47, Neumann 43 Mike Louden had 13 points and three assists and committed just one turnover to

help the Lions overcome a 37-17 rebounding disadvantage. Neumann’s Steve Benton

totaled 19 points and 12 boards before fouling out with 1:46 left. Bonner 75, West 44 Rodney Blake shot 11-for-14 and 8-for-10 and 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.

Dave Koskinen added 20 points, nine rebounds, five assists. West’s John Rankin had 14

points, 10 boards. Semifinals Doubleheader at St. Joseph’s La Salle 56, Ryan 52 (ot) Larry Guess contributed 16 points and seven assists and hit a clinching

one-and-one with 0:08 left. John Zamichieli (19) and Craig Conlin (12) also scored in

double figures and Tom Gizzi grabbed 13 rebounds. Fran Ciliberti (16) led Ryan. Bonner 57, O’Hara 49 Ed McCrystal shot 8-for-12 for 21 points and dished six assists. Rodney Blake

added 22 points, eight rebounds, three blocks. O’Hara’s Mike Doyle (25) shot

12-for-16. FINAL At St. Joseph's University Bonner 58, La Salle 56 In 22 foul-plagued minutes, Rodney Blake shot 8-for-11 and 7-for-9 for 23

points and grabbed eight rebounds as the Friars won again and the coach, Art Hunter,

resigned again. Dave Koskinen had 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists and Steve

Eilola, going 32 minutes for the first time, grabbed 11 rebounds. With 5:35 left, Bonner

expanded its lead from 47-44 to 50-44 after a technical foul was called when someone threw

a chunk of ice from the top of La Salle's rooting section. For La Salle, Craig Conlin had

20 points, Tom Gizzi mixed 17 points and 10 rebounds, John Zamichieli missed a last-second

shot and athletic director Marty Stanczak claimed the ice was thrown by someone who was

not a student at either school.

Standings

NORTH | |

Kenrick | 13 | 3

Judge | 12 | 4

La Salle | 12 | 4

Ryan | 8 | 8

Dougherty | 7 | 9

McDevitt | 7 | 9

North | 6 | 10

Egan | 4 | 12

Wood | 3 | 13

SOUTH | |

Bonner | 11 | 1

Neumann | 10 | 2

O'Hara | 6 | 6

West | 6 | 6

Carroll | 3 | 9

St. James | 3 | 9

SJ Prep | 3 | 9

Roman under suspension.

Coaches' All-Catholic

NORTHERN

DIVISION | | | |

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Brian Leahy | Ken | 16 | 347 | 21.7

Craig Conlin | La S | 16 | 277 | 17.3

Dave Duda | Ken | 16 | 300 | 18.8

Eric Ervin | McD | 15 | 271 | 18.1

Lou Stevens | Dough | 16 | 225 | 14.1

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Kevin Farnan | Ryan | 16 | 235 | 14.7

Mike Cummiskey | Judge | 16 | 225 | 14.1

Mike McCarron | North | 16 | 215 | 13.4

Mike Petrone | Judge | 16 | 216 | 13.5

Fran Ciliberti | Ryan | 15 | 226 | 15.1

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

Mark Shalkowski | Egan | 16 | 232 | 14.6

Mike Power | North | 16 | 238 | 14.9

Mike Neher | Dough | 16 | 153 | 9.6

Larry Guess | La S | 15 | 175 | 11.7

Sean Givnish | Wood | 15 | 177 | 11.8

SOUTHERN

DIVISION | | | |

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Rodney Blake | Bonn | 14 | 216 | 15.4

Mark Stevenson | Roman | 14 | 287 | 20.5

Steve Benton | Neum | 14 | 279 | 19.9

John Rankin | West | 14 | 281 | 20.1

Tarone Thornton | Roman | 14 | 283 | 20.2

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Mike Doyle | O'H | 14 | 195 | 13.9

Erik Cooper | Neum | 14 | 206 | 14.7

Arthur Trippett | West | 14 | 219 | 15.6

Jim

"Goose" Welde | Bonn | 14 | 166 | 11.9

Dave Koskinen | Bonn | 14 | 167 | 11.9

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

Mike Connor | O'H | 14 | 200 | 14.3

Mike Louden | O'H | 14 | 193 | 13.8

Rocco Sansone | Neum | 13 | 159 | 12.2

Marty McCabe | Carr | 14 | 152 | 10.9

Bill McGowan | St. J | 14 | 153 | 10.9

Champs' Rotation

BONNER

Coach

Art Hunter

Record

11-1, 28-6

Starters

Rodney Blake

Jim

"Goose" Welde

Dave Koskinen

Ed McCrystal

Steve Eilola

Key

Subs

Sean Harding

Ivan

"Pick" Brown

Tim McKee

Steve DeAngelis

Inter-Ac League

Penn Charter (9-1)

The clincher came in Game No. 8, a 55-41 win over visiting Chestnut

Hill. The title was PC’s first since 1972. Marv Dunmeyer scored 13 points while Joe

McGarvey and Drew Meyers added 12 apiece. Carl Arrigale settled for 10 after having

exploded for 29 points in the previous game, a 64-54 win over visiting Gtn. Academy. A

chance at a 10-0 mark vanished in the finale as the Quakers fell to visiting Episcopal,

64-63. GA (7-3) finished second.

Standings

Penn Charter | 9 | 1

Gtn. Academy | 7 | 3

Chestnut Hill | 6 | 4

Episcopal | 4 | 6

Malvern | 4 | 6

Haverford Sch. | 0 | 10

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Carl Arrigale | PC | 10 | 180 | 18.0

Dolph Tokarczyk | EA | 10 | 177 | 17.7

Rick Williams | GA | 10 | 180 | 18.0

Otis Ellis | GA | 10 | 161 | 16.1

John Huver | MP | 9 | 176 | 19.5

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Gerry Williams | CH | 10 | 201 | 20.1

Marv Dunmeyer | PC | 10 | 136 | 13.6

Joe McGarvey | PC | | |

Bernard Odoms | CH | 10 | 131 | 13.1

Drew Meyers | PC | 10 | 111 | 11.1

Champs' Rotation

PENN

CHARTER

Coach

Speedy Morris

Record

9-1, 21-7

Starters

Carl Arrigale

Marv Dunmeyer

Drew Meyers

Joe McGarvey

Ed Small

Key

Subs

Abe Dunmeyer

Joe Gleason

Tom

"Sleepy" Burke