City Basketball, 1985

Philadelphia

Scholastic Basketball, 1985

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All-City

FIRST

TEAM |

*Jerome

"Pooh" Richardson | Franklin

Mark Stevenson | Roman

Greg

"Bo" Kimble | Dobbins

Eric

"Hank" Gathers | Dobbins

Steve Benton | Neumann

SECOND

TEAM |

Paul

"Snoop" Graham | Franklin

Lionel Simmons | Southern

Craig Conlin | La Salle

Warren

Hawthorne | Mastbaum

John Rankin | W. Cath.

THIRD

TEAM |

Barry Bekkedam | Carroll

Rick Williams | Gtn. Acad.

Otis Ellis | Gtn. Acad.

Brian Shorter | Gratz

Jonathan Jones | Central

Henry Jackson | Penn

Public League

Playoffs

ROUND-OF-16 Dobbins 84, Central 58

Greg “Bo” Kimble scored 25 points, Eric “Hank” Gathers

totaled 17 points and 15 rebounds and brother Derrick Gathers grabbed 10 boards. Jonathan

Jones (22) led Central.

West 53, Frankford 50 (2 ot)

Eric “Button” Pearson had 19 points and nine rebounds in 38

minutes for West, which overcame a 12-point deficit with 5:54 left in regulation. Adrian

Burke (17) led Frankford.

Mastbaum 87, King 64

Warren Hawthorne (33) and Tyrell “Magic” Cromwell (26) led the

romp. King sub Ron Bryant shot 7-for-8 for 16 points.

Gratz 65, Edison 42

Brian Shorter (21, 15 rebounds), older brother Rodney Shorter (18) and

Walt Dozier (15 boards) paced Gratz.

Northeast 76, Bartram 64

Phil Booth mixed 22 points and 13 rebounds. Keith Wilkerson added 16

points. Bartram’s Mike Dorsey had 24 points, 17 boards.

Southern 86, Kensington 52

Lionel Simmons had 19 points and 15 rebounds. Bruce Harvey (28) led

Kensington, a first-time playoff entrant.

Overbrook 62, Washington 49

Ed Urie scored eight of his 17 points in a 23-16 fourth quarter. David

Carr (19) led Washington.

Franklin 82, Parkway 43

Jerome “Pooh” Richardson dominated with 31 points and 10

assists. Will Bolds grabbed 15 rebounds. Andre Ward (19) paced Parkway.

QUARTERFINALS Dobbins 68, Overbrook 45

Greg “Bo” Kimble shot 14-for-16 for 33 points and plucked 14

rebounds. Darrell “Heat” Gates dealt nine assists.

Southern 74, Franklin 73

Will Crandall hit eighth man Bob Johnson for a vicious dunk and a 72-67

lead with 0:16 left. Johnson finished 6-for-7 and 9-for-10 for 21 points. Lionel Simmons

added 19 points. Paul “Snoop” Graham (25) and Jerome “Pooh” Richardson

(24) led the losers.

Gratz 55, West 46

Walt Dozier (21 points, 12 rebounds) and Brian Shorter (14, 12) sparked

Gratz. West’s Eric “Button” Pearson had 20 points.

Mastbaum 56, Northeast 53

Warren Hawthorne accumulated 26 points and 14 rebounds. Darren Miller also

grabbed 14 boards. Phil Booth led Northeast with 17 points, 13 rebounds.

SEMIFINALS

At Southern

Dobbins 94, Mastbaum 72

Greg “Bo” Kimble shot 14-for-18 and 4-for-5 for 32 points and

Eric “Hank” Gathers added 22 points. Warren Hawthorne (25) and Tyrell “Magic”

Cromwell (23) topped ’Baum.

At William Penn

Southern 70, Gratz 69

After blowing a 10-point, fourth-quarter lead, Southern survived when John

Erby converted a layup off a fastbreak pass from Will Crandall with 0:08 left. The Rams

advanced to the final for the first time since 1969; they’d lost five times in the

semis since. Lionel Simmons (20), Irv Hutcherson and sub Bob Johnson (18 apiece) paced the

scoring. Gratz’s Walt Dozier had 20 points, 11 rebounds.

FINAL

At Temple's McGonigle Hall

Dobbins 86, Southern 62

Greg "Bo" Kimble had 27 points, 12 rebounds and three assists as

Dobbins won its first title in its 40th PL season. Eric "Hank" Gathers added 27

points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists. Sophomore Doug Overton had 12 points and 4 assists. For

Southern, Lionel Simmons had 18 points and 11 boards.

Standings

DIVISION A | |

Northeast | 11 | 2

Frankford | 6 | 7

Washington | 5 | 8

a-Kensington | 4 | 9

Olney | 4 | 9

Lincoln | 2 | 11

Eng. &

Science | 0 | 13

DIVISION B | |

Gratz | 11 | 2

King | 9 | 4

a-Parkway | 6 | 7

Central | 6 | 7

Roxborough | 5 | 8

Germantown | 2 | 11

Straw. Mansion | 2 | 11

DIVISION C | |

Dobbins | 13 | 0

Franklin | 12 | 1

Mastbaum | 10 | 3

Edison | 7 | 6

University City | 6 | 7

Penn | 6 | 7

Franklin LC | 5 | 8

DIVISION D | |

Southern | 13 | 0

a-Overbrook | 10 | 3

West Phila. | 10 | 3

Bartram | 8 | 5

Bok | 7 | 6

Lamberton | 2 | 11

Bodine | 0 | 13

Coaches' All-Public

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Jerome

"Pooh" Richardson | Fkn | 13 | 202 | 15.5

Greg

"Bo" Kimble | Dobb | 13 | 298 | 22.9

Eric

"Hank" Gathers | Dobb | 13 | 276 | 21.2

Paul

"Snoop" Graham | Fkn | 13 | 220 | 16.9

Lionel Simmons | Sou | 13 | 342 | 26.3

Warren

Hawthorne | Mast | 13 | 315 | 24.2

Brian Shorter | Gtz | 13 | 280 | 21.5

Jonathan Jones | Cent | 13 | 307 | 23.6

Henry Jackson | Penn | 13 | 321 | 24.7

Willard Mack | Penn | 13 | 271 | 20.8

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Will Bolds | Fkn | 13 | 200 | 15.4

George Yuille | Bart | 13 | 336 | 25.8

Phil Booth | NE | 13 | 265 | 20.4

Walt Dozier | Gtz | 13 | 205 | 15.8

Keith Jones | NE | 13 | 190 | 14.6

Rodney Shorter | Gtz | 12 | 177 | 14.8

Irv Hutcherson | Sou | 13 | 161 | 12.4

Darrell

"Heat" Gates | Dobb | 13 | 134 | 10.3

David Carr | Wash | 12 | 259 | 21.6

Spencer

Thompson | King | 13 | 204 | 15.7

Ed Urie | Ovb | 11 | 175 | 15.9

Tom Davis | Oln | 13 | 231 | 17.8

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

Harold Wright | Bok | 13 | 216 | 16.6

Tyrell

"Magic" Cromwell | Mast | 12 | 175 | 14.6

Brian Thompson | Mans | 13 | 180 | 13.8

Joe Easley | Fkd | 13 | 204 | 15.7

John Maddox | Edi | 13 | 151 | 11.6

Eric

"Button" Pearson | West | 12 | 202 | 16.8

Dennis

"Dink" Whitaker | Gtz | 5 | 44 | 8.9

Irwin Johnson | FLC | 13 | 178 | 13.7

Joey Evans | Edi | 13 | 157 | 12.1

Vincent

"Butter" Smalls | UC | 5 | 68 | 13.6

Champs' Rotation

DOBBINS

Coach

Rich Yankowitz

Record

13-0, 28-2

Starters

Greg

"Bo" Kimble

Eric

"Hank" Gathers

Darrell

"Heat" Gates

Derrick Gathers

Doug Overton

Key

Subs

William

"Randy" Slade

Jeff Goldwire

Catholic League

Playoffs

North Preplayoff At Ryan Kenrick 55, Dougherty 53 With 0:02 left, Jimmy Davis inbounded to fellow sub Mike Carfagno, who stuck a

15-foot jumper to win it. Ed Swayze had 16 points. Mike Neher (13) led Dougherty. South Preplayoff At O’Hara Carroll 61, Bonner 50 Barry Bekkedam shot 6-for-9 and 7-for-8 for 19 points, adding 11 rebounds and

six blocks. Matt Ward (11, 10 rebounds) and Mike Iorio (nine, 10) helped. Bonner’s Ed

McCrystal had 18 points. North Semifinals Doubleheader at Temple’s McGonigle Hall La Salle 63, Wood 51 Craig Conlin collected 23 points and 12 rebounds and soph Dan Durkin had nine

points, five rebounds, three assists. For Wood, Tom Martin scored 15 points and Jim Feeney

grabbed 17 rebounds. Judge 49, Kenrick 44 Mike Cummiskey scored 18 points and Paul Winters (12, 10 rebounds) converted a

nifty pass by Mike ‘‘Zack’’ Zacierka for a layup to provide comfort at

41-36. Scott Crouch (12) led Kenrick. South Semifinals Doubleheader at Villanova Field House Neumann 53, O’Hara 52 (ot) Frank Giunta (23) made a midcourt steal and then hit a one-and-one with 0:12

left to give Neumann a 53-50 pad and its first playoff win since 1973. Rocco Sansone

grabbed 13 rebounds. Chris Arizin (20, 16 rebounds) and Mike Connor (18, 12) led O’Hara. Carroll 60, Roman 56 Sub Jim Trainer compressed 10 points and three assists into 16 minutes and

canned a layup with 0:38 left for 57-52 lead. Barry Bekkedam had 12 points, 15 boards.

Melvin ‘‘Sauce’’ Hawkins (13) led Roman. Semifinals Doubleheader at St. Joseph’s University La Salle 57, Judge 48 Craig Conlin (16, eight rebounds), Tom Gizzi (16, seven) and Greg Wilhelm (10,

10) were the stars for La Salle, which shot 23-for-25 from the line. Judge’s Rob

Mulville scored 16 points. Neumann 54, Carroll 52 (ot) Steve Benton forced OT with an open court steal and layup and hit a 10-footer

with 0:18 left to win it. He had 21 points, six rebounds, three assists. John Gilroy had

17 points, 10 rebounds. Carroll’s Barry Bekkedam totaled 15 points, nine boards,

eight blocks. FINAL At St. Joseph's University Neumann 57, La Salle 54 Steve Benton came through with 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists, John

Gilroy had 10 points and nine boards and Frank Giunta dealt six assists as the Pirates won

their first title since 1965. With 0:06 left, Benton missed a one-and-one, but got a

reprieve when a La Salle player entered the lane too fast. He then made both free throws.

For La Salle, which shot 8-for-17 at the line, Craig Conlin shot 10-for-13 and 3-for-4 for

23 points and took eight rebounds.

Standings

NORTH | |

Judge | 13 | 3

La Salle | 13 | 3

Wood | 10 | 6

a-Kenrick | 9 | 7

Dougherty | 9 | 7

North | 6 | 10

McDevitt | 5 | 11

Ryan | 4 | 12

Egan | 3 | 13

SOUTH | |

Roman | 13 | 1

Neumann | 11 | 3

O'Hara | 9 | 5

a-Carroll | 7 | 7

Bonner | 7 | 7

West | 5 | 9

SJ Prep | 4 | 10

St. James | 0 | 14

Coaches' All-Catholic

NORTHERN

DIVISION | | | |

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Craig Conlin | La S | 16 | 347 | 21.7

Mike Cummiskey | Judge | 16 | 292 | 18.3

Tom Gizzi | La S | 16 | 268 | 16.8

Mike Power | North | 16 | 294 | 18.4

Steve Topley | Judge | 16 | 202 | 12.6

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Mike Neher | Dough | 16 | 199 | 12.4

Ron Davis | McD | 16 | 230 | 14.4

Tom Martin | Wood | 16 | 214 | 13.4

Scott Crouch | Ken | 16 | 228 | 14.3

Jim Brandt | Ken | 16 | 213 | 13.3

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

Jim Malandra | Wood | 16 | 214 | 13.4

Kevin Short | Dough | 15 | 111 | 7.4

John Jekot | Egan | 16 | 200 | 12.5

Ed Swayze | Ken | 16 | 207 | 12.9

Jim Feeney | Wood | 16 | 191 | 11.9

SOUTHERN

DIVISION | | | |

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Mark Stevenson | Roman | 14 | 321 | 22.9

Steve Benton | Neum | 14 | 295 | 21.1

Mike Louden | O'H | 14 | 236 | 16.9

John Rankin | West | 14 | 294 | 21.0

Mike Connor | O'H | 14 | 191 | 13.6

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Chris Arizin | O'H | 14 | 192 | 13.7

Barry Bekkedam | Carr | 14 | 200 | 14.3

Ivan

"Pick" Brown | Bonn | 13 | 105 | 8.1

Frank Giunta | Neum | 14 | 151 | 10.8

Rocco Sansone | Neum | 13 | 123 | 9.5

Matt Swanick | Prep | 14 | 151 | 10.8

Dwayne Brown | Roman | 14 | 146 | 10.4

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

Ernest Pollard | Roman | 13 | 129 | 9.9

Derrick Floyd | West | 14 | 154 | 11.0

Tim McHugh | Prep | 14 | 182 | 13.0

Champs' Rotation

NEUMANN

Coach

Dave Duke

Record

11-3, 27-7

Starters

Steve Benton

Frank Giunta

John Gilroy

*Tony Waters

Rocco Sansone

Key

Subs

Rob Brown

John Leach

Gene

"Bumper" Bloemker

*Injured before

final; Brown started.

Inter-Ac League

Gtn. Academy (9-1)

The clincher came in Game No. 10. Rick Williams scored 16 points while

Otis Ellis (15 rebounds) and Chris Miller had 14 apiece as the visiting Patriots downed

Malvern, 56-42, to win their first title since sharing a three-wayer in 1969. In Game No.

8, GA had dumped visiting Penn Charter, 61-52, behind Williams’s 27 points and nine

rebounds. PC placed second at 8-2.

Standings

Gtn. Academy | 9 | 1

Penn Charter | 8 | 2

Episcopal | 5 | 5

Malvern | 5 | 5

Chestnut Hill | 2 | 8

Haverford Sch. | 1 | 9

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Rick Williams | GA | 10 | 160 | 16.0

Otis Ellis | GA | 10 | 183 | 18.3

Marv Dunmeyer | PC | 10 | 92 | 9.2

Phil DeAngelis | MP | 9 | 131 | 14.8

Abe Dunmeyer | PC | 9 | 94 | 10.4

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Mike Zahm | HS | 10 | 126 | 12.6

Tom Burke | PC | 10 | 1411 | 14.1

Mark Burke | CH | 9 | 126 | 14.0

Jeff Hines | EA | 10 | 123 | 12.3

Marvin Walters | GA | 10 | 123 | 12.3

Champs' Rotation

GTN.

ACADEMY

Coach

Dave Hoch

Record

9-1, 26-2

Starters

Rick Williams

Otis Ellis

Chris Miller

Marvin Walters

Jim Faunce

Key

Subs

Matt Guinan

Rodney Morrison