City Basketball, 1999

Philadelphia

Scholastic Basketball, 1999

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All-City

FIRST

TEAM |

*Eddie Griffin | Roman

John Cox | E&S

Calvin Johnson | Franklin

Doug Fairfax | Hav. Sch.

Randy Dukes | Northeast

Jermaine

Robinson | Gratz

SECOND

TEAM |

Kasim Holloman | SJ Prep

Tim Whitworth | C. Hill

Ashley Howard | Bonner

Jeff Randazzo | O'Hara

Kareem Pilgrim | Lamberton

THIRD

TEAM |

Sean Knitter | P. Charter

Mike Pidhirsky | Judge

Gerald

"Moosha" Redding | Frankford

Jason Dunham | Franklin

Tim Whalen | Wood

Public League

Playoffs

DIVISION E/FIRST ROUND Phila. Regional 64, Fels 58 William Huddleston hit four three en route to 23 points as Regional, 0-10

in league play, registered the upset. Dwayne Baker (16) and Donte Easley (11) also scored

in double figues. Nile Patrick (28) topped Fels, which was devastated by academic

ineligibility. Kensington 54, Roxborough 52 Freshman Tarik Hanton had 17 points and 15 rebounds while Nick Pote added

11 points, eight assists. Kareem Brunson (21) paced Roxborough. DIVISION E/SECOND ROUND Masterman 45, Kensington 31 Masterman enjoyed a 15-0 run in the first half and a 15-1 run to finish

the game. Also, Steve Hite had 15 rebounds. Phillip Duckson scored 17 points and Zack

Ellis dished seven assists. Nick Pote (four treys, 13) led Kensington. West 79, Phila. Regional 53 Mark Wilson shot 8-for-13 en route to 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.

David Watson added 10 points, nine rebounds, four assists, four steals. Damien King (13,

16 rebounds) and Jamal Dillard (11 assists) also starred. Dwayne Baker (18) led Regional. CHALLENGE PLAYOFFs Masterman 46, Furness 43 Zack Ellis scored four of his 20 points in an 11-6 fourth quarter. Brian

Williams (18) and Omar Warthen (16) fueled Furness. Mastbaum 59, West 43 Hasan Jones (22) and Mike Kinsey (10) buried two treys apiece in a 24-10

second quarter. Mark Wilson (10) led West. ROUND-OF-16 Franklin 62, Olney 38 The Electrons cruised after winning the second quarter, 18-1. Calvin

Johnson and Gary Palmer scored 17 points apiece. Alex “Boo” Thompson (11) paced

Olney. Gratz 62, Mastbaum 48 Percell Coles grabbed nine rebounds and scored 12 of his 16 points in the

fourth quarter while Sharod Carroll and Jermaine Robinson tallied 11 points apiece and

Shaun McKie mixed five assists with six steals. Mastbaum’s Hasan Jones hit four treys

en route to 18 points. Penn 70, Lamberton 66 Before a large, noisy, everyone-stands crowd (the bleachers at Memorial

Hall were condemned), Hassan Young totaled 22 points and four assists and sank four free

throws in the final 40 seconds as Penn, previously 0-4, won a postseason game for the

first time in 23 PL seasons. Kris Pittman added 20 points and eight assists and Randy

Morman posted 16 points and 12 rebounds. Lamberton, an 18-year PL member, was making its

first playoff visit (except for Division E minitournaments). Anwar Halliday led the Blue

Devils with 22 points. Kareem Pilgrim added 17 points. His twin, Khalif, had 12. Frankford 60, Parkway 49 Phillip Alston, only a junior, shot 11-for-20 from the floor (4-for-9 on

threes) while scoring 26 points and raising his career total to 1,014. Gerald “Moosha”

Redding chipped in with 12 points and nine rebounds. Anthony Ingram (17) and Jerome Burt

(14) led Parkway while Urick Lewis, after rehabbing a major knee injury, blocked six shots

in 15 minutes in his first and last appearance of the season. His one field goal came on a

dunk. Straw. Mansion 71, Central 63 Darryl Jones generated 14 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and five

steals while Omar Thomas notched 20 points and 10 boards. Kenyatta Dabney had 14 points

and 11 rebounds. Khalid Bray (25) and Will Taylor (17) paced Central. Southern 56, Edison 50 Thomas “June” Terry (three treys) and Jahmel Oliver (five

assists) scored 12 points apiece while Terry and Torrance Hemingway both grabbed seven

rebounds. For Edison, Melvin Eason blended 19 points and 12 rebounds. Angel “Fuey”

Gonzalez, who at midseason had become the first Hispanic player in city-leagues history to

surpass 1,000 career points, settled for eight points. Univ. City 63, Northeast 59 Marcus Rosser had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Rhasheed Peterson scored 15

of his 17 points in the second half and Maliek “Squeaky” Sanders dished eight

assists. For Northeast, Randy Dukes shot 8-for-19 (4-for-9 on threes) and 5-for-6 for 25

points while raising his career total to 1,019. He’d won the scoring title with a

31.7 average, the ninth-highest in PL history. Eng. and Science 59, Masterman 41 John Cox hit all four of his threes in a 22-6 third quarter and finished

with 27 points. Odell Carroll claimed 14 rebounds. Steve Hite (14) and Zack Ellis (11) led

Masterman. QUARTERFINALS Franklin 58, Frankford 57 In 27 minutes off the bench, Denelle Holly collected 17 points and 14

rebounds and kept the defending champs alive by beating the buzzer with a 7-foot,

falling-back push shot from the right side of the lane. The shot was the end result of an

inbound play that began with 3.6 seconds left. Inbounder Gary Palmer (19 points, four

assists) was attempting to hit Calvin Johnson (17 points, 11 rebounds) with a lob pass in

the lower part of the lane. Instead, Jason “Smooth” Dunham deflected the ball to

Holly, who was mobbed after hitting the shot. For Frankford, Gerald “Moosha”

Redding tied a city-leagues postseason record by draining seven threes (in 12 attempts) en

route to 27 points. No one else scored more than seven. Gratz 53, Southern 43 Jermaine Robinson scored 17 points, Sharod Carroll mixed 11 points and

eight rebounds and Shaun McKie totaled six points, six assists and eight steals as the

Bulldogs prevailed. Southern (Wayne Best 14) moved within 45-43 before fading. Straw. Mansion 75, Univ. City 57 Omar Thomas (22 points, eight rebounds) and Darryl Jones (21, seven)

posted almost identical stats in the frontcourt while Gregory “Fatty” Cunningham

was a rock with 11 points and 10 assists. Also, sub Levi Lemar, little-used during the

season, sniped 4-for-4 (three treys) for 11 points in 12 minutes. For UC, Maliek “Squeaky”

Sanders sprinkled 11 assists mainly to Marcus Rosser (14), Rhasheed Peterson (12) and

Raheem Johnson (11). Eng. and Science 62, Penn 58 John Cox exploded for 38 points, shooting 12-for-24 (4-for-6 on threes)

and 10-for-11. He scored 22 of the Engineers’ first 30 points and 11 in a 17-10

fourth quarter. Darien Chavis added 10 points and six assists. Penn’s Randy Morman

contributed 26 points, 18 rebounds and five blocks while backcourters Kris Pittman and

Hassan Young had matching stats (14 points, four assists). SEMIFINALS Back-to-Back Days at Temple’s Apollo Franklin 47, Eng. and Science 45 An inbound play that began with 3 seconds remaining again proved to be

magical for the Electrons. This time, Gary Palmer sent a lob to the right part of the top

of the lane, where Calvin Johnson caught the ball and immediately shot — without

returning to the floor — over the outstretched hand of E&S leaper Alburn Brown.

The buzzer-beater swished. Johnson finished with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Palmer (15

points) and sub Denelle Holly (12, 18 rebounds) helped out and Jason “Smooth”

Dunham held Engineers franchise John Cox to nine points and 3-for-9 shooting. Brown had 15

points and nine boards. Gratz 71, Straw. Mansion 52 Jermaine Robinson scored 14 of his 25 points in a 29-12 fourth quarter as

Gratz turned a close game into a rout. The Bulldogs led by only three, 46-43, with 5:30

remaining, but pulled away by hitting 17 of 22 free throws, including 15 of the first 16.

Sharod Carroll posted 11 points and nine rebounds while Shaun McKie dealt seven assists.

For Mansion, which shot just 5-for-12 at the line in the fourth quarter, Omar Thomas

contributed 20 points and nine rebounds. FINAL At St. Joseph's University Franklin 69, Gratz 63 Forward Denelle Holly, in 30 minutes off the bench, shot 8-for-11 and 2-for-3

for 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Electrons sent coach Ken Hamilton (456-184 in

28 seasons; most wins in PL history) into retirement with his second consecutive title and

fourth overall. In the final three rounds of the playoffs, Holly shot 22-for-29 en route

to 53 points and collected 45 rebounds. Jason "Smooth" Dunham (20 points),

Calvin Johnson (13), Gary Palmer (10 points, seven rebounds) and Hanif "Julio"

Styles (four assists) lent assistance. For Gratz, Jermaine Robinson (16) and Percell Coles

(14) led the way.

Standings

1999 | |

DIVISION A-C | |

a-Eng.&Science | 11 | 2

Straw. Mansion | 11 | 2

Frankford | 10 | 3

a-Edison | 9 | 4

Penn | 9 | 4

a-Northeast | 8 | 5

Olney | 8 | 5

Mastbaum | 7 | 6

Dobbins | 6 | 7

Lincoln | 4 | 9

Washington | 4 | 9

Franklin LC | 3 | 10

Bodine | 1 | 12

GAMP | 0 | 13

DIVISION B-D | |

Gratz | 13 | 0

Franklin | 12 | 1

a-University

City | 10 | 3

Lamberton | 10 | 3

Southern | 9 | 4

Parkway | 7 | 6

b-Central | 6 | 7

a-Furness | 6 | 7

King | 6 | 7

Germantown | 4 | 9

Overbrook | 3 | 10

Bartram | 2 | 11

Audenried | 2 | 11

Bok | 1 | 12

DIVISION E | |

y-Masterman | 10 | 0

d-West | 7 | 3

Fels | 7 | 3

d-Kensington | 3 | 7

Roxborough | 3 | 7

Phila. Regional | 0 | 10

Mstr/West qualified for

playoffs.

y: Beat Furness and West in challenge for

playoff spot.

Coaches' All-Public

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

John Cox | E&S | 12 | 347 | 28.9

Jermaine

Robinson | Gtz | 13 | 232 | 17.8

Randy Dukes | NE | 13 | 412 | 31.7

Calvin Johnson | Fkn | 12 | 203 | 16.9

Melvin Eason | Edi | 13 | 269 | 20.7

Kareem Pilgrim | Lamb | 13 | 239 | 18.4

Phillip Alston | Fkd | 13 | 245 | 18.8

Rhasheed

Peterson | UC | 13 | 233 | 17.9

Sharod Carroll | Gtz | 12 | 137 | 11.4

Marcus Rosser | UC | 13 | 238 | 18.3

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Hasan Jones | Mast | 13 | 274 | 21.1

Angel

"Fuey" Gonzalez | Edi | 13 | 216 | 16.6

Randy Morman | Penn | 13 | 216 | 16.6

Omar Thomas | Mans | 13 | 234 | 18.0

Brandon

"Pooh" Gary | Lamb | 13 | 191 | 14.7

Gerald

"Moosha" Redding | Fkd | 13 | 240 | 18.5

Demetrius

Harris | Dobb | 13 | 211 | 16.2

Khalid Bray | Cent | 12 | 157 | 13.1

Alex

"Boo" Thompson | Oln | 13 | 223 | 17.2

Jason Dunham | Fkn | 13 | 203 | 15.6

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

Rasheim

"Feet" Wright | King | 13 | 196 | 15.1

Omar Warthen | Furn | 13 | 246 | 18.9

Larry Crosby | Gtn | 13 | 232 | 17.8

Kris Pittman | Penn | 11 | 153 | 13.9

Steve Hite | Mstr | 10 | 152 | 15.2

Lafay Johnson | FLC | 12 | 192 | 16.0

Tahric Gosley | Gtz | 13 | 117 | 9.0

Darryl Jones | Mans | 13 | 192 | 14.8

Gary Palmer | Fkn | 12 | 121 | 10.1

Edwin Braswell | Oln | 13 | 170 | 13.1

Champs' Rotation

1999

FRANKLIN

Coach

Ken Hamilton

Record

12-1, 23-2

Starters

Calvin Johnson

Jason Dunham

Gary Palmer

Hanif

"Julio" Styles

Andre Frazier

Key

Subs

Denelle Holly

Omar Williams

Catholic League

Playoffs

South Preplayoff

At Carroll

O’Hara 79, SJ Prep 58

Jeff Randazzo generated 23 points, eight rebounds and seven blocks as O’Hara

cruised. The Lions led by as many as 30 points, 57-27. Jeff Siti also scored 23 points

while Bill Hagan had 11 points, 10 assists and five steals. For The Prep, Chris Haas

drained six treys in the fourth quarter (seven total) en route to 23 points and Kasim

Holloman scored 17 points to finish his career with 1,154.

Quarterfinals Judge 51, Wood 48

Chris Roantree shot 9-for-13 en route to 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds

while Mike Pidhirsky added 10 points. With 6.7 seconds remaining, Wood franchise Tim

Whalen, the coaches’ North MVP, scored a go-ahead basket that was wiped out by a

walking call. Whalen had 18 points, eight rebounds.

La Salle 49, Dougherty 47

Chris Stanton (12 points) took a pass from neighbor Brian "Whitey"

Horgan (also 12) and hit the winning basket with 0:04 after driving along the left

baseline. Brendan McCormick added 11 points, seven rebounds. For Dougherty, frosh Tim

Smink hit three treys en route to 13 points. It was Smink’s third varsity game. In

his first, against North Catholic, he’d shot 5-for-5 on treys for 15 points (he took

no other shots) as Dougherty clinched a playoff berth.

West 59, Neumann 46

Anthony ‘‘Toby’’ Binns hustled for 17 points, four

rebounds, five assists and seven steals as the Burrs won going away. Marlon Belfon (12)

and Ronald Banks (11) also scored in double figures and Greg McCleary claimed 14 rebounds.

Chas Bailey scored 13 points for Neumann, which was hurt by the limited availability (six

minutes) of point guard Cantrell Fletcher (sprained ankle).

Roman 52, O’Hara 47 (2 ot)

At La Salle University, Roman’s Eddie Griffin and O’Hara’s Jeff

Randazzo staged a classic big-man war. Griffin had 23 points, 16 rebounds and 10 blocks

while Randazzo had 25 points, 12 rebounds and eight blocks and stuck a three-pointer in

Griffin’s face to force the second OT. No one else on either team reached double

figures. With 1:23 left, sub Anthony Miller converted his only shot to provide a 47-45

lead.

Semifinals

Doubleheader at Temple’s Apollo

West 59, La Salle 50

Greg McCleary collected 17 points, nine rebounds and three blocks as the Burrs

advanced to the final for only the third time (also 1976, ’81) since last winning the

title in ’59. McCleary, not known to pay attention whether his feet were behind the

arc, shot 3-for-4 on threes and hit one to provide a 54-47 lead with 2:08 left. Marlon

Belfon added 12 points, nine boards and three blocks. La Salle’s Chris Stanton hit

four treys en route to 20 points.

Roman 48, Judge 44

With his school’s fans wearing T-shirts reading ‘‘Griffin 3:16’’

on the front and ‘‘You just got dunked on’’ on the back, Eddie Griffin

posted 23 points, 10 boards and five blocks and hit a clinching free throw with 4.5

seconds left after Judge’s Brian Bond was just short on a three-pointer that could

have forged a tie. udge’s Mike Pidhirsky had 22 points, 10 rebounds.

FINAL

At Temple's Apollo

Roman 68, West 45

Eddie Griffin, a 6-8 junior, totaled 22 points, 10 rebounds and eight blocks as

Roman won its seventh title of the decade and eighth in 11 years under coach Dennis

Seddon. Griffin finished the playoffs with 68 points, 36 rebounds and 23 blocks. Point

guard Mustafa Bey (five assists) was the only senior in the Cahillites' nine-man rotation.

Sophs Tamal Forchion (12 points), Brent Welton (a career-high nine off the bench) and John

Huggins (eight) combined to shoot 13-for-15. For West, Ronald Banks scored 17 points and

Greg McCleary had 12 points, 10 rebounds.

Standings

1999 | |

NORTH | |

c-La Salle | 12 | 2

Judge | 12 | 2

Wood | 10 | 4

Dougherty | 8 | 6

McDevitt | 7 | 7

North | 4 | 10

Conwell-Egan | 2 | 12

Ryan | 1 | 13

SOUTH | |

d-Roman | 12 | 2

Neumann | 12 | 2

West | 11 | 3

a-O'Hara | 7 | 7

SJ Prep | 7 | 7

Bonner | 5 | 9

Kenn.-Kenrick | 2 | 12

Carroll | 0 | 14

Coaches' All-Catholic

NORTHERN

DIVISION | | | |

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Tim Whalen | Wood | 14 | 249 | 17.8

Mike Pidhirsky | Judge | 14 | 200 | 14.3

Chris Stanton | La S | 14 | 197 | 14.1

Wayne Bishop | McD | 14 | 256 | 18.3

Brian Fox | Judge | 14 | 135 | 9.6

*Bob Kivlin | North | 1 | 10 | 10.0

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Brian

"Whitey" Horgan | La S | 12 | 158 | 13.2

Jim Gamble | C-E | 14 | 198 | 14.1

Jonathan

Davenport | Dough | 14 | 161 | 11.5

Shawn O'Brien | Wood | 14 | 150 | 10.7

Dave Lynch | Wood | 14 | 130 | 9.3

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

Steve Erfle | La S | 13 | 125 | 9.6

Chris Roantree | Judge | 14 | 115 | 8.2

Brian Riling | Wood | 14 | 134 | 9.6

Greg Mayo | Dough | 14 | 139 | 9.9

Robert Carter | Dough | 14 | 111 | 7.9

*Honorary; injured

in first league game.

SOUTHERN

DIVISION | | | |

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Eddie Griffin | Roman | 14 | 359 | 25.6

Kasim Holloman | Prep | 14 | 341 | 24.4

Ashley Howard | Bonn | 14 | 333 | 23.8

Jeff Randazzo | O'H | 14 | 263 | 18.8

Chas Bailey | Neum | 14 | 232 | 16.6

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Ronald Banks | West | 14 | 181 | 12.9

Mike Wild | Roman | 14 | 182 | 13.0

Cantrell

Fletcher | Neum | 14 | 163 | 11.6

Greg McCleary | West | 14 | 171 | 12.2

Jeff Kane | K-K | 14 | 247 | 17.6

THIRD

TEAM | | | |

Marlon Belfon | West | 14 | 179 | 12.8

Brandon Brigman | Neum | 12 | 138 | 11.5

Bill Hagan | O'H | 14 | 146 | 10.4

Mike Morrow | K-K | 14 | 191 | 13.6

Mike Wallin | Prep | 14 | 158 | 11.3

Champs' Rotation

1999

ROMAN

Coach

Dennis Seddon

Record

12-2, 27-5

Starters

Eddie Griffin

Mustafa Bey

Michael Wild

Tamal Forchion

John Huggins

Key Subs

Jim Kelly

Dave Levetter

Brent Welton

Anthony Miller

Inter-Ac League

Haverford School (9-1)

After experiencing the pain of going 58-142 in the 20 league seasons that

followed their last title in 1978, the Fords finally broke through. In Game No. 9, the

clincher, Doug Fairfax collected 31 points and four steals, Joe Corbett mixed 19 points

and 14 rebounds and hustler Shane Jefferson had five points, four rebounds and two points

in a 67-61 win over visiting Gtn. Academy. In the finale, Fairfax hit for 22 points in a

62-60 overtiming of visiting Malvern and came close (28.3) to breaking the record for

league average (28.7) set by Penn Charter’s Billy Harris in 1971. Fairfax finished

with a school-record 1,577 points, 27 more than ’78 star Mike Edelman. GA and PC

deadlocked for second at 7-3.

Standings

Haverford Sch. | 9 | 1

Gtn. Academy | 7 | 3

Penn Charter | 7 | 3

Episcopal | 3 | 7

Malvern | 3 | 7

Chestnut Hill | 1 | 9

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Doug Fairfax | HS | 10 | 283 | 28.3

Sean Knitter | PC | 10 | 195 | 19.5

Tim Whitworth | CH | 9 | 194 | 21.6

Brett Storm | PC | 9 | 157 | 17.4

Chris Rodgers | GA | 10 | 160 | 16.0

Joe Corbett | HS | 10 | 131 | 13.1

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Mike Slattery | GA | 8 | 95 | 11.9

Matt Kauderer | GA | 8 | 75 | 9.4

Brian Ostick | MP | 10 | 116 | 11.6

Mike Brown | CH | 10 | 129 | 12.9

Mikal Anderson | EA | 10 | 128 | 12.8

Shane Jefferson | HS | 10 | 89 | 8.9

Champs' Rotation

HAVER.

SCHOOL

Coach

Brian Shane

Record

9-1, 15-9

Starters

Doug Fairfax

Joe Corbett

Shane Jefferson

Ryan Ferrier

Nick Fratini

Key

Subs

Ryan Jefferson

Rob Booth