Donofrio Classic 2000
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SCHEDULE, RESULTS
The Albert C. Donofrio Classic, a single-elimination tournament played at The Fellowship House of Conshohocken, features most of the best high school players in the Philadelphia-South Jersey area, and often draws players from as far away as North Jersey and New York.
The Fellowship House is located at 5th and Harry Streets. The phone number is 610-828-3266. Director Floyd Shaffer and his tournament staff are always helpful and cooperative.
The 2000 tournament has been completed. Below are recaps of all games.
FIRST ROUND
Thursday, March 30
Game 1: Del-Val Main Line 108, Masai
Warriors 88
Germantown Academy's Lee Melchionni had 29
points and 10 rebounds. GA's Matt Walsh added 26 points and four assists. Friends'
Central's Mike Cook had 13 points, five assists. For the losers, Parkland's Arnold
Massaquoi had 16 points, 10 boards.
Game 2: Delaware Sharpshooters 94,
Philadelphia Elite 71
Caesar Rodney's Joe Custis (22) and Howard's
Carlos Hawkins (20) led Delaware. For PE, Abington Friends' Ben Slater had 19 points, 11
rebounds, Strawberry Mansion's Maureece Rice had 19 points and Atlantic City's Stanley
Branch had 17 points.
Friday, March 31
Game 3: Main Street 107, Sonny Hill
Sophs 78
Chester's Jameer Nelson had 23 points
and 13 assists. Teammate Lateef Watts added 24 points while Hatboro-Horsham's Greg Kinsey
had 21 points. Gratz's Michael Blackshear led the Sophs with 31 points and 21 rebounds.
Game 4: James Fox 107, South Jersey
Select 97
Germantown Academy's Matt Kauderer had
22 points and eight rebounds, Williamsport's Taurence Johnson added 15 points, 14 boards
and Abington Friends' Justin Luber had 14 points, seven assists, four steals. The losers
received 26 points and 12 rebounds from Cherokee's Pat Devenney and 15 points, 15 boards
from Holy Spirit's Brian Hiltner.
Tuesday, April 4
Game 5: Don-Len 98, Sharpe Marketing
Concepts 70
American Christian's D.J. Jones shot
10-for-12 and 7-for-10 for 27 points and claimed 13 rebounds. Interboro's Jeff Miller
added 12 points, eight rebounds, eight assists. O'Hara's Fran Grandieri had 10 points, 10
boards. For the losers, Springfield Delco's Steve Fattori hit five treys en route to 21
points and Norristown's James Edmonds had 15 points, 11 boards.
Game 6: Del-Val Cadets 95, Bucks County
90 (OT)
Penn's Randy Morman registered 20
points and 22 rebounds while Academy Park's Byu-Deen Twyman had 23 points. BC's Torrian
Jones (Pennsbury) had 32 points and eight assists.
Wednesday, April 5
Game 7: Tim Thomas Playaz 105,
Triple Crown 80
Coatesville's John Allen shot
16-for-23 (8-for-10 on treys) en route to 43 points. He added nine rebounds and four
steals. John Winchester (Marist, N.J.) had 18 points, seven rebounds. For TC, St. Pius X's
Mike Ames had 26 points, seven rebounds, eight assists, six steals and Haverford High's
Chris Dougherty had 17 points.
Game 8: Conshy Express 99,
Central Penn 88
Germantown Academy's Mike Slattery had 18 points and
six steals. John Toombe (Crispus Attucks, York, Pa.) had 17 points and nine rebounds and
schoolmate Omari Pearson had 11 points, 11 boards. GA's Chris Rodgers (14) and Penn
Charter schoolmates Brett Storm (12) and Sean Knitter (11) also hit double figures.
Harrisburg's Anthony Thompson (22) and Hershey's Radee Skipworth (17) led the losers.
ROUND OF 16
Thursday, April 6
Game 9: Hunting Park 89, Del-Val
Main Line 79
Olney's Solomon Harris had 16 points
and 16 rebounds. Engineering and Science's Darien Chavis (11) and Olney's David Bell (10)
helped the cause. Germantown Academy's Matt Walsh (18) and Friends' Central's Mike Cook
(16, seven assists) led the losers.
Game 10: Tim Thomas Playaz 113, HBA
Waterview 104
Paterson Catholic's Jeremiah King had
29 points and 10 rebounds. Coatesville's John Allen (24 points, 11 rebounds, five assists)
and Shamon Tooles (20, 12 boards) also contributed heavily. Norristown's Marques Green
paced HBA Waterview with 30 points, seven assists, three steals. McDevitt's Wayne Bishop
(22) and Roman's Tamal Forchion (21, 11 rebounds) helped.
Friday, April 7
Game 11: Main Street 117,
Del-Val Toro 98
Monday, April 10
Game 13: Don-Len 87, Positive Image 84
Tuesday, April 11
Game 15: Conshy Express 101, Del-Val
Blazers 99
Omari Pearson (Crispus Attucks, York, Pa.)
scored 24 of his 29 points in the second half, also claimed 14 rebounds and blocked a
last-second shot to preserve the win. Germantown Academy's Chris Rodgers hit four treys en
route to 21 points and added eight assists while Penn Charter's Brett Storm had 13 points,
11 assists. For the losers, Strawberry Mansion's Omar Thomas totaled 25 points, 12
rebounds and five assists, Lutheran's Samuel Manhanga had 20 points and 12 boards and
Mansion's Gregory Cunningham mixed 15 points, six assists.
Game 16: Sonny Hill Juniors 65, James
Fox 63
Franklin's Jamal Nichols posted 17
points and 11 rebounds while Bishop Eustace's Kenell Sanchez (13, six assists) and Roman's
John Huggins (13) helped out. JF received 21 points from Abington's David Brooks and 16
points, eight rebounds and four blocks from Williamsport's Taurence Johnson.
Sonny Hill Seniors 97, Tim Thomas
Playaz 95 (ot)
Roman's Eddie Griffin had a quadruple double
with 27 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 13 blocks. Strawberry Mansion's Darryl Jones
had 16 points and 11 rebounds, dunked with 0:06 left and then blocked a shot at the
buzzer. Fels' Nile Patrick had 15 points, 16 rebounds. Gratz's Shaun McKie (17) and
Franklin's Terrance Adams (14) helped out. The losers' John Allen (Coatesville) had 19
points, nine rebounds, nine assists and five steals. Paterson Catholic's Marquise Webb
(23), Marist's John Winchester (22) and Coatesville's Shamon Tooles (17, 13 rebounds) also
contributed.
Conshy Express 104, Don-Len 93
Omari Pearson (Crispus Attucks, York, Pa.)
totaled 30 points and 16 rebounds while Germantown Academy guards Chris Rodgers (28
points, 11 boards) and Mike Slattery (12, eight assists), Devon Prep's Brian Rieben (14,
12 boards) and Penn Charter's Brett Storm (10, nine assists) assisted. For D-L, American
Christian's D.J. Jones had 14 points and 20 rebounds. Interboro's Jeff Miller,
Plymouth-Whitemarsh's Dan Salvi (15 each), P-W's Andrew Swanson (14) and O'Hara's Fran
Grandieri (13) also reached double figures in scoring.
Thursday, April 13
No games scheduled!
Friday, April 14
Game 19: Sonny Hill Juniors
73, Hunting Park 67
Frankford's Nicholas King had 18 points and
12 rebounds, Franklin's Jamal Nichols added eight points, 14 boards and seven blocks and
Roman's John Huggins shot 18-for-20 at the line en route to 20 points. For HP, Engineering
and Science's Darien Chavis had 13 points, five assists and five steals and Olney's
Solomon Harris had 14 points, six rebounds.
Game 20: Roadrunners 98, Main Street 71
The North Jersey squad was led by Newark
University City's Siree Martin (25, eight rebounds, four steals), Newark Westside's Tamir
Davis (21 points, four assists), Ryan Freunlich (14 rebounds) and Barringer's Abe Johnson
(nine points, 10 assists). Roman's Michael Wild had 12 points for the losers while
Chester schoolmates Naeem Scott and Jameer Nelson had eight and seven assists,
respectively.
Sonny Hill Seniors 80, Roadrunners
69
Gratz's Shaun McKie had 15 points,
nine rebounds and eight assists. Also helping were Frankford's Phillip Alston (18 points),
Fels' Nile Patrick (14, 10 rebounds), Dougherty's Robert Carter (nine, 12 boards, four
assists, four blocks) and Strawberry Mansion's Darryl Jones (12, four assists). The
losers' leaders were Marist's Rashid Dunbar (19 points, five treys) and Barringer's Abe
Johnson (17, five assists).
Conshy Express 78, Sonny
Hill Juniors 71
Germantown Academy's Mike Slattery shot 7-for-8
and 5-for-6 en route to 21 points. Omari Pearson, of Crispus Attucks (York, Pa.), had 19
points, 13 rebounds. GA's Chris Rodgers (13 points) and Penn Charter's Brett Storm (eight
assists) helped. For SHJ, Eustace's Kenell Sanchez had 18 points. Frankford's Nicholas
King added 12 points. Abington Friends' Eric Davis, Franklin's Jamal Nichols and Roman's
John Huggins had 11 apiece.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Sonny Hill Seniors 72, Conshy
Express 67
Gratz's Shaun McKie totaled 26
points, five rebounds and three assists and committed no turnovers while leading the
Seniors, who rallied from an 18-point, first-half deficit. Frankford's Phillip Alston
added 17 points while Dougherty's Robert Carter had eight points, eight boards. For CE,
Germantown Academy's Mike Slattery shot 5-for-6 on treys en route to 19 points while GA's
Chris Rodgers and Penn Charter's Brett Storm had 16 points apiece.