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  Joe Malizia's game films/tapes are still available via his son, Joe Jr. Click here and/or check the Youtube channel. Joe Jr.s new email address is joseph.malizia.jr@gmail.com
  Links to CL basketball individual scoring pages: B-P - Carr - C-E - Devon - Dough - Dough extra - Judge - Ken/K-K - Ken/K-K extra --  Lans - La S - McD - McD extra - North - North extra - O'Hara - Roman - Ryan - SC/Neum/N-G - St. J - St. J extra - SJP - STM - STM extra - West --Wood.
  Click here for special accomplishments by basketball players/teams from the six Catholic League schools that have closed aince 1975 -- STM, SJ, CD, BK/K-K, NC and BM.
  Links to I-A basketball individual scoring pages: EA - GA - HS - MP - PC - CHA/SCH (Career totals for all I-A scorers, 1969-2022, listed at bottom of pages for each school; overall list is here.)
  Click here for individual scoring in league/playoff games for all Pub basketball champs, 1940-2015.
  Rosters of CL football champs, 1980-2006 -- click here. 
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  Cindy (Antoni) Conaway's great career/life, Click here.
  Don "Fris" Conaway recaps his time as Ted's sidekick. Cliek here. 
  Rosters of Pub football champs, 1979-2007 -- click here.
  Penn Charter's football rosters, 1981-2010 -- click here.
  Ted's baseball finals scoresheets -- Catholic here, Public here.
  Summer Project 2018. Click here for 194 pics.
  Summer Project 2019. Click here for 92 pics.
  The Twitter page for Eastern Regional athletics is here.
  The online version of Eastern Regional's school newspaper, The Voyager, is here.
  Click here for links to all Eastern Regional photo sets/descriptions (and other sets involving South Jersey schools) in 2018 & 2019.
  Click here for a list of champs/title recaps for Catholic League girls basketball.
  Click here for Ed "Huck" Palmer's double-decade Catholic League All-Star Football Teams, by school, 2000-19.
  All files for Pandemic Project 2020 can now be found in the upper right corner on this page.

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  This page from 2016 includes stories about 87 "Our Guys" who advanced to the NFL, NBA or MLB. Fifteen stories were added in 2020, bringing the total to 102.
  Story Time album is here.
  A page that celebrates the 53-year career of media giant Ray Didinger is here
  Ongoing . . .
  Former website legend Amauro Austin is now posting weekly reports on local high school basketball games and compiling recruiting/prospects lists. Click here.
  From previous school years:
  Click here for Ed "Huck" Palmer's statistical coverage of Catholic League football on easternpafootball.com -- TEAM PAGES, leader boards, etc. TEAM PAGES for Penn Charter and Malvern now included.
  Click here for Ed "Huck" Palmer's complete, game-by-game stats for 2021-22 Catholic League basketball teams. Click here for Huck's CL all-star teams and special awards.
  **Click here for Huck's All-Catholic football teams -- Overall, Red, Blue.**
  Huck's CL team/individual stats leaders for 2020-21 basketball are here. As are team-by-team stats, leader boards in many categories.
  Click here for basketball rosters for Catholic/Inter-Ac teams. (All rosters now posted. Thanks!)
  The schedule/results/complete boxscores for Catholic League basketball are here.
  Individual scoring in Inter-Ac League basketball games is posted here.
  PIAA boys basketball brackets/schedules . . . Class 6A - Class 5A - Class 4A - Class 3A.
  Tribute Pages: Devon Prep --- Roman --- Neumann-Goretti
  Updates on the Donofrio Classic can be accessed here.
  Click here for the 2021-22 All-City Basketball Team; courtesy of Randy Miller / The Miller Report. And the All-State Basketball Teams, selected by Pennsylvania Sports Writers.
  **Click here for new info from the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.**
  Bill Shank, productive sixth man for Roman Catholic's 1992 Catholic League basketball champs, is approaching one year of recovery (Sept, 27) after struggling with 15 years of addiction, homelessness, health setbacks, etc. He is now telling his story to school/youth groups and may be reached at willshank577@gmail.com. Thank you. Stay strong, Bill!

Jan. 22, 2023/Going forward
  **Note from Ted . . . Updates to this site will lo longer be made. MAJOR THANKS to all contributors/loyalists over these 22 years. Lots of fun. Stay well. . . Places to get info: www.cityofbasketballlove.com -- papreplive.com -- northteasttimes/sports.com -- aopathletics.org -- interacathletics.com -- Various lists by Ed "Huck" Palmer from easternPAfootball.com . . . philadelphiasportsdigest.com . . . Assorted South Jersey football files, via Marc Narducci and Chuck Langerman, can be found here.

Oct. 24
  RIP, Dan Dougherty. Mr. Doc, a basketball coach and person for the ages at Malvern and Episcopal (he also coached in between Bobby Knight and Mike Krzyzewski at Army), passed away this morning. Click here for a Tribute Page. And here for Mike Jensen's obit.

Oct. 21
   Tonight, 7 o'clock at O'Hara, website legend Ed "Huck" Palmer will sit alongside Bob Long to provide color commentary for the Roman-La Salle football game here. Enjoy!

Oct. 18
  Click here for Bill Wasylenko's wonderful story on Drew Gordon's major impact on La Salle High football.

Oct. 9
  Best wishes going forward to Frankford baseball coach Juan Namnun, who now sees "double" in a different light, Click here.

Oct. 5
Interesting Nugget
  Three Silary boys graduated high school 40 years apart . . . Ted Sr., Simon Gratz, 1929; Ted Jr., Penn Charter, 1969; Kevin, Eastern Regional (NJ), 2009. Senior's year was the same as his address: 1929 W. Westmoreland Street. Not far from Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium.. Let's see if Kevin has a son in 2031.

Oct. 4
  Best wishes going forward to John Owens, who has stepped down as Penn Charter's basketball coach for health reasons.

Sept. 23
  Congrats to OF Mike Siani (Penn Charter), who last night made his MLB debut for the Cincinnati Reds.

Sept. 5
  Numbers confirmed by Ed "Huck" Palmer . . . . SJ Prep jr. Samaj Jones passed 12-for-14 for 420 yards and seven TDs this past weekend vs. St. Peter's Prep (NJ).

Aug. 2
  Sean McDermott is getting ready for his sixth season as coach of the Buffalo Bills. He divided high school between North Penn and La Salle and was terrific in football/wrestling Click here.
  Art McNally (Roman) is about to become the NFL HOF's first on-field official. Click here,
  Twenty-five years of great spring-sports coaches in Northeast Phila. Click here for Joe Mason'story.

Aug. 1
  In the 1989-90 basketball season, Egan's Joe McEwing made second team All-City for his play at guurd. That spring, he earned first team All-City laurels his for play as an outfielder (and would spend nine seasons in MLB). Click here for Ted's story on the wonderful gesture made in 1990-91 by Joe and his family.
  This will be Paul Sacco's final season. He's the winningest active football coach in New Jersey. Click here.
  Trivia answer . . . A site-record nine readers got it correct that Willie Wilson is best-known for striking out in Game 6 of the 1980 World Series against the late Tug McGraw to clinch the Phillies first World Series title. The winners are: John Donahue, Chris "Gator" McCoy, Dan Solis-Cohen, Frank Barone, Ken Woodring, Ted Rauch, Notre Dame Harvey, Tom Meakim, and Robert Tyer.  First to post was Robert Tyer. Trivia question from Chuck Langerman . . . Question: Willie Wilson, a 1975 graduate of Summit High School in Union County, New Jersey is generally regarded as the finest multi-sport athlete in New Jersey scholastic history. The former Kansas City Royals center fielder was first-team all-state in football, basketball, and baseball.  What is Willie Wilson best known for in Philadelphia sports history?? Send your answer to chucklang@hotmail.com by 2 p,m, Thanks!
  Eastern Regionalsenior offensive tackle/defensive tackle Quoy Rainey (pic here) is one of the biggest football players in South Jersey at 6-6, 350 pounds. Last season, he had 39 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and two sacks.

July 30
  Best wishes going forward to Denver Nuggets rookie Collin Gillespie. who's coming off surgery to repair a broken leg. Click here for Mike Jensen's story.

July 29
  In 2006, N-G's Kevin Lauer enjoyed entertaining his baby brother, Rion. Click here.
  Recent Eastern Regional grad Ryleigh Heck has joined the national field hockey team. Click here.

July 28
  Gary Miles' obit on Skip Wilson is here.
  La Salle entered the 2006 CL Red football playoffs on a three-game losing streak. No sweat. Start strong. Finish stronger. Click here.

July 27
  As the 1999-2000 regular season wound down, West Catholic coach Bill Ludlow issued scorekeeper Wes Jackson a uniform and was thrilled to watch him bury three treys. Click here.

July 26
  RIP, James "Skip" Wilson. Mr. Wilson, who coached Temple's baseball team to  1,034 wins in 46 seasons, passed away today at age 92. Click here for obit.
  Philomena Cimino (RIP) never missed son Pete's basketball games. Except once. Click here for Marc Narducci's story.
  Imhotep hoops irising sr. Justin Edwards has picked Kentucky. Click here.
  2017 Eastern Regional grad Davis Schneider was named the Northwest League Player of the Week. Click here.

July 25
  RIP, Len Oliver. Mr. Oliver, a member of the Soccer Hall of Fame since 1996, has passed away. Click here.
  Big moment coming up for Pete Rose. Click here.
  Jan. 2 2000. . . Eddie Griffin and Roman vs. injured Dajuan Wagner and Camden. Click here.
  Trivia answer . . . Two readers got the trivia question right. First to post was Ken Woodring, then Alfred Rauch, Jr. The answer was Pete Cimino of Bristol High who scored a Pennsylvania state-record 114 points in a 134-86 victory over Palisades High School on January 22, 1960.  Cimino pitched professionally with the Minnesota Twins and California Angels in the Major Leagues. His state scoring mark for a single game has stood for 62 years and likely will be a "forever record."
  Trivia question from Chuck Langerman . . .Question: Who is the former Major League Baseball pitcher who played high school basketball for a Philadelphia-area school and once scored 114 points in a game?  Send your answer to chucklang@hotmail.com by 2 p,m, Thanks!
  The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has named Penn Charter's Candice Lee the coach of the Year for Pennsylvania. Congrats! Pic here. Season highlights: The 4x800 relay team of Julia Dolce, Olivia Montini, Dani Shipon and Allison DiLisi posted a 9:22.31 at the 126th Penn Relays for 6th place in the Championship of America. DeLisi also placed 13th overall in the Championship of America mile run with a time of 5:02.62. The Quakers won the Inter-Ac championships behind first place finishes by Amanda Ehrenhalt (300 hurdles), Alli DeLisi (400M, 800M), Olivia Montini (1600M), Mariah Mays (shot put), Cassidy Scott (triple jump) and the 4x400 and 4x800 (natch) relay teams. The Quakers also won the PAISAA title. The 4x800 relay team of Julia Dolce, Amanda Ehrenhalt, Dani Shipon and Allison DiLisi posted a 12:26.14 at New Balance Nationals in June, for 12th place in the country. Head Coach Candice Lee was recognized as PA Coach of the Year by the National Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association.

July 22
  On the same date five years apart, Danny Algeo (RIP) coached the football teams at Roman (1999) and O'Hara (2004) to Catholic League championships. Click here for the O'Hara story, featuring LB Mike Marlotta.
  Tiiiiime for a Chuck Langerman Chuckbit. . . . In girls basketball, 2002 Cheltenham grad Rachel Laws-Myers knew how to WIN.  Click here.
  Click here for a story on N-G hoops assistant John Brennan.
  Three Philly-area guys are dominating hoops recruiting. Click here.

July 21|
  Bonner-Prendie rising sr. SS Kevin McGonigle is projected to be a way-up-there pick in the 2023 draft. Click here for Matt Breen's story.
  Pennsbury grad Ryan McCarty has become the first Penn State Abington baseball player to sign a pro contract (with Toronto,  bio here).
  In 1988, coach Vince Miller needed one, two, three, FOUR OTs to honor his late father with Frankford's first Pub basketball championship. Click here.

July 20
  Click here for Part One of a 1993 story on Roman Catholic's unique and tiny gym. And here for Part Two.

July 19
  Saint Joseph's University C Andrew Cossetti (La Salle) was drafted by in the 11th round (No. 324) by the Minnesota Twins. He has been playing with the Trenton Thunder.
  Penn LHP Joe Miller (La Salle) was drafted in the 11th round (No. 327) by the Detroit Tigers.
  Virginia OF Chris Newell (Malvern) was drafted in the 13th round (No. 405) by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Click here for Matt Breen's recent, wonderful story on Chris.
  Maryland OF Chris "Bubba" Alleyne (SCH Academy) was drafted in the 19th round (No. 585) by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  Between the '82 and '83 baseball seasons Franklin's Ron Friedrich added a wife, daughter , , ,  and 40 pounds. Next he helped the Electrons become the first inner-city baseball champs. Click here/

July 18
  UNC- Charlotte 2B Nate Furman (Bonner-Prendie) has been selected by Cleveland in the fourth round (No. 121) of the MLB draft.
  Virginia Tech C Cade Hunter, son of former Notheast star Scott Hnnter, was drafted in the fifth round by Cincinnati.  
  Nazareth Academy (girls only) will join the Catholic League for the 2023-24 school year. Click here.
  In 1983, Daily News readers selected Penn Charter's Ruben Amaro Jr. as "The City's Finest" (top senior athlete). Click here for Ted's story and comments that supported all candidates.
  Tiiiiime for a Chuck Langerman Chuckbit. . . . In the baseball draft, Reggie Jackson sniffed very rare air. Click here.
  Trivia answer . . . Three readers got the correct answer of "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers (real name Herman Rohde) who played offensive line at both Camden and Woodrow Wilson High Schools before becoming a 13-time World Wrestling champion. Dan Solis-Cohen, Ken Woodring, and Frank Barone got the question right with Dan Solis-Cohen being the first to post.
Trivia question from Chuck Langerman . . .Question: Name the Camden, New Jersey native who played high school football at both Camden High and Woodrow Wilson High School before becoming one of the biggest draws in the history of the pro wrestling business?? Send your answer to chucklang@hotmail.com by 2 p.m. Thanks!

July 17
  Eagles QB Jalen Hurts held a youth football camp yesterday at Cheltenham High. Click here,
  PIAA moves closer to paying athletes for name, image, likeness. Click here.

July 16
  RIP, William "Poogie" Hart. Mr. Hart, the head singer of the Delfonics. has passed away. His son Will "Hadi" Hart was a Cheltenham High School basketball legend, ranking as one of the best offensive players ever at the Wyncote school. The 6-4 swingman graduated in 1988, averaging 22.4 ppg, 7.2 rebounds, and 6.1 assists in leading the Panthers to a 21-9 record his senior season. Obit is here.
  The Markward Basketball Club will hold s special event July 28, 7 p.m., at the Seaport Pier, 22nd & the Boardwalk, in North Wildwood, N.J. Former North Catholic/Villanova basketball star Hank Siemiontkowski will be the guest speaker. Cost of $25 includes food and discounted cash bar. This will be a benefit for a friend of the club. Make checks payable to the William Markward Club, 5020 North Covent Lane, Unit C, Philadelphia, PA. 19114.  

July 15
  RIP, Valerie Phillips. Valerie, who starred in basketball at the ol' William Penn ('80) and Virginia State, has passed away.
  In 2007, Wood's Fran McGlinn wolfed down the most heartwarming dunk in Catholic League history. Click here.
  Former West Catholic football/basketball star Rob Hollomon is guiding the Big 5 Alumni Team in The Basketball Tournament. It will play today at Rucker Park in NYC. Click here.

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  Click here for a John Marzano Tribute Page and go to the very bottom of that page to see a story written about John during his senior season at Central in 1981. RIP, John. You were admired by all.
  Click here for Joe Mason's ranking of basketball coaches from NE Philly over the past 25 seasons. Good stuff!

July 13
  Congrats to John Schneider, who today was promoted from bench coach to interim manager of the Toronto Blue Jays. John's brother, Kevin, coached Neumann-Goretti to CL baseball titles in two of his three seasons (2014 & '16.).  He also won City Titles in all three seasons and the Class AA state crown in '16.  Story on John is here.
  Most people know about Dawn Staley because of  her outstanding coaching career. But she was also an all-time player and it all began at Dobbins. Click here for a story written after her final game.
  Tiiiime for a Chuck Langerman Chuckbit . . . Focus on basketball's Harper family (Biff, Will, Laura). Click here.

July 12
  In 1984, Norman Y. Lono's photo of Mastbaum dunkmeister Darin "Munchy" Mason appeared on the back page of the Daily News and created quite the stir. He was sitting on the rim! Click here . . . . And click here for Ted's story.

July 11
  Camden's D.J. Wagner, the nation's No. 1 rising basketball senior, has won a U17 world championship. Click here.
  In the smmer of 1988, some "Our Guys" got to spend time in Canada and play baseball for a semi-pro team owned by Wayne Gretzky's father. Even lived in the family house, which was filled with treasures. Part One of the story is here, Part Two is here.
  Trivia answer . . . Two readers got the correct answer of Gary Degenhardt. Dan Solis-Cohen was the first to post, followed by Ken Woodring. Several readers answered Al Angelo's son, Skip Angelo. Skip Angelo was never the head football coach, but as Ocean City High's head golf coach, he won over 200 matches which is tops in school history.Trivia question from Chuck Langerman . . . Who is the all-time winningest football coach in Ocean City High School, New Jersey history?? (Hint: He played for and was mentored by the late, legendary Frankford High football coach Al Angelo in the 1960s) Send your answer to chucklang@hotmail.com by 2 p.m. Thanks!
  Mark "Frog" Carfagno will appear tonight on WIP (8 o'clock) to talk about honors for Dick Allen.

July10
  Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Eastern Regional grad Jack Herman, who suffered multiple broken bones while making a spectacular catch for the Pirates' High-A Greensboro Grasshoppers. Click here. (With him in the pic is Penn Charter grad and teammate Sammy Siani.)
  Nolan Jones attended Penn Charter as a frosh, then transferred to Holy Ghost Prep so he could also play ice hockey. Where is he now? In MLB with Cleveland. What did he do yesterday? Click here.
  When recent PC grad Vince Fattore came home this weekend from Duke, he couldn't stay away from his American Legion team. Click here.

July 8
  Only in the Pub, In a good way . . . Click here for details on the 2010 non-league football game (involving Pub teams) that was played over seven days . . . and produced 102 points.
  Click here for Joe Mason's ranking of football coaches from NE Philly over the past 25 seasons. Good stuff!

July 7
  Eastern Regional's Pawandeep Singh is Sun Newspapers' volleyball player of the year. Click here. 
  Click here for a story from 1990 about Audenried basketball frosh Jamal Collier, who stood only 4-9 1/2. He wound up making national news in Sports Illustrated. Click here (about two-thirds of the way down the page.)
  Bonner-Prendie dominates the All-Delco Baseball Team. Click here.

July 6
  Major congrats to West Catholic grad Jimmy Reilly, who's now officially the new basketball coach at Jefferson University. He succeeds fellow WC alum Herb Magee, his boss for 15 seasons. All the best, Jimmy! Click here.
  By his senior year at Ryan in 2010, pool whiz Steve Markle already owned a national rep for trick shots. Click here.  Facebook page is here.
  Click here for Joe Mason's story on La Salle lineman Lukas Donahue.
  Penn Charter rising sr. Bella Toomey has committed to Fairleigh Dickinson for hoops, her new passion. Click here.
  From Mark "Frog" Carfagno . . . The Phillies have decided to honor Dick Allen in 2023, the 60th anniversary of his MLB debut. Date/details TBA.                         

July 5
  RIP, Chris Kefalos. Chris, who starred in basketball at Bartram and Temple, then played pro ball in Greece for a decade, has passed away in Greece, where he'd been living for decades. Former Temple teammate Joe Hindelang (Lincoln) noted, "While rooming with Chris for four years, I learned so much outside of aports ... I am smarter today because of Chris. As an athlete, he was a tremendous competitor with a strong will to win. In addition, he was an unselfish player always."
  After missing almost his entire senior season due to injury, Penn Charter LHP Andrew Healy has nixed the draft and will instead attend Duke. Click here. His dad, Dave, also of PC, was the City Pitcher of the Year In 1986. (11-0, 1.13 ERA, 137 Ks in 80 2/3 innings.
  A look at Bok's 43-game winning streak in Public League football, 2002-10. The school closed in 2013. Click here.
  Update from Chuck . . . This week's trivia question must have been too easy!  A site-record eight readers got the correct answer which was Paul Westhead. They are: Dan Solis-Cohen, Tom Meakim, Ken Woodring, Fran Hennessey, Ted Rauch, Chris "Gator" McCoy, James O'Connor, and Notre Dame Harvey. Dan Solis-Cohen was the first to post.Trivia question from Chuck Langerman . . .  Name the West Catholic High graduate and former Malvern Prep basketball player who is the only coach on the planet to win both an NBA and WNBA championship. Send your answer to chucklang@hotmail.com by 2 p.m. Thanks!

  RIP, Connie Miller. Mr. Miller, point guard for the 1950 La Salle High Catholic/City basketball champs that included all-timer Tom Gola, passed away recently. Click here for obit.

Happy June 34th!!! . . . (Sorry. July always gets here too fast - smile.)

July 3
  Penn Charter rising sr. Mark Butler will play college hoops at Lafayette. Click here.

July 1
  In 1994, Ted wrote a 25th-year anniversary story about Leroy Reams' one-game career with the Phillies. Click here. Rest of story is here.

June 30
  RIP, Jim Halpin. Jim, a 1963 grad who for years held Judge's school record for points in one game (34), passed away today. His sons, Jim and Mike, played for Carroll. Nephews Steve and Kevin Wolf played for Judge.
  In 2008, Phola. Academy's Dave Pachucki pitched a no-no with 17 Ks. Click here.

June 29
-\In 2014, all kinds of Carroll players scored in back-to-back games. Quite the contrast to a 1983 game. Click here.

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  Anthony Finkley is confident with his Roman decision (and Saint. Joe's). Click here.
   Let's never forget . . . In 2008, West Catholic's Tom Sessa recorded the best kind of save. Click here.

June 27
  Forty years ago, Frankford sr, RHP Richie McKay received word he'd been drafted by the Yankees. . . Oops by MLB and then  The Sporting News. Click here.
  Trivia answer . . . There were five readers who got the Randy Grossman trivia question right. They were Ken Woodring, Notre Dame Harvey, Tom Meakim, Bob Romeo, and Dan Solis-Cohen with Ken Woodring being the first to post. Worth noting, that several readers gave the incorrect answer of Northeast High graduate Herb Adderley. Herb won three Super Bowls, but he did win three NFL championships before the Super Bowl existed. If the question was: What area player has won the most NFL championships?---the answer would be Adderley because he won six with three NFL championships and three Super Bowls, which are now the NFL championship game. Adderley is second all-time only to Tom Brady who has won seven NFL championship. In his case, all are Super Bowls.
   Trivia question from Chuck Langerman . . .  Name the former southeastern Pennsylvania High school football player who leads all former Philadelphia-area high school football players with four Super Bowl rings for being on four Super Bowl winners. (Hint: His cousin Burt was a pretty good football player at Archbishop Carroll HS.) Send your answer to chucklang@hotmail.com by 2 p.m. Thanks!

June 25
  A section of Hunting Park Avenue right in front of Gratz is now named Rasheed Wallace Road. Click here and/or here. ('Sheed is now a Lakers assistant.)

June 24
  The third Adam Taliferro/coach Larry Ginsburg 7-on-7 Classic will be held tomorrow at Eastern Regional. Click here for participants/schedule.
  Roman product (kinda/sorta) Jalen Duren was selected in the first round of the NBA draft. Name now on this list. (His dad, Anthony "Skip" Duren, starred for Southern in a 1991 quarterfinal win over  Dobbins -- 19 points, eight rebounds, four assists, three steals.)|
  Villanova's Collin Gillespie (Wood) has signed a two-way deal with Denver, per Mike Jensen. Click here. Two more NBA signees, per Jensen: St. Joseph's Jordan Hall (N-G) to San Antonio and Iowa State's Izaiah Brokington (Ryan) to New Orleans.
  On Aug. 6, the Phillies will pay tribute (manner TBA) to Dick Allen.
  The 2014 football season brought Part Two of Can Anyone Make a Tackle? Click here.

June 23
  On Oct. 25, 2003, with fellow all-timer Eddie Gaskins (Frankford) in attendance, West Catholic's Curtis "Boonah" Brinkley broke two city records. Special Page, with photos, is here.

June 22
  Three hoops seasons ago Haverford School finished perfect at 29-0  Taking a look is well worth it. Click here.

June 21
  Three Eastern Regional players earned baseball honors in the Olympic Conference, American Division. Click here.
  Tiiiime for a Chuck Langerman Chuckbit. Never know how far a javelin throw might take you. Click here.
  And Ryan's treys just kept on coming. Cliek here.

June 20
  With his coach in attendance, Wood all-timer Gary Martin went out a winner. Click here.
  RIP, Lennie Rosenbluth. Mr. Rosenbluth, who led North Carolina to the 1957 NCAA championship over Kansas and Wilt Chamberlain, died Saturday. Click here.
  In 2006, Chestnut Hill's blockers cleared paths, then wolfed down grub. Click here
  Trivia nnswer . . . No one provided the correct answer, J.T. Realmuto. Name the current Philadelphia Phillies baseball player who led the USA in home runs as a high school senior in 2010 with 28 homers??? Send to chucklang@hotmail.com by 2 p.m. Thanks

June 19
  Eastern Regional product Amirah Ali is pumped for her first pro soccer game in her native New Jersey. Clikc here. 

June 17 
  Congrats to the Golden Sate Warriors. the first NBA champs in 1947-48 as the Philadelphia Warriors and yet again the league's best thanks to last night's Game Six win over Boston. That's title No. 7. Click here.
  In 2007, John Barr created quite the stir with a perfect game to open Germantown Academy's season. Literally. No scrimmages. Not even an outdoor practice. Click here.

June 16
  Perhaps the best example ever of Only in the Pub. Click here. Hard to believe 17-plus years have passed.
  Biggest weight difference ever between a team's kicker and punter? Olney's Dontae Angus (310 K) and Valsky Auguste (135 P)   9/15/11. Click here.
                                            
June 15
  Ten years ago today, La Salle became the first Catholic League school to win a state baseball championship. Click here for the Celebration Page with everything you want/need. Go, 'Splorers!
  On May 15, 2012, Bonner visited Carrroll for The Lumber Bowl. Pics here.

June 14
  Mark Gubicza (middle, red shirt), meets with former Penn Charter teammates, etc., at recent Phillies-Angels game. Click here.
  The final field goal in North Catholic's gym in 2010. Click here. . . . . But should it have counted? Report under Feb. 17.

June 12
  David Armstrong is Wood's new football coach. Click here.
  Trivia answer: Dan Dougherty, who enjoyed major success at Malvern and Episcopal. Correct answers were supplied in order by Tom Meakim, Dan Solis-Cohen and Notre Dame Harvey.
  Entertaining basketball pic. Click here.
  Trivia question from Chuck Langerman . . . Bobby Knight coached basketball at Army West Point from 1965 to 1971. compiling a record of 102-50. His former player Mike Krzyzewski coached at Army from 1975 to 1980 with a record of 73-59. Who was the head basketball coach at Army between Knight and Krzyzewski from 1971 to 1975. Send answer to chucklang@hotmail.com by 2 p.m. Thanks!)

June 11
  No Tedbit today/tomorrow. See ya Monday. thanks.

June 10
  Time for a Chuck Langerman Chuckbit. Millville's Lotzeir Brooks. Only a frosh, yet quite the handful. Click here.
Pub Tedbit
  From 1974 through 2015, 12 players made at least three starts in Public League semifinals and two guys, Gratz'
Rasheed Wallace and Franklin Learning Center's Faron "Meatball" Hand, did so four times. 'Sheed was perfect and scored 78 points, going up each year. The breakdown for all 12 is below. The overall record was 29-9.

June 9
  In his first year as the baseball coach at Penn State Abington, Chestnut Hill Academy product David Miller has prouduced a MAJOR star, Ryan McCarty. Click here.
Pub Tedbit
  In the 76 seasons from 1940 through 2015, how many times -- in any playoff game -- did five players score
in double figures for the evenrual champion? The answer is seventeen and that hit me as kinda low. One
 reason: Playoff formsts differed widely. Another reason: Teams did not fly up and down as often as they did
 in the regular season. The feat was accomplished five times in finals, zero imes in semis, four times in
 quarters and eight times in the  round-of-16. So. did six guys ever reach double figures. Yes, just once --
Southern vs. West Philly in the '87 final. And twice two subs were part of the fivesomes. In that '82
Mastbaum-Franklin final, the latter had four double-digit scorers. Franklin led in other points scored
by subs, 6-4..

June 8
  Click here for Matt Breen's story on Ryan grad Jonathan Loughran, Adam Sandler's long-time movie sidekick.
(And thanks to Matt for publishing Jon's kind words.)
Pub Tedbit
  The regular season has just ended and your top assistant pulls yo aside with a worried look on hix face.
Somehow he doubts that the team's best player will surpass his average even ONCE in the upcoming playoffs.
Uh oh? Not really. The list below shows a scoring breakdown for 41 Pub champs, 1975 through 2015. The
leading regular season scorer topped his average only 44 percent of the time, but every guy won a championship.
Kinda surprising, right? Two players achieved perfection -- Bo Kimble in 1985 and Fatts Russell in '15. Of those who whiffed, three advanced o the NBA -- Lionel Simmons, Aaron McKie and Marcus Morris-- and Carlin Warley's
dad, Ben, played in the show. Thankfully, they all had supportive teammates.

June 7
  From Chuck: No correct answers. Jason Harrigan now coaches at SJ Prep. Previously coached at Del-Val Charter and O'Hara.

June 6
  Trivia question from Chuck Langerman . . . Name the basketball player, who played for St. Joseph's University
Big Five Hall of Famer Bryan Warrick at Burlington City High School in New Jersey, before going on to coach
three Philadelphia City League high school teams? Send answers to chucklang@hotmail.com by 2 p.m. Thanks!
Pub Tedbit
  As promised Friday, here are the biggest crush jobs in quarterfinals and round of 16 playoffs throgh 2015.

June 5
  Congrats to SCH Academy product Chris "Bubba" Alleyne, a fifth-year senior OF at Maryland. Already
named the Big Ten Player of the Year, now he's a first team All-Ameriacn! Click here.
  No Pub Tedbit today. See ya tomorrow. Thanks.

June 4
Extra Tedbit
  Here is the latest breakdown for "Our Guys" and NBA/ABA playoff points. Kyle Lowry mow ranks third
in points and fiffh in PPG. And Wilt Chamberlain still trails Paul Arizin in PPG, 24.2 to 22.5, for the top sot.
Incredible.
  Thanks to Ted Rauch for the help.

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Pub Tedbit
  The list below shows the biggest blowouts in finals and semis through the 2015 season. Just getting
warmed up, folks. Check back Monday for quarterfinals and Round of 16 crush jobs.

June 2
Pub Tedbit
  So, your high school is known for having very good basketball teams and maybe once a decade somebody
advances to the NBA. Pretty exciting, right? But let's go back to the late 1950s at Ovenrook. The 1957-58
Panthers/Hilltoppers won the Public League and City championships and finished with a 22-0 record. The
starting lineup included THREE future NBA players, center Wayne Hightower and guards Walt Hazzard
and soph Wali Jones. Jones became a starter in the middle of the season when  Howie Horenstein
graduated. That's how it was back then. All Pub schools had two senior classes. Hightower won the
Markward Club Award as the city's top senior, but there were folks who strongly believed the best
prospect on 'Brook was junior Ralph Heyward, who made first team All-Public. In 59, Overbrook again
won double championships and, like Hightower before him, Heyward was baned to the Parade All-America
Team. He played three seasons of college ball, one at Kansas in '61 and two at Seattle in '64 and '65. He
was limited to nine games, with only nine in '64. He totaled 238 points and 150 rebounds. Below are pro
stats for Hightower, Hazzard and jones. One more thing: In the late '50s Overbrook had a sub named
Leonard Borisoff. In time he became Len Barry and enjoyed a terrific singing career with the Dovells
(Bristol Stomp) and as a solo artist (1-2-3).

June 1
  Imhotep's Keon Wylie earned team MVP honors while leading PA past Maryland, 28-7, in the Big 33
Classic. Click here.
  Mike Missanelli is out at 97.5, the Fanatic. Click here and/or here.
Pub Tedbit
  Time to reveal the longsest streaks by Public League schools with first team All-Public honorees,
1941-2015. The cutoff was four years and even wih that a surprising number of schools fell short of
making the list. Gratz is first at 13 and most of those years Leonard Poole. not Bill Ellerbee, was the
coach. Bartarm and Strawberry Mansion are tied for second at 11, Franklin Learning Center
toughed out two streaks of eight. In its old days at 8th & Lehigh, Northeast's streak featured
two future HOFers, Guy Rodgers (basketball) and Herb Adderley (football).

est Philly was next with four.

May 17
  Best wishes going forward to umpire extraordinaire (and person) Gene Otto, who worked Catholic League games for 46 years and assigned the crews for 31! He soon will be inducted into the CL Hall of Fame. Major congrats, Gene!
  Click here for Matt Breen's story on Wood super-runner Gary Martin.
Pub Tedbit
  A look at semis/finals results for two of the top coaches in city history, Gratz' Bill Ellerbee (20 years) and West Philly's Joe Goldenberg (21 years). . .

May 16
  *Click here for a page that celebrates the 53-year career of sports media giant Ray Didinger, who soon will retire. Ray did it all while remaining the nicest man you could ever hope to meet!_
  Big day last Friday for Penn Charter vs. rival Germantown Academy. Aidan Mehta hammered a walkoff grand slam to lead the baseball team to victory and Colin Michener, in OT, thanks to a steal and open-net goal, lifted the lacrosse team to victory. Colin is about to become a third generation PC grad.
  Time for a Chuck Langerman Chuckbit. A Cheltenham grad has caused Embiid's devastation. Click here.
Pub Tedbit
  You should have known this one: My first Public League Tedbit would be focused on Wilt Chamberlain. Some of you might have learned through the years that his three biggest outbursts were 90, 74 and 71 points and that all three took place versus Roxborough. As you'll see below, thanks to numbers nailed down long ago by Tom Taylor, Wilt also posted 59 vs. Dobbins and hit every number from 49 on down to 24 except for 27. Pretty amazing. Overall, in three varsity seasons (ninth grade was part of junior high back then), he scored 46.9 percent of the Hilltoppers' points.