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To see Ted's recent DN stories, go to www.philly.com and put Silary in the search box.

  Click here to see Ted's list of the 50 Most Memorable Playoff Games in City History (football, basketball, baseball; through 2007-08). Click here for Part Two (grouped by school year.)
  Click here for "Top 5 in 35." Each school's Top 5 athletes (must have played a "major" sport -- FB/bask/base) in the first 35 school years Ted covered Philly HS sports (through 2009-10).
  Click here for "Only in the Pub" . . . Ted's look at the crazy, funny, curious, ridiculous, disturbing and/or head-scratching moments that make Public League sports so legendary (through 2010-11).

Click here for even older alerts.

Jan. 31
  In the Battle for 65th Place . . .
  Rush beat CAPA, 57-31. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. G/F/drummer Anthony Galdo. Pics here. Pro pics here.
  King beat Esperanza, 47-46, to capture the Division C crown. DN ink to sr. G Gerald Scott.
  We will gladly post pics of signing ceremonies. Please send to . . .
tedtee307@yahoo.com. Ted's work email is always at the space limit.)
  Today's Gtn. Academy-Malvern game has been postponed.
  Conwell-Egan beat Judge last night, 51-46. Click here for Mike DeMarchi's report.
  Interesting Pub-Cath mix: Bonner will host Esperanza Thurs. at 6:30.
  SJ Prep QB Skyler Mornhinweg has confirmed the swirl. Florida, it'll
be. Click here.
  W. Catholic LB T-J Waters is headed for Navy. Click here.
  Were Carroll's cheerleaders diggin' The Puckster? (ha ha)

Jan. 30
  Ryan beat Carroll, 53-42, as sr. PG Kyle Slawter mixed two points with NINE assists. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Slawter. Pics here.
  SJ Prep 61, West Catholic 46: Ted's report is posted. Pics here.
  We'll also have two stories on football commitments.
  The legend of Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna grows even larger. Check out this email sent by Dave "Not the Hammer" Schultz, likewise a big high school basketball fan. They were talking last night on the phone about, what else, basketball: "Next thing I know there's just silence. Thinking our connection is lost, I start calling his name numerous times. Next thing I hear is what sounds like snoring. We still have connection and I hear snoring. I listen and say his name, but nothing. He fell asleep on the phone!!!" 
  SF Giants pitcher Ryan Vogelsong, a product of Octorara HS in Chester County, tonight will receive the Phila. Sports Writers' Native Son Award.
Click here for a story/audio by former website stalwart Patrick Gordon, who now operates www.PhiladelphiaBaseballReview.com and is about to graduate with his journalism masters degree. He is slated to begin teaching at Temple next fall. Congrats, Pat!

Jan. 29
  Germantown DB Will Parks has switched his football commitment from Pitt to Arizona. Click here. And click here for two pics.
  La Salle 71, McDevitt 58: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. PG Amar Stukes. Pics here. Pro pics here. . . . (Click here for a group pic of all the guys who played in La Salle's alumni game. Also, former hoopster Curtis Eby '91 did a great rendition of the National Anthem on his trumpet. He's quite the musician these days. Click here for a link to his website.)
  The Comcast Network will televise TWO games today involving city teams: N-G vs. South Shore (NY) at 2:45, then Constitution vs. St. Benedict's (NJ) at 4:30. Both games to be played at Parkland HS.

Jan. 28
  Click here for four pics from last Friday's Penn Charter-Malvern game, as snapped by PC student Julia Vahey. Thank you, Julia!
  Click here for our latest Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on Prep Charter's first-year coach, Rahim Washington (Overbrook '98). 
  King is no longer perfect in Division C. Pub chairman Ben Dubin said the Cougars have forfeited a recent win over Olney for using an ineligible player. Gerald Scott had been ejected from the previous game (2 techs).
  Boys' Latin 64, Del-Val 51 (OT): Ted's report is posted. Pics here.

Jan. 27
  Haverford School beat Malvern, 53-50, as frosh G Sammy Foreman scored all 17 of his points in the second half. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to sr. G Rashaan "Ray" Hollman (final basket; great defense). Pics here.
  West Phila. 64, World Comm 56: Ted's report is posted. Pics here (with some JV to start). And click here for an extra, non-basketball photo set that you'll find disturbing/disheartening.
  There are many Pub teams we've been unable to see. We welcome team photos, which we'll post. Please send to tedtee307@yahoo.com, with IDs.
  Click here for the Public League Scoring Leaders. As the regular season winds down, the top five averages belong to Nadir Matthews (26.6), Eugene Lett (26.1), Savon Goodman (25.0), Brandon Jiles (24.8) and Larry Webster (24.5).
  Congrats to Neumann product Chris Marrone on the very moving speech he gave yesterday while representing Penn State football players of the '90s at Joe Paterno's funeral.
  Malvern LB Joe Nilan will play his college FB at Marist. Click here.
  Click here for Mike Higgins' report on Malvern's Tuesday win over EA.
  The first member of the 2,000-point club was Overbrook's Wilt "Dippy" Chamberlain ('55). Check out the chair he used -- now in front of a South Jersey furniture store -- while taking classes at 'Brook!!

Jan. 26
  **Boys' Latin sr. G Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson lifted his career total above 2,000. Pic in tomorrow's Daily News (link to video here.)**
  MC&S beat Prep Charter,  64-56, despite the absence of three starters and an early sub (coach's decision). Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. F Quentin Davis. Pics here.
  Comm Tech 55, Frankford 52: DN ink to frosh G Samir Doughty (CT only had eight guys in uniform.)
  In a Florida tourney, Roman beat Imhotep, 58-40.
  **Congrats to Lamberton product Chris Calciano, who last night was named the Boston Red Sox' Scout of the Year for 2011!!**
  Northeast-World Comm will be played Wednesday.
  Click here for all photo sets from the 2011-12 hoops season (and all other photo sets through the years, for that matter).
  Click here for the updated 1,000-Point Scorers List.
  Click here for Ted's story on Randolph sr. G Eugene Lett, godson of Sixers assistant Aaron McKie.
  W. Cath. WR Bruce Mapp will play his college FB at Coastal Carolina. 

Jan. 25
  Congrats to Bonner, which tonight posted a win over Perkiomen Valley!
  Click here for another Before They Fathered Star Players . . . This one's on Dobbins all-timer Doug Overton, dad of SJ Prep's Miles.
  Click here for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders.
  Ex-Penn Charter star John Loughery will do his college QBing at Elon. Click here for a blurb.
  Click here for Mike Kern's feature story on Temple star Ramone Moore (Southern).

Jan. 24
  Swenson beat Randolph, 62-61, as sr. PG Haneef Hardy hit a free throw with 1.3 left. Ted's report is posted. Pics here. Pro pics here.
  Del-Val 39, Lincoln 35: DN ink to sr. G-F Khayri King.
  Vaux beat MC&S, 68-53, as jr. G Rysheed Jordan had a quadruple double! Amos Leak's report is posted.
  Matt Primavera, who has a chance this spring to become the all-time hits leader at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (nee CHA), has committed to play baseball at Dickinson College. Teammate Sam Feirson is bound for Franklin & Marshall.
  In his Phillies column, baseball historian John Shiffert checks out the relievers.
  Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  Click here for Danny Spinelli's report on La Salle's Sunday loss to Prep.
  Click here for the Catholic League Scoring Leaders.
  *Monsignor Bonner seeks one game. Contact coach Tom Meakim at tjmeak@comcast.net.
  Constitution's Savon Goodman is one of the nominees for the McDonald's All-American Team. The squad will be announced Feb. 9 and the game will take place March 28 in Chicago.
  Imhotep DE Byron Cooper is headed for UMass. Click here.

Jan. 23
  Judge 81, McDevitt 70: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. G-F Brian Hennessey. Pics here (with decent amount from JV game). Pro pics here.
  Northeast 65, Central 54: Ted's report is posted. No DN ink (sorry). Pics here.
  O'Hara 52, C-E 45: Mike DeMarchi's report is posted.
  The next Markward Club event will be a luncheon Feb. 8.
  Imhotep-PET will be played Tuesday, 6 p.m., at Holy Family Univ.

Jan. 22
  Lansdale 44, Bonner 38: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to G Alex Talarico, the Crusaders' lone senior. Pics here (starts with some general shots of Bonner/Prendie, then a decent amount from JV game).
  N-G extended its CL winning streak to 61, but not without drama. The Saints topped Roman, 63-57, in OT. Nick Cusato's report is posted. DN ink to jr. F John Davis.
  Malvern 60, Conestoga 44: Jake Stokes' report is posted. Mike Higgins' report is, too!
  Click here for our latest Before They Drew X's and O's . . . a story on Haverford School's first-year coach, Henry "Doug" Fairfax.
  Now batting for Friarside Chats V-A . . . No. 2 . . . Matt Greskoff. Click here for his report on Friday night's Malvern-Penn Charter game.
  Tuesday at 10 on HBO, Real Sports will include a feature on a high school football team that never punts, never returns punts and always goes with onside kicks after scores. Coach's record: 104-19.

Jan. 21
  Vaux 64, Haverford School 55: Ted's report is posted. Pics here.
  Click here for Mike Higgins' report on last night's PC-Malvern game.
  Click here for Danny Spinelli's report on last night's La Salle-Lansdale Catholic tripleheader.
  Click here for the Inter-Ac League Scoring Leaders.
  Click here for a pic that shows the dribbling wizardry of Kyle "The Handful" Knox, son of SCH Academy's football coach, Rick Knox.
  PC's John Moderski played part of the football season with casts on both hands. Last night, he played basketball with two half-legs!!

Jan. 20
  Two big Inter-Ac upsets . . .
  Penn Charter beat 17-0 Malvern, 56-44, as sr. G John Moderski totaled 24 points, three assists and two steals. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to Moderski. Pics here.
  SCH Academy beat Gtn. Academy, 53-48, despite the absence of D-I commit Billy Dooley. Ted's report is posted. SportsWeek ink to jr. G Bobby Keyes (19 points). Pics here.
  **Click here for Bernard Fernandez' story on new Penn State football assistant John Butler, the pride of Oreland and La Salle High!!**
  It never ends, folks . . . In today's paper, we mentioned that BL's Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson needs 28 points to reach 2,000 and would be playing vs. Pennsauken tomorrow at Rutgers Camden. Um, guess not. The game was canceled this morning.
  Click here for the Public League Scoring Leaders.

Jan. 19
  Click here for info on how to donate to the save Bonner/Prendie effort.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Jay Buchanon, who passed this week. Jay was a first team All-Public lineman for Dobbins ('84). RIP, Jay . . .
  Congrats to AJ King, the Palumbo student and future journalist who tagged along with Ted one day last baseball season. He will attend The Ohio State University. Very cool, AJ!!
  U. City beat Lincoln, 57-54, despite a 35-point, 26-rebound effort by Michael Bowlers. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. CG Diante Lunsford. Pics here.
  Boys' Latin beat Comm Tech, 67-61, as sr. G Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson, a Boston University signee, edged ever closer to 2,000 career points. DN ink to Watson.
  Pics of Bracetti's humongous cheerleading squad (JK) and a Ryan squad that wants you to know its name have been added to this set. Oh, and former Roman star Mike Watson is in one of the pics (smile).

Jan. 18
  So, you think Roman's gym is narrow? Click here to see where the three-point arc meets the sideline in Bracetti's.
  Roman 54, Ryan 48: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. G-F Raquan Brown-Johnson. Pics here. Click here for pics of the JV game (Ryan won, 43-40, in two OTs. Ah, what the heck, the gym was bright, the game was good . . . )
  Audenried 59, Bracetti 44: Ted's report is  posted. No DN story (sorry). Pics here.
  N-G 68, Judge 57: Nick Cusato's first report is posted. As is Paul Schneider's.
  A nice show of Christian Brothers Solidarity occurred last Friday before the final West Catholic-La Salle game . . . Players . . . Coaches. 
  Click here for Marcus Hayes' story on ex-Dougherty star Kyle Lowry, who's now a whirlwind for the Houston Rockets.

Jan. 17
  Though missing its top four players (coach's decision) -- only one was bigger than 5-10, 145 -- Constitution came within two points of PET, 58-56. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to PET sr. PF-C David George in overall context. Pics here. Pro pics here.
  Sayre 80, Lamberton 75: DN ink to sr. PF-C Ikeem Dickerson.
  Malvern 44, SCH Academy 28: Mike Higgins' report is posted.
  Thursday's MC&S-Gratz game will be played at 6 p.m. at Franklin; Comcast will televise it live.
  Bonner OL Dom DiGalbo is headed for Coastal Carolina. Click here.
  How should Hall of Fame voters handle players from The Steroid Era? Baseball historian John Shiffert is on the case!!
  Click here for awardees/info for this week's Markward Club dinner.
  Click here for the Catholic League Scoring Leaders.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Bill Fox Sr., who passed last week. Bill's son, Bill Jr., was the wildly successful coach at Judge. Another son, Joe, is currently the JV coach at SJ Prep. Bill Sr. had followed CL hoops since the 1965-66 season, when Bill Jr. played for La Salle High's freshman team. RIP, sir.
  We have Dueling Dannys reports on Sunday's La Salle-Roman game. Hoban from Roman and Spinelli from La Salle.

Jan. 16
  At halftime of Bonner-West, one website legend was driving another cwaaaaazy! Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna was in full-babble mode. Click here to see how Ed "Huck" Palmer coped.
  West Catholic 49, Bonner 41: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. PF-C Anthony Fleet, the No. 6 student in the senior class (4.0) and the president of the school's TV network. Pics here.
  SJ Prep 77, McDevitt 53: Ted's report is posted. No DN ink (sorry). Pics here (with decent amount from JV game).
  Ryan 50, C-E 43: Mike DeMarchi's report is posted.  
  Huck has completed his research on assorted lasts in West Catholic's football history (plus some other tidbits). Click here. Thanks, Huck!

Jan. 15
  Click here for a cropped version of a pic that shows one of La'Quan Coaxum's serious tumbles vs. Carroll.
  Click here for Ron Siliani's great pro pics from yesterday's Phila. Elec.-Upper Darby game.
  N-G 72, Carroll 56: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. CG La'Quan Coaxum, an important sub. Pics here, (with some JV and that ever-impressive N-G cheerleading squad!) Pro pics here.
  Roman 69, La Salle 56: Danny Spinelli's report is posted.
  Click here for Before They Fathered Star Athletes . . . a story on O'Hara PG Mike Louden ('85), whose son, Mike, is likewise a Lion now.

Jan. 14
  Check this out: We now have another Friarside Chats, which we're calling V-A. For now it's being orchestrated by student Jake Stokes. Click here for his reports on last night's win over GA and a previous success over La Salle.
  Click here for Mike Higgins' report on last night's MP-GA game.
  Click here for the Public League Scoring Leaders.
  Click here for the updated Overall Scoring Leaders.
  In his Phillies blog, baseball historian John Shiffert assigns Cole Hamels a lofty spot in the team's starting-pitchers annals.
  Bonner basketball player Dan McLoone has been nominated for Best Teammate 2012.
  Here's the schedule for Monday's Coaches vs. Cancer MLK Day event at Imhotep: Bartram vs. Del-Val, noon . . . Phila. Elec. vs Esperanza, 2 . . . . Imhotep vs. Freire, 4.
  Franklin has forfeited its recent win over 'Brook due to the use of an ineligible player.

Jan. 13
  SCH Academy 30, Episcopal 24: Ted's report on this classic (just kidding) is posted. Cyber attention to sr. F Malik Garner. Pics here (including a few JVs).
  Roman 64, C-E 49: Ted's report on this VERY unusual game is posted. No cyber attention (sorry). Pics here.
  La Salle 54, West Catholic 42: Danny Spinelli's report is posted.
  Congrats to Albie Crosby, former West Catholic assistant, who's the new football coach at Imhotep Charter.
  Click here for a great DN opinion piece by West Catholic grad Liana Taylor ('10), who now attends Saint Joseph's.
  Click here for a save St. Hubert website.
  Ted's blurb on CL football realignment didn't make it online. Anyway: AAAA will remain the same. AAA-AA will be combined. AAA: Wood, O'Hara, Lansdale. AA: Carroll, McD, N-G. One mandatory cross-over.  
  **Click here for the updated 1,000-Point Scorers List.**
  Click here for Famous Amos Leak's report on Imhotep's Thursday win over Constitution.

Jan. 12
  Esperanza basketball player Abdoulay Gakou has been nominated for Best Teammate '12.
  A pic of Vaux' cheerleaders has been added to this set.
  Vaux beat Frankford, 67-50, as sr. WG James Cole hit seven treys (all in a row) en route to 36 points. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Cole (coulda figured that, right?). Pics here.
  FLC 65, Dobbins 55: DN ink to sr. F-C George "Tony" Ellis.
  Tomorrow's MC&S-Friends' Central game will be played AT Imhotep
at 7 o'clock.
  ***La Salle football parent (and grad) Bill Wasylenko takes a look at the La Salle-Bonner football series, while adding some Bonner tidbits. Click here and thanks for doing this, Bill!***

Jan. 11 
  Congrats to La Salle product John Butler, who is joining Bill O'Brien's coaching staff at Penn State!! Click here for a Back in the Day story from John's playing career, when his teammate was PSU-bound Keith Conlin.
  A pic of Sankofa's cheerleaders has been added to this set.
  Sankofa 75, FitzSimons 38: Ted's report is posted. No DN ink (sorry). Pics here.
  Paul Schneider offers his thoughts on the recent SJP-FJ game here.

Jan. 10
  A pic of King's cheerleaders has been added to this set.
  King beat Hope, 44-41, as sr. WG Malik Paulk hit a left-corner trey with 2.6 seconds remaining. A fan disturbance, involving two girls with King ties, then occurred and the last shot (a near-trey by Hope's Shamear Townsend) wasn't launched until 19 minutes later. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Paulk. Pics here (starting with Hope's kids walking right down the block to King). Pro pics here.
  Malvern beat Haverford School, 61-53, in two OTs. Mike Higgins' report is posted. DN ink to sr. PG Steve Perpiglia.
  Today's BL-at-Imhotep game will start at 5:30.
  We have our first contribution for the "Closings Page."
  Thanks to sophomore manager Mike Higgins, Malvern's Friarside Chats is back, baby! Click here for his report on the recent win over EA.
  Roman PA announcer/ultimate supporter Dan Hoban has returned to the website fold. Click here for his report on last night's win over Bonner.
  Click here for Dick Jerardi's story on former Freire star Ramon Galloway, who's now doing his thing at La Salle University.

Jan. 9
  Click here for a Separated at Birth . . . kids from O'Hara & SJ Prep (OK, maybe not identical, but at least fraternal, right?).
  Click here for Like Father, Like Son . . . Coaches Speedy and Keith Morris, of SJ Prep, attack the blackboard before the game at Judge. 
  SJ Prep beat Judge, 71-57, as Prep's Stephen Vasturia (31 points) and Judge's Steven Griffin (29) had big nights. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Vasturia, a versatile jr. G-F-C (smile). Pics here (and JV).  
  Baseball historian John Shiffert again makes the Dick Allen case.
  Click here for our latest Before They Drew X's and O's . . . two stories on Roman coach/ex-player Chris McNesby.
  Congrats to Temple's Khalif Wyatt, the Big 5 Player of the Week. Did you know he attended North Catholic as a freshman before transferring to Norristown?
  Six of "Our Guys" have been selected to play in the Big 33 game: Wood's Colin Thompson, Brandon Arcidiacono, Nate Smith and Frank Taylor, SJ Prep's Skyler Mornhinweg and O'Hara's Damiere Shaw.  
  Click here for info on this week's Markward Club luncheon.
  Two first team members of the Daily News All-City Football Squad -- Bonner's Jim Haley; West's David Williams -- need to find new schools. Click here.

Jan. 8
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Kathy Kelly, the wife of O'Hara hoops coach Tim Kelly. She put up a long fight against a serious illness before passing Friday. RIP, Kathy . . . 
  McDevitt 68, O'Hara 57: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. F Brahieme Jackson. Pics here (including some from JV game).

Jan. 7
  Showcase events: In Wheeling, West Virginia, SJ Prep won and N-G lost. In Milwaukee, Roman lost.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of John Giagiari, who passed this week. John was a first team coaches' All-Catholic basketball player for Dougherty ('65). RIP, John . . .
  **Click here for the Public League scoring leaders. (If your coach/manager still hasn't reported numbers from missing league games, guess what, your name won't appear.)**
  Danny Spinelli has filed his report on the recent N-G/La Salle game.
  **Click here for a tribute to Egan/C-E's football history.**
  **Click here for a tribute to Monsignor Bonner's football history. (Page for Egan/C-E to be posted soon . . . )**
  Click here for White Men CAN Jump . . . GA's James "Popeye" Drury was a pre-game skywalker yesterday!!
  **Click here for a tribute to West Catholic's football history. (Pages for Bonner and Egan/C-E will be prepared as time permits . . . )**
  Check out cropped pics of hellacious dunks on back-to-back possessions by Malvern's Brendan Kilpatrick and Tom Pitt in last night's game. And check out a pic of a bloodied Dennis Gabert, who needed a corner man.

Jan. 6
  GA (over PC), HS (over SCH) and MP (over EA) were the winners in the Inter-Ac's annual opening tripleheader. Ted's reports on GA-PC & MP-EA are posted. SportsWeek ink to GA jr. PG Nick Lindner. GA-PC pics here. SCH-HS pics (last 10 minutes) here. EA-MP pics here.
  C-E 64, Bonner 44: Mike DeMarchi's report is posted.
  Click here for Raider Radar!! . . . a page that celebrates the fact that NINE Ryan players recently hit three-pointers in one game.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the students, teachers and grads of the Catholic League schools that will no longer exist beyond June 2012 -- West, Conwell-Egan, Bonner-Prendie and St. Hubert. So damn unfair, and devastating (just as in 2010) . . . 
  Remember former SJ Prep QB Mark Giubilato? He's now the starting fullback at Pitt, which meets SMU tomorrow in the BBVA Compass Bowl. Click here for a pic of Mark with Vince Papale at the pre-game luncheon. 
  A pic of New Media's cheerleaders has been added to this set.

Jan. 5
  N-G 82, La Salle 53: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. CG Billy Shank. Pics here. Danny Spinelli has also checked in. Click here.
  New Media 65, Future 59: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr.
G-F Keenon Johnson. Pics here.
  Click here for Pa. Football News' All-State Teams (each classification).
  Click here for EasternPaFootball.com's Big School All-State Team.
  Given his girth, should Prince Fielder be given a lengthy contract? Baseball historian John Shiffert examines the careers of other big-'uns.
  Click here for some all-star pics of Prep QB Skyler Mornhinweg, courtesy of his mom, Lindsay.
  Today's PET at MC&S game will start at 4:45.

Jan. 4
  The last two Pub rosters are in the house!! We'll call it a tie. SL's arrived first, but without grades. While we were awaiting the revised version, Bodine's arrived.
  Roman 66, McDevitt 58: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to soph PG Shep Garner. Pics here (roughly half by Ted's son, Kevin, who made his first lifetime visit to Roman's gym . . . and loved it!). Pro pics here.
  The "race" is winding down. Which Pub school will be the last of 66 to send its roster? Two contenders remaining: Bodine, Science Leadership. Thanks to Pub hoops chairman Ben Dubin for his help with five other lag-behinders. silaryt@phillynews.com.
  As baseball historian John Shiffert prepares for a new year of 19 to 21 columns, he offers the first two he wrote back in 2002.
  Click here for EasternPAFootball.com's Small School All-State Team.
  Wood star Colin Thompson is in Florida to compete in the UnderArmour All-American Game. Click here for two pics.

Jan. 3
  QB Skyler Mornhinweg (SJ Prep) led his team downfield to the winning field goal in Phoenix in the inaugural Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl. West beat East, 17-14. (Yes, somehow he played for West -- smile.)
  Straw. Mansion 63, Del-Val 58: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. C Karon Keene. Pics here.
  Bok 63, Mastery South 48: DN ink to sr. WG Sean McLean. 
  **Click here for Huck's All-Catholic Football Teams (overall & by division).**

Jan. 1
  In case you've forgotten, N-G's Catholic League winning streak is still alive!! (At 55). Click here for an updated Tribute Page.
  **Click here for the Overall Scoring Leaders.**
  Click here for our latest Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on first-year Penn Charter coach Lynard Stewart (Gratz '94).
  All Public League TEAM PAGES have been updated. Still lots of holes because of missing rosters/boxscores. Please help if you can. (We're set on Cath/Int TEAM PAGES except for one McDevitt game.)
  ***HAPPY NEW YEAR!!***

Dec. 31
  Judge beat Penn Charter, 77-68, in two OTs. Ted's report is posted. No DN ink (sorry; no paper until Tuesday anyway). Pics here (including some of the JV game). And click here for more pics of the ongoing construction of Judge's new turf football/baseball fields at Ramp Playground across the street (no turf yet, folks).
  Malvern 56, La Salle 55: Danny Spinelli's report is posted; also includes a review of La Salle's season so far and a look ahead. He's a triple threat, baby!
  ***In last night's Chesapeake Bowl, North beat South, 28-17, and three of "Our Guys" scored TDs. Nate Smith (Wood) returned the opening kickoff 90 yards, Sharif Smith (Furness) ran 5 yards and Bruce Mapp (West Catholic) caught a 61-yard pass.***

Dec. 30
  Congrats to Kutztown's Nate Edwards (North Catholic), who tonight scored his 1000th career point.
  N-G crunched Christ the King, 73-41, to win the 8-team, Stop DWI tourney in Binghamton, NY. Co-MVPs John Davis (18) and Billy Shank (14) led the way.
  In the final of Mastery North's holiday tourney, MN beat Sayre, 64-54. Ted's report is posted. No DN ink (sorry). Pics here (starting with some from the MN-Boys' Latin JV tourney final).
  Click here for pics of Philly-area guys who will play tonight in the Chesapeake Bowl (football) at South River HS, in Maryland . . . Wood: Desmon Peoples, Nate Smith, Brandon Arcidiacono, Frank Taylor. Furness: Sharif Smith. W. Catholic: Bruce Mapp, Tristin Freeman, T-J Waters. Germantown: Will Parks. Malvern: Connor Mahoney, Michael Mooney. O'Hara: Damiere Shaw.
  Click here for YouTube highlights, courtesy of Greg Harris, of the recent Chester-Imhotep game.
  Best wishes go out to ex-Wood pitcher Sean McCloskey ('11), who's battling back from a serious illness and breaking visitor attendance records at Abington Memorial Hospital (smile). All the best, Sean!
  Click here for a great look-back/update story by Armand Vanore on former Lincoln basketball star Joe Dennis.
  Click here for a quick recap of a crazy three days on Ted's trail.
  The CL and I-A basketball TEAM PAGES have again been updated. We're missing individual point totals for the following game:
  McDevitt vs. Gospel of Grace; Please send to silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks. 

Dec. 29
  In the Boardwalk Basketball Classic, in Wildwood, N.J. . . .
  Wood beat Pennsauken (N.J.), 62-53, in a bracket final. Ted's report is  posted. No DN ink (sorry). Pics here.
  Ryan beat Ocean City (N.J.), 52-33, in a bracket final. Ted's report is  posted. DN ink to sr. C Christian Rivera. Pics here.
  Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 37th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  Click here for a story about N-G's big win last night in Binghamton, NY.

Dec. 28
  ***Your favorite nut, Thomas "Puck/Nutman/Head Fakes" McKenna, is in Boston with Roman Catholic's basketball team . . . and he still can't keep his ample belly covered. Click here for a pic from coach Chris McNesby. And check out Chris' explanation: "We were waiting in the lobby for our rooms to be ready. Maybe it was just a coincidence, but as soon as Puck laid out and produced his belly for the other hotel guests, our rooms were ready shortly thereafter :). I think they wanted to keep their guests happy. Ha ha."***
  A pic of West Philly's cheerleaders has been added to this set.
  In the first West Side Holiday Classic final, Overbrook stunned host West Philly, 65-64, as jr. G Marquize Speight beat the buzzer by banking home a halfcourt shot from just in front of the scorers' table. Ted's report is  posted. Some DN ink to Speight. Pics here. (Also some pics here of the Bartram-Parkway West consolation.)
  Fels 60, Bracetti 54: Ted's report is posted. DN ink sr. G-F TJ Scott. Pics here. 

Dec. 27
  In a showcase event at South Jersey's Lenape High, Malvern topped Moorestown (N.J.), 67-39. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WG Brendan Kilpatrick. Pics here. ****Plus a mini-set detailing an Only in the Pub moment that somehow involved Malvern player Jimmy Gordon (smile) . . . Click here for The Shirt Off His Back.****
  Click here to see the list of all the pre-holiday games for which we still need individual point totals. Please help if you can. Thanks. silaryt@phillynews.com or fax to 215-854-5524.
  Click here for the holiday basketball schedule.

Dec. 26
  West Catholic 90, Palmer Charter 56: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WG Mark Perez. Pics here (including some JV).
  Click here for our first Before They Drew X's and O's of the basketball season . . . on Esperanza assistant Chris Clahar. 

Dec. 25
  Merry Christmas!!
  All basketball previews are now linked below in Basketball 2011-12.
  Using history, baseball historian John Shiffert provides a look at what
Phillies fans can expect from Jim Thome.

Dec. 24
  Names of the first-, second- and third-team All-City football honorees have been added to the all-time lists. Click here. And click here for the updated list of All-City brothers.
  Note from Ted: The name of Germantown RB Ackeno Robertson should have appeared on the All-City HM list. Aaron Boyd was listed twice (3rd/HM). My apologies. I've requested an online adjustment. 

Dec. 23
  La Salle beat Imhotep, 62-54, in OT, as jr. G Amar Stukes scored eight of his 14 points in the extra session. Ted's report is posted. No DN ink (sorry). Pics here.
  Del-Val product Markeith Minnick ('11) is bound for Memphis to play tackle. Click here.
  **Congrats to our four Players of the Year, chosen in connection with the 2011 Daily News All-City Football Team: Wood's Desmon Peoples and SJ Prep's Skyler Mornhinweg (Cath), Furness' Sharif Smith (Pub) and Malvern's Joe Nilan (Int). Click here for the video, as produced/directed by Sarah Glover, that features the Players of the Year. Click here for the philly.com page with links to the assorted teams. And here for an informal pic, taken after the photo/video session.**  
  Click here for the Second Team, Third Team and HM members of the Daily News All-City Football Team. (Linking these as they're posted).

Dec. 22
  A pic of E&S' cheerleaders has been added to this set.
  E&S 42, Freire 29: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. PF-C Brandon Brown. Pics here. Pro pics here.
  Congrats to website legend Matt Davis (McDevitt), who earned his Albright degree in 3 1/2 years and earned multiple soccer awards (academic prowess included). Matt's brother, Colin, plays hoops for Wood, so we're suspecting we'll see some reports this winter.
  **Former Imhotep star Gerald Bowman has committed to play football at Southern Cal. Click here.**

Dec. 21
  C-E 56, Princeton Day 49: Mike DeMarchi's report is posted.
  **Bartram hoops all-timer Tyrone "Braidheart" Garland has transferred from Virginia Tech to La Salle.**
  **Click here for pics from Wood's championship parade/medal ceremony.**
  In his Phillies column, baseball historian John Shiffert examines what might come next. Click here.
  **Click here for the Inter-Ac League basketball preview.**

Dec. 20
  N-G 82, C-E 36: Mike DeMarchi's report is posted.
  Click here for Huck's weekly CL stats package and here for his Top 10.
  A pic of PET's cheerleaders has been added to this set.
  Congrats to Overbrook product Malik Rose, who's now part of the Sixers' TV crew!!
  Phila. Elec. 68, Comm Tech 63: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. PF-C Jai Williams. Pics here.
  Dobbins 73, Lincoln 55: Paul Schneider's report is posted.
  **Click here for the Catholic League basketball preview.**

Dec. 19
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Charley Pastorius, star tackle for West Catholic's 1951 City Champs. Those Burrs beat Bok, 42-0, while never punting. RIP, sir.
  Robeson 48, Bartram 46: Ted's report is posted. No DN ink (sorry). Pics here.
  Paul VI (NJ) 59, Roman 51: Amos' report is posted.
  Ted's story on Wood's state-title victory appears in today's DN with a pic of Desmon/Brandon Peoples and the boxscore.

Dec. 17
  C-E 45, Pope John Paul II 36: Mike De Marchi's report is posted.
  **Click here for a Wood Tribute Page.**
  Frog has compiled final overall standings based on winning percentage.

Dec. 16
  In the Class AAA final . . .
  Wood walloped Harrisburg Bishop McDevitt, 52-0, as the Peoples cousins, Brandon and Desmon, combined for 323 rushing yards and five TDs. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention in overall context. Pre-game pics here. Game pics here. Celebration pics here.
  Congrats to Ray O'Hara, Conwell-Egan's new athletic director. His sons -- Ray, Ryan and Matt -- all played for assorted Eagles squads.
  The Pickin' Parade for 2011 is complete. Puck & Huck have joined Big Willie in selecting Wood in tonight's AAA final.

Dec. 15
  Constitution beat Boys' Latin, 58-56, as Craig "Poppy" Slade passed to Fajion Jones for the winning bucket and a last-second trey missed. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. CG Daiquan Walker. Pics here.
  Palumbo 60, Central 57: Ted's report is posted. No DN ink (sorry). Pics here.
  C eck out t is pic from Arc bis op Wood. (h's purposely missing - ha ha).
  Click here for Ted's story on Wood sr. T-DT Frank Taylor.

Dec. 14
  Click here for Huck's weekly CL stats package and here for his Top 10.
  Click here for Nest Notes, the first report by C-E grad Mike DeMarchi on last night's C-E/Lower Moreland game. Welcome aboard, Mike!
  Click here to see a pic of the Daily News/Ted Silary.com/Get in the Zone Offensive Line of the Year. (Colors are a hint.)
  Click here for practice pics from Wood.
  Tomorrow's Rox-Lamb game has been switched TO Roxborough.
  Don't all faint at once . . . SJ Prep basketball coach Speedy Morris is now using email! Niiiiiiice.
  Click here for Ron Siliani's great pro pics from the recent Vaux-Upper Darby game in the UD Royal Classic. 

Dec. 13 
  Kensington 86, Mastbaum 78 (2 OTs): Ted's report is posted. DN ink
to sr. F Elijah Ingram (an all-time character! - smile). Pics here.
  Constitution 61, CR North 56: Amos Leak's report is posted.
  Click here for Ron Siliani's great pro pics from the recent Gtn. Academy/Del-Val game in the Upper Darby Royal Classic.
  Judge product Anthony Marascio (Lycoming), at DL, is one of 25 players on the American Football Coaches' Association's D-3 All-American squad. He led the team in overall tackles (59) and TFLs (20). 
  Click here for the electronic version of the Pub preview.

Dec. 12
  Click here for Danny Spinelli's review of La Salle's 2011 season.
  **The Pub preview will run in tomorrow's Daily News.**
  A still disconsolate Huck has filed his report on West Catholic's state semifinal two days ago . . . Click here. 
  Ted made his first appearance on the hoops trail today! Swenson beat Masterman, 58-53. The report is posted. Pics here . . . Remember Augie Legido, who broke the website's official camera with a foul ball last baseball season? He plays for Masterman and we let him snap the first pic. Also, click here for a pic of what's likely the most colorful shooting background in the world!
  **Congrats to ex-Carroll lefty Frank Gailey, who was acquired by the Phillies in today's trade with Toronto.**
  The Comcast Network will televise two games Friday: Straw. Mansion vs. Berks Catholic, 6:30, and Neumann-Goretti vs. Reading, 8.
  Big Willie has made his final selection of the 2011 football season.
  Click here for info on the first Markward Club luncheon for 2011-12.
  Click here for Joe "The Gym Rat" Hearon's report on Philadelphia Academy Charter's recent win over Community Academy of Phila.
  We are slapping together rough drafts of the basketball TEAM PAGES (see below in Basketball '12). We'll finalize these as time permits, and we encourage coaches/mangers to send us rosters at silaryt@phillynews.com or 215-854-5524 (fax number).
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on West Catholic sr. WR Bruce Mapp and La Salle sr. C Connor Kerrigan.

Dec. 11
  Keith Washington, star guard for Frankford last winter (and now in prep school), has committed to play basketball at Rice. Click here.
  Click here for updated standings/overall records/PF-PA.

Dec. 10
  **Congrats to N-G hoops coach Carl Arrigale, who tonight collected his 300th career win as the Saints bested Sidwell Friends (D.C.), 76-61.**
  **Congrats to Mr. Thomas McKenna, the winner of the 2011 Pickin' Parade. The Puckster sports a two-game lead over Huck with one to play.**
  (Some things were mislinked earlier. Sorry.)
  Bishop McDevitt needs a team for its boys' Christmas Tourney, Dec. 27th & 28th. Contact coach Jack Rutter at jackrutter2@comcast.net. First to respond is in!
  In a AAAA semifinal . . .
  La Salle fell to North Penn, 21-14. Ted's report is posted. See Dec. 12 for ink link. Before/after pics here. Game pics here.
  In a AA semifinal . . .
  West Catholic fell to Lancaster Catholic, 23-20. Huck's report is posted. See Dec. 12 for ink link. Cauls' pics here.

Dec. 9
  In a AAA semifinal . . .
  Wood blasted Allentown Central Catholic, 70-14, as the Peoples cousins, Desmon and Brandon, combined for 315 rushing yards and five TDs. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to D & B. Before/after pics here. Game pics here. Pro pics here. Video highlights from easternpafootball here.
  Click here for Ted's story on La Salle sr. QB Matt Magarity.

Dec. 7
  Well, The Puckster will survive Week 15 with a two-game lead over Huck. They have the same picks!! As does Big Willie.
  HS gridder Chris DiBello has been nominated for Best Teammate '12.
  The Comcast Network will televise Wood-ACC live! Friday night at 7.
  *We have our first report for 2011-12 hoops! Yesterday, Famous Amos Leak checked out Penn Charter's win over Gtn. Friends. Click here.*
  Click here for Ted's story on Wood sr. C-DT Brandon Arcidiacono (Rutgers), the latest headliner in a football-crazed family.

Dec. 6
  La Salle WR Tripp Kenney is receiving solid Best Teammate '12 support. Check it out here.
  **A pic of Ryan's Connor Golden has been added to the Players of the Week set. Why not send us yours? tedtee307@yahoo.com.**
  Click here for indoor practice pics from Wood.
  Sixteen Pub/Cath/Int guys have won Mini Max awards from the Maxwell Club. Congrats, guys! Click here to see the list of honorees and full details.
  Big Willie is handling kickoff duties for the Week 14 Pickin' Parade.
  Click here for Ted's weekly football notes . . . with a focus on former
La Salle star QB Drew Loughery, now a scout-team whiz.

Dec. 5
  Click here for Huck's weekly CL stats package and here for his Top 10.
  Click here for La Salle-Nazareth highlights from Rob Johnson.
  Click here for Wood-Pottsgrove highlights from Greg Harris.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert examines pitcher MVPs & value.
  Click here for West Catholic-Pen Argyl highlights from paswag.com.
  Huck is now on Twitter! Follow him at @HuckPalmer.
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on La Salle sr. RB Tim Wade and West Catholic sr. QB Jaleel Reed.

Dec. 4
  ***Click here for the Basketball League Master Schedule for the Public, Catholic and Inter-Ac. And here for Non-League.***
  Click here for updated standings/overall records/PF-PA.
  Schedule for state semifinals . . .
  AAAA: La Salle vs. North Penn, Saturday, noon, at Northeast.
  AAA: Wood vs. Allentown CC, Friday, 7 p.m., at Northeast.
  AA: W. Catholic vs. Lancaster Catholic, Saturday, noon, at Coatesville.

Dec. 3
  Check out the gigantic banner displayed by Nazareth's cheerleaders right before the game vs. La Salle. Stay classy, gals (smile).
  In a AAAA quarterfinal . . .
  La Salle beat Nazareth, 41-33, as sr. RB Tim Wade posted three TDs. Ted's report is posted. See 12/5 for DN ink. Game pics here. And before/after pics here.
  In a AA quarterfinal . . .
  West Catholic 32, Pen Argyl 7: Huck's report is posted. See 12/5 for DN ink. Cauls' pics here.
  Dennis Foglia, ex-Judge pitcher, is McDevitt's new baseball coach. And former SJ Prep 1B Tim Gunn is the new diamond boss at Gtn. Friends.

Dec. 2
  In a AAA quarterfinal . . .
  Wood scored the first 41 points and rolled past Pottsgrove, 41-22. Ted's report is posted. Cyber attention to jr. T George Griffin. Pics here.
  Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 36th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  Click here for pics of La Salle's D-1 baseball signees (Two are FB players -- Ryan Otis and Mike Piscopo, though Ryan is currently hurt.)
  Click here for Ted's story on La Salle sr. LB Sean Burke.

Dec. 1
  Click here for Ed Morrone's Northeast Times story on the Frankford-Fels Thanksgiving game.
  Click here for practice pics from La Salle.
  A Pub, Cath or Int basketball coach (and his team) appears in this new national commercial for Under Armour. You'll need a sharp eye . . . The answer: Roman and coach Chris McNesby.
  Click here for General Thanksgiving Heroes . . . our TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week. (Running low on shirts and we only have XL and XXL remaining. This will wrap up things up until we award shirts to the members of the Offensive Line of the Year when the season ends.) Thanks again to Brett Antell for his support!
  Click here for Mark Kram's story on Haverford School product Mike Mayock, who has become a star analyst for NFL Network, etc. 

Nov. 30
  Tidbit time: In Pub hoops this season, 6 of the 66 head coaches (9 percent) are named Brown -- Al, C.M., David, James, John and Ron.
  **Pics of SJ Prep's Skyler Mornhinweg & O'Hara's Joey DeMaio have been added to the Players of the Week set. Why not send us yours? tedtee307@yahoo.com.**
  Where else can you get a baseball doubleheader on Nov. 30? Historian John Shiffert's regular column is here and his Phillies version is here.
  Click here for Ted's story on West Catholic sr. FB-OLB Tristin Freeman, who had to weigh Future vs. Present earlier this week.
  Big Willie, Makes Fruitcakes Appear Nutless and Huck have submitted their Pickin' Parade selections. No differences.

Nov. 29
  Click here for practice pics from West Catholic. (Don't expect miracles. It was a walk-through in a music room -- smile.) 
  Click here for Ted's weekly football notes . . . with a focus on Comm Tech sr. WR-DB James Brunson (14 career INTs; 9 this season).
  Thanks to hoops coach John Gannon for tracking down info on Masterman's recent PL cross country title. Names now appear here.

Nov. 28
  Click here for Huck's weekly CL stats package and here for his Top 10.
  Thanks to coach Tom Kennedy for providing info on O'Hara's recent CL cross country championship. Names now appear here.
  We have our first basketball roster! Phila. Military-Elverson.
  Click here for Tim Dandy, a celebration page for Frankford jr. QB Tim DiGiorgio, who broke the PL season passing records for yards and TDs.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert, in the aftermath of the murder of Greg Halman, takes a look at others, and one happened in Philly.
  Haverford School's Andrew Landolfi has signed to play baseball at Lafayette. Click here for a pic.
  Ex-Judge rushing star Jerry Magallanes ('82) will be the head referee for Saturday's ACC title game between Clemson and Virginia Tech. He is also the uncle of ex-website writing star Anthony Magallanes (Ryan).
  Click here for video, courtesy of Greg Harris, of the jersey retirement ceremony for Furness star Sharif Smith.
  Congrats to Roman Catholic WR Marvin Harrison for joining the Indianapolis Colts' Ring of Honor!! Click here.
  West Catholic WR Curtis Drake scored his first Penn State TD against Wisconsin Saturday. Click here for Bernard Fernandez' DN story.

Nov. 27
  Schedule for state quarterfinals . . .
  AA: West Catholic vs. Pen Argyl, Saturday, noon, at South Philly.
  AAA: Wood vs. Pottsgrove, Friday, 7 p.m., at Northeast.
  AAAA: La Salle vs. Nazareth, Saturday, 1 p.m., at Bethlehem Liberty. 

Nov. 26
  Ted's favorite college basketball game of the year was played today. As La Salle beat Rider, 82-70, 120 of the points were scored by "Our Guys." La Salle had Jerrell Wright (Dobbins), Earl Pettis and Tyreek Duren (N-G), Devon White (Mansion) and Ramon Galloway (Freire, though he finished HS in Fla.). Rider had Danny Stewart (N-G), Eddie Mitchell (La Salle), Jeff Jones (Bonner), Novar Gadson (Bartram) and Brandon Penn (Robeson). Hey, even two of the refs were "Our Guys" - Jeff "Monk" Clark (Frankford) and Wally Rutecki (Bonner). All VERY cool.
  Mike Zolk, father of former star Mike "Zoom" Zolk ('11), is the new baseball coach at Neumann-Goretti.
  Updates have been made to the game record & season record & career yardage pages. (Players from La S/Wood/WC not yet included.)
  Today's SportsWeek includes the first installment of Ted's "Only in the Pub" as well as numerous pics from Thanksgiving games (suburbs also).

Nov. 25
  In a playoff game upstate, Allentown Central Catholic's Brendan Nosovitch passed for eight TDs and ran for another in a 61-54 win! Click here for a story from the Allentown Morning Call.
  **A pic of SJ Prep's Todd Jones has been added to the Players of the Week set. Why not send us yours? tedtee307@yahoo.com.**
  Over the weekend, we're finalizing TEAM PAGES for squads that have completed the season. Please speak up if you notice incorrect info. Send to silaryt@phillynews.com.
  All TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to everyone who helped!
  Huck bested Puck, 2-1, and Big Willie, 1-0. Puck & BW tied, 2-2. 
  Click here for updated standings/overall records/PF-PA.

Nov. 24
  Happy Thanksgiving!!
  Ryan 19, Washington 0: Ted's report is posted. DN combo ink to soph LB Connor Golden and jr. S Sam DuMond. Pics here.
  SJ Prep 30, Malvern 14: Huck's report is posted. DN ink to sr. FB-TE-LB Eric Medes.
  Northeast 27, Central 20: Amauro's report will be posted. DN ink to sr. RB-LB Daquan White.
  West Phila. 26, Overbrook 0: DN ink to jr. RB-LB Desmond Sams.
  N-G 35, Southern 7: Frog's report is posted.
  Germantown 43, King 0: Duck's report is posted.
  Dobbins 20, Franklin 12: Bill's report is posted.
  Frankford 49, Fels 26: Ed Morrone's report will be posted.
  Comm Tech 36, Olney 0: Paul Schneider's report is posted.
  Other winners: Roman, Judge, Imhotep, Bartram, G-town, Truman. 

Nov. 23
  Furness beat Prep Charter, 20-14, in OT, as Sharif Smith scored three TDs, made the tackle to preserve the win and then had his No. 1 jersey retired. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Smith. Game pics here. Trophy presentation/jersey ceremony pics here.
  With Jim Thome in mind, baseball historian John Shiffert examines the Phillies' long-running penchant for bringing back former players.
  Click here for a story from the Allentown Morning Call about a VERY special hoops night for SJ Prep product Jim Mower (Lafayette).
  Click here for a great story from NFL.com on Ravens LB Jameel McClain (Washington).
  Click here for Ted's Thanksgiving preview story, which focuses on SJ Prep sr. WR-CB Jim Hurley.

Nov. 22
  Mastery North 15, Gratz 6: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. G-NT Ezekiel Evans. Pics here. Whistletopps' highlights here.
  **Click here for the Coaches' All-Inter-Ac Team and congrats to MVP Joe Nilan (Malvern).**
  Huck, Redefines Whack Job and Big Willie have made their selections for the Week 13 Pickin' Parade. Huck and RWJ have three differences, so RWJ's three-game lead could go poof! Huck has BL, SJ Prep and Truman. Huck and BW have one. BW has Central. RWJ and BW have four. RWJ has Northeast, Imhotep, Malvern and C-E.
  Click here for Ted's weekly football notes . . . with a focus on Wood jr. K Nick Visco, who now owns the city's career PAT record. Stats in paper. And click here for Top 10.

Nov. 21 
  Baseball historian John Shiffert breaks down the Ty Wigginton inking.
  Click here for the Week 12 TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week. (Week 13 starts tomorrow, so we did this early.)
  Click here for "Now THIS Is Concentration" . . . Wood's Nate Smith makes a catch while wearing Dobbins' Daquan "Day-Day" Brown.
  Click here for Huck's Top 10 & here for his weekly CL stats package.
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on Wood sr. TE-DE Colin Thompson and La Salle sr. T-DT Dan Wasylenko.

Nov. 20
  Click here for "Let's Face It, Football Can Be a Ball" . . . a pic from Thursday's O'Hara-Haverford School game. (O'Hara LB Pat Funchion).
  All TEAM PAGES are now updated . . . Click here for the Thanksgiving Week schedule . . . and here for updated standings/records/PF-PA.
  Check out highlights from two City Title tilts, courtesy of whistletopps' Greg Harris. Click here for La Salle-Washington and here for West Catholic-Springfield Montco.
  Additions to schedule: Tuesday, Mastery at Gratz, 5; Thursday, Comm Tech vs. Olney, at Gratz, 10:30; site for Thursday's BL-Imhotep game will be Central.

Nov. 19
  Congrats to O'Hara grad Michael Antonini ('03), a lefthanded pitcher and now a member of the Dodgers' 40-man roster.
  Pics of Dobbins' Jameel Davis and La Salle's John Palermo have been added to the Player of the Week set. We're awaiting yours! (5,200 people have looked at the set!) Send to tedtee307@yahoo.com.
  La Salle beat Washington, 41-7, for the Class AAAA City Title as Tim Wade ran for three TDs in the first 13 minutes. Ted's report is posted. Monday DN ink TBA. Pics here.
  Wood beat Dobbins, 49-0, for the Class AAA City Title as Joey Monaghan passed for 199 yards and four TDs. Ted's report is posted. Monday DN ink TBA. Pics here.

Nov. 18
  Class AA District 1-12 subregional final . . .
  West Catholic 28, Springfield Montco 7: Ted's report is  posted. Cyber attention to sr. LB Marquise Gordon. Pics here. Cauls' pics here.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert takes a look at the NL Cy Young results and, of course, adds the historical perspective.
  Click here for O'Hara-Hav. School highlights, courtesy of Greg Harris.
  Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 36th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  Big Willie thrashed Huck & Puck, 1-0.
  Click here for a pic of four SCH Academy sports signees.

Nov. 17
  *We passed 10 million visitors earlier tonight. Thanks so much to everyone!!*
  The Pub comes to the CL/I-A! (smile). In a Thursday afternoon game, O'Hara beat Haverford School, 27-17. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. ATH-CB Damiere Shaw (Temple). Pics here.
  On his Phillies page, baseball historian John Shiffert gives some perspective to the Cole Hamels rumors.
  Congrats to Lycoming DE Anthony Marascio (Judge), the MAC  Defensive Player of the Year and Del Val QB Aaron Wilmer (Washington), the Rookie of the Year.
   *Click here for a Wood-Dobbins 3A City Title X-Ray.*
  *Click here for a La Salle-Washington 4A City Title X-Ray.*
  The Coaches' All-Public Team is in today's Daily News (page 57).
  Prep Charter P-INF Michael Borelli will be playing his college baseball at University of the Sciences.

Nov. 16
  Click here for another Before They Drew X's and O's . . . This one concerns Judge assistant Tony Leneghan, a star LB there and quite the hero one day in North Wildwood, N.J.
  **Click here for the Coaches' All-Public Team and congrats to MVPs Hakeem Sillman, Richard "Tre" Drayton, Daquan "Day-Day" Brown and Shaquil Sammons.**
  Taking time from a busy week on the homework trail, Paul Schneider has filed his report on the recent Washington-Frankford game. Thanks!
  Click here for the Week 11 TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week.
  Click here for Ted's story on Wood sr. QB-S Joey Monaghan.
  Only in the Sub(regional)! West Catholic-Springfield won't be played at a neutral site (ugh). Click here.

Nov. 15
  Click here for a pic of five Penn Charter sports signees.
  Click here for a pic of Episcopal P-SS Burk FitzPatrick, who has signed his LOI with Maine.
  Check out the Week 12 Pickin' Parade selections by Huck, Big Willie and Many Screws Loose. Huck and MSL are mirror images. BW has O'Hara.
  Click here for Dobbins-Boys' Latin highlights, courtesy of Whistletopps' Greg Harris. And here for Wood-Bonner. Greg & crew did all 5 playoff games last weekend! www.whistletoppssportsnetwork.com.
  Germantown's Will Parks (Pitt) has accepted an invitation to play cornerback in the Chesapeake Bowl (postseason all-star game). 
  Click here for practice (and lifting) pics from Wood.
  The page with Rushing/Passing/Receiving School Game Records has been updated.
  Click here for Huck's weekly CL stats package. 
  Click here for Ted's weekly football notes, with a focus on U. City sr. WR Marcus Lyles. Stats in paper.
  Click here for a legendary pic (brace yourself) of Mr. Thomas "Hockey Puck" McKenna, who's in western Pa. getting ready to watch ex-Roman star R.C. Kehoe make his hoops coaching debut for Holy Family. Donnie Carr (Roman) and Ryan Haigh (Judge) are also on R.C.'s staff and Ryan took this pic. The guys were sitting in the hotel lobby, talking hoops.
  Click here for the opening segment from last week's Eagles-Bears game on Monday Night Football. The boxer playing the role of Brian Urlacher is Ryan assistant Eddie Pisarek, a star DL there in the mid-'90s.

Nov. 14
  Click here for Ted's City Top 10 and here for Huck's. 
  Click here for some pics of Roman SS Will Dougherty, who will play his college baseball at Northeastern.
  Click here for updated Team-by-Team Results.
  As it turns out, Wood's football squad isn't the city-leagues leader when it comes to D-1 commits. Click here.
  Click here for video highlights, courtesy of Rob Johnson, of the La Salle-Roman CL AAAA title game.
  **Click here for It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Kevin Norris.**
  A pic of Roman's Chris Johnson-Cruz has been added to the Player of the Week set. We're awaiting yours! (4,800 people have peeped the set!)
  Schedule change: Because 6ABC is no longer involved, the order for Saturday's City Titles has been reversed. AAA at noon. AAAA at 4.
  Oh, baby. Many Screws Loose has already made his selections for the Week 12 Pickin' Parade.
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on Washington jr. TE-DE Justin Moody, Malvern sr. LB Sam Schmucker and Dobbins sr. T-DT Clarence Murphy.

Nov. 13
  All TEAM PAGES are now updated. Thanks to all helpers!
  Click here for the Week 12 schedule.
  Click here for updated standings/records/PF-PA.
  We are accepting your nominations for Week 11 TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week. silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Big Willie bested Puck, 3-1, and Huck, 1-0. Huck topped Puck, 2-1.

Nov. 12
  Washington beat Frankford, 20-13, for the Pub AAAA title as Hakeem Sillman ran for two TDs. Ted's report is posted. Paul Schneider will also check in. DN ink see 11/14. Pics before/after game here. Game pics here.
  Dobbins beat Boys' Latin, 42-12, for the Pub AAA crown as Jameel Davis and Daquan "Day-Day" Brown combined for 300-plus rushing yards and five TDs. Ted's report is posted. DN ink see 11/14. Pics before/after game here. Game pics here.
  West Catholic beat Bok, 30-23, for the AA City Title on Jaleel Reed's 1-yard keeper with 1:31 left. Huck's report is posted. Click here to access Cauls' pics.
  Malvern beat Chestnut Hill, 23-0, for the Inter-Ac title as Billy Ford passed for one score and ran for another. Bill's report is posted. DN ink see 11/14.
  Click here for an update on Mike Stern (Olney '73), who formerly covered a lot of football in these parts and now does his thing in Texas.
  Click here for La Salle-Roman highlights, courtesy of Whistletopps' Greg Harris.
  It has to come to this: In New Mexico, parents have filed an injunction over a blown call that might have kept a school out of the playoffs.
  Click here for our 34th annual list of 1-A and I-AA prospects, and here for the accompanying story on Fels WR Nijay Kelly. (Both elements appear in SportsWeek.)

Nov. 11
  La Salle beat Roman, 16-6, for its fourth consecutive Catholic AAAA title as Sean Coleman caught a pair of TD passes from Matt Magarity and the defense forced six turnovers. Ted's report is posted. So is Danny Spinelli's. DN cyber attention (no ink, sorry) to Coleman, Magarity and jr. K-P Ryan Winslow in overall context. Game pics here. Pics before/after game here.
  In a Class AA 1-12 subregional semi . . .
  Imhotep fell to Springfield Montco, 34-7. Amauro's report will be posted.
  Click here for Brad Wilson's story on Roman coach Joe McCourt, a first-magnitude star for the Cahillites and then for Lafayette. Brad works for the Express-Times, in Easton, and was once part of our DN stat crew.
  Click here for Mike Kern's sit-down session with Big 5 stars Ramone Moore (Southern, Temple) and Maalik Wayns (Roman, Villanova).
  Click here for It's Not Easy Being Puck . . . snapped in Daily News sports department as Mr. Thomas McKenna awaited results of afternoon games that affected his Pickin' Parade race with Huck.

Nov. 10
  Click here for Some Scoreboards Work Better Than Others (colors are a hint.)
  Northeast 19, Lincoln 16 (OT): Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. FB-LB Michael Brown. Pics here.
  Bartram 36, U. City 30 (OT): Huck's report is posted. (There were FOUR TDs in the final 2:12 of regulation, and a kickoff return at 0:08 forced OT!)
  Central 14, Franklin 12: Bill's report is posted.
  Overbrook 44, Southern 0: Terrance's report will be posted.
  West Phila. 50, Mastbaum 0: Paul Schneider's report is posted.  
  Click here for a page on La Salle High's website that includes video highlights of the semifinal vs. Judge and last year's final vs. Roman, courtesy of Rob Johnson.
  Click here for Ted's story on Bok sr. FB-LB Robert Kralle and his former emergency father, coach Frank "Roscoe" Natale.
   The Week 11 Pickin' Parade selections of Mr. Thomas McKenna, Huck and Big Willie are now posted. MTMcK and Huck have three differences. MTMcK has Roxborough, Prep Charter and N-G. McTMcK and BW have four. BW has CT, King, Washington and Chichester. Huck and BW have one. BW has Washington.

Nov. 9
  Schedule note: the HS-O'Hara game will be Nov. 17, 2:30, at O'Hara.
  *Click here for a Bok-West Catholic AA City Title X-Ray.*
  Click here for practice pics from Bok.
  Click here for another Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on Washington assistant/ex-Dobbins star Hassan Brockman, who knows a lil' sumpin' sumpin' about how to win a Pub title.
  Mr. Thomas McKenna's selections have been received. Mr. Edward Palmer's have not. Per Puck's "wule," they'll be posted simultaneously at a juncture TBA (smile).
  Click here for the Week 10 TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week.
  Click here for Ted's story on La Salle sr. LB-TE-H Mike Piscopo.

Nov. 8
  Click here for Huck's weekly CL stats package.
  Wood FB star Colin Thompson is in the running (final 50) for the national Rudy Award. He was nominated by Rick Leonetti, of Athletes Helping Athletes, Inc., and there's a voting link on this page.
  Construction has begun on new fields for Father Judge High!! Click
here for pics from Armand Vanore.
  Click here for more pics of the McDevitt-West Catholic CL AA final, courtesy of McDevitt parent Bill Hartigan. Thanks, Bill!
  Click here for Huck's City Top 10.
  Tyler Stampone, a first team All-City infielder in 2005, is the new baseball coach at his alma mater, Germantown Academy.
  Congrats to West Catholic product Rob Hollomon (Kent State), the MAC East Division Special Teams Player of the Week. He averaged 35.7 yards on three kickoff returns in a 24-21 win over Central Michigan.
  Click here for practice pics from La Salle.
  Thanks to McDevitt parent Bill Hartigan (former star QB at Judge, we might add) for cleaning up that school's TEAM PAGE glitches.
  N-G sr. P-OF Joey Gorman will play his college baseball at St. Joe's.
  Frog's report on Bok-Imhotep is now posted.
  Question for Carroll folks. Who had the two INTs vs. Bonner? Thanks.
  Schedule addition: Ryan at CB West, Friday at 7.
  Click here for Ted's weekly football notes, with a focus on Roman sr. WR-DB Taishan Tucker. Stats will be in paper.

Nov. 7
  **Terrance McNeil's report on Frankford-Central is now posted.**
  Schedule change: The AA subregional featuring Imhotep vs. Springfield Montco will now be Friday, 7 p.m., at Springfield Montco.
  Ted's father always told him to stand tall. Guess this qualifies.
  We had 6,652 visitors yesterday. Wow!! Thanks for your support!!
  Click here for late-game video, courtesy of Whistletopps' Greg Harris, of Bok's win over Imhotep for the Pub AA title. Includes winning drive.
  All TEAM PAGES (except for C-E) are updated. Thanks to all helpers.
  Bill Wettstein's reports on the Pub AAA semis are now posted.
  Click here for Danny Spinelli's report of Friday's La Salle-Judge game.
  Pics of Bok's Shaquil Sammons have been added to the Player of the Week set. We're awaiting yours! (4,500 people have looked at the set!)
  As McDevitt's Darren Wright proved yesterday, more than deodorant can sometimes be found under your armpit. Click here.
  Click here for Ted's writeback story on BL jr. RB-DB Ben Coulibaly.

Nov. 6
  Mr. Thomas McKenna beat Huck, 2-0, and now owns a four-game lead. He also sliced and diced Big Willie, 4-0. Huck also topped BW, 2-0.
  (Busy day due to Sunday's game. Please bear with us. Thanks.)
  Click here for the Week 11 Master Schedule. 
  In the Catholic AA final . . .
  West Catholic beat McDevitt, 47-8, as sr. QB Jaleel Reed and jr. RB David Williams were responsible for five TDs. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. DB Kevin Malone (two picks). Pics here. Cauls' pics are on www.burrsfootball.com.
  Click here for updated standings/overall records/PF-PA.

Nov. 5
  In Pub AAAA semis . . .
  Washington scored the final 29 points to quell Germantown, 36-20. Ted's report is posted. Pics here.
  Frankford bested Central, 37-12, as Tim DiGiorgio passed for three TDs. Terrance McNeil's report is posted. (Welcome back, T-Mac!)
  In a Catholic AAAA semi . . .
  Roman stormed back from a 17-7 deficit to best SJ Prep, 45-17. Ted's report is posted. Pics here.
  In Public AAA semis . . .
  Boys' Latin stunned 9-0 West Phila., 30-0, and Dobbins topped Gratz, 28-12. Bill's reports on both games are posted.
  In the Public AA final . . .
  Bok scored with 1:13 left to overtake Imhotep, 22-19. Frog's report is posted, as is his detailed boxscore.
  Wood won the Catholic AAA semi, 55-6, over Carroll.
  Click here for a video, courtesy of Whistletopps' Greg Harris, of the recent La Salle-Washington AAA City Title soccer game.
  A pic of Gratz' Curt Hunt has been added to the Player of the Week set. We're awaiting yours! (4,000 people have looked at the set!)
  Springside Chestnut Hill sr. RB Cedric Madden is known for rushing. But check out the "catch" he made yesterday while playing defense.

Nov. 4
  Springside Chestnut Hill 28, Penn Charter 14: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to jr. RB-DB-P Forrest Rall. Pics here.
  In a CL AAA semi . . .
  Bonner beat O'Hara, 20-14, as Jim Haley passed for two TDs and a last-play, heavy-traffic pass from Bonner's 8 fell incomplete in the end zone (came close to being caught twice). Huck's report is posted.
  In a CL AAAA semi . . .
  La Salle beat Judge, 26-16, as Tim Wade ran 39 times for 298 yards and a TD. Amauro's report will be posted. Click here for Danny Spinelli's.
  Comm Tech 24, Franklin 6: Amauro's report will be posted.
  King 34, Del-Val 14: Duck's report is posted.
  Bartram 32, Furness 12: Frog's report is posted.
  Click here for the Coaches' All-Catholic Team and congrats to the MVPs: Skyler Mornhinweg (AAAA), Desmon Peoples & Jim Haley (AAA), David Williams (AA). 

Nov. 3
  A pic of La Salle's Matt Magarity has been added to the Player of the Week set. We're awaiting yours! (3,500 people have looked at the set!) 
  Future 14, Edison 12: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. T-DT Jahreeson Caines. Pics here.
  U. City 24, Southern 14: Frog's report is posted.
  Click here for Ted's story on West Philly sr. C-NG Leander "Lee" Berry, a great student and a prime reason the squad is 9-0.
  Mr. Thomas McKenna (ugh, he won last week), Huck and Big Willie have made their selections for the Week 10 Pickin' Parade. MTMcK and Huck have two differences. MTMcK has Future & Bonner. MTMcK and BW have four. BW has Edison, O'Hara, Fels & Gtn. Huck and BW have two. Huck has Wash & Linc.

Nov. 2
  Click here for Huck's City Top 10.
  Click here for a video, courtesy of Whistletopps' Greg Harris, of yesterday's Pub soccer final.
  Click here for practice pics from N-G (not many, no action, hadn't started by the time Ted had to leave) and West Philly. 
  Click here for Huck's weekly CL stats package.
  Matt "Cauls" McCauley has provided four high-quality, postgame pics for the Jim Algeo photo set. Click here.
  SJ Prep jr. basketball star Stephen Vasturia indeed announced his oral commitment to Notre Dame. Ted's story is here. Pics here. 
  Click here for the Week Nine TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week.

Nov. 1
  Click here for Prep Sees the Light . . . the gym now has vastly improved lighting (we called it a dungeon last year) and coach Speedy Morris even had to shield his eyes!! (Nah, he just went along with the gag).
  Amauro's combo report on Bartram-Gratz and Ryan-Judge is posted.
  Schedule news: time changes for two Saturday CL playoffs. Roman-SJ Prep is now at 3. Carroll-Wood is now at 7:30.
  Click here for practice pics from Fels and Frankford.
  Congrats to C-E's Steve Slaton (Dolphins) and West Catholic's Curtis "Boonah" Brinkley (Chargers), who scored TDs this past weekend.
  Click here for another Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on O'Hara assistant Mike Marotta, who was front and center in a special moment in that school's grid history.
  N-G sr. OF Jimmy Kerrigan has committed to Temple for baseball.
  Click here for Tom Mahon's story on Episcopal rowing heroes James Konopka and Nick Mead.
  Click here for Ted's weekly football notes, with a focus on Franklin's Blair "Rudy" Boone. Stats are in the paper. Click here for Blair's pic.
  ***You just never know who might receive a Player of the Week T-shirt. Click here.***

Oct. 31
  In coach Jim Algeo's final game, Lansdale Catholic fell to West Catholic, 40-8. Ted's report is posted. DN ink in overall context. Game pics here. Coach Algeo pics here. Pro pics here.
  SJ Prep jr. basketball star Stephen Vasturia will hold a press conference tomorrow to announce his college decision. His AAU coach is saying it'll be Notre Dame. Click here for a blurb.
  Most TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to all helpers!
  Click here for video from the La Salle-SJ Prep game.
  **Another schedule update: The WC-Lansdale game will be tonight, 7:45, at Plymouth-Whitemarsh HS.**
  Click here for a video, relaying the entire experience, of yesterday's Chester vs. Philly basketball event.
  Boxscores from the weekend's playoff games are in today's DN.
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on N-G jr. TE-LB Sharif Custis and C-E sr. T-DT Bob McTague.

Oct. 30
  Click here for video, as supplied by Whistletopps' Greg Harris, that shows the passing wizardry of West Philly's Ricardo Streams vs. Fels.
  Pics of Future's Tawaun Vickers and Jahreeson Caines have been added to the Player of the Week set. We're awaiting yours!
  **Click here for the Week 10 Master Schedule (now complete).**
  Bill Wettstein sends word that his power has been out since yesterday, and that he'll file his Dobbins-Olney report at the first opportunity. Hang in there, Bill! . . . Update: Report is here.
  Accepting your nominations for the Week Nine TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week. silaryt@phillynews.com. (Remember to include the reasons WHY you're nominating the guy.)
  Click here for updated standings/overall records.
  Paul Schneider has filed his report on Friday's Judge-Ryan game.

Oct. 29
  Roman 50, Conwell-Egan 0: Ted's report is posted. See Oct. 31 for DN ink. Pics here.
  ***Before the N-G/McD game, N-G coach CJ Szydlik gave Ted a copy of N-G's new roster, laminated in plastic (thin coating). At halftime, it blew off the table in the press box and . . . Whoa!!! Click here.***
  Neumann-Goretti 14, McDevitt 0: Ted's report is posted. See Oct. 31 for DN ink TBA. Pics here. More pics here (from McD parent Bill Hartigan).
  Pub AA semifinal . . .
  Imhotep 21, Comm Tech 6: Frog's report is posted. 
  Click here for video, via Whistletopps' Greg Harris, of La Salle's final two TDs in the come-from-behind win over SJ Prep.
  Mr. Thomas McKenna beat Huck, 2-0. Big Willie tied MTMcK and Huck, 1-1. MTMcK now leads overall by two.
  Click here for a blurb about a new alignment for Pub hoops, highlighted by a 12-team Super Division.

Oct. 28
  Schedule change: tomorrow's GA/SCH Academy game is now at 11 a.m.
  Pub AAAA first round . . .
  *Central roared to a 20-0 lead over Northeast, then used Joseph Shepherd Jr.'s 20-yard fumble return with 3:09 left to win, 28-20. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Shepherd, a jr. OLB. Pics here.
  *Germantown beat Lincoln, 32-27, on Cedric Wright's 15-yard TD pass to Myles Brooker with 2:56 left. Duck's report is posted.
  Pub AA semifinal . . .
  *Bok beat Prep Charter, 32-0, as Shaquil Sammons ran for 208 yards and three TDs. Frog's report is posted.
  Other games . . .
  La Salle rallied from a 17-0 deficit to rock SJ Prep, 28-17, and claim the Catholic AAAA regular season title. Huck's report is posted.
  Judge 42, Ryan 14: Amauro's report is posted. Paul Schneider has checked in with his report.
  Gratz 14, Bartram 0: Amauro's report is posted.
  Dobbins 52, Olney 12: Bill's report is posted.
  Click here for a pic of Haverford School's 6-11 hoops import, and the man who helped him with luggage upon arrival (smile). 
  Pics of Imhotep's Byron Cooper (and sidekicks) have been added to the Player of the Week set. We're awaiting yours!

Oct. 27
  Del-Val 34, U. City 0: Ted's report on another Only in the Pub experience is posted. DN ink to sr. RB Rob "Six-Point" Davis. Crappy pics here.
  In Franklin's 39-14 win over Southern, sr. DT Demetrius Town scored a craaaaaazy TD. Click here for DN mini-story.
  King 20, Future 14: Frog's report is posted.
  Overbrook 22, Mastbaum 7: Bill's report is posted.
  Haverford School has added a 6-11 hoopster from China. Click here.

Oct. 26
  Click here for a cool promo video, produced by a La Salle students Justin McKenney and Pat Hanrahan, for Friday's night game vs. SJ Prep.
  Click here for another Before They Fathered Star Athletes . . . it was written in 1984 and involves McDevitt's Eric Young, whose son, Eerin, now stars for Imhotep. 
  Thanks to Olney player Jermaine Whitehead for cleaning up that school's messy roster.
  Click here for Ted's story on Malvern sr. T Michael Mooney (Virginia).
  Click here for the Week Eight TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week.

Oct. 25
  The selections by Huck, Supreme Strapper and Big Willie in the Week Nine Pickin' Parade are posted. No chance for Huck-Puck copycatting. Two differences: SS has Furness and Gratz. No other differences for BW. In those two games he has Furness (like SS) and Bartram (like Huck).
  Click here for practice pics from Malvern and Episcopal.
  Pub schedule changes: Bartram is now at Gratz; Lincoln-Germantown will now start at 5 p.m.; Prep Charter-Bok will now be Friday at 4 at South Philly.
  Click here for a YouTube video, courtesy of Whistletopps' Greg Harris, of Frankford's winning drive vs. Washington. And click here for some video of ex-Frankford LB Zaire "Bam" Anderson, who's now at a Calif. JC and has just committed to Nebraska!
  Click here for Ted's weekly football notes, with a focus on Gratz sr. LB Curt Hunt. Stats will be in paper. Click here for City Top 10. 

Oct. 24
  Click here for Huck's weekly CL stats package.
  Click here for Huck's City Top 10.
  Click here for another Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on former SJ Prep star Charlie Noonan, who's a first-year assistant at Haver. School.
  Olney's TEAM PAGE has been restored.
  We welcomed 14,592 visitors from Friday through Sunday, with a rousing 5,696 on Sunday. Thank you so much, again!
  Click here for a blurb (and video) from Rob Johnson about La Salle High's soccer team, which finished the CL regular season 12-0 and outscored its opponents, 52-0.
  All TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to all helpers! 
  **Click here for Schneid Remarks, the first website report by Franklin Towne Charter junior Paul Schneider (on the Frankford-Washington football game). Welcome aboard, Paul!**
  Click here for Ted's writeback story on Frankford sr. TE Aaron "Prez" Allison.

Oct. 23
  ***We have so many reports on games this weekend, we can't even count them (smile). Fifteen, sixteen, something in that neighborhood. Thanks as always to our wonderful staff!***
  Click here for updated standings/overall records.
  Click here for the Week Nine schedule. Please report changes to silaryt@phillynews.com. (Note: Public League AAA playoffs will NOT begin this week.)
  Wood 49, Bonner 6: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. LB Kyle Adkins. Pics here.
  O'Hara 60, Carroll 24: Huck's report is posted. Big Willie also promises to check in.
  Accepting your nominations for the Week Eight TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week. Little guys once again eligible (smile). silaryt@phillynews.com. (Remember to include the reasons WHY you're nominating the guy.)
  Pub playoff matchups (details TBA) . . .
  AAAA, first round: Lincoln (6) vs. G-town (3), Central (5) vs. NE (4).
  AAA semis: Boys' Latin (4) vs. West (1), Dobbins (3) vs. Gratz (2).
  AA semis: PC (4) vs. Bok (1), CT (3) vs. Imhotep (2). 
  ***Big Willie edged Huck and Major Nutjob, 2-1!!!!***

Oct. 22
  Frankford beat Washington, 21-20, to win Pub AAAA Gold at 6-0. Tim DiGiorgio hit Renz "Rodeo" Compton with a 14-yard TD pass in the final half-minute and Eric Salguero added the PAT. Ted's report is posted. Pics here.
  Malvern 42, Penn Charter 6: Ted's report is posted. Pics here.
  SJ Prep 42, Roman 20: Huck's report is posted.
  Germantown 24, Bartram 6: Duck's report is posted.
  Prep Charter 3, Del-Val 0: Duck's report is posted.
  Baseball historian John Shiffert examines Adam Dunn's decline.
  Congrats to Judge product Ryan McNamee, the new director of player development for the University of Miami's football team. 

Oct. 21
  Comm Tech 48, Future 0: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. G-DT Rasheed Brown. Pics here.
  W. Catholic 39, Neumann-Goretti 0: Huck's report is posted.
  Fels 36, Overbrook 30: Amauro's report is posted.
  West Phila. 26, Boys' Latin 6: Amauro's report is posted.
  Gratz 22, Franklin 6: Bill's report is posted.
  King 40, University City 12: Duck's report is posted.
  Edison 14, Olney 6: Frog's report is posted.
  La Salle 41, Ryan 7: Danny's report is posted.

Oct. 20 
  Pics of La Salle's Dan Wasylenko and Bok's Jihad Ward (2011 season) has been added to the Player of the Week set. We're awaiting yours! (Yo, don't tell me guys from 2010 and earlier lost their shirts. Let's go, guys. Join the pic club!) 
  Central beat Furness, 34-8, to win Pub AAAA Silver at 6-0. (Furness is out. Lincoln has clinched second). Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. QB Ryan Dydak. Pics here. Pro pics here.
  Click here for a story about a wonderful moment at a recent high school game in York, Pa.
  The single-game records page has been updated through Week Seven.

Oct. 19 
  **Best wishes to Jim Algeo, who has announced that this will be his (44th and) final season as Lansdale Catholic's football coach. Click here for Ted's story (will also be in tomorrow's DN, of course). Click here for a pic from Tuesday's practice.**
  Schedule change: Episcopal-CHA is still Friday, but at 3:45.
  **Check out Amauro's reports on Lincoln-Furness and Roman-Ryan.**
  Let the copycatting continue! Huck's picks for the Week Eight Pickin' Parade match Major Nutjob's! Huck-MN have three differences with Big Willie. BW has Fels, Washington and Prep Charter.
  Click here for the Week Seven TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week. All winners are Big-'Uns/Guys of Size!
  Wood sr. WR-DB Nate Smith has committed to play football at West Virginia. Ted's story is here.
  Click here for video from PaSwag.com of last week's Dobbins-BL game.

Oct. 18
  Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 36th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  Click here for pics from Nate Smith's press conference and Lansdale Catholic's practice.
  A pic of West Phila.'s Anthony Johnson & Desmond Sams (2011 season) has been added to the Player of the Week set. We're awaiting yours!
  A pic of Frankford's Savoy Martin and Mike Brown (2011 season) has been added to the Player of the Week set. We're awaiting yours! 
  Click here for another Before They Drew X's and O's . . . on SJ Prep assistant Mike Boyle, who made one of the more interesting first career catches in city history. (A pic is on this page -- just search "Mike Boyle")
  Click here for Ted's weekly football notes, with a focus on Ryan WR-KR Mike Palmer (two looonnng TDs). Stats here. And click here for City Top 10.

Oct. 17
  Click here for Huck's weekly CL stats package.
  Click here for Huck's City Top 10.
  Click here for Before They Tooted Whistles . . . a story on referee Ernie Gallagher, maybe THE all-time character and a former Judge basketball player. Enjoy! 
  A pic of Boys' Latin's Doug Osborne (2011 season) has been added to the Player of the Week set. We're awaiting yours!
  We welcomed 14,469 visitors from Friday through Sunday. Thanks!!
  Click here for the Cedric Madden story. And here for Eric Womack.
  Click here for "Now, THIS Is a Prevent Defense." Right before halftime Saturday, Haverford School had the ball on Chestnut Hill's 42. Check out where three defenders were standing (smile).
  Congrats to back-in-the-day website reporter/legend Zach Berman (Germantown Academy), who has joined the Daily News to mostly power the new SportsWeek product. Welcome aboard, Zach. Best of luck!! (Click here to see some of his ol' contributions.)
  Ted's writeback stories concern CHA sr. RB-CB Cedric Madden and Bonner sr. WR-CB Eric Womack. So far they haven't appeared on philly.com. Let the frustration intensify.
  All eligible TEAM PAGES have been updated. Thanks to all helpers!!

Oct. 16
  ***Frog's reports on his four weekend games are posted.***
  The King TEAM PAGE has been relinked. Olney loses the contest. 
  N-G's Derrick Stewart will play his college hoops at Rider, where his brother, Danny, already does so.
  Accepting your "Guys of Size" nominations for the Week Seven TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week. Must be a big-'un. At least XL!! silaryt@phillynews.com. (Remember to include the reasons WHY you're nominating the guy.)
  Click here for the Week Eight schedule. Please report changes to silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Click here for updated standings/overall records.
  Huck humbled Puck, 2-0, and waxed Willie, 5-0. Puck blanked Willie, 3-0. Huck/Puck are now tied for the overall lead. 

Oct. 15
  SJ Prep 49, McDevitt 14: Ted's report is posted. Pics here.
  Chestnut Hill 7, Haverford School 3: Ted's report is posted. See Oct. 17 for DN ink info. Pics here.
  Bonner 20, O'Hara 13: Huck's report is posted. See Oct. 17 for DN ink info. Pro pics here.
  Comm Tech 14, Del-Val 0: Frog's report is posted.
  Imhotep 40, Future 8: Frog's report is posted.
  Click here for Brown Turns Red . . . Northeast LB Michael Brown suffered a wicked gash to his right eyebrow yesterday vs. Washington.
  Members of Bonner's 1961 City Title team will be honored at halftime of today's game vs. O'Hara.
  Many TEAM PAGES have been updated. Thanks to all helpers!!

Oct. 14
  Washington 49, Northeast 28: Ted's report on a wild and wacky all-timer is posted. DN ink to sr. RB-CB Hakeem Sillman. Pics here.
  West Phila. rolled past Gratz, 38-0, to clinch the AAA title with one week remaining. (Regular season, of course.) Bill's report is posted.
  West Catholic 50, Conwell-Egan 0: Huck's report is posted.
  Frankford 24, Germantown 22: Duck's report is posted.
  Lansdale Catholic 40, Neumann-Goretti 20: Frog's report is posted.
  Fels 22, Bartram 6: Frog's report is posted.
  Roman held off Ryan, 28-26. Amauro's report is posted.
  Lincoln 12, Furness 10: Amauro's report is posted.

Oct. 13
  A pic of Dobbins' Daquan "Day-Day" Brown (2011 season) has been added to the Player of the Week set. We're awaiting yours!
  Dobbins 19, Boys' Latin 0: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. RB-S-KR-P-K Daquan "Day-Day" Brown. Pics here.
  Congrats to Roman coach Joe McCourt and his wife, Heather, on the birth of their first child, Addison Marie (7 pounds, 4 ounces)!!
  Schedule change: The site of Saturday's Fkn-UC game will be W. Phila.
  Schedule change: Haver. School-CHA is still Saturday, but now at 2:30.
  Click here for another Before They Fathered Star Athletes (with Before They Drew X's and O's mixed in!) on star Lincoln RB Charlie Peoples, father of Wood's Brandon.

Oct. 12
  Click here for a pair of Before They Drew X's and O's stories, which focus on assistants Stacey Lane (Germantown; starred at Olney) and Juan Namnun (both Frankford).
  A pic of N-G's Christian DiFrancesco (2011 season) has been added to the Player of the Week set. We're awaiting yours!
  Not many of the POW T-shirts are mediums, unfortunately, so . . . We're calling this Big-'Uns Week. Only dudes with SIZE will be eligible to win in Week Seven.
  Edison has sent its roster. We're down to two (King/Olney).
  Click here for Ted's story on West Catholic G-LB T-J Waters.
  Many Screws Loose & Huck & Big Willie have made their Pickin' Parade selections for Week Seven. Huck almost copied MSL.  Just two differences. MSL has Olney and O'Hara. Huck and BW have five. Huck has Bonner, Fkd, Dobb, Linc and Prep Char. MSL and BW have three. BW has BL, Gtn & Furn.
  Click here for the Week Seven TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week.

Oct. 11
  Click here for practice pics from West Catholic and Univ. City.
  Schedule change: EA at PC, Friday, will now start at 3:30.
  A memorial service for Linda Page will be held Saturday, 11 a.m., at Resurrection Community Church, 6200 Dicks Ave., in Southwest Phila.
  Bok Tech seeks games for this week and next. Email coach Frank "Roscoe" Natale at fnatale@philasd.org.
  Click here for Ted's weekly football notes, with a focus on Germantown WR-CB (and "heavy load" RB) Will Parks. Stats leaders in paper.

Oct. 10
  We welcomed 13,361 visitors from Friday through Sunday. Thanks!
  **Frog is now like a cable company. He's into bundling, baby! smile . . . Click here for reports for all three of his weekend games.**
  Schedule change: McDevitt-SJ Prep is still Saturday at P-W, but at 7.
  Click here for Them's the Breaks, a photo set that shows/explains the amazing circumstances surrounding John Moderski's appearance for Penn Charter two nights ago vs. Carroll.
  Click here for Huck's weekly CL stats package.
  Click here for Huck's City Top 10.
  Note on Pub AAAA: Four teams from Gold and two from Silver will make the playoffs. Top two in Gold will receive first-round byes.
  Schedule addition: Prep Charter at Olney, Thursday, 3 o'clock.
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on Malvern FB-LB Joe Nilan and Penn Charter L-DL Tyler Mercer.

Oct. 9
  All eligible TEAM PAGES are now updated. Thanks to all helpers!!
  Click here for Cahillite Corner, the first report by Dan Hoban, Roman's golf coach and PA announcer. Thanks for joining our nutty crew, Dan!
  Accepting your nominations for the Week Six TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week. silaryt@phillynews.com. (Special note: If you're a Pub player and have won a shirt, we need a home address for you or your coach. Shirts will NOT be sent to your school.) 
  Click here for the Week Seven schedule. Please report changes to silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Click here for updated standings/overall records.
  La Salle soph Danny Spinelli was in the house for the Explorers' 39-7 win over N-G on Friday night. Click here for his report.

Oct. 8
  **The TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Player of the Week T-shirts have arrived. Click here for a pic of our ceremonial first winner for 2011, Penn Charter's Daryl Worley (from Week Five).**
  Penn Charter 41, Carroll 21: Ted's report is posted. DN ink linked in 10/10 files. Pics here.
  Malvern 28, Bonner 7: Ted's report is posted. DN ink linked in 10/10 files. Pics here.
  SJ Prep 31, Ryan 3: Huck's report is posted.
  Del-Val 14, Future 0: Frog's report is posted.
  Big Willie lost to Huck & Puck, 2-0.

Oct. 7
  West Phila. beat Franklin, 40-13, as Anthony Johnson (two) and Julius Hester combined for three pick-sixes. Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. LB Anthony Johnson. Pics here.
  West Catholic 45, McDevitt 7: Huck's report will be posted.
  Gratz 26, Roxborough 6: Amauro's report will be posted.
  Central 42, Olney 0: Amauro's report will be posted.
  Germantown 24, Northeast 12: Duck's report is posted.
  Boys' Latin 26, King 6: Duck's report is posted.
  Bok 34, Comm Tech 6: Frog's report will be posted.
  Frankford 38, Fels 8: Bill's report is posted.
  Roman 35, Judge 14: We expect a report from Roman's legendary PA announcer, Dan Hoban.
  The heck with first, second, third and fourth down. Yesterday at Bartram, it was always hieroglyphics down. Click here. (The head ref was former Penn Charter basketball coach Brian McMahon.)

Oct. 6
  Overbrook 14, Bartram 6: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WR-FS Greg Johnson. Pics here. Pro pics here.
  Haverford School 36, Washington 15: Amauro's report will be posted. DN ink to sr. QB James Chakey.
  Furness 40, Southern 26: Frog's report is posted.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and many fans of Dobbins basketball all-timer Linda "Hawkeye" Page ('81), who passed Monday. Linda broke all of Wilt Chamberlain's scoring records and even poured in 100 points in one game. Click here. RIP, Linda.
  Boys' Latin F Carlos Taylor will play college hoops at UMass-Lowell.

Oct. 5
  Ex-Bonner QB Marc Verica has signed to play in France. Click here.
  Click here for our latest Before They Fathered Star Athletes . . . on La Salle WR-K-P George Winslow, who went on to punt in the NFL. Son Ryan is similarly gifted at boomers.
  Let the Pickin' Parade excitement resume!! . . . Um, maybe not. Huck has made his selections, but he and Redefines Whack Job have no differences. Ugh. . . Big Willie has now chimed in. He has two differences from the Huck-Puck twins: Episcopal & Judge.
  After having just 14 players in uniform last Friday, Bracetti has dropped football. Click here.
  Click here for Ted's story on Bonner's Haley brothers, jr. QB-S Jim and sr. TE-LB Joe, and their gigantic family.
  **The Week Five TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week have been selected. Click here.**

Oct. 4
  Click here for practice pics from Bonner.
  Click here for Ted's pics from last Friday's Bok/Del-Val game.
  Del-Val sent its roster. You next? 
  Redefines Whack Job has made his Week Six selections for the Pickin' Parade.
  Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 36th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  Click here for another Before They Drew X's and O's, which focuses on Ryan coach Frank McArdle.
  Click here for Huck's weekly CL stats package.
  Click here for Ted's weekly football notes, with a focus on Frankford QB Tim DiGiorgio, and here for the City Top 10. (Stats in paper). Thanks to Frankford assistant Juan Namnun for providing a head shot of Tim.

Oct. 3
  Click here for Huck's City Top 10.
  *Thanks to Denise Fennell, of Ben Franklin's front office, for providing "closest corner" info for two ex-pros, Wendell Tucker (NFL) and John Postley (hoops)!!* Here are those lists: NBA, NFL, MLB.
  Schedule change: Malvern vs. Bonner, at U. Darby, still Sat., now at 1.
  Click here for some highlights, via www.paswag.com, of last week's Boys' Latin-Univ. City game.
  We had 13,669 visitors from Friday through Sunday. Thanks!
  All eligible TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to all helpers!
  Click here for a story about an amazing QB performance.
  Franklin, McDevitt and Ryan sent their rosters. You next? 
  Click here for Ted's writeback story on La S sr. T-DE Matt Maginnis.  

Oct. 2
  Wood TE Colin Thompson has been selected to play in the fifth annual Under Armour All-America Game, set for Jan. 5 in St. Petersburg.
  Bok sent its roster. You next?
  Click out Frog's reports on his three games from Week Five.
  Click here for updated standings/overall records.
  All praise to Big Willie!! He beat Puck, 4-0, and Huck, 2-0!! Puck also got waxed by Huck, 3-1. All wight wit da wohld!
  **The Sunday game has put us WAY behind. Please be patient.**
  Judge 24, SJ Prep 14: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WR-KR John Landis, the No. 1 student in the senior class. Pics here.
  Note: We're now one month into the season. Updates to TEAM PAGES without rosters will no longer be made. If your coach and/or athletic director doesn't care, don't expect us to.  
  Click here for the Week Six schedule. Please report changes to silaryt@phillynews.com.

Oct. 1
  La Salle held off Roman, 23-21, thanks to Dad Poquie's last-second, end-zone interception. Ted's report is posted. DN ink linked in Oct. 3 files. Pics here.
  Washington beat Germantown, 41-34, as Hakeem Sillman ran for five TDs. Ted's report is posted. Pics here (second part) and here (first).
  O'Hara 44, Penn Wood 0: Huck's report is posted.
  Northeast 38, Fels 0: Amauro's report will be posted.
  Imhotep 36, Prep Charter 0: Duck's report is posted.
  Gratz sent its roster. You next?
  **As Frankford yesterday beat Overbrook, 36-10, Tim DiGiorgio tied the Pub record for passing TDs in one game (six) with two apiece to Renz "Rodeo" Compton, Marquan Scott and Savoy Martin.**

Sept. 30 
  Note: There are NO boxscores in the Daily News' new SportsWeek product. (Brief recaps got cut. They're at end of the Bok story online. Nothing on night games.)
  Bok 40, Del-Val 0: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. RB
Shaquil Sammons. Pics here.
  W. Catholic 38, Ryan 13: Huck's report is posted.
  Gratz 14, Dobbins 12:  Frog's report is posted.
  Boys' Latin 27, Univ. City 0: Frog's report is posted.
  **Click here for a photo of the logo that's on the front of our 2011 TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Player of the Week T-shirts, which will be available shortly!**
  Baseball historian John Shiffert puts the final, crazy day of the regular season into, what else, historical context.
  Ex-Masterman/Lehigh star Zahir Carrington has signed to play hoops with the Jersey Express, a minor league team based in Jersey City.
  Your favorite javelin thrower, Kevin Silary, is on the mend. Click here for two new pics (of his scar, and a new brace).
  **Click here for Huck's weekly Catholic League stats pack.**
  Thanks to The Puckster, who went to McDevitt yesterday to watch the Mastery tape and nail down all stats from that game.
  West Catholic has axed baseball. Click here.

Sept. 29
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends, and many former players, of ex-Wood football coach John "Skip" Duffy, who passed today after a lengthy battle vs. cancer. Skip went 62-25-2 from 1973-80 with CL championships in '74 (also a City Title) and '78. RIP, sir.
  Furness 24, Mastbaum 17: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. RB-QB-FS Sharif Smith. Pics here (not sure why, but they loaded in weird order; they're all there). Pro pics here
  Southern 8, Edison 0: Frog's report is posted. DN ink to jr. RB-OLB Wayne Brunson.
  Franklin 20, King 14: Duck's report is posted.

Sept. 28
  The Week Five Pickin' Parade selections by the Wonderful and Marvelous Mr. Thomas McKenna, Huck and Big Willie have been submitted. WMMTMcK and Big Willie have four differences. WMMTMcK has Int, Rox, Roman and Prep. WMMTMcK and Huck have four. Huck has Bonner, West Phila., Lansdale and Judge. Big Willie and Huck have two. BW has La Salle and McDevitt.
  Carroll sent its roster. You next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
  It's also baaaaaack . . . Click here for Before They Fathered Star Athletes. A story about King DE Darryl Kelly, whose son also plays for a purple-and-gold school (smile).
  Click here for some highlights from last Sunday's Battle for I-95 at the Palestra. And here and here and here and here and here.  
  **The Week Four TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week have been selected. Click here.**
  Click here for Ted's story on Central's Rich and Richard "Tre" Drayton, coach/player and star wideouts first/second.

Sept. 27
  Schedule change: Saturday's Fels-Northeast game will start at 2 p.m.
  Click here for practice pics from Edison and Central.
  Click here for Huck's City Top 10.
  Click here for a YouTube video of a team that kinda likes onside kicks.
  Click here for Ted's weekly notes, with the spotlight on Comm Tech DT Aasim Ragin-Nickson, who's about to become a rusher. And here for his City Top 10.

Sept. 26
  We welcomed 14,655 visitors from Friday through Sunday and during September we're averaging 4,054 per day. THANKS!
  Click here for some pics by Frog of U. City-West Philly.
  Click here for two Before They Drew X's and O's stories on O'Hara football aide Mike Lomas, a star QB for a title team at the same school.
  Click here for info about a WR's amazing performance in California.
  Note to football players: Next time you get trucked, be thankful this thing wasn't doing the honors.
  Click here for Worleybird, a crazy pic of Penn Charter's Daryl Worley from the game vs. Judge.
  All TEAM PAGES are now updated (with a hint of polish still needed for McDevitt's). Thanks to all helpers!!
  Check out Ted's writeback stories on Ryan QB Mike Anusky and Judge RB-OLB Raul Quinones.
  Schedule note: Are you ready for some Sunday football!? Judge-SJ Prep will be Sunday, 1 p.m., at Plymouth-Whitemarsh.

Sept. 25
  Click here for a feel good photo set from yesterday's Judge-Penn Charter game. 
  2:15 p.m. -- Today's work for Daily News is completed. We'll now attack the TEAM PAGES. Thanks for your patience.
  Click here for the Week Five schedule. Please report changes to silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Mr. Thomas McKenna beat Huck, 1-0, and Big Willie, 4-1. Huck beat BW, 3-1.
  Click here for updated standings/overall records/PF-PA.
  Accepting your nominations for the Week Four TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week. silaryt@phillynews.com.

Sept. 24
  Ryan 42, Carroll 20: Ted's report is posted. DN ink linked in Sept. 26 listings. Pics here.
  Judge 45, Penn Charter 14: Ted's report is posted. DN ink linked in Sept. 26 listings. Pics here.
  Roman 33, O'Hara 14: Huck's report is posted.
  Overbrook sent its roster. You next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
  **Uh, oh. Mr. Thomas McKenna beat Huck, 1-0.**

Sept. 22
  Lincoln 28, Southern 2: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. TE-DE Rodney Hawkins. Pics here. Pro pics here.
  Bok 48, Future 0: Frog's report is posted.
  Schedule change: Mastery-McDevitt is still at 1 p.m. Saturday, but the site is now Wissahickon.

Sept. 21
  The Week Four Pickin' Parade is ready to roll. Check out the selections by Huck, The Lovable Goofball and Big Willie. Huck and TLG have just one difference. Huck has NE. Huck and Big Willie have four. BW has Prep Charter, HS, O'Hara and Episcopal. TLG and BW have five. TLG has Fkd, CT, WC, Roman and Hill School.
  Your favorite javelin thrower, Kevin Silary, had elbow surgery today.
(Doctor repaired the tear without having to resort to the Tommy John version.) Anyway, Kev said, "Yo, do a photo set," so here it is -- smile. 
  All TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to D-V athletic Will Cambria for tying the last loose ends. 
  Click here for Ted's story on SJ Prep QB-DB Skyler Mornhinweg, who's bound for Penn State and has a father of football note.
  **The Week Three TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week have been selected. Click here.**

Sept. 20
  **Click here for Huck's Catholic League stats pack.**
  Click here for practice pics from SJ Prep. (Tried to get some at U. City also, but a soccer game was going on.)
  We have our first controversy of the Pickin' Parade season!! Puck swears Big Willie is copying most of his selections. So, since Puck's ahead, he made Big Willie make his choices NOW.
  Click here for Ted's first notes of the FB season. City Top 10 and stats leaders are in the Daily News (page 48).

Sept. 19
  From Friday through Sunday, we welcomed 13,689 visitors. Thanks! The most visited TEAM PAGES this month: SJ Prep, La Salle, West Catholic, Washington, Roman, Wood, Judge, Northeast, Frankford and Imhotep.
  Click here for Huck's City Top 10.
  It's baaaaack . . . Click here for a Before They Drew X's and O's story on Lincoln football coach Ed McGettigan (from his Judge hoops days).
  The School Records Page and City Records Page have been updated.
  **The Haverford School-O'Hara "forfeit game" has been rescheduled for Friday Nov. 18 at O'Hara (2 or 2:30, TBA). If O'Hara advances to the AAA City Title that weekend . . . we'll keep you in the loop (smile).**
  Bill Wettstein's detailed report on SJ Prep-North Penn is in the house!
  Schedule notes for Saturday: Penn Wood at Malvern at 1; Hill School at Episcopal at 4:30 (yes, 4:30).
  Click here for Fuller Brushes Away Record . . . a celebration page for Roman WR William Fuller, the new owner of the city record for one-game receiving yardage.
  Check out Ted's Daily News writeback story on Roman jr. WR-DB William Fuller here  . . . and one on Bonner G-DT Tyler Ramirez here.

Sept. 18 
  Episcopal RHP Burk FitzPatrick will play college baseball at Maine, not Vermont. (Yo, we make enough mistakes. One of Burk's family members is taking the hit for this one -- smile.)
  Danny Spinelli was in the house for La Salle-West Catholic. Click here.
  Bonner DH-1B-P Ronnie Scull will play college baseball at W. Chester.
  Huck and Puck tied, 3-3. Huck beat Big Willie, 3-2. Puck beat BW, 2-1.
  Click here for updated standings/overall records/PF-PA.
  Correction: Gus Tolson and Richard Drayton caught one TD pass apiece for Central in the win over Southern. Sorry. 
  Accepting your nominations for the Week Three TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week. silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Click here for the Week Four schedule. Please report changes to silaryt@phillynews.com.

Sept. 17
  Bonner 54, Lansdale 22: Ted's report is posted. Monday DN ink TBA. Pics here.
  Jr. WR William Fuller and classmate Michael Keir, the QB, posted record-setting performances as Roman topped Chestnut Hill, 32-7. Ted's report is posted. Monday DN ink TBA. Pics here.
  O'Hara 39, Neumann-Goretti 0: Huck's report is posted.
  SJ Prep beat North Penn, 51-33, as sr. QB Skyler Mornhinweg had an arm/feet in all seven TDs (even one on D). Bill's report is posted.
  Most TEAM PAGES are updated through Friday's games. (Exceptions: Ryan, Comm Tech, Bracetti, Episcopal.)
  Roman SS Will Dougherty will play his college baseball at Northeastern, where he'll join La Salle 3B Mike Piscopo (see Sept. 15).

Sept. 16
  Bok 24, Imhotep 6: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. SE-DE Jihad Ward. Pics here. Pro pics here.
  La Salle 24, West Catholic 0: Huck's report is posted. DN ink to sr. RB Tim Wade.
  Frankford 44, Bartram 0: Amauro's report will be posted.
  Gratz 20, U. City 6: Amauro's report will be posted.
  Lincoln 19, Germantown 14: Duck's report is posted.
  Prep Charter 66, Future 12: Frog's report is posted.
  Dobbins 20, Franklin 12: Bill's report is posted. 
  Tonight's Northeast-Overbrook game will be televised live, at 6:30, by The Comcast Network.
  In Bloomsburg's nationally-televised, 20-16 win over Indiana (Pa.) last night, Roman OLB Sean Clift notched 11 tackles.
  Malvern G-F Brendan Kilpatrick will play his college hoops at Vermont.
Click here.
  Pub basketball has dropped Furness and Saul. Click here.
  Former N-G football coach Bill Sytsma is again taking the reins of a team in Italy. Click here for Joe Myers' story in the South Philly Review.

Sept. 15
  As Olney played Mastbaum, 6-4 1/2, 310-pound Dontae Angus kicked off and 5-2, 135-pound Valsky Auguste punted. Click here for a pic.
  Never know what you might see en route to a football game . . . Click here for "Gee, What's With This Tree?"
  Mastbaum 27, Olney 0: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. TE-DE Christopher Fortson-Linton. Pics here.
  West Phila. 24, King 2: Duck's report is posted.
  Furness 30, Edison 6: Frog's report is posted.
  The CBS Sports Network will televise tonight's Bloomsburg-Indiana (Pa.) game (at 8). Lots of Philly guys on Bloomsburg. A few on Indiana.
  Jon Cross, former assistant at Penn and Gtn. Academy, will co-coach Penn Charter's 2012 baseball team with Rick Mellor, who'll be in his
34th season.
  Correction: Lincoln coach Ed McGettigan is a Judge grad.
  Click here for the latest effort from sports collecting whiz Ted Taylor, who's now in his 36th year of hobby columns! Congrats!
  La Salle 3B Mike Piscopo will play his college baseball at Northeastern.
  Click here for Ted's Public League preview, complete with names of 232 players in the thumbnail sketches.
  Comm Tech has sent its roster. You next? silaryt@phillynews.com.

Sept. 14
  The Pickin' Parade selections by Head Fakes, Huck and Big Willie have been made. Huck/HF have six differences. Huck has Olney, U. City, Ryan, Judge, North Penn and McDevitt. Huck/BW have five. Willie has Imho, Mast, Gratz, State College and Carroll. Puck/BW have three. Puck has Bok, Bensalem and SJ Prep.
  A Pickin' Parade game of Cat (Huck) and Mouse (Big Willie) is being played. No Week Three selections yet from those two.
  Check out Ellen Gray's DN story on TV star Maria Bello, whose brother, Joe, was a first team All-City linebacker for Carroll in '82.
  All TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to SJ Prep assistant Bill "Speedy's Nephew" Morris for compiling the Hawks' stats vs. Gonzaga.
   **The Week Two TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week have been selected. Click here.**

Sept. 13
  Many modern-era football teams have four, five, even six captains. And then you have the 2011 Judge Crusaders . . . Click here.
  Head Fakes (he lost last week) has completed his Pickin' Parade selections for Week Three. 
  Click here for practice pics at Northeast and Judge.
  Washington has sent its roster. You next? silaryt@phillynews.com
  Imhotep basketball product Hanif Nixon is now at D-II Angelo State, in Texas, after two years at North Dakota State College of Science.
  Click here for Bob Cooney's story on a basketball mega-event set for Sept. 25 at the Palestra.

Sept. 12
  **Click here for Huck's first City Top 10.**
  Malvern & G-town sent rosters. You next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Schedule addition: Comm Tech vs. Bracetti, Friday, 3 p.m., at Gratz.
  Check out some recent video highlights, via www.paswag.com, of McDevitt RB Keith Young, La Salle WR Colin Buckley and Wood RB Brandon Peoples. (Going back to Week One.)
  Click here for Ted's writeback story on Wood sr. FB Ryan McMullin, who capitalized on his first chance for action in 22 months.
  All TEAM PAGES are updated except for SJ Prep.
  **Thanks to Sparky Cooney, Tom Waring and Bill McFarland for their help in getting the C-E boxscore, and to Huck for watching video to nail down La Salle's numbers.**

Sept. 11
  We Remember . . .
  Click here for EasternPAFootball.com's Wood-West Catholic video. 
  Click here for some pics, via Armand Vanore, of yesterday's Judge-CR South game. And click here for his EPF.com report.
  Danny Spinelli checked out La Salle's loss to Bergen Catholic (NJ) yesterday. His report is posted.
  Congrats to Washington product English "Buddy" Peay, a true-frosh DB at Kutztown. He's the PSAC-East's Defensive Player of the Week thanks to 11 tackles (10 solos) and two interceptions vs. Mercyhurst.
  Click here for the Week Three schedule. Please report changes to silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Click here for updated standings/overall records/PF-PA.
  Correction: Walt Pegues ran for Central's winning TD Friday. Sorry.
  Huck beat Puck, 2-1, and Big Willie, 4-1. Puck and BW tied, 2-2.
  Accepting your nominations for the Week Two TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week. silaryt@phillynews.com.

Sept. 10
  Wood 28, West Catholic 0: Ted's report is posted. Monday DN ink to sr. FB Ryan McMullin. Pics here. And Cauls' pics.
  Malvern beat Roman, 17-0, in the first game on Malvern's new turf field, as part of the Pellegrini Athletic Complex. Ted's report is posted. Pics here.
  Pub TEAM PAGES are updated through Friday's games. Thanks to everyone who helped!  

Sept. 9
  West Phila. 14, Dobbins 6: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. WR Eric "T.O." Leslie. Pics here. Pro pics here.
  Future 14, Bracetti 6: Armand's report will be posted. DN ink to jr. RB-WR-LB-KR Tawaun Vickers.
  Gratz 16, King 8: Amauro's report will be posted.
  Olney 6, Southern 0: Bill's report is posted.
  Schedule change: Bonner-CHA is tomorrow, 2 p.m., at Episcopal.
  Former Gtn. Academy coach John Duffy and former Bonner star Brian Meagher have rejoined coach Mike Lake's baseball staff at La Salle U.
  Schedule change: Lansdale-N. Penn is tomorrow, 6 p.m., at Souderton.
  Click here for "Splish, Splash, They Were Takin' a Bath," the craziest pic from yesterday's Boys' Latin-Franklin game.
  **Click here to make sure your school's football team (school, youth) gets free baseline concussion testing from Dick's Sporting Goods. On that page, click the "Submit Your School" tab on the left.**
  Lansdale Cath. has sent its roster. You next? silaryt@phillynews.com.

Sept. 8
  Boys' Latin 14, Franklin 0: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to sr. CB Doug Osborne (and a sliver to his brother, sr. LB Sam Drummond). Pics here. (Outrageous amount of water on the south sideline!).
  Bok 42, Prep Charter 15: Frog's report is posted.
  Schedule change: Future-Bracetti now at Germantown, at 3 p.m. 
  Click here for the Catholic League preview, with thumbnail sketches.
  Due to the strike, O'Hara has canceled its game with Haverford School. Fords coach Michael Murphy is looking for another game. Reach him at
mmurphy@haverford.org. (It is expected that other games involving CL teams WILL take place.)

Sept. 7
  All Pickin' Parade selections are posted: Mr. Thomas McKenna, Huck and Big Willie. MTM has four differences with BW. BW has Linc, McDev, BC and McDon. Huck has five with BW. Huck has McDon, Gtn, Cent, Chelt and Gon. Huck has three with MTM. MTM has Fels, SJP and LaS.
  True frosh Marcus Collins (Bonner) saw kick-coverage duty for Iowa last weekend and made three tackles (two solos). Niiiiiice.
  **Click here for Anthony Franklin's annual list of City Guys in College Football. Major thanks to "Ant" as always!!**
  **Click here for Time Marches On . . . Photos of two Catholic League football stars/buddies taken seven years apart. With the Huckster!**
  Penn Charter, Conwell-Egan &  Northeast have sent rosters. You next? silaryt@phillynews.com
  Click here for an obit on Bob DiFlorio.
  Click here for the Inter-Ac preview, with thumbnail sketches.
  **The Week One TedSilary.com/Get in the Zone Players of the Week have been selected. Click here.**

Sept. 6
  Three city records were tied last weekend. Click here for the records. Search the page for Colin Buckley, Blake Gunther and Dishon Solomon.
  Big Willie has filed his Malvern-Ridley report.
  **Schedule change: it'll now be Roman at Malvern, Sat., 2 p.m.**
  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Northeast basketball coach Bob DiFlorio, who passed Sunday. He also coached in the city leagues at Neumann and Conwell-Egan and was an assistant at Judge. RIP, Bob.
  Justin Verlander is being mentioned as a possible MVP honoree. Noted baseball historian John Shiffert breaks it down here.
  Episcopal and Gtn. Academy have sent rosters. You next?
  Former N-G football boss Bill Sytsma is going back to Italy, where this season he'll coach a pro team called the Terni Steelers. Good luck, Bill!
  Legendary "closest corner" tidbit: A generation apart, two Northeast High pros -- Roger Mahoney NFL; Guy Rodgers NBA -- grew up on the 2200 block of W. Cumberland Street. All three lists: NBA NFL MLB. 
  Upcoming this week: Previews on the Inter-Ac (tomorrow) and Catholic League (Thursday).
  Click here for Ted's writeback story on La Salle sr. WR Colin Buckley.

Sept. 5
  Our crew churned out reports on 13 games from this past weekend, and we had 13,295 visitors from Friday through Sunday. Thanks, everyone!
  Fkd & SJ Prep have sent rosters. You next? silaryt@phillynews.com
  How cool is this? La Salle has a player named Ryan Otis. Frankford has a player named Otis Ryans.

Sept. 4
  This Saturday, Bonner will visit CHA. Thanks.
  All TEAM PAGES are updated. Thanks to all helpers.
  An answer has been received for a question asked at the end of Ted's report on La Salle-North Penn. Thanks to Kyle Berger, of WNPV radio.
  **We are accepting your nominations for Week One Players of the Week. Send 'em to silaryt@phillynews.com. Thanks!**
  Wood fell to Pittsburgh Central Catholic, 20-17. Click here for pics taken of ESPN2's telecast. 
  Puck is crowin' like crazy. In Week One, he beat Huck, 6-2! And Big Willie has joined the club. He edged Huck, 5-4. Puck beat BW, 2-1.
  The Master Schedule is posted for Week Two.

Sept. 3
  Thanks to a 34-6 outburst over the final 19 minutes, fueled by Colin Buckley's four TD catches on tosses from Matt Magarity, La Salle beat North Penn, 44-27. Ted's report is posted. Pics here.
  Frankford built a 26-0 halftime lead, then fell to Hatboro-Horsham, 27-26. Ted's report is posted. Pics here.
  Roman 19, W. Catholic 7: Huck's report is posted. Cauls' pics here.
  Washington 26, Chestnut Hill 7: Amauro's report is posted.

Sept. 2
  The season has begun!! . . .
  Imhotep 28, Central 12: Ted's report is posted. DN ink to Temple-bound sr. WR Shakur Nesmith. Pics here.
  Judge 45, Northeast 19: Amauro's report is posted. DN ink to sr. RB-KR-CB Matt Smalley.
  Bonner 33, U. Darby 13. Huck's report is posted.
  Univ. City 50, Future 0: Huck's report is posted.
  Fels 26, Franklin 6: Amauro's report is posted.
  Dobbins 12, Lincoln 0: Bill's report is posted.
  Neumann-Goretti 34, Furness 20: Frog's report is posted.
  Bok 46, Southern 0. Frog's report is posted. Pics here.
  Germantown fell to Emmaus, 35-12. Duck's report is posted.
  Malvern fell to Ridley, 21-20. Big Willie's report is posted.
  McDevitt 40, Lower Moreland 0. Click here for Armand Vanore's pics.
  Lincoln has sent its roster. You next? silaryt@phillynews.com.
  Click here for Ted's story on interesting games this weekend that will involve Wood and SJ Prep.
  Bartram has sent its roster. You next? silaryt@phillynews.com.

Sept. 1
  As he eagerly awaits the game vs. North Penn, La Salle soph Danny Spinelli breaks down the Explorers. Click here.
  Huck has added to his Catholic League list: Top 75 seniors and Top 25 underclassmen. Click here.
  Click here for an interesting blurb about a 61-year-old college kicker!!
  Click here for a summer photo set of star Gtn. Academy catcher Chris Harvey, who bypassed his senior year to enroll at Vanderbilt.
  W. Phila./Central have sent rosters. You next? silaryt@phillynews.com
  The Pickin' Parade selections are complete: Huck, Puck and Big Willie. Huck and Puck have eight differences. Puck has Linc, Fels, BL, Rid, Rad, H-H, Roman and Wash. Huck and Willie have nine. Huck has Dobb, Fkn, M-ville, Muhl, Malv, Carr, Fkd, CH and PCC.

Aug. 31
  **Click here for Huck's preseason list of the Top 30 players in each Catholic League division  . . . and more!!**
  SS Eric Frain (Ryan) and C Paul Shepherd (Bonner) are now playing baseball for national JC power Gloucester County, in South Jersey.
  Big Willie has submitted his selections for The Pickin' Parade. (And has already suffered a loss because he neglected to pick Pennridge-HS. Will he ever learn?? -- smile). Anyway, he and Puck have three differences. Willie has C-E, WC and Wood.
  Friday's Judge-Northeast game will now start at 6 p.m.
  SJ Prep, Dobbins & Judge have sent rosters. You next? silaryt@phillynews.com
  Boys' Latin guard Maurice "Doo-Wop" Watson will play his college basketball at Boston Univ. Click here for pics and here for Ted's story.
  Ted's final "Only in the Pub" entry features memory No. 1 from his first 40 years of covering scholastic sports. Click here.