GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
*Perry Canfield, a 1974 Penn Charter grad, passed away suddenly last fall at
age 58. Perry's classmates, and those of his three older brothers (Bill, Rob
and Howie), are working on a memorial that would capture Perry's fondness
for sports and dedication to PC. If you would like to contribute, click
here.
About halfway down the page there's a box that says "please direct my gift
to:" Click "other" and enter "Canfield Fund". Thank you!
*Registration is open for summer sports camps at Germantown
Academy in Fort Washington. Boys and girls in Grades 1-8 receive individual
instruction from GA coaches and student-athletes in Baseball, Basketball,
Field Hockey, Football, Lacrosse, Soccer, Tennis, and Wrestling. Visit
www.gacamp.org for more information on GA Sports Camps!
*The Tri-State Board of Officials will
hold a luncheon to celebrate its 80th anniversary luncheon on
June 6, noon to 4 p.m., at
the Carousel House, Belmont and Parkside avenues, in Fairmount Park. Cost
$40. For more info, contact Guy at 215-570-2312.
*Football assistant and former player
Thomas "June" Terry ('99) will be inducted into South Philadelphia High's
Athletic Hall of Fame on Sunday, May
17, 1 to 5 p.m., at Adelphia Restaurant, in Deptford, NJ. Other
inductees: Ralph Manfredi ('49, deceased), Tony Fabrizio ('52) and Fred
Bavoso ('54).
*Roman Catholic's Sports Hall of Fame,
now in its 25th year of existence, will holds its 2015 induction banquet on
Friday, April 17, at
Williamson's on Blair Mill Road, in Horsham, PA. The cocktail reception
starts at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:45. Inductees: Agates McKeever ('25),
Jim Conway ('60), Steve Schafer '66, 1968 soccer team, Rob Lawton ('83),
Quinton Mason ('84), John Spino Jr. ('90), Mike O'Leary ('00), 2000 quad
crew, Charron Fisher ('04). Special awards: Joe Flaherty ('56), Brian Conroy
('91), Dick Bedesem, Ron Lopresti, Mike Gibbons ('74), Ryan Guldner ('15;
top scholar-athlete). For more info/tickets, contact the alumni group at
215-627-5487 or
alumni@RomanCatholicHS.com.
*The High School Sports Report, hosted
by Joe DeLuca, Rich Henkels and Joe Krause, airs every Monday night, 7
to 8 o'clock, on WIP 610-AM.
*If you happen to have a copy of the Sept./Oct. 1990 edition of Philly
Sports Magazine, please contact Isaiah Montgomery at
hbgsharks25@gmail.com.
Thank you!
*Jim Lannigan, former football star at
Father Judge High, has created a LinkedIn group for former All-City honorees
in football, basketball and baseball. Post promotions
that your company has. Promote a beef and beer that you are having for a
charity event, Connect with those that are coaching or involved with the
sport that you were involved with during your high school years, network, or
just get back in touch, etc. Click
here for the group's page.
SOCCER
*Matt Davis, former Bishop
McDevitt multisport athlete and student writer for this website, is now the
head coach at Mount Aloysius College, a D-III school in Cresson, Pa. (near
Altoona). If you've got game and think you'd like to be part of Matt's
program, send him an email at
mattdavissoccer@gmail.com.
FOOTBALL
*A banquet to honor retired teacher/coach Ron Cohen, formerly of
George Washington, will be held May
5 at Cannstatters in Northeast Phila. Those interested in attending
can receive full details by sending an email to
coachcohenretires@gmail.com.
*Chestnut Hill College is starting a sprint team (weight limit: 172
pounds) in the fall of 2015. Would you like to give it a whirl? Contact
coach Mike Pearson at
PearsonM@chc.edu.
*Bergen Catholic, in North Jersey, would like to play a Philly-area
team during the weekend of Sept. 4-5
in 2015. Home or away. Contact athletic director Jack McGovern at
201-634-4130.
*La Salle seeks a game for the weekend of
Sept. 11. Contact AD Joe
Parisi at 215-402-4182.
*The 41st annual City All-Star Football Game, matching seniors in a
Public/Non-Public format, will be played Thursday,
May 21, 7 p.m., at Northeast
High.
*McDonogh School, in Maryland, which is coached by Philly native Dom
Damico, seeks games for Sept. 11 and
Sept. 18. Contact Dom at
ddamico@mcdonogh.org.
*The
commemorative book -- "La Salle College High School - 100 Years of Football
History" -- has been released. It was written by 1969 grad Bill Wasylenko.
Proceeds on book sales will benefit the school's Touchdown Club. The book is
on sale at home games and can also be purchased on
this eBay page.
*The Sports
Fan Base Network (SFBN) is streaming games in 2014. To
watch the games, go to
www.sportsfanbasenetwork.com and click the "Live and On Demand Events"
link in the middle of the screen. Click on the selected game, then the video player will open up on your
screen. The game can be viewed on any computer with Internet as well as some
video capable smart phones, including but not limited to, iPhones. Also,
SFBN will be tweeting live during the game so feel free to follow us
@The_SFBN with the #sfbn. The game is FREE OF CHARGE for all viewers so make
sure you tune in to SFBN on Saturday night!
*The 2014 Pennsylvania Football News Resource Guide, which has 399
pages packed with schedules, all-time lists/records/etc., is now available.
Visit
www.pafootballnews.com
and click on the book's cover to reach the page with complete info on what's
in the book, and how to order.
*Videos of the 2014 City All-Star Football Game are now available
for purchase. Contact Brian Fluck at
brianfluckwc@hotmail.com
for info.
*Several game films from Bonner's 1984 season (with '83 to come) are
available for viewing through Dropbox. For more info, contact Paul Golden at
paul.golden@gmail.com.
*Bill Wasylenko, La Salle High's football historian, seeks tapes
of games involving the Explorers from all eras. He already has
many tapes from 1988 to 2012, along with a few from '75 and '76
and some from the early '60s. Bill may be reached at
explorerfb@gmail.com.
*"When Winning Hurts", a book by
player Porfirio Barrera about George Washington High's 1991
Public League football champions, is available for $12.95 at
www.amazon.com,
www.barnesandnoble.com
and
www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore. Click
here for a synopsis.
*If you would like to become a sponsor (or make a
donation) for the City All-Star Game, please contact game
director Brian Fluck at 215-386-2244, ext. 265, or
brianfluckwc@hotmail.com.
*Videos of the 2013 and 2014 City All-Star Football Games are now available
for purchase. Contact Brian Fluck at
brianfluckwc@hotmail.com
for info.*
BASEBALL
*A reunion is being planned for Olney High's 1969 Public League
championship team. Please contact Charles Sumter at 215-280-6725 or
csumter2@aol.com.
WATER POLO
*Malvern Prep seeks a JV coach for the 2015-2016 school
year. Interested applicants should send their resume, cover letter,
clearances and references to Kurt Ruch, Malvern AD (kruch@malvernprep.org).
Resumes will be accepted until
May 22.
BASKETBALL
*Quahsim Gredic, formerly a player at William Penn High and now an
assistant at Penncrest, in Delaware County, is hoping to become a
coach at a Philly high school for the 2015-16 season. He may be
reached at qgredic@gmail.com.
*Showcase events for unsigned seniors will be held
April 18 (boys, at
Imhotep) and April 19
(girls, at Mastery North). For more info, visit
www.retroactionsports.wordpress.com
or call Rasool Hajj at 267-973-3708.
*Bill "Mr. Bill"
Williams, long-time assistant at Southern, is selling DVDs of Philly
high school games going back to 1989. Click
here for his website page and contact info
and
here
for an updated list of available DVDs.
*Archbishop Ryan's Hall of Fame Class for 2015 will be inducted at
a banquet on Sat., April 25,
6 to 11 p.m., at The Waterfall Room, 2791 Southampton Road, in
Philadelphia. Inductees: Frank Boyle '70, Guy Stevens '74, Kevin
Fitzpatrick '77, Bob Filer '79, Mike Leithead '80, Bernie Rogers '92
and the 1971-72 team, as coached by the late George Paull. For
tickets and more info, contact Patrick Dwyer at
pdwyer42@gmail.com.
*The 24th annual Seashore Officials Clinic and Family Weekend,
directed by John Koskinen, will be held
May 29-31 in
Wildwood, N.J. Officials to speak: Clarence Armstrong, Ed Corbett,
Stan Rote, Frank Scagliotta and Jack Sweeney. For more info, contact
Koskinen at 215-327-6762 or
jkoskinen9@gmail.com.
*Guards David Johnson (Comm Tech) and D.J. Alexander,
all-league selections last season, are now sophs at Burlington
County Community College (New Jersey) and assistant coach Jordan
Ingram, a former player at Archbishop Carroll and Fairleigh
Dickinson, is trying to place them in great-fit, four-year colleges.
If you'd like to learn more about these players, please contact
Jordan at 215-779-4243 (cell) or
jingram360@gmail.com.
*If you happen to have a copy of the Sept./Oct. 1990 edition
of Philly Sports Magazine, please contact Isaiah Montgomery at
hbgsharks25@gmail.com.
Thank you!
*Paul Hutter, author of a
book detailing Ivy League basketball
history, is available to speak to groups interested in that topic.
He may be reached at
phutt70@gmail.com.
*Baltimore City CC is seeking high-level players from the
Philadelphia area. Contact coach Terry Maczko at
TMaczko@bccc.edu.
*Click
here
for info about a book, written by Germantown Academy basketball
all-timer Paul Hutter (Princeton alum), that examines the glory era
of Ivy League basketball.
*Click
here for info/signup sheet on Germantown Academy's
ongoing program for kids in grades 1 to 4.
*Games involving city-leagues teams are being telecast this season on
www.sportsfanbase.com,
with former Northeast High
baseball star Ari Bluestein as the play-by-play man. Ari's twitter handle is The_SFBN. And click
here
for SFBN's Facebook page.
*Click
here for ISAA's
assorted offerings.
*Joseph DeMayo, son of Joe DeMayo, long-time college basketball
referee and the assigner of referees for the Catholic League, is
experiencing a health issue (kidney failure) that has left him out
of work and facing financial challenges. To help Joseph and his
family, referees Wally Rutecki, Michael Chesney and John Hughes have
started a tax deductible fund. If you can contribute, please send a
check to Joseph DeMayo Kidney Fight Fund, 533 Vernon Road,
Springfield, PA 19064. Thank you.
*Bill Williams, long-time assistant at Southern, is selling DVDs
of Philly high school games going back to 1989. Click
here for his website page and contact info.
SPECIAL NOTES
*Please check out a business owned by
Ed Kerr, Jr., a 1960 West Catholic grad and long-time supporter of the
school's athletic programs (also mover/shaker in alumni association) --
www.SafetyBroadcast.com. Thanks!
*Joseph DeMayo, son of Joe DeMayo,
long-time college basketball referee and the assigner of referees for the
Catholic League, is experiencing a health issue (kidney failure) that has
left him out of work and facing financial challenges. To help Joseph,
referees Wally Rutecki, Michael Chesney and John Hughes have started a tax
deductible fund. If you can contribute, please send a check to Joseph DeMayo
Kidney Fight Fund, 533 Vernon Road, Springfield, PA 19064. Thank you.
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS
*The
commemorative book -- "La Salle College High School - 100 Years of Football
History" -- has been released. It was written by 1969 grad Bill Wasylenko.
Proceeds on book sales will benefit the school's Touchdown Club. The book is
on sale at home games and can also be purchased on
this eBay page.
*Click
here
for info about
a book, written by Germantown Academy basketball
all-timer Paul Hutter (Princeton alum), that
examines the glory era of Ivy League basketball.
*Longtime website contributor Ted Taylor has completed “The Duke of
Milwaukee . . . The Life and Times of Al Simmons, Baseball’s Forgotten
Superstar.” It is available by mail from TTA Authentic LLC, PO Box 273,
Abington PA 19001. Cost is $15, which includes postage and handling (book
store SRP of $11.95). It is also on sale at selected outlets, including the
Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society in Hatboro, PA. The book was
published by The Educational Publisher, 1313 Chesapeake Ave., Columbus, OH
(www.EduPublisher.com). For
additional info, or to schedule a book signing, contact Ted at
ted@tedtaylor.com
or 215-576-7212.
SPECIAL NOTES
*The family of John
Wagner is proud to announce the formation of The Coach Wags
Memorial Foundation, which honors the late, beloved former
freshman football coach at St. Joseph's Prep. The
foundation's sole mission is to raise money for The Cancer
Center at Children's
Hospital. For more information, email
THECOACHWAGSMEMORIALFOUNDATION@yahoo.com and/or check out
The Coach Wags Memorial Foundation on Facebook. Please share
your favorite memories and thoughts.