Carl in 2014 Carl's All-Catholic players: FIRST TEAM ST. JOHN NEUMANN, 1999-04 1999: Chas Bailey 2000: Cantrell "Man-Man" Fletcher 2001: Cantrell "Man-Man" Fletcher 2002: Richard "Tabby" Cunningham 2003: Richard "Tabby" Cunningham 2004: Richard "Tabby" Cunningham SS. NEUMANN-GORETTI, 2005-21 2005: Derrick "D.J." Rivera, Earl Pettis 2006: Derrick "D.J." Rivera, Rick Jackson 2007: Antonio "Scoop" Jardine, Rick  Jackson 2008: Jamal Wilson, Tony Chennault 2009: Tony Chennault, Danny Stewart 2010: Tony Chennault, Danny Stewart, Tyreek Duren 2011: Lamin Fulton, John Davis, Derrick Stewart 2012: John Davis, Ja'Quan Newton, Derrick Stewart 2013: Ja'Quan Newton, John Davis 2014: Ja'Quan Newton, Lamarr "Fresh" Kimble 2015: Quade Green, Lamarr "Fresh" Kimble 2016: Quade Green, Dhamir "DaDa" Cosby-Roundtree, Zane Martin 2017: Quade Green, Dhamir "DaDa" Cosby-Roundtree 2018: Dymir Montague, Chris Ings 2019: Chris Ings 2020: Hakim Byrd, Jordan Hall 2021: Hysier Miller 2022: Robert Wright SECOND TEAM ST. JOHN NEUMANN, 1999-04 1999: Cantrell "Man-Man" Fletcher 2000: Chas Bailey, David Crawford 2001: Brandon Brigman, Robert "Beattie" Taylor 2003:Antwain Wynn, Adon El 2004: David Burton, Adon El SS. NEUMANN-GORETTI, 2005-21 2005: Antonio "Scoop" Jardine 2006: Antonio "Scoop" Jardine, Earl Pettis 2007: Jamal Wilson 2009: Andre "Scooter" Gillette 2010: Mustafaa Jones 2012: Billy Shank 2013: Lamarr "Fresh" Kimble 2015: Zane Martin, Dhamir "DaDa" Cosby-Roundtree 2016: Vaughn Covington, Rasheed Browne 2018: Noah Warren 2019: Hakim Byrd 2020: Hyaier Miller, Cameron Young 2021: Zaakir Williamson 2022: Sultan Adewale, Masud Stewart THIRD TEAM ST. JOHN NEUMANN, 1999-04 1999: Brandon Brigman 2000: Brandon Brigman 2002: Chris Del Brocco SS. NEUMANN-GORETTI, 2005-21 2005: David Burton 2009: Tyreek Duren 2010: Lamin Fulton 2013: Hanif Sutton 2014: Tony Toplyn 2021: Chris Evans

--      Carl Arrigale   Celebration Page   ---   In 2018, Carl Arrigale completed his second decade as the basketball coach at Ss. Neumann-Goretti (nee St. John Neumann), in South Philadelphia.   After three more seasons (through 2021), he owns an overall record of 479-108, along with 10 Catholic League championships, nine City Titles and eight PIAA state crowns.   This story about Carl appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News in March 2007. By Ted Silary   He can help you chill your milk, wash your clothes and roast your turkey and, if the pace in the place is momentarily slow, he can talk hoops with non-stop passion.   Say hello to Carl Arrigale , the basketball coach at Ss. Neumann-Goretti High and a partner, with his uncle, Dan Neri, in C & D Appliances, at 8th and Passyunk.   Interesting pair of jobs. Convince kids to do the right things on/off the court. Nudge adults into opening their wallets. Is there a correlation?   "Ah, not really," Arrigale said yesterday, a short time before the Saints started practice. "The people that come into the store are only worried about saving money. If we can give them a good price and quality service, things take care of themselves. We're a soft-sell place. We're low-key. We come to work in jeans and sweats.   "I do know I make a lot more money at the appliance store than I do here. I need that job. But if I had my choice, I'd coach 24 hours a day."   Almost two decades ago, Arrigale never would have uttered those words.   He had just endured an "overall bad experience" while playing for Lycoming College, in Williamsport, and though he still liked the game, he had scrapped his plans to coach.   Now, here he is, guiding a program with a national profile and 2 days away from attempting to win a third consecutive Catholic League championship, and No. 5 in the last seven seasons.   Sunday, 1 p.m. at the Palestra, Neumann-Goretti will tackle Roman Catholic in an all-South final. The girls' championship game between Archbishop Carroll and Archbishop Wood will follow at 3. The matching Public League/District 12 titles will be decided tonight at Temple's Liacouras Center with Central vs. Engineering and Science (girls) at 5:30 and Simon Gratz vs. Prep Charter (boys) at 7:30.   Though Arrigale attended Penn Charter and was the Inter-Ac League's MVP in his senior season (1983-84), he grew up near 29th and McKean, in South Philly, and still lives not far away.   He thought of transferring to what was then still Neumann after his sophomore year at PC, but decided to stay when William "Speedy" Morris, not far removed from wild success at Roman Catholic (and now, of course, at St. Joseph's Prep), was hired to succeed Ed Enoch. Two fun years followed.   "If you look in the PC yearbook, it says one of my aspirations is to be Speedy's assistant someday," Arrigale said, smiling.   His father, Carl, had coached youth sports at King of Peace, a grade school that no longer exists. Carl had helped. He was asked to again get involved after returning home from college, and eventually gave in.   At every turn, the stars aligned. Since being honored together at the same Markward Club luncheon in '84, Arrigale had maintained a friendship with Cardinal O'Hara product Mike Doyle.   . . . continued right below

SEASON BY SEASON (Neumann / Neumann-Goretti NEUMANN 1999: 12-2, 18-7 2000: 13-1, 26-5 2001: 11-3, 23-8 2002: 10-4, 21-7 2003: 12-2, 18-8 2004: 9-5, 19-8 NEUMANN-GORETTI 2005: 13-1, 27-3 2006: 12-2, 22-6 2007: 13-1, 26-6 2008: 10-4, 15-10 2009: 16-0, 26-3 2010: 16-0, 30-1 2011: 13-0, 27-4 2012: 13-0, 28-3 2013: 12-1, 23-6 2014: 12-1, 27-4 2015: 12-1, 29-2 2016: 13-0, 27-4 2017: 12-1, 24-7 2018: 12-1, 23-6 2019: 11-3, 21-8 2020: 12-2, 24-4 2021: 4-6, 4-6 2022: 10-3, 23-4 ('21 affected by coronavirus pandemic) -- TOTAL RECORD League: 283-45 Overall: 551-130  -- CATHOLIC LEAGUE TITLES 2001: 11-3, 23-8 2002: 10-4, 21-7 2005: 13-1, 27-3 2006: 12-2, 22-6 2009: 15-0, 26-3 2010: 16-0, 30-1 2011: 13-0, 27-4 2012: 13-0, 28-3 2013: 12-1, 23-6 2014: 12-1, 27-4 2020: 12-2, 24-4 2022: 10-3, 23-4 -- CITY TITLES 2009, 3A: 16-0, 26-3 2010, 3A: 16-0, 30-1  2011, 3A: 13-0, 27-4 2012, 3A: 13-0, 28-3 2013, 3A: 12-1, 23-6 2014, 3A: 12-1, 27-4 2015, 3A: 12-1, 29-2 2017, 3A: 12-1, 24-7 2018, 3A: 12-1, 23-6 2019, 3A: 11-3, 21-8 2020, 3A: 12-2, 24-4 2022, 4A: 10-3, 23-4 -- STATE TITLES 2010, 3A: 16-0, 30-1 2011, 3A: 13-0, 27-4 2012, 3A: 13-0, 28-3 2014, 3A: 12-1, 27-5 2015, 3A: 12-1, 29-2 2016, 3A: 13-0, 27-4 2017, 3A: 12-1, 24-7 2018, 3A: 12-1, 23-6 2022, 4A: 10-3, 23-4 -- 1,000-POINT SCORERS (Coached by Carl; All or Part of Career) Name Points Sr. Yr. Ja'Quan Newton  1,972 2014 Quade Green 1,853 2017 Tony Chennault 1,621 2010 Antonio Jardine 1,299 2007 John Davis 1,279 2013 Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree 1,254 2017 Rick Jackson 1,239 2007 Lamarr Kimble 1,166 2015 Chris Ings 1,157 2019 Zane Martin 1,140 2016 Derrick Rivera 1,122 2006 Cantrell Fletcher 1,045 2001 Earl Pettis 1,045 2006 Lamin Fulton 1,039 2011 Danny Stewart 1,038 2010 Chas Bailey 1,026 2000

  "We ran into each other when he was interviewing for the Neumann job," Arrigale said. "I told him, 'If it works out, give me a
call. I might like to work with you.  I said I knew the kids and the area and might help him make a smooth transition.
  "When he got the job, he remembered that. He came to see me play in a summer-league game - I wasn't almost 250 pounds
then, and could still play a little - and we hung out afterward in Dean's Bar and he hired me."
  Doyle left after one season (1993-94) to become a teacher-coach at Collingswood High, in South Jersey. Tom Dougherty
was next.
  "Because of my work responsibilities and overall lack of experience, I didn't even apply for the head job," Arrigale said.
"Luckily, Doc kept me on. When he wasn't going to be the coach after [the '98 season], I went to my uncle and told him how
much I liked the kids still in the program and how I wanted to go for this job. I really wanted to be the head coach. I had the bug.
My uncle was great. 'If it happens, we'll work it out. ' ''
  A two-man race developed. Arrigale vs. John Roe.
  "The night before I was coming in for my final interview, J.R. accepted the Carroll job," Arrigale said. "So on the last day,
basically, I was interviewing against myself."
  He laughed. "All I had to do was go in front of the new principal and not make a fool of myself. "
  This is Arrigale's ninth season. He's two wins from 200. His teams have always featured players with talent, and some have
added a competitive spirit that many would term an edge. Understandably, the coach prefers to talk about the satisfaction he has
received from watching guys do well in college as players and degree-earners.
  The lowlight? Without a doubt the aftermath of last year's title game.
  After hitting the game-winning trey at La Salle University, lifting N-G past Roman, 44-41, star guard Derrick "D.J." Rivera,
now at Saint Joseph's, ran to a spot in front of Roman's fans, who'd been taunting him all game. Objects were thrown. The
misbehavior escalated. The resulting mess caused a city-wide police alert and wound up drawing national media attention.
  League officials banned fans from this year's Roman/N-G regular-season meetings and made Arrigale serve a four-game
suspension.
  "I understood that what happened wasn't good, and something had to happen to somebody," he said. "That wound up being
me. I was mad at first. I asked God for some help to kind of separate myself from it.
  "In time, I went from being bitter and wanting to get out to saying to myself that I couldn't imagine not coaching these seniors"
- he mentioned starters Rick Jackson and Antonio "Scoop" Jardine and key subs Mark Hatty and Wali Hepburn - "for their last
year. After that, there was the matter of preparing my players and staff for those four games and they all did a great job."
  In Wednesday's semis, N-G numbed North Catholic, 73-45. That afternoon, one of C & D's best customers (Arrigale had
begun working there after his mother, Marlene, now deceased, became ill with cancer), a good friend of North coach Mike
McCarron, came to the store.
  "He owed us some money and he picked that day to pay us," Arrigale said, laughing. "The door flies open and he starts with
the chants, 'Let's go, Falcons! Let's go Falcons! ' We gave it to each other pretty good, in a friendly way."
  Next time, he still might give the guy a deal. Maybe.
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  This story was published in the Phila. Daily News on Feb, 11, 1984. Carl wound up as the Inter-Ac MVP.

PENN CHARTER SNIPER PICKS OFF PATRIOTS

By Ted Silary
  Keeping one ear tuned in to the coach sure can mess up a jump shot, no matter how many eyes - if it's ever more than two,
boy will we have a story - are glued to the front of the rim.
  Carl Arrigale could attest to that. If pushed, perhaps Penn Charter 's resident sniper could even swear to that.
  Arrigale last night shot 12-for-22 and 5-for-10 for a career-high 29 points as the Little Quakers (7-0, 18-6) jolted visiting
Germantown Academy, 64-54, thus reducing their magic number to one (they're three games ahead with three games
remaining) in the chase for the Inter-Ac basketball championship, which they haven't won since 1972.
  He also took the best shots the mouth of coach Bill "Speedy" Morris had to offer. Didn't flinch once, either.
  Unfortunately, it wasn't always that way.
  "When I played grade-school ball, my coach was almost the same kind of hollerer as coach Morris. That was the way he
got his point across," Arrigale said. "Then I came here and (ex-coach Ed Enoch) was pretty calm. Then coach Morris came
in. It took me a while to get used to all the hollering again.
  "Last year was a real struggle in the beginning. I was listening more to his yelling than I was concentrating on the game. I
even went into a shell for a while.
  "In a game against Chestnut Hill, I was horrible. I had like four points, shot 1-for-4 from the field, wasn't even involved in
the game. I went home that night and did a lot of thinking. Basically I told myself, 'You're a better player than this. Just get
yourself together.'
  "I did all right the rest of the year and, coming into this one, I decided I'd waited too long to miss out on some fun. I wanted
a good year personally. More than anything, though, I wanted a championship."
  At times, it appeared as if Arrigale, who managed to deal three assists, wanted to beat the Patriots all by his lonesome. Come
to think of it, he just about did, although it would be impossible to overlook the contributions of soph Marv Dunmeyer (10
points, 10 rebounds), 6-5 Drew Meyers (11 points) and Joe McGarvey (eight assists), who briefly enjoyed a locker-room
celebration then rushed off to a prom.
  Morris very much wants it known that Arrigale is averaging 20 points and shooting just under 52 percent from the field for
the season. Last season, Arrigale was probably shaking, or at least hesitant, on 20 out of every 52 shots.
  "When Carl's confident, he can put it down with anybody," Morris said. ''I don't think he should ever miss a shot. Last year,
if I hollered here or hollered there, he'd sulk a little. Now he knows he has a job to do and the hollering doesn't affect him.
I love the way he's playing. He's been our money man all season.
  "Sometimes he has a tendency to rush. And if misses a couple in a row, he starts to think too much. Hey, he should never
get down on himself. He's too good a shooter. "
  Has been for a while, if the truth be told. Arrigale averaged 35 points a game as an eighth grader at South Philadelphia's
King of Peace School and, by his own admission, took 90 percent of the shots. As a sixth grader, he placed second in the
state in a foul-shooting contest.
  (Don't tell anyone, but Carl last night missed his first five free throws. ''For Carl, that was ludicrous," Morris said.)
  How well can Carl Arrigale shoot?
  "If I'm open, I'll put it up from anywhere," he said, laughing. "Coach Morris gives me a lot of positive feelings about my
shot. He has openly come out and told me what he thinks of me as a shooter. That makes a big difference.
  "In our other game with GA, I hit one right at the end of the game from about eight feet past the top of the key. I got the
ball, turned and thought, 'What the heck, we've got it won - put it up. ' I drew a foul, too. Missed the foul shot, though."
  Morris is confident he'll be able to place Arrigale with a good Division II program, maybe even a mid-level Division I
program. He's also smart enough to realize that the Little Quakers, who will finish their league schedule with Chestnut Hill
Academy, Haverford School and Episcopal Academy, have not yet won the championship, although they have clinched at
least a tie.
  "Since we'd have to lose them all to be (only) co-champs, I guess I'd have to say it looks pretty good," Morris said. "But
there's been upsets ever since David kicked the hell out of Goliath."
  Last night, the biggest upset out of Penn Charter 's victory was the fact that Carl Arrigale missed 10 shots from the field.
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