Philadelphia High School Baseball/Basketball

A Look at John McArdle's Career as an Umpire
and Basketball Coach . . .

  This page includes stories, special lists, record breakdown, recaps from championship
seasons games and the names of all All-Inter-Ac/All-City honorees during Coach McArdle's
17 seasons, 1986-87 through 2002-03.
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                                   John McArdle's Inter-Ac Championships . . .

1992
Chestnut Hill (8-2)
Gtn. Academy (8-2)
  Host GA edged CH, 57-54, in the season finale to create the tie. Alvin Williams totaled 17 points, nine rebounds and three steals while Denis Kane had 16 points and six assists. The game was delayed 30 minutes in the first quarter after GA’s Larry Leith broke his leg while attempting to block a shot. CH was led by Mike Gizzi (21 points) and Dave Miller (10, 11 rebounds).

1992 (Tie)

CHESTNUT HILL

Coach

John McArdle

Record

8-2, 17-8

Starters

Dave Miller

Mike Gizzi

Gerald Howard

Craig Urian

Read Goodwin

Key Subs

Matt Paul

Jim Lee

Chuck Kuczynski












 

 1994
Chestnut Hill (8-2)
Penn Charter (8-2)
   The tie was created on the final day as CH bested visiting PC, 51-49, when Matt Paul drained three free throws with 0:06 left after being fouled on an off-balance three. Paul had 15 points, and six assists. Mike Gizzi (15) and Paul Sablich (12) helped. PC’s Steve Goodrich had 17 points, eight rebounds. CH scored 18 of the first 19 points. PC later reeled off 20 in a row. Haverford could have forged a triple tie, but lost to Malvern, 72-64.
 

1994 (Tie)

CHESTNUT HILL

Coach

John McArdle

Record

8-2, 19-4

Starters

Mike Gizzi

Matt Paul

Nelson Henry

Paul Sablich

Andre Dixon

Key Subs

Steve Belmonte

Jamie Hennelly

Jim Lee











 

 1998
Chestnut Hill (8-2)
Gtn. Academy (8-2)
   GA won the teams’ first meeting, 84-64. CH won the second, 76-75, as Tom Whitworth shot 8-for-13 on threes en route to 38 points and brother Tim added 20 points. Tim needed six points going into the game to assure he and Tom would become the first brothers in city-leagues history to reach 1,000 career points in the same season. In the first quarter, Tom drained five consecutive threes. For GA, Brian Burke had 32 points and Chris Krug had 19 points, 13 rebounds, six blocks. The result left both teams at 6-2. In CHA’s next game, the Whitworths combined for 64 points (Tim 34, Tom 30) in a 66-56 win over Haverford School. Jim Costello scored the other two points on a third-quarter layup.
 

1998 (Tie)

CHESTNUT HILL

Coach

John McArdle

Record

8-2, 20-8

Starters

Tom Whitworth

Tim Whitworth

Jim Costello

Darren Shames

David Lee

Key Subs

Matt Ditnes

Ben Davis

 


 

Coach John McArdle's
All-Iner-Ac & All-City Players:

FIRST TEAM    
Gateson Recko 21.8 1987
Chris Brassell` 13.3 1989
Paul Burke 19.3 1990
Josh Jennings 14.0 1990
2nd A-C Paul Burke 21.5 1991
Dave Miller 20.0 1992
Gerald Howard 11.5 1992
Mike Gizzi 14.0 1993
2nd A-C Mike Gizzi 21.4 1994
Matt Paul 14.6 1994
2nd A-C Tom Whitworth 26.3 1998
Tim Whitworth 21.1 1998
Tim Whitworth 21.6 1999
Nick Levine 15.9 2002
Pat Whiworth 12.1 2003
SECOND TEAM    
Tom McLaughlin 13.7 1987
Paul Burke 12.1 1989
Alex Hall 10.5 1989
Mike Gizzi 14.6 1992
Chris Davis 9.7 1995
John Atkinson 13.2 1996
Tom Whitworth 17.7 1997
2nd A-C Tim Whitworth 13.2 1997
Mike Brown 12.9 1999
Mike Brown 12.5 2000








 

 John McArdle
Tribute Page

  Alumnus John McArdle coached basketball at Chestnut Hill Academy (now SCH Academy) for 17 seasons (1986-87 / 2002-03), winning 227 games and three Inter-Ac League co- championships.

  An email received from a CHA grad, who preferred to remain anonymous . .  .
  Coach Mac has been a staple in Philadelphia since the 1960s. Tonight my friends and I toasted to Coach Mac. We toasted to his humility. We toasted to his ability to connect with his players. We toasted to undying love to Chestnut Hill Academy and our memories of him there. The days of educators like Coach Mac seem to be passing us by. The Chestnut Hill Academy community mourns for men like John McArdle, for he was they type of person we all aspired to.

  I once asked you if there was a better view from home plate in America rather than the view at Chestnut Hill Academy. You contemplated for a moment and replied “I’m not so sure”

  While the view of the Wissahickon Inn may have served as the background for films, it was the men like John McArdle that made it the most spectacular view in America.

  My friends and I will forever miss him.

  If you so feel compelled to post this on the website I love so much, please do not include my name. Every person who has ever known Coach Mac wrote the above message.

SEASON BY SEASON
 Inter-Ac League / Overall
 1986-87: 2-8 / 11-13
1987-88: 3-7 / 14-13
1988-89: 7-3 / 19-7
1989-90: 6-4 / 18-6
1990-91: 3-7 / 15-11
1991-92: *8-2 / 17-8
1992-93: 1-9 / 11-14
1993-94: *8-2 / 19-4
1994-95: 1-9  / 9-15
1995-96: 1-9 / 9-14
1996-97: 2-8 /13-14
1997-98: *8-2 / 20-8
1998-99: 1-9 / 6-19
1999-00: 3-7 / 15-11
2000-01: 3-7 / 14-11
2001-02: 0-10 / 5-19
2002-03: 4-6 / 11-15
*Co-Champion
League: 61-109
Overall: 227-202














 

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 Below are the players who played basketball for John McArdle as the coach at Chestnut
Hill Academy, 1986-87 through 2002-03. The year indicates the player's final season. Most
were seniors. Some transferred and some were underclassmen who did not play in the following
season.

Chris Contoudis 1987
Ken LeVan 1987
Paul Kates 1987
Rodney Taylor 1987
Tom Lynch 1987
Tom McLaughlin 1987
Alan Hom 1988
Alex Cantor 1988
Chad Whelan 1988
Charlie Brinley 1988
Chris Amos 1988
Craig Miller 1988
Ed Freeman 1988
Gateson Recko 1988
Pat Tyrrell 1988
Rich Morris 1988
Alex Hall 1989
Brendan Kilfeather 1989
Brian O'Donnell 1989
Chris Amos 1989
Chris Brassell 1989
Geoff Wright 1989
Howdie Goodwin 1989
Josh Jennings 1990
Ryan Ritz 1990
Brian Jones 1991
Malcolm Dyson 1991
Mark Piechoski 1991
Paul Burke 1991
Tim Fles 1991
Craig Urian 1992
Dave Miller 1992
Gerald Howard 1992
Bill Griffith 1993
Chuck Kuczynski 1993
Derek Webb 1993
John Beecher 1993
Paul Wylie 1993
Read Goodwin 1993
Andre Dixon 1994
Jamie Hennelly  1994
Jim Lee 1994
Matt Paul 1994
Mike Gizzi 1994
Paul Sablich 1994
Blaik Ross 1995
Brian O'Neill 1995
Chris Davis 1995
Erich Hickey 1995
Nelson Henry 1995
Pat Link 1995
Steve Belmonte 1995
Thacher Goodwin 1995
Jack Longstreth 1996
John Atkinson 1996
Mike Injaychock 1996
Ted Swain 1996
Theis Weckesser 1996
Greg Calhoun 1997
Jared Goldman 1997
Jason White 1997
Mark Merlini 1997
Ben Davis 1998
Darren Shames 1998
Jim Costello 1998
Matt Ditnes 1998
Mike Salvitti 1998
Tom Whitworth 1998
Andrew Baumberger 1999
Dan Spade 1999
David Lee 1999
Fred Lachat 1999
Greg Muller 1999
Ray Merriweather 1999
Tim Whitworth 1999
Tom Kenney 1999
Charles Campbell 2000
Eric Vacca 2000
Justin Smith 2000
Mike Brown 2000
Ryan McMullin 2000
Ben Lusch 2001
Bob Plunkett 2001
Dan Gargan 2001
Eric White 2001
Jeff Larentowicz 2001
Ryan Webster 2001
Zach Pontz 2001
Brian Dziengelski 2002
Justin Detwiler 2002
Matt Barstead 2002
Michael Fiebach 2002
Nick Levine 2002
Chris McInerney 2003
Ed O'Reilly 2003
Gabe Eldred 2003
Jake Kind 2003
James Fitzpatrick 2003
Joe Watkins 2003
Julian McFadden 2003
K.C. Fordham 2003
Pat Whitworth 2003
Quinn Henry 2003
Scott Dziengelski 2003