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Dave Burman
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Dave
Burman the roving ambassador of Pennsylvania high school basketball
(right) visits with Octorara Coach Gene Lambert (left) at his Spring
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Moore was tht Harrisburg Girl's Coach and Pickett coached the Chester Boys
Photo taken at Villanova Tournament (Credit: Dave Burman)
PIAA STATE
RATINGS
Lewistown Panther
Club, Basketball Tip-Off Tourney & Challenge, 2009 Pairings
Lewistown Holiday Classic
Major Loss for Reading HS Basketball Team (Reading Eagle)
Another Neumann-Goretti (Phila) Hoopster Going D-1 (Phila Inquirer)
Incredible ABC TV Video 1967 East Final-76ers at Celtics game 4
Dave and Coach Don Ross (Harrisburg) in a photo op with the Stellar
girls at the Tournament
(photo by pahoops)
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE . . . PENN WOOD
AT CHESTER
Here's a closer look at Penn Wood's 57-40
win over Chester Thursday:
***LAUGH IT OFF. Clippers forward
Ronnell Williams experienced the joy and ire of coach
Larry Yarbray in one trip to
the free throw line. When the sophomore banked in a foul shot, Yarbray
laughed and smiled at his young big man. And when Williams clanked the
next one, Yarbray screamed at him to get down the floor and defend.
***COLLEGE ROLL CALL.
Three members of the nationally-ranked Temple Owls' rotation were at the
Clip Joint. Chester All-Delco Rahlir
Jefferson sat beside former Clippers coach
Fred Pickett, while Scootie
Randall and Ramone Moore
(Jefferson's teammates with the No. 19 Owls) were seated in the row in
front of him.
***1,000 POINT CLUB, PART I. Before the game, Chester honored
Maurice Nelson, who scored
his career 1,000th point Tuesday in a road game at Interboro. But
Tyree Johnson got the best of
Nelson. Johnson, who scored his 1,000th point in an earlier meeting with
Chester, had the better game this time around, too. ...And he did so less
than 24 hours after making his college commitment.
***SUPER 7 DISCUSSION. Speaking of Pickett, the longtime Clippers coach
asked me why Chester had slipped to No. 4 in the latest Daily Times' Super
7. After giving my explanation, Pickett walked away. He wanted nothing of
it. But he's a good sport. He came back a minute later, smiling. (Like any
good coach, he knows not to take sports too seriously. That's the key.)
***1,000 POINT CLUB, PART II. One of Darby Township's finest was a referee
Thursday. Derick Loury, who
scored 1,137 points in his career with the Eagles, worked the game at the
Clip Joint.
Delco boys basketball news/notes (revised)
PENNCREST FINISHED another December undefeated - as the Lions did last
year. They're 8-0, and have rolled over five of their opponents by 15 or
more points.
Coach Mike Doyle had an idea just how good his team could be this year,
but to start the season winning the first seven and thumping opponents?
Doyle is a little surprised after losing last year's entire frontcourt.
What Penncrest has back is the terrific senior backcourt combination of
Andrew Radomicki and Rodney Duncan. What has been a surprise so far is the
balanced scoring, the strong inside play of 6-9 senior Chris Sell, and added
scoring punch from senior Matt Atkinson and junior Ian Campbell.
Entering the week, Penncrest was one of three undefeated teams in
District 1, with Plymouth-Whitemarsh and Souderton, and this week could tell
a lot. Penncrest nipped Marple Newtown last night, 58-57, has Haverford High
tomorrow night, and closes the week with Conestoga on Saturday.
Much of that credit has to go to Doyle, a 1984 Cardinal O'Hara graduate who
is a former assistant coach at Saint Joseph's University, where he coached
Rap Curry and Jameer Nelson. In the first 6 years under Doyle, Penncrest has
gotten progressively better, increasing its victory total from four, six,
eight, 10 and 13 wins his first 5 years, to 18-4 last year, the best season
at Penncrest since 1968-69. The Lions could surpass that this season.
Campbell leads the team in scoring with an 11.7 average, Radomicki is
scoring 11.5 a game, Duncan is averaging 11.4 and Atkinson is scoring 10
points per game over the Lions' last four.
Nice start
Glen Mills' first-year coach Tony Bacon has started off well, going 3-1 in
his first month. Every year, it's always something new for the Bulls, with a
collection of new players to organize as a team. But Bacon has created a
team.
Seniors Chris Dickerson and Shakeem Armstead and junior Leonard Singleton
have made Bacon's transition smooth. Plus, Bacon said, input from assistant
coaches Doug Legette, Mike Hendrick and Damian Hangey has been invaluable.
Strath Haven moves on
Strath Haven came into the season with a new coach, Tom Dougherty, and four
of five starters new to the varsity level. After a 1-3 start, the Panthers
entered this week with a five-game winning streak and are 6-3 overall, which
includes Central League victories over Marple Newtown (without Soutiri
Sapnas), Radnor, Springfield and Harriton.
The Panthers have a force in the middle in 6-8 senior center Jack Roberts,
who's already committed to Division III powerhouse Middlebury (Vt.), and
nice play from senior guards Kevin Valentino and Pat Fischer.
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santolj@phillynews.com
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Southeastern PA D-1 College Basketball Recruits Here are some basketball players who have committed or signed letters of intent with Division I colleges: GIRLS Natasha Cloud, Cardinal O'Hara (Maryland) Talia East, Friends' Central (Penn State) Kristen Fuery, Upper Dublin (Holy Cross) Ro Gentry, Downingtown East (Rider) Sarah Kiely, Council Rock North (American) Jess Koci, Archbishop Ryan (La Salle) Emily Leer, Abington (Villanova) Maggie Lucas, Germantown Academy (Penn State) Meghan McCullough, Notre Dame (Penn) MyNeshia McKenzie, Springfield-Delco (Rider) Erin Shields, Archbishop Carroll (St. Joseph's) Sam Simononis, Pennridge (Vermont) Tory Thierolf, Germantown Academy (Drexel) BOYS C.J. Aiken, Plymouth Whitemarsh (St. Joseph's) Cameron Ayers, Germantown Academy (Bucknell) Rakeem Brookins, Roman Catholic (Tulane) Tony Chennault, Neumann-Goretti (Wake Forest) Erik Copes, Imhotep Charter (George Washington) Tyreek Duren, Neumann-Goretti (La Salle) Shaquille Duncan, Frankford (Niagara) Tyrone Garland, Bartram (Virginia Tech) H.J. Gaskins, Friends' Central (Boston University) Cameron Gunter, Ridley (Penn) D.J. Irving, Archbishop Carroll (Boston University) John Johnson, Girard College (Pittsburgh) Mustafaa Jones, Neumann-Goretti (Hartford) Matthew Lee, Westtown Friends (Bryant) Anthony Mayo, Roman Catholic (Boston University) Dominic Morris, Friends' Central (Boston University) Tom Noonan, Penn Charter (Princeton) Travis Robinson, Friends' Central (Boston University) Danny Stewart, Neumann-Goretti (Rider) Mike Terry, North Catholic (Boston University) Dockery Walker, Westtown Friends (Brown) - Rick O'Brien |
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Burman Report from the Stellar Tournament HERE with Chester Coach Larry Yarbray Chester finished (3-2) Beat St. Piux (Pottstown), 80-56 Beat Glen Falls (NY), 82-33 Lost to league-rival Glen Mills 39-36 Beat Trinity (Camp Hill), 51-47 Lost to Liberty-Bethlehem (2-ot), 42-40 |
Stellar's "Stellar" Performances HERE
The championship game of the Smallwood Summer League was an all Mid-Penn Keystone boys' basketball affair as Rookies downed L'Koste Villa 56-49 for the title.
Tyreke
Evans from Chester, PA
(Article sent by Dave
Burman)
(Article on Tyreke in Sacramento Newspaper)Tyreke
Evans, the Kings' top choice in the draft Thursday, gets
acquaint ed with NBA Commissioner David Stern after
being picked fourth. The Kings had the opportunity to
grab Ricky Rubio, the much-hyped Spanish point guard,
but let him drop to Minnesota at No. 5.
Last season at the
University of Memphis,
he led his team to 27 consecutive wins after coach
John Calipari moved him
from shooting guard to point guard. Even in defeat,
Evans' play had some scouts predicting he would
eventually be the best player from this draft as he
scored a season-high 33 points against
Missouri in their NCAA
Tournament Sweet 16 game.
(Photo by JIM MCISAAC Getty Images)
St. Joe's dedicate new center By Ray Parrillo
The festive event was all St. Joe's. After Jack
Ramsay and St. Joseph's president, the Rev. Timothy R.
Lannon, cut the ribbon, a five-man Dixieland band of
Jesuits played "When the Hawks Go Flying In." Just as it
does at basketball games, the Hawk mascot flapped its
wings through the entire ceremony, and those in
attendance toured the new building. The St. Joseph's
University's expanded and renovated basketball complex
bears his name and officially
was
dedicated yesterday,
Ramsay led a list of St. Joe's basketball royalty that included Jameer Nelson, who was among the benefactors for the $35 million project. The new locker room is named in honor of the guard from Chester, who was the consensus national player of the year in 2004 and is an all-star for the Orlando Magic. The men's basketball lounge is named after Delonte West, who teamed with Nelson in the backcourt to lead the Hawks to a 27-0 regular-season record and No. 1 ranking, a remarkable feat for a small Jesuit school in an era dominated by Division I football universities.