by Rodney Froth

Trivia answer- Delone Catholic opened the playoffs with 3 wins over Tulpehocken (66-49) and Wyomissing (59-45) and then Milton Hershey.  Their record is 24-3 to date.  100 wins at four schools: Jim Dooley their coach has already rung up 100+ wins at Shippensburg, Cumberland Valley, Gettysburg, and now at Delone.  No other coach in the history of Pennsylvania high school basketball can lay claim to accomplishing such a feat.  And speaking of feet, he still wears the signature saddle shoes!  Note: Franklin D. Roosevelt served as President from 1932 until his death in 1945.                              (Find the Trivia Question HERE)

 
The Dave Burman Playoff Report-
these are statewide playoff articles
submitted by Mr. Burman, the Sports Director at radio 105.5  in Lewistown
 

As of Tuesday Feb 19, 2008
District 1-Norristown vs Pennsbury preview, HERE
District 3-Susquehanna 93 Greencastle-Antrim 85 in four overtimes, story HERE
                 Overtime records HERE
Philadelphia Catholic League Notebook,  story HERE

As of Monday Feb 18, 2008
District 1-Chester can tie a record on Tuesday, story HERE
District 3-Reading vs York game video,  http://www.midpennathletics.net/readingyork2008.html
District 12-Mansion knocks off Prep Charter, story HERE

As of Sunday Feb 17, 2008
District 1-Octorara Season Ends with OT Loss (West Chester Daily ..., article HERE
District 3-CONGRATS to C. D East Coach Bruce Leib (Harrisburg ..., article HERE
District 6-Central Mountain Girls Season ends (Centre Daily T..., article HERE
District 10-General McLane Continues to roll (Erie Times)..., http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080215/VARSITY04/802150447
 

Chris Rossetti from District Nine
submitted by Chris Rossetti, the District Nine Website, results  HERE
District 9 Website HERE

The high and the low in Districts:

HIGH SCORE. In District 12 AA, Strawberry Mansion left little "hope" when they blasted Hope (Philadelphia) 113-87 before sending home the highly regarded Prep Charter 66-53.

LOW SCORE. In District 3 A-- three point goals did not make the difference. Scotland School and York County Day School were tied at one three point goal per team, but when the smoke cleared, and the two point goals were counted, the final score read Scotland School 74 and York County Day School 5.  Five has to be an all-time state district level point low for one team!  Remember on February 7, 1964,  MMI of Freeland upset West Hazleton 7-5 in a regular season slow down by design game.  But this 74 to 5 score was for a district playoff game!

Statewide rankings (as or 2/10/08) courtesy LLhoops.com and Jerry Shenk, http://www.llhoops.com/PIAAstate08.html

How about the undefeated teams:

On the boy's side, Reading (d-3), Coudersport (d-9), and Norristown (d-1) all remained undefeated after the initial rounds of district play.

On the girl's side, Methacton (d-1), Abington Heights (d-2), and Monessen (d-9) also all remained undefeated after the initial rounds of district play.

Find the "Perfect Season" article HERE
Find the list of "Undefeated State Champions" HERE

Sad ending: 

On 2/6/08, the Central Mountain Lady Wildcats, tied the school record for most wins by a basketball program with 22 with a 48-38 victory over Bellefonte and stood 22-0.  Then they lost three straight and their season is now over and they go to the sidelines.

Related Links:
1-Information from the 2007-2008 season, Pennsylvania Basketball News  HERE 

2-Which PIAA District is your team in?-  find it HERE

 3-Which was the  best high school team in Pennsylvania basketball history? story here  HERE