History of the Pennsylvania vs Maryland Series-

1992. At Hersheypark Arena, PA. Pennsylvania 128 Maryland 93. Rashaan Carlton (Penn State), Zeffy Penn (Villanova), Matt Walker (Mt. St. Marys), and Robert Tate (the Minnesota Viking) led PA to a win in the very first game of this series.

1993. At Hersheypark Arena, PA. Pennsylvania 107 Maryland 88 Leading scorers: Damien Cosby (MD)22, Tom Pipkins (PA): Pittsburgh Valley 19.
The Pennsylvania/Maryland Series was born out of conversations at the Metro Index Camp in the summer of 1991 between Tom Hendershot (Bowie) Maryland (upper left in photo) and Mike Gaffey.  Tom Hendershot coached Maryland in the first game, while Pennsylvania was coached by the father-son team of Joe DeGregorio and Kyle DeGergorio.
1994. At Cumberland Valley H. S. Mechanicsburg, PA. Maryland 114 Pennsylvania 106 Leading scorers: Sarunas Jasikevicius (PA):Solanco 20, Damien Owens (MD) 25.

1995. At Cumberland Valley H. S. Mechanicsburg, PA. Pennsylvania 125 Maryland 116 Leading scorers: Kevin Worley (MD)24, Andre Howard (PA): Philadelphia Overbrook 22.

1996. At Cumberland Valley H. S. Mechanicsburg, PA. Pennsylvania 127 Maryland 103 Travis Wealand (Ephrata) andBrian Lindsay (Gettysburg) led Pennsylvnaia with 22 points each. Lindsay set an All-Star record with 6 three point goals and was named the MVP. In the Girls Game, Maryland 89 Pennsylvania 85 (overtime). Leading scorers: McCray (Maryland) and Lynne Wagner (PA): Central Dauphin.

 

1997. At Cumberland Valley H. S. Mechanicsburg, PA. Pennsylvania 119 Maryland 96. Leading scorers: Sam Sutton(PA)YorkHigh School 18, Kenneth Cox(MD) and Henry Roscoe(MD) 20. In the Girls Game,Maryland 83 Pennsylvania 64 Leading scorers: Cara Consuegra(MD) 17, GinaZang(PA) : West Scranton 13.

 

1998. At Cumberland Valley H. S. Mechanicsburg, PA. Maryland engineered a rare double-dip, defeating Pennsylvaniain both the boy's and the girl's game. The Maryland Boy's behind Larry Tuckerof Baltimore Dunbar(24 points), Andre Jackson of Gynn Park (21 points),and Patrick Doctor (Gynn Park) 19 points defeated the Pennsylvania Boy's97-92. Kevin DeVan of Susquehanna Twp.with 13 points was named the PA MVP.The Maryland Girls led by Terrana Pyfrom of Riverdale Baptist(14 points)defeated the Pennsylvania Girls 73-59. Jessica Lentz of Lebanon led thePA Girls with 13.

 

 

1994 MVP's
(left) Sarunas Jasikevicius, Solanco, PA

(right) Damien Owens, Bowie, MD

(Photo credit: Eric Smith)


In the 2004 Olympic Games,  Sarunas Jasikevicius scored 28 points and led Lithuania to an upset win over the United States, story HERE

 

1999. At Cumberland Valley H. S. Mechanicsburg, PA. The Pennsylvania Girls defeated the Maryland Girls 77-61.The win for the Pennsylvania Girls was their first in the four year series. Erin Brady (Marian Catholic) with 13, Alicia Hartlaub (ELCO) with 12, and April Collier (York) with 10 led the Pennsylvania Girls.

The Pennsylvania Boys defeated Maryland124 to 114, two Chester High School stars, Andre Morton and Assad Brown each had 24 points to lead the high scoring Pennsylvania Boys, while Pierre Johnson (Duval) exploded for a record shattering 42 points to lead the Maryland attack.

2000. At Cumberland Valley H. S. Mechanicsburg, PA. The Pennsylvania Boys scored a 116 to 106 win over Maryland.Charlie Copp of Tulpehocken scored 23 to lead Pennsylvania. The PennsylvaniaGirls won 80-62. Emily Swingler of Columbia and Kristen Cuff os PottsvilleNativity were named the co-MVP's for PA. Jayne Boyer of Hemfiled added 10 points and 5 rebounds to help the PA victory.
Larry "Deuce" Shurcenski
He hails from North Braddock outside Pittsburgh,  known as "America's Most Famous Scorekeeper,"  he made a special trip to Hersheypark Arena to score the very first Pennsylvania vs Maryland All-Star Basketball Game in 1992.

 

2001. At Hempfield H. S. Landisville, PA. The Maryland Boys ran roughshod over Pennsylvania 145 to 125 in the highest total scoring game in the series history.
MVP"S Justin Reares of Maryland and Jerry Johnson of Lancaster McCaskey.
The Maryland Girls made it a sweep by defeating Pennsylvania 59 to 39
MVP"S Leslie Nelson of Maryland and Leandra Fuller of Central Dauphin

 

2002. At Steelton-Highspire H. S., Steelton, PA. GIRLS 69, MD. GIRLS 49

PA. BOYS 129, MD. BOYS 125
Kenton Alston (Steelton) and Jaren Burdine (Reading) each had 16 and Dewayne Spencer (Susquehanna Twp) had 17 to lead the balanced Pennsylvania attack.

 

2003. At Central Dauphin H.S., Harrisburg, PA. PA Boys 123 Maryland Boys 116
PA Boys Dustin Salisbery (Lancaster) had 22 and Danny Lansannah (Harrisburg) 15
Maryland Boys Derrick Davis (St. Maria Goretti) had 18 and Rashaud Nixon (Oxon Hill) had 16. Slam Dunk Champion was Tariq Bond of Maryland .
PA Girls 77 Maryland Girls 75  Two free throws by Ashley Heckard with 2 ticks remaining brought the PA girls to victory. Jess Uhrich of Palmyra was the leading scorer and rebounder for the PA girls. 6'0" Shanna Shirey led the Maryland girls with 16 points.
 

2004. At C. D. East H. S., Harrisburg, PA
 

2005. At Steel High, Steelton, PA.  PA Boys 125 Maryland 108.  Josh Inadagbo (Laurel) scored 21 for Maryland and he won the slam-dunk contest,  For Pennsylvania: Tramayne Hawthorne (Steelton) 13, Mike Dunn (Central Dauphin) 11, Tristan Crawford (Steelton) 10.
Maryland Girls 82  PA 81 (overtime)  Chandrea Jones (Institute of  Notre Dame) had 22 for Maryland. For Pennsylvania: Katelyn Muray (Trinity) 13, Alex Bream (Lower Dauphin) 11, Lindsay Cale (Lower Dauphin) 10, Amy Fry (Big Spring) 10.

2006. At Steel High, Steelton, PA, The Maryland Boy’s All-Stars broke a four-game losing streak against the Pennsylvania All-Stars by running past the Pa. team in the second half to win the contest 107-94.
Darryl Webb of Maryland’s AAA state champ Long Reach, led with 27.
Alex Franklin of Reading Central Catholic led Pennsylvania with 13 points.
The  girls gave the Pennsylvanians a split  by winning 88-68. Pennsylvania scored 44 points in each half.  Towson recruit Omara Parker led the Maryland team with 20 points.
Shaka Ritter of Harrisburg  tallied 16 points to lead Pennsylvania.

 

2007.   At Steel High, Steelton, PA.

 

2008.   Scheduled for Steel High, Steelton, PA.

 

 

Records:
Most Points in a game, player: Pierre Johnson (Duval High School, MD) 42, 1999.

Most Points in a game, team: Maryland 145, 2001.
Most 3 point goals in a game: Brian Lindsay (Gettysburg) 6, 1996.
Most dunks in a game: 22, 2007.

 

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