Pennsylvania High School Basketball Records
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Undefeated State Champions    Elk Lake                    36-0, 1977    Lancaster Catholic    35-0, 2003   York Catholic Girls   35-0, 2007   York Catholic boys    34-0, 1987 Pottsville Nativity       33-0, 2000    Elk County Catholic  32-0, 2006   Girard                        32-0, 1990   Lewistown girls         32-0, 1997)   Northwest Area         32-0, 1983 Carbondale Area Girls 31-0  1977    Wampum                    31-0, 1955   Cranberry Girls          32-0    Carbondale               30-0, 1993    Williamsport            30-0, 1984   Aliquippa                  29-0, 1949   Avalon                      29-0, 1952    Kutztown                  29-0, 1959    Geibel                      28-0, 1978    Mercer                      28-0  1966    Midland                    28-0   1965    Sharon                      28-0  1957    Uniontown                28-0  1964 St. James, Pittsburgh    28-0  1951 St. James, Pittsburgh    28-0  1952   Ambridge                   27-0  1967  St. Vincent's, Plymouth  27-0  1958  Johnstown Catholic      27-0  1951    Darby Colwyn          25-0  1962    Darby Colwyn          25-0  1963 Plymouth-Whitemarsh  24-0  1963    Hazleton                   21-0, 1929   Fifth Avenue              15-0, 1976 (* Strike shortened season, then the school closed)      (the Carbondale Area Chargers(29-0) and George Jr. Republic Tigers(29-0) squared off for the AA    state title in front of a sold out Hersheypark Arena crowd)

Undefeated Philly Champions Overbrook,                 34-0, 1980 Simon Gratz,               31-0, 1993 West Philadelphia        30-0  1975 West Philadelphia        25-0  1977 Overbrook                  22-0, 1958 Overbrook                  20-0, 1954   Note: Northwest Area won  Class A back to back championships in 1982-83 and 1983-1984 seasons going 32-0 and 33-1 respectively, coached by the late, Edward Gayeski. They defeated Karns City in 1983 and Cornell in 1984. Their only loss was to Milton 43-42 in 1984. (Credit: Brian Ptashinski, Nanticoke).   most wins in a season by a team The girls team at Pine Grove Area High School in the 1981-1982 season. They won the PIAA class A title with a 37-1 record. Ron Rhen was the coach of that team. (Credit:Gary Blankenhorn, Columbus, Ohio) What is the record for the school with the most consecutive winning seasons? The Windber  boys have had 37 consecutive winning seasons.  Their last losing season was in 1970 Coaching records, go HERE   On Jan 30, 2008, Philadelphia Northeast defeated Philadelphia Central ending Central's 101 game league winning streak. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

longest winning streak? 68-From1976 thru 1978, West Philadelphia, the "Speedboys won   68 straight.  66-From1950 thru 1952, West End St. James from Pittsburgh ran off 66 straight wins including three Class B, PCIAA State Championships. 61-From 1944 to 1947, Allentown High School recorded 61 consecutive victories. The 1946 and 1947 championships were later disputed by the PIAA. 59-Carbondale  30-0 State title in 1993,  then a  29-1 Runner Up team in 1994.  58-1977-1979. The "Golden Girls" of Pottsville Nativity High School set the Lower Anthracite Region's all time win streak with 58, including a 48-41 win over Johnsonburg in the 1978 state championship game. 57-York Catholic boys' from 1989-91, the all-time York-Adams area winning streak 57-The Cranberry "Berries" girls team won 57 straight after an early season loss in 93-94, they didn't lose again until the PIAA Western Finals in 94-95. 54-Carbondale Area Girls were undefeated in 1977 winning the AA state title at 31-0, then  going 23-2 in 78. Coach Mary Ann Egnatovich (ending her career at 289-77). 54-Darby-Colwyn boys.  Between Mar '61 and Dec '63 coach Hal Blitman's "Rams" won 54 consecutive games.  (streak stopped by Sharon Hill 52-45). 53-Northwest Area boys. Their streak ended March 3, 1984 when Milton upset them on the Northwest court 43-42, 53-Montrose boys. Between 1963 and 1965 they ran up 53 in a row before losing to Northern Cambria in the 1965 Class B State Championship Game. 52-In 1964, Uniontown went undefeated the entire season, and in 1965 went undefeated all the way through until the WPIAL semi-final game before losing to Aliquippa. The 52 straight wins  is still a WPIAL record. losing streak in pennsylvania? --Dec 15 1976 - Mifflinburg beat Muncy 56-55 to break 88 game losing streak. Mark Wagner sank two free throws with six seconds remaining to win it. The streak started in Dec. 1972.(Credit: bud tangert, lititz) --1991-WPIAL Longest Losing Streak - Jefferson-Morgan lost 74 Games 1987-91 before they beat Mapletown High School in 1991.  (Credit: Fayette County Guru)

The PIAA Championship Records Page:  http://www.piaa.org/championships/archive/default.aspx
 

consecutive free-throws records
-80 Elena Delle Donne,  as a sophomore (2005-2006) set a national girls' high school record of 80 consecutive free throws.  She played for    Ursuline Academy in Delaware.
70 - Mark Wittbrodt (Bay City Western, Michigan)              1991-1992
63-Marvin Selvy      (Corbin, Kentucky)                                  1965-1966
58-Katrina Greer    (Penns Valley, Pennsylvania, 2005)    2003-2004
52-Rob Kezmarsky - Laurel Highlands (Pennsylvania)  1989-90  (Fayette County Guru" <fayettecountyhoops@hotmail.com>)
48-Tom Mueseler - Latrobe (Pennsylvania) 1967-68  (Fayette County Guru" <fayettecountyhoops@hotmail.com>)
42-Zack Witt             (River Valley, Arkansas)                         1999-2000
2005-Keystone State Games --"Delaware Valley's Katie Vila shot a perfect 24-for-24 from the free-throw line for the entire tournament."  (Credit: Chris Otto, York Daily Record
 

most points by a team 198- Lousiana     W.O. Boston High School  198- Lawtell High 34, (1975-1976). ( 179-California   Riverside Poly 179 -Riverside Norte Vista 15, (1981-1982) 171 - Michigan   Glen Arbor-Leelanau 171- Freesoil  94, (1988-1989) 167-Pennslyvania Albert Gallatin High School defeated West Greene High School 167-30 in 1971

167-Albert Gallatin High School defeated West Greene High School 167-30 in 1971 to break the Pennsylvania record.  154-Wampum  set a nationwide scoring record in 1959         with a 154-54 victory over Neshannock. 148 -Halifax 148 West Snyder 32, (1999-2000 140 -Altoona 140 Clearfield 40, (1979-80) 139-Jenkintown 139 Palisades 34 (1953) 130-Washington H. S. defeated West Philadelphia H.S. 130-127         in four overtimes (1998)

biggest blowouts 1918: West Virginia-Shinnston 136 Weirton 0 1924: Connecticut-Meriden Washington 148 South Norwalk 0 1931:Oklahoma-Alluwe shutout Chelsea, OK. 106 to 0, Miss Juanita Reed scored 92 points. (Ripley's Believe It Or Not) 1971: North Dakota-Steve Blehm scored 85 points during the Ramsey County Basketball Tournament in Starkweather. while playing for the Devils Lake School for the Deaf, which beat Hampden 122 to 22. Story HERE 1971:Albert Gallatin H. S. defeated West Greene H. S. 167-30 1981: Riverside Poly 179 -Riverside Norte Vista 15 2000: Pennsylvania-Halifax 148 West Snyder 32

A sad day for basketball December 2006.  Lincoln University embarrassed Ohio State-Marion 201-78, setting the Division III record for points and the NCAA all-division mark for margin of victory. Sami Wylie scored 69 points for the Lions, setting the all-division record with 21 3-pointers. 2003: PENNSYLVANIA- the Lancaster Catholic girls J.V.s showed no mercy in pressing the Garden Spot J.V.s into a 112-2 pasting.

3 point goals in one game 24-Taurean Moy, a senior at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, TN (Jan 8, 2001) scored  83 points,  connecting on 24 of 44 three-point field goals. Upon official verification, the 24 three-pointers made and 44 three-pointers attempted will be national single-game records. 17-David DeMarcus           (Sayre, Kentucky vs Millersburg Miliary)          1988-1989 15 - Matt Kitchen                (Mayville, Michigan vs. Bay City All Saints)    2000-2001 13-Mario Levon Manning ( Huttig, Arkansas)                                                 1998-1999 13-Dan Davis of (Fort Cherry, Pennsylvania) in a 61-60 win over South Fayette, 2004-2005. 12-Brian Balliet (Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania) Feb 2, 1995 vs. Williams Valley 12-Del Roy Moss                (Monessen, Pennsylvania)        2003-2004 Note: In 2007, Steve Holeczy, Cheswick Christian (Pennsylvania) made 16 consecutive three point shots over a span of games before a miss.  (Credit: Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Jan 2007) Note: Craig Jarvis - Turkeyfoot Valley H. S. (Somerset County PA) - 68 games with a 3 pointer made 1992 thru 1995.  (Uniontown Herald Standard).  Credit:  (Fayette County Guru" <fayettecountyhoops@hotmail.com>) Career three point records for PA: 302, Mike Colbert (Chartiers Valley)  WPIAL Record   (Fayette County Guru" <fayettecountyhoops@hotmail.com>)

Breaking the Backboard Chuck Connors is one of only twelve athletes in history to have played for both Major League Baseball and in the NBA. Connors is credited with being the first professional basketball player to break a backboard. Connors jumped center and smashed the glass backboard in the first-ever Boston Celtics game on Nov. 5, 1946 at Boston Arena.  But he was best known as "Lucas McCain" in the ABC television Western series The Rifleman (1958-1963). Darryl Dawkins (Philadelphia 76ers), nicknamed "Chocolate Thunder"-In a game against the Kansas City Kings in November 1979 Dawkins threw down such a massive dunk that the backboard shattered into a thousand tiny shards, sending the Kings’ Bill Robinzine ducking for cover and amazing a nation of fans. Three weeks later he did it again. A few days after that the NBA ruled that breaking a backboard was an offense that would result in a fine and suspension.  Dawkins has the record for most personal fouls committed in a season, with 386 in 1984, which is seven more than his 379 fouls the previous year, which ranks second all time.  He later was the head coach of the Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs of the United States Basketball League until they folded.  (Credit: Wikipedia) See the TOP 10 Dawkins Dunks-All-Time,  HERE   (Credit: Dave Burman)

most points by an individual player 135- Danny Heater  (Burnsville, West Virginia)                                        1959-1960 114- Wayne Oakley (Hanson, Kentucky)                                                    1953-1954 114 -Pete Cimino ( Bristol, Pennsylvania)                                             1959-1960 113-Epiphanny Prince (Murry Bergtraum, New York)                              Feb 1, 2006 105- Cheryl Miller  (Riverside Poly, California)                                        1981-1982 100- Linda Page (Philadelphia Dobbins Tech, Pennsylvania)                      1981

Epiphanny Prince (Photo credit:          Washington Post)

biggest comeback by a team
1950, Dec 30. The biggest comeback in college basketball history occurred when Duke trailed Tulane by 31 points, 58-27 with 19 minutes left, but Dick Groat from Swissvale H. S. (near Pittsburgh) led the comeback for the Duke victory.  Groat later was a star shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1961, Medfield College trailed Rutland College 46-3 at the half and came back to win 47-46 in the movie, "The Absent Minded Professor." Propelled by flubber (a heretofor unknown substance) in their sneakers for the second half, the Medfield players  acquired a unique jumping ability which helped them to make their comeback for the win.   Believe it, or not!

Read the Washington Post article, "The Ballad of Danny Heater" telling the story of the man who holds the scoring record.

Feb 7, 1990, Lisa Leslie of Inglewood Morningside (Calif) scored 101 points in the first half against South Torrance (Calif). South Torrance H. S. declined to play the second half.

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