Your School's All-Time Starting 5

[thetruth22]

I did omit a few of those Johnstown names. That may date me a little bit. But the list I put together is quite impressive and all but two of these guys did play college basketball. The other two were busy pursuing professional athletic careers.

Ken Horoho (St. Francis, PA)
Pat Cummings (Cincinatti)(Knicks, Mavericks, among others)
Don Maser (Duquese) Back when Duquesne was very good.
Dave Roman, Sr. (Pitt)
Tim McNair (Youngstown State)
Mark Horner (Youngstown State)
Geroy Simon (Football-Maryland)
Dan Shipman (Waynesburg)
Eric Dinyar (Baseball - Drafted by the Detroit Tigers) Didn't Dinyar play basketball at UPJ after his baseball career?

I would agree with these list, only one person I may add instead of Tim McNair

Would be Paul Schmidt, He played on the same team with Pat Cummings I believe. He also played basketball at Duke

[JIMMYJAM]

I AM CHOOSING MY TEAM ON WHAT THEIR TALENT WAS IN HIGHSCHOOL NOT ON WHAT THEY TURNED INTO IN COLLEGE. OTHERWISE THIS WOULD BE AN ALL- COLLEGE TEAM. NOW YOU HAVE TO THINK ON TERMS OF OPPONENTS TOO. J-TOWN NOW PLAYS WINDBER, RICHLAND, ETC... CLASS A AND AA SCHOOLS. I KNOW ENROLLMENT IS DECREASING BUT BACK IN THE 80'S AND 90'S THEY PLAYED MOSTLY AAA AND AAAA SCHOOLS INCLUDING ALOT OF INNER CITY PITTSBURGH SCHOOLS. SO KEEPING THIS IN MIND WHEN DECIDING WHO DID THE BEST IN THEIR HIGHSCHOOL YEARS MY LIST WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS:

1. PAT CUMMINGS - NEVER SEEN HIM PLAY BUT I DO NOT THINK IT MATTERS - THE GUY MADE IT TO THE NBA!!!
2. DAVE ROMAN, SR - NEVER SEEN HIM PLAY BUT OLDER WISER SOURCES TELL ME HE COULD SHOT THE LIGHTS OUT OF THE JOINT.
3. TIM MCNAIR - MADE ALL TOURNY TEAM IN HAWAII MCDONALDS TOURNY AGAINST TOP TEAMS IN COUNTRY.
4. DON MASER
5. DEVLIN HERRING - COURTESY OF "I WEAR STRIPES" RAW TALENT - MADE TO PLAY B-BALL. QUICK, GOOD COURT SENSE. PUT TOGETHER A GOOD COLLEGE CAREER.

KURT HOFFMAN - I WOULD SAY NO. EVENTHOUGH HE IS THE ALL TIME SCORING LEADER, HE PLAYED AGAINST A AND AA SCHOOLS AND STARTED WHEN HE WAS A FRESHMAN. THUS HE DID NOT HAVE TOO MANY OTHER SCORING THREATS ON HIS TEAM. FOR A FRESHMAN TO MAKE A JTOWN TEAM IN THE AAA AND AAAA ERA AND AVERAGE 10 POINTS A GAME IS UNHEARD OF (I PERSONNALLY HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANYONE DOING THIS). SO NO.

ERIC DINYAR - I WOULD SAY POSSIBLY. HE PLAYED AGAINST TOUGH AAA AND AAAA SCHOOLS AND WAS DOMINANT DURING HIS JUNIOR YEAR BUT DID NOT DO MUCH HIS SENIOR YEAR DUE TO A BROKEN ANKLE. GOOD ATHLETE - WENT ON TO PLAY PRO BASEBALL BUT WHAT COULD HE HAVE DONE IF HEALTHY HIS LAST YEAR?

DAN SHIPMAN - SAME STORY HERE. PLAYED AS A FRESHMAN AND SOPHMORE DURING THE AAA AND AAAA YEARS BUT INJURED HIS KNEE AND WAS NEVER REALLY THE SAME. IF HEALTHY WHO KNOWS WHAT HE COULD HAVE DONE.

GEROY SIMON - GREAT ATHLETE BUT I WOULD SAY NO.

FRANK TOMERA - TALL BUT NOT ONE OF THE ALLTIME GREATS.

KELLY GUNBY - WENT TO JTOWN IN JUNIOR HIGH I BELIEVE BUT MOVED OUT OF TOWN UNTIL HIS JUNIOR YEAR RETURNING TO JTOWN. IF HE PLAYED ALL 4 YEARS AT JTOWN I WOULD SAY HE WOULD BE A DEFINITE. PURE TALENT IN HIGH SCHOOL - NOONE COULD MATCH UP AGAINST HIM.

I KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF "WHAT IF'S" ABOVE BUT HAD TO THROW THEM OUT THERE. KEEP IN MIND I AM BASING MY PICKS OFF OF HOW THEY DOMINATED COMPARED TO THE OTHER TALENT THEY WERE MATCHED UP AGAINST. JUDGING JTOWN'S PLAYERS TODAY IS ALOT HARDER THAN WHEN THEY PLAYED AGAINST BIGGER AND BETTER SCHOOLS. LOOK AT HORNER - HE PLAYED AGAINST AAAA COMPETITION ALL YEAR AND PUT UP 50 SOME AGAINST VOTECH. WHAT WOULD OF SOME OF THESE OLDER PLAYERS DO NOW AGAINST THE A AND AA TEAMS JTOWN PLAYS?

JUST AN OPINION!!

[shocker]

After seeing Paul Weatherly play I would certainly put him on the list for Jtown. Even though he is still in school he is definitely one of the best.

[JIMMYJAM]

I DONT KNOW ABOUT THAT. I SEEN HIM PLAY SINCE HIS FRESHMAN YEAR AND HE IS GOOD BUT NOT ONE OF THE BEST, YET. SEE WHAT HE DOES HERE IN HIS SENIOR YEAR.

[mountiemaniac]

Berlin Mountaineers:
PG: Cody Miller
SG: Travis Eisentrout
SF: Jared Mccormick
PF: Ben Meyers
C: Alex Will (watch 08-09 season best player in state haha)
Bench: Jake Zorn, Seth Snyder, Tyler Good, Donnie Zeigler

[Dfense wins games]

I AM CHOOSING MY TEAM ON WHAT THEIR TALENT WAS IN HIGHSCHOOL NOT ON WHAT THEY TURNED INTO IN COLLEGE. OTHERWISE THIS WOULD BE AN ALL- COLLEGE TEAM.

1. PAT CUMMINGS - NEVER SEEN HIM PLAY BUT I DO NOT THINK IT MATTERS - THE GUY MADE IT TO THE NBA!!!

lol

[WestyFan007]

haha...nice catch

[sirbball21]

Jimmy Jam




...Your Stupid

[knightrider]

Best five in the area alltime: 2 guards, 2 forwards, 1 center.

[WPIAL~Titan]

Best All-Time Starting 5 in Districts 5...

PG AJ Nastasi, NBedford
2G Joe Nastasi, NB
SF Travis Eisentrout, Berlin
PF Collins, Tussey Mountain
C Dick Mumma, Bedford

3 or 4 guards, but a pretty good team...