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News & Notes of interest & the Big Deal about Philly
[marq=right]Philly Public League disappointed with P.I.A.A. debut......
The Chest pounding has stopped !!!!!!!!!
3/16/2005,
The Associated Press:
(AP) — When the Philadelphia Public League schools joined the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, it was a given they would dominated the boys P.I.A.A. tournament.
After all, Public League teams have a rich basketball tradition and have regularly had far more players recruited by major colleges than the top P.I.A.A. schools.
This was the first year Public League teams participated in the P.I.A.A. playoffs and the results were surprising: No Public League (PIAA District #12) team made it past the second round.
Philadelphia Central, which won the Public League title, lost to Plymouth-Whitemarsh 53-51 in the P.I.A.A. Class (AAAA) second round. Frankford, the league's runner-up, was bounced by Whitehall 62-40 the same night.
Simon Gratz, normally one of the Public League's top teams, and University City lost in the first round.
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In BOYS Class (AAA), Bok Tech was defeated by Phoenixville 83-71 in the first round.
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In BOYS Class (AA), Prep Charter was edged 45-43 by York Catholic in the second round. Franklin Learning Center and Engineering and Science were knocked out in the first round.
What happened?
"We had our chances (against Plymouth-Whitemarsh) and just blew it," Central coach Haviland Harper said. "I'm upset because we didn't play as well as we should have. I'm also disappointed we didn't get a chance to play for the state title."
Speculation has been the Public League teams were not excited about the PIAA playoffs. For them, winning the Public title is still the primary goal. Frankford assistant coach Bob Dubin backed that up.
"Every coach I talked to in Philadelphia who was in (the PIAA playoffs) said the same thing. They said their kids just didn't play with emotion," Dubin told the Allentown Morning Call. "You can't fake emotion. The Public League games have so much emotion."
Harper said one reason the Philadelphia teams didn't do better is that the talent is spread out. Schools in the Philadelphia Catholic League and the Inter-Academic League are not in the PIAA and those teams have a number of talented players.
Catholic League champion Neumann-Goretti might have been the best high school team in Philadelphia with Inter-Academic champion Episcopal Academy a close second.
"I don't think the talent level is down. We just have so many schools and the talent is really spread out," Harper said.
It may take a couple of seasons for Public League schools to warm to the PIAA playoffs — just as some Pittsburgh-area schools when the PIAA football playoffs began in 1988. Harper said this season was a learning experience.
Some Pittsburgh-area schools felt the state football playoffs weren't nearly as important as the WPIAL (District #7) championships, which were played each year at Three Rivers Stadium and, now, at Heinz Field. But that thinking has changed since the football playoffs began in 1988 as Eastern schools have begun winning more P.I.A.A. Class (AAAA) football titles than Western schools. "WHAT's that Mean ???
"We learned things that should help us in the future," Harper said. "The state playoffs were new to us and it always takes a little while to adjust to anything new."
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EARLY, EARLY DECISION:@ Herb Pope of Aliquippa made his college choice even before his high school career was half over.
Pope, a 6-foot-9 sophomore forward who is considered one of the nation's best 10th graders, has given a verbal commitment to Pitt.
Pope was averaging 17.2 points per game going into the P.I.A.A. BOYS Class (AA) semifinals Wednesday night.
=================================================================
FIRST RECRUIT:@ Pitt football coach Dave Wannstedt got his first recruit for 2006 when Gateway linebacker Dan Loheyde gave the Panthers a verbal commitment.
Loheyde, who is 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds, had visited West Virginia, Maryland and Penn State.
====================================================================
GOOD TIMES:@ The Philadelphia West Catholic girls track team had some outstanding performances at the national scholastic indoor track and field championships last weekend at the New York City Armory.
Latavia Thomas won the 800-meter run in 2 minutes, 7.10 seconds, which was a half-second off the national indoor record for a high school junior.
Her teammate, Nicole Leach, won the 400 meters in 53.04 seconds, which was the best time indoors this year by a high school runner.
Thomas and Leach combined with Kneisha Sheard and Christiana Taylor to win the 1,600-meter relay in 3:41.86 and the sprint medley in 3:56.47.
"THE CHOPS".[/marq]
The Chest pounding has stopped !!!!!!!!!
3/16/2005,
The Associated Press:
(AP) — When the Philadelphia Public League schools joined the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, it was a given they would dominated the boys P.I.A.A. tournament.
After all, Public League teams have a rich basketball tradition and have regularly had far more players recruited by major colleges than the top P.I.A.A. schools.
This was the first year Public League teams participated in the P.I.A.A. playoffs and the results were surprising: No Public League (PIAA District #12) team made it past the second round.
Philadelphia Central, which won the Public League title, lost to Plymouth-Whitemarsh 53-51 in the P.I.A.A. Class (AAAA) second round. Frankford, the league's runner-up, was bounced by Whitehall 62-40 the same night.
Simon Gratz, normally one of the Public League's top teams, and University City lost in the first round.
===========================================================
In BOYS Class (AAA), Bok Tech was defeated by Phoenixville 83-71 in the first round.
==============================================================
In BOYS Class (AA), Prep Charter was edged 45-43 by York Catholic in the second round. Franklin Learning Center and Engineering and Science were knocked out in the first round.
What happened?
"We had our chances (against Plymouth-Whitemarsh) and just blew it," Central coach Haviland Harper said. "I'm upset because we didn't play as well as we should have. I'm also disappointed we didn't get a chance to play for the state title."
Speculation has been the Public League teams were not excited about the PIAA playoffs. For them, winning the Public title is still the primary goal. Frankford assistant coach Bob Dubin backed that up.
"Every coach I talked to in Philadelphia who was in (the PIAA playoffs) said the same thing. They said their kids just didn't play with emotion," Dubin told the Allentown Morning Call. "You can't fake emotion. The Public League games have so much emotion."
Harper said one reason the Philadelphia teams didn't do better is that the talent is spread out. Schools in the Philadelphia Catholic League and the Inter-Academic League are not in the PIAA and those teams have a number of talented players.
Catholic League champion Neumann-Goretti might have been the best high school team in Philadelphia with Inter-Academic champion Episcopal Academy a close second.
"I don't think the talent level is down. We just have so many schools and the talent is really spread out," Harper said.
It may take a couple of seasons for Public League schools to warm to the PIAA playoffs — just as some Pittsburgh-area schools when the PIAA football playoffs began in 1988. Harper said this season was a learning experience.
Some Pittsburgh-area schools felt the state football playoffs weren't nearly as important as the WPIAL (District #7) championships, which were played each year at Three Rivers Stadium and, now, at Heinz Field. But that thinking has changed since the football playoffs began in 1988 as Eastern schools have begun winning more P.I.A.A. Class (AAAA) football titles than Western schools. "WHAT's that Mean ???
"We learned things that should help us in the future," Harper said. "The state playoffs were new to us and it always takes a little while to adjust to anything new."
================================================================
EARLY, EARLY DECISION:@ Herb Pope of Aliquippa made his college choice even before his high school career was half over.
Pope, a 6-foot-9 sophomore forward who is considered one of the nation's best 10th graders, has given a verbal commitment to Pitt.
Pope was averaging 17.2 points per game going into the P.I.A.A. BOYS Class (AA) semifinals Wednesday night.
=================================================================
FIRST RECRUIT:@ Pitt football coach Dave Wannstedt got his first recruit for 2006 when Gateway linebacker Dan Loheyde gave the Panthers a verbal commitment.
Loheyde, who is 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds, had visited West Virginia, Maryland and Penn State.
====================================================================
GOOD TIMES:@ The Philadelphia West Catholic girls track team had some outstanding performances at the national scholastic indoor track and field championships last weekend at the New York City Armory.
Latavia Thomas won the 800-meter run in 2 minutes, 7.10 seconds, which was a half-second off the national indoor record for a high school junior.
Her teammate, Nicole Leach, won the 400 meters in 53.04 seconds, which was the best time indoors this year by a high school runner.
Thomas and Leach combined with Kneisha Sheard and Christiana Taylor to win the 1,600-meter relay in 3:41.86 and the sprint medley in 3:56.47.
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Re: News & Notes of interest & the Big Deal about Ph
Whew ! I don't know what happened to that last tread that I sent out, but it made me want to put down by beer. :oops: :lol:
Philly Public League disappointed with P.I.A.A. debut........
The Chest Pounding has stopped, for now ???
3/16/2005,
The Associated Press:
(AP) — When the Philadelphia Public League schools joined the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, it was a given they would dominated the boys P.I.A.A. tournament.
After all, Public League teams have a rich basketball tradition and have regularly had far more players recruited by major colleges than the top P.I.A.A. schools.
This was the first year Public League teams participated in the PIAA playoffs and the results were surprising: No Public League (PIAA District #12) team made it past the second round.
Philadelphia Central, which won the Public League title, lost to Plymouth-Whitemarsh 53-51 in the P.I.A.A. Class (AAAA) second round. Frankford, the league's runner-up, was bounced by Whitehall 62-40 the same night.
Simon Gratz, normally one of the Public League's top teams, and University City lost in the first round.
===============================================================================================
In BOYS Class (AAA), Bok Tech was defeated by Phoenixville 83-71 in the first round.
In BOYS Class (AA), Prep Charter was edged 45-43 by York Catholic in the second round.
Franklin Learning Center and Engineering and Science were knocked out in the first round.
What happened??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
"We had our chances (against Plymouth-Whitemarsh) and just blew it," Central coach Haviland Harper said. "I'm upset because we didn't play as well as we should have. I'm also disappointed we didn't get a chance to play for the state title."
Speculation has been the Public League teams were not excited about the P.I.A.A. playoffs. For them, winning the Public title is still the primary goal. Frankford assistant coach Bob Dubin backed that up.
"Every coach I talked to in Philadelphia who was in (the P.I.A.A. playoffs) said the same thing. They said their kids just didn't play with emotion," Dubin told the Allentown Morning Call. "You can't fake emotion. The Public League games have so much emotion."
Harper said one reason the Philadelphia teams didn't do better is that the talent is spread out. Schools in the Philadelphia Catholic League and the Inter-Academic League are not in the P.I.A.A. and those teams have a number of talented players.
Catholic League champion Neumann-Goretti might have been the best high school team in Philadelphia with Inter-Academic champion Episcopal Academy a close second.
"I don't think the talent level is down. We just have so many schools and the talent is really spread out," Harper said.
It may take a couple of seasons for Public League schools to warm to the P.I.A.A. playoffs — just as some Pittsburgh-area schools when the P.I.A.A. football playoffs began in 1988. Harper said this season was a learning experience.
Some Pittsburgh-area schools felt the state football playoffs weren't nearly as important as the W.P.I.A.L. (District #7) championships, which were played each year at Three Rivers Stadium and, now, at Heinz Field. But that thinking has changed since the football playoffs began in 1988 as eastern schools have begun winning more P.I.A.A. Class (AAAA) football titles than western schools. Yea ! Right...
"We learned things that should help us in the future," Harper said. "The state playoffs were new to us and it always takes a little while to adjust to anything new."
=============================================================================================
EARLY, EARLY DECISION:@ Herb Pope of Aliquippa made his college choice even before his high school career was half over.
Pope, a 6-foot-9 sophomore forward who is considered one of the nation's best 10th graders, has given a verbal commitment to Pitt.
Pope was averaging 17.2 points per game going into the P.I.A.A. BOYS Class (AA) semifinals Wednesday night.
=================================================================================================
FIRST RECRUIT:@ Pitt football coach Dave Wannstedt got his first recruit for "2006" when Gateway linebacker Dan Loheyde gave the Panthers a verbal commitment.
Loheyde, who is 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds, had visited West Virginia, Maryland and Penn State.
==================================================================================================
GOOD TIMES:@ The Philadelphia West Catholic girls track team had some outstanding performances at the national scholastic indoor track and field championships last weekend at the New York City Armory.
Latavia Thomas won the 800-meter run in 2 minutes, 7.10 seconds, which was a half-second off the national indoor record for a high school junior.
Her teammate, Nicole Leach, won the 400 meters in 53.04 seconds, which was the best time indoors this year by a high school runner.
Thomas and Leach combined with Kneisha Sheard and Christiana Taylor to win the 1,600-meter relay in 3:41.86 and the sprint medley in 3:56.47.
"THE CHOPS".
Philly Public League disappointed with P.I.A.A. debut........
The Chest Pounding has stopped, for now ???
3/16/2005,
The Associated Press:
(AP) — When the Philadelphia Public League schools joined the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, it was a given they would dominated the boys P.I.A.A. tournament.
After all, Public League teams have a rich basketball tradition and have regularly had far more players recruited by major colleges than the top P.I.A.A. schools.
This was the first year Public League teams participated in the PIAA playoffs and the results were surprising: No Public League (PIAA District #12) team made it past the second round.
Philadelphia Central, which won the Public League title, lost to Plymouth-Whitemarsh 53-51 in the P.I.A.A. Class (AAAA) second round. Frankford, the league's runner-up, was bounced by Whitehall 62-40 the same night.
Simon Gratz, normally one of the Public League's top teams, and University City lost in the first round.
===============================================================================================
In BOYS Class (AAA), Bok Tech was defeated by Phoenixville 83-71 in the first round.
In BOYS Class (AA), Prep Charter was edged 45-43 by York Catholic in the second round.
Franklin Learning Center and Engineering and Science were knocked out in the first round.
What happened??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
"We had our chances (against Plymouth-Whitemarsh) and just blew it," Central coach Haviland Harper said. "I'm upset because we didn't play as well as we should have. I'm also disappointed we didn't get a chance to play for the state title."
Speculation has been the Public League teams were not excited about the P.I.A.A. playoffs. For them, winning the Public title is still the primary goal. Frankford assistant coach Bob Dubin backed that up.
"Every coach I talked to in Philadelphia who was in (the P.I.A.A. playoffs) said the same thing. They said their kids just didn't play with emotion," Dubin told the Allentown Morning Call. "You can't fake emotion. The Public League games have so much emotion."
Harper said one reason the Philadelphia teams didn't do better is that the talent is spread out. Schools in the Philadelphia Catholic League and the Inter-Academic League are not in the P.I.A.A. and those teams have a number of talented players.
Catholic League champion Neumann-Goretti might have been the best high school team in Philadelphia with Inter-Academic champion Episcopal Academy a close second.
"I don't think the talent level is down. We just have so many schools and the talent is really spread out," Harper said.
It may take a couple of seasons for Public League schools to warm to the P.I.A.A. playoffs — just as some Pittsburgh-area schools when the P.I.A.A. football playoffs began in 1988. Harper said this season was a learning experience.
Some Pittsburgh-area schools felt the state football playoffs weren't nearly as important as the W.P.I.A.L. (District #7) championships, which were played each year at Three Rivers Stadium and, now, at Heinz Field. But that thinking has changed since the football playoffs began in 1988 as eastern schools have begun winning more P.I.A.A. Class (AAAA) football titles than western schools. Yea ! Right...
"We learned things that should help us in the future," Harper said. "The state playoffs were new to us and it always takes a little while to adjust to anything new."
=============================================================================================
EARLY, EARLY DECISION:@ Herb Pope of Aliquippa made his college choice even before his high school career was half over.
Pope, a 6-foot-9 sophomore forward who is considered one of the nation's best 10th graders, has given a verbal commitment to Pitt.
Pope was averaging 17.2 points per game going into the P.I.A.A. BOYS Class (AA) semifinals Wednesday night.
=================================================================================================
FIRST RECRUIT:@ Pitt football coach Dave Wannstedt got his first recruit for "2006" when Gateway linebacker Dan Loheyde gave the Panthers a verbal commitment.
Loheyde, who is 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds, had visited West Virginia, Maryland and Penn State.
==================================================================================================
GOOD TIMES:@ The Philadelphia West Catholic girls track team had some outstanding performances at the national scholastic indoor track and field championships last weekend at the New York City Armory.
Latavia Thomas won the 800-meter run in 2 minutes, 7.10 seconds, which was a half-second off the national indoor record for a high school junior.
Her teammate, Nicole Leach, won the 400 meters in 53.04 seconds, which was the best time indoors this year by a high school runner.
Thomas and Leach combined with Kneisha Sheard and Christiana Taylor to win the 1,600-meter relay in 3:41.86 and the sprint medley in 3:56.47.
"THE CHOPS".