In the Cavaliers’ 108-84 trouncing of Boston, Eleanor Roosevelt’s Delonte West scored 21 points on 7-11 shooting, nailing four of his six three-point efforts. He had seven assists.
The Celtic defenders better get up on that.
DeMatha’s Keith Bogans scored six points and gathered seven rebounds in 21 minutes in the Magic’s 90-89 squeaker loss to the veteran Pistons.
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Will follow in the footsteps of local players such as Skip Spinks, Chick Lyles and Garry Jordan who have played for the Purple Eagles:
www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_127235653.html
“…Purple Eagles coach Joe Mihalich said Cooley is a “complete package.”
“He’s very athletic, he’s got some excitement to his game,” Mihalich said. “He’s kind of like a lot of kids from the D.C. area, the game comes naturally to him. I think that’s one of the best basketball areas in the world.”
Cooley returned from a broken hand in mid-season to average 16.5 points, 7.4 rebounds and 5.9 assists last season for Bethesda-Chevy Chase. He “almost single-handedly led the Barons to their third Maryland 3A West title in his career,” according to the Washington Post, which selected Cooley as an All-Metro first-teamer and player of the year for Montgomery County…”
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Gang- we’ve considerably beefed up the Photo Gallery on the homepage, including images of Turk Tillman, Steve Hood, Bob Whitmore, Sid Catlett, Pat Dosh, Collis Jones, “Ducky” Vaughn, Cecil Rucker and John Tresvant.
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(hat tip to Ray LeBov of the Association for Professional Basketball Research):
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/042008/04282008/374929
The actual name of his high school, of course, is “Eleanor” Roosevelt. West scored 12 points in the Cavs’ one-point loss to Washington last night.
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Here are, in my opinion, the twelve greatest scholastic male players in Washington area history, based solely upon what they accomplished as schoolboys:
HAROLD FOX, NORTHWESTERN
ELGIN BAYLOR, SPINGARN
AUSTIN CARR, MACKIN
ADRIAN DANTLEY, DeMATHA
COLLIS JONES, ST. JOHN’s
MATTHEW GANTT, DOUGLASS
JO JO HUNTER, MACKIN
JAMES BROWN/DANNY FERRY, DeMATHA (tie)
GEORGE LEFTWICH, ARCHBISHOP CARROLL
GRANT HILL, SOUTH LAKES
WILBUR “DUCEY” SMITH, FAIRMONT HEIGHTS
STACY ROBINSON, CROSSLAND/DUNBAR
(my three high honorable mentions would be Jim McBride, Fred Hetzel and Donald Washington- please feel free to weigh in)
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More on the famous YMCA, from our colleague Claude Johnson of the Black Fives sportswear line:
http://www.blackfivesblog.com/?p=394
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A giant is never larger than when he stoops to touch a child’s life:
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/28/230447.php
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Cleveland extended it’s playoff advantage over Washington to 3-1 on a tie breaking shot by Eleanor Roosevelt’s Delonte West. The final score was 100-97. West scored 21 overall, nailing seven of 12 shots and 5-8 on three pointers. The team’s G.M. Danny Ferry played at DeMatha, and the voice of the Cavs, Austin Carr, starred at Mackin.
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Is the Mackin grad and longtime Coach K sidekick headed for Palo Alto:
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/8075070?MSNHPHMA
DC area natives have coached college ball at N.C. State, Cal, Georgia, Michigan, Harvard, Notre Dame, Tulane, Texas A & M, Georgetown, Miami (Fl.), American, Vermont and Seton Hall.
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