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Top 10 Boys Basketball Coaches of Montgomery Media's Coverage Area
*** I'd like to stipulate this by saying I have not seen some of the coaches in our coverage area as much as others, or at all. If I leave someone off that you disagree with, just realize it's from one sportswriter point of view, based on what I have seen or heard since I starting covering boys basketball in 2009.
1. Jim Donofrio (Plymouth-Whitemarsh) - Coach Donofrio has had some impact players, but his game plan and exposing opponent's weakness has been impressive to watch.
2. Jim Fenerty (Germantown Academy) - There's a reason coach has not left his spot in Fort Washington for the last 23 years and I respect that. I have only covered one G.A. game in four years, but I hope that changes. It seems like he always has a fun group to watch.
3. Dennis Stanton (Souderton) - Everything he says has meaning to it and he comes across as having an extremely high basketball IQ.
4. Dean Behrens (Pennridge) - A motivator like no other. I am a little bias, because I have seen more Pennridge games than all the other schools put together, but he finds a way to get his players to play hard every night.
5. Tony DaCosta (Christopher Dock) - Coach does more with less every season and they always are 200 times better when the playoffs roll around from when the season starts.
6. Kevin Givens (Academy New Church) - Granted a lot of big prospects want to come play for coach Givens, but he still gets his team to buy into a team first mentality and wins seem to follow wherever they go.
7. Kyle Wilson (Wissahickon) - Honestly, I will cover my first Wiss game this weekend (actually two Wiss games this weekend) but if I take the opinion of some of my colleagues I have heard nothing but good things.
8. Jack Walsh (Archbishop Wood) - A lot of people thought it would be a rough year for Walsh's crew, but they either have reloaded or just bougt into the system that has been in place for the last four years.
9. Josh Adelman (Upper Dublin) - He does not have the Division-1 talent, but he uses his bench better than anyone I have seen and knows he should be on the court and how to exploit match-ups.
10. Charles Grasty (Abington) -After a 9-13 season in year one, coach Grasty has him to playing like they iwll playing in the state playoffs and be a scary opponent for teams in the District One tournament.
TOP SCORERS FROM TUESDAY 1/17/12
Jordan Reed (Wissahickon) 36 pts vs Cheltenham
Tim Abruzzo (Pennridge) 31 pts vs Quakertown
Greg Dotson (Germantown Academy) 25 pts vs Haverford School
Wes Brooks (North Penn) 23 pts vs Hatboro-Horsham
Patrick Springfield (Upper Merion) 23 pts vs Upper Moreland
Brendan Casper (Methcaton) 23 pts vs Pottstown
Nafis Walker (Cheltenham) 21 pts vs Wissahickon
Steve Leonard (Perk Valley) 21 pts vs Phoenixville
Josh Dishman (Spring-Ford) 20 pts vs Pope John Paul II
Jordan Simmons (Abington) 20 pts vs Truman
Zach Dolton (PhilMont Christian) 20 pts vs Plumstead Chrisitan
Matt Krewson (Springfield) 20 pts vs New Hope-Solebury
Kevin McFall (Upper Moreland) 19 pts vs Upper Merion
Mike Brown (Hatboro-Horsham) 19 pts vs North Penn
James Drury (Germantown Academy) 18 pts vs Haverford School
Daniel Pittman (Academy New Church) 18 pts Friends Central
Billy Dahm (Springfield) 18 pts vs New Hope-Solebury
James Mobley (Upper Merion) 18 pts vs Upper Moreland
Jarrell Haywood (Cheltenham) 18 pts vs Wissahickon
Jeff Garner (Pennridge) 18 pts vs Quakertown
Zach Quattro (Hatboro-Horsham) 18 pts vs North Penn
Matt Alden (William Tennent) 18 pts vs Pennsbury
Marcus Gilbert (Academy New Church) 17 pts vs Friends Central
Anthony Durham (Abington) 17 pts vs Truman
Tyler McGrath (Owen J. Roberts) 17 pts vs Upper Perk
AROUND THE AREA
Truman 68, Abington 65
Wissahickon 64, Cheltenham 63 (OT)
Hatboro-Horsham 65, North Penn 57
Pennridge 74, Quakertown 59
Plymouth-Whitemarsh 56, Norristown 36
Souderton 42, Central Bucks East 38 CLICK HERE TO READ THE GAME STORY
Upper Merion 74, Upper Moreland 71
Pennsbury 58, William Tennent 46 CLICK HERE TO READ THE GAME STORY
Bristol 41, Jenkintown 39
PhilMont Christian 60, Plumstead Christian 58
Springfield 50, New Hope-Solebury 34
Methacton 45, Pottstown 32
Owen J. Roberts 47, Upper Perk 41
Perk Valley 74, Phoenixville 56
Spring-Ford 50, Pope John Paul II 44
Calvary Baptist, Lehigh Valley
Faith Christian 72, Coventry Christian 40
Friends Central 58, Academy New Church 55
Germantown Academy 56, Haverford School 54
SOUDERTON SEASON STATISTICS (10-3, 6-1)
NAME FGM FTM-FTA PTS (PPG)
Luke Moyer 67 43-60 199 (15.3 ppg)
Mark Wonderling 70 37-53 190 (14.6 ppg)
John Kanas 37 25-40 101 (7.8 ppg)
Ryan Connolly 25 25-29 88 (6.8 ppg)***missed 6 games
Ry Yozallinas 27 20-23 74 (5.7 ppg)
Greg Mendryzcki 12 9-12 37 (2.8 ppg)
Brendan Wagner 13 6-14 29 (2.2 ppg)
Dan Falencki 6 6-10 23 (1.8 ppg)
Steve Shaffer 3 0-2 6 (0.5 ppg)
Anthony Williams 1 2-2 4 (0.3 ppg)
Austin Murphy 1 0-0 3 (0.2 ppg)
Kurt Muhlberger 0 1-2 1 (0.1 ppg)
PENNRIDGE SEASON STATISTICS (6-7, 1-6)
NAME FGM FTM-FTA PTS (PPG)
Tim Abruzzo 90 71-89 283 (21.8 ppg)
Andrew Lyons 76 27-46 178 (13.7 ppg)
Zack Muredda 36 18-25 103 (9.4 ppg)
Jeff Garner 24 7-9 68 (5.2 ppg)
Shane Schmidt 17 5-9 43 (3.3 ppg)
Alex Krivda 16 4-6 36 (2.8 ppg)
Kyle Bigam 9 6-8 24 (1.8 ppg)
Colin McIntyre 7 5-5 21 (1.6 ppg)
Andrew Dietterich 3 0-0 6 (0.5 ppg)
Danny Shane 1 0-0 3 (0.2 ppg)
Shane Kraynik 1 1-1 3 (0.2 ppg)
Joe Garrity 1 0-0 2 (0.2 ppg)
Nolan Rimmer 0 1-2 1 (0.1 ppg)
NORTH PENN SEASON STATISTICS (3-9, 2-5)
NAME FGM FTM-FGA PTS (PPG)
Wes Brooks 60 39-44 180 (15 ppg)
Javi Alvarino 46 22-26 128 (10.7 ppg)
Larry Roane 38 5-16 90 (7.5 ppg)*missed 1 game
Chris Dawson 34 20-26 88 (7.3 ppg)
Mike Swanson 16 16-20 50 (4.2 ppg)
Derek Viscusi 5 6-8 16 (1.3) ppg)
Kevin Shue 5 2-2 12 (1 ppg)
Stephen Brown 4 0-0 8 (0.7 ppg)
Kordell Lord 3 1-2 8 (0.7 ppg)
Noah Melchior 2 2-3 7 (0.6 ppg)
Riley Gaibler 2 1-2 5 (0.4 ppg)
Alvin Dean 1 0-0 3 (0.2 ppg)
Brendan Rhodes 0 2-2 2 (0.1 ppg)
HATBOROHORSHAM SEASON STATISTICS (4-9, 3-4)
NAME FGM FTM-FTA PTS (PPG)
Mike Brown 66 41-60 186 (14.3 ppg)
Zach Quattro 61 12-19 150 (11.5 ppg)
Ryan Kelly 38 22-25 123 (9.5 ppg)
Bob Bruno 29 18-23 75 (5.8 ppg)
Paul Haggerty 22 25-35 73 (5.6 ppg)
Mike Vogel 7 12-24 30 (2.3 ppg)
Jack Lavery 8 4-8 23 (1.8 ppg)
Chad Gill 6 0-7 12 (0.9 ppg)
Dillan Schindewolf 1 2-2 4 (0.3 ppg)
Jack Wingen 0 0-2 0 (0.0 ppg)
Eric Rubenstein 0 0-1 0 (0.0 ppg)
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