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Haverford's Cafferky a wordsmith
Haverford's Joey Cafferky isn't just a solid scoring option for Fords coach Terry McNichol; he's also a translation machine.
Philadelphia Daily News managing editor Pat McLoone sent out an e-mail last month to a bunch of his friends, including McNichol (who's also his neighbor). McLoone was seeking someone, anyone who could translate a Swedish newspaper story on former NHL star Peter Forsberg.
McNichol put Cafferky, a Swedish exchange student, to the task. Cafferky translated the story, phoned McLoone with his report from the team's bus, then scored 10 points in the Fords' 62-40 win over Radnor Jan. 29. In the journalism business, everyone knows everyone. I once interned at the Daily News (and for McLoone) in the sports department. He's good people, and I'm glad he got the story translated. Kudos to Cafferky, too. What a heck of a story.
The Fords (14-10), the No. 21 seed, will travel to take on No. 12 Cheltenham (17-7) Friday night in the District One Class AAAA playoffs.
Philadelphia Daily News managing editor Pat McLoone sent out an e-mail last month to a bunch of his friends, including McNichol (who's also his neighbor). McLoone was seeking someone, anyone who could translate a Swedish newspaper story on former NHL star Peter Forsberg.McNichol put Cafferky, a Swedish exchange student, to the task. Cafferky translated the story, phoned McLoone with his report from the team's bus, then scored 10 points in the Fords' 62-40 win over Radnor Jan. 29. In the journalism business, everyone knows everyone. I once interned at the Daily News (and for McLoone) in the sports department. He's good people, and I'm glad he got the story translated. Kudos to Cafferky, too. What a heck of a story.
The Fords (14-10), the No. 21 seed, will travel to take on No. 12 Cheltenham (17-7) Friday night in the District One Class AAAA playoffs.
Labels: District One Class AAAA playoffs, Haverford High, Joe Cafferky, Pat McLoone, Terry McNichol
posted by Chris Vito at
12:20 AM
2 Comments:
find it hard to believe he's a swedish exchange student since his dad went to bonner.
His dad did play for Bonner, then Brandywine JC, then N.C. State '73, started on 26-0 team along with Tom Burleson, David Thompson, Monte Towe, but after winning ACC Tournament, were not allowed to play in NCAA Tournament due to probation from recruiting violation. The next year, same team minus Joe Cafferky, Sr. won the NCAA title.
Joe Sr. played pro ball overseas, settled in Sweden and married a Swedish woman, and they made their home there. Joe Jr. wanted to go to HS in U.S., and the family has made a number of trips out to see him play soccer (all-Delco) football (one of best kickoff men in Delco) and basketball.
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