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Who should be named All-Delco?
This is one of the best times of the year: the playoffs have just begun, and soon enough it'll be time to name the All-Delco Team. This is where you, the reader, enter into the equation.I have a general idea of who will make this year's All-Delco Team, but I'd like your thoughts on the matter. As the Daily Times continues ushering in the digital age of journalism, I've opted to use my blog as a medium for such a task. Either leave a comment on the blog or e-mail me who you think should make the team and why. My only request is that your responses be clear, concise and clean (no trash-talking on other players or foul language, please). I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Now back to the playoffs.
The results are in: two Delaware County schools are in the Catholic League playoffs. Well, sort of. Monsignor Bonner picked up the Southern Division's third seed by posting a 9-5 league record. The Friars will play No. 2 Neumann-Goretti on Saturday.
Archbishop Carroll and Saint Joseph's Prep will partake in a play-in game Wednesday for the fourth and final Southern Division seed. Both teams finished at 8-6 in league play. The Catholic League playoffs begin next weekend. The Patriots and the Hawks will play at Cardinal O'Hara Wednesday at 7 p.m. for the right to advance.
Labels: All-Delco Team, Archbishop Carroll, Catholic League playoffs, Monsignor Bonner
posted by Chris Vito at
12:01 AM
46 Comments:
do 5 or 6 kids make all delco?
I say:
Egee - Ridley
Robinson, Burton, Johnson, Green Germany - Chester
Murray - Glen Mills
I could see Robinson from Ridley instead of Egee because he scores more but Egee makes that team go. He is their leader and MVP.
Karon Burton is Delco Player of the Year. He has been the best player on the best team all year.
I say Robinson from Ridley. He's been the man all year for Ridley. He has scored the most points and has had the most rebounds for Ridley. He has improved dramatically this year and it shows.
Jake Mingey from Haverford High should definately be on there. He may not score as much as some of these other guys, but that is because Haverford shares the ball better then any team around and Jake is very unselfish. He is a great all around player and he clearly outshined Robinson in both games the Fords had against Ridley (Even though Robinson may have scored more then Mingey in the second game, people who were at the game saw that Mingey was the better player).
Karon Burton for Player of the Year
Anonymous Mingey, I see you followed the writer's request real well (no trash talking).
Anyhow, I think Burton & Green-Germany for Chester; and Robinson & Egee for Ridley.
D.Robinson-Ridley
Murry-Glen Mills
N.Robinson,Burton,Green Germany-Chester
CRS-25 C-24
sorry I didnt mean to down talk robinson, i was just trying to prove that Mingey can play with that caliber of talent
Thanks for the feedback so far, everyone. To clarify, six players make All-Delco: five position players and an All-Delco Player of the Year.
As I said, I appreciate the feedback. So keep it coming.
If 6 make it, I like the list the first guy put together. I feel like Egee, Murray, Nas Robinson, Burton, and G-G are locks. As for that sixth spot it is a toss up between Dan Robinson and Russell Johnson. I feel Russell is the better of the two but Dan has better numbers because he is a go-to guy for his team. Either way it works.
I don't mean to trash talk because I think Mingey is a nice player but it is foolish to think that he is better than the players listed.
a vote for mingey.his team would not have made the playoffs without him.he scored half the points in a 1 point loss to a strong cheltenham team. egee is an impressive leader,should ridley get 2? should chester get 2?
karon burton is MVP...
I say;
Dan Robinson carried that team in the beginning of the year when they didn't have a full squad and continued all season.
GO RAIDERS
burton as player of year, robinson, germany, johnson from Chester, Egee is definitely in there too
I KNOW someone from Chester better be player of the year...or im boycotting the paper and dropping the blog from my bookmarks...lol
"Should Chester get 2?" Is that serious?? Why should Chester not get 2? They are a top 10 team in America and you could make an All-Delco team and pit them against Chester and I would take Chester by 10.
If we're talking top 6 players in Delco it would be the Chester starting 5 and Aaric Murray. However, since you can't do that and it's gotta be off of production than You should have 3 Chester kids - Robinson, Karon Burton, Green-Germany, Murray, and probably Egee and Robinson from Ridley.
EXACTLY...of course the chester 5 is the all-delco team...why bother voting...but,what about those kids that didn't have 4 all-delco kids on their team to get them the ball, get the O rebound,break the press,etc. but they still led their teams to winning records...Egee, Murray, Mingey...and is it only about points?
another vote for mingey...when i saw him in person he had off game scoring wise (6 points) but thats not to say he didnt do everything in his power to help the Fords win. He had 9 assists and 11 rebounds along with a couple of blocks. Mingey did whatever he could night in and night out and should be a part of the all-delco team.
what about tyreke evans and lamont jones from american christian?
Mr. Mingey, stop coming on here and posting non-stop. We get it! Unless you have all of Haverford on notice that this forum is available that has to be you. Not too many people in the county who know anything about basketball would place him in their top 6.
Egee& Robinson=Ridley
Burton& Germany-Chester
Thompson-Bonner
I know there is strong opinion for Murray from GM and Robinson-but not based upon THIS year. Most people in Chester will tell you Robinson has had a down year(if thats possible on a nationally ranked team)-but he clearly had a better year last year.
And both Robinson from ridley and Thompson from Bonner had better years than Murray. His size and potential do not guarantee him a spot. Also, from a philosophical point of view, he is not from DELCO. So Id alwasy lean to the born& bred delco boys.
Player of the year-Burton
Steve Egee
Dan Robinson
Kevin Green-Germany
Russell Johnson
I realize that only two teams are represented, and therefore probably won't happen, but these kids have played there respective asses off and deserve the credentials.
Lijah Thompson had a better year than Murray? I would need to look at the stats but 19, 12, and 5 were Murray's #'s. Without him I'd say the 16-10 record Glen Mills had would have been something like 8-18. Watch him and Lijah. Lijah's potential doesn't earn him a spot either. Murray has better basketball skills while Lijah has better athleticism. Murray has a bigger impact on every game he plays.
Also, if you had a game tomorrow would you rather have Nas Robinson, Murray or Dan Robinson/Lijah Thompson? If you say either of the last two ahead of either of those first two either you don't watch any basketball or you're lying.
its not about who id like to have on my team. Everyone knows NRobinson is better than DRobinson. But who had the better year?
Dan Robinson and Steve Egee both deserve all Delco for the fact that they have rounded their team themseleves and worked in players around them
Dan Robinson held the team together early and the DUO increased on their production and Ridley progressed through the season and obviousely in the playoffs thus far as well
Burton for player of the year.. only saw him once but the numbers and stats speak for themseleves, and Johnson, Green Germany - from Chester also
if anyone knows bill mingey they know he has never needed to blow smoke about himself, a villanova scholarship football player or his son.i also know that more than 1 person has posted about mingey. i guess this is only a ridley/chester conversation.anyone else gets put down. too bad.
Hey gang, the feedback is appreciated but this forum is starting to take a turn away from civility. Let's keep it fun and clean, and stay away from disparaging comments about particular players or teams. Thanks in advance.
No way anybody watched Ridley/Pennsbury last night and they can say that Egee isn't the man on that team. He makes it happen!
if u say mingey, you have to say meindel from sfield.. and no way egee, hes been very inconsistent this year. Robbins?
OKAY CHRIS ....LETS GET SERIOUS.... YOU KNOW I HAD 2 COME AND LET THE REAL SCOPE GET OUT!!! HOW CAN ANY BODY HAVE TALK IN HERE ABOUT THE ALL DELCO TEAM WITH OUT HAVING "DUANE JOHNSON" OF PENN WOOD NOT BE IN THIER TOPIC!!!! SERIOUSLY I MEAN PENN WOOD IS NOT 21-7 FOR NO REASON....THEY BEAT GLENN MILLS, PW, CHELTENHAM, AND THEY SCRIMMAGED RIDLEY AND WON BY AN EASY 20...AND THEY PLAYED WITHOUT THOMAS WHITE/AND SHAWN OAKMAN ....SO CMON BE SERIOUS...
DUANE AVERAGES 19 AND 11 AND HE HAS OFFERS 2 PROVE IT AND IM NOT TALKING ABOUT THOSE BS LETERS FROM SCHOOLS SAYING "HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND WALKING THROUGH A TUNNEL WITH 20,000 FANS SCREAMING"...HAND WRITTEN LETTERS FROM, RIDER, SIENA, DREXEL, LASALLE, ST.JOES, ST.PETERS ETC.....
ALL DELCO TEAM SHOULD BE...
DUANE JOHNSON
NAS ROBINSON
TYREKE EVANS
AARIC MURRAY
STEVE EGEE/OR DAN ROBINSON
AND KARON BURTON PLAYER OF THE YEAR.... KARON IS THE BEST JUS HANDS DOWN...YOU HAVE 2 RESPECT THAT YOU CANT TAKE HIM OUT OF THE OFFENSE ...SO WHAT IF HES COCKY...CHRIS CAN I GO BACK 2 ONE OF THE ALLDECLO PLAYERS OF THE YEARS IN THE PAST....TAMIR HARBIN-NICE AS HELL BUT COCKY, ....JUST A NAME....BUT HANDS DOWN KARON BURTON IS THE BEST POINT GUARD IN DELCO
2ND TEAM
EGEE/ROBINSON
RUSSELL JOHNSON
K-G-G
TYREE JOHNSON
LIYAH THOMPSON
RHALIR JEFFERSON
3RD TEAM U CAN THROW THE
TOM BRENNANS AND THE ROB SITERS AND CARL MCKENZIES OR WHO EVER IS LEFT
PLEASE NO 4 PPL FROM CHESTER.....LOL THERE GOOD BUT NO!!!....DAN ROBINSON IS AN OK PLAYER YEAH HE AVERAGED 20 BUT HE PLAYS IN THE "CENTRAL LEAUGE" HAVERFORD TWICE UPPERDARBY TWICE HAVEN TWICE MARPLE TWICE SPRINGFIELD TWICE PENNCREST.....COMON NOW...HIS HARDEST GAME WAS PENNSBURY AND HE HAD LIKE 12 OR 14....DUANE JOHNSON GAVE DALTON 20...LIKE SORRY BUT HES SOFT!!! DAN IS SOFT IMAGINE IF DAN PLAYED AGAINST THE REAL DAN...MY BEST FRIEND "DAN GERIOT" HE WOODNT SCORE IN THE PAINT AND IF HE TRIED THAT OUTSIDE SHOT HE WOULD HAE HAD A HAND IN HIS FACE ....AND DNT TELL ME HE WOOD HAVE GAVE LM 20 WHITH GARRETT WILIAMSON AND RYAN BROOKS...YEAH OK!!!! BUT CHRIS LETS BE SERIOUS.....THERE IS NO WAY SHAPE COLOR PENCIL PEN BAG BOOK OR DOG THAT DAN ROBINSON IS BETTER THAN DUANE JOHNSON!!!! .....
CMON PPL LIKE I NOE BASKETBALLL I RUN THE MEDIA MENS BASKETBALL LEAUGE AT THE TRISTATE SPORTS....THE BEST MENS SUMMER LEAUGE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE U.S....U NOE THE KYLE LOWRYS THE JAMEER NELSONS THE YAH DAVIS TIM LEGLER...DARRIN GOVENS PAT CALATHES TASHEED CARR.....JUS A FEW 2 NAME....
CHRIS ILL SEE YOU AT THE PENNSBURY PENN WOOD GAME ON SAT LOL.....
Hey;Tri State
I though their was no trash talking?
Duane Johnson had a big 9 points against Chester his hardest game of the year.Their is no need to talk down high school kids.Chris asked for your opinion on who should make the team not who shouldn't.Just enjoy the games.
and tri-state, your argument against robinson was that he gets to play haverford twice? I'm pretty sure haverford beat his team twice and he was held to 9 points in the first game before he hit a half court shot at the end...
chris, will tyreke evans be considered or do we not count his team?
IIGHT YEAH ITS MR. TRISTATE AGAIN!!! IM NOT TRASH TALKING IM JUS TELLING IT HOW IT IS....AND IF YOU REALLLY WANNA KNOW....DUANE JOHNSON GAVE CHESTER 29 POINTS THE SECOND TIME HE PLAYED THEM....JUST FOR THE RECORD...OH YEA NOT 2 MENTION THERE WHERE SCOUTS THAT NIGHT FROM EVERYWHERE...LIKE I TURNED ONE WAY AND FRAN DUNPHY WAS 2 MA LEFT MARTELLI WAS BEHIND ME AND UHHH BO RYAN??? CMON NOW....YEA CHESTER BEAT THEM BY 36 THE 1ST TIME AND DUANE ONLY HAD 9....BUT I MEAN I FORGOT THAT CHESTER WAS RANKED UMMM WHAT IS IT...(HOLD ON LET ME GOOGLE).....6TH IN THE NATION...
I MEAN IM NOT TRASH TALKING I'M JUS TRYIN 2 GET MY POINT ACROSS....PENN WOOD WOODA HAVE BEAT HAVERFORD BY 40......THEY HAVE THE HARDEST FULL COURT TRAP IN DELCO RIGHT NOW......
CHRIS WHY ISNT NOBODY TALKING ABOUT TYREE JOHNSON IN HERE????? I MEAN THIS KID IS ONLY A SOPH AND IS GETTING RECRUITED BY EVERYBODY AND THIER SCHOOLS PRESIDENT....I HONESTLY THINK HES A BETTER POINT GUARD RIGHT NOW THAN JAMEER, D-GOV, KARON, MCKNIGHT, AND A CPPL OTHER 1'S WERE THEYRE SOPH YEAR....
WATCH OUT FOR HIM...
OH YEA BE4 I GO I APOLOGIZE 2 ANY 1 IN HERE IF I OFFENDED THEM ANY WAY I GOT A LIL 2 CARRIED AWAY YESTERDAY BUT YOU CANT DENY TALENT!!!.....
OH YEA THE SICKEST PLAY OF THE YEAR......KARON BURTIN WENT UP FOR A LAYUP...THOMAS WHITE OF PENN WOOD PINNED HIS SHOT ON THE BACKBOARD...BALL STILL IN THE AIR....RAHLIR JEFFERSON COMES OUT OF NOWHERE AND COCKS THAT THING BACK AND DUNKS IT HARDER THAN MIKE TYSON USE 2 KNOCK PPL OUT....CHRIS I KNOW YOU SEEN IT MY DUDE...LOL
- TYREKE DUREN...6'1 POINT GUARD FOR NEUMAN...LIVES IN YEADON...NEXT BIG THING OUT OF P.A...ILL PUT MONEY UP
gee Chris you could at least ask your buddy to stop shouting at us with his capital letters. and yes he did mean to put kids down for his own picks.
For some clarity, folks - I do appreciate the feedback and that (for the most part) your nominations have come in clean and honest fun.
To answer some of the questions asked by you, the readers:
1. Tyreke Evans can be and will be considered for the team. Reason being he's a Chester native who attends a school in Delco and is NOT a postgraduate. He's a legitimate senior. Also, he's a McDonald's All-American and will no doubt be the Associated Press' Pennsylvania Player of the Year. I would be remiss to leave him off the list.
2. The people who address me on here aren't my personal friends, but merely colleagues who I've met this season while on the beat. I have no sway on what they say. I merely endorse their participation in the open feedback.
3. Keep it coming. The All-Delco team will be published the middle of next month. I'll prompt the readers of the blog one more time with a post to solicit feedback. Until then, keep it clean and keep it coming.
1st: tyreke
karon burton
nasir
aaric murray
robinson (ridley)
green geramy
2nd: Egee
tom brennan
Meindel
Mingy
tyree johnson
calvin newell
Anonymous said...
gee Chris you could at least ask your buddy to stop shouting at us with his capital letters. and yes he did mean to put kids down for his own picks.
February 23, 2008 11:47 AM
lol this guy cracks me up...like i already apologized....
1st team all delco
1.karon burton-player of the yar
2.nasir robinson
3.tyreke evans
4.duane johnson
5.aaric murray
6.up for garbs.......
that easy......
any1 want 2 argue that with me...tell them 2 come 2 tristate sports complex where i work...im willing 2 debate over a powerade...(tristate sports complex, 63 concord road aston p.a across the street from "john learys, pub", home of the nations number 1 recruit of the class of 2008 since 7th grade "tyreke evans" and american christian prep school...also sponsored by powerade, and the philadelphia soul).......im just having fun guys...
tyreke is obviously gonna get player of the year
burton
nasir
murray
robinson
johnson
tyree johson
NEWELL
if you are coach lewis from strath haven u should be ashamed of yourself
I love how no one is talking about Jon DeShields of Delco Christian. He was second in the county in scoring averaging 22 ppg. and led the Knights to the sixth spot in the Super 7 and finished with a 17-9 record while reaching the semi finals in districts. For all those people that haven't seen him play, he's not your typical single A player. He's a 6'4 transfer from Chester High who is great on the face break and can finish with the best of them. He also has an above average mid range jumper too and is getting recruiting interest from major division one programs.
no hes not deshields is a punk
get off his gun.. hes going nowhere
that article in the daily times was complete bull
Even though Radnor didnt have a great season, you gotta throw Rahil Rather's and Jon Coleman's name in the mix for 2nd or 3rd team.
I'm looking at this forum and I see a lot of toss ups between Steve Egee and Dan Robinson of Ridley and some who agree both should get it. If only one can get it, then I say it was Dan Robinson's year. He held the team together in the beginning of the year and finsished off carryiing the team. And let's face it...it took Egee 4 years to reach his 1000point career, where it took Robinson only 3 years to reach it. If both can't get it, then I say Robinson all the way.
HEY RADNOR IS NOT EVEN IN DELCO..........AND DAN ROBINSON IS NOT GOOD
Dan Robinson Central League MVP.
You don"t know what your talking about CAPITAL LETTERS.
Hey, Mr. CAPITAL LETTERS. Since you are so sure about what county Radnor is not in, please enlighten us all on exactly what county Radnor is in?
When are the '09 baseball picks going to be made
The media mens l is not that great
Is it time for field hockey selections?
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