Lewis led the Huskies in scoring in each of his last three seasons. The Lakers needed a third (second in league play) victory over Dunbar to clinch the MSA Division I, and the Lakers did just that, but not before coming back from ten points down to start the fourth quarter, and escaped with a 70-69 win, to stay unbeaten, and earn a berth in the MSA A championship game versus Walbrook. Notes; Wingate played four years at Georgetown, playing in 139 games, and starting in 133. They were the defending national champions, but returned only one starter from the 29-0 team, 65 senior Keith Booth. We had a conversation about not skipping stepswhen you overlook and try to skip steps, thats where you can stumble or fall. The match will not count in the Anne Arundel County standings. The Engineers traveled to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for the holidays, and started with a win over nationally ranked #16 Harvard Westlake CA, 56-46. Coach Daryl Wade, son of former Dunbar coach Bob Wade, returned for his second stint at the Castle on the Hill, following Daniels departure following the 10-11 season. 9 95 Dunbar (25-1) Coach Paul Smith > 2A State Champion, #2 in the Sun, #9 in the USA, Bootsy Thornton 64 SR; All-Met 1st (St. Johns), Tommy Polley 65 SR; All-Met 1st (Florida State FB, NFL), Billy Wells 62 SR; All-Met 1st (Tulane/Delaware). Williams scored 28 points and grabbed 8 rebounds, Bogues dished out 12 assists, Dawson scored 17 points, Brown, 16, and James, 14. Damascus - Lutz 14, Zalewski 14, Baskerville 12, Mangan 7, Dunathan 5, Berhanu-McBride 2. Gibsons 895 rebounds currently rank as the 7th most in Terps history. They can always come back to City, hold their heads up high, point on that wall and say, We did that.. Kevin Graham led the Lakers with 24 points. Notes; Nolan started for three years at Virginia, and finished his Cavaliers career scoring 1,329 points and grabbing 765 rebounds. This one was a back and forth affair, and the Lakers trailed by four points with 1:12 to play. In the city semifinals, the Poets took out #4 Southwestern for a third time, 77-55, with Terry Dozier scoring 24 points and hauling in 20 rebounds, Lee scoring 21 points, grabbing 7 rebounds, and dishing out 6 assists, and James registered 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Then, the Poets turned the defense up, limiting the Friars to 31.5% shooting in the second half, and forced another 13 turnovers after intermission. The Poets and 23-1 Huskies played before more than 3,000 spectators at Morgan State, giving fans one last glimpse of one of the greatest high school teams ever, if not the greatest ever, take on a national power. Then the instant classic became the Skip Wise show. Foster was named to the All-Met Honorable Mention team, averaging 12.5 points and nine rebounds per game. Otherwise, unbeaten in the area and everywhere else. In the MSA A 81-69 semifinal win over the Lakers, Bright poured in 34 points. The stage was set, the APs #1 and #2 teams in the country, tipping off in the Charm City Classic final. Murray finished with 21 points, Lewis, 20, and the freshman Evans, 16. New ESPN story: Victor Wenbanyama's summer league is officially over, after he bounced back from a rough debut with a stellar showing Sunday against Portland. After dispatching Crossland by 23 and Gwynn Park by 25 in the regionals, the Poets passed their third test with 22-win Edmondson, 58-49 in the regional final. Lee had a chance to put the Poets up three with a one-and-one opportunity, but missed the first, and the Electrons capitalized. The average winning margin in those four games against the two top 10 teams in their division +43.8. After a subpar performance in the 17-18 season, the Clippers returned to prominence behind Price, who again led his team to a state title. The Poets were the most talented team in the country, without question. Bright scored 23 points, grabbed 9 rebounds, dished out five assists, grabbed five steals, and blocked two shots. Notes; Booth was the first Dunbar player to attend Maryland since 1977, when Ernie Graham signed on with the Lefty Driesell and the Terrapins, while David Wingate, Reggie Williams, Muggsy Bogues, Reggie Lewis, Mike Brown, the Dozier twins, Sam Cassell, Donte Bright, and Mike Lloyd, among others, had all since gone elsewhere. Game 28 Thursday started rough. Varsity Sports Network - Maryland high school sports - The Baltimore Banner The Lakers outscored the Rams 42-5 in the second half, limiting the eventual fellow state champion to just one field goal after intermission. Citys other loss last season was in the state semifinals. The Clippers made their fifth state title game appearance in nine years, and won their third state championship. High School Sports News - Baltimore Sun 22-23 V. Basketball. The Engineers followed that loss with two more wins at the beach a 71-51 win over 24-win Millenium AZ, and a 93-60 rout of 19-win Coronado NV. The Poets may have not been the favorites to win it all again in 84, but they certainly seemed to be part of the equation. Graham still holds the Terps single-game scoring record, when he poured in 44 points in a 124-110 win over then #4 ranked NC State as a sophomore. The Stags went to power forward Carlton Valentine, who was fouled and hit both of his shots as the Stags regained the lead. BOYS BASKETBALL Varsity Junior Varsity . The Poets rolled through their regional, beginning with a 118-63 pummeling of Decatur in the regional final, and ending with a rout of two-time state champ Cambridge South Dorchester in the regional final, 82-60. Coach Pompey was selected as the Baltimore Suns Coach of the Year. It was said UCLA Coach John Wooden sent the talented Poet a letter. St. Joe at Dunbar that resulted in numerous arrests. Baltimore City College High School, Baltimore (MD) Players - RealGM The Lakers were on to their first Final 4, and a matchup with Arundel. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Calvert Hall, also undefeated, was #1) twice, and ranked among the top 5 four times 82, 83, 84, 85. No. 3 City boys basketball clinches Baltimore City title game berth The Poets played their worst half of the season before intermission in the city championship, hitting just 9 of 26 shots from the field, and 5 of 14 from the line, and trailed at halftime for the first time all season, 29-26. 8 76 Lake Clifton (22-2) Coach Woody Williams > MSA A Champion, City League Champion, #1 in the Sun, #5 in the USA, Arnold Clyde Gaines; All-Met 1st (Wisconsin), Robert Brown 67 SR; All-Met 1st (Florida A&M), Rodney Pop Wright 64 JR; All-Met 2nd (Drake), Ernie Graham 67 JR; All-Met 2nd (Maryland). 7 94 Southern (23-1) Coach Meredith Smith > 4A State Champion, #1 in the Sun, #4 in the USA, Kevin Simpson 65 SR; Sun POY (Dixie CC Utah). Up next was Cardinal Gibbons, the BCL champ, in a late March bonanza. Willis, Thomas, and Mungo, who scored 30 points in the loss to Morgan Park, were all key contributors for the state champion Clippers. 2023 The Baltimore Banner. Brown, who was named the Suns Player of the Year in 72, was garnering interest from colleges across the country, more than any other city player before him. The Lakers topped eventual 1A state champion Digital Harbor twice, and eventual 2A state champion City College by 27, 61-34, and 4A state semifinalist Walbrook, by 19. Morgan Wooton, the Stags Hall of Fame coach said, It was one of the greatest shooting exhibitions Ive ever seen. Gibson scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and was a huge reason Dantley was limited to two field goals. Still, Williams and Bogues made the all-tournament team. The Poets topped arch rival Lake Clifton three times, including in both the MSA A Conference championship game and City Public School championship games. Lewis led the way with 26 points. Williams averaged double figures in scoring in seven of his ten seasons, and averaged 12.5 points per game over his career; Bogues played four years at Wake Forest, leading the ACC in assists in his final two seasons. That left the Poets at 23-0, and a season finale bonanza with the #1 team in the country, West Philadelphia, and their star, Gene Banks, one of the two best high school players in the country, along with Albert King, of Fort Hamilton NY. The Speedboys and DeMatha split top honors in the two major high school polls. Eric Green was at the line with 30 seconds left, with the Poets down two, 72-70. The travel increased every year since the undefeated 82 season, and in turn, the level of competition rose every year thereafter. For reference, Walbrook finished #8 in the Suns final rankings, and the 21-win Gaels finished 10th. Wise led the Poets with 26 points in less than three quarters of work, while Gibson supplied 12 points, 16 rebounds, and 7 blocked shots, despite sitting out the fourth quarter. With a chance to tie, the Friars Rhodes was run off the three-point line by Bright, and settled for a pull-up jumper with three seconds to play. The last time City played on Gary Williams Court was in 2014 when the Northeast Baltimore school finished a 27-0 run with the 3A championship. Baltimore City College boys' basketball - Wikipedia View Baltimore Basketball ranking list. When Wingate finished, he ranked third on the Hoyas all-time scoring list, he currently ranks 7th. The Poets topped the Lakers, 74-60, in the city league semifinals, before coming back to beat the Bulldogs in one of their few tests of the season, 59-55. Or, conversely, if both the Poets and Lakers were to lose, theyd face each other, albeit in a consolation game. . The 72 Poets were coming off a season that ended in turmoil, following a brawl that took place at the end of a 69-67 overtime win by Mt. The Poets four stars all produced in the win, with Lee scoring 22 points, Terry Dozier scoring 17 points, and James and Perry Dozier scoring 16 points each. The Ducks took the top spot in the area with a win over then #1 Walbrook, 69-68, which essentially clinched their berth in the city title game. Early in the fourth quarter, Damascus looked ready to make a run, hitting a 3-pointer to close to within 12. Brown scored 28 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, while the freshman Gibson added 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Wades 79 Poets had to replace four key components from their 78 championship team, including the Player of the Year, Calvin Maddox, and Pittsburgh commit Dwayne Wallace, who averaged 18 points and five assists per game. The Knights withstood a nice challenge from 22-win Westlake in the final, before doing what they had done to Lake Clifton twice, and Riverdale Baptist, responded when confronted with a legitimate challenge. Graham was the first of more than a dozen transfers over a ten year period that produced ten Baltimore City League championships, and nine MSA A championships in that ten year period. The following night, the Poets walloped Southwestern by nearly the same score, 106-42, with Williams scoring 28 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, and Bogues providing 14 points, 13 assists, and four steals. At 20-0, the Poets looked to win their first Baltimore City Public School championship, after Lake Clifton won the tournament in its first two years. I didnt say they were the best, after all, we played Power Memorial when they had Lee Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar). Lake then put away DC Interhigh power McKinley Tech, 73-56, with Wright scoring 21 points, Brown adding 17 points and 14 rebounds, and Kevin Graham tallying 15 points and 13 rebounds. James and Harried joined Brown on the All-Met First Team, with James averaging 15.8 points and four assists per game, and Harried supplying 14.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. 11 84 Dunrbar (30-2) Coach Bob Wade > MSA A Champion, City League Champion, #1 in the Sun, #2 in the USA, Mike Brown 64 SR; Sun POY; (Syracuse/Clemson), Keith James 65 SR; All-Met 1st (South Carolina/UNLV), Derrick Lewis 63 SR; All-Met 2nd (Northeastern/South Carolina), Herman Harried 67 SR; All-Met 1st (Syracuse), Taurence Chisholm 56 SR; All-Met 2nd (Delaware), Terry Dozier 68 JR; (South Carolina, NBA). Scott led the Poets with 23 points and 16 rebounds. Price poured in 31 points in the state title game victory, while Willis scored 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Mungo supplied 12 points and 7 assists. Its been said the head basketball coach position at Dunbar ranks only behind the mayor as the most difficult and scrutinized job in the city. With the win over the Poets, the Bulldogs entered the USA Today top 25. 10:30am. The Poets season would begin without the returning All-Met Snowden, who was being disciplined by Cain for poor grades, but the six others picked up the slack, and Cains squad put away Mervo, 97-58, in the opener. This one was 66-64, with 1:12 to play, before the Metro League runner-up Cadets scored the last six, in a 72-64 win. And dominated. Over seven seasons, from 77 through 83, Wade led the Poets to a 174-10 record, boasting undefeated records in 79, 82, and 83. The talent would certainly be there for the 72-73 season, with Snowden, who was named to the All-Met First Team as a junior, the top rising junior in the city in Wise, and the top rising sophomore in the city in Gibson, all returning. Chisholm is also the Blue Hens all-time steals leader, with 298, holding their top three single-season marks in that category, as well. Wise averaged 18 points per game in his sophomore campaign, and Gibson was named to the All-Met Honorable Mention team as a freshman, averaging 10 points and 11 rebounds per game. The 66 Graham was coming off a season where he averaged 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Lakers, who finished #5 in the country. Then came the cavalry. City ranks second among all Baltimore-area high schoolspublic, private, and parochialwith 12 first-team All-Metro selections since 2007. Wise scored 22 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter, hitting 8 of his 9 shots from the floor, many from 20 to 25 feet away, as the Poets ran away with a 85-71 monumental win. Gaines averaged 16.8 points, 7.8 assists, and 6.5 rebounds per game, while the junior Wright led the Lakers in scoring, at 21.7 per clip, adding 5 assists per game. Junior Barry Scott scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Maddox scored 15 points, dished out six assists, and took four steals. As a freshman, Williams scored a team-high 18 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, and dished out three assists in the national championship win over Houston. Coach Bob Wade was named the Suns Coach of the Year. In 2012, it was Patterson in 3A, Lake in 2A, and Dunbar in 1A. The Bulldogs finished ranked #4 in the country, the 10th Baltimore team to finish ranked among the top 10 teams in the country since 76 76 Lake Clifton, 82, 83, 84, 85 Dunbar, 82 Calvert Hall, 87 Lake Clifton, and 91 and 92 Dunbar. Lee finished with 25 points, while James added 18 points. Alexander led the Poets in the fourth quarter, hitting back-to-back buckets after the Bulldogs had cut it to two, and the Poets held on. The Cards still had All-American Duane Farrell, but Cardinal Gibbons was the favorite to win the Catholic League. Only one of the 12 17-win teams came within five points of the Knights 28-win Riverdale Baptist (60-57). Three weeks after winning the MSA A championship, Brown was fatally stabbed to death. Butler was a consistent presence for the Poets, and 65 senior Tim Greene showed his value, with 10 rebounds versus the Stags. McMurray, a 62 junior, was named to the All-Met First Team, averaging a league leading 25.1 points per game, while adding 8.1 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game. The Goretti Classic played before 4,870 at the Civic Center featured two of the most memorable moments ever witnessed in a high school game in this area. The Stags started the second half with a 12-2 run to take a 43-38 lead, and eventually grew that lead to nine points, 66-57, before the Poets went on a 9-2 run spurred by Brown and closed it to 68-66 with 3:01 remaining. City College High School Basketball; . 10 87 Lake Clifton (26-1) Coach Woody Williams > MSA A Champion, City League Champion, #1 in the Sun, #8 in the USA, Thomas Jordan 69 SR; All-Met 1st (Oklahoma State, NBA), Kenny McNeil 63 JR; All-Met 1st (Northern Oklahoma), Ben Harlee 63 SO; All-Met 2nd (Northeastern). Maddox, the 510 junior, was an emerging star, and would be named the Suns Player of the Year the following year. The Hornets, who beat previously undefeated Frederick in Tuesdays state semifinals and shot 8-of-11 in the opening quarter Thursday, made just 13 field goals the remainder of the game. Dorsey scored 997 points at Memphis, and grabbed 1,209 rebounds, which ranks 2nd all-time in Memphis history, trailing only Keith Lee, the former Tigers All-American. Wallace, who transferred from City College for his senior year, averaged 16 points and 8 assists per game, and was named to the All-Met Second Team, as was Graham. The Engineers scored the games first 17 points, and never looked back. Lloyd added 16 points and five assists, while Booth provided 15 points and 13 rebounds. After coaching at Edmondson for five years, Williams stepped in to start the Lake Clifton football and basketball programs, as well as serving as the Athletic Director. Here finish our series on the Top 100 Baltimore City Public School Basketball Teams of All-Time! DeMathas legendary coach Morgan Wootten said after the game, Dunbar is as fine a high school team as Ive ever seen. One of those exceptions were the 02 Ducks. The Baltimore City Public Schools Basketball Academy is dedicated to enriching the lives of young. The Poets first early test was versus #3 Southern, and Cains charges lit up the scoreboard again, building a 79-55 lead after three quarters, landing with a 96-78 victory. With the Poets winning the city title, and Calvert Hall holding up their end of the bargain, winning the private league championship, the Fuel Fund Metro Classic featured the anticipated matchup of the top two teams in the area, and top handful in the country. The traveling heroics of their 72 edition that won all 16 games on the road wasnt expected, neither was the monumental win over DeMatha a year later. To add, as successful as Coach Sugar Cain was, his Poets hadnt won the MSA A title in seven years, after winning their fifth conference championship in nine years in 65, when they put a bookend on to back-to-back conference titles. The Poets had three dates left on their schedule in late March, at the Washington Invitational, a first year event that was taken the place of the prestigious Knights of Columbus post-season tournament, which ended in 78 due to financial reasons. 4 73 Dunbar (19-0) Coach William Sugar Cain > MSA A Champion, #1 in the Sun, *Top 5 in the USA, Skip Honey Dip Wise 63 JR; Sun POY (Clemson), Larry Gibson 68 SO; All-Met 1st (Maryland). Three games, six points, and five seconds away from their second national championship in three years, and five in the last 12. The Poets blew a four point lead in the final minute of regulation against the Lakers, and a nine point lead in the final 90 seconds of regulation versus Calvert Hall. The Poets traveled to New Jersey for the holidays, to partake in the Seagull Classic. Amidst all of the traveling, the Poets still had to compete in the highly competitive MSA Conference, one of the best leagues in the country. Not PG, not MoCo, nobody, in the first 36 years of four classifications; The 97 Sabres are just one of seven Baltimore City League teams to ever win 25 games or more and go undefeated, joining only the famed 82, 83, and 92 Poets teams, and the three mentioned above 02 Douglass, with Smith, Brown, and Dorsey, 09 Lake, with the Barton, Melvin & Barton firm, and the 2014 Black Knights, with their Big 3 of Bond, George, and Stokes. Wallace joined the 67 Graham on the All-Met First Team, averaging 18 points and 5 assists per game. The Poets began with Southern in the first round of the Poet-Laker Tip-Off, and annihilated the Bulldogs, 105-42. Elliott joined Nolan on the 1998 All-ACC Team, selected to the third team, averaging 15 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. There were still two more prime-time tournaments to play, but the Poets knew that their fellow city league foes were chomping at the bit for a shot with the champs. Learn more about supporting local journalism. Along with Dantley, the Stags featured Billy Langloh, who would go on to score 1,400 points at Virginia, and two-sport star Kenny Roy, who would go on to play in the NFL. Print. In the Fuel Fund Classic, the Poets routed #4 Woodlawn, 61-40, ending the Warriors 39 game (regular season) win streak. The Lakers trailed by two, 37-35, on the back half of the third quarter before going on a 15-0 run to all but seal it. Foster, who missed the 94 season because of a heart problem, and the beginning of his senior season with a broken foot, scored 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the state championship game. The Poets suffered a pair of losses to a pair of top 5 teams in the country at the 2nd annual Charm City Classic in mid-January one to #1 Simon Gratz PA (61-44), with Rasheed Wallace, and another at the hands of the #4 team in the country, St. Anthonys NJ (53-48). City boys basketball Omarr Smith does a flex pose before receiving the Class 3A state championship trophy Thursday evening. The Mustangs travel to Gambrills to face the team they battled for the Anne Arundel and Class 4A East Region crowns last winter. Lee was named the Suns Player of the Year, after averaging 18.3 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 5.1 assists per game. Five years after the historic Dunbar DeMatha matchup in 73, when the Poets upset the Stags before more than 8,000 at the Civic Center, Dunbar was looking for larger stages like that epic event, and after securing their conference and city titles, the Poets looked forward to a pair of blockbuster post-season tournaments, featuring some of the top teams in the country, followed by a matchup with Cardinal Gibbons, in the first ever Citywide Scholastic Championship, pitting the city league champion versus the Catholic league champion, the first post-season meeting between the two since the 71 season, when the Catholic schools departed the MSA, after a brawl erupted following a Mt. A year later, in 09, Daniel would lead the Black Knights to the first of back-to-back state titles, the programs first major title in 40 years, since they last won a MSA A championship in 69. The Crimson Tide controlled the game early, but the Lakers stayed within striking distance, before making a run late in the third quarter that led to a back and forth final stanza. The following night, the Bulldogs took down the nations #6 team, Simon Gratz PA, 74-68, with Simpson torching Phillys Bulldogs for 38 points. Despite all of Coach Cains success at Dunbar, heading into his 30th season on Orleans Street, Browns death was just one of a number of tragedies the longtime coach endured in his tenure at Dunbar. Lewis, the 6th man, was the MVP of the Johnstown Tournament, and was a huge part of the Poets success. Booth scored 14 points and supplied 8 assists, while Elliott scored 10 points and hauled in 17 rebounds. After several productive years overseas, Jordan was signed to a ten day contract by Philadelphia in 93. The Lakers not only took the top billing in Charm City, they snapped the Poets 52 game win streak versus local competition, with a 84-77 win in their first of two meetings, with 66 junior Robert Brown scoring 22 points, grabbing 18 rebounds, and blocking 6 shots. Lewis was named as the ECAC North Player of the Year for a third time in his senior season, averaging 23.3 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game. The Sabres faced PGs Parkdale in the state final, and looked to be in control of the game, leading by 13 points heading into the fourth quarter, before the Panthers scratched all the way back to force overtime. In his final game, in a NCAA tournament loss to Pepperdine, Wallace scored 17 points and dished out 8 assists; Maddox, who was named the Player of the Year in basketball, All-Met in football, and was a MSA A long jump champ, was named the Evening Suns Male Athlete of the Year in 1978. Entering the 93-94 season, the Southern Bulldogs had established themselves as a perennial city contender, but hadnt splashed their name across the national high school basketball landscape like Lake had done several times (nationally ranked #12 in 75, #5 in 76, and #8 in 87), and certainly not like Dunbar (#2 in 82, #1 in 83, #2 in 84, #1 in 85, #3 in 91, and #1 in 92) had. Anyone that could run the table, whether it be Dunbars teams from 90-96, several of Lakes teams during that time, including the 95 team, and most of Southerns teams from 90-96, all would lay claim to a national title like the 92 Poets team did.
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