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Hearts Dominate All-Area Team By JERRY COVELLA Put Sacred Heart's high-powered frontcourt trio on the same court with Vineland's high-flying senior forward Charlie Boozer. Add playmaking guard Tim Pfaff and Derric Cof ield from Saint Augustine Prep and top it all off with a large helping of Millville's Greg Goodwin. Shake well. presto. There you have it, this year's version of the Times Graphics All-Area Basketball Team.

You want height? You've got it. Six-feet-five of it on Goodwin to be exact. Quickness? Pencil in Pfaff, Boozer and Sacred Heart's Mike Dooley. And if it's jumping ability you crave, well, you've come to the right place. The Hearts' Tom Mackey and Ralph Kates and the Prep's Cofield are rumored to have dynamite stacked in their sneaks.

Quite a team, huh? And quite a season. While local basketball could not be considered a complete success )IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I Vhttlanb 'rtMf ft W- Aiimir (the seven area teams compiled a cumulative 72-80 record), for two teams it was a hoop season made in heaven. Sacred Heart was the cream of the local crop. In addition to leading the area with a 19-4 record, the Lions also grabbed their first Parochial State Championship ever with a 75-68 overtime win over St. Anthony's of Jersey City in the season finale.

And don't forget Saint Augustine Prep. The Hermits, under the direction of sparkplug second-year boss Paul Rodio marched to their best season ever, recording a school-record 19 wins against just seven setbacks. The Prepsters made it all the way to the South Jersey Parochial final before bowing to the Hearts by a 50-42 count. Vineland High felt its share of growing pains under the new regime of Ed Harvard. The Fighting Clan, with Charlie Boozer and Rich Allewelt leading the pack, managed an 11-11 record (9-7 in the Southern Division Delsea, with nine-year skipper Bob Briles pulling the strings once again, had its ups and downs.

A team constructed of new, young players and a solid nucleus of veteran material, Delsea rolled up an 8-13 slate in the rough-and-tumble Tri-County League. Millville enjoyed limited success under rookie mentor Fred Setser as the Bolts compiled a 7-12 log. Buena Regional had its share of problems in the always-tough Cape-Atlantic League. With Joe Richards calling the shots, the Chiefs recorded a 4-15 season TOM MACKEY Schalick and coach Don McCall fell to a 4-15 mark in the TCL hoop circuit. But enough about the teams.

How about the players. Uh, I mean, THE players. TOM MACKEY Mention Sacred Heart and Mackey's name is bound to pop up in the conversation. The 6-3 senior did everything but sweep the gym floor for the state champion Hearts. A two-year varsity star, Mackey led Jim Mogan's troop in scoring with a 17.7 points per game average.

A 30-point effort this year established a new school record, it was the first time anyone had ever scored 30 points in one game since Mogan took over the coaching reigns in 1971. Tom brought new meaning to the five-foot jump shot as that became his bread-and-butter bucket in clutch situations. A good shooter? His 63 per cent shooting touch speaks for itself. But scoring wasn't Mac's only claim to fame. He was also a demon on the boards.

The jumping-jack center led the Lions in re- iountal I Sports 1 April 4, 1979 I Page 15 miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiuiiiiiMHimiiiiiiiiHiiiiiifS CHARLES BOOZER GREG GOODWIN Sacred Heart uniform," according to Mogan, scoring a game-high 23 points, in addition to making big play after big play. Kates averaged 12.4 points per game for Mogan's crew and was a 56.4 per cent shooter from the field during the regular season. Ralph was the second leading rebounder on the team with 7.6 boards per game. A two-year starter and team captain, Kates was named to the All-Parochial Team by the Courier Post and was an honrable mention on the All-Press team. GREG GOODWIN At 6-5 and only 160 pounds, Goodwin looks more like a walking bean pole, not a basketball player.

But put a pair of sneakers on his feet, give him a ball, show him the court instant success. Goodwin, a former Sacred Heart student, was the top scorer for Setser this year in Millville's up-and-down hoop season. The senior Thunderbolt averaged 19.6 points (Continued on page 18, col. 1) Basketball Team i (J 3 RALPH KATES DERRIC COFIELD Greyhound gym and, against Ocean City's Ed Paone, held the cat-quick Red Raider to 12 and 14 points in two games. The soft-spoken Heart player became William Tell of the free throw line.

During one stretch this year Dooley sank a school record 27 straight charity tosses. He ended the year with an 80.3 per cent accuracy from the foul stripe. Dooley was a Second Team All-Cape-Atlantic choice. He also represented Sacred Heart and the CAL in the Seagull game. RALPH KATES No one could ever accuse Ralph Kates of being unemotional on the basketball court.

In fact, Mogan thinks Kates was a little too hyper. "Ralph's biggest problem this year was getting too psyched for a game," the Lion boss said. "But when he took his time he was dynamite." And he picked the perfect time to explode. Against St. Anthony's in the championship game, Kates put together "his best game ever in a Times Graphics Player Tom Mackey Mike Dooley Ralph Kates Charles Boozer Tim Pfaff Derric Cofield Greg Goodwin v4 irrr- I a Sg fan to 1 faS.

M. fifth MIKE DOOLEY TM PFAFF bounding with 8.3 boards per game. Master of the slam dunk, Mackey is reaping the benefits of an excellent senior campaign. In addition to leading our own TG all-star contingent, the Sacred Heart standout was also named First Team All-South Jersey by the Courier-Post and the Philadelphia Inquirer and Second Team All-South Jersey by the Philadelphia Bulletin. The Heart star represented the Cape-Atlantic League in the recent Seagull All-Star tilt held at Holy Spirit High School.

He responded with 22 points, despite seeing limited action. Mackey also participated in the North-South All-Star Game, pitting North Jersey's best against the best of the South. A college career? "If Tom works on his ball handling he could become an excellent college player," Mogan said. "He has quickness, a great shooting touch and great leaping ability. Now he must work on other aspects of his game." MIKE DOOLEY Dooley became Sacred Heart's designated "zone breaker" during his illustrious three-year varsity stint at the local school.

When teams went to the zone defense in an attempt to stop Mackey, out came Dooley and his patented 20-foot jump shot from the corner. A 53 per cent marksman from the field, Dooley is a two-time All-Area representative. The 6-2 senior forward was also the Hearts top defensive player. "Mike always had the job of defending the other team's top player," Mogan said. His defensive prowess was evident in the boxscores.

Dooley held high-scoring Pleasantville guard Tony Davenport to 14 points at the tine Prep squad in the South Jersey Parochial final. That left one more game. For the championship. "I think the big difference in the state game was the fact that we didn't have any pressure on us," Mogan explained. "We were the underdog, so people didn't really expect much out of us.

"A lot of our fans even stayed home because they thought it would be a blowout," the SH skipper smiled. "But it wasn't." According to Mogan, his team never did reach its full potential. "There were some times when we almost had it all together, but one thing or another stopped us." Sacred Heart started off the regular season in fine form, fashioning a perfect 6-0 slate, which included the championship of the Heart Christmas Tournament with a win over Bridgeton. Then came the big showdown Pleasantville (6-0) against Sacred Heart. "That was the key to our Cape-Atlantic season right there," Mo- Continued oa page 21, col.

1) School Yr. Ht. Avg. (SH) 12 6-3 17.7 (SH) 12 6-2 12.5 (SH) 12 6-2 12.4 (V) 12 6-2 12.9 (SA) 11 5-10 11.0 (SA) 12 6-2 22.4 (M) 12 6-5 19.7 Honorable Mention: Neal Pierce, Dave Colomy (Sacred Heart); Mark Washington (St. Augustine); Roy Harrell (Schalick); Mark Nelson, Wayne Principe (Delsea); Rich Allewelt (Vineland); Mel Crouch (Buena).

Area Basketball Standing! Overall Sacred Heart 19 4 St. Augustine 19 7 Vineland 11 11 Delsea 8 13 7 12 Buena 4 15 Schalick 4 18 League 7 11 9 14 14 STATE TITLE Cream championship ballgames. Six times since 1967 the Hearts had battled to the State final. Six times they lost. But trip number seven was different.

Hoo boy, was it different! Against the heavily-favored Friars, Mogan's crew played "its best overall game of the year," according to the coach. "That was the closest we ever came to playing to our potential." Against St. Anthony's, the Lions played inspired defense and shot the ball miraculously well 64 per cent to be exact. It was a fitting way to end the 1978-79 season. "We had our ups and downs this year," Mogan said of his team's 19-4 campaign.

"We started off slowly, then we just about had it all together. Then we got hit with that 20-day layoff (due to bad weather) and we were forced to start all over again." What the long layoff did was send Mogan's crew into the NJSI-AA playoffs without even a warm-up game. The Hearts looked sluggish in a two-point win over Wildwood Cath- TWO AGAINST ONE New York Islanders Mike Kaszycki (left) and Atlanta Flames Brad Marsh go stick-to-stick as they vie for the puck as it glances off the glove of Flames goalie Rejean Lemelin last night. Looking on is Clark Gilles of New York. (AP-TJ Laserphoto) of Local Crop 'J( I Mf I 19-4 RECORD AND A Lions By JERRY COVELLA The sneakers and uniforms have long been packed away for the year.

There are no fans cramming the Sacred Heart gymnasium. Basketball season is over. But the memories of those final seconds of that final game ticking memories of the Sacred Heart players embracing each other at the center of the court, will live forever. After years of frustration, Jim Mogan finally found that elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Sacred Heart: New Jersey State Parochial Champion.

"Winning this title is something I'll always remember," Mogan, Sacred Heart's nine-year head coach said, recalling his team's 75-68 overtime win over highly-touted Saint Anthony's of Jersey City March 10. "It was a great victory. Not only for me, but for the team and for everyone connected with Sacred Heart basketball." For Sacred Heart it marked the end of a long winless drought in JIM MOGAN over olic in their opening game of the tourney "We were ripe for the upset," Mogan said later. Then the Lions picked up a little steam in a hard-earned eight-point triumph over a super-psyched St. Augus PONDERING PITCHER Eastwick is lost in thought as Spring training practice session sure whether he'll be a starter Champs in 1979.

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Rawly he stands in team's locker room after in Clearwater, Fla. Eastwick isn't quite or a reliever for the Eastern Division.