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Thursday, January 26, 2012

SPRINGFIELD'S RUTECKI ATOP DELCO'S FREE-THROW SHOOTING LEADERBOARD

OK, folks. Since everyone loves stats, I've compiled a blog post for the stat-hungry basketball junkies out there.

Here's a list of Delaware County's finest free-throw shooters this season, with only two stipulations: The player must have attempted at least 50 foul shots AND they must have made at least 60 percent of them. (Otherwise, the list would stretch from here to the Jersey shore.)

So here's your leaderboard through Wednesday's games:

(Minimum 50 attempts, 60 percent efficiency)
Through Wednesday
FT % ... Player, School (FTM-FTA)
85.7 ... Danny Rutecki, Springfield (60-70)
73.1 ... Xavier Couthen, Glen Mills (38-52)
73.0 ... Matt Fox, Springfield (38-52)
72.4 ... Ryan Kelly, Garnet Valley (50-69)
69.4 ... Malcolm Richardson, Penn Wood (41-59)
69.3 ... Rob Pittman, Chichester (70-101)
67.9 ... Ray Hollman, Haverford School (36-53)
67.0 ... Ryan Furst, Marple Newtown (59-88)
64.7 ... Austin Stephens, Delco Christian (44-68)
64.2 ... Alec Stavetski, Arch Carroll (52-81)
63.9 ... John Fender, Strath Haven (62-97)
63.6 ... Darius Robinson, Chester (35-55)
62.7 ... Yusef Ross, Upper Darby (37-59)
61.5 ... Rondae Jefferson, Chester (56-91)
60.6 ... Christian Irons, Interboro (54-89)

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Friday, January 20, 2012

IRONS, CHURCH OWN COUNTY'S SINGLE-GAME SCORING MARK FOR 2011-12

The performance Thursday night by Interboro's Christian Irons triggered a thought: Who leads the county in single-game scoring for the season?

I hit my statbook and came up with this list - topped, of course, by 32-point outings from Irons and Ridley's Shawn Church. Take a look:

32 ... Shawn Church, RID (Dec. 15, 46-58 L, vs. CON)
32 ... Christian Irons, INT (Jan. 19, 60-47 W, vs. AP)
31 ... Raheem Harvey, GM (Dec. 17, 56-66 L, vs. RID)
29 ... Chuck Dorsey, AP (Dec. 17, 64-55 W, vs. SH)
29 ... Matt Fox, SPR (Dec. 20, 53-48 W, vs. CON)
29 ... George Walker, GM (Jan. 12, 70-71 L, vs. AP)
28 ... Shawn Church, RID (Dec. 10, 63-31 W, vs. AP)
28 ... Jon Vandenberg, GV (Jan. 5, 57-62 L, vs. CON)
28 ... Ryan Furst, MN (Jan. 13, 69-58 W, vs. HARR)
27 ... Shawn Church, RID (Dec. 30, 46-55 L, vs. Boys Latin)
27 ... Shawn Church, RID (Dec. 17, 66-56 W, vs. GM)
27 ... Christian Irons, INT (Jan. 5, 71-43 W, vs. Twin Valley)
27 ... Ryan Kelly, GV (Dec. 28, 65-52 W, vs. Collingswood)

Some additional notes for this list:
Raheem Harvey's 31-point game was his first game of the season, as he required doctor's clearance stemming from past injuries before beginning the year. ... Ryan Kelly's outing triggered Garnet Valley's first win of the season in its eighth game. ... From everything I've heard from those in the building, Ridley vs. Glen Mills was in the background and Church vs. Harvey became the story that Dec. 17 evening. Impressive.

In case you were curious:
The county's single-game scoring record belongs to two individuals - Sun Valley's Tom Hauer (1995) and Chester's Zain Shaw (1991) dropped 69 points in their respective games.

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Friday, December 30, 2011

DELCO'S SCORING LEADERS: CLOSE RACE

Here's a look at Delco's top 10 leading scorers, through Wednesday's games.

(Through Wednesday)


Name, School ... Avg (Point, Games)


1. Chuck Dorsey, Academy Park ... 20.2 ppg (121 p, 6 g)
2. Malcolm Richardson (right), Penn Wood...19.0 ppg (95p,5g)
3. Shawn Church, Ridley ... 18.8 ppg (169 p, 9 g)
4. Alec Stavetski, Arch. Carroll ... 15.0 ppg (75 p, 5 g)
5. Rob Pittman, Chichester ... 14.5 ppg (116 p, 8 g)
6. Ryan Furst, Marple Newtown ... 14.4 ppg (130 p, 9 g)
7. Matt Fox, Springfield ... 13.8 ppg (110 p, 8 g)
8. George Walker, Glen Mills ... 13.7 ppg (82 p, 6 g)
9. John Fender, Strath Haven ... 13.4 ppg (94 p, 7 g)
10. Tyree Bynum, Penn Wood ... 12.6 ppg (63 p, 5 g)
CLOSE CALLS: Ryan Kelly (Garnet Valley) and Mike McKale (Springfield) each average 12.3 ppg and Pat McGee (Marple Newtown) averages 12.0 ppg.

Some things to consider here:
**It's a three-horse race. Beyond Dorsey, Richardson and Church (pictured), there's a great disparity in the players' averages.
**Penn Wood has two representatives in the top 10, in Richardson and Bynum.
***Glen Mills' Raheem Harvey does not qualify because he hasn't played in two-thirds of his team's games. The 6-8 center, who missed four games, is averaging 26.5 ppg through two games, however.

One final note: The location and time of Chester's game New Year's Day against Christ the King (N.Y.) have changed. The game, between teams that opened the season ranked in nearly every national poll, tips off at 7:45 p.m. at Widener.

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