Latest Updates. McKinley Tech's stats have been entered for the 64-60 win @ Roosevelt on 2/16/2023 6:00 PM. NUMBERS ASIDE, HOW GOOD WAS McKINLEY TECH? We beat em by over 20 points without our best player. All rights reserved. I was the only non college player there. When I was there, we won the Gulf States championship every year, and we couldnt do anything. From the sound of things, hell never accept having that title taken away. Babe graduated mid term in 1952, missed the final weeks of our senior year, but still earned honorary first team All-Met. 1 Jamestown (18-3) vs. No. I was about to be discharged from the Navy, and I told them that I didnt know what I wanted to do. Before I went to high school in the late 1940s. By Spencer Nusbaum. Oh, I was making good money, really good money. But, McKinley Tech was the better team, the best that we had seen and one of the best in the annals of D.C. basketball history. McKinley supporters argued that inaugurating a post-tournament poll in a year when it helped DeMatha and hurt McKinley reeked of racism. BUT FIRST YOU HAD ANOTHER OLYMPIC TRYOUT? We were just a bunch of working class white kids who loved to play basketball. Im glad our school is in Congress Heights. We were all high school kids, and Ill tell you there were people all over the place watching. OVERALL 24-6 0.80 Win % LEAGUE 12-3 5thDCSAA AA. The decision to add a post-tournament poll, the papers bosses explained, had been made months earlier, at the beginning of the basketball season, and was an attempt to duplicate college football polls, which in recent years had broken their own tradition by publishing a final poll after the the bowl games were played. Jeffery Harris. The KofC tournament, while a fine event, wasnt considered anything close to a proper replacement for the city tournament, since it always included several out-of-town squads. Message from the School. With a focus on academic rigor, extra-curricular involvement, and real-world experience. A little bit. So did Fort Meyers with the All-American Dick Grote. Last edited on 25 February 2023, at 22:18, Learn how and when to remove this template message. But the point is: A bunch of high school kids beat some of the best. Steel Sales Corp. Feb 2023 - Present1 month. Its just what we did on the playground. McKinley Tech's stats have been entered for the 60-52 loss @ Coolidge on 2/1/2023 7:30 PM. OKAY, LETS SAY ONE OF YOUR BUDDIES HAD ARRANGED A GAME AT TURKEY THICKET AND TOLD YOU TO BE THERE AT SUCH AND SUCH A TIME . Were down so fast and Im thinking, Oh my gosh! says Hite, who went on to play for Coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina. Like I said, we could all run and jump, especially run. Niagara Wheatfield 88, Sweet Home 46. Its a very impressive list. They were. Right. Mckinley Tech 2023 6'4 combo guard Terrell Webster . As I tell my wife, it was as if somebody was looking out for me. 14. We walked everywhere. Youd drive to the basket and, if anybody got in your way, youd just knock them down. Preview game. The season was over. Right. Fifty years ago this week, editors at the Post took that one awaythough not as a result of anybodys wins or losses on the court. Thats right. The McKinley Technology High School Store allows you to customize Trainers clothing and merch. Brown, who never goes too long without professing respect and love for Wootten, says hes always been far more at peace with the Posts decision than his old coach. By halftime, it had jumped to a 28-18 advantage. DID YOU EVER GO TO KANSAS CITY FOR THOSE LEGENDARY NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS? Joe Caw played in the backcourt and was good for about 12 point a game. They made their Southeast Washington community proud. 1 finish for DeMatha in the prestigious poll, one that only lasted briefly and is mostly forgotten. Often it was the other way around. 1.7K views. Venue : Area Parkir Benteng Vredeburg, Jogjakarta. They beat us by only [13 points], but it seemed so much worse. [citation needed]. It was a 365-foot destroyer, and I was a fire controller. McKinley Tech vs Bell | Girls Basketball Watch it here live: https://lottskylar.cithil.com/hs-basketball.php McKinley Tech Trainers vs. Bell Griffins. She has the team hardware. But, you know, to us, it didnt make any difference. We dont think of that today, but it was a big deal back then. David Pinder was awarded DCPS Principal of the Year, 2012. McKinley was founded in 1926 as an all-white school and, like all D.C. public schools, wasnt racially integrated until 1954, when the U.S. Supreme Courts ruling in Brown v. Board of Education rendered such segregation unconstitutional. "They dont want to get a game going. He averaged about 16 points a game. COULD YOU DRIBBLE ON THE DIRT? Charge multiple devicesThe circular design of the power strip allows for the 15" to coil up inside the body of the productmaking it easy to wrap up and throw in a bag to take with you when traveling. Jan Panell. It was still considered amateur basketball. Cincinnati Mount Notre Dame's KK Bransford . So, Post editors decided it would be best to act as if the second McKinley-DeMatha game didnt count, and that allegedly final poll with DeMatha on top was never published. It was obviously different back then in that the black kids lived in different areas and went to different schools. Pretty much. I must have impressed him my game because he went to the captain of my ship and got him to send me to Norfolk for the tryout. A story about the protest that ran in the sports section noted that DeMathas team had three white starters, while McKinley had no white players. . BAYLOR WAS A BIG KID, BUT HE COULD HANG IN THE AIR. Thats where I learned to play basketball. Post officials tried explaining that the break from protocol about publishing the last prep poll before the postseason tournaments had nothing to do with an anti-McKinley or racial bias. WHAT WAS THE TEAM CONCEPT THAT YOU BROUGHT FROM THE PLAYGROUND TO McKINLEY? Website design and domain names by register.com, Single Season Free Throw Attempt Per Game / Guards. Bill was a tremendous set shooter and zone buster. No, street protests during a racially charged era in the nations capital caused the papers editors to rethink its rankings, and ultimately rescind the title from DeMatha, a majority-white Catholic private prep and basketball factory located just outside the city, and hand it to McKinley Prep, an all-black, inner-city squad with a roster so deep at the time that the team was nicknamed The Magnificent Seven.. YOUR McKINLEY TECH TEAMS FROM THE EARLY 1950s WERE KNOWN AS "THE FABULOUS FIVE." Humbolt Grade School on 7th & Hickory. You cut to the basket, set up in the post and got out quickly. Lets say, Tech was playing Roosevelt in the first game of a doubleheader. Brown says he later heard from his neighborhood pals that McKinley players thought the KofC championship was theirs with him in a hospital bed. It was just the way it was. What went wrong was we were overconfident, says Milam, who still makes most lists of the best high school players in D.C. history. Home; Calendar; McKinley Technology High School McKinley Technology High School 151 T Street NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone: (202) 281-3950 Fax: (202) 576-6279 "Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way." 0:12. Several of his players would come up there on the playground, and Id shoot baskets with them. The team is looking forward to playing in front of a packed gymnasium and a super charged "RED C". Who won, I cant remember. HOW DID YOU SCORE YOUR POINTS? He was an all-Met, too, in his senior year. Thats when I got picked up to participate in the All-Navy Tournament. I had to be there.. It was McKinley's first league championship since 2019. The paper immediately named DeMatha No. On August 28, 2006, the school had a complete program for grades 9-12 and an enrollment of 800 students. Enrollment fell from a peak of 2400 in the late 1960s to approximately 500 in the mid-1990s. The story behind the No. Copyright FIBA. The thing is if youre fairly quick, you can just drive, stop, and shoot the jump shot over the defender. The circular design of the power strip allows for the 15" to coil up inside the body of the productmaking it easy to wrap up and throw in a bag to take with you when traveling. The love of competitive has never left Stan "Snookie" Kernan, now 72 years young and one of Washingtons basketball greats from the 1950s. This is the fourth time in the last six years a Pup has won the Federal League's award for the top player (Nakyah Terrell in 2021 and Kierstan Bell in 2018 and 2019). In July 2001, the school's opening was delayed from 2002 to 2003. Boys' basketball Top 20: St. John's holds onto top spot after WCAC title. Wootten, who retired in 2002, has let administrators know he isnt happy about the omission. When we were in high school, we went up to Turkey Thicket and played against the black kids. If any of them had a car, then youd ride. I could have just as easily stayed on that destroyer and never played basketball again. I went out and started practicing on my own until I got it down. A report in the Post said about 1600 students, or about 84 percent of the schools entire student body, had signed the document. McKinley Tech offers courses in Engineering, Biotechnology, and Information Technology. Let me tell you, I was amazed by Oscar Robertson. Actually, I should qualify that. Wootten told the Post the win over McKinley was the biggest victory of his career, topping even the game against Power Memorial in 1965 in which DeMatha snapped Lew Alcindors squads 71-game winning streak. The 1968-1969 squad isnt on it. 1 Lewiston-Porter (18-3) vs. No. But DeMatha got an unexpected shot to reclaim the top spot when McKinley accepted an invitation to the Knights of Columbus tournament, an eight-team postseason event held at Catholic University. Some 1,800 fans in McKinley Tech's gym stomped and hollered as the players walked onto the court and shook hands. That argument made some sense: Turns out that the Washington Post had indeed traditionally put out its final rankings prior to the Knights of Columbus tournament. She also guards the opponent's best perimeter player on a regular basis. WHERE ELSE DID YOU GO? I had sneaked out of the hospital, Brown says. The Greater Washington basketball community notes the loss of Coach McKinley Armstrong. Hed even installed a gimmicky defense in practices leading up to the event, which hed named the blitz trap, specifically designed for that one opponent. I ended up teaching at a junior high first, then I became the first boys basketball coach at the Parkdale High School. In January 2002, Daniel Gohl assumed the role of Founding Principal, coming from the Science Academy of Austin in Austin, Texas. 4 Holland (16-5), 6 p.m. No. Watch Live Stream Here https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https://bit.ly/3kvq8GgThe McKinley Tech (Washington. It paid off.. We deserved it. Bassett died of cancer last December. We put in the work every day. In 2000 a decision was made to place the new school in the closed McKinley facility. The scheme called for his guards to double team the McKinley ballhandler at all times, thereby making it more difficult to pass inside to the big men that killed DeMatha the first time around. 2 so late, McKinley backers drew up a petition that said that the Post poll revealed an obvious bias against the public high school teams, and had unwittingly contributed to the fund of evidence now held apparent by black youth, that no matter how hard a black person tries, he can never hope to outrank a white man, even when the statistics are on his side.. Midway through the second quarter of Saturdays D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association championship game against McKinley Tech, Bard senior DeAngelo Fogle caught the ball at the midcourt logo and glanced at the dwindling shot clock. Thats the way it was. They had heard about the games on Saturdays and Sundays, and it would be packed with people who had come just to watch the game. Canton McKinley senior point guard Paris Stokes is the Federal League Girls Basketball Player of the Year, as voted on by the league's head coaches and released Monday. He shot on the next five possessions, and made every one, putting DeMatha up 10-4. Margo Mulyo . Back then, college coaches rarely came around to talk to high school players. The Stags never looked back. We lost [to McKinley] earlier in the year, he tells me, but by the end of the year we were the best team in town. Our starting five played all game, unless we were way ahead. 54-44 (L) McKinley Tech vs. Bard. I dont remember anybody getting into fistfights. BUT THAT WASNT THE CASE WHEN YOU WERE A KID? Our guys thought that with James Brown out, we were going to win. They had a team down in D. C., and we had a team from around town. Our biggest starter was six foot three. 3 days @GibsonTraining. The final was 95-69. It really shaped the rest of my life. 7 East Aurora (11-11) vs. No. Wed fly off to play games for three or four weeks, then come back. Design colors may not be identical to that of official licensed merchandise. I REMEMBER READING THAT NBA GREAT JERRY WEST THOUGHT ULINE ARENA WAS THE WORST FACILITY THAT HED EVER PLAYED IN. Everyone said Jackson-Reed and McKinley Tech were going to wipe us, said senior Darius Leonard, who finished with 10 points. But despite all the preparation, things looked lost for DeMatha even before the championship game tipped off. You might hurt each other by accident. You asked coaches if you could come play for them. Let me tell you, though, it was tough. IN FACT, YOUR HIGH SCHOOL COACH WAS A WRESTLER WHO HAD NEVER PLAYED BASKETBALL. The Varsity Basketball team ran it's record to 6-0 with an impressive 68-53 victory over McKinley Tech of Washington DC. 47. Nobody showed me how to shoot a jump shot. Terms of Use | Privacy Policy. It did. One possession later, he replicated the act, again connecting from distance, extending the lead to double digits before making a Michael Jordan-esque shrug toward Bard fans in attendance at Coolidge High. McKinley Middle School McKinley Technology High School Contact Translate Google Translate Arabic Bulgarian Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Filipino Finnish French German Greek Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Spanish Swedish Turkish Ukrainian . If you're looking for something to watch while at home, contact Cecilia Ford for your copy of our 50th Reunion DVD. Keep in mind I wasnt being paid to play basketball but to work for Goodyear. Youd play basketball. Battle told his players not to get on the bus unless they believed they could win. He was joined by a group of about 200 McKinley students, teachers, and administrators, chanting Not tomorrow, not today, we want action right away! and carrying signs that blasted the schools No. The state of Louisiana wouldnt let its white colleges play against blacks, and there were blacks in the NAIA Tournament. 4 Lackawanna (12-8), 5:15 p.m. No. 3 Niagara Falls (19-2), 8:15 p.m. Williamsville East 82, North Tonawanda 76. Dust. I never saw anything like today when they argue and fight. Without hesitation, he launched and swished a shot. McKinley and DeMatha played each other twice in the 1968-1969 season. Gondomanan, Kota Yogyakarta, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 55122. Tim Bassett, one of McKinleys big men and another All-Met, joined Hogue on the team at Georgia, then went on to have a long professional career. But that competition was abandoned after a horrific race riot at D.C. Stadium at the end of the 1962 city championship football game. The 3x3 marks (including but not limited to the FIBA 3x3 Endorsement Stamp, the FIBA 3x3 Infinity Logo and the 3x3 word mark) are FIBA intellectual property, protected by trade mark and/or copyright laws around the world. You didnt stand in there like they do today. team instead. 02-21-2023. But we walked everywhere. Copyright Observer Today | https://www.observertoday.com | PO Box 391, Dunkirk, NY 14048 | 716-366-3000. Frank didnt score much, but he was a tough defender and rebounder who got our fastbreak rolling. 3000 Points Club: Archie Talley, Salem 3720 2000 Points Club: Jack Sullivan, Mount Saint Mary 2672, Dave Robinson, Navy 2669, Austin Carr, Notre Dame 2560, Johnny Dawkins, Duke 2556, Jeff Covington, Youngstown State 2424 . KIND OF LIKE MUSICIANS PLAYING OFF OF EACH OTHER. No lunch, no nothing. A McKinley-DeMatha rematch really was going to happen. We've found Jake (or Logan) Paul's next opponent. Plans at that time included placing incubator companies in the facility and using the facility for professional development for the DC Public Schools and for the growing charter schools movement. No, McNeese stopped going. Brown grew up in the McKinley Tech neighborhood, and would have gone to the public school had he not been recruited to the Catholic League overdogs by DeMatha coach and future Hall of Famer Morgan Wootten. Like I said, my basketball career could have easily come to a screeching halt one place or another. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . This team is something that Congress Heights can stand on.. They were Bill Breen and Gerry LeCompte. Please help us by reporting the final score. Do you know the final score for this game? ), And the season-ending rankings had become a very big deal in D.C. in the 1960s, for very racial reasons. "The problem is the young kids open the door to the gym and think its just an old guy shooting," he says, sounding slightly annoyed. On 2/4, the McKinley Tech varsity basketball team won their away non-conference game against Paul Public Charter International (Washington, DC) by a score of 62-41. I played one year with Goodyear in 1959-1960, then the league had troubles and I returned to McNeese for my senior year. Whether youre a lifelong resident of D.C. or you just moved here, weve got you covered. That community has done nothing but embrace us. Won as sophomore (1): Kierstan Bell, Canton McKinley (2017). On 2/1, the McKinley Tech varsity basketball team lost their away conference game against Coolidge (Washington, DC) by a score of 60-52. And we kept it empty all night, Wootten tells me. It was Adolph Rupp, the famous head coach at University of Kentucky. Thats how I got down to McNeese. Girl's Basketball. HOW DID YOU START PLAYING AT TURKEY THICKET? She also guided McKinley to a second district title in three years. We won the area championship and went to Denver for the national tournament. Watch Here: www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https://direct.sportplus4k.com/hs-basketball.phpThe McKinley Tech (Washington, DC) varsity ba. 1 Salamanca (19-2) vs. No. What are the chances of that happening today? They also voted Lake's Ashley Phipps-Komo as Federal League Coach of the . Steel Sales partners with companies across numerous industries to help supply them with the metal products they . No. Our McKinley team plus Gerry LeCompte from Gonzaga High and a six-foot-seven center named Frank Fuqua won the Jellef summer league. "Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.". Bard's Marquel Thompson celebrates at the buzzer after the Falcons' win over McKinley Tech in the DCIAA boys . They dont do that today. I didnt try to do anything differently. I think everybody in my era loved playing basketball and you looked forward to getting out there every day. McKinley Tech 52. Accessed December 6, 2011. On 1/30, the McKinley Tech varsity basketball team won their home conference game against Cardozo (Washington, DC) by a score of 63-31. YOU LED THE CITY IN SCORING IN HIGH SCHOOL AS A SENIOR WITH A 21.0 PER GAME AVERAGE. In October 2002 the DC School Board delayed the opening again to September 2004. In the recesses of my memory, I dont recall being particularly hurt or disappointed or mad about that, he says of his team being yanked from the top spot. But when I saw him in the pros [chuckling], I was amazed at how he could do what he did. I internalized all that, and just passed out on the bench. (He eventually chose to attend Harvard in a close call over playing for Dean Smiths North Carolina squad.). We had bleachers behind the baskets, and the glass backboards allowed people who sat there to see more of the action. Mengikuti peraturan resmi FIBA 3X3. WHO WERE THE MEMBERS OF WASHINGTONS VERY FIRST "FAB FIVE?" The great Jack George, who later played at LaSalle University and the NBA Philadelphia Warriors - all of those guys. See, nobody guided any of us. That was the eighth time in nine years DeMatha finished on top. But I heard that the ship had its own basketball team that would play games at our various ports of call. What mattered was that you won. We just did it. . Well, our McKinley team won the summer league. 1!. Ninety percent of the time [under these circumstances], kids are going to transfer. Linguistics. I dont remember the gyms capacity, but you couldnt get in once the game started. 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