Comments on: Throwback Thursday: The 1998 CB West Bucks

By: JiveTurkey

JiveTurkey — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:06:27 +0000

@Paul,
Honestly just saw the documentary on the ’99 CB West team a couple months ago. Thoroughly enjoyed it by the way, but I’m a bit slow on things. I have heard about that book and I’m sure it’s a great read. Unfortunately, haven’t gotten a chance yet. OK, I probably have had a chance, just to lazy to read it. Thanks for the kick in the butt, I’ll see if I can pick it up this weekend.

By: Paul Sausmann

Paul Sausmann — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:47:32 +0000

@Jive
have you had a chance to read the book “Fading Echoes”??? If not, great read about two very good football players; one from CB West and the other from CB East. Both went into our military after high school/college and had two very different paths. Both talk a lot about learning life from the Doylestown area and playing football. Great book worth the read.

By: JiveTurkey

JiveTurkey — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:23:54 +0000

@Paul,
Unfortunately I have no footage of any Philly teams. I can only remember a handful of times the networks down here showed HS games, and they were usually the public league basketball championship on a Saturday morning. Maybe it’s because of the amount of pro and college teams in the area, but people down here just don’t follow the most fun to watch sports out there.

By: Kmac

Kmac — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:42:15 +0000

@Paul Sausmann

Terrific offer; thank you in advance. Right now I have too many irons in the fire as the adage goes, but I will keep the email address for the future. Sounds as if you actually recorded game results while I have only resorted to hand-made notes and news clippings.

By: Paul Sausmann

Paul Sausmann — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:34:05 +0000

JiveTurkey – do you by any chance have any of those games you were mentioning??? The PCL is one league that I never followed prior to about 2004 or 2005. I followed some of their games but not the league as a whole and would love to see a few of those games mentioned. If you have them on vcr tape, I have no problem burning them onto dvd for you (free of course) as long as I can get a copy myself. let me know at sausmann9@hotmail.com thanks. Paul

By: Paul Sausmann

Paul Sausmann — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:21:44 +0000

@KMAC – if ever interested in seeing the 2000 Erie Prep team or the 1988 North Hills team I can help you out. Shoot me an email sometime at sausmann9@hotmail.com and I’ll send you a games list (over 500 games) of some top quality games to include those two teams. The one game I do have of the 88 North Hills team is in bad shape (vcr tape) but still somewhat viewable.

Actually anyone interested in good quality high school football games and can’t find them on youtube or wherever, send me an email and I’ll send you the list too. No charge for any games off my list.

By: JiveTurkey

JiveTurkey — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 12:52:19 +0000

@Kmac,
That ’00 Carroll team was pretty darn good. They were led by Brian Mattaway (177-1223, 23td’s). Mattaway went on to play at Perdue I believe. That was the first year the PCL split into 2 divisions and I don’t know how their record would have looked had they played in the Red division with Prep, LaSalle, Roman, Ryan, Judge, and O’Hara who had a senior RB named Kevin Jones (Virginia Tech, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears). Like all other debates, some games never happened and never will. Just enough to keep guys like us wondering “what if”.

By: Kmac

Kmac — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:56:59 +0000

@Jive

No, I did not have the pleasure of seeing the teams you mention but I wish I had seen them. I also would have liked Archbishop Carroll in 2000. The Patriots beat Wood 77-0 and West Catholic 74-7 in going 13-0. They averaged 44.2 ppg and allowed 3.2. I would have enjoyed that team!

All of my narratives come from my own personal records and recollections in general. I could not ever hope to construct a “best teams” list in reality; even “best teams that I have seen” could certainly be lengthened to include Prep 2013 and Wood 2013 and others, but I also try to not let the articles get too comprehensive to allow for additional narrative on the subject in the future.

By: Kmac

Kmac — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:20:27 +0000

Last post: “appreciate” first line.

By: Kmac

Kmac — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:15:29 +0000

@Jive

Thanks Jive, I always appeciate a comment on my ramblings. Your point is well made, but remember I am limiting my “best teams” to “best teams that I have seen in person”. I only see a fine Philly club if they venture locally to play. I am going to check my records and see if I ever saw Prep 2002, Ryan 1992;I know I did not see LaSalle in 1996, the year I wrote about in the article “A Super Season” on here.