Back Row: Eugene Campbell, Greg Jackson, Earl Pearsall, Jr., Derrick Minter, Frank May
Front Row: Na'eem Scott, Theresa Flood, Crystal Conquest, Tom Gildea (dsbpix)
Chester High
School Athletic Hall of Fame held its 21st Annual Induction Ceremony
on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at the Concordville Inn, Concordville, PA. As
usual a great ceremony held by the Hall of Fame selection committee: Tamika
Friend, Keith Taylor, Albert Francis, Eugene Davis, Fred Pickett, Kedrick
Harris, Darrin Pearsall, James Springfield, Larry Yarbray, Derrick Spence,
Carlton Gordy, and Eric Jones. The Co-facilitators were John Francis and Mark
Freeman.
Notable
moments were my conversations with Frank May, May's Water Ice, received C-Pride
Award; Martin Turner, Widener University Sophomore Football Star who played Chester
football, basketball, and track, received a book scholarship; and Shakiyl
Smith, the victim of a shooting in 2008 that left him paralyzed beneath his
neck, received matching funds for stem cell research from Youth Interlock and the
Hall of Fame Committee.
Martin Turner, Future Hall of Fame Inductee, and Co-facilitator John Francis (dsbpix)
Do you
remember any of these Inductees?
(dsbpix)
Na’eem Scott
(Basketball) 1998-2001: First Team All Delco 2001, First Team All Del Val 2001,
Member of 2000 State Championship Team, and Career assist leader at Chester
High School
Tom Gildea (Track) 1946-1949: Won 6 Varsity
Letters from 1946-49, Member of the record setting relay team at Lower Merion
1948, Member of Delco Championship Team 1948-49, Member of record setting
suburban team (mile at the Penn Relays 1949, and played 2 years of Varsity
Football
Crystal Conquest (Track) 1999-2002: 4 Times All Delco
First Team 1999-2002 Indoor Track, 3 Times All Delco First Team 2000-2002
Outdoor Track, Member of the Sprint Medley Relay that finished first at 2001
National-Nike Indoor Classic, 3rd at the 2002 National-Nike Classic
200 meter dash, Member of the Del-Val Championship Team 1999-2001, and 1st
in 220 meter dash girls Indoor Championship 2002
Derrick Minter (Baseball) 1989-1993: Member of the
Athletic Hall of Fame for outstanding performance, 1st Team All
Del-Val 1993, All Delco Honorable Mention 1993, and M.V.P. of 9th
annual Joseph J. Barrett, Sr. Memorial All Star Game 1993
Theresa Flood (Track) 1978-1982: Team Captain for
2 years 1981-82, Student Athlete of the week Philadelphia Inquirer 1981-82 season,
Member of record setting 4 X 100 Relay Team at the Districts 1981, Member of
State Championship Team 1981, Member of Cross Country Team
Greg Jackson (Football) 1997-2000: 1st
Team All Delco 2000, Member of the 1997 Del-Val Championship Team, All Del-Val
First Team 1999 and 2000, All Del-Val honorable mention
Ranisha Childress (Basketball) 1998-2001: 4 year
member of the varsity, All Del-Co Honorable Mention 1999, and 2nd Team
All Delco Team 2001
MacMatherson Miller (Football) posthumously: 1st
Team All Del Val 1999 & 2000, 1st Team All Delco 2000, 1st
Team All Area 2000, and Player of the week numerous time during the 2000 season
Eugene Campbell (Baseball) 1985-1987: 1st
Team All Del-Val 1987, 2nd Team All Del-Val 1985 and 86, and All
Delco Honorable Mention 1986 and 87
Frank May C-Pride Award: Four years of
basketball at Chester High, Play at Millersville earning Honorable Mention NAIA
Junior season, Coach at Interboro winning the Del-Val League 1969-70 season,
Won State Title while coaching at Delaware County Community College, Member of
Delaware County Hall of Fame, and Member of the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame,
Delco Chapter
Dr. Earl Pearsall, Jr. 2012 Lawson Showell Special Services
Award Recipient: Founder and Chairperson of Youth Interlock Society, an
academic enrichment and athletic development organization; Recognized for his
service to the community as a teacher, mentor, and basketball coach for over 35
years.
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Chester High School Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony
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