The 2013 Inductees:
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Davis: Baseball 1987 to 1989, voted Chester High School most athletic in
1989 and All Delco.
Doug Scott: Cross Country 1966, Track 1967,
Football 1967, and Basketball 1966 to 1968. All Delco Honorable Mention
Football 1967 WR/DB and All Delco Honorable Mention Basketball 1968.
George Jones: Football 1991 to 1992, All Del Val
1991 and 1992, Multiple MVP honors, and MVP of the Delco Football Coaches
Association.
Greg White: Football 1991 to 1992, All Del Val,
All Delco, All Southeastern PA, All State, Big 33 invitational, and hero Bowl.
Shaheer McBride: Football 2002 to 2003 and Basketball
2003, 1st Team All Delco 2002 and 2003 Delco Boys Basketball Player
of the year.
Jamal Swiggett: Baseball 1999 to 2002 and Basketball
2001 to 2002, All Delco 2002, played in the 2002 Joe Barrett All Star Game and
Del Val Game 2002.
Mark Bennett: Baseball and Football 1984-1987,
Baseball 1st Team All Del Val 1987, 1st Team All Del Val
1986, Philadelphia Phillies Del Val player of the Month, Played in the 1987 Joe
Barrett All Star Game, and selected to the 1987 Carpenter Cup Team. Football 1st
team All Del Val 1986, All Del Val Honorable Mention 1985 and 1986, and played
in the 1987 Hero Bowl.
Jamar “Solo” Shaw: Basketball 1991 to 1994, 1st
Team All Del Val 1994 and 2nd Team All Delco 1994.
Larry Stephenson: Football 1982 to 1984 DB, All Del
Val 1983 and 1984, All Delco Honorable Mention 1984, Del Val League Athletic
Director’s Sportsmanship Award 1984, Hero Bowl 1985, and United States Marine
Corps Distinguished Athlete Award 1985.
Jahshuna Govens: Basketball 1998 to 2000, All Delco
Honorable Mention 1999 to 2000.
Willie C. DeJarnette Jr.: Fred Pickett Award for Community
Service; Was an Elementary teacher, Title One Coordinator, Vice Principal, and
Assistant Director of the Chester Boys and Girls Club; Currently retired but
still pat-time at “The Club.”
Meghan R. Sgro: Began working with the Chester High
School Boys Basketball Program in 2001 where she stressed the importance of education
as well as athletics; Member of the Boys Basketball Parents Association and
continued support of the team since 2001.
Michael “Dead Weight” Francis: (Posthumously) Basketball 1972, All
Del-Val Honorable Mention 1972. Coached, Referee and mentor in Chester Rec.,
Chester Biddy, Chester Boys and Girls Club, Chester Police Athletic League,
Community Sports League, Youth Interlock’s Midnite Madness, Proverbs Basketball
and Mentoring Program, Chester’s Over 35 Men’s League, and Member of the
Chester Black Referee Association and PIAA.
Bryan Pitts: Football 1975 to 1977, 1st
Team All Delco 1977; also inducted into Thaddeus Stevens Athletic Hall of Fame.
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, Eric Jones, and
Adrienne Harper.
Facilitators: John Francis and Mark Freeman
Congratulations
to all the honorees!
and 2012
Bryan Pitts was also an outstanding wrestler, my nemesis.
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Everywhere I look, I don't see any information about CHS' s first Girls' Track Team. Coach:Mr.Durney. Matilda Fowler, Irene Fleming, Stephanie Greene, Shirley Stephens, and Barbara Smith. We were Awesome.
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