Eight seasons before the Pennsylvania Catholic Interscholastic Athletic Association officially dissolved, Bishop McDevitt’s boys basketball program wrote one hell of a story.

The Crusaders, led by their blue-collar coach Marino DeFilippo, were something new to behold, a collection of “ragtag city kids,” as star guard Tony Kinn recalled.

The team was certainly undersized but quick, encouraged to play wide open and without fear no matter the record or reputation of the opposition.

Those city kids, representing Bishop McDevitt’s Class of 1966, made scoreboard operators throughout the eastern half of the state really dig in, all the way to the PCIAA final.

It’s what brought Kinn and members of McD’s supporting cast – former teammates, cheerleaders, friends, classmates – to last week’s reun

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