PSAL
Playoff Results
1961-1962
Boys Varsity 'A' League Playoffs
PSAL A PLAYOFFS
For the early years of the PSAL the playoff information I have compiled thru research mainly focuses on the quarterfinals to the finals. Unfortunately there is missing info in some cases.
PSAL PLAY-IN GAME:
February 20th (at Madison Square Garden):
Midwood 60 - Erasmus 59
February 27th (at Mount St. Michael HS):
Columbus 55 - Gompers 46
PSAL 1ST ROUND:
February 22nd (at Madison Square Garden):
Midwood 73 - Sheepshead Bay 42
February 23rd (at Madison Square Garden):
Richmond Hill 64 - George Washington 56
February 27th (at Madison Square Garden):
Bayside 57 - Jamaica 55
March 1st(at Madison Square Garden):
Columbus 60 - Commerce 41
PSAL 2ND ROUND:
February 20th (at Madison Square Garden):
Wingate 46 - Lincoln 44
Flushing 52 - New Dorp 46
February 22nd (at Madison Square Garden):
Boys High 68 - Franklin K. Lane 66
Curtis 55 - Clinton 54
February 23rd (at Madison Square Garden):
Lafayette 69 - Forest Hills 55
February 27th (at Madison Square Garden):
Morris 50 - Midwood 47
March 1st (at Madison Square Garden):
Bayside 63 - Richmond Hill 53
March 6th (at Madison Square Garden):
Columbus 68 - Ben Franklin 50
PSAL QUARTER_FINALS:
March 6th (at Madison Square Garden):
Curtis 56 - Flushing 52
Boys High 60 - Bayside 32
March 8th (at Madison Square Garden):
Wingate 60 - Morris 52
Lafayette 51 - Columbus 47
PSAL SEMI-FINALS:
March 10th (at Madison Square Garden):
Boys High 68 - Curtis 48
March 12th (at Madison Square Garden):
Wingate 53 - Lafayette 52
PSAL 3RD PLACE GAME:
March 16th (at Madison Sqaure Garden):
Curtis 63 - Lafayette 55
PSAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:
March 16th (at Madison Sqaure Garden):
Boys High 50 - Wingate 45
PSAL B PLAYOFFS
This was the first 'B' championship game. (Actually it was called PSAL Section II for a few years at first) Before 1961-62 the PSAL B league was called the Vocational league and only featured vocational high schools. For the time period from 1947-1961 there was only an A league. During the 1961-62 season the PSAL renamed the league the B league and opened it to Non-Vocational schools which had run programs that were too weak to sustain in the A league.
PSAL QUARTER-FINALS:
BYES: Eastern District / Food & Maritime Trades
February 22nd (at Madison Square Garden):
Eli Whitney 57 - Fashion 34
February 23rd (at Madison Square Garden):
Edison 56 - Chelsea 48
PSAL SEMI-FINALS:
March 10th (at Madison Square Garden):
Eastern District 58 - Eli Whitney 48
March 12th (at Madison Square Garden):
Food & Maritime Trades 61 - Edison 57 (ot)
PSAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:
March 16th (at Madison Sqaure Garden):
Food & Maritime Trades 54 - Eastern District 52