FORMER NBA STAR BILLY OWENS WATCHES HIS SON PLAY BASKETBALL @ WEST YORK (PA) AREA HIGH SCHOOL!!

TONIGHT, THE FAMILY WATCH THE START OF THE PIAA  STATE BOY'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.  THE WEST YORK (PA) HIGH SCHOOL HOSTED A 1ST ROUND MATCH FEATURING THE NORTHEASTERN BOBCATS VERSUS THE WISSAHICKON TROJANS.  A PACKED HOUSE ESTIMATED @ 2,000 FANS WATCHED THE BOBCATS BEAT THE TROJANS 78-66!  THE BOBCATS LEADING POINT SCORERS WERE ANTONIO RIZZUTO WITH 30 POINTS AND FRED MULBAH HAD 19 POINTS!  THE TROJANS HAD JUNIOR CHAZ OWENS-THE SON OF FORMER NBA BILLY OWENS-A 4 TIME STATE CHAMPION FROM CARLISLE, PA! BILLY WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE GAME AND I COULD NOT PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A PHOTO AND AN AUTOGRAPH FROM ONE OF PENNSYLVANIA'S GREATEST BASKETBALL PLAYERS!    BILLY WENT TO SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY AND HAD AN 11 YEAR CAREER IN THE NBA!  HE PLAYED FOR NUMEROUS TEAMS INCLUDING THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS, MIAMI HEAT, SACRAMENTO KINGS, SEATTLE SUPERSONICS, PHILADELPHIA 76ERS, AND THE DETROIT PISTONS!

ABOVE IS A PICTURE WITH BILLY OWENS AND MY DAUGHTER AND I!  THIS WAS PRE GAME AS I NOTICED HE WAS SEATED COURT SIDE TO WATCH HIS SON, CHAZ OWENS PLAY IN THE OPENING ROUND THE PIAA STATE BOY'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

ABOVE IS A SIGNED INDEX CARD FROM BILLY OWENS!!  BILLY SCORED 3,299 POINTS IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER WITH THE CARLISLE (PA) HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1985-1988!!!!