Proud Dad and Husband. Head Coach of Archbishop Wood Girls Basketball
@woodgirlsbball
- 6x State Champ 3x PCL Champ 10x District Champ - Head Coach
@mamagic2027
On Super Bowl Sunday, just after kick off, Mairead Jane McDonald blessed us with her presence and changed our lives forever! Knowing playoffs were coming up, Mairead came about a week before her due date, courtesy of her Rock Star mom. Mom and Mairead are doing well and Dad is
Spooky Nook is now charging $10 per day for parents to park at an event that parents paid their kids team to play in and pay an admissions fee that will be more than watching a HS championship game all for a 28-32 minute game they get 3 minutes to warm up for. All about the kids
Thank you to our Coaching staff, Wendy Young, Colleen Young, Claire Bassetti, Tom McGill for all your sacrifice and hard work. Thank you to our team for buying in and playing together. This recognition is for all of you. Thank you to the Sportswriters for voting for us.
Congratulations to Coach Mike McDonald, who was named State Coach of the Year by the PA Sportswriters for the 4th time! Thank you to the Sportswriters who voted for Coach McDonald. It is a credit to the entire team and coaching staff!
#WoodProud
Congrats
@WoodGirlsBball
coach
@MichaelPMcD
, who nabbed 100th PCL win tonight. He’s seen here celebrating with mom Mary, former legendary coach at since-closed Cardinal Dougherty High
@CDAlumni
Research is underway to see how many W’s Momma McD etched!
@PhSportsDigest
Cost of HS state championship tickets - $8. Cost of first 2 6th grade local aau events - $10 daily admissions. Stop charging parents to see their kids play when they already paid for their kids to play
#AllAboutTheKids
#Theycantdrivethemselves
Incredibly proud and grateful for Allie Fleming! Gave us the confidence we needed at the start of the season and continued to lead the rest of the way! Great leader!
The greatest player of all time had the ball taken out of his hands in order to better his team and win championships. Hope kids are watching.
#thelastdance
Could PIAA save basketball fans everywhere by continuing the state tournament and nationally televising every game? Is there any other state still in limbo or did everywhere else finish or cancel?
@ESPN_WomenHoop
@espn
I don’t know who I have to pay for this legendary tag, but if I throw in extra can you come to my family dinner. I have been trying to tell them for years! Thanks for the opportunity to get mic’d up and shout out to your editing team!
Attention Wood Fans, we would like to introduce to you our first commit of the 2042 Class, Mairead Jane McDonald, who watched from home today in her Nike travel suit cheering on Dad and the team! She was playoff ready just like our team!
#WoodFam
#CantChopWood
I don’t do this often, but if Laine McGurk and Abby Sharpe are not all State in PA, there is an issue with the process. 2 of the best shooting guards I have ever coached against. Rise up pull ups, don’t stop moving and consistently make tough shots from all 3 levels.
Thankful for the support of
@ArchbishopWood
over the last 7 years as head coach and grateful for every player I coached and coach I coached with. A team effort!
SIGNED and COMMITTED!! Congratulations to our 3 seniors (and their families) who signed their NLI today: Kaitlyn Orihel: Villanova. Dana Kiefer: Bryant. Noelle Baxter: Kutztown. We could not be prouder! Hard work pays off!
Awesome person. Incredible teammate. Absolutely thrilled and grateful for Ryanne Allen and this well deserved opportunity for her. Congratulations
@RyRyBuckets
! I’ll be there in Chicago rooting you on, but let’s win this state now!
Extremely lucky Coach who could not be prouder! Grateful to be surrounded by young people who always support each other. Thanks for putting up with me!
3 straight wins to finish their AAU careers! Could not have asked for a better group of people for players and parents. Don’t be strangers!
#MagicProud
Congratulations Ava! You always put the team and winning first, so it is incredibly fitting you would score your 1,000th while winning on the biggest stage there is for a high school athlete. You are a great role model on and off the court for young girls to aspire to be. Let’s
Congratulations to our senior captain Ava Renninger, who scored her 1,000th point in Double-OT of our Philadelphia Catholic League Championship victory!
Kid was awesome tonight! Can’t express how great Ava is to coach! Looks at her coach with a face that says “would you like another bucket, an assist, run some offense, whatever you need coach, I got it” and she does. Gets it done! True point!
If anyone in Georgia, Texas, Missouri Florida, NC, SC needs a HS girls volunteer assistant until January 4th, I can make myself available. Kidding... sort of.
Congratulations to my nieces Sophia and Julianna and their St. Albert teams who both won their JV and Varsity Region 11 Championships today! Congrats to Coaches Nana and my brother Matt as well!
College Coaches: I am doing my best to return every call and text. Little one is a bit under the weather and coaching is my 2nd job.
Both Archbishop Wood players we have in the portal are phenomenal people who I loved coaching and their families are great too! All treated me
@coachbosueke
- What you and your players have done for your program and school is remarkable and inspiring. Congratulations
@LadyBurrs
and thank you for representing our league tremendously.
Major shoutout to
@WoodGirlsBball
and Coach
@MichaelPMcD
. Thank you for an excellent game last night and for consistently setting the standard so high. Best of luck in District play and the State Tournament.
A little Nova-Temple for lunch today. Maybe some Louisville-DePaul for dinner with a UCLA-Arizona late night snack. Don’t mind if I do. Plenty of things to pick at in between too! Best $5 I spend every month - ESPN+
Will play AAU for Philadelphia Belles 17u NIKE EYBL team. If the “it” factor had a name it would be Kaitlyn Orihel. Has “it” and then some. If it’s her or someone else, I’m taking her.
#Winner
Kaitlyn Orihel - 2021 - Will be a culture changer or booster at the next level! Played the first half of our season on a fractured knee cap. Tough, team player, easy to coach. Loves to compete! Scores against everyone - National Schedule -
#PAGirlsHoops
Loved watching 2 time state champ Erin Morgan practicing with La Salle Women’s basketball today! Thanks for giving me the opportunity to learn
@LaSalle_WBB
Bri Bowen is going to make a college coach really happy soon! If they are not happy, they will at least be winning! The kid makes winning plays and gets matched up with the best guard on every team. High IQ, tough, versatile - can score at all 3 levels on the court.
Wood wins over West Catholic 79-48 on Senior Night. Bri Bowen lead all scorers with 24 and added 11 rebounds. Kiefer 16, Allen 14, Orihel 14, Baxter 7, Tretter 3, Meredith 2. Additional stats tomorrow. We are now 7-1 in the PCL and are in 1st place with 4 games remaining.
Congratulations
@kaitlynorihel
!! Ecstatic for you! Earned every bit of the accolades. Grateful for our time together and can’t wait to see what’s next! Keep being you!
#ProudCoach
District 12 4A Champs! Wood girls win the district chip for the 8th time in 9 years and will enter the 4A State Tournament as the 1 seed. Our first game will be vs the District 3-5 seed Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) or Eastern York . Let’s Go Wood!
#RoadtoHershey
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How come the NBA, the highest level for basketball, decides to eliminate the need for proper footwork on catching and driving to the basket, but I have to be a psycho about footwork details because high school girls will be called for a travel even when they don’t walk because
The 2 Top Scorers of All-Time for Archbishop Wood Girls Basketball will be teaming up again as Ryanne Allen will be heading to Villanova, joining Kaitlyn Orihel! Can’t wait!! Congrats Ryanne!
@Wood_Vikings
@ArchbishopWood
College Coaches: Unsigned 2020 - Incredible kid and teammate who just so happens to be able to shoot it from nba range! Evolves as a player every year because she works at it all the time! Has proven to step up in big games on both ends of the floor.
I hate to sound repetitive, but Alexa is another awesome kid from a supportive family! Really happy for all of them. I will be rooting for Alexa for a long time, but happy I get to coach her for another year! Congrats Windish fam!
Congratulations to senior Captain, Alexa Windish, who has committed to Coach Malouf to continue her basketball and academic career at
@KUBearsWBB
! Kutztown is getting an awesome person, player and supporting family! Lex scores in bunches and we can’t wait for her senior year!
As much as I loved watching you score 1,000, it will never compare to coaching you. Congratulations Cassie! Glad super teammate Shannon May was there too! Proud Coach!
Someone has to put an end to these shot fake to drive travel calls that are only called in women’s basketball. Brutal. It’s nearly impossible to see someone’s feet and the ball leave the hand at the same time.
Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association: Dear PIAA, Please Do Not Terminate Our Sports Seasons! - Sign the Petition! via
@Change
Get rid of 🐺
Ryanne had an off shooting day in yesterday’s game. Last night she asked to get in the gym today and she shot for an hour and a half after school. Success is not an accident.
Wood wins over Little Flower 71-22. Ryanne Allen led all scorers with 23 in 7 minutes. Allie Fleming and Alexa Windish had 8, Emily Knouse had 7. Next game is a big one vs Archbishop Carroll on Thursday at 7:00 at Home. JV 5:30.
I have known these 2 since 4th grade Magic and Wood camp days. I have seen incredible growth in both of them and look forward to 1 more year! Congratulations on a well earned opportunity! Proud of you both!
@RyRyBuckets
@bribowen10
Signed! It’s official - Ryanne Allen and Bri Bowen signed their NLI’s to play for
@vandywbb
and
@delawarewbb
Congratulations! We can’t wait to see what you accomplish in the next steps of your careers, but first - Senior Season!
#WoodProud
Just a few of the many who have made the Wood program successful and who helped me look I know what I’m doing. Thanks to all former and current players and coaches for giving their everything to the black, green and gold! 100 wins should be added to my mentors win columns as well
We are 7 days away from the official start of McDonald’s 7th year at the helm (9th at Wood). Best of luck to Shannon May who returns to USciences for her final season kicking off today!
Future is bright for Kara! She was right back in the gym working after committing! Thanks for being such a great teammate and coachable kid! Proud and lucky coach! Keep working!
Congratulations to our Class of 2021 graduates pictured with Coach Sue - Kaitlyn Orihel, Villanova - Noelle Baxter, Kutztown - Erin Matthews, Delaware - Dana Kiefer, Bryant! Good luck in the next part of your journey!
#WoodProud
COMMITTED🧡💙 I can’t wait to start this new journey and be apart of the WBB program at Bucknell University!! Thank you so much to my family, friends, and coaches who have supported me to help me get where I am.
#gobison
@Bucknell_WBB
@trevorwoodruff
@NeshaminyGBB
Can you imagine if Laettner stepped on someone in today’s game! He would be thrown out and suspended. Nobody on either Kentucky or Duke thought it was a big deal. Technical and move on. Take me back to the tougher days!
Thank you Jayme! I highly recommend
@The_Ball_Girl
!! She was able to produce the ball quickly to get the ball on time for the game and obviously does beautiful work! Very accommodating!!
11 Awesome seasons at Wood. 9 years of growth as the Head Coach. Very lucky to be surrounded by the many remarkable people in the Archbishop Wood community.
It was great finally playing some games with this great group of girls. Two good wins over well coached and high energy teams today!
#workinghard
#magicpride
@hgsl_girls
Congratulations to our senior Captain, Ava Renninger, who has given her verbal commitment to Coach Gaitley to continue her basketball and academic career at Fairleigh Dickinson University! FDU is getting a great person, leader, competitor and teammate who knows how to play!