![]() ![]() It was no surprise that Shelly was an overwhelming choice for the All-State Group 1 first team. Gail also led the fast break that made the difference in that entertaining game. She hit 15 of 23 shots (6-for-8 behind the three-point line) and finished the game with 44 points. ![]() But Gail Shelly was more than a match and came through with her best game in the championship round. She hit 17 of 18 shots from close in and scored 38 points in defeat. North Warren had a 6’4” center, Pat Wynositz, that towered over everyone on the township team. She was recovering from the chicken pox that required her to miss the first round of the tourney, but she returned to take the floor as the Hawks edged Florence and Hammonton to reach the state finals. Gail’s championship that year actually began with her on the sidelines. Her senior year will always be remembered as she led the Hawks to their only state title in an improbable win over North Warren in 1989. ![]() But in her junior year Haddon Township won the South Jersey Group 1 tournament before losing to the eventual state champions, Henry Hoffman High. In her freshman and sophomore years the Hawks lost out in the early rounds of the Group 2 tournament. At 5’6” she was the point guard who was a great ball handler as well as the Hawks’ leading scorer for four years. But basketball was always her best sport and she had a scintillating career for Coach Fran Mulroy. Gail played field hockey as a freshman but switched to softball and lettered for the next three years. She played in the Haddon Township Athletic Association’s youth programs in softball and basketball and showed future greatness at that level of competition. The daughter of Susan Brady and Gordon Shelly, she has two older brothers, Don and Jon, who “beat the heck out of me” but toughened her up for her future athletic career – especially for basketball. She tallied 1,914 points over four years and led the Hawks to their lone state championship in her senior year of 1985. Gail Shelly holds the scoring record for basketball (male or female) at Haddon Township High School. ![]() Holds the Scoring Record for Basketball (male or female) ![]()
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