From left are Chichester coach Clyde Jones, Chichester senior Carlton Gordy III and Chrisisy Swiggett, Gordy’s grandmother. (Photo: Joseph Santoliquito/CoBL)
By Joseph Santoliquito
A storm always seemed to be swirling somewhere. Carlton Gordy III could never quite understand why. Anything would set him off. Anything would send him into a brooding, quick-trigger rage throwing everything he could get his hands on.
He found solace on a basketball court. The cacophony of bouncing balls and squeaking sneakers had a way of easing an inner wrath he could not comprehend until recently.
The why? The how? The why me?
The questions used to plague the gifted Chichester 6-foot-3 All-Del-Val League senior guard. He carries the thick, talented bloodlines of his grandfather, former Chester great Carlton “Silk” Gordy Sr. He never knew his father, Carlton Gordy Jr., another Chester hoops alum who played with Jameer Nelson, lost through an unforgivable act that Carlton III has reached into his deep reservoir to forgive.
This year, Carlton III finished his first varsity season as a starter with a team-high average of 15.4 points a game, after scoring 339 points, including dropping 23 in a last-second 47-46 loss at Chester. He is getting looks from Cheyney and Neumann University.