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THE Vr\i A DAILY GAZETTE Saturday, March 25, 1972•.VfTCleveland East Tech, Princetonin AAA finals; coaches friendsCOLUMBUS, Oil til lt;AIM— John Hillard took or lib old pal John Chavers todav h \he OhioClass AAA Iv.gh xchnol basket-x'John\v a ro'i«J friend of]the first Greater Cincinnati mine, naid Chavcr*, a onetime;Tech’s 24-1, were Irving to besquad to win the big school■Harlem Globetrot !er $i»r tryingball Jinals.to bring llie Scarabs ihcir thirdThcrown.no preference tor a championship opponent.“When you gel this far,” he .said, “you just have to be hap-Hillard, whose Oncinn/jij sLato lille.Princeton team challenged two* and 1959. lime stale champion Cleveland “He sen mod Dayton Dunbat East Tech for the big schoniTor us Lvt year.” recalled Cha-iCentraMlover, which crown, helped Qi avers n year vers. East Tech, however,;with a 22-3 mark, ago when the Scainbs were in bowed to the Wolverines in the1 Dwight Mitchell, aey won in 3958 They earned the shot by py you’re in Ihe finals and gelfor-12 free throw performance, led Cel in a with 25 points and Bill Wellman bad 19 more.cranking in eight of nine fourth quarter shots against AkronMto play someone.1 Bradley Robinson pouredinfinished 20 points and had 17 rebounders6-fooi 3 J°r Central-Hower, but Eaglementor Joe Siegferth said itihe semirings. jstate semifinal*. junior, led the charge, sinkingBut this time Hillard was sit , The winner was to become all five of his field goal at- was one of the Eagles’ poorest l:m? on the opposition's bench 1 he firs) black coach ro earn a. tempts and scoring 11 of performances.after Trjncclon whipped Akron, big school state title allhough r mice runts last h points lor a “it has to be heartbreaking Cent raid lower 6054, and Ka»j Hillard directed Cincinnati Lin- game-high 23 points. for 0 P. , „w *Tech spilled _\o. 1 tclir.a fF-Kfl. coin Heights to the 1970 Class A Hillard, who could becomef } \in the semifinals Friday in St.:Ohio championship. I the first coach to win a state js! around flat-footed whileJohn Arena. ! The Vikings, 21-1 to Eastj title in two classes, said he had 1PHncclon 1ook awaV insidegame.NATE WASHINGTON of Cleveland East Tech (50.) leaps high lor a rebound against Celina’s John Wester-field (44) yesterday at St. John Arena. East Tech, an 87-80 winner, meets Prince!oil in the finals—{UPI Photo).“Our outside game was so. poor it allowed Princeton to sag [ back on Robinson inside,” said’ Sicgferth, whose team lost in the state semifinals for the second straight year.East Tech reached the championship game for the second time in six seasons. The Sea-’ rabs bowed to Columbus Linci-en-McKinley in the 196“ contest and had reached the final fouri 10 of the last 17 years.They moved into the finals with a superb fasf break and;’ rebounding, which were enough’10 offset 22 floor errors and 27; personal fouls. iJanies Abrams, a 64 veteran from last year’s team, ran in 22 • points and 12 rebounds against I Celina. iEast Tech’s uncle-jephew | guard duo of Lawrence and An- j ton in Bolden combined for M | more points and triggered the | Scarabs’ swift attack. Lawrence had 19 points and his nephew Antonio, one month old-j er, wound up with 15. IAfter six *ar]y tics„ Celina never led and that, in Coiina mentor Dean White’s mind, was the difference.We had to play catch-up ball the whole game. We never quite made it.” said White, whose team dropped its first contest in 15 starts this season, jWhite also thought the gov | erning Ohio High School Athletic Association should consider three officials in future state tournaments.“It’s impossible for two officials to keep up,” he said. (11 And. that in no way, is a criti- j cism of today’s officials. They did well under the cireum- j stances.” •Rick Mosier. mainly on an U-AVrrm Ccntrai'Hower (SI)G VWilson 2 2-.1Thorium a LAltahln*-on 10 0 3Wade I 5-fi 7Moore 9 -4*7 10Blountt 1 0*0 2Harrison 1 0*1 KTotals 21 12-23 AtTP.?20Horton’sbut MayI10crprlfi/taM Prfncttftff *60)G FM:lo hellHiriKliriniWhiteSewellTJio:vi|]SOii Phinke-M Turar.HoIIowy TotalsCentral Hower Princeton Fo\i)ed n«! nncc Toi-il fo-.Jls -Central-Hower 19. Princp*rn i«A—1R.092T3-4 ?M1 0*0 25 2-fi 12 I! Z-n 7 I 1-3 34 12 DIj co 02 i-I A23 10-22 60 10 12 1?, 14—n\By BRUCE LOWLIT.41* Sports WriterCellna (*0)WellmanScnLnrqrWeMffuWhiteMosierMihmTota JsSlCiAir A bra me Wash tie m 1 jRolllfTLNon!Cha mlvrs Ct(i|um I AlCDSABoldenTotalsWillie Horton drilled a pair of home runs and they were more! than enough for Detroit. John Mayberrj’ also socked two | round-trippers but they weren’t m iS u iK-iid ; quiic enough for Kansas City.Horton, who went into Fr:-lt; day’s exhibition game with only one preseason homer, drove in : five runs with his pair againsl j Boston and capped his per for m-| ance with a two-run double hi i the ninth inning as \he Tigers,• mounting an 18-hit assault, buried the Red Sox 12-3.But Mayberry’s two homer5. along with Lou PLnidla's bias!., were only enough to give Kan-j ,sas City an 8-8 tie with the New j 1 York Yankees going into the.-1 seventh inning. jCelinaK*h\f‘ « u 1 e tlWa5hi:;fi*;on.To: a] fouls Tci-h lt;7.A - iS.SSfi.f r9-11 19.S2-6 1230 1 6AA ii7 11-12 2524-5 7Vi 1 8(15( 7*lt;h (*7)r»F Ti3*4 5?B-JO 2162-2 :afl-3*4 19h2-2 j0D-a d30- 1 rv2(•-II 4fiii • !, S.......■ • n :M-23 ST.....15 2.1 2121—80- 21 24 n2.1—87c'.n—Wester field,--Cel Ida i‘i.Kail1: staved that wav until the =Coaches’St. John’s : draws 2/cage finalsOhio rflxii School Haskciball Toarna merit (At Ohio State UnU*erslLy) liy Till-; ASSOCIATED lRi-:SS Champfon ships -Class A A Lex in R1 on i25 fii vs. Folumhus Ready 154-P. IE00 fi nt.Cla^s AAA I'lfrvclarii! Kasi Tech fSt-li vs.. Cincinnati Princeton (21-Al, 3 paii.Chss AGnadenhutlen Indian Valiev South (26-0) vs. Mortal K.dpe-date 12d-5», 7;;{ft p.nt.Friday’s Semifinal ICpsuU*;Clxs •; A Ail Cincinnati PriynuHcm 60, Ak-i »n Centra 1-1 lower 5^Cleveland KasL Tech 87. Ce-3 in aClass ACnad^nhultcn Jmiiri.a Valiey Soulh fill. Cir.clnnati SC Bernard Rfi Morral Pidgedafe 71. Cmiil-2)0)tfi] 70THERE WILL be eight Class A and 14 Class B teams in ihe annual Greencvicw Coaches As* sociation basketball tournaments beginning next week.El etcher Powers of Dayton has hi*? F’omcjs A11-8 tars bade j to defend Ike Class A tuurna-j merit title and Roberts' Con-, sir taction of Hillsboro is returning us champions of the Class B tournament.The Class A learns From Day* | ion include B a n k Cocktail!( Lounge, Durian Jasper Engine* and Transmission and Powers All-Stars; Randy’s Barber Shop ! from Xenia; Reco Royals from Springfield; Royal Tavern, Ur* bana; and Sigma Zeta Gray,: Wilmington.Cloninger; THE CLASS B Kuirnament i appears more colorful with 'I he I Brush Boilers, Hal! ,1. Hill,for Javier ior*
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Sat, Mar 25, 1972
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