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Warriors DefeatDiamond, 66-39Tom Rawlings and Bob Todd combined for 30 points here Friday night in leading Jim Wyatt’s McAuley Regional high schol Warriors to a 66*39 Little Eight Conference victory over Diamond’s Wildcats.The victory was the Warriors second straight in conference play and fourth straight over all. The Wildcats are now 1-1 in league play.Rawlings, a 6*5 center, copped scoring honors with 16 points on seven fielders and two charity shots. Rawlings also hauled in 15 rebounds for the Warriors. Todd, a 6-0 forward, was close behind with 14 points on seven fielders. Todd also had seven rebounds. Chuck Roderique, a 6-2 guard, followed with 12 tallies.Johnny Jeans, a 6-1 center, paced his Diamond mates with nine points on one fielder and seven free throws. Mike Rentfro, a 6^0 forward, added seven tallies.McAuley jumped to a six-point lead at the outset on fielders by Rawlings and Todd and two charity shots by Bill Gcry, a 6-3 forward, before the Wildcats opened their scoring on a free throw by Rentfro.Roderique widened the marginto seven points on a fielder,before Diamond started whittlingaway at their lead, Fielders by Mike Thomas and John Dipper pulled Diamond within five points, 10-5, with less than three minutes remaining.Wyatt then sent his defensive squad in with two minutes left. The Warriors widened the gap to nine points, 14-5, on a fielder by Horace Williams and two charity shots by Dave Slaughter, before Diamond struck for five straight points to cut the lead to 14-10 at the end of the first period.The Wildcats of Rod Reid pulled within two points on two charity throws by Jeans, before McAuley started its move. The Wariors outscored Diamond in the second quarter, 16-9, to take a 32-19 half-time lead.McAuley widened the margin to 20 points at the outset of the third quarter and continued to bombard the nets for a 56-29 bulge at the end of three periods.Wyatt then sent in his defensive squad, which broke even with the Wildcats for the final eight minutes—each team scoring 10 points.“The boys played a real good game tonight,” Wyatt said follow-
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Joplin Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Sat, Nov 14, 1964
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