County Championship and Small School Tourney Spotlight This Week
Berkshire basketball fans focus on the County Championship with Pittsfield and Lee High meeting in a best of three. Mount Greylock and Wahconah open the Small School event, while District 4 playoff results shape Western Massachusetts tournament berths at Springfield College next week.
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Pittsfield
Mount Greylock
Wahconah
U. of M
Bill Mahan
Berkshire
Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Pittsfield and
Lee High
Morrow
Williamstown
Dalton
South Hadley
Berkshire County
Lee
South Berkshire
Wilbraham Defeats Windsor Mountain In Tight Basketball Battle
Wilbraham Academy defeated Windsor Mountain School 43-39 in a closely fought game Saturday afternoon. Tim Huston led Wilbraham with 14 points as the team held a 22-17 lead at halftime and maintained control through the second half.
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Wilbraham
Wilbrham Academy
Windsor Mountain School
Tim Huston
John Rutsis Is Only Winner Of Two Gymnastics Events
John Rutsis of Mount Everett Regional High Sheffield led Western Massachusetts high school gymnastics with firsts in tumbling scoring 6.8 and long horse vaulting 9.0 at UMass Amherst. Mount Everett finished third with 48.15, Minnechaug Regional Wilbraham won at 64.90, Tantasqua Regional placed second at 62.90. other teams included Springfield Technical, Oakmont, Athol and West Springfield.
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Amherst
John Rutsis
Mount Everett
Sheffield
Lanesboro Player Jacobs Scores in Springfield Victory
Dave Jacobs of Lanesboro scored one floor goal as a reserve forward for Springfield College in a 94 to 86 win over Bates College Saturday night in Lewiston Maine.
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Dave Jacobs
Lanesboro
Pittsfield High
Springfield College
Bates College
Lewiston
Maine
Reed Receives Gore Award for Service at Bucks Tourney
Amherst news reports Rollie Reed, Easthampton High coach from 1929 to 1957, won the 24th Harold M. Gore award at the Western Massachusetts Small School basketball tournament luncheon. About 275 attended at UMass Student Union, with 12 schools represented. Warren McGuirk received a special service award for his cooperation with the tournament committee. A moment of silence honored Curry Hicks, former UMass athletics head, who died Friday in Tucson.
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Rollie Reed
Easthampton
Harold M
Kid) Gore
Western Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts
Gore
Reed
Warren McGuirk
University
Joseph Carroll
Lenox High
Curry Hicks
University of Massachusetts Athletic Department
Tucson
Ariz
Berkshire Cagers Lose TMth 61-45
Trinity Pawling beats Berkshire School 61 to 45 to extend the Tigers’ Tri-State League win streak to 10. Trinity Pawling improves to 12-3 overall led by Jim Kiley with 22 points and Jeff Hyman with 14 while Berkshire drops to 7-8 as John Field scores 15. Berkshire's final game of the season is at Kent School Wednesday at 2:30 PM.
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Sheffield
Trinity- Pawling
N.Y
Berkshire
Jim Kiley
Jeff Hyman
John Field
Pete Cooperman
Kent
Trinity-Pawling
BFP
John
Sa Elels
Hancock
Stackeoog Miller
Manay
Hyman
DeSantis YI
Parker
Aspinwall Polo Team Beats Fort Orange 22 to 9
The Aspinwall Club of Lenox defeated Fort Orange Club of Albany 22 to 9 in polo Saturday night. Fort Orange’s Dave Storie scored 10 goals in his first match. Cliff Hunt added seven and Dick Wheeler four for Aspinwall, with Pete Larson leading Fort Orange with five. Howard Smith and Hal Eldridge scored for Fort Orange. Aspinwall led 6-3 after the first period and 10-3 at halftime.
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LENGX
Aspinwall
Lenox
Fort Orange Club
Albany
N.Y
Fort Orange
Dave Storie
Isnarkea
Howard Smith
Hal Eldridge
Granger scores 50 as Huntington beats Sunset Motel
Granger poured in 50 points to lift the Huntington Merchants to a 199 to 93 victory over Sunset Motel of Lee here. Eddie Thomas led Sunset Motel with 28 points as the motel squad fell to 1-2 on the season.
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Huntington
Wayne Granger
Huntington Merchants
Sunset Motel
Lee
Eddie Thomas
Motel
Maine tops Massachusetts in overtime finale
Maine defeated Massachusetts 92 4 in an overtime period in Orono Maine to close the basketball season for the visitors. Massachusetts finished 15 9 overall and 5 5 Yankee Conference. The game tied 82 82 at regulation end and Charley Kingston 22 Rodger Twitchell 21 and Bernard 21 led scoring for UMass while Maine built a 41 35 halftime lead and held on in the extra period.
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Orono
Maine
Massachusetts
Pete Bernard
Charley Kingston
Rodger Twitchell
Bernard
Maine U
MAPI
Darrow Second at New England Wrestling Invite
The Darrow School placed second with 40 points at the New England Independent Schools wrestling tournament in New Lebanon New York Sanford Maine topped with 61. Five Darrow wrestlers reached consolations or finals Led by Cave who went 15 0 and Jones the meet high scorer with 14 points Jones earned his second pin to reach 10 0 for the season Team members included McKlvain Wooley Armisted Groth Jones Munsell and Werner.
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New Lebanon
N.Y
Darrow
Sanford
Maine
Ed McKlvain
Bruce Wooley
Tom Armisted
Dave Groth
Bob Jones
New England
Cave
Jones
Pete Munsell
Larry Werner
Epic Swimmers Splash Wesleyn in Little Three Meet
Williams College swimming team defeated Wesleyan 61 4 in a Little Three meet at Williamstown. Jim Rider and Sandy Van Kennan each won two events. Van Kennan set a New England 50 yard freestyle record and a new pool record in the 100 yard freestyle.
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Williams College
Wesleyan
Jim Rider
Williams
Sandy van Kennan
van Kennan
New England
Monson Cage Beats Cranwell in 59-30 Tilt
Cranwell faced Monson Academy without star Paul Procopio who was in the infirmary. Ed Collins led Monson with 24 points as Harris and Alexander added 21 and 17 respectively while Cranwell moves to 8-3. Monson plays Sufield Academy at Cranwell next Wednesday.
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Cranwell
Paul Procopio
Monson Academy
Ed Collins
Procopio
Richie Harris
Mickey Alexander
Suffield Academy
Monson Cranwell
SFR
Alexander
Harris
Top 10 College Teams Weekend Results
AP top ten show mixed fortunes over the weekend. UCLA improved to 24-0 by routing Washington 78-44 and Washington State 93-56, while Kentucky fell 65-59 to Alabama but defeated Tennessee 42-4. Duke beat Wake Forest and UNC, Oregon State upset Oregon, and Villanova bounced Marquette before a Temple win.
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Washington
Washington State
Kentucky
Alabama
Tennessee
Oregon State
Oregon
Davidson
Citadel
Virginia Military
Villanova
Marquette
Temple
DePaul
Louisville
Duquesne
Chicago Loyola
St. Louis
Marshall
Four Games Today In Eastern Mass Cage Tournament
Boston Garden hosts four first round Eastern Massachusetts interscholastic tournament Class A games. Boston College High meets Waltham, Matignon faces Beverly, Lawrence plays Salem, Weymouth meets Central. Lawrence Central Catholic Memorial of Roxbury, unbeaten in 23 games, is favored. Memorial will meet Weymouth Central’s winner Friday. twenty teams in the tourney.
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Easthampton High
Smith Academy of Hatfield
Hopkins Academy of
South Hadley
Turners Falls High
Minnechaug
Wilbraham
St. Mary’s High
Westfield
Belchertown High
Mahar
Orange
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Matignon
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Selem
Weymouth
Lawrence Central
Catholic Memorial of Roxbury
Memoral
Memorials hammer Pittsfield Imperial in 162-81 rout
Lee Memorials opened a big third quarter surge to defeat Pittsfield Imperial 162-81 at Lee High Gym. Bob Driscoll sparked the winner with 28 points while Jim Rickard scored 19 and Bob Steiner 18 for the losers as Memorials improve to 13-4 and set to face Castleton Merchants in Maple Hill tonight.
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Thomas Memorials
Pittsfield Imperials
Lee High Gym
Imperials
Bob Driscoll
Jim Rickard
Bob Steiner
Lee Club
Castleton
N.Y
Maple Hill High
McConnell Wins Again At Troy
Dick McConnell of Adams Mass with a five and zero record remains unbeaten in the Troy March of Dimes billiards benefit. He defeated Jim Chiara of Schenectady 125 to 106. McConnell represents Cue n Cushion of Pittsfield Mass and faces Bob Reinen of Schenectady at 7 15 tonight. Dick Leonard of Troy also owns a five and zero mark as the other unbeaten rival. He is slated to meet Favored McConnell next if standings hold.
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Adams
Mass
Jim Chiara
Schenectady
McConnell
Cue ’N Cushion
Pittsfield
Dick Leonard
Troy
Bob Reinen
Hetnen
Adams High Triumphs Over Alumni in Benefit Game
Adams High defeated the Alumni 64 to 58 in the Adams Memorial High gym in Springfield on Saturday night. Thirty three players participated with Paul DuBois scoring 11 and Bob Morin 10 for the school team as top scorers. The fundraiser supported the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Adams High
Adams Memorial High
Basketball Hall of Fame
Springfield
Paul DuBois
Bob Morin
Williams Wins Lead Secures Little 3 Bid
Williams defeats Wesleyan 63-60 in Lasell Gym as the team moves to 3 wins from the Little 3 title. A zone defense and free throw accuracy propelled Williams while Jim Kramer hit 13 straight foul shots for 15 points. Wesleyan’s John Werle led with 28 as Williams led 41-27 at halftime.
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Williams College
Wesleyan University
Lasell Gymnasium
Williams
Jim Kramer
Kramer
John Werle
Connecticut and Rhode Island Set for Kingston Playoff
Connecticut and Rhode Island share the Yankee Conference title after a 54-53 setback for UConn, with the playoff at Kingston, RI, to decide the conference rep for the NCAA Eastern Regional in Philadelphia. Rams' Mike Fitzgerald hit a corner set shot late to seal the win. Kimball led UConn with 20.
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Rhode Island
Kingston
Rams
Philadelphia
Temple
Huskies
Mike Fitzgerald
Storrs
Toby Kimball
Rhody
Kimball
Frank Nightingale
Darrow Tops Hoosac 4 3 In Hockey
Darrow School’s hockey team edged Hoosac 4-3 after a three goal third period. Andy Jelliffe scored twice, with Zenas Calt assisting, as the late surge erased a 3 1 deficit. Hoosac briefly led on an Osher and Tevlon duo before Calt and Jelliffe sealed the win.
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New Lebanon
N.Y
Darrow School
Andy Jelliffe
Hoosac
Jelliffe
Zenas Calt
Bill Osher
Chip Tevlon
Calt
Jelilffe
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