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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1952
Page
10
LaGrange Lions win regional thriller 52 51 over Morton at Vaughan gym. Chester Baker sinks decisive free throw with 4 seconds left after Morton battles back from a 33 21 halftime deficit to force a tense finish. Jecha and McRae shine for Morton, while Sloan's late press secures the win for LaGrange.
Riverside Brookfield High school track enters the 17th Naperville Relays at Merner Fieldhouse, North Central College, March 20 and 21. Fresh-soph meet opens with five schools at 6 15 p.m. on Thursday. varsity preliminaries start 4 30 p.m. Friday with finals at 8 p.m. Awards include ribbons and trophies for both fresh-soph and varsity events. The A B team already owns Naperville relays best time 4 10.7 set in 1949.
Nazareth academy students Joanne Frances of LaGrange Constance Brezina Marianne Won drasek and Carolyn Wiewhora earned third place at a Mundelein College Chicago math contest. They trailed the winners by two points.
LaGrange opened with a .396 shooting percentage in the first half while Morton managed .250. In the second half Morton surged to a sensational .423, as the Lions shaded only .179. Morton finished 19 of 50 and LaGrange 16 of 59 for the game.
LaGrange’s LTHS cagers built a 40 22 halftime lead with a 26 point second quarter, then withstood Argo’s rally to win 68 56 in the regional tournament semi finals before 2 500 fans at Vaughan gym. Joe McRae and guard By Bennett led the Lions with 19 points while Argo’s efforts were paced by For ward and Joe McRae in a rough game marred by fouls. LaGrange shot .289 from the floor and .700 free throws, while Argo connected on .269 and .651 from the line.
The Lions built a 19 to 11 edge over the Trojans as the game progressed with LT gaining advantage in the final two quarters. Caiazza led LT with a 11 point performance among a list of players in the box scores.
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