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Bentworth fouls out of playoffsBy MIKE BODt/RA When Steve Hamay fouled out with 4:31 left m Bentworth High’s game with Conemaugh Township last night, the Bee Gees should have been cued tofour points and 43 seconds of the quarter which broke Bent worth's back Hamay got his fourth foul and Bentworth’s fifth team fc S at the 43-second mark but the official scorer misinterpreted the referee’s call ana gave the foul to a Conemaugh player Instead of going to the Jine, Conemaugh got possession of the ball Jeff Pit era hit a jump shot to put the Indians up 43-33.Then the scorer eatized the foul-total error and stopped play with 34 seconds left.Pitera was given the foul shots he had coming to him and made both for what0 what to do: a one-big and ia The with a sfense mt their1 6-feet-like aifler a f junior ?la goal alf and 9 shots wing of£ had a Purdue ome oflactics ng hurt illiams sloped ictopus neld off :yes unis in id only ion and in the 40 hadMiller play a ie ball keyes* eadmg ‘In the louble-t was ?t it to)-man, They didn’t ie will me 11 ick to *sdit to withsing “Tragedy ”Tne Bearcats were down six points at the time but the handwriting was on the wall.The other time Hamay fouled out this season the Bearcats were handed their only regular season loss by Mon Valley Catholic.The Bee Gees actually could have been waiting in the wings since the first half when Hamay and high-scoring teammate Kevin Tony were each charged with three fouls.Toss in a third-quarter amounted to a four-point play dispute over the team foul and lots of confusion totals and the result is an Quattro, who looked per-excepiionally foul way to Jose ptexed at the time, said, the PIAA (state) Class A “That’s the rule I had no western semifinal game as the complaint with that The thing Bearcats did, 64-54, to was, if the referee would havemade the original call at the table like he’s supposed to instead of the middle of the floor, the whole thing could have been avoided “The 8 to 12 point swing on one play made a big difference, “ he continued “Up to that point we had been hanging within six or eight points of therp *'The Bearcats closed the gap to 47-41 when Hamay fouled out“When he left our offense was gone,” QuaUro said Tony, the Bearcats only senior, scored nine in the last quarter but there was too much slack to pick up.“Kevin had a great year as a senior,” Quattro said “He’s going out with class and style “Our team has nothing to be ashamed of We had a tremendous season You canConemaugh Township at the Altoona Field House.“The fouls definitely hurt us,“ Bentworth coach Vince Quattro said. “It took us out of everything offensively and defensively when Hamay and Tony both got three fouls.None of them were good oneseither They were getting caught for reaching m ”Taking advantage of the Hamay-Tony foul trouble was the Indians’ Jeff Hostetler, who scored 20 of his game-high 27 points in the second half. The 6-2 center, who is Penn Stale bound on a football scholarship (all of the Indian starters were built like football players), also did a number on the boards“I’ve got to give them credit,** Quattro said. “They must be a good team although they don’t look it We’ve played better teams this year walk with your head up whenbut they’re 29-0 (only undefeated team in the state playoffs) so they must be good. I don’t know what but they’re doing something right “District 5 champion Conemaugh advances to tomorrow’s western final against East Brady, which defeated Karns City, 59-55, last night and WPIAL champion Cornell last week The state title game is Saturday at 3 30 p m at the Civic Arena Bentworth, the WPIAL Class A runnerup, finishes with a 23-3 record “The key was we didn’t shoot very well, Quattro said “When you don’t, you’re not going to win. We were getting 10-15 footers but they weren’t going m And give Hostetler credit, he was getting a lot of rebounds “We ended up doing a lot of things we didn’t want to do ” Like losing espite Tony's 20 points and Ham ay’s 18 The Bearcats and Indians both had 20 field goals but Conemaugh was 24 for-32 from the foul line compared to Bentworih’s 14-for-isThe Indians emerged from a sloppy first half with a 23 22 leadWith the hands of Hamay and Tony tied by fouls, Hostetler took charge and scored 12 of Conemaugh’s first 18 points of the third quarter to put his team ahead 41-33 However, it was the finalyou have a 23-3 record The team that beat us was undefeated Evidently, they had a good season.”But nobody could convince Quattro that Conemaugh had a better season or team than Bentworth “Tonight they were the better team he said Quattro didn’t need the Bee Gees to tell him why.LineupsCONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP—64 FG F PtSj Hosteller6 n 182?Pitera52 212T Hostetler36 612Honkus43 311Jones02 32Canlz0000Tolals2024 3?64BENT50RTH—54Tony5FG F10 13PtS20S Hamay90-1iaSadvary24 4aK Hamay2004jansanie2004BiglerO0 00Blackburn0000Totals2014 1054Score by periods Conemaugh149 22 1 9—64Beni worth»012 11 21--54Officials Gaydos. LeisoMeeting tonightThe Ringgold Basketball Boosters will hoiu an emergency meeting tonight at 8 30 at the Donora Elks Club, Fifth Street and Meldon Avenue, to discuss the upcoming cage banquet The deadline for purchasing tickets for the affair is 7 30 tonight and no tickets will be sold at the door
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