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r the rock has been recrystaliz-jj Allen Paces North Stars I To Smashing Victory, A record-breaking North ' offense, led by sharp-shooting Kathy Allen of Stratford,- buried the south in a bi^illi^nt1 second - half surge for an85-65 ylctqry Saturday in the* 13th annual All - Star game of' the Texas High School Girls1 Basketball Coaches Associa-r tlon clinic at Duncanville High;• school Gymnasium.The North’s h e 1 g h t and speed was too much for a south ' team that'put up a good battlei for a half. But valiant hearti was not enough for the southsquad after the North came I back from intermission and1 began to mount an impressive offense that tallied 49 ! points in the final two periods; of play.The North’s 85-point totalIs a new coaching school re-1 cord--eclipsing the 78 points.I—scoFea~hCTrdTrl966-when-ths-North won that game, 78-53,• The two - team total of 150 points also shatters the mark of 136 set in last year's game» when the North won 72-64.t The South’s 65 points not ; only is the most points everscored by a losing team in the All-Star game, it also is the 1 most points any South squad ever scored—breaking lastI year’s total by 1.I ' The, North outscored the.South 49-33 ih the second half ! (which bettered the, entire’ scoring in the first All-Star! game in 1957 when the-Northl look a 43-35 verdict)., 1 After the South had taken, Van early 1-0 lead, the North took command and led through 1 most of the first half. How-'f ever, the South, led by BeckyI Bludau, ‘.came to life .andr- battled from five points, downto a 30-30 tie.. Then theNorth spurted for a 36-32 advantage at intermission.It still looked like anybody's ball game; at this point. But i wasn't; | The North defense completely shut off the South offense, and the .south was unable to do the same to the explosive North offense.Kathy Allen, Marcia Shield-knight of Spearman, Judy Townsen of Hale Center, Sherry Stark of Quitaque, Wendy Cromer of Roosevelt,. Pam Richardson of Canyon, Betty Brewer of Chapel Hill and Marsha Dawson of Spring-lake were alternated freely by . coaches P. D. Fletcher of Stratford and Bob Schneider of Canyon. It didn't matter which offensive trio was in the game; they all moved the ball well and were able to crack the South defense con-sistently,_vThe North's guards —Mary Wllliamjjf of Tulia, Rita Payne of' Slaton, 3Carla Robertson of Dimmitt, Sandy Giddens of Rivercrest, ReneRackowof Wylie, Nancy Huffman of Sundown, pat Epps of Deport and Wanda Rea of Springtown— stymied the South offense with quickness on defense. And the~ South seldom got a second shot at the basket, ^Becky Bludau of Karnesv City, who won the free-thrqw contest on Friday night, was the only serious offense threat for the South—and 12 of her 22 points came at the free-throw line. DianeeMcKhownofCon-row was able to net 18 points for the only other South player in double figures.K8thy Allen scored 32 points, Marcia Shieldknight 14, Judy Townsefl*12 and Marsha Dawson 10.
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Duncanvillite
Duncanville, Texas, US
Thu, Jul 24, 1969
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