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By DICK PUHR20(Examiner Sports Editor)So far so good area teams in the 19th annual NorthThe mild-mannered junior hit an amazing 17 of shots—that has to be a tourney record, too—in breaking the previous individual mark of 33 established in 1964 byKansas City tournament.Unbeaten and No. 3 rated Raytown South last night rolled behind Bill Flamank’s record-breaking 34 points toDe La Salle’s Dwight Murphy.Flamank, a welcomed transfer from Albany,topple pesky Oak Park, 64-54, and Truman broke away inthe final period to whip Park Hill, 61-42.First-round action continues tonight with WilliamChrisman (3-0) taking on Lee’s Summit (2-2) at 7 and thewas apillar of strength inside. He displayed some nifty moves in escaping his defender for easy buckets. But he also had to work for several of his goals as he often would-be rebounders to stuff in follow shots.Cardinals with 14 rebunds.outjumped He led thehost Hornets battling Rockhurst at 8:30.toIf it weren’t for Flamank, a smooth 6-5 postman, it’s doubtful if the Cardinals would be in the semifinals.Flamank shattered Murphy’s record with 26 seconds go on a turn-around, five-foot jumper from the base line. He then was removed by coach Bud Lathrop, drawing a standing ovation from the Cardinal cheering section.The Cardinals, now 5-0.WHO’S GOT IT? . . . That’s the question as Truman’s Dave Nichols (40) finds himself battling with an unidentified teammate and three Park Hill players for a loose ball.UCLA Remains No.10thNEW YORKUPIdistancing Davidson (No. 3) by | with a talented arraysophomores joining awesome Lew Alcindor, back for his final collegiate campaign, had the 35-member I Villanova was listed in sixth. I little trouble, with 11 points International I Notre Dame took the No. 7 I their lowest winning margin.North Carolina favored toofUCLA has no equal in collegebasketball.todayUnitedbyPressThat’s the decision voicedclose to 140 points.Kentucky was fourth, New Mexico was ranked fifth andCoaches Board, which unanimously listed the Bruins as the top college basketball team in the nation.ranking, followed by Cincinnati, Purdue and Kansas.the Atlantic CoastSt. Bonaventure led theUCLA,championthreedefending and unbeateningames this season, beating some of the nation’s leading powers, received themakimum 350 points in the ern California completed the first week’s balloting for top 20 listing.second 10, edging Duke and NCAA I Houston. Western Kentuckywas 14th, followed by Santa Clara, New Mexico State and Detroit. Ohio State and Dayton tied for 18th and South-sweepConference, put together back-to-back victories overOregon before stopping Kentucky. Davidson, also 3-0, stopped Virginia Military, Furman and Vanderbilt whileKentucky beat Xavier andMiami (Ohio) before bowing to North Carolina.gamesday.played through SunbetterNorth Carolinacapturedofsecond easily, taking 31 35 second Diace votes andplaceamassing 309 points and outUCLA, seemingly than ever, rolled past Purdue, Ohio State and Notre Dame, three teams ranked in thein its first TheNew Mexico, also unbeatenin three games, holds a pairof decisions over Hawaii andtop 20, threeeasilygames.Bruins,Jay hawks Win Thirda victory over Abilene Christian while Villanova, picked by many as the top team inthe East, recorded triumphs over DePauw, Princeton andPhiladelphia Textile.Colorado Loses FirstSophomore studded Notre Dame (1-1) turned in an im-(UP International)i nupr San Fernando Statepressive performance in losing to top ranked UCLA while Cincinnati won its threewere guilty of 17 turnovers and Oak Park, playing by far its best game to date, shot at a sizzling 48 per cent clip, 20 of 42.But Flamank more than compensated for South’s be-low-par floor game and the Northmen’s hot hand. TheCardinals struck on 26 of 52shots for 50 per cent and out rebounded Oak Park, 25-15.The Cardinals jumped to a quick 7-0 lead only to see Oak Park bounce back for a 19-16lead. Flamank’sfirst-period tip-in gave South the lead forthe secondkeeps early in quarter, 24-23.But it wasn’t until late inable toLOSING CAUSEthe game South was shake the upset-bent Northmen, whose cutting and weaving offensive patterns on oc-the Cardinals. . . Wedged in by South’s BillFlamank (34) and Leland Barb (42), an Oak Park player finds the going tough in attempting to come up with a rebound, which Barb eventually grabbed. (Examiner Staff Photo)gavecasions trouble.Leland Barb contributed 13 points for the South attack while Mark Quigley potted 18, Greg Ruder 10 and Mike Mathis and Rick Keesee 9High School Standingseach for the winless Northmen.Truman’s inexperienceclearly showed up against Park Hill as the Patriots were unable to maintain a consistent attack.But a solid 45-22 rebound-0011222326019017714812199120124Op197130165111138112136199ing led by Dave Nichols’ 12 grabs, Dan Cornelius’ 9 and Gary Soper’s 6 and a 19-of-26 effortat the charity stripe turned the tide Truman’sway.It was Soper, who sat outeight minutes in the second half after picking up his fourth foul, who ignited the spark in Truman’s victory-sealing, 25-points, final-period flurry.The 6-3 senior rifled inthree buckets within two minutes as Truman brokeaway from a tight 40-34 edge into a 47-35 lead with fourminutes to go.It was all downhill for Truman, now 3-1, after that. Park Hill sealed its own doom by connecting on just 10 of 26 free throws.Soper had 16 points, Nichols 14 and Craig Jones 9Craigfor Truman, which had 16-12, 26-17, and 36-29 quarter leads. For the outmanned Tro-(All nonleague)(As of yesterday) SUBURBAN EIGHTW L PtRay-South _________ 4Chrisman _________ 3Ruskin ____________ 2Truman __________ 1Raytown ___________ 0N.K.C. ..........0Center _____________ 0Oak Park __________ 0Games This Week Raytown South, Chrisman, Truman, Oak Park, N.K.C. at N.K.C. meetTonight Ruskin at Grandview’Friday Night Jefferson City at Center Raytown-Southwest at SoutheastSaturday Night Columbia Hickman at Center Jefferson City at RaytownSUBURBAN SEVENW L PtFort Osage _____ 1Belton ------------- 2Blue Springs ______ 1Lee’s Summit ______2Liberty ____________ OPark Hill .......... OGrandview ________ 0Games This Week Lee’s Summit, Park Hill at N.K.C. MeetTonightPaola, Kan., at Belton Ruskin at Grandview St. Mary's at Fort Osage Lillis at Blue SpringsFriday Night Northeast at Liberty Belton at ClintonSaturday Night Manual at LibertyCATHOLIC-PREPW LHogan _____________ 5Lillis ............. 3St. Pius __________ 3St. Joseph ________ 1St. Mary’s __________ OGames This Week Tonight St. Mary’s at Fort Osage Lillis at Blue Springs St. Pius at O’HaraFriday Night St. Pius at St. Mary’s Hogan at St. JosephSaturday Night Lillis at Savior of World34. 3 1 101Pt215273Op1272451 269 21311110003233113112133519094156153921231652171112352050112113631471252395145125Op621361392549147176INTERSCHOLASTICW LSoulheast --------Central ____________Paseo______________Westport __________Lincoln __________East _______________Northeast ---------Van Horn ________Manual ----------Southwest ____Games This Week Friday NightSouth west-R ay town at Southeast Northeast at Liberty Manual-Sumner at Interscholastic Fieldhouse Southeast at De La Salle Westport-Springfield Central at Rockhurst HighSaturday Night Central-Sumner at Interscholastic Fieldhouse Westport-Springfield Glendale at Interscholastic Fieldhouse De La Salle at Van Horn Paseo at Pem-Day Manual at LibertyINTRODUCTORY012 5 3Pt232 197233 210 100OFFER!125cc MOJAVEMotorcycleGalen Mussman andjans,Tom Thompson connected for nine points each and Terry Wood eight.The box scores:PARK HILL (421 — Buster 2-1-2; Oakley 0-2-1; Thompson 4-1-1; Mussman 4-1-4; O’Brien 0-0-0; Walker 2-1-5; Wood 3-2-2; Young1-2-1. Totals 16-10-16.TRUMAN (61) — Nichols 5-4-4; Soper 6-4-4; Jones 3-3-2; O’Connor0-0-0; Schumaker 0-0-0; Cornelius2-0-2; Gilbertson 0-3-1; Srader1-2-0; Dennis 1-0-1; Herbst 2-2-3; Noble 0-0-1; W’yss 1-1-0. Totals 21-19-18.TRUMAN _________ 16 10 10 25 — 61PARK HILL ..... 12 5 12 13 — 42RAY-SOUTH (64) — Culbertson 1-4-4; Dunkle 3-1-3; Hailey 0-2-2; Flamank 17-0-1; Barb 4-5-3; Witte 0-0-1; Van Deuen 0-0-0; Wall 0-0-0; Beeler 1-0-0. Totals 26-12-14.OAK PARK (54) — Quigley7-4-2; Mathis 2-5-5; England 3-0-2; Andrews 1-0-0; Ruder 4-2-1; Keesee3-3-3: Airey 0-0-1; Brucker O-O-l. Totals 20-14-15.OAK PARK .....19 13 8 14 — 54SOUTH ......... 16 17 13 18 — 64Prr-elTONIGHT TOMORROW NIGHTSt. Mary’s at Fort Osage Lillis at Blue Springs St, Pius X at O'HaraN.K.C, Tournament William Chrisman vs. Lee's Summit, 71-70 TournamentGrain Valley vs. Odessa, 9WEDNESDAY NIGHT N.K.C. TournamentConsolation games at 7 and 8;30THURSDAY NIGHT N.K.C. TournamentChampionship semifinals at 7 and 8:30FRIDAY NIGHTRaytown-Southwest at Southeast St. Pius at St. Mary'sN.K.C. Tournament Consolation finals at 6:30, third-place at 8. title game at 9:30WE TAKE TRADESComplete Sales ServiceMontgomery WardBlue Ridge Mall OnlyFL 6-3400ABOUTWHICH AUTOINSURANCEDon't Neglect SlippingFALSE TEETH BEST?Do false teeth drop, slip or wobbleop,when you talk, eat, laugh or sneeze?flnn'f ho ftnnorlt;»d and f*m
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