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TopRocketsCa rlyleTriple OvertimeInTigers Claw Mt. VernonThe Centralia Tigers eked out a 42-41 victory over the Mt. Vernon Jr. Rams Friday at Irving Gym. The victory boosted Bob Schmidt’s Tigers to 4-1 on the year and Mt. Vernon is 4-5.Ashley Hits117 hi WinASHLEY — For the third time this season the Ashley Wolves cleared the 100-point total for a game as they smashed Dahlgren Friday 117-55 at Ashley.The'winners hit 53 field goals in the contest and a big second quarter boosted them to within shooting range of the century mark. The Wolves led 52-27 at halftime and then swished through 37 points in the third period for a 90-29 margin.Gene Leffner and Rick Organ led Ashley with 28 and 22 points while three other Wolves were in double figures.Ashley also won the preliminary game 104-39 as Johnny Vaughn pumped in 38 points.Ashley 24 53 90 117Dahlgren 13 27 29 55ASHLEY—Sodko 7. Leffner 28. Tomaszewski 17. Organ 22. Live-sav 8. Smolley 12. Setzekorn 6, Arment 2, Novak 15. DAHLGREN—Minor 3, MiUebine 10. Ewald 15. Cross 13. Upchurch 14.Allen McDonal and Chet Lang-in came off the bench to give the Tigers the boost they needed to win. Both tallied 10 points and their play was the difference, Coach Schmidt said.Mt. Vernon took a 9-6 lead in the first period and led 20-18 at the halftime intermission after holding an 18-10 lead at onepoint.McDonal led the uprising by Centralia with three baskets.Langin grabbed the honors in the third period as he tallied eight points as a substitute as Centralia stayed in contention. Mt. Vernon led 34-31 at the horn.Centralia remained close during the fourth period and took the lead for the first time late in the quarter. Ramon Gardner tallied two driving layups, his lonefield goals of the game as Centralia went ahead.Centralia, holding a one-point lead, missed two chances to salt the victory away but free throws were missed. Mt. Vernon had a chance at the win but missed a shot and Centralia held on to win.Centralia won the preliminary game 47-28.F reshmenList15-Game SlateAthletic Director Jim Evers announced a 15-game schedule for the Centralia freshman basketball team this season. The young Orphans will also play in the Benton Tourney.The frosh lost their opener to Nashville, 48-40 last week.Two games will be played on each date with the B Squad op-iening the activities.Dec. 17 — Belleville Dec. 21 —at Carlyle (F Sc S) Jan. 4-5-6-7 — Benton Tourney Jan. 28 — Benton Jan. 11 — at Mt Vernon Jan. 13 — Odin (F SI Jan. 16Vandalia (9:30 a.m.) Jan. 18—Salem Jan. 27—At Belleville Jan. 28—Benton Feb. 1 — Mt. VernonFeb. 3 — at Odin lt;F Si S Feb. 11 — at Benton Feb. 15 — Carlyle lt;F S) Feb. 18 — at Nashville (F Si Feb. 27 — at Vandalia (9:30Centralia 6 18 31 42Mt. Vernon 9 20 34 41CENTRALIA—Bruce 10. Langin 10, Meeks 7, Gardner 5, McDonal 8, Terry 2. MT. VERNON —Sanders 8. Mayse 11, Jones 8, Lively 9. Caldwell 2, Hassakis 3.Hjw j_ niLiM* Hi »i— m r i—~ mm i im* ■■Mnmaair m—iy hi ■r inMni—nKilTKELL INDIANS WINKell’s unbeaten Indians kept their Oil Belt League record perfect with a 50-45 win over Willow Grove Friday. The winners led 22-13 at halftime and held the lead to win.Dave Rollinson and Bandy led the winners with 14 each and Bill I^ek had 17 for the losers.Willow Grove won the preliminary game, 51-20.RACCOON GRABS WINRaccoon Grade School stopped Shanafelt Friday in Oil Belt League play 57-21 in a game played at Raccoon. Lenny Bass paced the winners with 15 and Bob Toquinto pumped in 14. Burge had 13 for the losersRaccoon led 28-7 at halftime and was never threatened.am im ■ mmark to 4-0 and the loss was Carlyle’s second tn league action.OKAWVILLE — The Okaw-1viile Rockets took a long time Friday — Three overtimes to be exact — to beat the Carlyle Indians 54-49 with the Egyptian—II-lini Conference title at stake.The defending champion Rockets boosted their conferenceBob Berkemeier. 6-foot junior, gave the Rockets the boost theyneeded in the second half after trailing 1-24 at the intermission. Berkemeier scored 17 points, all in the second half and overtimes to lead the rally.Okawvilie could have ended things after the first overtime w-hen Tom Dahncke missed a free throw after the official time had ended. It left the game tied but Dahncke atoned for the mis-cue later with two charity tosses in the third overtime.The Indians raced to a lead in the early going with big Ron Rol-fingsmeyer leading the attack. The red-hot Indians led 15-12 at the horn despite a late rally byOkawvilie.Rolfingsmeyer had six points in the period, including an 18-foot set shot, and Rod Wrone chipped in five. Dahncke, connecting from the side, had six for the Rockets.Carlyle continued its fine shooting the second quarter pulling ahead 31-24 at intermission. A1 Crocker and Rolfingsmeyer tallied six each while Cliff Kuhn and Don Weeke scored all Okaw-ville points with eight and four.And then Berkemeier took over controlling the boards and scoring nine points in the third period. The indians’ shooting cooled off and Okawvilie roared back to tie the game at 38-38.The clubs exchanged baskets through most of the fourth period and in the closing seconds set shots by Weeke of Okawvilie and Jim Kleine of Carlyle sent the game into the first overtime.Okawvilie controlled the ball through most of the three overtimes waiting for the good shot near the end of the periods. Only once did Carlyle get the opportunity at the end of an overtime and in the second quarter a missed free throw by the Indians kept them from a chance to win.Rolfingsmeyer fouled out in the second overtime which hurt the Indians. He scored 18 in the game and Wrone 12. Four Rockets were in double figures with Berkemeier hitting 17, Kuhn 12, Weeke 11 and Dahncke 10.Carlyle won the preliminary game 5141 as John Roeckemann hit 16 while Steve Schuessler had 13 for the Rockets, add line scoreOkawvilie 12 24 38 49 49 49 54Carlyle 15 31 38 49 49 49 49OILAWVILLE — Dahncke 10,| C. Kuhn 12, Weeke 11, Scott 4, Berkemeier 17. CARLYLE — i Crocker 8. Nothaus 3, R Rolf-fihgsmever 18, Wrone 12, Kleine 8.
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Centralia Sunday Sentinel
Centralia, Illinois, US
Sun, Dec 13, 1964
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