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Sec. 18-B Roundup -Bentleyvilie Can Repeat Tonight; Ellsworth UpsetBarring an upset, Bentleyvilie High will clinch the Sec. 1B-B WPIAL basketball title for the second successive year tonight when the Bears meet Maple-town in s rescheduled game at home.LineupsoeNftevviLUMo., Mcore, i, 8-2—I4, Collen, f. fl*t—■ 13, Guyueb, ct 7-2—lfl, SyUrcster, ft,0-1'—I. Glbt«, j(. 5-4—14, Wildman,1-0—2. Totals: FG-25, F-10-60.JBFFKKSON—374 Keplch, f. € 4—16. PaluUa. t. 2-2— fl, Shlmo, c, 1*0—2, Sellers, tf, 4*1 — 6. Knaplk, g. 1-0—2, Seals, 1-0—2. tab: FC-J5. F-7-37,, Score by periods:BentLeyvJfte ..... 2t 4 10 25—60Jef/erson ...... 13 7 * 11—37■j Officials: SI mob, Hotuli.« * *WAYNE SB V EtG—39■' MUJlken, t, 3-3—9. Thomas, t, Z-!~1, Hoy. c. 5.0—10, Reed. g. 5.2— 12. Rafail, £, 0-1—1. Totals; FG-16, T-7—39.ELLSWORTH—38BeMdnS, t. 3-0—6. Pove. t. 0-0—0. Wilkins, c. 4-1—9, Hamilton. g. 2-0™* ■4. Blackburn, g. 7-0—14, Lee, 1-3—5. MartoB, 0-9—0. Totab: FG-17, F-4— 3fl.Score by periods;Woynesburg ____.. S 10 10 9 1—39Ellsworth ........ TH » a 0—38Perryopolis, West Newton Capture WinsPerryopolis regained a share of . the Sec, 17-B lead Tuesday night, handing East Huntingdon a 58-42 setback, while West Newton ripped Dunbar 63-36 in the only other game played.The Commodores, how 7-1, are deadlocked with Ramsay for the section top spot. They collide in the big one Friday night at ML Pleasant.Perryopolis easily barreled past East Huntingdon by topping the Bulldogs in each o£ the first three periods.C1 nitimaj^Ar^e er-Arfvl i tt HCoach Steve Tel leek's team moved within one game of the championship Tuesday night by trouncing -Jefferson-Morgan 60-37. while second - place Ellsworth was upset by Wpynesburg in overtime, 3{h3a.fn another clash, Carmichaels outscorcd Maple town, 66-58.Sweet RevengeAt Bentleyvilie. the Bears gained sweet revenge for their only setback this season, exploding in the last half after being held to a 25-2.0 margin in the first two periods. The win gave BUS a 10-i league mark, while the Jeffs absorbed their seventh loss against five wins.The surprising Bears, not favored to repeat when the season got under way, displayed a balanced attack against the Jeffs. Nick Guyach led the way with 16 points, Carey Moore and Bruce Gibbs contributed 14 apiece and Rich Cullen had 13.Chuck Kopicb of Jefferson also tallied 16.At Waynesburg. * free throw by Chuck Thomas in the extra period proved the difference as the Raiders all but knocked Ells-4worth out of the running. The Tigers, now 84, still had a chance to pull it, out but lost possession of the ball before they eoufd take advantage of the situation.Wilktns StoppedThe key to Waynesburg’s surprise win was holding Dewey Wilkins, the Tigers’ high-scoring; sophomore, to just nine points,tying his season low. But another Tiger, Jerry Blackburn, won top honors with 14. while Bill Reed had 12 and John Hoy, io, for Waynesburg.'
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Monessen Valley Independent
Monessen, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Feb 15, 1961
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