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v JQ Newport Doily.News, Wednesday, feij,.1P,.196?i TIME TO CELEBRATE — Spirited rooters for Dc La Salle -''Academy cheered wildly at Middletown Iligb. School gym as : their’ team completed- an undefeated season las! night. -.The Crusaders.ran off IT straight victories io rank as oneof the best squads the school has produced. The team lost' a couple of non-league garaes early in the season but still sport a 20-2 overall record', ‘ - -(Photo By, Daily .News). I •*hikings Lose, 75-65_ -a —Ml. Pleasant-i *Humbled by lowly Jit. Plea-nt with all-state track and otball .star Bob CarpenterstftiW the way, Rogers backed io-the state tournament, de-iU- a 75-€5 defeat last night onRogers.wi.1; play the No.-2A-West’team in the state cham-pionship, dales and sites, for which, will be decided at a meeting of principals, coaches and .athletie directors tonight' atMike -Yates .with. 18.; points and.George Smith with 13, led Rogers attack.• Don. O'Neill played a hard Door game although he did.not score.Rogers'. outshpt \ the visitorsnine'points in the second half when it seemed /Rogers might overhaul the. invaders. •Four baskets' by. Jim Lewis and three by Yates.gave Rog-prV motors-Hhnp. in.ihp secondectacularDe La Salle closed ils regular season in spectacular style, trimming Middletown 79*59 for perfect Class E-East rating, before a packed house lastnight on the Islanders* floor. The Crusaders dashed off 14 successive league wins. .Their streak, including three lale December non-leaguers,, now rims to 17, With’ a 20-2 total record, De La Salle’s squad is rated with the best the: Academy's history on won and loss basis’.Jim Koiinra caged 21 points. Bob De Veuuti 22 and Don De-Cos I a 15 as' Coach Koimey Kerr’s Crusaders turned in a fine display uf teamwork, shooting and guarding, .They gradually pulled away from the second jikce Inlanders whose final league mark was 12-2, The period scores were 19-12, 40-26 and 6242.Three Mid die (owners were In twin numbers,' Steve Brown with 16, Eddie Davis a'nd- BrucePast Cliariho HighFor Is mouth High placed sec* wid in Class C South, when, it thumped second to. last place Chariho 66-51 last night on the losers1 floor. •Thfs was an eventful night by th* Patriot'; rooters. Their team is.In the Class C state championship,, paired with thethird place C-North team. - ; /.Drew Bickel smashed the school scoring record of 301 points he set last winter. Blekcl van wild in the last period, sinking three baskets and seven freethrows. His game total of 24 points sent his season to.tal soaring to 503,■ This was a ga'ra5 of fouls and free throws. Thirty-five of thegame's 56 fouls’were called a-gainst Chariho. And Portsmouthshot 50 of the game’s -80 free throws.Chariho acted as thoueh.it badmouth. .Ilichard Laney on the boards also was an important man iti Portsmouth's scheme of Ihings.None of Charilio's 13 players touched, double figures, but 11 bad. a band in the scoring.Mike. Eaglcy’s 22 points swept Portsmouth to a.. 42-32 victory In the' junior varsity game. The Patriots led, 21-13, at' half-time.Portsmouth - Metcalfe, 4-3-11; Bagley, lG-2-22;. M-anning, .04-4; ’Lawley, 0-2-2;-Hotvard, 0-3-3. Totals, 14-1442/Chariho - Fendeisrn, 64-16; Lewis 1-0-2; Drake,. 0-2-2; Cat* ti/ 2-04; Brown, 3-2-8. Totals, 12-8-32;Portsmouth 6 15 8 13—12Chariho G i 7 14 5—32Scovilic ‘ with 12 each.MiddJetown cut Dc La Salle’s lead to five points, 2146 early in .the second period. But the Crusaders met this challenge with a seven-point splurge engineered by Billy Sullivan, Ko-tiara and Di VenutLNow the Academy’s lead was a solid 28*16. Once .again the Middlctowners seem eel io hava De La Salle on the run, Chris Sullivan joined high . scoring Davis, Brown and Scovjlle and the longue champs’ lend was reduced to six points, 28 22.Dc La Salle regained Its shooting touch, spun .in eight points without an Islander return- for a_ commanding 3G-22 lead.In front, 40-26. De La Salle's lead was too big for the Islanders to overcome. They fell back six more points in the third period. Each team registered 17 points in the. final session.The backboard battle bchveen [he tall teams was hot, hut as was the case at De L* Satie's court, the Islanders were outrebounded..Marty Kenney and De Cos la matched the'earom svork of Sullivan and Scorille. Sullivan's effective floorwoyk and the uncanny sniping of Di Venuti and Ko-ziara ,gave the Crusaders a marked Advantage.Middletown's only two league defeats were to' De La Salle, The ' Crusaders as eh amps drew a bye in the Glass B stale championship ■ tournament. '• .Middletown’s opponent will be the winner of the North - Providence- Westerly game to decide third place in the B-West.DE JJ1 SA1.LK(I FT FM vr Hs,W. SuUB-an 4 4 4 0 IIKozlDra 30 6 4-3 21L)cClt;n1a 5 7 5 3 ..ISFrD?icr 0 J 0 1 • CKeimey -2 3 2^4 .4UcVcimU . 7.11-8 1 23wmrj oo o o- ..oTotals23 32 23 12- TI MIDDLE I OWN Davta 6 O 0 3 12Drown * . 7 2 2 Jj-3 . IfC. Sullivan 3 4 3 2 9Hall -12 14.3Kerim 0 112 1Scovilli 5 3 2 :3 J2Fouler 2-404 4Hills I O O .0 3Darby 0 O’ 0 0 0Tot:il s 23 36 9 21 53De U Salle * 19 2t 22 * 17-79 MMrtclovn * 12 14 16 17—53Middletown had-the satisfac* tioti of winning the junior varsity game from Dc La Salle, 61-52. II -was ' the \Cnisaders* first loss in the second- half. The Islanders had been:whipped by 33 points- on : Dc :Li Salle's floor e a r 1 i e r. They smashed a 48-43 Academy;lead in the last period, - John Cor-reira scored 21 points for Middletown-and Mike Zweir \v a $ high for De La Salle with J7, MIDDLETOWN'' — Reed, 2-3-7; Breen, 5-343; Liidcrer, 0 4-4; Gilmore, 1-5*7; Alves, .1-0-2; Corrcira', 7-7-21 Stririg6r/,3-l-7. Totals, 19-23-GL ' -DE LA SALLE — Bairos, 1-0*2; Zweir, 6-5-17; •’Coniieeny, 4-3-11; Willis,'3-0*6; .Pascoe! 2-0-4; • Kluth, ■' 4442; Johnson, Grimes. Totals; 20-12-32., *. ■ Middletown ■ ■ 13 is 14 18-61 Dc La Salle . 7 20 21 . 4-52
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Newport Daily News
Newport, Rhode Island, US
Wed, Feb 19, 1969
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