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Explosion Rocks Comstock's Gym•y tfRT WIPFfRTribun* EdttorCOMSTOCK — An explosion rocked the Comstock gym during the third quarter of la s t night’s South Haven-Comstock basketball game.Though no one was injured, the person most responsible for igniting the explosion was South Haven’s guard, Nathan Goodwin. Though Goodwin was the most responsible, the rest of South Haven’s team, ’William Gamble, Roger Getman, Mike Grimes and Rick Bus all were accomplices.second left on the clock for the Rams to keep their five point margin.swith their only loss being to i non league foe Dowagiac.South Haven will have a chance next Friday night to up j the conference record another Comstock started off hot in notch when they entert a i n ^e quarter as they put in Vicksburg in their last game of j |wo, buckets before ten seconds the season. It also happens tofrom the field for 51 per cent while Comstock had trouble finding the range as they sank just 25 of 69 for 36 per cent.WolverineSOUTH HAVENS Allegan Three Rivera Vicksburg Gull Lake Otsego Plainwell Comstock Paw PawResultsSOUTH HAVEN 86 Comstock 72 Vicksburg 64 Three Riyers 56 Plainwell 81 Gull Lake 76W L 15 0 10 6 9 6 9 6 7 8 6 9 6 10 4 11 2 13be Mom’s Night at the L.C. gym.“If we can win the last one we’d set a record that nobody could do any better than tie,” South Haven coach, M H. White said of next week’s attempt to up the record.South Haven got off to a slowhad gone by to cut the Rams margin down to one point, 38-37.But then, once again, South Haven slapped on the press and Comstock was blasted out of the gym.The third quarter was eight minutes of glory for Goodwin, as far as s c o r ing was concerned. He scored just two other points in the game which tied him with teammate Gamble for game scoring honors with 18 points.South Haven had a balanced scoring attack with two other players besides Gamble and ! Goodwin scoring in double figures. The other two were I Grimes with 16 and Bus w i th ten.j South Haven’s fifth starte r, 'Getman, just missed hittingdouble figures as he seer • 4 ni n e points, all of which came in the first quarter.Gamble didn’t have to share the rebounding honors with anyone as he pulled down 16 car-10ms which placed him well ahead of Grimes and Bus who both pulled down eight. South Haven outrebounded the Colts, 50-38.“I don’t think it was any bet ter than usual,’’ White said ofstart in the contest as the Colts the press that shattered Com-jumped out to a 10-5 lead. But I stock. “It’s just the fact that then the weapon that has proved we have a pretty good press.” so successful for the Rams this Whether the press was any season, their press, took center better than usual or not really stage. doesn’t make any difference.The press helped South Ha- The only thing that does makeven to r e e 1 off 11 straight a difference is that it worked, points, seven of which were After Comstock scored those scored by Getman, to put the two quick buckets South Haven Rams into the lead for good, | went on to outscore the Colts, 116-10. 30 10, during the rest of the per.Comstock made up one of the iod. six points before the end of the The ring leader of the whole quarter as South Haven owned thing was Goodwin. Goodwin a five point lead, 22-17, after connected on eight of 11 shots in the first eight minute* of ac- the third frame to lead the tion, iRams to a quarter which sawWith the press off both teamjy them sink 15 of 22 shots from
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South Haven Daily Tribune
South Haven, Michigan, US
Fri, Feb 20, 1976
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