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Tornado From0Tom Cross Tabs r 33 points |n* Conference Game' Waynbsboro - Mont Alto, High School’s Blue and Gold ' Tornado-unleashed lis “Cross-windf’. last night to ekd out a- 49-48 decision over the. Mqchahic^burg ^Wildjcats in the opening round of the £muth Penp Conference; ra.ce last /rijght.In spite of the, unexpected snow storm a fair sized crowd \yas on hand and fans were .well Repaid with a 32-minu'te ,thriller ' in Wtiich Tom Cross, 6’7’’f center hit i1 the hobp for 33 points. VMaking his second appearance of the season Cross ?howed bon-siderable improvement. He still needs practice before he’ll be able to hold his own with the South Penn’s seasoned campaigners..,The towering pivot proved himself a valuable asset to tne.Tornado’s defense as well as! the: offense , •4 iWaynesboro moved into the lead in the opening moments with Dick Sanders and Larry ProvardT each hittipg one for twoTrom the charity line. Cross dumped tlirbe double-deckers, thrdugh the hoop in quick session and Waynesboro was Off. to an 11-7 lead i in the initial period. j ’ ■ ' I ; iKJohlhaas, husky forward who ac. counted for 14 p,oints for Me,chan-icsburg, put thef charged ofj Don Seibert in the game with his floor play and a ciouple one-handed lt;pU^h shots from tjhe. fbul circle and the half ended jwith1 the count 17-all.-Through the third period .scoring was even with Cross accounting for 9 oL the .15 points. In the final stanza . both clubs -turned (on , the heat and the score seesawbd back and forth uptil the last hah n?ln* ute when L Cross plhnked one through the .hoop to1 gita Waynesboro a 49-40 margin. In the last-five seconds Ulrich c ras\he d through with a one-handed push* to close the gap. ‘ \The Wildcat cubs took the measure of the Little Tornado 46-31 in the preliminary contest. Brackbill, Cub forward, countep»23 points to pace his teammates to victo]Carson had 13 points for W boro. • : 1, |Waynesboro (^9) * ( G. Fglt;Sanders . i V • 4 •Shade ......A.j., 2Cross —'.....| 15Carson .....3Washington A. 0Provard ............ 1’iiMechanipsburg (48)1 GWoolfofd .........O'Kohlhaas ......[■. lt;6Kauf fmap ..1.....i.. 3Getz A*..;;.....(... 2-Enczk ....... v. 0Ulrich' \4 ;0(^2Shingler ’............ il16 }lNon-scoring: Vogelsbngford, (Banis. f Score by periods:Waynesboro 1 ..... II 6 15Mechanicsburg ... - 7 10 ^5Officials: Dorman, Crarne Junior Varsity -Waynesboro (31) GDavis •. ...... 1CaroA ,r............,6Wallace - 2Shively i 0Binkley Sanders
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Waynesboro Record Herald
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jan 07, 1953
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