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uciiucj vine- vv • lien iuh u veinv-it iauDiBiasoPaces inMSC WinWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (UP!)— Mansfield moved into the finals of the District 30 NAIA basketball playoffs Tuesday night with an 81-65 victory over Millcrsville.The district title and a berth in the NAIA tournament at Kansas City, Mo., March 7-12 will be at stake when Mansfield takes on Westminster here Thursday night.Frank May. a Millcrsville junior from Chester, chalked up 24 points to earn the game’s scoring honors. Mansfield’s Dick DiBiaso, towering sophmore from Mones-scn. was credited with second best honors for his 22-point effort.DiBiaso, Davey Eussell and Gene Massari combined to lead Mansfield State College to the exciting victory over Millers-ville State College last night before over 1500 fans.The victory enabled Coach Bill Gibson's Mountaineers to move into the District 30 NAIA finals against Westminister tomorrow nightNip-and-TuckThe game was a 'nip and tuck’ affair with Mansfield grabbing a 32-31 halftime lead. In the third period former Monessen star Dick DiBiaso hit for five straight field goals and former Donora High School ace Gene Massari scored four straight field goals to give the Mountaineers a convincing lead.DiBiaso led Mansfield with 22 points. Gene Massari, who played a suburb defensive game, raeked-up 16 points and held Mii-J?rsville ace Sam May scoreless in the third period after May scored 16 points of his total 24 in the initial half.Davey Russell, DHS scoring star, scored 12 points but finished the game with 20 rebounds ind 13 assists.A win over Westminsister will mable Coach Bill Gibson's Mountaineers to defend the Dist. 10 title at Kansas next week.UNSEATED — Two Kansas Slate University students begin “picking-up” duties of the thousands of rented seat cushions tossed on the Kansas State field house floor after the KSU cagers topped rival Kansas in a recent game. (UPI Telephoto.)Dukes-Stowe Meet in WPIALTournament Action TonightPenn State ClubMansfield—81Firestone. 4-1-9: Russell. 6-0-12: DiBiaso, 10-2-22: Turner, 4-4-12; Moore, 2-3-7: Zyga. 1-1-3; Massari, 7-2-16; Totals: 34-13-81.‘Sport Night’ Set For WednesdayBv United Press Inf .national WPIAL tournament action is limited to just one game tonight as Class A play resumes after a night off. Duquesne, Section 6 -♦champion, squares off againstStowe. Section 9 winner, at theWPIAL Tourney ScheduleMUlersvHle—65George, 6-0-12: Bishop, 3-1-7;May, 9-6-24: Kener. .1-1-3; Smaller. 2-4-8; Bell, 2-0-4: Benner, 1-0* 2; Price. 1-0-2; Shelton, 1-1-3. Totals: 26-19-65. 'Officials Mearig and Pies-triak.A number of outstanding high school athletes from schools in Westmoreland County and immediately adjacent areas will be special guests at the fourth annual “Sports Dinner” sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Club of Westmoreland County, Wednesday evening, March 9.Penn State football notables and officials have been invited to attend the affair to be held at the Greensburg Country Club on Route ,180 midway between Greensburg and Jeannette, ac-SECTION PLAYOFFS Class A Playoffs.(Section 7)Swissvale 50 N. 'B. Scott 38' March 3 * Swissvale High vs. Penn Hills , at Pitt Field House, 7:30 p. m.Class B Playoffs Section 16Export 48 Edgewood 46 Section 14 Coraopolis 54 Avonworth 46Section 20Pitt Field House.Class B teams had the spotlight all to themselves Tuesday night with three, sectional playoff games. The results showed Wampum, Export and Coraopolis gaining berths in the tournament proper.Wampum’s Indians had a scare thrown at them but fought back to edge Union Tvvp., 54-51. and take the Section 20 crown iii a game played at New Castle.The Indians, trailing 39-33 with seven minutes left in the game, suddenly caught fire as reserve Buck Jones came off the bench to dump in eight points and set up several other scores.Rostraver Both Lack Height;‘SweatingIt Out9Coach George Everett and his Rostraver High cagers were “sweating it out” today anxiously awaiting tomorrow night’s test with Kittanning’s Section 1 champs.Everett.has stated ever since his Leps gave favored Washington such a terrific battle before bowing in the first round last season that he wanted another crack at a WPIAL tourney game; His wish came true when his 1950 aggregation copped the third straight title for RH5.Rostraver will be battling an inspired Kittamiing.team, however, which has its first Section title in 20 years.The Everettmen will rely on its' high-powered scoring attack which posted scores in the 70,( 80 and 90 bracket throughout the league season.Paces ScorersWillie Ross paced the scorers on 300 points with Herman Blicfc close behind with 240 while Chuck Ahlborn checked in with 159. *Hal Fields also frequently hit in double figures to rank close to the leaders while Wendell Osborne, another starter, can get his share.. Ross. Blick and Ahlborn can also go up for rebounds, a needed requirement for successful Field House action.Tomorrow night’s Rostraver-Kittannlng game will be the second game of a double-header with Swissvale battling Penn Hills in the second playoff of a three-way tie in Section 7. Swissvale defeated North Braddock Scott in the first game Saturday.The Rostraver - Kittanning game will start at 9 p.m. tomorrow nigbt with the Swissvale-Penn Hills game set for 7:30.BHS Has Lost OnlyOne of 21 GamesSWest Newton and Bentleyville High School’s basketball teams, scheduled to battle each other at the Monessen High gym Friday night, seem to be two of the raost evenly-matched teams* in this season's WPIAL tourney.The two B” clubs are practi-SDMC Tops St. Dominic inDistrict JednotaGreg Moravec exploded, for 24 points to lead 3.D.M.C. of Donorato a stunning 44-34 win over St.DiS*Dominic oi. Donora in-the trict jednota League.Carroll Twp., paced by the shooting of .Chuck Skorvan, squeezed out a 32-31 upset victory over Monongahela to come within a half game of the league leading Monongahelans.cally identical in height, experience and have played each other one previous game (in exhibition action), coming out nearly even, Bentleyville winning, 53-49.Coach Steve Telleek, a former George Washington U. and Penn State U, eager, who learned his high school basketball at Charleroi, has his first tourney team in 12 years at Bentleyville, although several other of his quintets have come close.Scoring for the Bentleyville team has been paced by Carey Moore, 5-11 junior while Rudy Marshalek, is the top rebounder,, although only 6-0, sharing the “tallest player” role with Rich Puskavicb, 6-0 senior, and Bruce Gibbs. 6-0 junior. Marshalek is the only returning regular from last season’s team which won the Washington-Greene County Tournament title.Tom Twardek, a 5-10 senior rounds out the starting five.Telleek uses four reserves to spell off his starters with Jack Sylvester, son of a former Bentleyville coach, John 'Sylvester, Nick Guvach, 6-2 junior, the “giant” of the team, RichCuUen, 5-11 junior and John Madiiak getting the call when the startersshalek, 6-0, senior; Carey Moore, 5-11 junior; Bruec Gibbs, 6-0 junior; Rich Puskavich, 6*0, senior; Tom Twardek, 5-10, senior; Nick Guyach, 6-2, junior; Jack Sylvester, junior; Rich Cullen, 5-11, junior; John Madiiak, senior.Tomorrow-West Newton rundown*Pirate Squad In ‘Phys Ed’ Drills TodayFORT MYERS, Fla. (UPD—Dr. Jay Bender, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates round into tough physical shape, held the podium today.Dr. Sendee is the physical education director at Southern Illinois University and Pirate officials want him to harden the squad in an effort to cut down on injuries.He lectured the players and scheduled tests with a “training” table equipped with weights and pulleys designed to measure the strength of muscles.Pirate officials said Dr. Bender has been working on infielder Gene Baker’s injured left knee and expressed satisfaction with the results.tire,Bentleyville dropped just one game, a 52-35 decision to Carmichaels but also defeated Carmichaels, 61-38, in another contestA league win over Ellsworth, 58-42, in the third league game of the season is tabbed the “turning point” of the 1960 card, for the Telleckmen by the BHS coaches.Two of the toughest games in Section 18-B action, however, were the two with East Washington, Bentleyville winning the first one. 56-54, in double - overtime and the second, 4544. in regulation time.Telleek is assisted by Stan-Milchovich, former Charleroi \Donora City LoopPlayoffs OpenDefending champion Cro-CIub will open defense of its title tonight boosting fourth-ranked S. Y. Second ranked Lignelli will battle third ranked Elks in the other half of the semi-final double header.The initial battle gets underway at 7:30 p.m. with the second game expected to start at 8:30 p.m.The two winners tomorrow night will meet for the Donora City League championship SaturdayiHish and California State1 Teach-Ron Hornak captured scoringers College star, whom Telleek; credits with much of the Bent-; leyville success, stating that “this is the first season I’ve had capable help from an assistant— Stan realty knows his basketball | and has been of great aid.” Bentleyville roster: Rudy Mar-THINK . . . IBMTRAINING!McK€esportf“n333% Sixth Ave.r McKeesport
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Wed, Mar 02, 1960
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