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Bearcats OvercomePerry Press, 48-47Wilkens, Hamilton, Perri Lead B-E Into WPIAL Semi-Final*By RON PAGLIAEver hear of a team ‘‘pressing*’ iteelf out of the WPIAL tournament?That could’ve been the Thursday night when the Com-:/modores, using an all-court press, threatened lo run Bentley-ville-Elis worth right out of the Monessen High gym.Instead* the Commodores eventually ran out of gas and the battling Bearcats, down by 11 points early in the game, came on like the proverbial March lion to win a 48-47 heart-stopper be* fore 2000 screaming fans in one of four quarter-final games played last nightPaces Avoworth Bent-Eil, wearing the Sec. 18 crown, now faces Avonworth (Sec. 14) next Wednesday in the semi-finals at the Pitt Field House. Avonworth topped Union Area 49-45 in overtime.The hard-earned victory * avenged the only blotch on the i Bearcats* sparkling 22-1 record and stretched their current win---♦ning streak to seven.Perryopolis (Sec. 17), which, clipped Bent-Ell 49-41 in a m i d-season exhibition, finished, with 17-8, failing for the fourth time in the last 10 years to win the prized “B” crown.Coach Steve Telleek’s determined Bearcats climaxed their uphill battle in the final 30 seconds when sharpshooting Dewey Wilkens, double and triple-teamedat times, sank a two-pointer andpiaymaker John Hamilton added a pair of insurance free throws.Wilkens wound up with scoring honors, collecting 17, while ^hustling Ed Perri, who played an outstanding floor game, added 12 and Hamilton, ll.Ron Tonozzi, who missed part of the second quarter because of four personals, paced Perry with 10 as high-scoring Chuck Morris and Barry Lynch were limited to eight and seven, respectively.Perry Zooms AheadThe score was tied only once (2-2) as Perryopolis zoomed to' ; art early 8-2 lead and stretched d its advantage to 22-12 in the first | period behind the scoring of Chuck Bednar and Dan Koslosky and a pressing defense which rattled the Bearcats.Koslosky sank the first end ofa one-and-one foul attempt to give Perry its second 11-point lead (23-12) but the Commodores began*to show signs of wear and tear and weren’t able to connect for their first field goal until the 4:20 mark in the second stanza.As it turned out, Perry muster- j ed only two field goals in 13 tries (they were D-for-22 in the firsfcf quarter) and Bent-Ell trimmed the deficit to 27-21 at the half.B-E’s hustling Perri took charge in the third period, scoring five of the Cats* 11 points.case with Perryopolis * * •Press Job!Bcnt-CU—4tAdams. S, ...Blackburn, i Wllkcns, c, ..FmtI. g, . .Hamilton, f,Onrtttt Quittro O* OTVrtal* ...... 19*78FG1- 6 3- 93-334-303*17 O- 1f PF Fit. 0-10 20-03-14*85-70-00-010-17432ao011«3732110048F PFParryofoUs—47 FGTonokn f, .... 5- 8Morris, f, ..... 2-12Koslosky, cr ... 3- 8 Btditar, g, .... 4- 8lynch. gt ..... 3-12Stolttik ....... 2* 4ByW . ...... 0* 1Stevenson ..... 0- 0Totals ....... 19-84Score by periods:Bent-EIL ...... 32 9 11 16-48PenyopoUs...... 22 7 9 0—47Officials: Joe Babh, Ed X4si0-14-62-41-31*11-10-00-09-1442045 1 0 0 16TtS.10 8 8 9 7 5 0 0 47CoachesComment[732 edge into the final eight minutes.Wilkens, who thrilled the crowd wilb some eye-popping shots, Jerry Blackburn and Hamilton combined their talents to counter- Held goals by Koslosky and Tonozzi and it was 42-38with 5:30 to go.Bearcats Rise UpHamilton and reserve Ray Or-satti came up with a couple of timely steals, Perry sank two free throws and Wilkens and Blackburn clicked for field goals and Bent-Ell had a 44-42 edge with 2:45 to go. Sophomore Dave Stoiarik dropped in a free throw and Tonozzi a layup to put Perry ahead for the last time, 45-44, with only 48 seconds remaining.With 30 seconds left, Perri passed to Wilkens underneath and the slender junior stuffed it infor the winning basket. Hamiltonadded the pair of insurance points when he was fouled by Morris at the .09 mark.Stolarik’s desperation goal just before the final buz2er made defeat that much harder for Perry die-hards to swallow.Actually, Bent-Ell clinched itBy JOHNNY BUNARDZYAHere’s what the coaches had to say after Bentleyville-EEsworth nipped Perryopolis 4847 in their Class B WPIAL basketball tournament battle last night at the oMn-essen High gym:Steve Telleck, Bent-Ell: They did it on guts. They never lost their poise, even when they had us on the run early to the game.Dewey (Wilkens) cam* through for us again, but so did Hamilton (John) and Pern (Ed) play a great floor game and stand out on defense. Blackburn (Jerry) gave us the equalizer and Adams (John) did a good job, too.“Our two reserves Gary Quat-tro and Ray Orsatti, even helped with timely buckets. They were all great”Henry DiVirgilio, Perry: “Ithought this was going to be our year. Of the four teams I've had In the tournament, I figured thi* was the best“Yes, we seemed to run out of gas. I don't know why. This floor (Monessen) is only four feet longer than ours. Our big boy (Ron Tonozzi) had four personals in the first hall and that hurt us. He's our best man on defense.“I don't think we got enough fouls to shoot in the iast half.They called only four fouls against them and 1 thought they muscled our kids pretty good under the hoop.”at the foul line, making I0-of-17, the last four in succession whenthey counted. Perry sank nine of 14 tries.Each team wound up with 18 fielders, but Perry had a much better shooting percentage. The Commodores tried 54 shots for 35 percent, while the erratic eBa-cats had 79 attempts for a poor 24 percent.htATTENTIONTRUCKOWNERSSTATE APPROVED TRAFFIC HAZARD SAFETY SWITCHComplete with Hasher and all parts, nothing else to buy.State Approved Set of 3 Reflector Flares FlagsComplete, In case, nothing else to buy.PARK HOME AUTOMONESSEN PARK SHOPPING CENTERACF AIITfl fillPPI V
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Monessen Valley Independent
Monessen, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Mar 02, 1962
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