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Trap Hill and Sophia advancea to the semifinals of the AA Region 8, Section 4 basketball tournament at the Raleigh County Armory WednesdaynightTrap Hill’s Wildcats rallied in the final stanza to upend Stoco50-48 while Sophia outclassedtheGlen Rogers NipsHendon In Sec.Shady Spring 68-48 cap.Stoco held a 23-19 lead over Coach “Babe” Riffe’s Wildcats at halftime but saw the dwindle and Herb “Little Man” Copeland push in a layup to put the ’Cats out front to stay.The Indians paced the Trap Hill quint until midway in the final stanza, when 5-6 Copeland found his way inside for two easy points to put Riffe’s quintet in command.Shady SpringJack Richmond Harold Meador Jerry Richmond Archie Burgees Howard Thomas Cecil Bryant Jeff RobinsonPaul Adamoa John Smith Tom Ward Jim Hurley Ray WisemanMULLENS — Freddie Powers stepped to the foul line in the last 10 seconds of the Class A Region 4, Section 2, basketball tournament here Wednesday night and sank his charity shot'to give Glen Rogers a 51-50 victory over Herndon and a trip to the Regional 4 tourney in Logan.ITie battle was headed into overtime after being tied after the second and third quarters, but Powers* free throw assured the Owls another sectional trophy.During regular season con petition Coach Earl Arbaugh Indians handed Trap Hill tv defeats, but couldn’t subdue tl determined ’Cats in the sectioi al elimination round.TotalsMaking the largest contribution to the Wildcat victory was Danny Knight, who tallied 14 points while teammates Copeland and Millard Barron pumped in 10 each.Jim Stone Bob Trump Carlos Privet Dudley Lovell Joel Mills Pete Milano Mike Kester Don Neff Kent Martin Louis PrunestlJoe Goddard Totals Shady Spring Sophia3-128-123IS0-10-0503-31-25f1-73-55S3-S1-1370-13-31s1-39-1132-29-1142-45-5499-00-0191-21-2•30-30-01•14-43 31-31 3SlaIS0-53-4SS9*136-73S44-69-72135-85-64IS0-18-7311-11-11304)9-1S•1-10-0221-10-0021-194)039-09-100D-094)1922-37 24-34 3368IT 14 11IS—4tWith only three minutes remaining on the Armory clock Trap Hill held a five-point advantage, but the Stoco combine climbed into contention on baskets by Jack Tyzstuck.Rebounds: Sophia (33) Stone S.Trump B, Privett 4. Lovell 1, Mills 5. Milano 2, Martin 1. Team 3. Shady Spring (29) Jack Richmond 2.Meador 1, Jerry Richmond 2, Burgess 4. Thomas 9, Bryant 1, Adamos 2. Smith 2, Team S.StocoJerry LambertKnight assured the Wildcats a JJfckey ^cGraw berth in the semifinals when he, Ernest Dunfordmade a free throw iseconds on the clockLarry PTotals6-163-4 5-11 1-64-11 0-11-1458-42-21-10-0t1S1«019-49 19-13 1913101245 049
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Raleigh Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Thu, Mar 03, 1966
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