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Sophia Led 'togsmiWHh'Slow BallUntil 4tb QuarterSophia held a commanding lead over Stratton’s Bulldogs in the semifinals of the Region 3 Section 4 double A tourney at the Raleigh County ArmoryThursday night with its stall, bu»»basketball, but could not control the spirited Stratton com*spubine in the final quarter at Coach Murray Jeffries’ quintet bolted into the finals with a 37*33 victory over the Blue Hawks.Coach Bob Douglas sent his cagers onto the floor to shoot only the sure” shots and paced the challenger until the final stanza on the fine performance of Jim Stone.Stratton tied the game in the fourth quarter on a foul shot and Irwin Wright’s jumper put the Bulldogs out front to stay.Sophia held a four point lead going into the disastrous fourth, but a Stratton rally produced 12 points while Sophia had difficulty making its free throws. Stratton held the Blue Hawks scoreless for more than six minutes with its full court press to snap Sophia’s playing tempo.Sophia lost its bid for a comeback when Jim Stone was called for fouling Wright in a tie-up” while the Bulldogs held only a two-point lead, and Douglas had to replace his rebounding sharpshooter with sophomore Kent Martin.Holding a four-point advantage Jeffries called a conference with more than four minutes showing on the clock. When the Bulldogs returned to the floor time was of the upmost essence, and Stratton went into a superstall” that forced Sophia to become even more of an aggressor and commit fouls to gain control of the basketball.Wright paced the victors with 10 points and Stone took scoring honors with 14 markers.The Bulldogs will face Trap Hill in the sectional finale Saturday night.1. StrattonHarry Mayo 4-15 1-6 2 1(ftiaTom Moore 4-10 0-0 5 II g{bisitlt;elt;Plt;slt;eisittbtJohn Hairston 1-6 2-3 2 4Mike Craighead 2- i 2-5 t 6Irwin Wright 4-6 2-2 4 10John Foxx 0-0 0-10 0Totals 15-41 7-17 IS 37SophiaJim Stone 7-11 0-1 8 14*¥Bob Trump 2-10 2-2 1 6Carlos Privett 1-4 5-9 4 7Dudley Lovell 04) 4-5 1 4Joe Mills 1-2 0-13 2Kent Martin 0 04) 0 0Totals 11-27 11-18 13 33Stratton 6 16 9 18—37Sophia S 11 19 4—33Rebounds: Stratton (261 Mayo 5, Hairston 12, Craighead 6, Wright 1. Team 2. Sophia (28) Stone 13. Trump 6, Privett 3, Lovell 1, Mills 2, Martin 1, Team 2.eidadti¥Siuslt;Hct
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Raleigh Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Fri, Mar 04, 1966
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