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Bent-E 115Perry/ m MftBalanced Attack»Leads to 60-51 iSemifinalsball tournai' The Bearcats, displaying a, wefl-balaned attack, eliminated tbs ComroedoMB from the Class B funning for the second straight year as they grabbed a 60-51 victory toot nightbefore 2,125 W-partban fang at the MonenenHigh gym.Coach Steve iWleck’g charges will new mows to the Pitt; Field House for a semifinal battle with Neflhanmx*, which downed Av-onworth 68-59 laat night.. The other semifinal poiringThursday night will set West Iteor, i 41*40 victor over Fort Cherry, again* lending champ-ion Edgewood, which eked out a 60-4? verdict over Washington Twp.• At Monessen, Bent-Efi trailed only once in the contest as it pushed its season record to 20-1 and ran up its 17th straight victory.- - The Bearcats grabbed a 5-0 loadRich ftocVo* of Perryopolls sails oyer Bent-Ell’s Ed Perri (on floor) in scramble for ball, while before John Stevenson satdt a Dewey Wilkem (23) of B-E and John Stevenson (25) of Perry look on. free throw with 5:51 remaining in•♦the ifrst quarter to break the ice for Pony. Dewey Wiikens drop* pod in a charity toss for (he Bearcats, and John Adams added three snore to make it 9*1 with 2:20 remaining.Stevenson ftoaBy dHcked for theCrst Perry field goal with 2:30 leftand hit another pair before toe end of the period as the Commodores traded, 15*7.Significantly, it was Stevenson who started a spirited Perry comeback at the end of the secondByRONPAGUABentleyville - Ellsworth still has Perryopolls’ number, and just as it did a year ago it adds tip to a berthin the semifinal roun0 of the WPIAL Class B basket*o # oRtpsof Performance-. - - - ■■■ : .- ■ t- • •;BKMTXU^HSmith, IAdeme, t ~ 6 wWilkeni, « 4 1-1.g S WBUckburo, g 4 MX•4911149ie10WPIAL Touroiy In A NutshellCLAM A WlMjmtt Cum SM. M-A FUjoff . Sprtngd^ l+Am «— wjdr ^WUkiasburf 88. Turtle Creek •Flrti ftoud MoKoeffport 50, McKee* Xodi IS Butler Ota Bethel 4}Norwin 79, BrownivUle 47 QoarUrflnil Bond Midland 55, fiprlngdaja 45 AUqulppn 61, NcKtNPOft 4S Korwin 61, Uniontown 50To«PittButler v* WilUnstxufe House.Totals .............. B ■ 141*FERRYOFOU6-61S 60Stevenson, t Stolarik, * . Backoff, c Lynch, f , Hatcher, g Kuxtxtc Johnson Palonder Allison65501040Q1-2MMMMM0*00*50445136 9110II100162060024 M 15 51ipyilllli mi—s. • Norwin, Naponick Too MuchOverUniontown'Big John' Cans 3 0 to Lead 61-50 U pset of Defend in g Class A Chomps; There’ll he a new WPIAL and PIAA Class A basketball champion this year. ’Norwin High, led by its 6-8, 285-pound giant John Naponick, stanza....... * 9 * With Bent-EH ahead. 25-18, Stev-End of the Linetook care of that matter in no uncertain toms fast night by putting the skids under defending champion Uniontown 61-50 in a .WPIAL quarterfinal game at the Pitt Field House.The loss snapped Umootown’s two-year victory streak at 36See Picture on Page 9. NORWIN—61Thomas, ...... 5Resetar, f ................ %Naponick,. .........11Slotnick, g _____2Gibson, g'.Bennettr4«4#«4»re4^mere ee a*rf4-60*1 -6-12 2*4 0-0 1.1144.90 . 6 4 2Totals .................. 23 15 24 61■*»Fred MbjuzFred Muniz *aced DonoraCagers In 62-53Fred Muniz, a 5-9 senior on the tonora High basketball team, «aced the Dragons in scoring this 'ear with a total of 329 points in 2 games for an average of 15 mints per game. Muniz also fired 9.3 percent from the field and nade good 67 of 124 free throws.games and was the first this season after 22 wins in a row. It also marked the first time the Raid* ers have bowed out short of the WPIAL final since the 1959 campaign •Naponick was the key to Nor-win’s success. He tossed in 30 points to run his tournament total to 60 in two games and controlled both backboards.Poor shooting hurt the Raiders, who had their worst night of the season when they could least afford it.Norwin, the Sec. 2 kingpin which defeated Brownsville in the opening found* of the tournament,hit 39-percent from the fkdd in thefirst half and wound up with 46-percent for the game. On the other hand, Uniontown experienced a miserable 17-percent in the first two periods and the final figure was on3y 24-percent The Raiders bad the shots, but.. II 1 . *__ JUNIONTOWN—50Curry, f 6 1 6*6Smith, f 5 , O-ISepic, c — ;----- 5 5-6Yates, g ..... 1 1*1Fee, g 1 0-1Zentkovich -............ 1 04181015322Totals .................. 19 1245, 50Scbre by periods; • ' “•Norwin ......... 13 17 .10: 21-61.XFniontowm ...... 10 7 15 18—50Officials:' Lou Lonnett, Lib DiCic-co.Allyn Curry was the steadiest of the Raiders and finished with 18 points to pace the Uniontown scoring. Ron Sepic had 15 and Pete Smith came up with 10, while Pai Yates, Tom Pee and Paul Zentkovich could muster only seven: among them.Trailing Naponick, who picked off 24 of Norwitfs 42 rebounds, in the scoring column was Bruce Thomas who tossed in' 14 points.Uniontown did lead twice in die game, grabbing a 3*0 edge and then pulling ahead 8-6 after Norwin had gone in front, 6-3. The Knights tied the count at 8-6 arid then moved on top for good toenson tipped m a rebound to trim the lead to 25*20. Sharpsbooting Bany Lynch then pushed twofleW goals through the hoop topuli the Perry crew to within one point, 25*24. Adams, Frank Smith and Wflkens dieted for B-E,while Dave* Stbtarik and Clarence _ . M a ^Johnson countered for Perry and ago when Bent-BR chopped a 48-the Bearcats held a narrow 31-30 4? verdict at Mooessen the Com.Totals ............. -Score by poriods;Bent*Ell ..............15 16 15 14-60Perryopolls .......... 7 23 13 0-51OfflclUs: Joe Bablsb, Bill Bit*ml ch. __“froze” toe ball for more than 60 seconds before Smith was folded by Bob Allison.Perri was one of four B-E play* ere to hit double figures. Adams adding 14, Smith getting 11 andBlackburn, 10. Wilkens, theteam’s top scorer, had sine, but he proved Invaluable os defense and under the boards.Wilkens picked off 15 rebounds and made several timely blocks of Perry field goal attempts. Adams grabbed 27 rebounds for the BCarcats, while Stevenson bad 13 and Lynch 10 for the losers.Lynch’s 18 points led all scarers, with Stevenson contributing | 13, Stolarik 10 and Johnson eight. -the Commodores actually out-shot the Bearcats frotn the field, 24-23, hut Bent-Ell sank 14 of 19 free throws as opposed to just three of eight for Perry.Perry- tried 65 field goals for 36.9 parent, while Bent-Ell finished with a 35.9 mart to taking 64 shots.Coach Henry DjVlrgilio’s Perry team concluded the 1962 - 63 campaign with a 194 overall record and as was the case a yearWKlMXtUy, March C: MJmm Nt. Lebanon (Sec. 4) v* Midland. Pitt Field House.Semifinal Round Friday, March 8: 8:00 p.m. —Norwin v* Butler-Wlink.burg winner, Pitt Field House.Saturday, March t: 2:30 P.m.— Allqulppa vs Midland - Mt. Lebanon winner, Pitt Held House.Championship Gam*Tuesday, March 13: 8:00 pm— Civic Arena,CLASS B ptareff Games(First Round)See. 1*-B Edgewood 71, Kanhln ST Sec. 5S-B West Deer 57, Verona 47 Sec. Z0.B Neshsnnock 54, Mohawk 41 See. 17-B Penyopolic 48, E. Huntingdon 48 Quarterfinal Bound Bent-Ell 60, PerryopoUs 51 Neshannock «#, Ayonworth » West Deer 41, Fort Cherry « Edgewood 50, Washington Twp; 47 Semifinal Round Thursday, March 7: 7:30 p.m. — West Deer vs WwooS: S;» —Bent-Ell vs Neshannock. Pitt FieldH°U*e' Championship Gam* Monday, March U: 8:00 pm.— Pitt Field Hoas*.9lt;$advantage at bMftime.Ed Perri. who pared to* Bearcats with 16-points, dropped to a layup to open the third stanza, but Johnson and Lynch (4) combined for six points to give Perry toe lead for toe first time 36-33 with less than a minute gone in the period.The action see-sawed for several minutes before Adams pushed Bent-Ell ahead 38-37. The lead was short-lived, however, with Lynch connecting on a long junfi shot to give his team its final lead at 39-38.Adams was fouled by Stolarik and sank toe charity toss to make it 39-all. Then with 3:35 remaining to the third period, Jerry Blackburn tried a jump toot from the keyhole and It went Into put Bent-Ell to front for good, 41-39.Ferry managed to close towithin one point, 44-43. but Bent-VII won ntt nina cfrrantflit nnintftcdorcs went down, fighting.This Week Only!12.95Including new spark pings, new points and condenser. Applies to 8 eyl Font, Falcon and Comet.More for i Cyl.Ford fi MercurySEDNEYMOTORS, Inc.13th at McKeanChartered Ho 34585WallhideLatexOMC-COAT FIATWall Paintwith GHP*•CMP MMM Greater Hiding Power• OMttitMvert« Exciting new colors• faster to apply« Dries faster• Washes easily!49GALCattiwlRWRMfNiM*CHARLEROISUPPLYRETAIL STORE First street McKwi OFFICE Second Street A F. R- A Phone HUdioft 94571OH PAINTSloo^ Igriqr■
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Monessen Valley Independent
Monessen, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Mar 05, 1963
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