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Martinsviller4uartWin ReqionalsBulldogs Nip CougarsIn Final Period, 64-62By JIM STEGALLBulletin Sports Writer16. That was the difference aseach tallied 19 in the first, 18 in'BLACKSBURG — The Bull- the second and nine in the final. lt;k»gs of Martinsville won their Each club placed four men infourth Group IB Southern Re- double figures with the Cougars’ gionals here last night in a thril- Biny Hcpler fading the wavler which went to the wire, wilb 17 Just 0ff Hepler’s pace64-62 over a strong, muscular was mate .jjm McClung withCovington Cougar outfit 16, Ron Holloway's 15 and BobThe Bulldogs broke the game Huffman’s 10.to a srix-point lead, the biggest of the night hr either ckib inSaunders was the top Bulldog with 16, while plenty of helpthis see-saw battle with 3:40 came from Mel Cartwright's 14 left in the contest, then held and 10 each from Grey Goodeon the rest of the way for the victory.and Andy Beckner.The score was lied nine times1Covington, hitting shot after during the 32 minutes of actionand it swapped hands faster than a hot potato. Covington grabbedshot, never had more than a three-point advantage during [ | the game, but their dogging bar- ; us fjrst iead of the night on’ tics and tremendous rebound- Holloway’s foul shot at 7-6 with1 | mg (they led 49-33) kept themin the game ail the way.Adkins Paces WildcatsIn Second Thriller, 56-55GREY GOODE . . . helps with 105:15 showing, but Saunders’ layup made it 10-8. The BulldogsBlair FallsMhrtinsville’s six-point lead stayed in front until Hepler’sIdwimifed to two with 1:20 re- three-point play gave the Couimaiming on the clock as the gars a 19-17 edge with 37 sec-Oougar’s Billy Heper stole onds to go. Cartwright hit theIn Group IIthe ball twice in 20 seconds ; bucket just before the buzzer to cut the lead from 64-58 to I to knot the count at 19-all.Cage ActionCHARLOTTESVILLE lt;APBy JIM STEGALLBulletin Sports WriterBLACKSBURG—The Wildcats of Stuart, with their rabbit’s foot working wonders, pulled out their second straight Group 111 Western Regionals victory here last night, 56-55 over Valley of Hot Springs in another thriller.Alan Adkins was the villain in this one hitting a couple of clutch charity shots with 14 seconds left in the contest to put the game away for the second straight night. The night before against Auburn, Jack Dickerson did the same thing with 25 seconds to go.Don Rvder led the Hornets of%rDistrict O, with 21 points and was high for the game. No other Hornet was in double figures. Adkins paced the attack for the Wildcats of District R with 17. while Dickerson hit for 14 and Charles Ammons chunked in 11.The pressureless Wildcats, who will enter the Group III finalsThey stayed in front by two at the horn, 43-41.Stuart moved their margin to 51-45 with 4:22 left, hut Valley came roaring back and Rick Ryder’s fielder cut the gap to 52-51 with 1:12 showing.Adkins then hit his foul shot pair to ice the contest with 14 seconds left. Don Ryder hit a layup for Valley with six seconds showing but again, Stuart had the ball and ran out the clock.Stuart hit on 22 of 54 shots for a 40.7 mark, while Valley was good on 20 of 58 for 34.5 per cent. Valley edged the Wildcats in rebounding, 35-34.n• •STEVE VAGENDA*guides Duke attDUKE PULLS OUTWIN BY 71 TO 66RALEIGH. N.C LAP) - Top-here Saturday night, took the ini- ; seeded Duke, behind most of thetial lead of the game, but lost it64-62. Ihwiyer. the Buttdngs Each club hit at a rapid rate Turner Ashby routed Midlothian on Ryder’s fielder with 52 sec-_ _ during the second stanza until 79.40 and Greensville County onds left at 12-11. Flippin andfind second when Steve Satm-! ders was folded. He missed the shot, but the Cougar’s never had a chance to score, as the buzzer sounded.The clubs staved neck-and-1Cartwright and Saunders combined on layups to give the Bull-shocked defending state champion James Blair 67-59 Saturdaydogs a 33-29 lead with 3:45 re- j nj ht jn {he semifinajs of the mauling.However,Group II Eastern Division has the Cougars still j ketball tournament.nppj. ♦hrn.mHniu fw* »urAA coming on strong, managed to With its triumph. Turner Ash-neck throughout the first three tie it at 35.35 on Hepler’s lay- j by moved into the state tourna_up and went ahead 20 seconds metl|_ semifinals next FridayAmmon each came through with floor shots to give the Wildcats a 15-12 lead at the horn.Stuart then hit a cold spell j njgb( and Valley came on strong andgame, roared ahead in the closing minutes to whip defending champion North Carolina Stale 71-66 in the title game of the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament Saturdaywas in the making until swept into the lead 64-6: goal bv Steve Vacendal 3:46 remaining. From th in. the Blue Devils calml off State’s frantic full press and added to margin.quarters and it was only at theend of the third when one club ,ater on McClung’s layup at 37-had a lead at the horn. Martins- 35 Cartwriath* aeain slid hi un- a«, Hlacksburg against,.;n„ ...... *___ u., u «o .... *• uarcwrap* again sira in un- Thomas Walker a 71-66 victort j ville was in tront by 55-53. as ^ ^ to tbe colll1,(they scored 18 to the Cougarst A over Hurley Saturday night injust be ore the horn for a 37-37 ^ G „ Western Djvision_The victory sends Duk The victory was a measure of ,up ngaa Fa*!*™ ™ Ryder again gave the Hornets | revenge for the Blue Devils. ..... Easternwho lost to the Wolfpack in the I Rak-i«h tournament finals last vear.It appeared another defeat;s Michigandeadlock at halftimeThe victory in the opening The Bulldogs jumped into a game, achieved when Greens*the lead at 18-17 with 5 29 left in the second canto. Adkins came through with three straight foul shots and Ammons added a fielder for a 22-18 lead. The Hornets came back and knotted it at 22-all, then 24-all.The Rvder brothers, Rick andnext Friday and SalurcWalker Five42-37 gap following the third I v|„e outscored James Blair 22-6 ! Don then hit a Pair from the105-92quarter tap. but the Cougars1 the Big Ten and 17-6 over-all, _ close the season at East Lan-, . , , , , , , , in the second period, sent thefought hack and took the lead Eagles _ now ]7.3 _ jnlo nexton Hepler s 10-footer at 45-44, Erjday night’s state tournamentbut Beckner hit a foul shot to semifina,s against unbeatentie it, 45-all. j Gjjfton Eorge a g2-59 winnerThe Cougars went ahead at i Friday night over Williamfloor for a 28-24 gap and the Hornets finished the period with a 30-26 halftime lead.Wins CrownVacendak. with 18 point Duke’s big plavmaker. Tt Devils had trailed by nine in the first half and wen six points with only about minutes to play.Much of the Blue Devil:BRISTOL (API - Thoma* J?e resultf? from StatG’Walker’s Pioneers took the lead iant outside shootinS tThe never-say-die Wildcats ^0I £or)d v\ith just \\k minutes found the range again and knot- Saturday night and edged, sing Monday against MSU, 9-4'.itsLL ' rw ’ ’ * '51-48 with 2:00 left, but Goodecame through with a pair ofted the count at 31-all and finally j Hurley 71-fifi in the Group IIetin the Big len, in a game that fjejders and Mike Barrows addedad(1a foul shot for a 53-51 lead, thenpushed it to 55-53 at the buzzer.I.baskets for *ga“\ d0Wn thlt;? ^ f°r 3 sent Greensville County to at64-58 lead.lost its importance Saturday.Michigan went to the NCAAtournament finals last year before bowing to UCLA.At the end ot the game, an n enthusiastic crowd rushed onto the court and hoisted Russell on its shoulders as he pulled the netting from both trophies.y Michigan completely out-it classed Northwestern in the McUlunge first half, controlling the back- Hull man boards, dominating play on the j Holloway n court and overmatching North-t-; western in field goal accuracy.15 When Russell failed to score.n Darden and Jim Myers kept the MARTINSVILLEt i Michigan tkiv# goingCampbell in the Western Division.James Blair, led by Mark Egger and Bubba Hooker, raced to a 22-13 lead over Greensville1- 3 11 0-0 6Saunders’ layup down the lane county in the first quarter, but id Tavlor Edwards’ tap-in gave i ih. FaaU. i^^nand Taylor Edwards’ tap-in gave : the Eagies began puning away the Bulldogs a 62-56 lead with on a rasb 0j- three-point plays in5:30 to go in the game. Holloway ! the next eight minutes. hit a jumper, but SaundersThe second quarter outbursttook the lead in the third period at 34-33 on Ammons’ 10-footer.STUART FG FT TPAmmons .......... 5Flippin ............ 3Alexander ........ 3Dickerson ......... 5Adkins .......... 5Hopkins .......... 1TOTALS0- 0 4- 4Western Division basketball semifinals.The victory, Thomas Walker’s 25th in 27 starts, sent the Pioneers into next Friday night’sstate tournament semifinals at14 Blacksburg against Turner Ash-larly that of Tommv M* Wand Eddie Biedenaeh.Biedenbach, peppery from Pittsburgh, put Sta a six-point lead at the sta three long shots from the circle. He finished th with 22 points, high for th pack.Another long shot bv7-10 17 by. a 79-40 victor over Midlo- : bach gave State its bigge0- 0COVINGTONFG7.......... 5Carpenter ......... 1HeplerTOTALS35-28 lead at the half, and the. ... ,,FT TP Eagles at one stage led by 17 Phillips, K2-4 16 ! points until James Blair rallied0-0 10 in the final two minutes to nar-15 row the gap.3- 5 2- 2 22 12-17 56VALLEY FG FT TPMcComb .......... 3•• IRexrode .......... 2Ryder, D......... 9Turner ...........- 1Ryder, R Phillips. D. TOTALS312-2 7-10 1- 2 3- 5 0- 0 2- 3thian in (he Eastern Division. of the night, 19-10, midHurley, which had surprised j the first half.Saltville 66-61 in double overtimeg Friday night in the first round of the Group II Western Division95And during the early the Wolfpack9* press Duke’s two scoring aceled virtually the entire game j Verga and Jack Marin,2i I except for a few moments in check. At times twoSaundersr-Jim Burns got 38 points, Mike Goode ............ IWeaver 20 and Ron Kozlicki 38 Edwards ........ 3n i as Northwestern stayed almost Cartwright ........ 7le within striking distance through Bryantat i the game, j Barrowsd Michigan out rebounded Becknern j Northwestern 6148 and out shot the Wildcats from the floor 54 per cent to 37.1.FG FT TP7 2- 4 16* 0- 0 10 0- 1 0- 1 1- 2 1- 2StuartValiev6TOTALSinCovington . Martinsville1 2 R. E. Lee Wins26 10-18 62CHARLOTTESVILLE -Robert E. Lee of Staunton defeated Al-bemarle by a score of 66-45 in j —-•the Group IB Northern Region- Scholastic Basketball” als at Charlottesville Saturday ' night.By virtue of the victory, the Leemen will tangle with t h e j Martinsville Bulldogs for the Group I-R State Championship at the Virginia Tech Coliseum next Saturday night at 9 o’clock.282the second quarter.0- 0 20 15-22 5515 11 17 13—56 12 18 11 14—55College Basketball12328354-6 10 8-16 6419 18 16 9—62 .. 19 18 18 9—64droup III Eastern Regional ChampionshipWL fAAontross) 65 Mathews Si VIA Group I Central DistrictChampionship Peabody 55, Maggie Walker 4f Group t-B Southern Regional Championship Martinsville 64, Covington 62 VIA Group I Southern DistrictChampionshipEast End 95, West End 7SSyracuse 122* Colgate 88 Delaware 93, Hofstra 88 Kansas 68, Kansas State 55 Boston College 87, Holy Cross 83 Florida State 87, Georgia 69 Villanova 76, DePaul 73 Fordham 82, Manhattan 72 Indiana 86, Michigan St. 76 Bradley 72* St. Louis U. 68 Illinois 106, Iowa 90 Ohio St. 94, Minnesota 89 Wisconsin 69, Purdue 68 Mississippi St. 92, Vanderbilt 90 TTennessee 69, Kentucky 62 Michigan 105, Northwestern 92 Youngstown 94, Randolph-Macon 63 J C. Smith 108, Virginia Union 83 ,Winston-Salem St. 85, S. C. State 81 *ACC TOURNAMENT Championship Duke 71, North Carolina State 66were guarding Vcrga, B1 vil scoring leader.But with Vacendak taV the slack, the Blue Deigoing early in the secoi and tied it at 39-all on a bv Marin.State rallied brieflv■ VBiedenbach and Mattock: ahead again 62-56. but Viagain ignited the Blue and Duke stormed back and didn't falter the restVacendak was vote game’s most valuable pi;
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Martinsville, Virginia, US
Sun, Mar 06, 1966
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