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HOW ECHIrish Win District Title AtGarrigan From Twin RiversKivvt A) fUSJWTEBTWIN RIVERS, ARMSTRONGBy Vine# CarpenterCatholic High's spirited basketball team came within one game of a coveted berth in the StateHigh School Baksetbal] tournament over the weekend. The boys reached the final barrier with a great second-haiT perxorma nee against highly touted Twin Rivers High of Bode Friday night in the district “A” championship at Garrigan High, AJgona. The Iri s h beat Twin Rivers, 61-53 after trailing, 33-29 at halftime. They also had to ccrme from behind in: Wednesday’s battle with Armstrong to survive and they wiped out a tiiree:poiut. deficit against Graet-linger in the last three minutes to win the sectional title.’Twin Rivers ‘Twin Rivers, sparked by. a 6.-1 jumpingjaek Mike Christen sen had the Irish reeling at times during the first half with their'greatspeed, bah handling, and rebound*• •ing. Christenson, who was dunking the bail during warmup uni is, gave a fantastic exhibition of the defensive boards.It took some tenacious defense by Jerry Brennan, Bisenius, Severn and Gehling under the basket to keep in contention with the Tw;n Rivers team. Larry Hand also did a great job in this department.Twin Rivers led 15-14 at the endof the first quarter and 33-29 at haiftime/Jumpwp koftt a 49-47 lead and a chance at theWeir opened the third quarter free thrown line. The shot was with a jumper from the foul line missed but Gehling grabbed • the and Bisenius found-the mark from Rebound and put it back in the 20 feet again. That made .the basket. This made the score 51-score 33*33. The teams tra ded 47 and the Irish went into a stall, points until it was 42-41 for the Hand padded; the lead with two Irish with 1:50 left. Then misfor- gift tosses and Twin-Rivers was tune hit both teams. First, Logue out of it. Weir and Bisenius added fouled out for Twul Rivers, and 3 gift losses and Gehling another this was followed by Jerry- Bren* tip-in in the iast three minutes, nan's fourth foul, and an ankle Second Halfinjury to Jim Bisenius with 7 sec- The Irish won the game in theends left in the quarter. second half when they stoppedLarry Hand’s long jump shot Twin Rivers’ fast break, and con-gave the Irish a 45-44 lead at the trolled the defensive board. Much start of the fourth quarter.. At this of the credit has to go to Rrennaa point Bisenius relumed to action with Bisenius, Sebern and Gehling after a tape job in the dressing also standouts. The outside sboot-rootn. Twin Rivers received an- ing of. Larry Hand and Bisenius other jolt when Bergum picked up also contributed to the viciorv. his fifth foul and Sebern cashed Gary Weir came off the. hunch iu for two free throws. Roland hit. for the second straight game to from outside and Hand fired in furnish lire spark. He consisu-mly one from the corner, to keep the drove into the Twin Rivers' tight Irish in front 49-46 with 4:06 to zone defense which gave outside play. Clark’s free throw was Twin shooting room to Bisenius a n d Rivers last bid. The tough play Hand. Weir also added 3 points of the game might have come to the cause, with 4 minutes left. The Irish had Twin Rivers has an excellentcage team, but the Irish were just took a 44-42 lead into the fourth Hand gtoo strong, especially in 'he sec- quarter and held on. Weir ....... 2ond half. Armstrong managed a 53-52 lead ~Biseiuus led all scorers with 21 with 1:38 seconds left but Jim ,points Hand added 14 and Gary' Bisenius scored on a tip-in and T°TAh£ • 22andrR u01fl' ?U'iSten3Cn ^ry Weir mlt;*bed 2 charity toss-.and Rolland had 14 each for Twin es to cinch the victory. . Twin Rivers — (53)KivprsThe Armstrong CUsh' Ha“d’S alK* fl00r play2-54-100*217-3133116, , ». a • i WS3 outstanding. -The rcbnimdlug LogueR ~ook some hot shooting by ^ ^ D , Roger ClarkLarry Hand and another strong re- ?l0n Christensenbunndmg job by Brennan and Jim ™ 3 fP the HollandBisenius to enable the Irish to C*“c’ ™ b’g Luf,;ml* P3!*ed Bergiim'come from behind and slip past T \ ' Bis*nius had 13 Harris ......Armstrong, 57-55, in Wednesday’s T ™S' °f Shar« ......tirst ronnd game at Algona ll™ anlt;i h,S lon° rane J,!mp FG2456 0 0 0FT-A F2-2 56-104-62-21-20-00-0313520Armstrong, behind the accurate 4?r ™ Emmctsblooting of J. Roonev and Vnn 5 . Hand got many of bis .0 Twin Riv(Score by Quarters)shooting of J. Rooney and Von , 'T .Bank, shot to a 32-24 haiftime lead, S mand it looked like the Irish were ui ol it. With Armstrongs 6*9 Jim Luseombe camped under the basket, the Irish had to give ground somewhere, and Rooney and Von Bank look lull advantage.Harrington put his charges into a full court press in the third Bisenius quarter and this, along with more Gehlingers14Bisenius ......71-1215SGehling ......11-4030Sebern.. 01-24161Brennan30-0...416Hand .10 *2-? *:322-Weir;-:;...:...• * «-» L06TPNeary .1..• 2 ■ti-2346TOTALS v...24 ’*9-22^16671411414 \ ■ .. • , . 1Armstrong —.’{55) FG FT-AFTP1Laffey ____2‘0-4 I540Jack RooneyG -■■4-6- r3160Luscombe . .6'1-1*013Jim Rooney10-03241Von Bank ...a2-4 “*42053TOTALS247-2415’* 55aggressive rebounding and de- Sebern . .. l 3-3tense, brought the Irish back. They Brennan ’..., l 1-1rrr, t • -* » c ... - ucajjf uutuiua. ■* I j j .-uv cThe Irish defense held Luscombe Emmotsburg catholic 17-6.to only 13 points, far below Ids _average. The loss ended A r m-strong’s season with 18 wins and three losses.BOX SCORE Emm*teburg Catholic —FG FT-A 9 6-93 1-1Team Records: Twin Rivers 12-10, (Score by Qparters) ‘Emmotsburg Catholic 9 24 44 57 Armstrong ............ 14 32’42 55Emmelsburg Catholic — (57) Team Records: Emmetsburg Ca-FG FT-A F TP tholic 16-6; Armstrong 18-3.OPEN EVERY DAYDaddy's a DOLL#Since He Went
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Emmetsburg Reporter
Emmetsburg, Iowa, US
Tue, Mar 07, 1967
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