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Indians Capture TitleIn Sectional TourneyBy LARRY FARLEY Post-Herald Sports Writer Lonnie Parks, a little 5*6 guard, played only 2:32 lor the Stoco Indians in their game with Sophia Thursday night butteammate, Greer, put in a lay-i Smyre, playing wonderful up with :19 left making the i defense and superb on offense, score, 21-16. took a long pass from a team-The Blue Hawks managed mate and drove down the laneonly a 33 per cent shooting average in the first half whilecame up with three foul shots j Stoco, after missing severalthat clinched the AA, Region III, Section 4 hoop tourney for the Indians as they took a 50*45 victory over the Blue Hawks.The Stoco team, tired from playing two previous games in two nights, came up with some fine shooting from Jerome Smyre and John McKinney to send the Stoco cagers into regional play next week.Neither club could hit in the opening quarter, with 1:25 going by before Eddie Jenkins pumped in a shot to give the Indians a 2-0 lead.With 5:39 left in the first period of play, Sophia’s Billy Sellards was fouled as he attempted to retrieve a rebound. He connected on the shot to make the score 2-1 before coming back to toss in a field-goal giving the Blue Hawks a 3-2 advantage.Doug Greer playing at one of the forward spots for Sophia, tossed in a 15*footer to push the Hawks into a 5-2 lead but Stoco looking for its 12th win in 21 games, came back to take a 6-5 lead with 2:59 remaining in the quarter.McKinney tossed in a long jumper to give the Indians their final points of the period before Sellards pitched in the last points of Hie stanza making the score 8-7, in favor of Stoco.McKinney broke the game wide open for Stoco in the second quarter connecting on two consecutive fielders to give Stoco a 12*8 lead.With less than three minutes left in the half, Paul Christian i hit two consecutive shots to put I the mighty Indinas out frontshots in the first period, began hitting as they scored 13 points and held Sophia to nine in the latter period.Numerous turnovers held the Blue Hawks back in the first half but after their halftime conference with Coach Bob Douglas the Hawks came back out ready to go.Sophia’s guards, failing to shoot in the initial half, burned the nets in the third quarter with Jeff Spicer, Johnny Hawkins and Simpson getting three straight baskets before Stoco could score. With 1:17 gone in the period Sophia had taken a 22-21 advantage.It didn’t stay that way long as McKinney, master of the long shot, pumped a 20-footer which didn’t even touch the rim as it swished through the nets. This put the Indians back in the lead once again, 23-22.The game was nip-and-tuck the rest of the way through the period with Sophia tying the score, 30*30, before McKinney hit on a long shot from the comer to give Stoco a 32-30 ' lead. The period ended with the boys from Coal City in command, 36-33.Sellards, Sophia’s junior pivotman, tied the score for the last time on a three-point play in the first minute of the final period. After this, Simpson hit on one of two foul shots giving the Blue Hawks a 37-36 advantage.Sellards hit once again for Sophia sending the Hawks to a three point, 39-36 lead.Coach Earl Arbaugh’s cagersunmolested to give Stoco a three point, 44-41 advantage with 3:58 left to be played.From then on Sophia had to go after the ball and fouled Stoco players as they did. Parks stepped to the charity line on two occasions and with the greatest of ease pushed in three of four shots to give the Stoco team the win.Smyre and McKinney led Stoco in scoring with 15 points each. Sophia was led by Sellards who had 12 while Hawkins and Spicer each provided 10.Selected to the all-tournament team were; Billy Sellards, (Sophia): Jerome Smyre,(Stoco); Sam Anderson, (Shady Spring); James Bailey, (Trap Hill); John McKinney, (Stoco); Paul Christian, (Stoco); Eugene Brown, (Marsh Fork); Lowell Pettry, (Marsh Fork), Lester Plumley, (Shady Spring) and Jimmy*Moore, (Trap Hill).Best Foul Shooter-Darryl League, (TH); Best Player Award — Sellards, (Sophia); Outstanding Ind. Award — Pettry, (MF); Team Sportsmanship — Trap Hill: Cheering Section — Marsh Fork and Cheerleading Trophy went to Trap HOI.SOPHIABilly Sellards Terry SimpsonDoug Greer John Hawkins Jeff Spicer .Dean Adams Gary Lovell TotalsSTOCOJerome Smyre Eddie Jenkins John McKinney Paul Christian Ronald Green Lonnie Parks Totals4 4-7 42 1*4 44 0-25 0-0 » 0*0 O0*0 0 0*0 0125810100020 5-13 13 45717— scrambling, hussling, scrap- [1-4 3 15 0*1 2 2 1-2 1 15 3 2*3 0 82 3-5 2 70 3*4 0 320 10*19 8 50 7 9 17 12—45 t 13 15 14—50
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Beckley, West Virginia, US
Fri, Mar 07, 1969
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