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FAIRLEA — Harold Wicks sank a 15-foot jump shot withonly four seconds remaining to boost Greenbrier West to a50 - 40 tournament victory over Greenbrier East here Monday night.ivances to their next game in the Class AAA Section Two basketball tournament against ty here Wednesday.The Spartans held a 10-point lead with 2:34 remaining before the roof fell in. The Cavaliers canned eight foulshots in that span, five by Wicks.The 5-11 Wicks finished with 23 points, including 13 in thefinal quarter.East, which finishes the season at 8 -11, outgoaled the Cavs 23 -16. West, 18-3, canned 18 of 25 foul shots.The Spartans missed three one-and-one foul opportunities in the final two and half minutes.East held a narrow lead for much of die game, taking a21 - 18 halftime lead.Mitch Morgan had 17 points for East, eight in the third' period.Ricky Estep add 10 points for the Cavs. Steve Hayes, who fouled out with 2:34 left, added 12 for East.Nicholas 57,Braxton 54. UPPER GLADE I- Nicholas County jumped off to an early lead and held off a late burst by Braxton County to take a 57 - 54 sectional tournament basketball victory hereMonday night.The Grizzlies now play Richwood Thursday at Fairlea in a semifinal game of the Class AAA Region Four, Section Two tournament.Nicholas, 13-6, jumped off to an 18 helped by Randall Bennett's eight Eagles closed to six at intermission.The Grizzlies took another 10 point lead in the third quarter and led by as much as 12 early in the fourth.Doug Kamm and Mark LeRose had 17 points Grizzlies.Braxton, 1041, got 20 points from Keith Bragg• 11-13 234Z* 3 10 1-Z 33-51-Z05IS 1S-S 50GREENBRIER WEST (M)Hamid Wick*Ricky Estep Dean Kitten Ronnie George Mike Brackenrich Totals_ GREENBRIER EAST (41)Willy Seam*Eddie McDowell Steve HayesNicky Bostic \Mitch MorganiS 1-1Martin Taylor 9 5-1Totals 23 3-5 49Greenbrier West 9 9 10 22—50Greenbrier East 12 9 14 14—49Total Fouls: West 14; East 29.Fouled Out: Haves.45 I t14M0-11-2910 121170BRAXTON COUNTY (54)Colin DeanSam Heater Jeff Stewart Keith Brace114 3 2-0 44 ’3*4 11 10 0-2 20
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Beckley, West Virginia, US
Tue, Mar 08, 1977
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