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By LARRY FARIAYPost-Herald Sports EdfterSophia rushed to a -1lt;W lead and west on to take the RegionII, Section 4 Double-A. cham-pioiMiup Friday night by breezing past Shady Spring fib-41 at the Raleigh County Armory.Having a cold shooting night, the Shady Tigers Went 5:42 before getting their first basket. Fred Burroughs 'finallyhit an outside shot to put his team on the board.Burroughs was the only bright spot for the Tigers. The £1 senior had 48 of his team's 25points after three Quarters and finished with 24.Sophia's coach Bob Douglas, shaking his head, said of the Shady shooter, “He’s justoutstanding!” .Despite the Tigers' diimal 4-17 record, Douglas was cot earned with their foul shooting going into die game. Afterwards he stated, Any team that shoots fouls like they do, yon have to be on guard.”Sophia, using a tone defense, kept Tigers from getting die ball inside to 6-3 center Gary Heaberiin during die openingquarter. Forced to shoot fanoutside, the.Tigers couldn't1 stay with the taller, strongerBluehawks.Led by James Hairston andJames Harris, Sophia led 13-4after the initial period. Hairston got six of his nine points during the first quarter and Harris• j • . • •both coaches began to empty their benches as substitute* finished die game.WiUie Joe Chandler, Shady’* head mentor, said of Burroughs* performance, No, we weren't going to him. We were after the good shot and he was the oine to get it.”The veteran coach went ono aay Sophia's rebounding also was a factor in the game. Also, Heaberiin got his third foul before the half ended and fouled out with 7:11 left in the game.Harris paced Sophia's soaringwith 16 markers, Lilly had 13and Oglesby pitched in 12.Sophia now advances to the Region HI tournament next Thursday at 7:30 p m; at the Raleigh County Armory. The Hawks* opponent will be the winner of tonight's Mullen*-Oceah# game.Douglas said of the two clubs, frey’r* both good. It will take a good club to beat either one, But we'r# htre ind waiting. Named to the all-tourneyftteam Lilly, Harris, Oglesby and Hairston of Sophia; Burroughs,Wolfe and Shuck of Shady; Phil Hairston, Robert Rash and Randy Shrewsberry of Stoco and Arthur Moore from Trap Hill.Other awards went to Sophia for Best Cheering Section; Stoco, Beat Cheerleaders; Trap Hill, Best Team Sportsmanship; Heaberiin, Best Foul Shooter; Moore, Best Individual Sport, and Lilly, Most Valuable Player.SophiaLarry Lilly James Hairston45-7t 1241-3. 14Mika Ggleiby60*0212:James Harris ,7a-s2 1#Greg Cullop04*24Steve Copney0lt;H)20Charles Flanagan10-002Pet McGraw10*002David Lilly1oa02TotalsH 12-11 U CiShady SpringGary Heaberiin£*vld Shuok14la0*0533mFred Burroughs••-71 24Eugene MdPeake00-030Edwin Wolfe .00*020Mark Walker02-202Dvaid Shaw.10-0.01Gary Hatcher1oa1*Total#li•*12 1lt; 41Sopfrl*» 17 M 2MMIwr Spring4 11 1# 14—41Oak63-52MONTGOMERY - The'Montgomery Q r e y h o U n d s'Frank Vickers put on an amazing shooting performance hereFriday night as he led his teamto victory over Collins in Class AAA Region IV, Section 2 tournament play, 6342.Vickers tallied eight fieldgoals and connected oa 13 of 13 attempts from the free throw line for a total of 29 points.Carlton Crowder and Tom Falbo also scored in double figures for the Greyhounds with 13 points apiece.Montsornery -Tom falbo • 4WttUt Coats 1Carlton Ctwttar tVfauk Vickers .1Kenny Blade t.John Ramsey 1Tom Kincaid 0totals ItM 413 04 II14. SIS13*11 IN 04 It04 * s•*1 S * 1S41 ISISFor the best part of the first quarter, the two teams appeared to be evenly matched with neither team gaining theadvantage. Montgomery finallypulled ahead and went intohaiftime with a 14-point laid, 36-22.The Red Devils tried to rally a toe third quarter, outgunning Montgomery by four points, but were unable to come back.Forward John Morgan led toe Collins team wkh 18 points to its credit. Morgan was followed by 6-2 forward Randy Rosiekand guard Jerry Epperly, with 13 points each.Montgomery, with Vickers’ superb shooting . from the charity stripe, had an advantage lead in free throws; connecting on better then 90 per cent of its free shots.RICHWOOD -Greenbrier West Cavaliers, with a boost from their foe,defeated day County here Friday night to AA Regto@ II Stcttat 2The iHarold Erwin gave two points to West and let them bring toe baU in under toeir own basket The Cavs then scored two more points; giving them West fourrespectively. Rusty Vance* a 6-2 junior, added 13 points tor the Cavaliers.High scoring honors tor toegame went to guard Steve Gray
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