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oferntt-(Coaches LamentClaAEVctwoTeams9 Poor Playfornedthewitt11By MICKEY FURFARIKIt was difficult to distinguish the winning coach from the loser last night after Warwood’s3S-.J7 squeeze past Ceredo-Ken-ova in the opening game of the State High School Basketball Tournament.“This definitely was not one of our better games,” said Jim Foti of the victorious Vikings. “We were tight and over - eager, not moving well or getting goodshots, and our rebounding waspoor in the first half.”Dale C ravcraft of Ceredo -Ken-ova noted that “we didn’t play well enough to win,” and agreed that Warwood was sub-par, too. Foti felt Ceredo * Kenova’scontributed to)1-“good defense” the Vikings’ troubles, but they adjusted their own defense finally to keep the Wayne Wonders from breaking a boy free behind a screen.“But it’s over now and we’rein the finals,” he sighed.Craycraft was much more pk is» 1 with C-K’s defense (“It may have been better than I thought”) than he was with theoffense (“It was poor”).“We had our chances in theclosing minutes but didn’t takeadvantage,” th coach added. “We ran our plays but couldnot hit the shots.Bill Kennedy, whose three free throws gave Warwood thefinal 33 seconds, a time that he the uoat of thewin i ninoiu’htmightthrforbe* Igame.“1 threw the ball away, then funk'd with 15 seconds left,” herecounted. “1 thought we were apoint behind instead of a point ahead. But he missed and I made two free throws.”^ “You bet Iwas really sweating, Kennedy said.Actually, the only coach showing any semblance of contentwas Bob Douglas of Sophia, whose Bluehawks blasted Parsons into 83-60 submission in thenightcap.And he had reservations.•'1 thought our team looked good in spots,” he said, “but we were ragged in other spots.” “In fact, all four teams tonight seemed to play ‘sloppy’ basketball,” Douglas observed. “Parsons and Warwood, especi-allv, are bound to be better clubs.”State Tournament “Yes. probably,”“The defense madejitters? he replied, it easy forus to win, however. It forcedCoach Neil Gutshall of Parsons moaned:“This was one of our worst nights of the year. It’s too badthat it happened in the State Tournament. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for theboys.”Gutshall gave Sophia credit, though. “It has a good, well-coached ball club,” he said. “We started slow and neeverThisseemed to get going, ibis was the first time the press has bothered us. But I want to give credit to our boys. They never quit hustling.TourneyBoxscoresCEREDO-KENOVA(37)FG FT R#b PF PtsE vont3 130 136Smith3-62 4828Wot k man9.7m *1 -9 »435Stark3 1513737' • . hen§2 304324Griffith142 4104Jordan002-2102T otals] 1 47 9* ? 44! ■37WARWOOD (38)FG FT Reb PF Pts.Church2 4m.7*59C lemont1-33 4755Kennedy6 45 610417K en imond0 300210Hodges3 51-1737Hercules04000Totals1? to lt;8 x341738x Incudes teamr ebouncis.SvO r oy periodsC eredo K enova .13140'037Warwood ..........1041311-38Officials* Lyle Cat e’t and farlLAjht-ner.PARSONS (60)FG FT Reb 1PF PtsI ewisO 0 *2 5146W fong4-122-76410Den» son172 5144Johnson1 34 546Gutshall1 94 40JL36Gttshall5 92 41112S m -1 h4 96 1011214H iIf»n0 100000Wu ie0 10 I010D» aney1 300112S i mmons000 1100T otals19-56 22 42 ,182460SOUHIA (83)FG FT Reb 1PF 1Pts.1 c' n p s2 60 51154Stone11 215 715327H 11 r s * on3 612257I ovell4 66 103314A pn1 60 0352Mart n1 42 ?444Benf teld3 62 4108Goddard2 34 4128Miland2 41-15?5H.iw« is1-100202Pr t r est1 10 1212Neffoo00110x Includes ‘earnrebounds.Scot e by qplt; odsP irsons ............1313122260Soph i2223!02883Off c o ssonJack But pr and Don Robrnpoirhissna] 0 floo line toss 22 1 T1seccvivewhutimlt;TiWarva iup27-2'threhalfIimaition35 a M and Cen now War K fron infoulClt;talkmarboaiedgiTlinglthefeetacte con WatGrilthehincBC*ingWaiofder:
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Morgantown Dominion News
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Fri, Mar 17, 1967
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