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By Fred ArnDrake's Pat Blanquie (left) and Balboa’s Joe Belfrey go for loose ballHigh school basketballEven split for cagersMarin County Athletic League basketball teams opened the 1977-78 basketball season yesterday with mixed results, winning two games and losing two.Marin Catholic and Drake were the winners, the Wildcats defeating St. Patrick of Vallejo, 89-83 in Kent-field last night while the Pirates were downing Balboa of San Francisco, 67-64 in San Anselmo.In afternoon games, Tamalpais lost to Lowell of San Francisco, 79-51 in Mill Valley, and Redwood bowed to Bishop O’Dowd, 69-62 in Oakland.19, Mulcahey 0-1 l. King 1-2-4. Wader 2-6-9. Strom-berg 2 2-6 Totals - 33-23-88Blanquie a heroWildcats surgeVeteran guard Pat Blanquie converted two one-and-one free throw situations in the last 20 seconds to preserve Drake’s win over Balboa. Those last four points gave Blanquie a team-high 16 for the game.Drake executed well, hitting 23 of 46 shots from the floor and 21 of 28 from the free throw line. Ten Pirates made the scoring column, with Steve Spencer and Vince Hubbard contributing 10 points apiece.period, while center Dino Lobertir finished with 19.Six-foot-six Rob Beal and 6-9 Gu Williams paced O’Dowd with 21 an 20 points respectively.Redwood €0-1) 14 14 8 26-1Bishop O’Dowd 28 13 12 16-lt;Redwood — Warcholsta 1-0-2, Rasmussen 9-3-2 Lobertim 7-5-19, Volk 1-0-2, Euphrat 0-2-2. Costello0-4, Smyth 0-3-3, Jacobs 2-0-4, Marshall 0-2-2, Wrigl1-0-2, Willmore 0-1-1. Total* - 23-16-62.O’Dowd — Williams 10-0-20, Beal 9-3-21, Preside:1-3-5, Goldman 4-0-8, Sear 0-4-4, Johnson 1-0-2, Pa rick 1-02, Acebo 1-02 Froning 2-0-4, Holloway Ol-Totals - 29-11-68.Tam blitzedMarin Catholic trailed by 12 points in the early moments of the fourth quarter, but then forward Steve Compagno led a surge which saw the Wildcats run off 11 straight points and go ahead for good- Compagno scored seven points in thelt; period and wound up with 19 for the game.Balboa 6 24 19 16—64Drake (1-0) 14 22 15 16-67Balboa - Belfrey 1-2-4, Shelton 2-04, Gaston 306, Maye 11-2-24, Greene 8-1-17. Richardson 4-1-9 TotalsDrake — Sala 3-2-8. Blanquie 3-16-16. Spencer 2-6-10. Hubbard 5-0-10, Callaghan 102, Coffnni 0-2-2. Breen 204. Shepherd 3-1-7, Ewasko 204. Mason 20 4. Totals - 23-21-67.O'Dowd tops RedwoodSt. Patrick 1* 24 34 17—83Marin Catholic (1-0) 18 22 1* 33—89St. Patrick - Saitz 7-2-16. NicoletU 8-1-17, Gavin 2-1-5, V’olger 2-0-4, D. Saitz 4-5-13, Mitchell 4-2-10, Jaime 0-2-2. Lynn 3-10-16 Totals - 30-23-83.Marin — Johnson 5-2-12, Ongaro 408, Burglin 50 10, Lordan 3-3-9, Dal Poggetto 4-3-11, Compagno 7-7-Down by as much as 26 points, Redwood rallied in the fourth quarter but never came closer than the final score. Forward Don Rasmussen poured in 21 points for the Giants, nine of them in the finalAfter a close first half Lowell blei the Indians off the court in the thir quarter and kept widening the lea the rest of the way behind centc Cyrus Stutts. The 6-4 junior led a scorers with 21 points and blocke eight shots.Tam was led by guard Dan Lowr with 16 points. Nobody else was i double figures.Lowell 14 13 20 32—Tamalpais 0-1) 19 6 6 20—Lowell — Domino 4-1-9, Stutts 9-3-21, Parks 9-1-1 Lewis 5-2-12. Reynolds 4-2-10, Sitt 1-2-4, Sclavos 2-0-Totals — 34-11-79.Tam - Clarke 24M, R. Hauke 2-3-7. Schlobohn 1 2, Tregoning 1-0-2, Lowry 7-2-16, Kazan 2-0-4, Stone2-8. M Hauke 1-0-2, Carr 2-0-4. Small 1-0-2 Totals 22-7-51.
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San Rafael Independent Journal
San Rafael, California, US
Wed, Nov 23, 1977
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