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9 Thdileir moire Sheldon 5 Claims Lead MIDWESTEPN LEAGUE (District 5-A-l) . W L Pet. CB Sheldon Roscburg Marshfield North Kugene South Eugene Cottage Grove Thurston Springfield North Bend Willamette 1.000 .666 .666 .666 .666 .666 .333 .333 .000 .000 BACKBOARD ACTION ployed a big role in Rose burg's 62-59 win over Willamette Friday night. Here, the Indions' Bruce O'Neil (44) and Gary Hill (42) battle for a rebound with Willamette's Floyd Bard (25) and John Rossow (41). (News-Review photo) Trojans Nudge Wildcats To Grab Share Of Lead UMPQUA VALLEY LEAGUE W L Pet. GB Douglas 2 0 1.000 M-rtle Creek 2 0 1.000 Glide 1 1 .500 1 Glcndale 1 1 .500 1 Kiddle 0 2 .000 2 Suthcrlin 0 2 .000 Frlday'i Results Douglas 53, Glide 50 Myrtle Creek 75, Suthcrlin 44 Glcndale 76, lliddb 52 ; The Douglas Trojans came on strong in the first half and held tight throughout the second half of their encounter with the Wildcats at Glide Friday night to win 53-50 and claim half own ership of first place in the Umpqua Valley League. The Trojans pulled into a slight lead in the first period and were able to start the sec ond frame on the long end of a 14-10 score. The second quar ter, the one that provee the fi nal margin nt victory, saw lliem outsirorn the hometown Wildcats 18 to 11 to lake 32-21 lead into the second half. Glide came storming back In the third period, pouring in 17 points, while holding the high flying Trojans to 10. The two teams deadlocked in a nip ami-tuck final period, with Glide outscoring the Trojans 12 11, but not encush to overcome! that first half deficit. Larry Samples led both teams in the scoring department as he Samples' points were produced by seven field goals and six free throws. Bob Reed added five from the floor and one from the charity stripe for the Trojans. Glide's Frank Jones paced the homctowncrs' scoring by hitting seven times from the field and five times from the free throw line for 19. Wade Sumpter pumped in 13 and Jack Rust added 11. Glide is at Bandon tonight and Douglas will be at Coquille. SCORING DOUGLAS (53) Samples 20, ltecd 11, Shcpard 6, Stone 5, Withers 8, Brown 2, Walker 1 GLIDE (50) Jones 19, Sumpter 13, Rust 11, Young 4, DoGroot 3. By Quarters: Douglas 14 13 10 11531 Glide 10 11 17 12-50 Friday's Results Roscburg 62, Willamette 59 Sheldon 55, Thurston 53 South Kugene 60, Springfield 43 North Eugene 69, Marshfield 66 Cottage Grove 67, North Bend 46 Myrtle Creek Rips Bulldog Five, 75-44 The Myrtle Creek Vikings roll ed to an easy 75-41 win over the Suthcrlin Bulldogs Friday night at Myrtle Creek to share the lead spot in the Umpqua Valley League. In the game at Myrtle Creek, the favored Vikings pulled into an early lead and were never headed. By the end of the first quarter, they were out in front, 23-9. , The Viks kept piling on the points and moved into a com manding 42-17 lead at the end of the first half. ! The game leveled off In Ihc second hair, with the Vikings outscoring the Bulldogs 17-15 in the third quarter and 16-12 in the final frame. Jerry Willson had a field day for the Vikings us he sizzled Die nets for 29 points. Willson poured through 13 field goals and added threo free throws to Walk t,ff with tho game honors ' In addition to his scoring per Uirmancc, Willsun turned in a prillinnt defensive show, block ing 10 slus and grabbing Hi reiKHimls. Hot) 1' uller gave un Larry Pringle, who hit on six baskets and a lone charity toss for 13 points, afd Bob Fuller, who hit five from the floor and two from the charity stripe for 12. Dun Koch was the only Suth crlin player to score in the dou ble figures column. He hit on five field goals and two free throws for 12 points. Larry Johnson, the Bulldogs' lanky center, scored nine to finish second on his team. In the junior varsity game, Myrtle Creek won, 57-35. Den nis Birenbaum led the junior Vikings with 12 points, follow ed by Danny Billings and Vcrn Walker with 1(1 each. For Suth crlin, Leffinger and Cannon each had nine. SCORING SUTI1EHL1N ( II) - Edwards 5, Hall G, Johnson 9, Koch 12, GoerUen 6. Sikstrom 3, Lcffin ger, Ouellette, Leatherwood Chapman, Cannon 3, I'arnell M V It I'LL CHEEK (75) Ful ler 12. l'ringle 13. Willson 29 Beaiiblnssmn 5, (Jiiinn S, J. Bil lings j. Walker 2, Richardson Bircnliaum, I). Billings 2, Cad- only two points to his mini and fr. . . 1 boo iiennino.ssoiu iicm his mam man, Benson 2. t" "irce. I By Quarters: Willson was followed in the Suthcrlin Myrtle Creek scoring column hylMyrtlo Creek The Sheldon Irish outscored the Thurston Colts by two points in the second quarter Friday night and matched the Colts point-for-point in the other three periods to pick off a thrilling 55-53 victory and gain lone pos session of first place in the young Midwestern League race. The Irish (3-0) take on col lage Grove (2-1) tonight. Roscburg pulled into a tic with Cottage Grove and three other league opponents for see ond place by virtue of the In dians 62-59 win over Willamette The Indians. Cottage Grove North and South Eugene and Marshfield all go into tonight action with two won and one lost records. Marshfield suffered its first defeat of the season in league play Friday night as the North Eugene Highlanders held on at tcr a s'.rong first quarter to win 69-G6. South Eugene also picked a win, knocking over Springfield 60-43. Cottage Grove had no trouble with North Bend, win ning 67-40. The Lathen twins, Neil and Ken, led Sheldon to its vital first-placc-clinching victory by scoring 35 of the team's 55 points. Their father is the Shel don coach. In that game, Glenn Campbell paced Thurston with 18 points. Tonight's action finds Rose burg at Thurston, North Bend at South Eugene, North Eugene ut Willamette, Springfield at Marshfield and the league-lead ing Sheldon Irish at Cottage Grove. SCORING THURSTON (53) Gibson 4, Campbell 18, Kinman 7, Langc licrs 2, McGuirc 11, Richardson 11, Snick's 0. SHELDON (55) N. Lathen 21, K. Lathen 14, Curtis 2, Her singcr 6, Rogers 2, Johnson 4, Reeves 6. Thurston 13 11 14 15-53 Sheldon 13 13 14 15-55 SOUTH EUGENE (60) - Shearer 2, Lawson 3, Pinkstaff 25, Roche 13, Myrmo 12, Tuttlc Wathcy 2, Brooke 0, Muth 0, Colcmun 0, Myers 0, Burke 0, Robertson 0. SPRINGFIELD (43) Dick- erson 9, Stuart 7, Aylesworth I, Bales 7, Hayes 13, McDonald 2, Snyder 2, Tenncnt 2, Bluhm 0, Woods 0, Parker 0, Johnson 0. S. Eugene 21 7 17 15-60 Springfield 12 14 10- 7-43 MARSHFIELD (66) Smith 14, Nylandcr 0, Lottus 21, Cad crcttc 8, Winters 13, Wright 10. NORTH EUGENE (69) -Snow 14, Hamcr 6, Swan 9, Mi chael 23, Gordon 7, McDonald 6, Hamill 3, Kerns 0. Miller 1. Marshfield 13 13 25 1566 N. Eugene 22 13 23 1169 9 9 15 1214 23 19 17 16-75 COTTAGE GROVE (67) -Olds 11, Lee 6, McCoy 1, Car penter 22, Henningsgaard 21 Hall 6, Man' hey 0, Williams 0, Kwandl 0, Howard 0, Wright 0, Dagget 0. NORTH BEND (46) - Jacob son 6, Murto 2, Granger 7, Hus sell 13, Swenson 2, Hansen 2, Dcnhardt 4, Why 2, Wcybrighl 1, Scavera 7. C. Grove 21 17 14 1567 North Bend 7 3 17 1446 Glendale Holds Markham To 17 To Capture 76-52 Riddle Win ' The Glendale Pirates keyed their delense at slopping high, scoring .Mike Markham man aged to hold the Kiddle ace to 17 points and claimed a 76 52 win over (he Irish at Glen dale Friday tiighi. f Markham, regarded as one of the finest hall players in the Umpqua Valley League in re cent years, was held to six field goals and five free throws Friday night by the two Pi rates who kept taking turns guarding the Irish ace Glcndale coach Bernard 43. the winners. They pushed in 20 points in the opening frame and 22 in the final eight minutes. Glendale look a 2012 lead at Ihc end of the first quarter and stretched i: to 38-28 at the half. They matched Kiddle 16-16 in Ihc third fra:ne. Ihey outscored ti Irish 22-8 in the final pe riod. Glcndale hit 52 per cent of its shots from the floor, while Kiddle hit 40. Another big fac tor in the Pirate win was that I Ihey outit-boiinded the Irish, 57- Schuli credited deftiiscnicn 1 In belt Stewart and Darl Sutch with playing a hig role in Ihc 1'lrato victory. Tho win gives Glcndale an even 11 mark in league play nd leave the Irish winless in two otitincs. " . The fust and final quarters pioved to be the big ones fori The scoring honors went to the Pirates 5 7 guard Jim Red Held. A good outside shooter, Itcillicld also scorej on several fast breaks to push in 10 field goals and 7 free throws for 27 points. Kojeliu Guilerrci. who came on strung In the second half, hit seven tunes from Ihc floor and once from the free Wolverine 28; O'Neil 4 i ii 1 fly j Guard Hits Claims 26 HIGH SCORING BRUCF. O'NEIL drives in for another two points ot a crucial point in Friday night's thriller between the Roseburg Indions and the Willamette Wolverines. O'Neil scored 26 points ond led his team in rebounds to save the way for the Midwestern League victory. Watching the two-pointer on its way are Roseburg's Gory Hseter (32) and John Johnson (40), olcng with trie Wolverines' Lee Merwin (53) and Bill Keithly (35). (News-Review photo) Page 6 The News-Review Sar., Jan. 18, 1964 Elks Ho-Hum To 82-20 Win BICO-B LEAGUE Elkton Powers Camas Valley Oakland Canyonville Yoncalla Days Creek W 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 Pet. GB 1.000 1.000 1.000 .666 1 .333 2 .000 3 .000 3 Friday's Results Elklon 82, Days Creek 20 Camas Valley 48, Yoncalla 36 Oakland 43, CBA 19 Powers 63, Canyonville 60 (overtime) The Elkton Elks kept rolling on Ihcir merry way Friday night as they breezed to an 82-20 win over the Days Creek Wolves. This marked the Elks' 10th straight win, against no losses. It also gave them a three won record in Bico-B League play, which puts them into a three-way tic for the lead with Powers and Camas Valley. The Elks moved out into an early lead and the game was never in doubt. They led 32-7 at the end of the first quarter and stretched that lead to 50-12 at the half. In the third quar ter, they outscored the Wolves' 18-3 and then won a 14-5 scor ing battle tin the final period. Six foot senior Gary Brooks paced the Elks scoring attack Friday night by hitting 12 field goals and a pair of free throws for 26 points. Don Suloff, sec ond in the league scoring race, followed with 16. Center Terry Richardson hit four field goals and three free throws to top Days Creek scor ers with 11 points. The Elks host Canyonville Bi ble Academy tonight and Days Creek travels to Canyonville. SCORING ELKTON (82) Abraham 4, J. Swinchart 4, Suloff 16, Tay lor 10, Lcvenhagen 7, House, Bullock 7, C. Swinchart 4, Brooks 26, Adams 4. DAYS CREEK (20) O'Neil 2, Whctzcl, Richardson 11, How rcn, Moore, Martin 3, Jinks 1, Bonncy, VanNorinan 3, Pin- brooks. By Quarters: Elkton 32 18 18 1482 Days Creek 7 5 3 520 By BILL SPARKS Newt-Review Staff Writer It was the tali and the short of it that kept fans on the edge of their seats in the Roseburg High gym Friday night as the Indians' 6-6 Bruce O'Neil locked horns in a scoring battle with Willamette's 5-7 Terry Stahol, And in the final accounting it was O'Neil's superior height that made the difference, as he combined with teammate Gary H e e t e r to control the back boards and pace the Indians to a 62-59 win over the stucDorn Wolverines in the Midwestern Leaaue thriller. The small, swift Wolverine cuard won the scoring battle murine in 28 points to eage O'Neil by two. But in addition to his 26 points, the Roscburg center picked off 13 rebounds to lead both teams in that depart ment. Heeter picked off 11 re bounds, as the Tribe won the all-important - backboards bat tle, 46-31. The Indians will travel to Thurston tonight to face the Thurston Colts. The Colts dropped a heartbreaking 55 53 decision to Sheldon Friday night. Game time tonight for the varsity tilt is 8 p.m., with the junior varsity scheduled to swing into action at 6:15. Friday night s win over the Wolverines gave Curt Jarvis' Indians a two won and one lost record in Midwestern League play. They dropped a 54-37 de cision to Sheldon in tne opener and then came back to upend Springfield 69-55. Heeter poured in the tirst noints of the game Friday night as he hit on a drive from the corner, but John Rossow and Gary Ross countered with field goals to send Willamette out in front 4-2. Bob McKee tied it up again with a set shot and Stahel hit a free throw to put the Wolverines in front 5-4 with 5:42 left in the first quarter. Al though they came within one point at crucial points in the game, this marked the last time the Wolverines held the lead, as Steve Vasterling con nected on a pair of free throws and followed through with a field goal to send the Indians out in front 8-5. At this point, with O'Neil breaking into the scoring col umn and popping in nine points before the end of the first pe riod, the Tribe began to pull away and build up a lead. Ah hook shot by Vasterling at the close of the period sent the In dians into the second frame sporting a 10-point lead, 21-11. The Wolverines, who naa usca a fast break during most of the first quarter, began to slow down their offense in the open ing minutes of the second pc- riod. They continued to use a full court press against the In dians and the two teams ex changed baskets during the first half of the second period. With three and a half minutes left to play in the half, ihc Tribe was out in front 32-22. At this point, the Wolverine" be gan rapidly closing the gap, picking up three field goals and an equal number of free throws to cut the margin to 32-31. With two seconds left in the half, O'Neil stepped to the free throw line and put the Indians out in front 34-31. Then, in one of those thrilling desperation last-second shots, Willamette fired at the basket froi., behind mid-court, and in it went, leav ing the fans stunned and the Indians leading by a lone point, 34-33. Build Back Lead The Tribe opened the second half by settling down to regain its margin, pouring in five quick points to move out in front 39-33. After an exchange of baskets, Vasterling, O Neil and McKee hit three in a row to put the Tribe out in front again, 45-35. The remainder of the quarter; saw an even battle, with Wil lamette cutting down the mar gin by two points. It was dur ing this period that Heeter proved to be a real workhorse on the backboards. The battle continued on at an even cup during the opening minutes of the final period, with Roseburg holding a 58-49 lead with 3:50 left in the gam e. Stahel and Lee Merwin cut that lead to 58-53, before O'Neil picked up Roseburg's final four points on a tip in and a jump shot to make it 62-53 with 2:30 remaining. The final two minutes saw a super effort by Stahel, as he hit a jump shot, followed with two free throws and came back to steal the ball and pour in a layup, cutting the margin to 62 59 at the closing whistle. Even Scoring Race O'Neil and Stahel each picked up 10 field goals, with Stahel hitting 8 of 9 from the free throw line and O'Neil hitting 8 of 8. The Roseburg ace came up with a remarkable ,500-plus shooting average from the floor, as he drilled 10 of the 19 shots he took Friday night. Stahel hit on 10 of 26. Vasterling, consistent through out the game, followed O'Neil in the Tribe scoring column with six field goals and a pair of free throws for 14 points. Bob McKee hit five times from the1 floor and once from the charity stripe for 11. Statistics for the Roseburg Willamette game are: ROSEBURG (4JI FG FT OF TP O'Neil 10 41 3 U Heeler 4 04 5 t Johnso.l 1 0-0 1 i McKee S 1-3 3 11 Vasterling 4 3-3 3 H Hill 0 0-0 10 Burke 0 1-10 1 Sevan 0 0-0 0 0 Watson 0 0-0 2 0 Totals M 10-14 1 41 WILLAMETTE ISO PO FT FF TP Woods 12-2 1 4 Rossow 2 3-7 3 7 Merwin 4 0-111 Stahel 10 0-9 4 21 Ross 5 0-0 0 10 Nicholsen 10-2 0 3 r;-jllerton 0 Ml 1 0 Bard 0 0-0 10 Martin 0 0-0 1 0 Keithly 0 0-11 0 Rorals 11 13-21 11 By Quarters Willamette 11 22 10 16 Roseburg 21 13 17 11-43 Canyonville Tripped In Overtime Thriller The Canyonville Tigers found 14 and Tom Rauch came throw line for 15 for Glendale. Joining Markham in a deter mined scoring effort for Riddle were Gary I'aeli, with 14 points and Terry Fosmark with 10. In the junior varsity action, Dennis Hayes and Richard Per ry each hit 26 points to pace the Glendale Jayvecs lo a 68-54 victory. Riddle hosts Pacific tonight and Glcndale is Idle. SCORING RIDDLE (S2) Markham 17, Pacti 14. Preston 1, Fosmark 10, Morrison 8, Weakley 2, Kurd, Meyers, hrwin. GLENDALE (76) - Stewart J, Sutch 4, Dcrschcid 10, Dollard 7, Rcdfirld 27, Gutierret 15, Truxell 2, Perry, Appcrson, Wil liams, Hays. By Quarters: Kiddle 12 IB 16 852 Glcndale 20 J 8 16 22761 themselves matched with Pow crs in one of the finest games of the Bico-B League season Friday night and they battled the Cruisers to a 57-57 deadlock before losing a 63-60 heart breaker in overtime. The Cruisers jumped oft lo an early lead and were out in front 13-10 at the end of the first quarter. They doubled that lead in the second frame, boast ing a 32-26 lead at the half. Starting in the second half. the determined Canyonville five started chipping away at t In Powers lead. By the end ol that period they had cut the truisers lead to only two points, 46-44. Throughout a nip ami-tuck fourth quarter, t h c two teams matched each othe point for point, with the Tigers whacking away those remain ing two points and throwing the game into a deadlock In the overtime, the Cruisers got the best of a six to three scoring battle, enabling them to claim the hard-fought win over the determined hometown Tigers. George Muetre'., the Tigers' 6 2 junior forward, paced the Canyonville scoring attack by pushing through 10 field goals and a lone free throw for 21 i points. Six-five center Mike Hillbillies Tip Drain EMERALD LEAGUE W L Pet. GB Elmira 6 0 1.000 Junction City 6 0 Central Linn 4 2 Drain 3 3 St. Francis 3 3 Harrisburg 3 3 Pleasant Hill 2 4 Oakridge 2 4 Crcswell 1 5 McKenzie 0 6 1.000 .666 .500 .500 .500 .333 .333 .166 .000 through with 12, In the junior varsity game, Powers won 60-34. Rick Taylor and Bob Geroux each hit 11 for Powers. Tom Thompson countered with 11 for Canyonville. SCORING POWERS (63) Taylor 23, Rauch 12, Hill 14, Stallard 8, Griffith 6, Dunn. CANYONVILLE (60) Meut- zcl 21, Long 9, Heath 17, Ham mond, Zuniwalt 8, Neis 3, Aar onson 2. By Quarters: Powers - 13 19 14 11 6-63 Canyonville 10 16 18 13 3 60 Friday's Results Pleasant Hill 48, Drjin 35 Junction City 68. Central Linn 57 Creswell 74, Harrisburg 63 Elmira 75, St. Francis 53 Oakridge 59, McKenzie 52 Mendenhall Paces JV's Eddie Mendenhall scored 19 points Friday night to lead the Roscburg Jayvees to a 60-43 win over the Willamette junior varsity in the prelude to the varsity clash. Following close behind Men drnhall in the scoring column was Keith Olson, who hit 14 nninls . Iha liuiimc Heath contributed 17 points on Tnc j , y v e c s' 6-2 forward seven baskets and three free Tom Reese turned in a snar-i kling performance on defense, throws For Powers, the scoring at nek was led by the league's leading scorer. Dan Taylor. Taylor hit seven from the floor and nine from the charily stripe picking up 12 rebounds, block ing five shots and intercepting five Wolverine passes. Mendenhall also sparkled on the backboards, collecting an for 23 points. Vick Hill addcdleven doien rebounds. The Drain Warriors suffered a cold night in the shooting dc partmcpt. breaking into the double figures scoring column in only one quarter, as they dropped a 48-35 decision to the Pleasant Hill Hillbillies in Em erald League action Friday night. Friday night's loss left Drain with an even three won and three lost mark in league play. Junction City comes into to night s game with a 6-0 mark and tied with Elmira for the league lead. Drain fell behind 9-5 at the end of the first quarter Friday night and trailed 25-14 at the half. They outscored the Hill billies 8-6 in the third period but the Pleasant Hill five got the past of a 17-to-13 point bat tie in the final frame to claim the victory. Jerry S.nith led Drain in the scoring department with 13 points. Graham Derbyshire add cd 8 and Ramsey Derbyshire picked up 6. Willard Bradshaw and Derrald Mann each hit 15 for Pleasant Hill. SCORING DRAIN (35) G. Derbyshire 8. smith 13. Gribble 2, R. Der byshire 6. Painter 4, Swearin gen 2, Lakey 0, McCormack 0, Cole 0, Thomas 0. Jensen 0. PLEASANT HILL (Mil - Bradshaw 15. DcForest 2. Bark er 4, Mann 15, Larison 1. Hill 11, Johnson 0, Jackson 0, Scog gins 0. By Quartern Drain 5 9 8 13-35 Pleasant Hill 9 16 6 17-48 TWO BIG DAYS! Jan. 22 fir 23 - SHOWING HERE " TWO HOURS OF ACTION IN COLOR&SOUND THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING SPECIAL FEATURES 1. THE GIANT K0DIAK BEAR See the largest bear in the world photographed as close as 20 feet in their natural habitat. 2. GOLD -GOLD -GOLD? A short run of placer mining in Alaska. No wonder tho Forty-Niners went mod. REE DOOR PRIZE" A beautiful gold tpecimen will be given each night as o door prise CASH VALUE $10.00. 3. 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