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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1956)
Sixteen Teams to Vie in Mac Court ((■onlinurd front pa//? four ) District 4 Hc»vcrt«n Beaver* The scourge of the TYV league, Beaverton won the league cham pionship with only two setbacks In H league encountera. Losing only three other games In aeaaon play, the Beavera are rated ninth In the atate with a 18-5 record. Beaverton’* tournament ap pearnnee thin year, will In- aorne eonsolatlon for a dlshenrten Ing 1055 aeaaon. Bated a* a *tate power, the Beaver* had easily walked through league competition for their first TYV championship and were a solid favorite to win the district tournament. Eyeing what would have been their firat state tournament ap pearance, Beaverton lost to Hills boro in the dmtrtct tournament to be robbed of their chance. Thin year’s team leaders are Forward Greg Altenhofen, a tower of strength on the back boards, and Guard Tom Weston, leading team scorer with a 13 point per game average. Other first stringers are Center Bob William*. Forward Allan Mills and Glenn Johnson at the other guaid. McMinnville Grizzlies McMinnville, In winning 11 league engagements, while losing only three, qualified for the dis trict’s other state tourney berth by tieing down the TYV tunnerup spot. The Grizzlies are lead by the team's leading scorer. Center Gene Carlson. He is Joined In the starting lineup by forwards Gary Hartze and Dave KyaU and guards Jack Temple and Marlyn Pitche. This is McMinnville’s first state tournament appearance atnce 1952 when they entered the tourney vine of lm‘favored teams. District 5 Eugene Axemen Minus the services of all five flat stringers. Including A11 Staters Mike Moran. Leighton Tuttle and Bud Kuykendall, de fending state champion Eugene High school was given little chance thia year of measuring up to the 1954-55 performance. Lead by sophomore Charlie Warren, however, the Axemen have defied the dopesters by steam roilering to a 20-2 season. Ranked the state's number one team in the last five high school basketball polls, the Axemen have lost games only to Medford and Benson Tech of Portland. Both games, Incidentally, were among their season's first encounters Since the Medford setback, Eu gene haa won 15 consecutive gi.mes. Revolving around Warren, who has been averaging better than 18 points per game In con ference competition, plus Bob Farrell and Ken Lundxtrom, both consistent double figure scorers, the Axemen have domi nated district 5-A-l with an un defeated 10-0 record. Round ing out the Eugene starting lineup are Dave Powell and Bob Qulvey. in dunning to me enviable po sition of the state's top team, Eugene has beaten such state powers are Albany,Corvallis, Marshfield, Medford, Albany, and South Salem. Hank Kuchera will be seeking his second state title as Eugene coach. In the past three tourna ments. Eugene has won two sec onds and a first and will be fa vored to reach the finals again this year. Marshfield Pirates Last year, for the first time in 13 years, the Marshfield Pirates were denied a state basketball tournament berth by losing in dis trict play to traditional rival North Bend. Once again a recog ni7.ed state power, with a 17-6 record, Marshfield will again rep- i recent District Five, Pirate standouts in securing for Marshfield the District Five runnerup spot were Huger John son and Sandy Fraser, both of whom averaged 17 points per game in league play. The re maining three members of the starting lineup are Hardy Spur HANDY PHASER Footballer Sparks Plraln g*-on. Barry Bullard and Der.ny Baker. Qf interest for tournament fan : Is the presence ‘n the starting lineup of the members of Marsh field Highs state championship football backfield: Johnson, Baker and Fraser. With such personnel, the Pirates are advocates of a ugged, fast type of offense which must be reckoned with by all their tournament opponents. Previous to last year' the Pi rate* had failed to finish lower* ban fifth In as many years. Although ranked but seventh this year. Marshfield should be a good bet to add more "hardware" to the bulging Pirate collection. District 6 Medford Black Tornado Having lost all five starters from 19S5'a state rurnerup squad. Medford was not expected to*re peat as district champion. But. bolstered by a strong group of juniors, the Tornado bounced back to take their third district title in four years. They have lost but one game In conference compe tition" for 11-1 won-lost record Previous to the one setback. Med ford had won 28 consecutive con ference engagements. The state's fourth ranked team, Medford has an overall season's record of 17-5. Medford is coached-by Frank : Roel&ndt. ex-Oregon State bas ketball and baseball great. Roe landt will be making his fourth state tournament appearance in seven years as a Medford coach. During this seven years. Roelandt coached teams have yet to place lower than third in conference1 competition. Leading Tornado point pro- . dueer In 5*9” Guard Bom Tis- . del. Tlsdel, who Npent moat of the I9M-55 season as a Var- | fdty reserve, leads -Southern i Oregon conference scoring with a 16-polntn per game average. A young team, the starting lineup includes but two seniors, Tisdel and another returning let- j terman, Lloyd Cearley. The re- j maining three, all juniors, are i Dick McLaughlin, Neil Plumley. I and Dick Copple, brother of Med-: fords 1955 all stater. Larry Copple. In winning, 17 games, the Black ] Tornado has beaten such state powers as Marshfield, Franklin, and the topranked Eugene High Axemen. Klumath Union High Pelicans Returning to the slate tourna ment for the first time since 19.r>2, the Pels finished second in Southern Oregon conference com-: petition this year with a 7-5 rec-1 ord. Season wins include upset victories over two of the state's top teams, Jefferson of Portland and arch-rival Medford in con ference play. Klamath is coached by Don Peterson. Peterson, in his second year at KUHS. succeeded Paul McCall, present Grant mentor. This will be Peterson’s first tour nament appearance as a Klamath loach. Top Pelican performer is a 6'7" center, Gienn Moore, a transfer from Biy. The team scoring leader with a season's total of 270 points and a 14-point game average, Moore is also the top Klamath rebounder with a 13 per game average. A doubtful starter at the beginning of the season, Moore, a sophomore, has shown steady improvement throughout the year. Moore is joined on the start ing lineup by another sky scraper, Earl Tlchenor, a 6'3” forward. The other starters are Orln Perkins at the other for ward and guards Butch Kimp ton end Don Tauscher. Though hot and cold through out the season, the presence of Moore, a definite height ad vantage. and two fast guards label the Pelicans a possible tour-, nament dark horse. District 7 Undetermined The regular Blue Mountain league schedule ended in a three way deadlock, with Baker. Mac Hi of Milton Freewater and Pendleton each having 8-2 league record*. This require* a playoff before state tourney spot* can be decided. The Mac Hi Pioneers have com olled a 17-4 season's record and rated enough state support to be ranked sixth in the latest poll. A tournament competitor last year, Mac HI beat North Bend in their first game but next lost to Medford, which later reached the finals against Eu gene. Center Norm Weiss is supported on the squad by George Liuallen and Bob Olinger at forwards. Coach Dale Warburg's Pendle ton Buckeroos, early Blue Moun tain league leaders, have a well balanced squad with Dale James and Sam Haynes at the guard post. Louis Thorne and Larry Applegate at the forwards and Bill Tague at center. The Baker Bulldogs, after having lost their first two con ference games of the year and boasting but a meager 4-5 sea son record, won 12 ball games without a defeat, gaining a tie for the league championship and •*. late season rating as the eighth best team in the state. ■ —— a SPEND LESS MONEY SERVE BETTER MEALS With Fish and Shellfish NATURE'S WONDER FOOD From NEWMAN’S FISH CO. 39 East Broadway Phone 4-2371 Should they win one of their district’s two berths at the Eu gene, classic, this well balanced squad could be another possible tournament dark horse. Oliver McCord and Paul Bauge play the forwards for the Bull dogs. The other three members are Center Oliver Francis and Chris Bauge and Don Nelson at the guards. District 8 C'orvall's Hpartsins District Eight’s “Cinderella team,’’ Corvallis ended the regu lar season schedule in a fourth place t;e with Albany. The four team district tournament limit necessitated a fourth place play off game which the Spartans took from Albany. Having qualified for the dis trict tourney by "the skin of their teeth,” the Spartans proceeded to beat both North and South Salem in the tournament to win the district honors. The Spartans are lead by forwards Kay Lunde and Jack Ombee, brother of OSC's sophomore sensation, Dave Garnbee. Roland Carpenter is the team’s center, and Ron Humbel and <fini Stinnet play the guard positions. Corvallis is coached by Bob Payne, an ex-Oregon State Col lege hooper. South Salem Saxons The South Salem Saxons will enter the state tournament for the second time in the short two year history of the school. In their first tournament appear ance last year, the Saxs won their Hillsboro High opener but then dropped their final two games to Central Catholic and Aioany. The Saxons were runner-ups in regular season nlav end in the first game of the district playoff. They had to settle for second in district, however, by losing to Corvallis Saturday night 56-54. "At Large" Berth Undetermined The tournament's sixteenth team is an “at large” representa tive to be determined by a play off game between the third place eight. North Salem, conqueror of Eend (ranked fifth in the state;, in a District Eight consolation game, will represent that district. North Salem also finished third in regular district play and is coach ed by Ken Hunt. Forwards John Jeltis, Bob Tom, Center Ken Clark, and guards Dennis Me Keefe and Jack Coy make op the North Salem starting lineup. North Salem’s District Five op ponent will be decided by a play off game between Cottage Grove and North Bend, who ended dis trict play with identical 5-5 rec ords. Coach Ray O'Dell’s North Bend Bulldogs secured first state tour nament entry for the first time in 13 years last year by beating Marshfield in district competi tion and w'iil be trying for two in a row. They are lead by guards Jack Shanley and Bert Why, both double figures scorers. Chuck Whittick, Ken Carer and John Blomquist round out the Bull dogs’ starting lineup. The Cottage Grove Dions have three starters all averaging over 11 points per game in district play. Leon Hays, Dean Castle and Don -Rice each turned in double By appointment purveyors ot soap to ttie late King oeurfe VI, Yard ley & Co., Ltd., London Yardley After Shaving Lotion tops off any shave, electric or lather! • soothes, refreshes the skin • helps heal razor nicks • counteracts dryness • gives brisk, masculine, non-lingering scent Starts you off with your host face forwardI At yowr campus store, $1.10 and $1.50, plus tax. Yardley products for America are created in England and finished in the U.S.A. from the original English formulae, combining imported and domestic ingredients. Yardley ol London, Inc., 620 Fifth Ave., N Y C
