Sixteen Teams to Vie in Mac Court
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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.
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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
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