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BOGUS NEWS
FRI., MARCH 19, 1965
Varsity, JV's, Sophs Conclude Season
With Randy Nelson, Dwight
Morrill, and Wayne Calvary domi
nating the statistics, the Grizzly
quintet ended their season last
weekend.
Although the Bruins' win-loss
record was 2-20, .statistic-wise
the Bears showed an improve
ment over last year.
The junior varsity and sopho-1
more hoop teams also ended their
seasons as the JVs won seven and
last nine while the sophomores
won two and lost 11 up to
March 15.
Ashland had the only JV team
to beat the Prospect varsity twice
while the JVs romped to win
over Crescent City twice, and
Crater, Klamath, and Grants Pass
once. The sophomores beat the
Prospect JV and Eagle Point
Statistics
High scorer tor the Grizzly
varsity squad was Randy Nelson
as he scored 227 points. He also
had the highest shooting per
centage with .350. Randy placed and a 36 percentage. The team
among the top 10 scorers in the has a 32 percentage,
conference. Wayne Calvary was For the sophomore five, Kent
second Bruin scorer with 194 Carter led the scoring for 13
points and a .340 percentage, games as he had 115 points;
Dave Barger had 138 points and Craig Korthase had 114 points
290 while Dwight Morrill had
120 points and a .310 percentage.
The team had a .310 percentage,
scoring 684 points on field goals
during the season.
The top three free-throwers
(with 25 or more), were Calvary
with 38 points and a 69 percent
age, Ekwall with 22 points and a
69 percentage, and Hardy with 19
points and 76 percentage. The
team had 272 points ' and a 55
percentage.
Randy Nelson led the team in
rebounding, followed by MorrilL
JVs, Sophs
Tex Willis led the junior var
sity with 230 points and a 34 per
centage, while Dave Lewis has
146 points and a 31 percentage,
and Ron Leblanc has 144 points
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Clayton Swartz struggles to pin his opponent in the district
meet held recently.
GRA Hoopsters Take
District Championship
The AHS Girls' Recreation As
sociation swamped the Medford
GRA, 48 to ll, in a game played
at Medford on Monday, March 8.
Lyla Voth was high scorer for
Ashland with 25 points. Nancy
Phillips dunked 15, Dian Murphy
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With victories over Crater,
Rogue River, and Grants Pass,
the Ashland GRA won the dis
trict basketball tournament held
here recently.
AHS overwhelmed Crater, 10-4,
in the first, game. The Ashland
Rogue River game was a hard
fought battle with the Ashland
girls coming out triumphantly,
7-5. In the third and final contest,
Ashland swept over Grants Pass,
17-6.
Playing for the Ashland GRA
were Lyla Voth, Dian Murphy,
Linda Tucker, Nancy Phillips,
Diane Collver, Teresa LoegeL
Judy Jameson, Cathy Phelps,
Vicky Budden, Bernadette Hawk,
Dana Weitman, Kola Hobson,
Barbara Gunter, and Rita Harris.
Players Honored
During Banquet
Randy Nelson and Wayne Cal
vary were awarded special awards
at the basketball banquet Monday.
Nelson received . the trophies
for most points and rebounds for
the season while Calvary was
voted the most inspirational
player award.
and Scott Weaver had 59 points.
Lonnie Slack 57, and Mike Krug
had 53 points.
From the free throw line, three
boys shot over .500 percent. Car
ter was 27-47, Kortha.se was 32-
V), and Slack was 19-28.
Crater Nips JV In
Double Overtime
Prior to the varsity mix, the
Crater junior varsity tripped the
AHS JV's 54-53 when Ernie Pruitt
for the Comets sank a long shot
with one second showing on the
clock.
With only 59 seconds remain
g in the regulation game, Jeff
Cotton tipped in two free-throws
to tie the score at 4646. Then
Pruitt missed a foul shot as did
Dave Lewis and the score was
knotted at the end of the game.
Using the stalling technique,
the Grizzlies lost the ball then
had two technical fouls called on
the bench in the first overtime.
Mike J. Turner of Crater put in
one of the shots and the Crater
JV pulled ahead. Ron Leblanc
proceeded to tie the game with a
foul shot, but with only nine
seconds left in the overtime, Jerry
Bevans fouled a Crater player
and the Comet hoopster put both
shots in for a 49-47 edge for
Crater. Bevans then stole the ball
from Crater and made a shot in
the last second to tie the game
again and force another overtime.
Both teams went scoreless until
with only 40 seconds left John
Mitchell hit the basket and Ash
land pulled ahead 51-49. Mitchell
added a foul shot to put the
Bruins ahead by three points with
seconds remaining.
Beman then made a field goal
for the Comets and Crater put
the press on Ashland. A Bruin
player hit the ball out of bounds
and Crater had it with nine
seconds remaining in the game.
Pruitt then made his shot and
the Crater fans were yelling it up.
Jeff Cotton won high point
honors for Ashland, as he scored
14 points. Beman led Crater with
15 points. Ashland trailed 24-20
at halftime.
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Jack G ruber and Wayne Calvary look on as Randy Nelson shoots
over the heads of two Crater players in Saturday's game which
ended in a victory for the Comets, 51-47.
Medford, Crater Defeat
Bruins To End Season
The AHS Grizzlies lost their ', behind as the game progressed.
fourth game in a row to Medford
the Tornado walloped the
Bruins 79-42 at Medford recently.
The Grizzlies never led the
contest as they just fell further
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Win; AHS Foiled
Grants Pass, the defending
state wrestling champions, re
tained their conference champion
ship as they rolled up 197 points
in the district meet held here
March 5 and 6.
Medford compiled 108 points
while Klamath chalked up 98,
Crater made 74, and Ashland
netted 20 points.
Of 13 individual championships,
the Cavemen had five, Medford
four, Klamath three, and Crater
one.
Two Ashland wrestlers placed
among the top four of their
weight divisions; Jerry Sessions
gained a third in the 123-weight
class, decisioning Harold Tice of
Klamath, 2), and Tade Farmer
received fourth place in the 148
category.
Mike Bickler led the Tornado
scoring with 18 points. Randy
Nelson scored 15 for Ashland and
six of the first eight points
scored.
The Bruins had only a .233 per
centage while at the foul line,
the Bruins hit for a .500 per
centage. Medford hit for a .395
as they shot 76 times and scored
on 30 shots and they shot a .613
at the charity line. Medford led
by 20 points at halftime, 39-19.
Crater Nips Grizzlies
A disastrous second quarter
led to defeat for Ashland the next
night, as Crater beat the Bruins
51-47.
Dave Barger led the Bruin at-
Randy Nelson and Tade Farmer
received the Athletes of the
Month awards in recognition of
their outstanding work in basket
ball and wrestling, respectively.
The awards were given by the
Rogue News sports staff recently tack, scoring 14 points. Randy
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Randy is noted for being the
Grizzlies' highest scorer and re
bounder. Nelson, a six-foot four-
inch junior, lettered for the sec
ond year in a row as he has played
the game since the fifth grade.
Randy also participates in foot
ball and track and likes to hunt
and fish. He is a member of De-
Molay and the Lettermen's Club.
Tade Farmer received recog
nition for his efforts in wrestling
this season. Last year was his
first year out for the sport. Far
mer, a five-foot-seven, 148-pound
grappler with seven wins and
four losses this year, came in
fourth in the district tournament
held here recently. Tade partici
pates in DeMolay and Lettermen's
Club and enjoys bowling and
playing football.
Nelson and Jack Gruber each had
nine points.
The second quarter saw Ash
land miss 10 straight shots until
Gruber scored a foul shot. Crater
scored 14 points to the Bears'
six following a 18-13 first quarter.
to lead at halftime 30-19.
The Grizzlies outscored Crater
17-11 and 11-10 in the third and
fourth periods. Ashland came up
to tie Crater 43 all in the final
minutes, but Crater again pulled
ahead and won the contest by
four points.
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