Portland Observer. December 22, 1962 P»Qe 9
¡ PIL Forecast
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Marshall M inutem an
One o f the darkhorse teams in the
league practices d aily in the M a r
shall gym. The M in u tem en return
three players from last season's state
q u a rte rfin a l team w ith plans on
sneaking up on the pack.
Don Em ry, M arshall head coach,
pians on making up for lack o f size
by using pressure defense, hustle
and his team's tw o biggest assets—
quickness and shooting ability.
" W e 're hoping to gain a p la yo ff
spot [the P IL qualifies four teams).
W e think we have a chance for one
o f thenf," Emry said.
H eading up (he charge is ju n io r
R o b ert Key. Key is averaging 2$
points per game this season and hit
for 31 against Benson. The M inu te
men lost by six to the Techmen but
Emry saw that as a positive sign. " I
look for us to challenge. W e played
a good game against Benson."
Senior fo rw ard s Leonard W ade
and W ilb ert A n to in e are the other
returning players Emry looks to for
production.
Marshall will hope to earn one of
those fo u r p la y o ff positions and
E m ry re ally believes they can.
" A fte r G rant and Benson, anyone
could come in there.”
Cleveland Indiana
Some o f the firin g guns m en
tioned earlier belong to the Indians.
C lev elan d is swamped w ith good
shooters as evidenced by a field goal
percentage o f over 50 percent for all
three games.
Craig M iller, a 6-1 forward, leads
the way with a shooting percentage
o f 62 percent and 25 points a game
average.
Cleveland rates as another team
that could surprise this year. Head
coach Gary Tash is highly confident
that his first year as head man will
be a good one. " I don't sec any rea
son why we can't be one o f the bet
ter teams in the city,” Tash said.
T o accomplish that goal the In
dians are going to wear out some
tennis shoes. " W e play a fast style
o f basketb all. Fast break and fu ll
court press the whole g am e ," Tash
said.
Grant Ganarala
T his was supposed to be some
sort o f rebuilding year for the G en
eral team that went 19-$ last season
and won 12 out o f 14 league games
but don’t tell that to the team mem-
, bers.
M u ch traveled firs t year head
coach John Stilwell has (he Generals
lite ra lly o f f and running. " I ’ m an
up-tempo type o f coach,” he said.
" I like to get the game m o v in g ."
G ran t is m oving up and dow n the
; court at a pace that brought a 68-56
win over Parkrose.
F ran klin head coach Hugh Pen
n in g ton changed his m ind about
Grant after the Generals soared o ff
to a 40-point win over the Quakers.
" T h e y loo k p retty to u g h ,” P en
nington said.
One of the big surprises so far this
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Then try the Union Avenue . . .
year is the development o f forw ard
R ich ard H o llis . By playing at rim
level, Hollis pocketed 28 points in a
game versus Glencoe and fired in 19
in the Parkroec shoot out.
G uard s E ric Ross and C o ry
W ashington arc tw o o f the reasons
Stilwell said, “ I ’ ve got the best team
I ’ ve ever coached talent-wise.” Ross
pumped in 23 against Parkrose and
alo ng w ith H o llis form s a deadly
o n e -tw o punch. S tilw e ll said,
"Richard is doing really well inside.
F o r a ju n io r w ho hasn't played
much, he has a lot of talen t."
G ra n t's biggest problem now is
the fact that they are no longer a se
cret. Teams are going to prepare for
them and that w ill create more o f a
challenge— a challenge the Generals
will try to run right over.
A n in ju ry here and there and a
couple o f other surprises are going
to make the Portland Interscholastic
League's basketball season like the
shoot-out at the O K . corral. Guns
< are going to be firing and it's going
to be a wide open affair.
Early season predictions had Ben
son Tech slated to w in a th ird
straight P IL crown but those ideas
have been bolstered for awhile.
Benson was dealt a dam aging
blow when 6-5 U lf Spears, one o f
the state’s premier players, suffered
a badly sprained ankle just over a
week ago. Spears missed the entire
week o f school this past week and
Benson head coach Dick G ray isn’ t
sure how serious the injury is to his
star player.
" I t w ill definitely hurt us,” Bray
said. He reported that Spears should
be back p layin g by the m id dle o f
January unless complications arise.
Describing Spears' importance to
the tea m , G ra y said, “ W e d o n ’ t
have a guy to substitute who can re
bound or score as m uch."
W hile most o f the coaches in the
P IL are predicting that Benson will
b attle fo r the league title . G ray
sticks to his guns in saying the team
w ill fin ish th ird or fo u rth . " W e
w ould be th ird or fo u rth w ith U lf
out and we'll struggle to be third or
fo u rth when we get him b a c k ,"
Gray said.
He says there are other teams with
more experience at more postitions
in the league. G ra n t, W ilso n and
Roosevelt were mentioned. "Those
are three teams we have to beat.
W ith o u t U l f , we w ould have a
problem beating them ."
One big problem facing the Tech-
men is that they a re n ’ t as deep as
past seasons. Steve A d am s, A n
thony Stroughter and Kenny L uck
ett are three o f the starters but Gray
said, “ W e’re still looking for a fifth
guy"
W hen Spears gets back, Benson
will be a team to reckon with but for
now they sit on the same fence post
with the rest o f the league.
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M an y people feel that Roosevelt
w ill have anything but a rough ride
on the way to the p la y o ffs . T h a t
feelin g is form ed when loo kin g at
Five returning starters buoyed by 6-9
center John Piwarchuck.
P iw a rc h u ck is the big man fo r
Roosevelt but not the only one who
can shine for the team. Leon Brew
er, Andre Phelps and Andre George
can Find the scoring book also.
Friday night the Roughriders won
a battle with Cleveland. The Rough-
riders won 95-86 behind a balanced
scoring a tta c k . B rew er ta llie d 22
points, Piwarchuck tossed in 19 and
George contributed 16 points.
T he win puts the Roughriders at
2-0 in the P IL race so fa r. W ilson
fell 100-66 to the pow erful offense
o f Roosevelt.
Fans o f the N o rth Portland high
school should see plenty o f scoring
this year and a bushel o f baskets.
Lincoln Cardinals
Inexperience and lack o f height
are tw o o f the problems facing 0-2
Lincoln. “ W e’re not real big. This is
pro bably the smallest group w e've
had at Lincoln in some tim e," head
coach Tom Thomas said.
T h e te a m ’ s big gun is M ic h a e l
Lankton He fired in 18 points in a
49-45 loss to Marshall Friday night.
Thomas rates Lankton as one o f the
top shooters in the P IL . " M ic h a e l
probably has (lie best range o f any
one in the league. Once he gets hot,
just get him the ball and the b all's
going d o w n ," Thomas said.
Even (hough the team is sm all,
Thomas is pleased with the way the
players are working together. " I ’ m
more optimistic because the kids are
workin h ard ."
Madiaon Senators
Talking about his basketball team
isn't the most pleasant subject right
now for M adison head coach Bob
O sborn. The Senators were put far
beh in d because o f the M ad iso n
football team making the state play
o ffs and numerous other problems
have surfaced since then.
N otably injuries and other in te r
ests have left the Madison squad on
the edge o f collapse. G u a rd C hris
K o c k , one o f the three re tu rn e rs ,
left the team for personal reasons as
did guard Tiny Butler. Injuries have
sidelined guards B illy P o rter and
T im M cC o rm ick and left the team
without very many guards.
T ran sfe r Edgar G lo ver has been
declared ineligible and point guard
John Clark has been out ill.
A ll o f these p ro blem s have re
sulted in a 0-3 start at (he season's
b eg in n in g and le ft the Senators
gasping fo r a ir. " W e 'v e got some
problem s," Osborne said. “ You go
into a season hoping you can solve
these problems the best you can."
Osborn hopes (he football players
will come around soon. Junior Dave
Brannon missed a week after fo o t
b all to get some dental work done
and still is, " N o t where we would
lik e him to b e ," according to O s
born.
Franklin Quakers
Hugh Pennington spent 12 years
at Benson as an assistant coach be
fore moving to Franklin this season.
A long with him he brought a great
deal o f basketball knowledge and a
new system.
P en n in g ton is hop ing th at the
Quakers w ill adapt to a faster style
o f play and compete with the rest of
the league. "S o m e o f the kids are
having trouble handling the ball on
the m o v e ,” he said. " W e w ant to
play a faster game than they're used
to .”
Brian C ro o k is playing his third
season on the varsity and averaged
in d o u b le figu res last season.
Crook and the team w ill need more
as shown in a 40-point loss to Grant
in the league opener.
“ There’s the potential to be fairly
competitive. A lot depends on how
these kids work together," Penning
ton said.
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Wilson Trojans
W ilson is using a little o f (he old
and some o f the new to jum p out to
a fast start in the P IL race. Last
year's team leader B ria n W ilso n
pumped in 24 points against M a r
shall as the Trojans won 86-81. He's
the old.
The new is a player named Rich
Banton and he em erged w ith 27
points against the Quakers.
Wilson has eight returning letter-
men this season and fo u r starters
back fro m a 10-10 team last year.
The team rates as one o f the favor
ites to earn one o f four playoff posi
tions from the P IL .
J .ffa r a o n D a m o c ra ta
Before the season began Jefferson
coach Bobby H a rris said his team
would be right in the m iddle o f the
fight fo r the p la y o ffs . People are
taking him seriously after the Dem
ocrats stunned G ra n t 67-62 Friday
night.
Jefferson used a balanced scoring
output to upend one o f the favorites
for the league title . John Johnson
led the way with 15 points and C u r
tis Penny chipped in with 14.
Johnson is a 6-3, 250-pound cen
ter fo rw ard who is counted on for
offensive production. Keith Jackson
guides the o ffen se as the p oin t
guard but can also score. H e had
nine points in the win over G rant.
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