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Newspaper Page Textri-,-ti't',tirrvM-trrtwr-artrTt Section D I 1 Sports, Classified LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER, EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1963 South Falls From Among A-l Tourney Contenders ! ; By PAUL HARVEY III 01 the Begteler-Guud Medford and North Eugene were still alive. So was defending champion Grants Pass. But one of the pre-tournament picks South Eugene was off in consola tion play Thursday as the state A-l basketball tournament entered the cham pionship quarterfinals. ' . South Eugene, No. 2-ranked team in the state, was dumped by defensive minded Milwaukie 47-41 Wednesday night in the lone first-round upset of McArthur Court classic. Before the tournament, the state's sportswriters picked South Eugene, North Eugene and Medford as the most likely to succeed. South Eugene is out of the picture and either Medford or- North Eugene was to be after Thursday afternoon. The two powers met in the opening game of the quarterfinal round at 3 p.m., Pendleton met Astoria at 4:15 p.m.. Grants Pass tangles with Sandy at 7:30 p.m. and Tigard goes against Milwaukie at 9:45 p.m. Never before have two Portland clubs lost both opening round games. Two circuits, the Southern Oregon Conference with Medford and Grants Pass and the Metro with Astoria and Milwaukie, both sent a pair of teams into the quarterfinals. It's no strange place for Astoria. The Fishermen have made the second round 27 times. Tournament attendance records con tinued to fall as 9,618 watched the Wed nesday night action and a total of 22,018 saw the three sessions Wednesday. Both were records and the five-day mark of 83,417 set a year ago is in jeopardy. The attendance after one round is 6.167 greater than the record pace of 1962 when 83,417 attended. High-powered offense was the rule in the opening round. Grants Pass, as it did a year ago has tremendous bal ance, turned in the top performance. Defensively, Milwaukie the team with the best defensive record among the state's A-l schools showed the most. Deliberate on offense and allowing South Eugene nothing on defense, the Mustangs pulled away in the second half when South Eugene hit a long scoring drought. The Mustangs held their opposition to an average of 37.1 points a game dur ing the regular season. South Eugene averaged 63.6 a game. South Eugene coach Hank Kuchera called his club's performance probably the worst he's ever had in a tournament. He's coached 13 Axemen teams into the tourney in 20 years. The Axemen were out-rebounded, out shot and the only thing they had the edge on was ball handling mistakes. They made them when they hurt the most when Milwaukie was rallying. On top of that. South Eugene made only two field goals in 19 attempts dur ing a span in the second half. The Axe men went more than nine minutes with out a field goal. Grants Pass, which got 32 points from Al Hutchins, rolled past South Salem 76-47 in what was expected to be a close game but became a surprising rout in the second half. Astoria, led by all-state candidate Dave Romppanen, had its problems be fore clipping Tillamook 58-53 and Pen dleton moved away in the final period for a 61-46 win over Molalla. Sandy, eliminated early a year ago, had no trouble in bouncing Hermiston 72-56 and Tigard downed Franklin 61 51 in the other first round games Wed nesday. None matched the opening night's thrills that saw a pair of overtime battles Medford over Lebanon 67-63 and No. 1-rankcd North Eugene over Marshall 68-66. Two highly-touted stars had their problems Wednesday, South Eugene's 6-6 John Pinkstaff getting but four points and South Salem's Gary Allen only eight. Hutchins was the individual surprise of the tournament's opening action. A member of the junior varsity last year when Grants Pass surprised every one but itself by winning the tourna ment, Hutchins was out in the early . season with an injury. Grants Pass coach Gordon. Prehm said Hutchins has been coming along. Prehm was right. Hutchins' 32 points equalled the opening-round high of Mcdford's Jack Fordo in the 67-63 4 ,' tr M f triumph over Lebanon Tuesday night Pendleton, the highest scoring team in the state with a 70-point average, didn't show it for three quarters, then broke loose for a 35-point fourth quarter to win going away. Romppanen, a second team all-tournament choice last year, pulled Astoria from the brink of defeat after Tillamook had fought within a point in the final period. Romppanen, who finished with 26 points, scored three crucial baskets to provido a lead the losing Cheesemakers never could overcome. Grants Pass dropped behind in the early going, then went ahead by nine points at halftime and, shooting 50 per cent in the second half, went ahead by 29 in the late stages. Sandy had no trouble, pulling far ahead in the second half, and Tigard . rallied in the second half to whip Frank-, lin with free throws turning tha tide. 11 t 111 Milwaukie Defense Surprises Axemen for 47-41 Triumph Milwaukie, which came into to Upset favored South Eugene ih A-l tournament with the 47-41 in opening round action best defensive record of the 18 of the A-l tournament. out-snot, teams, proved it Wednesday "When you don't penetrate a At one point In the second night. defense," said South Eugene half when Milwaukie was The Mustangs, who held their coach Hank Kuchera, you don't building up the edge that pro- minnnonta to an average of win-." vided the triumph the Axemen ooum cjUgene, a ciuo' .inai nau mi umy iwu ui ia ouuio likes to run . but never did since the intermission. Wednesday night, got few shots Not even North Eugene inside, were out-rebounded and with four players 6-5 or better- had out-rebounded the Axemen when South was at full strength. 37.1 point- a game, used a zone defense and a delloorate ottense Let's Go Axemen!' 'One Minute Left' mmmLfr'Jr -Wo 4' 'What Kind of a Call RejiUr-Gurd photoi by PhU Wolcolt) 'Uh, Oh, We Lost' Ti igard Trips Franklin, 61-51 t , . j j, raiMPinSSHIP FIRST ROUND Tigard broke a 51-all deadlocK coming oacn lor acauiotus i rrnkiii (Ji) f rb pf ip with a string of free throws 42-all ana -au. Gimbel n Thursday night and trimmed The winning Tigers finally got PJ.'1 Wl Franklin 61-51 to become the the lead again when Bill Bas- Mlr,h,n .Y..ii final firct-rnund A-l tourney trnn hit a field coal for a 49-48 Carr winner. edge, then didn't lead again Tigard, fighting back in the until Bastron broke the 51-all .11a h.if .fi.r Hronninu be- tie with two free throws. hind by nine points, hit eight The game was a big one for free throws, while Franklin was both clubs on the backboards, ' going scoreless. Tigard getting 84 rebounds and Tigard toppea ii on w.u. ;""--'.- - , :,,. B.'.tr,n 12 10 line t .362 clio to a .286 mark Bvn i o-o Stlbold w) Ward i., Ml Ford 0-0 Thompfton ...0-2 Romtlk. HI 33 0- 2 44 1- 1 0-0 2- 2 M (Vfl 0-0 ToUll -2M 11-19 J2 H 'Include ) learn relMunda. Franklin 52. and while Franklin Tirard (ID fic d goal nThe closing second,: took more shoU from the field ...-.--J Franklin moved ahead 29-25 to 58, Tigard made more hit- rt at haltume. men weni nn '""-,-," rinderhid. ....4-1 J is i anrPftthatLroVldedaniPe-pOintlor rr.iiM.il. Mullen M (Ml l rb pf Ip edge with r minutes piayea in the second half. . . . T- I Three minutes laic-r 15 Fr,nvii could convert only 11 f& a one-point lead ana . The Tigers also had the edge R... in free throws. The streak at the sireieh end gave them 19 of 28 while .1-1 34 o-i forced a turned the contest into a see-saw battle. Tigard led 41-40 with a period left, then dropped behind early ia the fourth quarter before of 18. Attendance: 41 Ntw Wednea day ntlht rerm-d. Old mark 9411 act In IMI.I Wedneadar toul 21.01. New record. Old Wednesday mark 21.7M tt la llii ) TOUH 21-51 lt-21 M 11 l -Includca 7 team rebound. Franklin 10 1 -' Tieard 10 15 1 50 1 sbooum ro-FOA rc-T. Franklin - 20-70 ,JM Tlcard 21-M OlficUli: Jack Lull and John De treaux. Rooting For South One of South Eugene's most ardent rooters in its state A-l basketball tournament game against Milwaukie at McArthur Court Wed nesday night was three-year-old Debbie Eklund, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ek lund, 275 East 39th Ave., Eugene. As South's mascot she joined the rest of the almost 10,000 fans in expressing her sym pathies as South led early In the game, faded and finally fell, 47-41. Grants Pass Turns Back South Salem Hutchins Gets 32 In -76-47 Victory Grants Pass has added a big scorer to the balance that car ried the Cavemen to the state title a year ago. Al Hutchins tossed in 32 points Wednesday afternoon as Grants Pass rolled past South Salem 76-47 with surprising ease. The Cavemen hit 50 per cent of their shots from the field in the second half as a nine point halftime bulge scored to 29 in the fourth quarter. 1 A second-quarter scoring surge by the defending cham pions turned what looked like a tight game into a rout. In the process. Grants Pass sat on highly-touted Gary Allen who fouled out in the fourth quarter with Just eight points. The Cavemen gave Saxon cen ter Marv Dolezal all he could handle on the backboards. : South Salem, fourth in the tournament a year ago, moved into a quick 7-1 lead as Grants Pass went nearly five minutes without a field goal. , South Salem, ahead 17-10 at the quarter, hit a scoring drought in the second quarter while Grants Pass was taking a lead it never lost. Eight straight Caveman points wiped out a 19-14 Saxon lead and Grants Pass was ahead 23 20 before a free throw by Dole zal ended the streak. Grants Pass pulled gradually ahead the rest of the half, then after the margin got no less than eight points went ahead by 16 in the third quarter and even further in the fourth pe riod. Grants Pass shot .412 for the game to South Salem's .351. The Cavemen also had a 55-43 edge in rebounds. Wayne Metzer led the Saxons with 15 points. CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST ROUND GRANTS PASS U f FO FT FB Pippin ... Shepard . Hutchlna Sparlln Keiiecker Bauer . Scolt ... Llndqulft Reddlck -O'Leary 2-12 04 .13-22 1-14 15 . 21 0-0 . 11 . 14 .. 1-1 i-a 0- i - 2-2 S-7 1- 2 0-fl 0-2 0-0 tr tp 0 9 t 0 1 32 1 11 4 S 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 I Totala 2S4 M-ll M 11 technical foul Includes I team reboundi. SOUTH SA1.FM (41) FO FT Melner . 714 Kelllcut . 4-7 Joleiel 2-20 Allen 4-U Johnion . 1-4 Ollnier .. O-I Thompson 0-0 R'worth . M Sbeldon . O-i Glenn 11 RB 10 0 pr tp 2 IS 2 2 t 0 0 0 1 i i-zzm--v' i V 1 The Mustangs did by a 37-33 margin. John Pinkstaff, SoJth Eu gene's all-state candidate, got but four points on a single field goal and a pair of free throws. "We never got inside with that ball," said Kuchera. "We just didn't play our game. We were inept at handling that ball." 1 Kuchera, with hia 13th tourna ment team, said It probably was the worst performance he'a ever . had in the annual classic. The Axemen, the pick of the state'a aportswrlters by a slim margin to capture the title, led much of the first half when they were getting reasonable shooting. After dropping behind in the early moments, the Axemen came back for a half dozen five-point leads, then slowly lost the edge late in the first half. : Dave Green, who turned in what Milwaukie coach John Rhodo called his best offense game ever, led a rally that aw Milwaukie trail only 22-21 at halftime, then move In front for good at the start of the second half. Green's 15-foot jump shot provided the lead but South Eugene stayed within point until three minutes remained in the third quarter. Then the cold spell really set in. ' When Dick Shearer hit from the side with 1:30 left In the period, it was to be the last Axeman field goal until 1:24 was left in the game. In the meantime, Milwaukie grabbed a lead that reached 10 points. - a. buoink 141) It Wlllla 4-S Lockard . 4-U Plnkitaff 1-7 Officer 2-11 Gjeivold . 11 Muth 00 Shearer 1-2 Roche 0-1 Callentlno 0-1 Myera 0-1 ft 3-3 35 2-3 1-1 21 00 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 rb o i o : i 0 Totala 14-47 1S-IS S3 M 41 Includes 4 team rebounda. MII,WAUKIE(47) It Beall Grenler . Green Armatrong 3-1 . 1-1 9-19 1-t F.lchelberger .. 310 Joy Bohtman ...... 04 0-1 1M4 U-IS 37 11 47 Totala Includes I team rebounda. South Emene ' II 10 1041 Mllwaukl U 11 shoollnl . fr-'ie South fc'ijene .- 1447 Milwaukie 1M4 Pet, .2S .409 OfMcllli: Ford. Bob Stewart and Pat Totala 20-57 7-17 4J 17 Includes I team reboundi. Grants Pane ..10 South Salem .17 5474 1147 thMmmmvm.jmMjMi.. "uekiewict. Sheotlac . ro-FOA PCT Granla Pa . 2M .411 Mouth Kalem ... .. 2047 .211 Officiate: Fred Wlleon and Walt f Reflater-Cluard pholoa by Phil Grenon) J This could be called the hidden-head t til trick. Caught for these two instants HlfinPn behind basketballs are Bob Officer (50) Ul OUULIl JVUgCIIU dllU JWU UMU v. Milwaukie during their first-round state A-l championship game at Mc Arthur Court Wednesday night. Mil waukie defenses pretty well kept the basket hidden from South as well in posting 47-41 victor'. Head Trick A-l Tourney . WEDNKSDAV S RESULTS ' Champlonihlp Flrit ROM. Pendleton SI, Molalla 44 Aitorla S8, Tillamook 51 ' Granta Paaa 78, South Salem 57 -Sandy 72, Hermlaton M Mllwaukla 47, south Euiene 41 Tlsard 81, Franklin 61 , THURSDAY'S RESULTS Coniolatloa Quarterflnila ' Marahall . Ibanon 58 Molalla 39, Tillamook 11 South Salem (2, Hermlaton SI THURSDAY'S SCHEDUIB ' centolaUon Quarterflnala South Euiene-Franklln, 1:4) p.m. ' Champlonihlp QuarterflruUa Medford North Eusene, I p.m. Pendleton-Aatorla, 4:15 p.m. , Granta Paaa-Sandy, 7:30 p.m. . v Mllwaukia-Tliard, 1:45 p.m., ' FRIDAY'S SCHEDULR i Consolation semifinals Manhall-Molalla, 9:30 a.m. South Salem va. South Eu(an Franklin winner, 11:48 a.m. , Feurlh Place Semltlnala Medlord-North Eugene loaera va, Pendleton-Aatorla loaer, 1 p.m. r.ranli Paaa-Sandy loaer ve. Mil- I araukia-Tlgard loaer. 1:11 p.m. V "