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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. KLAMATH NIPS TORNADO FOR A-1 TOGA MONDAY. MARCH 20. 1961 TORNADO ALL-STATERS Bob Quinney, left, and Dick n I- nUn.. mumVinya nt MnrlfnrH high's hackpthnt lUKauull:i auwvv, tin.uiui.ig w - team which was runnerup Saturday night in the Oregon ... ... W I , ,U nil (Jlass A-l lournameni ai .ugene, were nuinuu iu t tourney first team. Named with them on the No. 1 all-star T3.inA n.lolrnAr Vlnmnlh Folio- .Tim .Tarvis. Rose burg, and Jim Smith, Wilson. Champion Klamath Falls placed Gary FaUKe ana wauy raimDurs on me kohi team. Also on the six-man No. 2 club were Bo Blair, South Eugene; Ed Tollefson, Grant; Mike Brundage, Roseburg, and Terry DeSylvia, David Douglas. Quinney Top Scorer, Rebounder in Meet . University of Oregon, Eu gene - Bob Quinney, Med- ford's all-state forward copped the two major individual ti ties of scoring and rebounding in leading his ball club to a second place finish in the 43rd Oregon A-l basketball tourney at McArthur court here. Quinney shot a very respec table .481 from the field and had a 22.3 average points per game for his team's four tour ney contests. His total points were 89. He cleared the boards 54 times. Bruce Brickner, Klamath Falls' center was second to Quinney in both departments. Brickner tallied 74 and grabbed down 50 rebounds to lead the Pelicans to the state A-I crown. Behind Quinney and tied with Brickner in rebounding was Gary Patzke of Klamath Falls with 50. He was follow ed by Doug McDougal of Wil son with 42 and Ron Lake of Roseburg grabbed the fifth spot with 30 in three games. Rounding out the top five In the scoring race were Jim Smith of Wilson, who netted 72 - counters, Jim Jarvis of Roseburg, with 66 in three games, and Larry Eno of Cor vallis, with 63, also in three contests. The top ten scorers were: Patzke's Last Moment Bucket Gives Pels Nod In Oregon Cage Finale FC ulnney, Medford . 37-77 rlckner. Klamath Falls 30-80 Smith, WlUon ...... 27-60 Jarvls, Roseburg L. 27-00 Enos. Corvallli 22-50 DcSylvia, DoilRlni 20-94 Blair. South Eugene 21-42 Palmberg;, Klnmath Falll 20-66 Brundage, Roseburg 22-57 Prlnti, St. Helena 16-20 FT TP AVE. 15- 10 80 22.3 14-20 74 , 18.5 18-24 72 18.0 12-17 66 22.0 10-22 63 21.0 22-30 62 13.5 16- 21 58 14.5 14-20 94 13.3 10-14 94 18.0 18-20 48 16.0 CENTER TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY f Oil Change ... 99c fli I 5 Quarts Regular Oil I VI Lube Job .... 99c JL Wheel Pack . . 99c C4 . Brake Adj 99c Jcipj Wed.&Thurs. W ONLY II Open Thur$. Till 9 P.M. 1 1 ll COMPLETE WHEEL ALIGNMENT H 5.99 -v Include! Caster, Camber It and Toe-in Adjustments ' M Wheel Balancing- " I I ii u I " Ti " v. HAVE YOUR AUTO REPAIRED WHILE YOU SHOP . . . OUR SERVICEMEN ARE EXPERTS. . '"Satibfucliun guaranteed SP 1-6641 or your money back" 0mm mondayi SEARS ffg By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sporli Editor McArthur Court, Univer sity of Oregon, Eugene The Klamath Union High school Pelicans soared high today. For they are the Oregon Class A-l champs in basketball for the second time in four years. Leaders in unofficial prep polls through the season, until their claim was challenged near the finish, the White birds of Klamath Falls assert ed their right to No. 1 billing in the state here Saturday night. They nipped a renitent, aroused defending champion in the finals of Oregon's an nual big school tournament and officialiy tucked away the crown. ' In one of the great games and thrillers in the 15 years that McArthur court has been the scene of INs state's big gest prep athletic show, spar kling Klamath edged out Med ford's tremendous and obsti nate Black Tornado 66 to 64 in a finale unprecedented be cause it matched two South ern Oregon conference teams. Klamath's sharp and sturdy stalwarts built good leads twice during this titular strug gle. But, the Hurricane of Medford, a team which was built around rash desire, per sistence and ability, which reached its crest at tourney time, did not bow easily. It came raging back dramatical ly each time.. Only a Klamath bucket in the last few seconds and the final buzzer squelch ed the Big Wind's dream a so- 'd straight cage diadem wlu.h would have been the fourth in history for the school. Patike'i Lay up Wins - The hoop pennant for Klam ath Falls is its third. Others were in 1043 and 1948. Gary Patzke's easy layup with five seconds left to play settled the issue in Saturday's championship battle. Some how, Klamath's Pelicans, able and worthy wearers of the diadem, got Patzke wide open under the hoop. He dumped the points in unchallenged. Medford made a final try to score but it failed. This was K Falls fourth win this year over the Black Tor nado. The three others were in the Southern Oregon loop. Medford's victory over the Pelicans in their final league engagement and the Tornado's sizzling .triumphs, in three tourney games here, neverthe less, raised Medford's star in the eyes of tournament goers. Many felt the Whirlwind would deplume the White birds a second time in the Dis trict 6 replay and retain the mantle won last year. And the Tornado almost did it. It did keep KF from being an over whelming decisive champ. Yet, the two teams stood above the rest. . Bruce Brickner, 6-7 all-tourney center, spurred the Pels of Coach Dean White to tri umph in the final with his best game of the season. He had 27 points and 15 re bounds. His field goals held off Medford In the stretch. Yet, It was not Brickner alone. It was a well-meshed endeavor the rebounding and clutch shooting of Patzke, the key scoring of Hunsaker and the early long range gun ning and floor play of Fred Biehn, Ray Taylor and Wally Palmborg in a game that was offensive-minded yet saw some fine defense. Medford, too, got more of that sterling play which awed fans through its every tour ney game. First team all staters Bob Quinney and Dick Rogsdole had 21 and 18 re spective pointr and Scott Eaton, bulwark of the night, totaled 15. These three Tor nadocs put In all the Med ford points until 37 were on the board. Then, Jim Barry came through to help carry on the fight. . Quick hand work by Rags dale, Bnrry and Eaton gave Coach Frank Roclandt's Mcd fords steals and Interceptions on defense. Steve Hoots team ed with Quinney, Rogsdale, Barry and Eaton in balanced rebounding to match the Peli cans on the boards. Both clubs fired from the field with scorching accu racy, KF hitting .458 and Med ford .448. The Tornado put in more tree tosses, ii lo mo Klamaths 10. But early misses proved costly in the end as did a few defensive lapses of which the Pels took full ad vantage. And, it hurt Medford, also, when 6-4 Quinney was tab bed with his fourth foul and sat out almost five minutes of the third quarter. Medford did not falter with him on the bench. The Tornado virtu ally held its own. But, with him in the lineup there was that possibility that the Rogue valley quintet could have built a margin to withstand Klam ath's early fourth panel surge. When tall Bob did return, he had to take care to avoid a game-banishing foul. Controlled Jump Klamath had Palmberg side lined for about three minutes of the third canto with four infractions. Patzke, a solid workhorse through the campaign for Klamath Falls, was the hero of the final seconds in two respects. He controlled a jump ball that set up the victory opportunity as well as putting in the winning bucket. With 50 seconds left and the tilt tied at 64 all, Klamath threw the ball away when a long pass down court misfired. Medford called time out. The Tornado came out and played ball control, waiting for the opportunity for a sure shot. A chance came but Bob Quin hey's swing under the hoop was just a bit hurried and the ball barely missed going into the ring with 17 seconds left. Medford's Dick Ragsdale and Patzke struggled for the rebound and with 15 seconds on the clock a held ball was tooted. Took Hunsaker Pass Patzke tipped the ball to Brickner and the Pe(s brought it down the floor. With the five seconds remaining, Kent Hunsaker flipped the ball to Patzke all alone under the basket for an easy and decid ing layup. What had failed for Medford worked for Klamath Falls. Medford took time outt to slop the clock with four sec onds to play. Then, the Tor nado brought the ball down court hurriedly but Quinncy's long layup at the buzzer failed to find the range. . Medford's stouthearted Tor nadoes, who fought back with ferver in the face of adversity, were down eight points but far from out with 5:10 remain ing the scuffle. Klamath Falls led 40 to 48 after a nip and tuck third pe riod. Patzke opened the final canto with a turning jumper. Brickner put in a pair of foul shots and next scored off a long pass from Wally Palm berg. The count was 55 to 48. Bob Quinney meshed a driver for Medford. Brickner, all alone in the circle got a goal and Palmberg's free heave made It 58 to 50. Knot Game at 62 At this stage, the title de fenders, reluctant to yield the crown, rallied forces with Eaton, Ragsdale and Barry coming through in style with steals and interceptions. Rags dale put in a rebound bucket and, after KF's Brickner had put back his own retrieve for 60 to 52, Ragsdale downed a two-hand jump. Quinney ad ded a long push bucket for 60 to 56 but Brickner offset with a jump from the side. Eaton tallied on Quinncy's as sist, Quinney drilled a jump from the top of the key and Barry tabulated on a half court drive off a Ragsdale pass. That knotted the game at 62 with 2:33 to play. With 1:12 on the clock, Brickner netted a hook five feet from the ring. Fifty-seven seconds showed when Quinney hit a juniper from left fore court. That made it 64 apiece. Medford, trailing by seven points at 7 to 13 with two min utes to go in the first quarter, pulled up even with the Pels with Ha minutes left in the half, jumped on top by half time, then skirmished nip and tuck with the Whiteblrds through the third session of the tangle. Tornado Takes Lead KF headed 14 to 10 as the second stanza opened and Brk'knor's rebound put his crew six points til' the lead. Medford's Dick Ragsdale and the Pel's Ray Taylor ex changed drivers for 18 to 12. Scott Eaton giftercd for MHS. Bob Quinney followed with a driving bucket on a Ragsdale feed. Eaton goaled off a weave across the slot and the differ ence was down to 18 to 17. Tatzkc plunked a rebound for the Klamaths. Quinney countered with a brace of The High Country Aberdeen Angus Show & Sale 40 R. Bulla, Ind. ft P.ni 30 Ra. Ftmalft, Inc. 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Equally important in the decision, he added, was the small stadium provided for the game in St. Petersburg. held yesterday by the Med ford Rifle and Pistol club. Sectionals are held through out the U.S. Scores are com piled by the National Rifle Association and awards given to the national champions. Harry Heidenreich Jr., Med ford, came in second with 778 and also won the standing match with 190 out of 200. Archie Haskins, Ashland, a former sectional champion, was third with 774. James Flowers, Midland, Ore., led the experts with 767. Marvin Nelson, Medford, was top sharpshooter with 714, Bill Hawk, a junior from Grants Pass, was top marksman with 747 and, in a special junior division, Mike Cavin from Roseburg led with 752. In the team ' competition Ashland Gun club of Haskins, Rose Van Buskirk, Elmo Brown and Robert Heitmanek totaled 1522. Next came the Medford team of D. J. Bolton, Jerry Heitmanek, Roy Schroe der and Heindenreich with 1511. MedfordWtribunk IPIffiTS free stripe points. Brickner's turning jump from the side established 22 to 19. Ragsdale tossed in a free marker and Quinney goaled from the slot. The score was 22 for each. Kent Hunsaker scored for Klamath off a board retrieve. Eaton sunk a driving layup for 24-each and then his one hand push from 25 feet out made it 26 to 24 with 41 sec onds remaining in the half. Medford held the lead for the first time since Ragsdale had put in the first field shot of the game. Quinney hit on a driving layin after a Ragsdale steal for 28 to 24. Brickner netted a pusher from the fore court about 10 feet to the side for 28 to 26 at halftime. Eaton and Patzke traded buckets as the second half got underway. Ragsdale and Wal ly Palmberg exchanged for Medford, 32 to 30. Ragsdale put in a free shot and Brick ner. met the challenge with a jump from the right baseline. Another charity throw by Ragsdale made it 34 to 32. The game was deadlocked at 32 on a Palmberg drive across the key. Quinney got a Tor nado foul point and Eaton's jumper from the head of the key gave Medford 37 to 34 margin. A Brickner goal and giftcr evened play at 37, Jim Barry swished a two-hander from the right for Medford but Brickner hooked from the side for 39 apiece. The Tor nado went ahead again on Barry's 25-foot set but Hun saker hit for KF on a jumper from the baseline. A free cast by Ragsdale and two by Hoots mounted an MHS gap of 44 to 41. Hunsaker swished the net for the Pels from the right forecourt but Ragsdale put through Medford's fourth and fifth straight free shots for 46 to 45. Brickner canned a corner jump and Fred Biehn took a pass and drove for a layup for KF lead at 47 to 46. Barry boomed a driver for the Tor nado, and Medford count of 48 to 47 with nine seconds left in the stanza. Hunsaker, how ever, connected on a long set pusher at the period buzzer. Klamath reached the finale of the tourney with wins of 46 to 43 over St. Helens, 75 to 53 over Corvallis and 57 to 49 over Grant of Portland. Medford marched 65 to 32 over 'Tillamook, 60 to 33 over South Salem and 59 to 48 over Portland's Wilson high. Klamath held No. 1 spot in three prep polls "ntil right at the end of the season. In the fina.1 ratings it kept No. 1 in one poll and was dropped to No. 3 in another. Medford was listed No. 5 in two polls and No. 4 in the third. doxks: (Championship) Klnmath Patzke .. 4 Taylor . 2 Brickner 12 Palmberg 3 Biehn 3 Dennla 0 Hunsaker 4 Allen 0 FG FT 3-4 0-0 3- 4 4- 5 0-0 0-0 0-3 0-0 RB PFTP 2 11 1 4 2 27 4 10 1 fl 1 2 0 0 Totals 38 10-16 40x 13 66 x-lncludes 7 team rebounds Medford FG FT RB PF TP Dowaon 0 Quinney 9 Hoots 0 Ragsdale 6 Bray 0 Eaton 7 Barry 4 0-2 3-5 2-2 6-0 0- 2 1- 2 0-0 0 0 4 21 1 a 2 18 2 0 2 13 1 18 Totals 26 12-22 41x 12 64 x-lncludet 8 team reboundl Grant Yeagcr ... Tollefson Zell . Schnell ... Phillips . Swanson . Leap Smith McNeil ... Mead (Third Place) FG FT 2 0-0 7-10 1- 1 2- 2 0-0 0- 0 1- 1 3- 3 2- 2 0-0 RB PF TP 7 14 4 19 4 9 2 12 2 0 Totals 25 16-20 46x 17 66 x-includca 5 team rebounds Wilson FG FT RD PF TP Wustrack 0 McDouRal 3 J. Smith 7 S. Johnson 4 J. Johnson 1 Campbell 0 G. Smith 0 Voss 0 Wachsmuth 4 Mee O 2-4 0-1 9 9-10 10 0-0 3-5 0-0 0-0 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 6 1 23 1 2 5 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 8 Totals 19 17-24 49x 15 45 x-includes 9 team rebounds TRU-MIX Rental Equipment Air Compressors Water Pumps Cement Finishing Machines Electric and Gas Cement Vibrators Roller Water Wagon WITH OPERATOR 2 Graders Shovel 4 Cranes Back Hoe Drag Lines Tractors With Bulldozers, Ripper or Carryall Turnapulls Gunnite Machine With Mobile 600 Cu. Ft. Compressor TRtMIX Concrete & Equipment Division of CSC Concrata Sftal Corporation , 248 E. McAndraws Road SP 2-5271 LON STRENGTH! INSTANT GRIP-ACTION! NO FINER GUARANTEE! RIVERSIDE 4-SQUARE GUARANTEE It Agoimt road hazards for tht specified time. 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