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THE OCEAN CITY SENTINEL-LEDGER<br />

Palmyra earns revenge over Raiders, 82-76<br />

Palmyra High School came to<br />

Oqean <strong>City</strong>, last. year . as a<br />

highly-rated basketball team<br />

and suffered a narrow twopoint<br />

upset defeat. Tuesday<br />

night, as a very slight-underdog,<br />

the Pals (»0) fought <strong>of</strong>f<br />

the Red Raiders numerous<br />

times and earned an 82-76<br />

"victory. <strong>The</strong> loss evened Jack<br />

Boyd's record for the year at 1-<br />

1. • " • .<br />

. It was a well-balanced'attack,<br />

led by sharpshooting<br />

guard Tom Fries and leaping<br />

center Joe Stevens; that shot<br />

down the Raiders. Fries connected<br />

for 26 points, hitting 10<strong>of</strong>-16<br />

from the field and six-<strong>of</strong>-<br />

eight from the chanty, stripe.<br />

He was quick with a very.accurate<br />

jump shot from long<br />

range.<br />

Stevens, a 6-3 senior, made<br />

five-<strong>of</strong>-14 from the field and all<br />

six free throws for 16 points.<br />

Stevens also grabbed 17<br />

rebounds, made four steals and<br />

fed <strong>of</strong>f three assists.<br />

In addition to Fries and'<br />

Stevens, • Coach Church<br />

Huebner also got'strong per-<br />

formances from senior guard<br />

Lou Piergross, five-K^-seven<br />

from the field and all four free<br />

throws for 14 points; senior<br />

forward John Frazier,. who<br />

scored all 14 <strong>of</strong> his points in the<br />

• second half; sophomore guard<br />

Steve DeVece; who fed <strong>of</strong>f four<br />

assists; and junior Roger<br />

Denby, with five points and five<br />

rebounds.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Pals fell behind on twoquick<br />

. field goals by Bill<br />

Rackley but immediately<br />

scored nine straight points to<br />

assume a 9-4 lead. <strong>The</strong> Raiders<br />

stayed close and finished'the<br />

period on the short end <strong>of</strong> a 13-<br />

12 score.<br />

Early in the second period<br />

' two free throws by Brad Bryant<br />

gave the Raiders an 18-17 lead.<br />

<strong>The</strong> two clubs continued their<br />

battling until Palmyra again<br />

took the advantage. 28-27. on a<br />

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free throw by TaJbert Hall. A<br />

field goal by Rich Rinck and<br />

two fouls by Bryant gave the<br />

Raiders.a 31-28 margin. Two<br />

free^ throws an

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