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(Pw 6) QUU, Ord, Nebr., Thursd~y, Mar. 5, 197Q
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Po~.erful Litchfleld, uithout a
~eilior in its starting Ilnedp, turned
back the best challenges this
area's Class D team; codd offer
last \+eekend as lt sd\ailced t3
within one s~ep of the sLa,e ioar.
nsment.
The Trojans Herc easily the
class of last neck's district t~urnainent
at Scotla, hi1 in: 'ce~lev
than 50 percent of their I~eld.g~rl
tries in three stra~ght kiccoile,
After opening the nlczt \ciill an
83-44 trlumph over Greclcy, Jhej
turncd back a ~pirit~d zss~u t by
Wheeler Central, 71-61, arid thcn
wallopped Arcxila, 76.50
h chfield Mas to face Overt3f.r.
'h
~hic ivon the championship of
its dlslrlct meet plagcd at CUL d,
in a regional pla~off last night
(Wednesdaj) That game was to
be plaged at Broken Bowr, wrth
the ulnntr adkancing to next
ueekend's state tournanlent at
Lin~cin
The finals et Scotia proved to
be dnti-tlirntctic after tuo pulsating
semlfinal games thz night
before. In tho>e sernifjnal contests
htchfield trailed most of
the way before corning on strong
in the fourth uarter to whip
Wheeler central and Arcadia
performed ueil ib the clutch to
upset second-seeded Wolbach, 55-
51
In the championship contest,
howeier, Arcadia proved no
match for the s~nooth - worklng
Trojans as it lost to thein for lhe
third time In as many mecfiiigs
this year
JunYor Duo Pace Champs
The two victories gake htthfleld
an 182 record to csrrj illto
its regional Iajoff nilh Or erio:l,
A. pair o! srcel!ent big men,
63 ~unlors John Bacus and D~vc
Rasrnussen, wcre the keks to
Litchfield's extraordinsry success
Their fine inside play
meant that the} and their te-rnmates
rarely had to shoot froin
outside, and that in turn meant
that thelr chances of postlng a
good field-goal percentage here
much better than their opponents.
In addit~on, Bacus and Nasmussen
dominated the backboards
as they plucked off 26 rebounds
in both the tourney semifinals
and flnals. In the cham-
Pionship contest the Trojans
uere so domineering In this de.
artrnent that Arcadia could get
gut four offensi~e rebounds (two
In each half).
Arcedia, uhich had recelkcd a
f!ne all-around effort in the semifinals
nhen lt beat Wolbach, reverted
to pretty much of a twomall
outfit in the finals. Tim
Hurlburt scored 28 points and
Paul Dietz 12 as they collected
*Where to now Ed Gogsti of Arcadia has a rebound. but at the 40 of their team's 50 ~oints ,-----. The" -.--
rnome"t he's not quite s;~e what to do with it. The defender is Roy were the only Huskies to scori
Dugan of Wolback.
in the first half, which ended
with Litchfield in front, 30-221.-
Press Bothers Huskies
Hurlburt hit five of his first
six shots and helped Arcadia eet
out to an 18-12 lead as the first
quarter ended. But. the IIuskies
could scme bnt four points in the
second period as the team fro111
southwest Sher Ian County out-
'gunned the~n, 18-4.
In the third period the Trojans
slapped on a full-court press, and
that gave Arcadia eren more
roblerns. The Huskies did hit
Better themsel\es that quarter
but their repeated turnovers and
poor defense enabled Litchfield
to score a whopping 27 points.
Thus, by the time the third peliod
ended, Arcadia was out of it as
Litchfield led by a 57-44 score.
Fouls hurt Arcadia as the
club's top play-maker, Dennis
Ohme, collected three in the
early going and sat out inost of
the second quarter when his tea111
surrendered the lead. For the
game the Huskies were gullty of
24 infract!ons compared to only
15 for L~tchfield. Ohme elentually
fouled out, and three of his
teammates finished with four
vrolations apiece.
Litchfield wak quite cold on
free throws in the first period
when Arcadia took its lead, but
toward the end of the second
griod the Trojans began to hit
om the charity line. That's
when they really started to put
some distance betfieen them.
selves and their foe.
Four Seniors End Play
Getting close shots from tlie
field, itchfield hrt 31 of 58 attempts
during the game. That
gake the Trojans a field-goal ac-
Four llicadia seniors - Diefz, ante! sttark with fcur men edg.
D n Hurlburt, Tim Hurlburt, apd i:ig 13.0 doitie fi&ircs.
Ohine - closed tnelr hlgh sl h ~ ~ i
baahetball care~rs in the cont:st
Ton Mjors and Gene S,rh-
.i Arcadla f~ns reh3sh the
1nci:~ led ~r,.' Rrinr.os ~ i 12 ~ h
points each. They ucre suppcrt-
the Iiuskies led a11 the ~v ~y fol-
7; 111.: an e.r~y' 2-2 ue, ~ J L the
margin was nekcr highs then
clg:~: po1111s and w&s freq~enily
duan t~ two or tnrce Once, esrly
i!I \he fourth quarter, it I hs d2v .I
to one at 41-40.
Ezch tlme \'olbach p llled
close, hov,~ er, som2one came
thiough for the Hi~:kle; Ihe l at
time - an3 coils:q~entiy the
m>>t inpor.&n! - it bias Dletz
W,th 30 seco:lds to ga afid Archdia
le~diiig by three poinrs, he
gibbbed a rebo~nd dnd st.uffed it
t.irough for a blg fl~e point lezd
th,t Wol'odch could not o\ trcome
Murray S%' , ~nes
If there' was an 1ndi~Ld~s1
sta1:doht 111 tlxs csntest, it w~uld
hale to be P ~ IIurra.. L The 6-2
hucki jc~nio~ earilcd his fame
prl>i.ipa:iy ~11th some fine defensivz
work on Wolbach's touted'
Steve tirossxt.
After letting Grossart hit his
first four s!lots of the game, Murray
tightened the noose aiid limi!-
ed stror:g :I by Serti Pktrick,
with 11, and Bi!l Sch,,\~l;ke, vvi.h
11. Chuck E rt. k ;nd J e r r y
C hl'ders, a p;ir .cS s-.nlors
i.;l r.rd ~im f g:i.ing the t21ler
BAci13 ;nd :i~srn.~is-n uid:r th
b2:.rd-, eich t.Jiiecl 8 to conlpl.:e
th,, Er~zco scorin;.
I:I ~dditioil to B:rt.i!c a d Chi:-
ders, thc. gziile U,~S F~EO the 1~st
high schnc! cage corL1pe .ition for
Majors.
SEV.IFIN.ILS
WHLR. CEN. (61) . L'FIELD (71)
Pat CK
Majo ;
Bfr :i:iri;l action at the Area's Class D basketball
Totals 31 14 76 tournament in Scctia. Actually, Bacvs snd 6ene Srb weits of Wheefer Central Loth got their hands on a
Arcadia - 18 4 11 17-50 leose tall, bbt Schmeits was in position to th~ow tie Litchfisld star over his shou!der and to the flow.
Lltchfield . ls 27 19-76
He did so and gst a dressing-down frc~n the referee. .
Fouled Out Oi-nie
The roles are reiarsed as Arcadia's ate defcudzr, Pat Murray, turns
shooter, and Wclbach's premier gunner, Ste~e GrosS~rt, turns dnfender.
The i~dividual battle between the two stars was almost as
goad as the tzam battle their squads put cn in the semifinals of tile
Class D meet at Scotia.
inal Regular
Youth and experience each B o t h boys had outstanding
had its place Friday night as the nights at the frec-throw line as
Ord Ch~nlicleers came within a Kovarik hit 9 of 11 and New.
pcint of winning their second t3n 11 of 15.
s~rzight game Over a physically Kovarik, a sell!or like &[artin,
superior foe. They failed, how- also hit 5 of 12, field-goal tries
ever, as Ainscvorth scored on d for olle of !,is best performalleek
desperation shot with time run- ,f the year.
ning out.
Klanecky, who was la ing on-
The loss, by a 65-64 Score in ly his third game wig The hear.
overtime, meant that the Chants sity, scored 17 points to rdnk
closed tileir regular SelSOll w-lth second to Kovarik, He also shot
a 5-13 leccrd.
h-ell from both the field and t ,e.
Greg >!artin, a senior who has free-th1.0~~ line, hitting 5 of 1
rf~~s~d to get lost in the transi- from the former and 7 of 9 from
tion to a youth doininated c1;lb the latter, Surprising1 he was
1 Coach Ken Trubeg has his team's rebound fkader t p 'i ~
inzde ddring the latter half of with rune.
tlic season, scored five points in Another surprise in the ga~ne,
the overtime and gave his team was the return to action of Bill
a one.point lead with just sec- Plliller. A 5-11 senior who h4d
c!~ds to go.
becn the team's second leadldg
Then, as Ains\vorth brought scorer through the first six
the ball d o w n c o u r t, Darrell garnes of the season, Miller con.
E'arm~r stole it for Ord and it tracted a severe case of enceph.
lboked for an instant as if the alitis late in January and little
Chants were going to have a more than a month ago 'was
64-33 victcry to savor during fighting for his life. It had bgeo
th.ir 105-mile trip home. But as assumed that he would not play
Farmer tried to pass the ball any more this season, but his
off to a teammate, it was inter- father-Dr. Otis Miller-said he
cepted.
was so determined to play again
Don Shifferiniller dribbled that it was impossible to keep
briefly, just long enough to get hlnl 011 the sidelines.
the ball across mid-court, and Miller plaled part of the third
then fired in a desperate 'at- and fourth quarters, and all of
tempt to beat the final buzzer the overtime.
He did, and the ball fell
through to gike the Bulldogs
ORD (64)
fg-Fga ft-fta
thelr 63-64 triumph.
Bcchbil . . 1 1 1- 1
The score had been tied at Kovarik .......... 5-12 9-11
the e ~ d of regul2tion time, 57-
Ma~kley ... ...
Falmer ... . . 32: 7 i:
57 Ord got fibe of rts sekeil K!anecky ........ 5-11 7. 9
OF el iimc points cn free throu s, Marlin .. .... 2- 4 3. 4
2s llartin hlt three for-three and
Jchn ......... .. . 0-.2 1. 2
Miller ........... 0- 4 2- 4
sopholncre Tom Klanecky, a --
member of the y~uth brigade,
I t\+o fol tno Martin's fleld
goal accounted for the other
tno pcinls.
A ~chcpping total of 56 fouls
uere called in the gsnle, 27
against Ord and 29 aglinst Ains-
rrorlil Both tePms plased the
oi erliine L+ it hout thew leading
srcrcis, as Duane Ko~arlk bent
to the bench in the fourth quartcr
after scoring 19 points for
Ord ar.d Rich Ne\\ton exited after
scorina 17 for Ains\$orth.
fp-fga
Sh!ffermlllcr 3- 9
McNaiiy 0- 2
NC*ton _ 3-10
Baker 1- 1
Bartholomew 3-1D
GraEf . 3- 8
Stuckcr 2- 7
Cat r 0 2
Johns011 4. 3
Kczicrk - 1- 6
Case 1. 5
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rep P; +g
5 5 19
6 5 7
4 3 8
9 4 17
3 3 7
5 4 1
4 1 2
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37 27 :64
Totals 18-49 28-40
AINSWOR TH (65&I reb pf :tp
ft-fta
0- 2
3- 3
11.15
3- 3
1- 1
1. 1
2- 2
0. I
0- 1
2- 4
1. 2
Totals 21-65 23-35
Ord 17 12 11
Alnsu orth 19 9 14
Chant Reserves Stumble
By 70-54 Score in Finale
4 2 6
1 5 , 3
11 5 17
0 2 5
6 3 7
3 5 7
4 4 6
1 0 0
6 2 8
1 0 4
2 1 2
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39 go :6j
17 7 4 4
15 &65
~liiishing their season like bounding in the latter stages.,
they st~rted it - with a loss - While Ord was cotllinitting 85
the Ord reseries bowed Friday fouls, Ainsworth was being callpd
night to Ainsworth, 70-54. for 18. The Bulldog yiolatio s
gabe Ord shooters 26 trips
Sand\\iched in bel\+een that
to tpe
game and a season-opening defree
throw line, but they con~ertfeat
ed only 14 of them.
b> Cozad, houerer, were 10
~ictoriea in 13 othkr , contests. Andrcesen's 20 points was by
That means the Chanticleer re- Ear his top scoring perfornlan$c
serves can boast of a 10-5 season of the year, easily bptteriag Yis
rcccsd
rebious high of 14. His bigg t
Relp was provided by hlelkyn
The fourth quarter was the bad Sich, who scored 12.
one for Ord in the finale. In that Tops for Ainsworth was B'11
i
period the Chants were outscored,
24-10, as Ains\vofth great-
Carr, whose 23 points included 3
free throws. The 5-foot, 9-in h
ly widened a two-point le,ad it junior shot 17 times from the
had carried into the final eight charity line.
minutes of the season.
Fouls mere a serious handicap ORD (54) A~SWORTH ~ 0 )
ds Ord nas called 23 times fur f9 ft tP ff 2);
infractions, gi\ing Alns\rorth 39 .@fi* : 34 :,";irn , rl
flee thlou s The Bulldogs made sen 20 DuJ.sol, Jo
24 of them S~ch 5 2 12 GKazisek 3 0 6
The f~uls also blought about vancura 2 0 4 hi~azlsek 0 O; o
eari) de artures for three mein. gF2$ ggi 13G3
1 2; 4
bers of tie Ord lineup. including 1 1 1 3 Baker 2 7
tcp scorer Jiin Andreesen Others Todsen 0 0 0 Dw J'sen 1 0 12
getting the boat uere Dean Van- , : : Et:2n : I;;
cuta and Lank Wells The de- Schaicr o o o Pliare o 0, 0
pal tui~
of \VClla caine in the third -- -- See, '1 0 2
qunrtcr and hl~~t the Chant :P- To'"15 " l4 51 O ~ O
Those Wheeler Ce~~iral boys are t~srgl, but this time looks are ds- Tota!s 23 26;70
teiving. It appears that Jerry Childsrt, left, of Whcolar has iurt The proi~p-horned antelope is Or" - --- lo 21 l3 10 45
18 15 13 2g70
landed a goed iudo chop on Mlrrin Beck, hut that wer~~'t the ccsc. the fsstest mg1nn1al in North
A~~~~bpy':~Mdreercn, ,,an:ura,
Actually, this wiis just spclrit3nsouo ;i~ticil in a rcboirid baitla. America. iTolts, kuli~e,
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