Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1963 — Page 14

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Berne Seeking Fourth Straight Championship

A fourth sectional championship in a row is the goal of the Berne Bears in the 1963 Adams Central secional tourney, which opens Wednesday night. The Bears won their third consecutive title last year, and the ninth such crown in the school's history. The Decatur Yellow Jackets lead the Adams county team teams in sectional championships with 11, including four in a row from 1949 through 1952. One of Decatur’s titles was won at Fort Wayne, when the county teams were divided between Fort Wayne and Bluffton. The Monmouth Eagles have won four tourney titles, all in a row, from 1953 through 1956. The Pleasant Mills Spartans and Hartford Gorillas have each won two sectionals. Adams Central, Deactur Catholic and Geneva have yet to cop a sectional championship. Adams Central has competed in the sectional only since 1950, when the Kirkland, Monroe and Washington township schools systems were consolidated into Adams Central. Prior to that time, Mon-

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roe had won three sectionals and Kirkland one. Decatur Catholic has participated in the sectional since 1943, when parochial schools were admitted to the Indiana high school athletic association. Use Two Brackets This year’s tourney, the ninth in a row at the Adams Central gym, will be operated under the two-bracket setup for the 10th consecutive year. This setup is designed to give an opportunity for more fans to see their favorite teams in action. By this arrangement, the bulk of the tickets for the Wednesday night session go to the fans of the four schools in the upper bracket. Similarly, most of the tickets for the Thursday night session are allotted to fans of the four schools drawn in the lower bracket. Supporters of the four teams still in the running after the Wednesday and Thursday sessions will receive theb ulk of the tickets for the Saturday semi-final and final sessions. Distribution of the tickets for the Saturday sessions will be determined following the Thursday games. There will be no games

Friday to permit distribution of tickets to the four schools still in the tourney. Previous Winners Winners of the local sectional since 1940, when it became a strictly Adams county meet, and scores of the final games, are as follows: 1940— Pleasant Mills 39, Kirkland 21. 1941— Decatur Yellow Jackets 34, Pleasant Mills 32. 1942— Pleasant Mills 31, Yellow Jackets 18. 1943— Monroe 36, Yellow Jackets 18. 1944— Yellow Jackets 38, Berne 27. 1945— Berne 44, Monmouth 34. 1946 — Berne 29, Yellow Jackets 28. 1947— Monroe 38, Kirkland 29. 1848—Hartford 42, Decatur Commodores 29. 1949— Yellow Jackets 56, Monroe 37.— 1950— Yellow Jackets 58, Commodores 46. 1951— Yellow Jackets 69, Hartford 40. 1952— Yellow Jackets 49, Pleasant Mills 46. 1953— Monmouth 55, Pleasant Mills 52. 1954— Monmouth 63, Pleasant Mills 58. 1955— Monmouth 56, Geneva 53 (overtime). 1956— Monm ou t h 72, Yellow Jackets 71 1957— Hartford 60, Berne 49. 1958— Berne 44, Hartford 42. 1959— Yellow Jackets 50, Hartford 34. 1960— Berne 64, Adams Central 62.

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1961— Berne 51, Yellow Jackets 46. 1962— Berne 75, Yellow Jackets 59. ’ Regional Pairings INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Regional pairings for the Indiana high school basketball tourney: COLUMBUS—Winner at Greensburg vs winner at Madison, winner at Columbus vs winner at Whiteland. CONNERSVILLE - Winner at Connersville vs winner at Milan, winner at Rushville, vs winner at Rising Sun. COVINGTON—Winner at Rockville vs winner at Crawfordsville, winer at Greencastle vs winner at Williamsport. EAST CHICAGO — Winner at East Chicago vs winner at Chesterton, winner at Michigan City vs winner at Gary. ELKHART—Winner at Elkhart vs winner at Plymouth, winner at South Bend vs winner at Warsaw. EVANSVILLE—Winner at Tell City vs winner at Boonville, winner at Princeton vs winner at Evansville. FORT WAYNE — Winner at Adams Central vs winner at Fort Wayne, winner at Angola vs winner at Kendallville. HUNTINGBURG — Winner at Huntingburg vs winner at Sullivan, winner at Washington vs winner at Vincennes. INDIANAPOLIS — Winner at Brownsburg vs winner at Indianapolis winner at Anderson vs Winner at Southport.

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winner at Muncie vs winner at Richmond. TERRE HAUTE —Winner at Martinsville vs winner at Switz City, winner at Terre Haute vs winner at Spencer.