The Independent-News, Volume 90, Number 4, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 27 January 1966 — Page 12

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— THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - JAN. 27, 1966

Shamrocks Rally Wins Title Ovei Triton Five 56-54 An injury. sone fine offensive rebounding by Lynn Scott, and a decision that a peronal foul v.a- called after the final gun. < >m tuned to give the North Libvjy Shamrocks Lhe title in the Hu-County Tourney held at La- \ die last week These three fact rs were instrumental in the Snamrorks win after they had <m e from a nine-point deficit g »mg into the final quarter. The final toore in the game was 51. Trailing 46-37 with ju-t the last quarter left Mlekodaj quickh started a drive to catch up. He i inverted a thi e-pojnt play after just nine seconds. Shortly after. Kosehtk hit n hnMn and a similar situation was involved, but hV free throw wa no good. This cut the lead to 16-42 and no mono s oring oecurcd until 5:52 romtiincd in the game when Ginzer hit 60 Years Os Service Est. 1903 IEMOHTREES a •preM«rßf« n JL& SMmmm Madto to Phone CE 4-7771 230 S. Michigan St

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a set shot. in the meantime. Khngerman was injured for Triton as he rebounded t shot with 6.10 left in the game. He was carried from Uw floor in great pain and was unable to return to action. We thtver. the replacement, tlirew a pa a away setting up Ginzer's shot. Feldman. J num's big center who was strong on Lie boards, hit a 12-foot jumper with 5:12 showing and it was 48-44. After another errant pass by Westhaver, Knepp put in a rrnound shot with 3;UV left in the game. Scott once again put the Shamrocks within two a he r.*bunded a shot and laid it bacx in with 2:57 left to play Bailey again offset Lu with an U-iuoter from straight out. Mlekodaj hit from th • left side from 12 foot out with 2:17 showing to cut it t<> 52-50. but Klotz swished one from the foul line to boost the lead to 54-50. Knepp, the afternoon hero, rebounded another for a basket and with just :47 seconds left, the Shaamrocks pulled even for the fir t time since early in the game as Mlekodaj hit a pair of charity shots. The big action was yet to come. With :34 seconds left, a bad pass re ulted in a foul in the middle nf the floor a Westhaver hit Koselak. Koselak' s first hot was good, but the second one mi.ssed only to have the Shamrock retain possession on Scott’s important rebound. ITus led to another foul of Ko elak by Westhaver an<l thus time the first of the one-and-one was missed but again Scott pulled the ball off the board . With :13 seconds to play and a slim 55-54 lead. Koaelak was fouled by Klotz and he hit the first shot but missed the second. Once more Scott's presence was important as he tied up the rebound, but the Trojans gained posse sion on the jump. Bailey took a late shot and it missed as

did a tip a< everything happened. A whi He sounded a pushmg foul on the Shamrocks, but after a discussion With the timer, the foul was ruled after the gun and a championship was enjoyed by the Shamrocks. TrWon Pulls Ahead The two teams broke rather conservatively as they worked from the out idea« the zones were tough. Triton di played some fine outshooting as Klingerman hit their first two baskets on long bombs With 4:44 showing on the clock, the game wais tied on a ba ket by Kane, but from here. Triton started to pile up the lead they enjoyed until the final minutes. Bailey and Kuntz hit baskets to start the drive. After a set shot by Ginzer, it was Klingerman. Kuntz and Khngerman again, making it 16-8 Mlekodaj hit a jumper but the team, ju t traded points until the end of the period when Triton led 21-14. The second quarter was slow on the scoring basis as the team, continued to work from out. After the teams traded four points for three in the first three minutes. Klotz hit three straight baskets and Kuntz hit aga n from under and after Scott's free throw' cut it to 40-37, Kuntz hit three straight baskets before the quarter ended to keep the Trojan* ahead by nine. 46-37, setting up the exciting climax. Scoring Well Balanced Koselak end-M the night with 14 to pare the balanced attack that found even box’s score at least four points. Scott had 13 for the other Shamrock in double figures Klotz paced all scorers with 16 on eight baskets and Bailev Klingerman and Kuntz each had 11.

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