The Independent-News, Volume 92, Number 28, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 8 December 1966 — Page 6

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. THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - DEC. S. 1966

First Season Loss Shamrocks Fall To Plymouth For Th» Plymouth Pilgrims ■ nded "North Lib<-rt> h winning streak it three Satin lay muht they moved to a t-n point lead in tlv first half and held a sife margin the re tof thi wav t win 61-19 i’he game, played at North Liberty, had scoring streaks as both Lams were ln<onsident at varirus time in the game The Shamr iks struck fir«t as Kerri Kam hit a tip-in for the Hhannsks after a half minute had pisaei Wright knotted the Hcor< also storing from under hut th" Shamrocks n >ved ahead <n the next two and a half minutes as action wa spottv for ? Whih LaMarr We- I-k hit two lump rs for a 6-2 lead and Wright put a free throw in for Plymouth. With over half the juarter gon< Wright hit a jumper to <ut the b ad to one an 1 the pilgrims took the 1 <d which they never lost again when Kris' unas Im a jump shot with 3:09 show- ’ g .n tin <h■ k. Jurkiewicz hit a lay in < n whit h hi was fouled and added the fre. throw for a \O-6 lead A tie.- throw by Steve Miekodaj. making his second start after a football injury, cut he lead "ne point but Wright hit hnothi r jumper and Ixwett a layi- fm a 11-7 lead. Baskets by Joe Jinzer and MlekodvJ plus a free hrow by Kane, cut the lead to jl-12 a< the first quarter ended Shamrock* Ha\e ('old Streak ixwett op red the second per<<i imme iiat< ly wihh a lay-in and Jim Fraser came right hack with tn outside shot for the Sham- . ocks. This basket came with 7:42 left in the half but the Shamr<K'ks didin't score again untn Ginzer hit a pair of free . I.rows with 3:32 left in the half, ju the meantime, Plymouth boosted their lead from two ; oints tu 12 with five straight baskets. After Ginzcr’s free snots Fraser added two and Gmz< i hit tw) more, cutting the had once again to six points, only o nave baskets by Jurkiewicz. Z hner and Trirmp open a 12 . -j : *

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p <i'd lead again. Fraaer’o lay-in completed the first half scoring with 'h. Shamrocks trailing' 32T! third quarter was real even a the teams baric illy trailed p >int f r point with both squads hitting eleven in this period The Shanv .< late in the quarter ti« again cut the lead to six p 'in'- as Katie hit a Jumper, Fra set i lay-in and then two free throw before the pilgrims came back with baskets by Zehner and Jurkiewicz openixl the margin a 'am t< ten noin’... Ih< final p-riod Pdlowed the s mic pa’tern N ath I oerty Just e ml In t cut the margin enough t ftilv pet l ack in the game. t’B i’h continued a well-bal- • ! r't: <k ." thev move I<n t > then viet. ry and North Liberty's first d' h ' of the young --eason H rigid Faces Scorers Wrj. 1 a paced the scorer < with 19 p unis on ' oven baskets and five free thr< ws No other scorer far the winners was in double figures Fraser finished with 14. K ne 11 and Ginzer 10 to pace tlw Shamrock scoring B Team Drops l> •eisfon The Sh miro k B Team Inst their s< ni game in two ni 'hts a th-- IT.mou’h reserves t< pped th- Shamrock B's in a 36-31 decision Box Score North Lilwrit ig ft 7ta p Mlekodaj 2 1 3 5 Anderson 10 10 Fraser 5 4 6 3 Baughman 0 2 4 1 Kane 4 3 11 5 Ginzer 3 4 5 5 Wesolek 2 12 1 Totals 17 15 32 20 riymout h Levett 4 0 0 5 Zehner 3224 W light 7 5 9 <5 Wamaleut 1111 Jurkiewicz 4 15 5 Menser 4 0 14 Robertson 0 13 0 Trump 112 2 Kriscunls 10 0 0 Totals 25 11 23 26 Score By Quarters Plymouth 14 32 43 61 North Liberty 12 22 33'49 Use the Classified Atto

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