The Independent-News, Volume 92, Number 30, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 December 1966 — Page 8

— THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - DEC. 22, 196 ti

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Men’one Edges Shamrocks On Late Rally 62-61 A .ate rally b\ M- nt one over- < tnir i North Liberty b id and turn'd It into defeat f r the Shamrocks Saturday night i; a 63-82 loss was tacked mi their record in the final game hes. re the holiday break leading 58-51 with ju.st b - than a half qUirKr to play, th" Shamr-wks saw th- u bad finde .as Mentone bittb I

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from behind for the win. It .all .startl'd as Shand hit i nasket mi fr e thr >w on a threepoint pi iv After i field g al by Ni-d Bau dim «n iivti-i... i th' b id to GO-M one.* again. Romine hit h pair of free shot > and Sh ind an >th»T basket B 'wmt tied th' score with 1 21 to pl i\ and Sh ind made it dl-t»o, Mentone on ■ ne ot two fni l thrown with a minut even b ft in the game Jim Era.- • push' th" Shami "ks hick '1 th" !• it the game winnit basket ilowser eanie in thfading "conds t> account f>r th>

win Teiuns Play In Streaks The game startl'd with the di am rocks gaining early control L V irr Wcsolek hit the first basket and Bowser tie<l the score for Mentone. Wcsolek hit again and Joe Gmzer toss- 1 in a basket and a H-2 bad was grabbed bx the .1 amr.H ks M. ntone then got hot and took a big lead on the Shamrisks in the next five minutes. Ritchey hit a pair of liaokets tying the wore and Shand pushed th-in ahead with one from in close*. Eraser knotted the count at S-n only to have Ritchey come back with another basket, Shanda pair of free thr iws and baskets by Bowser and Whit-Pne before Kerry Kani hit a single point for the Shamrock, Whetstone hit ar.oth- • 1 basket and Shan 1 mother por of । n>-p'.ntei i to make it 2 >-9 Mi n’ n i• ' lie fn ,-t p ri ■ i end' d This v. os in"!. asd by two ~n Bow." 1 ' ba Kot a'"t r a min de nll ace ii . laid p - iin the seci n 1 p rr si < n!'. t have ’he Shan "ko ' ■:• tl. 1", uphill fight at this pant Eraser con-v-ited a t..i"-pom' play and Snan 1 hit .t frc tin w. Kano . nd < ‘.'ir:^ Yn . : n hit ..ck-t"- : a k i .o-m 's utt ng Ku 1 nd to 23-IG. B aser hit ! basket md Shan! a pair >f ci’iiity shots before the Shamrock., r u ked up । : ;ht st rai ,ht p 'ird e Baughman hit first, then Kan" took over with two baskets and a pair of free throws. Shand hit a free shot and tin n a basket but Eraser and Kane hit forth" Shamriicks. making it 30-2 hat ha Ift nm* The Shamr s’ks took the bad right after the main intermission. Wes lek tied the s< ce and Fraser pushed tho lead North Liberty's way with a basket. Ri’chey knotted it again hut Fraser and GinziT hit consecutive baskets to give the Shsmrix'k -a lea l thev never lost until the el sing minute After i quick Hire" p. mt by Mentone and an exchange of two between Kano and Ritchey, Wcsolek and Ginwr hit three free throws N'tweon them Mentone got a basket on a Held goal by T Whetstone and a free thr< w by M Whetstone to again c«mio within eno point. Baughman hit tho final minute and a half while Shand was colbvtmg one point to give the Shamrocks a 47-41 lead going into the final pcruxl. This load was increased to ten points in less than a minute end a half as Shand got a basket, but Wesolek hit baskets sandwiched around one by Ginter for the M--43 margin. This is the point the lead started tn slip. Ritchey got a basket. Shanda free throw and ^iws-t a basket to cut the lead to five, but Ginzor and Baughman scored back-to-back again jumping the margin tn nine, a three p int plav by Shand wn» fill we 1 by a basket by Ginzer to set tho stage for the Mentone « i i kI * klk '-"5 ^7 » < mis > J Uh 5 • ^IIJ *k * J SiMSk ’ l\ ! « v\XW<w Mil a < .. to you, our customers, i * Ve thank you for your pat- J i :r.age and wish you a joy- < J J$ holiday! 229 XG 66 Foo- 5 | 4 ft * Bud's j Package Stere * , Walkerton g

drive that overcame the Shamrocks for tho win. Shand Hits 23 Shand was the big gun throughout the game with 23 points on six baskets and 11 of 16 free throws. Bowser chipped in with IS and Ritchey 12 tn pace the winners. Wesob k hit 16 for the t> p Shamrocks effort with Kane an 1 Fraser each getting 13 and Ginzer ten in the losing effort. Box Score North IJlM«rty fg ft fta p Fraser 6125 Baughman 4 0 13 Kane 5 3 I 4 Ginzer 4225 Wcsolek 7 2 2 4

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Ort o n 0 Anderson 1 0 o Totals 27 R 11 Mentone Ritchey 5 2 3 Bowser R 2 3 Shand 6 11 16 T. Whetstone 3 0 tl Meyer 0 14 Rommine 0 2 2 M Whetstone 0 11 Totals 22 19 29 Score By Quarters M*ntone 20 30 11 North Liberty 9 28 4 7 Die fellow who is married his hobby sometimes feels 1 suing for non-support.