The Independent-News, Volume 94, Number 40, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 27 February 1969 — Page 2

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ITS SECTIONAL ’DHiCai.i time This i- always one <6 the highlight c. the >< «i in Indiana a, this oar 463 I- no will tut the drive that will <nd up in tour weeks with a champi n picked through the ef'ort- of hard basketball play in good competition 11 is a uu« a. . i.. 4G3 teams want the title of ' State Champion* " but realists ally enough, in an know thi ■ is all but impossible. but a e< ti nil title good allowing in a tourney gives much satisfaction. UM>KING OVER SEVERAL •<ct lona Is that consist of the ana tt mu and th< ones that teed unfitly mtu the Elkhart ani S uth Bend Regional.*. the following is noticed. AT LAKEVILLE. ANOTHER \.i\ good meet is expected. Inking a clear-cut .avorite is hod. The host LaVille team has t > be rated a soil’d cunten lei. but - i does two of the other three t< .ms in the same bracket Pymouth takes the be it record 1:1 to the meet in< luding a early -• imhi victory over LaVille. These two teams meet in a first i «und game, one that will cause the most interest in the early going Also bracketed with these t .ms are Mishawaka Manin. . n'ther team uiih; kred a good pn.-pect although La Ville defeated them by 15 p ant a couple of week.- ago. They have a winning record in some pretty tou jh competition They me. t J >hn Glenn in their opener on Thursday night. IN THE TOP BRACKET. it < >uld really Im* up tor grabs also. S uth Bend Jackson 1 me Kr„e>” school in the meet and p'ay Ako... a team with a simiha-.* mud as all teams in the t p bi v. ket have losing recordAkos hasn’t done much of late but Jackson ha- also bun a very unpredictable team. North Libe y ..nd Brem. n meet in the ■ ' a-r game with another clo.se < ! expected The Shanu aks b tßn men in a double overt! 1 It ■ than two week- ago. Jack- - ■ ould gam momenteum m thit . market to provide a worthy 0; nent for who ever live-- in t oott m bi at ket. KNOX HAS BEEN TRIMMED t six team meet hosting a 1(1 t* ■ tourney just two years ago Oliver seems to be the cla<- of t ; • meet, but the 10 point deft t by Winamac u few weeka; 1 will have to keep the Chva--1 • honest and certainly wi’l n allrw them to get overccnfiieni The ttr.uk of the draw went t • ti- host team and Oregon DtviTies meet in Saturday's fir g ime and the winner goe- 1 h’ t » the final game Meanwhile, Culver me.-ts high-scoring La- (' »- e in the fl t battle on '1 iu sday ml Winama will play

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the voung North Judson team who has been coming lately with better p< r'ormanres. These Thursday winner- will meet SatU’dav a ternocn m an es ort to get in the finals. SO<’TH BEND HAS A VERY Uranyt set up thL year Only one team out of eight has a winning record. St Joseph, the IJ6B winner, is a chai-cut avorite mainly due to an inter-team battle by Central to install spoil and desire in the Bears. The 164 St Joseph mark inch, les 1 squeaker 10.0 to sec< nd-ranke I and undefeated Manon, Ind., a real p iwerhouse in the state Central - 8-13 i- the second best record and they are in the oppmete divimn from La S die. Washington. St Josephs 1 opponent, has .hown signs o' power this year and then signs (A none Adams meets Mishawaka in the second game and Adams, despite their up and down seiuK.n, should advance in this one. Central meet- Riley, a team that also has had games v' brilliance ani then games of the opposite extreme Clay and LaSalle wind up the first round action and LaSalle has been a little disappointing this year, but in this meet who hasn't. ELKHART WILL HAVE A meet that will be most interesting. Goshen has won state acclaim over the season, but still lost their game to Elkhart played on the Goshen home fkor. They also have a star in John Kitle’ who should be on the all-state team in June His play and scoring ha - been one of the outstanding p. . .orman. es in all Northe n Indiana. Goshen, Elkhart. Penn ani Wakaru a, the four be-t teams in this meet, all h ivt drawn weak.-; < pp m nts. Wakarusa opens against Jefferson ani the Indians put a very .'me 174 i. cord tin year even though a 15 game winning streak wa. broken Saturday night Next comes Goshi n and Nappanee and the Bulldog- figure to be no problem for Goshen's powt.hou-». Perm, mother te>.m th at ht- dom Mi ll thi- y< ar >n i w.i. the winner o thi Se< t onal l.i-t y< u 1 will m< et th. (’ word Minutemen on Thin lay ni ht and 'hi host team wil. play Jrmtown. HG P- SCOTCH 1N G A ROU N D the rest of the area, Michigan City hosts a Sects nal and I’ could be termed the Michigan City Sect , mal or Mi< higan City's see ti mal. Not only i.> it played tm the .shores ■ f Like Mishigun, the title will remain theirs for an 'ther year and de.--p:te the fast game that LiP irte gave them a thrill sou: week - ago. the thrills will b- contained to Elston High, better kn w n .as the Michigan Cite Red pevils come Saturday, M in h 1

WARSAW IS HOSTING wh t 1 ■ n 'W also a six le tm meet. There are '-everal good t> mis in thi- mict and then !- al.-o Warsaw Enough said. Ixe-p.te the fad tint the Triton-Ak..n winner gets light into the find game, the host Tigers ore too much for the other five ,-rhool all-star team. A SECTIONAL TOURNEY IS also held at Chesterton and the name of this tourney is Valparaiso. Despite the fact that Valpo isn't aa trong as it has been in previous years. Valpo will be in South Rend the ‘allowing week. TI IE < >TI IER SEC THON A L that .« ed into one of the two before HU mil ned reg ion als H East N ble This in itr enough from h »m< that the team a < .trange, but if wou’ I ta .e 1 st nge turn o even’s foi .n Ea t Noble winner to mike a t ip to kt. Wayne < n M m h 1 > Kn >w i i • nothing < . the 1- t« 'ia we will go with EarGil*, a n w team in that meet. WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO thi- pm’ n evade same other winner We now are out on that proverb.ale limb w.tii the saw rapidly in motion us we pick: Plymouth s basically underclassmen m the LiVillP meet although I do thi- with tounge in check I still like i »ach Powers in South Bend an I if he can get all hi • Central Bears who are eligible on the right bus at the rigid time, an up.-et winner in this meet. Culver can make it through the Knox meet 1 they play the b ! they are capable of »n this tourney. TH AT WOIfLD SETTLE JUST eight <»f 64 meets uimind the state. Their are others you could bet your eye teeth on. but before the sectional firing is over, some good teams will have hern d’ip ped and once again sonic teams will advance that you have yet U hear of The top teams in tnc state will have to be paired a little as two o' the top Mpiads an in the same tourney at In lianapoli- The Indianap di- Web ington squad is ranked numb< one while the Attacks are number sou One of these will hivto fall and de-pite the fact t! 1’ Washington holds an earlier victory over the Attacks, this could be the undefeated Wa.shngton team- toughest challenge o' the year. UPSETS ARE ALWAYS A big part of the state meet. Er> m an opening round game in the sectionals to the final game : t Hinkle fieldhouse, these up-ets happen that help make Indiana High Sclv 1 basketball one • the greatest sports spectacles anywhere. Add to it the fact the* this high m hool mmpetitii n where 'or all p.actical purposes these boys- arc just starting on an athletic career in many cases, an ! you have amutour athletics spurred on by that one driving force, de-ire to won instead of other rewards. And it all gains a- pHi continue- until that one team stands high above the rest about 945 on Saturday, March 22 in India nw polis. South Central Hands Shamrocks Loss Number 14 The South Central Satellite handed N th liberty their lit 1 defeat of the stason Satux' iv in the ‘md game of the 'egulu schedule The Satellites hi! just too mu a power or the Shamr kk- 1 their team -peed all over the floor made the dis fercm e in the game After pulling ahea 1 in a low moving 'irs* quarter, they were never headed as thev moved to their 68-5? victory Chris Anderson scored frst in the garni- after almwt two minute- hrl passed without a score of any kind. Wayne Bluhm matched this for the SateHllr^| only to fmve Revin Hostetler pm»h in a jun.jwr for the Shamrock Chu k Eaton tied the score and with 2 39 .howin on the chx k t! < L P rtv County five moved iihc id to stay as Bluhm hit two

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m o baskets From here thev edged forward to a 12-7 first |m lal lead. The early minutes of the secend period found the Shamrocks staving close, but it didn’t la.-t as the running Satellites lust kept pulling ahead. The Shamrocks were still within five, 20-15 with less th m three minutes left in the half only to have the Satellites M-ore 14 to the Shamroc k .our in the final three minutes to pull to a safe halftime lead of 32-19. From here on out. it was no contest. South Centi il just wasn't to bi’ headed and they wore continually bunching on Chris Anderson to keep the leading scorer for the Shamnx'ks well below his season average. Bluhm continued to pace the SattelUtes with his outside shooting and their hustling offen w*. They outscored North Libertv m every period, as thev just continuailv increased their lead until the 'lnal gun Bluhm Hits IK Bluhm ended the night with 28 points on 11 baskets and six charity toises. He hid chiublc figure help from Ray Huhnke an I Larry’ ('unningham with a down each. Kent Arn-barger came o* the Shamrock tienvh to lead North Liberty in -coring m this game as he totaled seven field goals.

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Chris Anderson finished with 12 and Hostetler 11 for the top pioducing Shamrocks in the contest. Box Score North Utterly fg ft fta p Hootetler 5 13 0 C. Anderaon 4 4 6 3 Z’»ok 2 5 5 5 Fisher 000 1 Ginxer 0002 Shupert 0 0 0 1 Waite 10 15 Ainsbarger 7005 D Anderson 0 3 4 0 Wesolek 10 0 4 Totals 20 13 19 26 S«HHh C'ewtnd Bluhm 11 6 8 0 Nehi 4 14 2 Eaton 2 0 15 Cunningham 2 0 14 Huhnke 4 4 12 0 Bennett 10 0 2 Gardner 0 14 1 Totals 24 20 44 14 Keere By Quarters South Central 12 32 49 68 North Liberty 7 19 35 53 NOTICE Divine Heart Seminary at Donaldson. Indiana, request your presence at their public bazxaar on March 2nd from 11 a.m. to 4 pm. EST. Bring the family and have fun. f27p Obey The Traffic Laws