The Independent-News, Volume 105, Number 28, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 20 December 1979 — Page 7

Falcons Fall To Late Cavalier Rally 57-56 Ihe ( ulver (avaliers overcame some of the worst free throw shoot mg possible with a lot of hard work to record a come from behind win over the John Glenn Falcons Fridas night. The ( availiers used the three things necessary tor tins type ot win. hard work, verv strong board plav and good defense to up end the Falcons who were search mg tor their second Northern State Conference game in three outings. \s it resulted. Jim Waller's troops dropped their fourth game in five tries and slipped to 12 in the con ference. while the visiting Cava hers won their first game of the season and arc now also 12 m league action. I here is no doubt that the loss of Brian Parker had to hurt the Fai cons on the boards some as the huskv junior is nursing .in ankle injury and his help was sorely needed under the basket. On the other hand, a freshman. Zane Hathawav found his first varsity start to his liking and placed verv well for a freshman contributing 10 points and not getting into too much trouble either handling the ball outside as the point guard or on defense. Ihe visitors scored first as a short seven footer bv lefts Jeff Foust, one of two sophomore guards for (ulver. came just nine seconds after the tip Jeff Tinkey hit a long corner shot to knot it. but the teams began trading points for the first half quarter. Jason Young. a husky 6’4 ' center playing with a mask to protect a broken nose, hit next on a lav-in, but Glenn's all-evcrvthing. ( raig Ochs, popped a good turn around shot from short range to knot it again. After Mark Wynn hit from 8 foot. Ochs drove the baseline as he was placing a forward position in this

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game and came away with a lay-in. However. Young and their other jumping jack underneath. Charles Harns, hit back to back on rebound lay-ins to make it 10-6. Hathaway tickled the twine from nine fixit in the lane and Ochs hit his third baskets on a medium length baseline shot to knot it at 10 with the quarter an even half over. I he pace slowed down consider ablv then as neither team scored for almost two and a half minutes when Foust swished a corner shot to break the tie. However. Ochs was off to another great start and took a nice drop pass from Hathawav on the baseline and was true with an II foot jumper. He then broke the tie, giving Glenn a lead thev held until late in the game as his turn around shot with :07 left made it 14 12 as the first quarter ended I he Falcons started pulling aw av slightly in the second quarter as thev controlled the offense partially due to ( ulver’s inability at the free throw line. I inkev canned the longest shot of the year. a 23 hxiter and Brad Kaser got a follow up rebound basket. Young and Dave I aw let hit ba< k to back to trim it to two, hut Ochs then went to work hitting the next five points and picked up two more baskets before halftime to help Glenn move to .i 30-24 lead as he had totaled 19 of those 30 points, (ulver had missed all but two free throws as thev. even though not fouled a lot. were drawing the shooting viola tions hut went to the line almost every time and missed two shots. Young finally hit their first onepointers with 34 seconds left in the half and they weren't to score another single pointer until well into the final quarter. Ochs started the second half right where he had left off, but it was going to be short-lived, Ihcy had switched around a little on defense and Taiclet got the initial job of shadowing Ochs and after

Craig hit the half’s first two baskets in a minute's time to make it 34-24. he was to see more ot faidet and reserve Brian Musial than he want cd. Harris even got in on the act brieflv in the fourth period as the ( avalicrs realized that if thev were to do any good in this game the first and most important thing was defense. and against (dcnn that is stopping Ochs. After trailing bv 10. the visitors started their iomcb.uk Harris hit first, then Young on a tip and I au let hit a side 12 hxiter to cut the lead to four. Mike 1 Ikin hit on the front end of a fast break as the Falcons beat the press, but Harris came back with first a rebound lav in. then a steal and lav-in as the inspired plav of Harris and Young was controlling the tempo of the game. Ilie Falcons then settled down a little as Hathaw av hit from in front of the foul line and after Musial popped a nine hxiter. Kaser made a nue move on the right baseline for a basket Hathawav then, tor the second time, hit the first ot two shots onlv to have ( ulver whistled tor a lane violation on tile missed second shot, and both times he hit the third attempt. Kevin Wagner hit a lav in for ( ulver but Ochs was true again witli what was to be his last basket of the night and l lkin made a driving lav-in shot from the side to make it 4t> 38 before the buzzer ended plav in period number three. ( ulver bounced back from the slow spell late in the third period as thev reallv had the momentum for a while and thev were able through hard defense and great board work to recapture it. I lie scoring wasn't t<x> fast as the defenses of both teams were keeping the other from the good inside shots. Yound hit first on a rebound as he and Harris were just demons on the boards in the second half Kaser bagged a 15 hx)ter but Wvnn was true from I’ foot and when Harris hit a pair of charitv pitches you could feel the lift the entire team had alter so

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mans misses in this game. Jeff Tinkey hit both ends of a one and one for a 50-44 lead as the clock showed 5:52. but m the next minute and 40 seconds the (avaIters brought their fans to life as thev tied the score with three straight baskets by Harris, Taiclet and Young, their entire front line. It got down to the real nittv grittv now as (dcnn was plaving with a little more caution trving for the high percentage shot and ( ul ver was simplv plaving verv hard and aggressive forcing the action. I errv \nspaugh got the lead bac k tor the Falcons with his onlv baskt t of the night as he grabbed a rebound all alone and put it back up and m. However. I aidet swished an II footer and it was 52 all. \ pair ot Hathawav tree throws made it 54 >2 with 2 418 | v ft. but the Falcons saw this lead vanish when b'4' sophomore l lkin committed his fifth foul w ith I 49 left and Foust hit both ends of the com bination. \ rebound bv ’t oung gave ( ulv er their first lead since the first quarter with 1:0 showing on the clock, fmt I inkev was in the right place at the right time somt 14 seconds later to grab a muffed pass from one I aleon to another and he was all alone underneath for the tying lav in. However, just 10 seconds later another foul gave the visitors a one-and-one and laiciet. possiblv their best pure floor shwt er. made the first and missed the second with the f alcons getting the ball. But a defensive plav that ktuxked the ball loose resulted in a lump ball at the 20 second mark and Harris easily won the tip for (ulver and time ran down to 08 before Wv tin was fouled He miss ed the first of the one and one onlv to have tile muscular Young grab the rebound and he was fouled trving to put it back up and in with four seconds left. He missed both shots, but once again ( ulver came awav with the rebound and moved tile ball outfront quuklv to kill the tune for the 57 56 win. Ochs Hits 25 Ochs led all scorers with 25 points, but he simplv had to "wear" a ( ulver player the last 15 minutes, getting onlv one basket in this time. Hathawav s It) was the onlv other double figure total for Glenn, who had great sluxHing but not enough rebounds and shots to get the job done. Young and Harris paced the ( avaliers with 18

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and 14 points and just a ton of rebounds. Ihe ( avaliers. with five successful efforts going down to the wire, still onlv converted seven of 22 free throws or possiblv the game wouldn't have been that tight the w hole wav. (dcnn meanwhile was If) of I s f rnrtl tf K . | ine |n t ^ ls game. Glenn’s B-Team Wins Ihe f alcons B I earn rar ked up their second win, a 52-40 victory over ( ulver behind a strong second had show mg Box Score < ulver fg ft f ta p Harris 6 2 6 4 laiciet 116 1 Young 8 2 4 2 Wvnn 2 0 | 1 Foust 1 2 6 2 Wagner I () () p Musial 1 0 0) french 0 0 (j j IO IMS 25 ” _T2 14 (denn (hhs 12 1 2 2 I inkev ^222 flkm 2 0 0 s Hathaway 2 6 Xnspaugh 1021 Kaser 1 I 2 2 W ard 0 () o (j f rickson 0 0 o p 101 MS 23 10 15 I' Score By Quarters (ulver 12 24 38 5” (dcnn 14 30 46 56 Now Get relief for painful inflammation and protection for your stomach! For rnmr.r arthritis pam Arthritis Pain f orrnijl,i has ‘lip . more mrrdicine than ordinary headar he tablets Pin- two antacids for double stomach proter tion fry Arthritis Pam formula ttw arthritis st>e< i.ilist from the makers of Anar m' IMPORTANT NEWS FOR BACKACHE SUFFERERS! MOMENTUM Tablets are 50° o stronger than Doan s Bet , . ■ i«e G ! ! ' M VIS’ 'i: - ' m ■ - y " : r ’• C • I 7- S’ i’ ... , . ■.