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Lebanon gives Corvallis a scar Rtbanij E)cmocrat-fcralD Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1974, Page 25 PORTS got hot and the Spartans opened 53-48 advantage with 4:40 left. "I'll admit that none of us felt we were going to have this kind of trouble beating Lebanon," said Kinney. "We were all probably guilty of taking wins for granted." Stepp concurred. "We had them and blew it," he said.

"They weren't ready to play, and we outhustled them, dominated the boards (41-35), pressured them on defense and ran them on the fast break. It was merely mental mistakes and those long shots of Beck's that killed us." Spark missing By KERRY EGGERS Democrat-Herald Writer CORVALLIS Theoretically, Glen Kinney Corvallis High School hoop mentor, figured it would be little more than a breeze. As it was, the Spartans almost got caught in a whirlwind. Lebanon gave Corvallis, the state's top rated basketball quintet, its biggest scare in the Valley League this year before succumbing 60-53 Tuesday. Afterwards Warrior coach Dean Stepp was fuming not at his players' performance, but at the inability to handle the tough Spartan half court press in the "We had no problem with the presses all year," the Warrior mentor groaned after the game.

"This is the first time we've ever really gotten rattled. It was those mental errors against their half court press we had men open, but we didn't have courage to find them. The kids lost their poise, and it cost us the ball game." Stepp was in a hole to begin with when Mike Bressler, the senior guard who runs the offense, and was Stepp's "best defensive player," suffered a compound dislocation of his thumb in practice Monday. Bressler will be out for the season. But Kinney had returned the favor when Alan Gustafson broke his foot last weekend.

As it turned out, it was a gunning duel between Rex Anderson, Gutsy 6-4 Warrior veteran, and Terry Beck, a young but game 6-3 Spartan junior. J-5 1 LEBANON (S3) But not before Corvallis played perhaps Its worst quarter of the year, an eight-point first period. "They played us pretty darn well," said Kinney, whose club was blanked for the first four minutes but trailed only 2-0. "That was part of the reason for our shooting problem. I don't know about the rest The rest resulted in no field goals for starters Rich Freeark, Larry Reynolds and Tim Smith in the first half.

"I feel that a good, fast breaking team can give Corvallis trouble," said Stepp. "They're not used to anybody trying to run with them. That's what we tried to do." With Anderson and freshman Andy McClouskey, the little dynamo, scoring heavily, Lebanon burst, 18-18, 28-17 and 34-22 before ending the first half with a 34-24 advantage. Hardly odd, the Warriors matched bucket to bucket with the wild-eye'd Sparts as the third period got under way. But Beck and Corvallis' pinching half court press came alive and gradually narrowed the gap.

Then Craig Conte, a 6-3 reserve forward, came on to replace Smith. Combining' free throws, rebounds and steals with a fade away hook, he cut the Lebanon lead to 42-40. But Anderson and Jeff Willems, a starter in Bresler's place, banged home jumpers and the Warriors maintained a 46-43 margin with a quarter, left. McClouskey, who had been blanked in the third period, stepped home on a jumper to make it 48-43 as the final period began. But Reynolds drove on the freshman for a score, Beck and Freeark 4 I 20 4 4 fg ft-fta reb pf tp 2-1 2-2 04 1 I 4 54 4 0 13 10 1-2 1 21 1 0 Reynold Beck Smith Williams Howell Brown Campbell Booster Pederson (team I Totals Celts stop W.Albany 04 04 04 0-1 22 1 2-2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 McClouskey Willems Anderson Shannon Gray Vorderitrasse Fountain Schumacher Porter Williams (team) Totals 23 14-21- 35 13 60 74 41 17 53 Score by quarters: Lebanon 14 20 12 9-53 Corvallis 8 16 19 1760 score Corvallis 51, Lebanon 49.

CORVA11IS (60) fg ft-fta reb pf tp Freeark 4 0-1218 North Salem press contains S. Albany -I NORTH SALEM (82) "And they were hitting them." That was crucial. The Celtics gained an early lead and were able to maintain control of the game. McNary held a nine-point advantage at halftime, 30-21, but widen the gap by nine points in the third quarter. The Celtics haven't adopted any changes since the departure of coach Pete Bryant, according to Barrett.

"There hasn't been any great changes," he said. Vic Backlund has replaced Bryant who had open heart surgery recently. "He has been around there," added Barrett noting1 that Backlund was a Junior varsity coach under Bryant. "They just shot the ball well," Barrett said. Andy Bardosi led the Celtics with 16 points.JJut he had solid support from his teammates.

Doug Peterson added 14 and Randy Nelson 12. Todd Brem paced the Bulldogs with 16. But he was the lone Bulldog to hit four double figures. West Albany's shooting wasn't up to par, at least not like McNary. The Bulldogs will be attempting to break a three-game losing streak Friday by hosting the South Albany Rebels.

WEST ALBANY (47) ft-fu. pf tp Peterson 7 44 4 18 Grosjacques 2 0-0 0 4 Hartley 5 3-4 1 13 Hopfer 2 04 0 4 Mathern 4 0-1 2 8 Melton 0 04 0 Ivie 3 1-2 4 7 I Morin 0 1-3 11 Wilson 0 04 0 0 French 4 44 5 12 Lahr 0 1-2 2 1 Noack 4 6-7 4 14 Totoals 31 20-31 26 82, SOUTH ALBANY (59) i ft-fU pf tp! Elshire 6 4-8 3 16 Shackelford 7 8-19 2 22 Killinger 2 0-2 4 4 James 0 04 0 0 Puckett 0 04 1 0 Costello 0 04 0 0 Douglas 5 0-1 4 10 Hove 0 1-2 2 1 Fiegenbaum 0 04 0 0 Reynolds .0 04 1 0 1 Totals 23 13-31 22 59 i Score by quarters: North Salem 22 18 25 17-82 South Albany 12 14 13 20-59 JV score North Salem 59, South Albany 52. If yy' By FRED WESTERLUND Democrat-Herald Writer "We got a good jump on them," smiled North Salem coach Lou Littlejohn. "Our press early in the game gave us momentum. "And we were able to maintain the lead." But it took some slow down tactics, too.

Holding off a late South Albany surge, North Salem ran for an 82-59 Valley League prep basketball victory Tuesday over the hosting Rebels. It was a dubious home finale appearance for South Albany. The Rebels failed to stop a nine-game losing streak. Add number 10 to the list. But with the exception of a slow start and a late relapse, the Rebels made a strong showing against the Vikings.

"It was our best effort in a few ball games," acknowledged South Albany coach Fed Sandgren. After the Vikings had seemingly ran off with the game by piling up a 28-point bulge late in the third quarter, South Albany nursed comeback hopes by cutting the gap to 13 points, 71-58, in the final stanza. But Littlejohn reinstated Bryon Peterson in the lineup and the Vikings went into a control offense. With reason. "We tried to get control of the game," he acknowledged.

"The reserves had lost our big lead." North Salem regained its composure to put the win away in the frenzied moments when tempers of both teams flared. But the Rebels got too far behind in the first Em ploying a sticky press defense effectively, North Salem gunned to a 12-0 lead before Steve Douglas broke the ice for the Rebels with a basket. It was the press that did the damage against South Albany. Turnovers, and there were numerous, resulted in baskets for the quick and alert Viking defencers. "We shot very well early in the game.

That was definitely a factor, too," added Littlejohn. That and the press. "We couldn't adjust to it," noted Sandgren of North Salem's defense. "We didn't adjust to for a whole half. We didn't handle the' ball well." Sandgren wasn't too pleased with the defensive efforts of the Rebels, either.

"We were hestitating in picking up people coming down the floor it resulted in quick baskets," he said. North Salem's curly haired' Peterson put life in the Vikings' defense. And he wasn't bad on offense, either, scoring 18 points. John Noack backed him up with 14 while Rick Hartley added 13 and Ed French 12. Scoring honors went to Mike Shackelford of South Albany with a 22-point performance.

Neil Elshire added 16. It was the latter who spurred the Rebels in the fourth period with nine points. South Albany didn't help itself at the free throw line. The Rebels fired a poor 13 of 31 at the line and missed several first shots of one and one situations. The Rebels will be attempting to untrack Friday against cross-town rival West Albany in the Bulldog gym.

DUANE BARRETT Team lacked spark SALEM The spark wasn't there. "I was kind of disappointed," acknowledged coach Duane Barrett. "We seemed flat didn't have that extra spark you need to win." But McNary did. And the hosting Celtics ran off with a 69-47 Valley League prep basketball win Tuesday over the West Albany Bulldogs. "The kids wanted to win.

I'm sure of that," stated Barrett, More sports on pages 26, 27 "but we didn't have the mental sharpness to play well. "We committed a lot of pretty basic errors. Things we haven't been doing for some time like stepping over the free throw line. a lot of basic mental errors." It all adds up to a loss. What West Albany lacked, McNary didn't.

"They shot the ball real well," Barrett pointed out. And against the Bulldogs' press. "We tried to put the pressure on them, but they brought the ball down the floor against our press and got good shots. They didn't get many layins, but they got the 15-footers. fg fl-fta pf tp Parsons 1 2-2 14 Brem 5 2 16 Clunes 1 04 2 2 Harper 2 0-1 1 4 Fortier 1 0-12 2 Sorte 0 (M) 0 0 Saylor 2 3-6 3 7 Simmons 0 04 0 0 Wolski 0 3-5 0 3 Cushman 0 04 0 0 Hopfer 0 0-2 0 0 Torgeson 4 1-2 2 9 Totals 16 16-24 14 47 McNARY (69) fg ft-fta pf tp Quesnel -3 3-4 19 Peterson 7 04 3 14 Coons I 2-2 2 4 (Idle i I 2-2 0 4 Bardosi 7 2-2 2 16 Nelson 4 4-4 4 12 Gruenfelder -1 04 I 2 Kclsh 2 2-2 1 6 Taylor 1 04 1 2 Koenig 0 04 2 0 Zach 0 04 2 0 Johnson 0 0-110 Totals 29 15-17 21 69 Score by quarters: WestAlbany 10 11 9 17-47 McNary 16 14 18 21-69 Make your Gas last! Get a tune-up today Tune-up Kits Quality Parts ALDAI1Y AUTO PARTS 2ndBaktr 928-3335 Neil Elshire (13) of South Albany grimmaces while he attempts to put up a rebound shot against North Salem's Ed French in a Valley League prep basketball game Tuesday at South Albany.

Elshire scored 16 points for the Rebels, but North Salem took an 82-59 win. (Staff photo by Chris Johns) JV score McNary S3, West Albany SI Harrisburg nails down 65-55 win Santiam, Lions snare TRC wins Mold la upends Huskies, 63-52 There's a lot more to it than gas economy. The Huskies played well against Molalla, expect for shooting, noted Wilkerson. Sweet Home had a lopsided 40-22 advantage in rebounding. Ftonl 0ucf SWEET HOME (52) with 23 points.

At Scio, it was a different kind of game tight. But only at the end. The Loggers had taken a 36-25 halftime lead and appeared to have taken control of the game, But Jefferson rallied in the second half to overtake Scio. "We started making mistakes and they started scoring," Scio coach Gary Curran explained. fg-fga ft-fta pf tp Fhu-ThruVntlMloa WmdshitHJ WuMvi.

1-4 2-2 1 Full IngttvmwMWI MOO cc OHC 4 cyl HARRISBURG "We really didn't play very well," stated Harrisburg High School basketball coach Dave Shelby. "But we played well enough to Well enough to hand visiting Monroe a 65-55 Trico League prep basketball defeat Tuesday. Harrisburg took an early lead and dominated the game until the third quarter when the Dragons launched a stiff comeback rally that cut the Eagles' lead to a mere point. Tim Castleberry came to the rescue with a couple baskets off the fast break and Robin Walker contributed a three-point play and the Eagles had it in the bag. 04 0 04 1 04 2 04 2.

04 1 1-3 1 1- 2 2- 5 0-1 0- 0 1- 1 2-10 4-12: 1 3-8 Ball Christenson Davenport Dodge Hyland Lutton Perkins Price Kiggs Zitek Totals" MOLALLA (63) S1H-I 6-6 2 14 4-4 3 12 3-42 9 Plf Jim 18-57 16-19 15 52 Impscl Rmstant Ftont A Rea' Bumptt $ytlm Santiam High School stayed on top of the Tri-River Conference prep basketball race Tuesday with an 80-56 triumph over visiting John F. Kennedy of Mt. The win gave the Wolverines a 11-2 record with two games remaining. Meanwhile, Jefferson won a thriller over hosting Scio Loggers by taking a 58-56 verdict. "Defense and the fast break was the key," explained coach Bid Sanders of Santiam 's win.

The defense and fast break combination enabled Santiam to dominate. "We really handle them," said Sanders. "We're expecting a pretty tight game." But the Wolverines controled the boards, 45-27, and shot 50 per cent from the field with 31 baskets in 62 attempts. The starting five had actually shot better than 50 per cent from the field. David Plotts led Santiam MOLALLA Rob Gibbons was healthy.

And because he was, Molalla High School took a half game lead for second place in the hectic valley division race of the Coast-Valley League with a 63-52 win Tuesday over Sweet Home. "We beat them ((55-50) when they played down here," noted Sweet Home coach Felix Wilkerson. "But Gibbons didn't play." He was left at home because of illness. Gibbons didn't show any signs of illness Tuesday when he dumped in 23 points to lead the Indians to a crucial win. It was a setback for the Huskies who.

also are entertaining second place hopes. Sweet Home still has a to finish in a second place tie with a win Friday at Central. "I think we'll play as well as we can," assured Wilkerson of the Friday game. looped Aft Carpttinf 4-Spwd Usnual Tratwmuion-Fuitf Sfnchtoiune. Floor Mounted fg-fga ft-fta pf tp Ppff f'cwf Due 8'aket 3-3 4 7 2-11 Front Sty) Sft WftMM Stathkitf 54 3 23 04 2 0 3-5 1 13 2-3 2 8 flje I Pinion SfffriM 04 1 04 0 9-18 04 54 3-10 04 2- 2 3- 4 0-1 0- 1 04 1- 2 Vordichok Gibbons Lapp Hanson Hull Feran Yoder Hepler Olsen Olsen Emch Welle Totals KENNEDY (56) Byer 2.

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DeMain 20. Davidson 4, M. DeMain 6, Wright 6, Morgan 3, Rose 4, Bill Tippit 2. Score by quarters: Kennedy 11 6 21 27-56 Santiam 17 16 28 19-80 JEFFERSON (58) Keith 18, Hart 4, McLain 2. Sanders 4, Bergh 19, Girt 11.

SCIO (56) McDonald 18. Bolman 2. (Mil 13. Miller 8, Torgeson 3, Cloud 10, Rowland 2. Score by quarters: Jefferson 15 10 17 16-58 Scio 10 26 9 11-56 0-1 04 04 0-1 04 MONROE (55) Smith 7, M.

Kinkade 10. VanNatta 11, Herusco 7, R. Kinkade 15. Sitrkel 5, Prack. HARRISBURG" (651-Alloway 4, Seymour 8, McCIure 6, Gunter 8, Castleberry 14.

Walker 11, Dickson, Sullivan 10, Nelson 2, Johnson 2. Score by quarters: Monroe 12 15 13 IS 55-Harrisburg 18 18 11 18-65 JV score Harrisburg 74, Monroe 40. 25-54 13-18 17 63 Sifting Column Lock With everybody talking about (and working tor) gas economy, along comes Capri, the sexy European. It not only has European styling to brag about, but European ideas on gas economy are built right into it. Stilt, these aren't the only reasons why Capri sold more cars in its first three years in America than any other import in history.

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Orive GAS MILEAGE Corvallis South Salem 19 9 10 12 8 6 8 7 2 2b AAILES PER GALLON 7 .4 4 3 3 2 0 calipers and wheel cyl- the Saxon lead to two points, 32-30, in the third quarter as South Salem went five minutes without scoring. But the Saxons broke the slump with three successive baskets to pull away from the Raiders. Barrett led all scorers with 12 points while Russ Harris was high point man for Crescent Valley with nine points. North Salem Crescent Valley McNary Sprague WestAlbany South Albany 00 ORBEJJER inders, arc shoes, bleed brokes, road test car, (new wheel cylinders $3.50 extra each if needed.) i. i League basketball race by upending Crescent Valley, 55-39.

The loss dropped the Raiders (4-3) behind the Saxons (5-1) in the second half race. Getting off to a fast start by employing a tight defense, the Saxons were able to dictate the game's tempo. Phil Barrett dropped in three baskets to get the Saxons rolling offensively in the first period. In the second half, both teams were a bit tense, missing shots and committing turnovers. Crescent Valley rallied tx cut 0 Lebanon Tuesday's Rme OS) TIRE STORES nHa mm At South Albany 59, North Salem 82 At McNary 69, West Albany 47 At South Salem 59, Crescent Valley 39 At Corvallis 60, Lebanon 53 Sprague had a bye South Salem cleared a ma, jor herdle Tuesday for claiming id second spot in the Valley USE THE WANT ADS TO BUY, TRADE OR SELL ITEMS.

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