Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 6

Mnlfoon wins ovn regional title 77 777) Green Warn to face Pari ey section Miller, 1- 0 1 0-0 0 Furry, 8- 5 32 12 Totals 71-40 15-8 88 Areola FG FT TP Edwards, 6-3 1-1 7 C. Shaffer, 24-14 2-1 29 Voder, 8- 3 6-5 11 Tillitt, 5-2 3-1 5 Honn, 12-5 0-0 10 Drake, 2-1 0-0 2 Sargent, 1-0 3-00 M. Shaffer, 2-1 O-O 2 Tuttle, 2-13 L. Chancellor, 0- 0 2-1 1 in the second quarter, The all-time Wave great hit eight straight shots on a mix-ture of drivelns and short Jumpers around the free throw circle in that productive period. Gregg Brown was next with 18 points followed by Robbie Pin-nell's 15.

Jeff Furry, 6-5 sophomore, gathered 12 in a reserve role and Bailey 10 to complete the list of Wave polntmakers finishing in double figures. Guard Dale Yoder had 11., points and Doug Honn 10 in support of Shaffer's 29 for cola. Avery said after the game, "I think our change of defense at halftime made a big in the outcome. We went to a 2-3 zone to get Shaffer stopped." The Purple Rider did manage five buckets in the second half, but three of those came In the rebound in the fourth quarter and they did. I think they had three or four rebound baskets in that last quarter." There was no letup In the 'Wave's play against Areola.

Mattoon outscored the Riders 17-16 despite the fact Avery cleared the bench' with more than four minutes to play, It marked the second Regional title In Avery's coaching career. The last one came in 1963-64 when he guided Areola to a Sweet Sixteen berth. The complete box. score: Mattoon FGTT TP Spitz, 16-12 6-4 28 Snapp, 5- 0 0-0 0 Pinnell, 10-7 3-1 15 Browne, 16- 9 1-0 -18 Bailey, 9-5, 1-0 10 Wetzel, 0- 0 0-0 0 Hamilton, 2-1 1-1 3 Sanders, 4-0 0-0 0 final period with the outcome no longer In doubt. "Areola wasn't getting the open shot in the second half after we changed Avery continued.

"We knew they could hit from out and in the first half we weren't getting out there on them. "We scored right along with them in the first half and they were doing most of their scoring from far out. I figured they had to cool eventually from that distance. "We had the height on them and it opened up the outside for us," Avery added. "Height opens up a lot of avenues." Avery compared his club's performance with Wednesday's narrow 62-61 win over Tuscola.

"We were going well against Tuscola in the third quarter (the Wave led 51-42) but didn't the lead through the first half as Avery's guys managed quarterly advantages of 18-15 and 47-37. But, the shouting was all over for Areola fans In the early part of the second half. Mattoon built up a quick 57-41 lead with Robbie Plnncll and Greg? Browne each scoring twice and Jim Bailey adding a tlpin. After that outbreak there was little doubt about the outcome as a change of defensive strategy cut down Shaffer's outcourt exploits. He managed only five points in the third quarter while Mattoon was building its three quarter lead to 71-54.

Avery received an excellent balanced scoring attack. Mat-toon's all-time scoring leader Steve Spitz worked his way free for 28 points accounting for 19 of Mattoon's 29 points toon won to gain its first Sweet Sixteen berth. Lawrenceville pasted Olney 75-63 for the third time this season while St. Anthony turned a similar trick against Teutopolis in easy 76-62 fashion Friday to earn regional crowns. Mattoon simply too much size, talent and scoring punch for the upset-minded Purple Riders.

Mattoon bombarded the Okaw Valley Conference school from both the inside and out to offset a spectacular outcourt shooting exhibition by 6-foot-l senior Chuck Shaffer. The slightly-built forward with a rapid-fire shooting trigger, connected on 14 of 24 shots, mainly from 15 to 20 feet route to a 29-point perform- ance high for the game. His pinpoint accuracy kept Areola within striking distance of By JIM KIMBALL JG Sporta Editor Areola's pesky Purple Riders proved no match the second straight year for Mattoon's Green Wave as the local crew rolled to an easy 88-70 victory Friday in the title tilt of the Regional tourney. The 18-point victory, compared to last year's 70-49 win in the 4 Areola Regional final, advances coach Bob Avery's club against Paris next Tuesday in the opening game of the Olney Sectional. Paris walloped Charleston 58-38 in the championship game of Us own Regional to advance.

The sharpclawed 24-3, decisioned the Green Wave 70-66 Jan. 2 on the Wave hardwood. Vaunted Lawrenceville and Effingham St. Anthony complete the Olney field which is the same as last season when Mat- II" I I HI I' l.i 'I in 1'i 'in Totals 66-30 19-10 70 Score by quarters: Mattoon 18 29 24 17 88 Areola 15 22 17 16 70 Shooting percentages: Mattoon Areola .454. Personal fouls Mattoon 14; Areola 11.

Turnovers Mattoon 13; Areola 6. Sectional pairings listed SPRINGFIELD, 111: (AP) -Sectional pairings and records in the Illinois State High School Basketball Tournament beginning next week: At Aurcra East Sycamore (24-4) vs Glenbard West (10-14) Crystal Lake (11-14) vs. Auro-' ra East (25-3) At Carbondale DuQuoin (22-5) vs Mounds Meridian (28-1) Nashville (23-5) vs. Okawville (27-1) At Champaign Central Rantoul (19-9) Urbana (24- 4) MATTOON REGIONAL CHAMPS Mattoon High School's basketball team lines up with the championship plaque it won by defeating Areola 83-70 Friday night at MHS in the regional tournament. Kneeling are team manager Richard Deval Mike Snapp, Jim Bailey, Rob Pinnell, Gregg Browne and Steve Spitz.

Standing are Coach Bob Avery, Brad Miller, Gary Sanders, Jeff Furry, Dave Wetzel, Warren Hamilton, manager Keith Spear and assistant Coach Rex Orr. (JG photo) -A St. Anne (15-9) vs. Danville (15-13) At DixonV Sterling (15-12) vs. Rockford Auburn (24-3) Fulton (24-2) vs.

Freeport (15-7) At East Moline United East Moline (24-2) vs. Galva (23-2) At Edwardsville Litchfield (17-10) vs. St. Jacob Triad (24-5) Collinsville (25-2) vs. Belleville East (24-3) At Harrisburg Eleven talented pfeFgndderf accept SIU scholarships CARBONDALE, 111.

Eleven I A 9.7 sprinter, Jett gained Sports -talented-high school players, eluding three all-city choices from Memphis, have ac-cepted football scholarships from Southern Illinois Univer- 6 Saturday, March 7, 1970 Mattoon JOURNAL GAZETTE Llt' more tnan l.suo yards rusning from his halfback position but probably will be moved to wide receiver. Sharp, a 6-3, 235 pounder was an all-city choice while playing both offensive and defensive tackle. He was also second in the state in the shot put his junior year. The other signees: David Smily, 6-3, 190 quarter oach Dick Towers in an Ranked teams GIVE ME THE BALL High championship game Friday night at MHS. School's Jim, Bailey (white uniform) Mattoon defeated Areola 88-70 to ad- )(', wrestles with Areola's Chuck Shaffer vance to the Olney sectional.

(JG photo) for the basketball during the regional Pope County (20-5) vs. Benton (19-9) Carrier Mills (21-5) vs. Mount Vernon (20-5)" At Hinsdale Central York (17-) vs. Chicago St. Mel (20-7) Willowbrook (21-2) vs.

La-Grange Lyons (25-0) At Lockport West Joliet Central (22-6) vs. Richards (14-13) Thornton (21-4) Bloom (26-3) At Normal University Hieh back from Gurnee, Jesse Carter, 6-2, 205 linebacker from Charles With-erspoon, 6-2, 190 tight end from Tupelo, Miss.r Mark Taylor, 6-1, 200 tackle from Glenview, Regional nouncing the signings said: "We concentrated our recruiting efforts on running backs with speed and linemen with size and mobility. These eleven men meet those standards." The Memphis-standouts-are Melrose High quarterback Larry Perkins, and Hamilton High stars Phillip Jett and William Sharp. Perkins; a 5-9, 160 pound sprint-out quarterback, was twice named all-city. His career records: 119 pass completions -for 2,269 yards and 29 touchdowns and 1,136 yards rushing for 18 touchdowns.

Perkins figured in 320 points at Melrose. Paris outs Charleston -I KevnrRielleyr 6-1, 475-defen-j Ottawa trimming Granite City 76-52 at Granite City. Other ranked teams fared this By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Unbeaten Lyons of La Grange and Lincoln, ranked No. 1 and Marquette (26-5) sive back from Glenview, Mike Harre, 6-1, 240 defensive tackle from McLeansboro, Normal University High (20-7) vsrLaSalle-Perir(27-2) 2 irrthenstater headed Tatecf sur- At Vienna At Olney East Richland Pope County 43 Mike Bird6-lr230 tackle-from St. Louis, and Len Livin-good, 6-2, 215 end from Peoria, 111.

A A. Ai iNormai U. High 71, Octavia 62 AtPontiac Pontiac 33, Dwight 32 At Paxton Rantoul 61, Paxton 58 At Lincoln Lincoln 76, Clinton 46 Mattoon tourney Mattoon (15-11) vs. Paris (25-3) Effingham St. Anthony (26-2) vs.

Lawrenceville (27-1) At Palatine Fremd Niles Notre Dame (25-0) vs. Deerfield (14-10) Maine South (23-2) vs. Hersey (17-8) At Peoria Manual Pekin 19-10) vs. Peoria Spalding (21-8) Mason City (27-0) vs. Canton (13-16) At DeKalb openstonighfc Syracmore 75, DeKalb 72 At Springfield Lanphier 66, Southeast 62 At Decatur way: No5LaSalle-Perih-26-2, defeated Princeton 85-59 with Gary Novak potting 25 points and Paul Mullen 20.

No. 6 East Moline 25-2, edged Alleman at Moline in overtime by making six-of-six from the foul line including Craig Davis' deciding two charities. No. 8 Thornton. 20-4.

blasted host. Thornridge 77-59 as Lloyd Baits netted 37 points. No. 10 Bloom, 25-3, smashed host Thornridge 77-59. Dennis Shidler hit 26 points to gear No.

It Lawrenceville, 26-1 Olney 75-63 at Bridgeport. No. 12 Rockford Auburn, 23-3. downed Rockford East 52-46 with Chuck Peakcock heading balanced attack with 12 points. No.

13 Belleville East. 23-3, edged East, St. Louis 63-62 to capture its own regional. No. 14 Urbana, 23-4, also won as host by burving Champaign Central 42-20.

No. 15 Christian Brothers, 25-2, took host Quincy 67-65 with Gary Queen ramming in 26 points. Unranked Okawville smashed Centralia 67-46. It ended Cen- At Quincy Eisenhower 52, MacArthur 48 At Conant -Maine South 67, Maine West 45 At Aurora West East Aurora 68, Marmion Mil. Acad.

62 At Wheaton North Glenbard West 71, Addison Trail 56 At Danville Danville 77, Schlarman 69 At Carmi Mount Vernon 72, Carmi 67 At Chester Nashville 68, Sparta 50. At Jerseyville Jersey ville 61, Brussels47 At Rockford Boylan Rockford Auburn 52, Rockford East 46 At Lanark Fulton 78, Propetstown 60 At Canton Canton 65, Farmington 50 At Niles West Notre Dame 66, Evanston 61 At Glenbard East Willowbrook 60, Glenbard East 52 At Crystal Lake Crystal Lake 72, Barrington 70 At Hoopeston St. Anne 72, Bismarck 70 ot At West Leyden York 85, Holy Cross 66 Illinois High School Basketball By THE ASSOCIATION PRESS (Regional Championships) At Bridgeport Lawrenceville 75, Olney 63 At Rock Falls Sterling 83, Mt. 63 At West Frankfort Benton 63, West Frankfort 60 At LaSalle LaSalle-Peru 85, Princeton 59 At Arlington Hersey 42, Arlington 41 At Richards Richards 74, Evergreen Pk. 56 At Joliet Central Joliet Central Lockport Central 43 At Waukegan Deerfield 80, Zion-Benton 67 At Freeport -Freeport 68, Dakota 41 At Streator Ottawa Marquette 58, Streator 57 At Norris Carrier Mills McLeansboro 60..

At Tamms "Meridian 69, Century 64 At Belleville East Belleville East East Louis 62 At Granite City Collinsville 76, Granite 52 7" At Vandalia At Taylorville Blue Mound 76, Rochester 54 At Havana Mason City 57, Petersburgh 4i vivors into next week's sectional prep basketball tournaments by winning regional championships Friday night. Lyons, 25-0, won its own regional by blasting Oak Lawn 59-41 as Dave Van Skike topped a balanced attack with 20 points. The Lions will face Willowbrook, 21-2, in the first round of the Hinsdale Central sectional Wednesday. Lincoln raced to victory in its own regional by drubbing Clinton 76-46 for a 28-0 mark. Three players hit in doubles headed by Seymour Reed with 22 points.

Lincoln will meet Decatur Mac-Arthur, 17-8, in the Springfield Lanphier sectional. Only other team" to advance unbeaten to the sectionals was unranked Notre Dame, 24-0 which boosted its mark to 24-0 by downing Evanston 66-61 in the Niles West meet and Mason City, 27-0, with a 57-46 triumph over Petersburg at Havana. The only district team to take a regional crown was Ottawa. Marquette, 25-5. with a 58-57 defeat of Streator.

Bob Guyette hit 26 points for the winners. No. 3 Galesburg, 22-2. ad-vanced with a 78-55 trouncing of KnoxxilleJbieh.ind production of Mike Doyle. It was Knoxville's first loss in 26 gagaes.

Collinsville. No. 5 had an easy time attaining a 24-2 record by The first Mattoon High School sophomore basketball tourney opens tonight with two games featuring Effingham against Warrensburg-Latham at 7 followed by the MHS-Mount Zion game at 9. The remainder of the playing schedule for the four-team round-robin affair: MONDAY 7 p.m. Effingham vs.

Mount Zion. At Hillsboro Litchfield 61; Worden 55 At Paris Paris 58, Charleston 38 At Effingham Jersey ville (14-13) vs. Quincy Christian Bros. (26-2) Pittsfield (21-7) vs. Warsaw (20-6) At Springfield Lanphier Springfield Lanphier (17-1) vs.

Blue Mount (24-3) Lincoln (29-0) vs. Decatur Eisenhower (17-8) i BR meetings being held The 1970 Central Section Workshop of 'the senior Babe Ruth basebtll association ODen- sented to all four places of finish and a most valuable player trophy also will be awarded. Officials contracted to work the tourney are Bob Wiman, Bill Brandvold, John Swick, Pete Genta, Duane Sanders and and Tom Seaman, all of Mattoon. Gaines says he hopes to make this tourney an annua event on the Green Wave sports calenr dar. MHS also sponsors an invitational cross country meet along with an eight-team holiday basketball tourney, 10-leam wrestling meet and multi-team invitational track carnival.

Effingham St. Anthony Teutopolis 62 At Mattoon Mattoon 88, Areola 70 At Marion 9 p.m. Mattoon vs. Warrens- burg-Latham. DuQuoin 62, Marion 56 At Dallas City Warsaw 63, Carthage 61 ot At Urbana tralia's 77-game winning streak THURSDAY 7 p.m." Mount Zion vs.

Warrensburg-Latham. ed Friday night in the U. S. Grant hotel with aDnroximatpIv in regional play 7 Okawville was At Quincy Urbana 42, Champaign Ce topped by seniors Gail Wolf with l2Q.state director in an Bjtherfrineyl fiatr gnqglltl trat 2tr: At Centraila with 22. Knicks whip v' San Diego At Jacksonville -Pittsfield 45, Triopia 42 I -At Galesburg Galesburg 78, Knoxville 55 -At Peoria Peoria Spaulding 51, Peoria Bergan 37 At Pekin Pekin 59, Limestone At Kewanee Mattoon's outstanding sophomore basetballleam, under ffie guidance of Coach Rex Orr, compiled a sparkling 16-3 record during the regular season, best among all second-yearteams in the Bigvi2 Conference.

Holding down starting positions most of the season were Jim Covington dhd John Reeves at the forward spots, 6-5 Jeff Furry at center with Mike Thornton and Denny Duncan at the guards. "9 p.m. MattuoirvsrEffmg--ham. MHS Athletic Director Harry Gaines said tickets are" priced at $1 for adults and 50 cents students. "Season tickets for the tourney are $2.50 and $1," he added.

"It should be a real good tourney," Gaines continued. "We understand Effingham and Warrensburg-Latham both have outstanding sophomore teams." Team trophies will be pre According to Mattoon's Bill Grimes, assistant Illinois state director, "Individual meetings were conducted Friday and dealt mainly with the various problems any of the direetor may be encountering in their area. "On hand to help answer these questions are Ron Tellefscn, development director of the national senior Babe Ruth association and Paul Robinson, central states commissioner," Grimes added. Okawville 67, Centralia 46 At Thornridge Thorntofl 77, Thornridge 59 At Bloom Bloom 55, Homewood-Floss-moor 47 "At Lyons Lyons LaGrange 59, Oak Lawn 41 At Moline -East Moline 60, Alleman 59 ot At Riverside-Brookfield St. Mel 68, De LaSalle 61 Third straight NEW YORK (AP) -Jim Mc-Millian of Columbia has won the Haggertv Award as the best college basketball player in the New York metropolitan area for an Unprecedented third straight year, it was, announced today.

The award Is, made, by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. by the associated nba Friday's Results fc New York 107, San Diego 101 Philadelphia 150, Boston 134 Baltimore 105, Los Ang. lop; San Fran. 107, Phoenix 97 Seattle 126, Cincinnati 122 Milwaukee 121, Detroit 118 Blues win in hockey By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday's Results St. Louis 3, New York 1 Chicago 3, Oakland 2 Kewanee 75, Henry 63, At Oneida Galva 54, ROVA 48.