: - '^=ssss=^\^ M ^*S ,:^(V MM I E^ j| iM ^i r IVUf mmm Si> w j3^ H W w V9K ^:-. wMHf^HBHE^ re v*MB > > Road Block Terry Beasley of the Red squad ma White's Michael "Pop Bottle" Thon mer League Red and White All-S Rupert Bell Park. Thomas was t scorers with 19 points as the Whit< Summer Basketbal Breakers nip By SAM DAVIS - Ti Chronicle Sports Editor Q\ cc Kenny Mickens* clutch si< shooting sparked the Breakers to w a . narrow 68-65 win over Piney m Grove in the final regular-seas on game of the Carver Summer al League. Ft The fourth-place Breakers ran at out to a 54-39 lead midway ai through the third period before th Piney Grove employed a trapping 1: zone defense that helped tie the le game at 65 with 25 seconds re- th maining. G IT ? w: _i. I 1. riuwcvci, micRCiia ccunc uac* to drill a 25-foot jumper from the aj key to put his team back on top di by two and then canned one of 6: two free throws to give the th Breakers their margin of victory. gj Mickens, who had predicted t> his team would upset top-ranked Piney Grove, said the Breakers b were "pumped up" for the game it and finally played up to their tl potential. "I think we have one of the best teams in the league," Mickens said after the game. "Our main problem has been that some of our players missed games during the season and we weren't really playing together. "If everybody comes and plays, I know we would have probably done a lot better than we dad," said. the. rising, senior at -?The Breakers dominated the- ? opening minutes of the game. Behind the offensive play of Mickens, Mike Reid and Lynwood Oliver, they opened a 15-10 lead. When Mickens sneaked incirlo tA clam viAmo a dmh mice hm JiUV IV/ JICU11 11U1UV U IVV1U IIU J?j) 11V put his team up by seven and the Breakers ended the quarter with a 17-12 lead. Jack Maxwell came off the bench to pace the Breakers in the second period, scoring 11 points and giving his team a 38-27 halftime lead. Maxwell's silkysmooth jumper was unstoppable in the quarter. League director Hanzell Hentz, filling in for Breakers Coach Mike Thomas, had the Breakers at the top of their game, ordering them into a motion offense that Piney Grove had pro U1CII13 3U1V1I10. "Sometimes I have to fill in just to make the league operate right/* Hentz said. 44I do whatever is neccessary to make the league better". Later, however, Brian Leak, L ' **^M .:<^^K <* HHHHMMHHBtskr~? jSbBHBMB ""xT. ~^~ .^S^SBH^B^B; ^iir.^r% BBM^i * kes the going rough for the nas in the Rupert Bell Sumtar Game last Saturday at n loiuppauic hi leaumy cin 3 team won 84-60 (photo by i top-ranked im Burroughs and Chris hristmas fueled Piney Grove's >meback with some clutch outde shooting. Piney Grove crept ithin nine, 63-54, in the opening linutes of the final quarter. Pin?y Grove's trapping defense so began to pay dividends in the nal stanza, as it whittled away the Breakers' lead with Leak id Burroughs providing most of le offensive power. With only a 35 left, and the Breakers ading 65-57, Brian Leak's iree-point play pulled Piney rove within five. Following a charging call gainst Oliver, Burroughs hit a riving layup to make the score 5-62. On their next possession, le Breakers threw the ball away, iving Piney Grove an opportuni' to pull within one. But, when Leak was fouled reounding a Chris Christmas liss, he was only able to convert le front end of the one-and-one. ^juj ' ?y?- -- . ---x.._ /v- 1332'A ^ | 19831 _ v|| 1548-A ^ if 19831 -j- 1287-A GT/1 -i noo , ny 170vl ' 9951-A ?| 1982' 1428-A ? ? 1978 ' 1646-A !g I 1979 I! J - 9935-A m 1981 VA/ A ' 1 4 Road Runne division next year. Martin, who ran the second leg, said he was also nervous, but, after Suttle started off so well, he added, he felt he had to do his part to help the team. 441 had butterflies in my stomach before we ran but 1 felt okay once 1 started running," said Martin, who also would like to further his career in track. Unlike Suttle and Martin, Cooper makes no big deal of the running events, and prefers instead to emulate long jumper Carl Lewis. 44My favorite event is the long jump," said Cooper, who only missed qualifying for the national finals in the long --jmrrprtay oim imdi.? All four members of the team said preparations for the meet were tiring, but that they felt good going into the competition. Meanwhile, Coach Simpson said he felt fortunate to have gotten extra assistance from Chris Lawrence, a former Road Runners member. "Chris spent a lot of time coaching the relay team," said Simpson of the recent North Carolina A&T graduate. "He put a lot of time into the little things it takes to make the relay team a -i ? ciose unu. While Simpson has taken members of his track team to the nationals for at least six of the seasons he has coached the Road Runners, this was his first time taking a relay team. Piney Grove Still, the Breakers gave Pine) Grove a reprieve when they threv the ball away on the ensuing pla; and Burroughs' follow shot knot ted the game at 65, setting th stage for Mickens' heroics. Mickenrled his teaitMn scorin with 20 points, while MaxWeft ad ded 17, Reid 13. Leak toppe< Piney Grove in scoring with 21 with Brian Howard tossing in 16 - In other games last week Bishop McGuiness defeated the 76ers 85-52 with Forrest Munder leading the way with 15 points. McGuiness lost later in the week to the Breakers 62-53. Behind Robert Mcllwaine's 25 points and 24 from Terry Gunter, Southside downed the Royals 77-52. Piney Gove beat the 76ers 62-41. The league's postseason tournament will be played this week with the number one seed belonging to Piney Grove. Southside is the number tsfro seed. A*. ^ N Buick Park Ave.. $ Buick Regal . . . . Citation 4 dr 1 uavaner s/w Impala 4dr Impala 4Dr Malibu s/w nopERH ?I HIIUtliiilliiAtiilftltltMllltlMMMttlMftMtttMMItlMIMItlMIt rs From Page B1 ' i With a little luck, he said, Simpson hopes to take more members of his Road Runners to the nationals next year, including more relay teams. 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