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Championship Action
Youngsville's Darlync Cash (30) and l.inda Paschall (31)
contest Epsom's Delores Falkner for basketball.
Franklinton
Consolation
Champs
The Franklinton Rams made
It three In a row over the
Loulsburg Bulldogs Saturday
night and walked off with the
score and the consolation
game title. Jumping off to. a
17-11 first period margin, the
Rams had little trouble In
taking the 77-55 contest.
In the final game of the
regular season, the Rams had
edged the Bulldogs, 53-51 In a
close, well-played game. In
the heated competition of a
tournament title, Franklinton
stepped up the tempo. Louls
burg played most of the game
without the services of all
conference Thomas Finch,
who suffered a sprained ankle
TrrtTsr'Ymrrsesvtne- pmeon
Thursday night.
Foster Brodle, all con
ference, all tournament and
Most Valuable Player, led the
Rams with 24 points against
Loulsburg. Danny Faulkner,
one of the top scorers of the
county led Loulsburg with 18
points.
Loulsburg ? Faulkner 18,
Geddle 12, T. Finch, D. Finch
9, Moore 16, Davis, McDonald,
Chesson, Taylor, Perry, Per
son, Wrenn, Warren. Frank
linton? Beckham 12, Collins
8, Lawrence 14, Secor 9, Bro
dle 24, Goswlck 7, Eakes 1,
Johnson, W. Collins 2, Carter.
It Figures
The minister, addressing a
Sunday school class, had taken
for his theme the story of
Ellsha on his journey to Bethel
? how the youngsters had
taunted the old prophet, and
how they were punished when
two bears came out of the
wild and ate forty and two of
them.
"And now, children," con
cluded the pastor, wishing to
stress the moral point, "what
does this story show?"
"It shows," ventured one lit
tle girl timidly, "how many
children two bears can hold".
Epsom Girls, Youngsville Boys Win
Thursday Action
second place Epsom girls to
a 45-31 win over the Bunn
sextet, scoring 21 points In
last Thursday's semifinals In
the Franklin County tourna
ment. The Loulsburg Bull
dogs gave Youngsvllle the
?care of the season as they
bung In close until the final
frame before falling to a 62
53 score.
After an Initial frame that
saw the lead jump back and
forth, the Epsom girls went
out In front 17-12 at halftlme
and were never In trouble after
that. Brenda Perklnson was a
sparkplug for the winners,
making key baskets as she
scored 12 points, a season
high.
Jean Crudup led the Bunn
girls with nine points follow
ed by Linda Moore with eight.
The loss eliminated Bunn
and set up the championship
game last Friday night be
tween the conference champs
Youngsvllle girls and Epsom.
The . Louisburg Bulldogs
came to play In the nightcap
and held Youngsvllle' s toes
to the fire as a tight defense
and hustling play gave the
fans the closest game of the
tournament to that point.
Youngsvllle experienced one
of Its more shaky nights to
aid the Bulldogs In keeping
close.
Loulsburg's hope faded at the
halftlme break as Thomas
Finch sustained a sprained
ankle at the end of the half
and was lost to the team the
balance of the night. Wilbur
Moore, the Bulldog's other
tall forward went out on
fouls at the end of the third
quarter.
Youngs vi lie '? Larry Paschall drives to the basket as
Bunn's Wayne Norton attempts to stop the shot.
Youngsvllle led alter the
first moments of play and took
a 33-32 lead In the dressing
room at the half. With 6:35
left In the third period the
Bulldogs took their first lead
of the night on Danny Faulk
ner's field goal. Loulsburg
led once more at the 5:29
mark on Jimmy Geddie's bas
ket at 36-35.
With 1:57 left in the third
period, Youngsvllle made Its
move and pulled ahead to 50
45 at the end of the period.
From that point on the Phan
toms held control and went
on to take the 62-53 win.
Jesse Preddy, with 18 points,
led Youngsvllle and Jimmy
Geddle, with 20 points paced
the Bulldogs. The win sent
Youngsvllle Into the cham
pionship game and placed
Loulsburg In Saturday's con
solation contest.
Girls: Epsom? Falkner 21,
Hedge peth 8, Perklnson 12,
Smith, Ayscue, J. Ayscue 3,
Pendergrass, Jessup, Stain
back, Foster, Fuller, L. Ful
ler, C. Smith 1. Bunn? Clark
6, Moore 8, Andrews 1, Cru
dup 9, Alford 3, Branch, Mul
len 1, Jones, Denton, Hagwood
3.
Epsom 5 12 17 U - 45
Bunn 6 6 6 13 - 31
Boys: Youngsvllle? Wrenn 9,
Preddy 18, Catlett. 7, Pas
chall 11, Wilder 9, Roberts
8, Wiggins. Loulsburg?
Faulkner 17, Geddle 20, Finch
9, D. Finch 2, Moore 5, Mc
Donald, Cbesson, Wrenn.
Youngsvllle 19 14 17 12 -62
Loulsburg 16 16 13 8 -53
Basketball Awards
Tournament Most Valuable Flayer
Girl's Division: Vickie Rogers of Youngsvllle
Boy's Division: Foster Brodle of Franklinton
All Tournament Teams
Girl's Division
Vickie Rogers of Youngsvllle
Delores Falkner of Epsom
Harriet Pearce of Youngsvllle
Judy Clark of Bunn
Rebecca Pearce of Edward Best
Charlene Hedgepeth of Epsom
Boy's Division
Foster Brodle of Franklinton
C. L. Wrenn of Youngsvllle
Larry Paschall of Youngsvllle
Robert Bowden of Bunn \
Milton Horton of Bunn
Tournament Champions
Girl's Division: Youngsvllle
Boy's Division: Youngsvllle
Tournament Runnerups
Girl's Division : Epsom
Boy's Division: Bunn
Consolation Game Winner
Boy's: Franklinton
Conference Champions
Girl's Division: Youngsvllle
Boy's Division: Youngsvllto
Coaches of the Year
All Conference Teams
First Team
Girl's Division
Vickie Rflgers of Youngsvllle
Delores Falkner of Epsom
Harriet Pearce of Youngsvllle
Tonl Gupton of Gold Sand
Charlene Hedgepeth of Epsom
Judy Clark of Bunn
Boy's Division
Foster Brodle of Franklinton
Mike Fowler of Epsom
C. L. Wrenn of Youngsvllle
Jesse Preddy of Youngsvllle
Larry Paschall of Youngsvllle
All Conference Teams
Second Team
Girl's Division
Kathy Gilliam of Edward Best
Jean Crudup of Bunn
Phyllis Murray of Edward Best
Lisa Harris of Franklinton
Rebecca Pearce of Edward Best
Linda Paschall of Youngsvllle
Boy's Division
E. J. Wilder of Youngsvllle
Robert Bowden of Bunn
David Batton of Bunn
Mike Lovln of Gold Sand
Thomas Finch of Loulsburg
Sportsmanship
Girl's: Franklinton
Boy's: Epsom
Girl's Division: Mrs. Kay D. Phillips of Youngsvllle
Boy's Division: Mr. Larry Linlsey of You r?sv tile
Bunn, Franklinton Boys
Give Fans Best Game
It was a nlp-and -tucker, the Bunn
Frankllnton semifinal gam* In last
week's county basketball tournament
with the Bunn Bulldogs edging the
Rams, 69-68. The game was the best
of the 13 played In the slx-nlght annual
event.
In the first half, the lead changed
hands several times, with neither team
able to gain any sizable edge. Bunn
finished the first period ahead 20-19,
but the Rams came back to gain a
40-35 halftlme margin. In the third
period, the Rams scored 20-16 over
the Bulldogs to take a 60-51 advan
tage Into the final frame.
The fUled-to-capaclty gym rocked
as the two stflOds battled down to
the wire. With about six minutes to
play in the period, the Rams slowed
their tempo to protect their lead. The
Bulldogs began to whittle away with a
"bucket by Craig Mullen at ttie 2:32
mark; a couple of free throws by
Mack Jones at the 1:54 point brought
the score to 65-64 In favor of Frank
llnton.
Foster Brodle hit a foul shot at
1:41 and Charlie Goswlck hit one at
1:17 to give the Rams a 66-64 ad
vantage. On the missed second shot
by Goswlck, Bunn captured the re
bound and was fouled. The Bulldogs
sent their hottest shooter, Milton Hor
ton to the line at the :37 second mark.
He made the second shot after missing
the first to make it 66-65 In favor
of Frankllnton.
At the :27 second mark, Bunn stole
the ball and Horton hit the basket
to move the Bulldogs out in front,
67-66. Mack Beckham was fouled by
Bunn and missed the foul shot on the
one and one. Hagwood Lawrence also
missed on the one and on* for the
Rams. Brodle fouled Robert Bowden
of Bunn, who made good on two foul
shots moving the Bulldogs out to a
68-66 lead. Beckham hit the basket
for the Rams with four seconds left
to bring the final tally to 69-68 In
Bunn's favor. The win sent Bunn against
Youngsvllle for the championship Sat
urday night and pitted Frankllnton a
galnst Loulsburg for the consolation
crown.
Bunn? Batton 8, Bowden 18, Horton
23, Jones 10, Hagwood 8, J. Horton,
Mullen 2, W. Horton. Frankllnton?
Beckham 18, Lawrence 12, Secor 6,
Brodle 23, Goswlck 5, Eakes 2,
Johnson.
Frankllnton 19 21 20 B - 68
Bunn 20 IS 16 18 - 6f
Youngsville
(Continued from page 1)
and will play the following Thursday
night.
Girls: Youngsville? Rogers 21, Pa?
chall 13, Cash, Pearce 14, Wheeler,
S. Cash, D. Rogers, Strickland, Wright,
Finch, Hart, J. Pearce, Bowden, Brown,
Bailey. Epsom: Falkner 19, Hedgepeth
12, Perklnson 2, Ayscue 3, Smith,
J. Ayscue, Pendergrass, Jessup, Stain
back, Foster, Fuller, L. Fuller, Smith.
Youngsville 7 18 8 15 ? 48
Epsom 8 6 12 9 - 36
Boys: Youngsville? Wrenn 10, Freddy
8, Catlett 18, Paschall 22, WUder 9,
Roberts 10, Bailey 3, Catlett, Hart,
Franklin, Jones, Keith, Woodllef,
Wiggins. Bunn ? Batton 2, Berwden 11,
Horton 22, Jones 9, Hagwood 3, Nort
on 8, James Horton, Mullen 2, W.
Horton 2.
Youngsville 21 15 20 24 - 80
Bunn 11 12 15 19 - 59
Individual Players Star In Tourney
Basketball, for all it's worU^
Is still a game of skill and
the skill with which certain
players excelled In the re
cent 13-game county tourn
ament Is still being talked.
Some new stars, unnoticed
during the regular season ex
cept by their coaches, per
haps, came forward to steal
some of the glory.
Any attempt to name all
the outstanding youngsters
who appeared In the classic
Is sure to result In some
worthy ones being left out.
However, praise Is due each
and everyone, lnlcudlng those
who rode the1 benches and gave
Inspiration to their fellows on
the floor.
One Slip
"Yes," said the guide, "He
was a fine man except for
his swearing."
"What," exclaimed the min
ister, "Bishop Brooks swear?
That's Impossible!"
"Oh, but he did, sir. Once
he hooked a floe bass. Just as
he hoisted him into the boat,
the fish slipped and went clean
off the hook. So 1 said to the
Bishop, "That's a ? shame,"
and the Bishop came back and
said, "Yes, it is." But that's
the only time I ever heard
him use such language."
The most sparkling perfor
mance of the tournament was
shown by little Miss Vickie
Rogers of Youngsvllle. She
did It all and she did It all
very well. Already named
first team all conference for
her regular season play,
Vickie won honors by being
placed on the all-tournament
squad and then captured the
most coveted Individual honor
of all, the Wiley F. Mitchell
Most Valuable Player award.
She scored 26 points In the
semifinals against ESpard
Best and 21 In the finals,
leading Youngsvllle to twk
championship over Epsom.
Foster Brodle of Frankllnton
won all conference, all tourn
ament and the Mitchell Most
Valuable Player award In the
boy's division. The League's
top scorer all year, he led
the Rams to third place In
the tourney and the conso
lation game title. Milton Hort
on of Bunn, unheralded
throughout the season came
alive and was a serious con
tender for most valuable play
er as he led the Bulldogs to
number two spot and tourney
runnerups. He scored 23
points against Frankllnton and
22 against Youngsvllle after, a
seven point effort against Gold
Sand in the opening round.
Also unheralded, although
among the upper top ten scor
ers all year, was Loulsburg's
Danny Faulkner who was se
cond highest scorer In tbe
tournament among those play
ing In more than one game
and except for Mike Lovln*s
18 points In a single game
was number two among all
players. His performances
against *?psom, Youngsvllle
and Frankllnton were out
standing.
Faulkner's running mate,
Jimmy Geddle also was a
stellar performer In the cage
classic, capturing fourth place
among the scorers. Geddle' s
^performance also went un
noticed by many. Bunn's Phil
Hagwood turned In one of his
best efforts against Gold Sand
although he slipped against
Frankllnton and Youngsvllle.
Always unsung are the girl
guards. With the rovers as
basketball Is now played, it
Is sometimes bard to tell who
the guards are. However, they
are still there and even though
most of them went unnoticed
throughout tbe year, they s
nevertheless put on excellent
performances In the recent
tournament. Youngsvllle's
Vickie Wheeler and Sandra
Cash played excellent basket
ball against both Edward Best
and Epsom, holding tbe op
ponents high scorer below
their season's averages.
Epsom's Alice Smith and
Kathy Ayscue are also worthy
of note as are Edward Best's
Cathy Tharrlngton and Paul
ettf Duke and perhaps others.
Frankllnton's Mack Beck
ham and David Secor dis
tinguished themselves In their
three games, sparking the
Rams not only through the
tourney but through a sucess
ful season. Mack Jones of
Bunn had a good tournament
as did Russ Eaves and Leroy
Terrell of Epsom and Dell
Wilder and Tommy Best play
ed well In their single game
for Edward Best. Kenny West
starred In Gold Sand's single
contest, scoring twelve points.
These are the kids, that for
the most part did not receive
any awards for their play this
season or In the tournament.
Yet, they too added a great
deal to the overall enjoyment
of the game and to the success
of their teams. There may
be others, but surely these
mentioned here deserve what
?mall recognition this ex
posure might bring.
And congratulations go to
the many who made the all
conference and all-tourna
ment selections. TrulyAhlsls
an honor theynotonlydeserve,
but which they WHJ cherish
over the years.
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