Seadogs Beat Hildebran
!n Tournament Opener
' Beaufort made it 26 in a row
hursoay afternoon. March 17, at
?reensbaro,^ winning its first con
l*t in the State Class A Cham
lonship Tournament. The Seadogs
Jbwned Hildebran 68-56.
l Gehrmann Holland paced the
Fcadogs with 25 points as the boys
rom coastal Carteret led Hildebran
?1 the way. The closest the west
ern opponents got to the S?adogs
-as at 7:49 In the third quarter
I hen Beaufort led by 8 points.
? At the half Beaufort was romp
lig away with a 33-22 lead and
.ll-State Gehrmann Holland, really !
ot, had poured in 19 points.
J During the second quarter Hol
?nd scored 9 of his team's 11
'joints. He wasn't only popping the
uill in but was keeping the net*
Vishing with numerous tap-ins.
, Beaufort left the floor at the
l-id of the first quarter with a 10
roint lead, 22-12. Scoring started
pss than a minute after the game
parted when Holland tapped one
H at 7:31. Then Beaufort's Ali
itatcr made two free throws at ?
18 putting the score at 4-0.
Tap-In Good
( Henry Safrit, the Seadog ace re- 1
>undcr. tapped one in at 6:41 and
Jeaufort was on its way.
| Hfldebran's first score came at
[27 when Tommy Johnson con vert -
two free throws and the score
toved to 6-2. Gehrmann laid an
ther in at 5:12, advancing their
t?ad 6 points.
And from there to the end of the
HMter it was Beaufort all the way.
Safrit and Monk Pittman had
?vo fouls called on them the first
Jjarter. Pittman committed his
lird foul at 7:29 in the second
garter and was replaced at 6:44
y Ed Willis. Safrit had his third
r?ul -called on him at 6:44 and at
rtJ half two of the Seadogs were
jrrying three personals.
Holland scored 19 of his team's
ES points in the first quarter. Early
n the second quarter Holbrook of
liidebran converted a free throw
nd Holland followed it with two
uick lay-ups to move the score to
fo-13.
The Seadogs maintained their
lead to halftime. Herb Mason
scored 6 points in the first quar
ter,. Pitt man and Safrit scored 4
each. High scorers for Hildebran
were Jimmy House r with 8 and
Reggie Rhoncy with 8.
Scam Lay-Up
Holland opened the scoring in
the second half with a lay-up at
7:53. The score moved to 35-22 and
Jimmy Davis followed with a push
shot that made it 37-22.
Jimmy Houser, high scorer for
Hildebran with 18 points, popped
one in at 7:12 and the scoreboard
read 37-24. Davis hit on a lay-up
at 7:02, making Beaufort's lead 15
points, 39-24.
Safrit committed his fourth per
sonal foul at 8:49 of the third quar
ter and Ed Willis went in for Sa
frit. Tommy Stephenson, contin
uing Hildobran's outstanding ac
curacy at the free throw line, con
verted two free throws to move the
?core for HBdebrao to *, trailing
13 points behind Beaufort.
From there to the end of the
third quarter play was rather
ragged by both totals aad at the
end of the quarter Hitdehran had
outscorad the Seadogs 1H2.
The Seadogs led 45-37 at the end
of the quarter.
Houser opened the scoring in the
fourth quarter with a jump shot at
7.-4S, closing the gap. but not much.
After Mauser's marker the Seadogs
started hitting and they capped the
contest with a 68-30 score.
Holland fouled out with 51 sec
onds left in the final quarter.
Score by quarters: Total
Beaufort 22 11 12 23?68
Hildebran 12 10 15 19?56
The lineups: Beaufort? Holland
25. Pittman 12, Davis 8. Safrit 8,
Mason 13, Wiltis 2, Potter.
Hildebran ? Houser 18, John
son 4, Stephenson 14, Van Horn 3,
Rhoney 10. Holbrook 7.
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