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FiSEE TMitlOWS BURN RED II EVILS Columbus East Aurora, 61-57 Afternoon Story Page 4 By MARK SCHNEIDER Floyd Wood's two free throws with three seconds to play lit the torch for Columbus East's Olympians to capture a 61-57 Indianapolis Hinkle Semistate victory over Aurora's Red Devils last night at Hinkle Fieldhouse. For all practical purposes, the Olympians put the contest out of Aurora's reach Ted Rutan. sank two free throws with 17 seconds remaining in the contest after a foul by Tim Johnson. The pressure free tosses put the Olympians ahead, 59-58, but Aurora came Market Square Arena. The free tosses were Wood's 15th and 16th points of the battle, second to Eddie Muir's 22 markers.

Also shooting in double figures for the Olympians was David- who chipped in 14. Aside from his 22 points, Muir also claimed 10 boards for the Olympians, who outreoounded Aurora, 33-31. THE OLYMPIANS, who will meet Carmel in next week's 1:30 p.m. state final traded buckets with the Red Devils in the final quarter, with Muir hitting for six points, Rutan four free throws, Wood three free tosses and Jeff Reed adding a basket. All-Tourney Mike Turner, Aurora.

David Reed, Columbus East. Robby Willis, Richmond. Eddie Muir, Columbus East. Steve Risley, Lawrence Central. Tim Johnson, Aurora.

Floyd Wood, Columbus East. David Kinnett, Aurora. son who fired a game-high 25 points on marksmanship. Kinnett was next in line with 12. Devils, 21-15, in the second quarter and take a 35-31 advantage at intermission.

Both teams hit well in the first half, with the Red Devils pumping 14 of 27 field attempts for a .519 percentage, while Columbus East connected on 16 of 31 from the floor for .516 shooting. Muir's four rebound buckets in the second quarter boosted the Olympians' board totals in the first half to a 17-13 advantage over Aurora. For the game, the Olympians shot 24 of 51 from the field for .471, while Aurora countered with 26 of 54 for .481. Both teams exchanged shots until Aurora, trailing 55-53 with 3:11 in the fourth quarter, missed its turn and the Olympians took the rebound and held the ball. With the clock wasting away, Kinnett was forced to foul.

He salt Rutan to the line and the 5-8 junior guard responded with two free shots to give Columbus East a 57-53 edge with 1:05 to play. Topping Aurora's scoring was John- The Final Four AT INDIANAPOLIS Noon a Chicago Washington (23-3) vs. Terre Haute South (25-2). 1:30 Columbus East (23-4) vs. Car mcl (20-7).

8: 15 Championship Game. AS HE DID in the afternoon stretch drive for Aurora, Johnson kept the Red Devils in the game in the first quarter, pocketing eight of his 12 first-half points to help Slayback's crew outscore Columbus East, 16-14, in the opening stanza. David Reed equaled Johnson's output in the first period, but it was the 10 second-period points of Eddie Muir, as well as his four rebounds, that helped Giovanini's charges handle the Red COLUMBUS EAST (41) FG FT PF TP Huffman 0- 1-311 D. Read 7-14 0- 0 1 14 Muir 10-17 1- I 1 11 Rutan 1- 5 4- 4 4 Wood 5-9 4-4 114 J. Read 1-3 0-0 1 1 Totals 14-51 13-15 11 41 AURORA (57) PG FT PF TP 1-4 0-0 1 4 Turner Amot 3- 5 0-014 0- 011 1- 4 3 11 3- 4 4 a 0-011 S- 1 15 57 Caseltino 4- Kinnett 5-11 Johnson 11.18 Cox 1- Total! 24 54 Columbus East Aurora 14 11 11 1541 14 11 11 1157 ERRORS Columbus East Or Aurora 7.

REBOUNDS Columbus East 33, Aurora 31. TECHNICAL FOUL Aurora, Turner. ATTENDANCE 1,000 (estimated). Indianapolis Star SECTION 2 MARCH 20, 1977 Fihaiif Jul Financial Greyhounds Win Long-Range Battle With Archers, 47-43 A By BOB COLLINS Slar Sports Editor Fort Wayne, Ind. Carmel broke away from a- long-range artillery duel with Fort Wayne Southside in the final two minutes last night and won a trip to the state high school basketball finals, 47-43.

Neither team could solve the other's zone defense and each gave up even Afternoon Story Page 4 trying early in the conflict. Consequently, most shots were of the put-a-note-in-the-boltle vnriety. Anything less than 18 feet wasn't worth worrying about. alfll Infill. I A -I Ui, ft IV J.

it 1 U. Terre Haute South Decks Dubois, 7 1-57 1 'ik Vm- VvV- ,7 X'V back just as it did in the afternoon against Lawrence Central. IT WAS DAVID Kinnett's jumper with nine seconds to go that brought the Red Devils within a bucket at 59-57, but it then was Kinnett who was forced to foul Columbus' Wood as time was running out on Aurora. The victory was the Olympians' 23d of the season against only four losses and earns 5-year-old Columbus East the right to advance to Saturday's 67th annual Indiana High School Athletic Association state finals at Indianapolis' As a result, there were few fouls. South committed 11, Carmel 8, mainly because the shooters seldom got close enough to their defenders to get fouled.

THE SCORE was tied 11 times in the second half, the last at 41-41. Hark Herrmann finally got the Greyhounds pointed toward the final round that they had to travel 100 miles to make. The Carmel football and basketball star scored with 0:54 to play and was fouled. He made the free throw for a 44-41 lead. Fort Wayne gave up the ball without getting a shot and Jon Ogle found the target for a 46-41 lead and Bart Bur- All-Tourney Mike Joyner, Terre Haute South Tom Effinger, Evansville Cen- Leon Wchr, Dubo's.

Will Uzzell, Terre Haute South Ronald Dale, Jeffersonville Richard Wilson, Terre Haute Greg Wincinger, Dubois Mike Archer, Dubois -F -(ral. -C -South -G SOUTH, WHICH will carry a 25-2 record into next week's final round, quickly made it a 7-7 tie by the end of the period and was about to take the command for good. Richard Wilson and Will Uzzell hit back to back layups and Mike Joyner added a jumper as the Braves of Coach Gordon Neff moved to a 13-7 lead and there was nothing left but an uphill road for the Jeeps. South, which hit only 3. of 15 fielders in the opening stanza, began to find the range with regularity and spread its command to 26-15 at the half.

It was 45-32 going into the final quarter and Dubois could do little more than match baskets to the end. WILSON AND JOYNER tied for game honors with 16 points each while See EVANSVILLE, Page 14 old veteran who won at Indy in the rainy gloom of 1973. "And I'm still kind of amazed we did it. "There's not as much rubber down in the groove as there was last fall (when Roger McCluskey went 198-plus) and the track doesn't have the bite it did then either. "BUT THE COOL temperature (it was about 36 degrees) really helped the tires stick and the engine performs much better in this kind of weather." Johncock was in his "old" Wildcat, the car that carried him to the 1976 United States Auto Club nation'al championship.

And he was powered by a standard Drake-Offy engine not Bignotti's Drake-Goossen-Sparks power-plant with 80 inches of boost (the maximum for qualifying in this year's Champ Trail). "We ran a few laps at 199 earlier this morning, then came in and made a few chassis changes," said the Phoenix resident. "The previous lap was 197 and when- I saw the pit board I said to The SUNDAY, night's Indianapolis Semistate final game. (Star Photo by Jeff Atteberry) LOOSE BALL-Tim Johnson (44) of Aurora and David Rsed of Columbus East chase a loose ball after it got away from Reed in tha first quarter of last Senators' Dynamic Duo Destroy S.B. LaSalle BILL BENNEIt Star Sportswriter Evansville, Ind.

Kor the first time in 14 years next Saturday Terre Haute will have more than passing interest in "the Indiana High School Athletic Association's state basketball tournament. That's because Terre Haute South Afternoon Story Page 5 last night realized the magic of the final four with a 71-57 Evansville Semi-state victory over tiny and tired Dubois. SOUTH, WHICH HAD upset top- ranked Jeffersonville in yesterday afternoon's opener, broke through the Jeeps' control game in the second quarter of last night's championship bout and was never pressured the rest of the way. Dubois, which finished the year at 20-5, was bushed at the end of its afternoon decision over Evansville Central. So Coach Jim Mueller put his tuckered troops in a control pattern at the out- set against bigger and stronger South.

The strategy worked for much of the opening period as the Jeeps took a 7-3 lead with 1:50 remaining in the period. But seconds later, forward Leon Wehr --who had given Dubois its slim lead by hitting five times at the free throw line; crumpled to the floor with a sprained right ankle. Though he was to return to action for a short time later, his effectiveness was gone and so was the Jeeps' hopes. All-Tourney Travis Magee, Ft. Wayne South Mark Herrmann, Carmel Mike Kizer, Fort Wayne South Bob Albertson, Plymouth Mark Smith, Marion Pete Buchanan, Plymouth Bart Burrell, Carmel Jeff Bragg, Marion rell then put it out of sight with a free throw.

A 30-SECONI) clock in this game would have been buzzing all night. Both teams worked the ball cautiously, seemingly to get themselves in a position to fire at and over the hoop from somewhere in the vicinity of downtown Fort Wayne. For example, the Greyhounds shot .500 in the first quarter. That's a good eight minutes anywhere. However, they took only 10 snots and led 12-8.

Not to be outdone, the Archers shot in the second quarter and a little better than that in the third. But they took only 20 shots in those 16 minutes and trailed 21-18 at intermission. A BASKET by Tom Mendenhall, son the Fort Wayne coach, and a free throw by Vincent Pearson tied the score. Neithpr team was able to get more than two ahead as they traded shots now and then for the rest of the period. The score was knotted six times in the third period and they were in a 31-all knot as they headed for home.

There were five, more ties before Herrmann turned in the points that made the Greyhounds a finalist for the second time. Their other trip to the big city was in 1970 When the brilliant Davey Shepherd took them to the championship game where they were outmanned by East Chicago Roosevelt, 76-62. Herrmann led both teams with 20 points and was one of only two players in double figures. Mendenhall' had 10 for Fort Wayne. CARMEL (47) F.W.

SOUTH (43) FG FT PF TP Herrmann 6-11 4- 1 20 FG FT PF TP Pearson 3-11 1-11 one 2- 4 0 0 1 4 Maqee 3-4 0-0 1 2-7 0- 0 3 4 Jensen 3-4 0-0 1 Hensel Wiley 2-4 0-0 1 4 Brown 1-1 2- 3 Burrell 4-11 1-2 1 9 Mndnhall 9-11 0-0 110 Greene 3-1 0-0 0 4 Klier 1- 5 0- 0 0 1 Causey 0-2 0-10 0 Singleton 4-4 0-0 0 8 Hunter 0- 0- 0 1 0 smith o-l o-oo Totals 21-50 5- I I 44 Totals 10-54 1- 4 11 43 Carmel 12 9 10 1447 F.W. South I 10 13 1143 OFFICIALS Don Snedeher and Roger DeYouns. ATTENDANCE 9,544. myself 'what the hell, we'll make this one THE UNOFFICIAL stop-watchers at trackside caught Gordie at 44.9 seconds as he moved around Johnny Rutherford's official IMS mark of 199.070. After the Speedway was repaved last fall and McCluskey recorded his 198 clocking, it was almost a foregone conclusion that the 200 ceiling would be reached.

But the quickest Johncock and Mario Anclretti traveled the past week until yesterday was 194-plus and McCluskey is still working out the bugs of- his new Lightning machine at 192-plus. "Like I said, the conditions were ideal today." replied Johncock. "And if the temperatures are warmer in May, we'll be going two-four mph slower. "I'm sure a couple of guys will probably hit 200 in practice. Qualifying may be another story." But at the moment, you're the story Gordie.

ris and 6-6 center Clem Murrell with 57 points slamming the door on a LaSalle team making its first trip to the Sweet 16. A 14-point blitz by the Senators locked it up for all practical purposes early in the final period. LaSalle also had good scoring bal-a'nee from Willie Dixon with 15. Smith and Bill Parchman with 12 each. But the Senators outclassed the Lions by a 48-33 margin on the boards and blistered the enemy with .479 shooting from the floor.

FOSTER, a 5-8 holdover from last years' State Finalist team, cracked four straight buckets in the first quarter as the Senators grabbed a quick 17-9 lead. Foster and Morris accounted for all seven Senator buckets in that first period. LaSalle staged a 10-point rally late in the first half to pull up to 29-27 at the intermission. Smith, Dixon and Parchman all had a hand in the South Bend surge but East Chicago picked up th" tempo again at the start of the second half. The Senators blazed away for five of their first six shots in the third quarter to regain a 39-29 lead.

LaSalle struggled back to trail only 39-35 with less than two minutes to go in the quarter but that was followed by a disastrous blank spot for George Griffith's Lions. EAST CHICAGO closed the third period with six straight points by Mor ris and Foster, and then the Senators tacked on eight more at the start of By BOB WILLIAMS Star Sportswriter West Lafayette, Ind. Drake Morris and little Ezell Foster were simply too hot to handle last night as East Chicago Washington mowed down South Bend LaSalle ir. the 63-54 Northwest Semistate windup at Mackey Arena. Foster was the big gun for fast-breaking East Chicago Washington with 23 points and 6-6 Mr.

Basketball candi- Afternoon Story Page 5 date Morris added 18 as the 23-3 Senators nailed their seventh Semistate crown. LaSalle, the 24-3 South Bend city champs, proved to be no match for the East Chicago running game although the Lions cut a 29-17 deficit to 29-27 at half-time and slashed a 57-39 spread to 57-50 in the last two minutes. LaSALLE LED ONLY at the start on a game opening bucket by Darid Smith. East Chicago Washington returns-to next Saturday's State Finals at Indianapolis' Market Square Arena where it was a disappointing loser to Rushville in the afternoon a year ago. John Molo-det will' be shooting for his second state title and the school's third in Molodet's last year as the East Chicago coach.

East Chicago's third-ranking Senators will battle the Evansville Semistate winner in the opener. It was the Big Three of Foster, Mor Johncock Over 200 MPH In Speedway Tire Tests All-Tourney Drake Morris, E. C. Washington Mark Fellure, Lafayette Jeff Willie Dixon, S. B.

LaSalle Jeff Craft, Mooresville Clem Murrell, E. C. Washington Ron King, Lafayette Jeff Ezell Foster, E. C. Washington Bill Parchman, S.

B. LaSalle the fourth to make it 53-35. Murrell scored six of the eight. LaSalle was almost hopelessly out of it at this stage but the Lions refused to quit. Dixon and Parchman lit a spark that enabled LaSalle to score 11 straight points reducing a 57-39 gap to 57-50.

Only 1:50 remained, however, and the desperate LaSalle press had just about run its course. MurreM and Foster picked up four big free throws for insurance and then Morris brought the East Chicago crowd to its feet with his second slam dunk of the night at the 22-second mark. East Chicago fans showered the Mackey floor with paper as the board showed, 63-52. Foster, with his blinding speed, connected on eight of his 12 shots in the See LAFAYETTE, Page 11 TV Sports Today BOBBY LEONARD SHOW On Pacers Basketball, 12 noon, Channel 4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Iowa G.Hl Hih School Championship, 12 noon, channel 20.

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By ROBIN MILLER Gordon Johncock climbed over the 200-mile-an-hour plateau yesterday at the Matterhorn of auto racing. Johncock, the little man who's always been a wide-open-advocate in a race car, broke the barrier at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a lap. of 200.4 shortly before noon during Goodvear tire tests. And he did it by running George Bignotti's Wildcat flat out all the way around Tony Hulman's much-respected circle of speed. "I HAD TO KEEP talking to myself to keep my foot off the brake," grinned Gordie following his unofficial record run.

"it was pretty exciting, but I wouldn't want to come out cold and try and run a lap without Both accomplishments were firsts at the famnis 2'2-milc oval, ai'd lliey came from the driver who earlier in the week had voiced extreme doubt about any 200 mph business this year. "I still didn't think it was possible until tj's offered the 40-year- Unside Sports Michigan Loses. Big Fish Conte5t 10 isi olina Wins Page 2 Lines And 8 Pinspotting 17 Scoreboard 18 arlus Vavv shootin, Stars 16 Hies In Crash t'aae 7 Speaking of Speed 15.