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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Pace lays waste to Shelby County as Jeff zips 93-83 By WAYNE FOWLER A jumper by Shelby's James Ashby and a layup by Bruner closed JEFFERSONVILLE 21 20 27 28 SHELBY COUNTY 16 20 29 63 JoWoreonvillo Bryant 20, McGee 10. Hickerson 4. Faftenstem 6. Davit 12, Law 12, Able Kmnard 13. Brunar 6.

Watson 2. Snattw County Ashby 21. Crittenden 14. Drum 15. Staufler 16.

Hmkla 4. Jonas Hardin 2, CampOei scoring. The Red Devils' lead bounced between seven and nine points until Jones sank two more free throws to make the score 87-81 at the 1:03 mark. A missed shot gave Shelby County the ball and a chance to cut its deficit to four. "We lost the ball, and they score," said Creamer.

"That didn't cost us the game, but it probably put us out of it" Jeffs score came in the form of two free throws from Gary Kinnaird and an 89-81 lead. Both teams missed bonus free-throw opportunities, but Bobby McGhee fed Bobby Bruner for a layup with 20 seconds left to ground the Rockets' rally. Correspondent SHELBYVILLE, Ky. Shelby County and Jeffersonville went to the ball last night But there was a little disagreement over who was going to lead. Jeff wanted to jump and jive, while the Rockets were looking for a slower tempo.

In the end, Jeff prevailed 93-83, although the Red Devils may have stepped on a few toes. "I think that was the fastest-paced game' we've played around here in four or five years," said Shelby County coach Tom Creamer. "We had way too many turnovers (16) because they made us play too fast, "We also really played together as a team. We had 25 assists as a team tonight Brent Falkenstein and Kinnaird had seven apiece. I thought Bruner did a nice job, too.

He handled the ball well down the Paris Bryant led Jeff with 20 points, and four other Red Devils scored in double figures. Kinnaird ended the night with 13 points, while James Lewis and Lonnie Davis each had 13. McGhee had 10. Jeff (11-7) shot 38 of 74 from the floor for 51 percent. The Red Devils outrebounded Shelby County 33-28.

"We were trying to slow it down, and they just wouldn't let us," Creamer said. "We don't have the personnel who could do it They had faster and taller people." Ashby led Shelby County (6-15) with a game-high 21 points. Ty Stauffer had 16, and Chris Drum and De Wayne Crittenden added 14 each. The Rockets sank 31 of 58 from the floor for 53 percent Creamer will coach his last home game Tuesday night when Shelby County plays host to Oldham County. Creamer, 45, recently announced his retirement to seek a position in administration.

In 21 years as a head coach, he has a 404-189 record, including 244-95 at Shelby County, where his 1978 team won the State Tournament "It's been three weeks since we won, so it's really nice to win," said Jeff coach Mark Bixler, whose team had lost three in a row and seven of its last 10. "They were all to ranked teams, but it's a lot more fun to win. I thought we played welL" Bixler credited the win to offensive rebounding and teamwork. "We really got on the offensive boards in the second half. Tim Abell got two really tremendous offensive rebounds for us and turned them into buckets in the third quarter.

and we just can't play that up-tempo." Despite the fact the Rockets were looking for a pace slower than their name would indicate, they managed to close within six points late in the game after trailing by as many as 16 early in the fourth quarter. Jeff led 80-64 when Shelby County ran off a 12-3 spurt Two free throws by Larry Jones brought the Rockets within 83-76 with 3:15 remaining. i Mi t.v-umvw?m f7. m'mvnm'mm i him. North Daviess downs Washington Catholic; Madison wins 51-24 Mitchell shuts down Lynch, wins in cinch; Harrison, Pekin roll the first half to give Seymour a 48-28 halftime lead.

Cousins Brian Nobbe and Steve Nobbe combined for 31 points for Greensburg. 14 14 17 1S S3 At 1 29 10 23 81 flraanahimi Uahka points in the latter three periods. "He likes it better coming off the bench," Pekin coach Dave Sollman said of the 6-foot-3 junior. "He plays better off than the bench than he did when he was starting early in the season. He comes in and gives us good defense and he hits the boards, he's been doing that all year, but this is his best scoring night of the year." Pekin (12-6) also got 14 points from Mike Pendleton, while Henry-ville (9-9) was led by Perry Hunter and Bill Schroeder with 17 and 13 points, respectively.

North Daviess put the defensive clamps on Washington Catholic and dumped the 14th-ranked Cardinals 50-47 in a high school basketball game last night at Elnora. Catholic (16-3), which had its 10-game winning streak snapped, hit just 17 Of 50 shots, whle North Daviess (12-6) made 20 of 37. "We really played a good defensive ballgame," North Daviess coach Max Dean said. "I wanted to make sure it was a half-court game; we didn't want to run up and down the court with them. "We also had to contain (Ty) Madison and (Kevin) Stallman.

We just got an excelient defensive job out of our kids." Stallman and Madison got 20 and 18 points, respectively, but they missed more shots than they made. Ron Knepp paced the Cougars with 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Brad Devine had 12 points and Craig Bechtel 11. These teams may meet again in two weeks in the Washington Sectional, where Catholic will be the favorite. The Cardinals had beaten all their other sectional foes until last night Nobbe 15, Ferguson 8. Davis 4, Haskamp 2, Mayer Todd Pruwilt 5, Meyer 10, Hohn-streiter 28.

Wienke 10, Bullard 10, VonDielingen 8, Podert 8, Tony Pruwffl 2, Gray 2. Lanesville 78 Borden 50 Lanesville's defensive effort in the first half didn't exactly please coach Jerry Reinhardt who had a "chat" with his Eagles at halftime. "We stood around in the first half," said Reinhardt, whose team improved to 11-7. "I reminded them of that in the locker room. You could say we talked it over." The talking worked, as Lanesville picked up its intensity in the second half and pulled away from the Braves (5-2).

HawyviMe- 49 10 8 14 17 10 12 22 19 At Pekin HenryvHIe Cagle 6. Schroeder 13. Botortl 4, Baumann 2, Hunter 17, Martin 3, French 4 Pekin Endns 6. Stewart 7. Pennington 11, Anderson 8.

Pendleton 14, Roberts 16, Burns 1, Pendleton 0 Southridge 76 South Spencer 58 The Raiders scored their seventh straight win, hitting 21 of 28 shots in the first half and cruising from there. Andy Stout paced the winners with 20 points and Ted O'Bryan added 15. Tracy Clark led South Spencer (9-9) with 22 points. High school basketball has gotten considerably more complex in recent years, especially in the multiplicity of defenses used by so many teams. That was evident in last night's game between Crawford County and Mitchell at Mitchell, where the Bluejackets scored a 68-43 victory by effectively using a box-and-one zone while solving Crawford County's triangle-and-two.

Crawford County (4-15) made a game of it early behind the scoring of forward Mike Lynch, who collected eight of his 14 points in the first period. "Lynch busted loose on us," said Mitchell coach Stan Weber, whose team improved to 14-4. "Then we went to a box-and-one, with Brian Pemberton chasing Lynch, and shut him down." The triangle-and-two zone used by Crawford caused problems for Mitchell at the outset, "but we finally solved it in the second quarter," said Weber. "We went to picks to free (Kent) Ramey and (Scott) Moore underneath. That was it." In the first period, Ramey scored two points and Moore four, but Moore got nine in the second period and Ramey added four as Mitchell took a 33-24 lead into the locker room.

Moore got 15 more points in the second half as Mitchell continued to build its lead. Mitchell finished with four players in double figures, headed by Moore's 28. Brian Pemberton, Tom Cox and Ramey added 10 points each. The Bluejackets also got balanced rebounding, with Cox and Moore grabbing six rebounds apiece, while Ramey and Pemberton had five each. Mitchell shot 52 percent from the field and outre-bounded the Wolfpack 28-16.

Crawford County, which shot 40 percent from the field, was paced by Lynch with 14 points. 12 11 IS 12 50 14 13 24 27 78 At Borden Notot 9. Thomas 5. Casey 13, Baird 2. Green 8, Ehalt 4.

Hall 3, Potts 6 Lanesville Bechman 12, Carr 20. Keinsley 12, "A Schoen 8, Ri Schoen 14, Frazier 4, Jacob! 2, Jacobs 3, Rogers 3 Crothersville 35 Paoli 34 Greg Helton scored all seven of Crothersville's points in the final quarter, including an acrobatic shot with six seconds left that rolled around the rim before falling through the net to lift the host Tigers (7-11) past Paoli (5-13). Helton connected on all seven of his shots from the field in scoring 15 points, while none of the Rams reached double figures. PHOTO BY STAN DENNY WASHINGTON CATHOLIC 8 10 16 13 47 At NORTH DAVIESS 12 12 12 14 50 Washington Cathode Madison 18, Purdue 2, McDonald 4. Stallman 20.

Burkhardt 3. North Daviess Devine 12, Edmondson 5, Bedv tef 11, Harnson 2, Crew 0, Ramsey 0, Knepp 20. Madison 51 Lawrenceburg 24 I Using a 24-6 run over the second and third periods, Madison (6-12) mauled visiting Lawrenceburg. John Goins had 12 points while teammate Terry Cox added 11 to pace the Cubs, whose bench contributed 31 points. Lawrenceburg, which shot 23 percent from the field, had no one scoring in double figures.

Madison has won four games in a row and five of its last six after getting off to an 0-7 start "We played intense defense and shot 60 percent from the field," Madison assistant coach Brad Tucker said. "We also had a real good effort from the bench. South Spencer 10 19 17 12 88 Southridflo 24 20 10 22 76 S. Spencer Beatty 8. Wandel 2.

Clark 22, Voyles 0. Casebner 17. Mattingly 2. Loehr 7 Southrtdge O'Bryan 15. Stout 20.

Ahrens 0, Schmitt 12, Peach 13, Steinhart 2, Neuman 8, King 6, Evansville Memorial 68 Vincennes 54 Memorial's leading scorer, Cameron Forbes watched from the bench the entire first quarter. Forbes, who averages 15.6 points a game, was being disciplined. "It was a mental adjustment" said Memorial coach Rich Risemas. Whatever it was, it worked, because Forbes came off the bench in the second period and scored a game-high 27 points. Memorial (18-1) which is ranked fifth, pulled away in the third period.

Lincoln (11-8) fell behind by 11 late in the third Deriod and eot no New Albany's Troy Striegel (54) put up a jump shot last night against Jennings County's Eddie Ertel, left, and Brad Smith, right. Trio lifts Jennings County PAOLI At CROTHERSVILLE 5 7 11 11 34 10 12 8 7 35 JENNINGS COUNTY 21 1 11 13 -41 NEW ALBANY 14 14 20 -5s Jennings County Sullivan 18, Spear 1, Miller 1, Ertel 20, Smith 21. New Albany Moore 10, Patterson 2, Riley 12, Michell 4, Striegel 16, Hamilton 10, Brackens 2. Crawford County. At Mitchell 14 10 9 10 43 16 17 18 19 68 Crawford County Lynch 14, Brown 10.

Shep-pard 6. Hammond 4, Pearson 3, Colvm 2, Sillmos 2, tastridge 2 Mitchell Moore 28. Pemberton 10. Cox 10, Ramey 10, O'MaHey 6, Torminson 2, Wright 2 Evansville Harrison 77 Forest Park 41 Harrison (15-3) won its eighth straight game and impressed Forest Park coach Denny Doutaz, whose homestanding Rangers fell to 7-12. "Harrison is one of the best teams in Southern Indiana; there's no doubt about it" Doutaz said.

"Their defense just controlled us in the first half. We could hardly run our offense. They kind of smothered us. That kind of defense will carry them a long way come tournament time." Randy Kimbrew paced Harrison with 24 points, while Cal Chaney had 14 and Brad Brownell added 13. The Warriors hit 36 of 66 shots and outrebounded the Rangers 34-25.

"They also pass the ball very well for big guys," said Doutaz. "They had 26 assists. Watch out for them." Paoli Powell 9, Sibbitt 8, Hobson 5, Wells 4, Breeding 4. Notziger 3, Carr 1. CrotharavWe Helton 15, Sage 8, Lemen 6, James 4, Madden 2.

Graceland Christian 91 Medora 68 Graceland Christian (15-2) captured its first Three Rivers Athletic Conference title by downing host Medora (2-16) in a landslide victory. David Scott fired in 28 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, and teammate Scott Williams chipped in with 27 points. "We had balanced quarters," said Graceland coach Wes Porter. "It was a solid effort for us even though it's hard to play when you're 30 points ahead." GRACELAND CHRISTIAN 23 21 23 24 91 At MEDORA 10 24 14 20 68 Graceland Christian S. Williams 27, Scott 28, Sneed 6, P.

Martin 0. M. Martm 16, J. Williams 9, Terry 2, Edwarda 2, Blevins 1. Medora Beavers 8, M.

Reynolds 6, J. Reynolds 8, Downs 13, Davidson 14, Turner 6, Cissell 5, Snodgrass 8. Around Southern Indiana Bloomington South (17-4) got 18 points from Mark Albertson and pounded Cloumbus East Castle (15-4) got 21 points from Andy Evans and stopped tell City 78-59. TELLCrrV 10 12 18 19 59 At CASTLE 20 16 25 17 76 Tall City G. Arnold 12, Smith 0, Molane 7, R.

Arnold 16, Kingard 2, Finley 8, Kindell 1, Cromin 5, Gossinet 2, Alvery 6. Caatle Evens 21, Baumberger 12, Hinton 18, Combs 8, Lowe 2, Cummins 4, Falk 11, Tre Gierrot 2. Continued from Page One ny came back again, cutting it to three on two free throws by Troy Striegel. The lead twice went to five again, and New Albany came back each time to answer, the last time on a Paul Hamilton basket with 1:20 to play, cutting the deficit to 57-54. Eddie Ertel, a 6-foot-4 senior guard who added 20 points for the Panthers, then tossed in a free throw for a four-point lead and, after a New Albany miss, grabbed the rebound and was fouled, hitting two more free throws to seal the win with 34 seconds showing.

Miller blamed a 5-minute, 10-sec-ond dry spell during the third period, which saw Jennings County move from a 37-30 halftime lead to a 12-point bulge, on "bad shot selection." But he said his team's difficulty in controlling the much larger Panthers inside was the difference. "We knew they were going to take it inside," he said. "They've got 6-3 kids where I've got 5-8." Using that advantage at guard, Jennings County easily posted Smith and Ertel during the first half, allowing the pair to combine for 25 points. After halftime, however, the post plays went away. "They shut it off the second half," Null said.

"It was a good thing they were flat to start the third period. That spurt was the game." During that spurt New Albany could do little right on offense. Its defense forced a turnover, but the Bulldogs missed two close-in shots. Its snap-pass offense got Brian Moore open for his normally accurate jump shot, but he missed five times. Only a pair of baskets by David Michell and Jennings County's seven turnovers kept the score from being even more lopsided heading into the fourth quarter.

Jennings County got all but two points of its offense from three people. Wayne Sullivan, a 6-3 junior forward, added 18 points and 11 rebounds. The other starters each had one point, and the only reserve who got into the game failed to take a shot. New Albany was paced by Strie-gel's 16, 11 more than his average. Reggie Riley added 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Moore, who was held to 4-of-18 shooting, and Hamilton had 10 each. Kevin Patterson, the team's No. 2 scorer with a 15-point average, finished with just two points. Leibrandt gets NEW YORK (AP) Pitcher Charlie Leibrandt of the Kansas City Royals won his salary arbitration case yesterday, the players association said. Leibrandt 14-11 with a 4.09 ERA last year, had asked for $825,000 and the Royals offered $725,000.

closer than seven points thereafter. Vincennes 10 18 13 13 S4 At Evansville memoriallO 20 18 20 68 Beach 7. Collier 2, Clark 4, Smith 13, Johnson 18. Nocus 4. Hendrixson 4, Donovan 2 Clements 15, Langley 8, Mueller 4.

Barrett 2, Schertlin 8, Collins 4, Forbes 27 South Decatur 79 Milan 60 Playing in his last home game, senior Greg Hickey scored 27 points to lead South Decatur (8-11) to the victory over visiting Milan (3-16). The effort equalled Hickey's career high. Milan 12 13 6 29 80 At So. Decatur 16 22 16 21 79 Milan Day 10. Smith 10.

Caplinger 11, Bruce 8, Romack 4, Knowlton 4, Day 6. Cormnett 3, Ryan 2. Baugh 2 S. Decatur Hickey 27, Bryant 10. Low 9.

Phelps 9. Blanton 7, Sims 6, Cunningham 5, Schoettmer 4. Allen 2 South Dearborn 58 Batesville 56 Senior co-captian Chad Lehner, who had been out with an injury, returned to the lineup and returned to form, hitting 5 of 5 clutch free throws as South Dearborn (11-6) triumphed at Batesville (11-7). Lehner finished with 17 points. SOUTH DEARBORN 12 16 12 16 58 At 11 14 19 12 56 Sou Dearborn Lehner 17.

Ke Cheek 2. Deckeoach 6. Gossett 10, Tyler 15, Schneider 2, Murray 2, Jefferson 4 Batesville Galle 14. Vsrtin 2. Brebberman 6, Greiwe 8, Wolferst 18, SieOert 2, Daily 6 LAWRENCEBURG 8 2 4 10 24 At MADISON 8 14 10 19 51 Lawrenceburg Jackson 4, Corner! 2, Hudson 6, Thomas 4, Dyer 2, Wilson 6.

Madison Schutte 10. J. Cox 6, T. Cox 11, Potprocky 2, Motenko 4, Piegh 2, Holt 2, Goins 12, Bird 2. Perry Central 66 Cannelton 40 Senior guard Tim LaGrange equaled his season high for the'third time this year as he fired in 23 points and collected three steals to spur Perry Central (11-7) to victory over visiting Cannelton (6-11).

The Commodores connected on 25 of 46 attempts from the field for 54 percent, while Cannelton managed only 19 of 53 tries for 35 percent No Bulldogs scored in double figures. CANNELTON 9 14 9 40 At PERRY CENTRAL 16 19 15 18 88 Cannelton Jackson 4. Powers 15, Keown 8, Lawalm 2, Coyle 6. Miller 7. Peny Central Hubert 10, Dauby 8.

R. James 4, P. James 15. T. LaGrange 23, Goltinet 1, C.

La-Grange 2, Lyons 3, Meunier 2. Seymour 81 Greensburg 63 Sophomore standout John Hohn-streiter hit 11 of 15 attempts from the floor and 6 of 7 free throw attempts for 28 points to lead Seymour (9-10) past visiting Greensburg (5-13). Hohnstreiter notched 20 points in Evanaville Hsrrieon At Forest Park 16 18 27 12 77 7 6 11 15 41 COLMBUS EAST 10 10 6 16 At BLOOMINGTON 16 16 18 19 42 69 Harrison Brownell 13, Moore 10, Kimbrew 24, King 8. Chaney 14. Keiley 2, Wicklein 4, Chinn 2 Forest Park O.

Hoffman 15, Winkler 2, Laake 0, Partenheimer 2, Kluemper 11, Weyer 2, Klem 7, N. Hoffman 2, Pekin Eastern 63 Henryville 49 Pekin's Todd Roberts came off the bench to score 16 points to pace the host Musketeers, getting all his Columbus Eaat Weichman 6. Brewer 2, Otte 14, Bennett 4, Seavers 0. Cox 4, J. Johnson-Bay 4, Wnght 2, M.

Johnson-bay 6. Blooinington North Chang 4, Brhlman 11, Albertson 18. Richardson 8. Robinson 2, Collier 18, Lawson 8, Bellessis 0, Cabot 5. Scottsburg's 'Munchkins' make 20 steals, but lose to tall Floyd FLOYD CENTRAL 10 28 1 22 -7 At SCOTTSBURG 14 14 21 -57 Floyd Central Gibson 10, Lockwood 8, Graham 21, Liebert 2, Conley 7, McCoy 6, Howard 13, Gibson 2, Schellenberg 10 Scottsburg Hendrix 4, Coomer Owens 2 Spence 10, Montgomery 11, Carter 14 SILVER CREEK 16 13 16 22 69 At NEW WASHINGTON 16 14 16 26 76 Silver Creek Richardson 14, Trmkle 21.

Messer 4, Harvey 4, Sierota 13. Granger 5. Weyl 2, Decker 4, Bailey 2 New Washington Abbott 6. J. Matthews 10, Arthur 24, Matthews 15.

Crace 13, Strieker 6. Scottsburg coach Bill James likes to call his team "The Munchkins." It's a moniker he's tacked onto a starting five that averages about four inches under 6 feet. One guy's 6-2, and the rest claim to be 5-7 or so. "We may look silly, being so small," said James. "But you go to dribble the basketball against us and the ball won't be there." Last night, Scottsburg did indeed corns up with a load of steals, taking the ball away from long, tall Floyd Central 20 times.

But "But when we stole the ball, we couldn't convert it into scores," lamented James. nice player, a sophomore about 6-4. He's just real smooth." James had more to say about his team, a squad which is now 3-16, but playing its best ball of the season. "I'm really pleased with our press," said James. "Even in the fourth quarter when they pulled away, we stole the ball four straight times.

But each time we stole it, we either missed the layups or got fouled and couldn't hit the free throws. We had a chance to tie it with four minutes to go, but missed two free throws. That's when it all went downhill and we missed our next 12 shots. "So," $aid James, "the score doesn't really indicate how close the game was. We played well, but it all got away from us at the end." New Washington 76 Silver Creek 69 Key steals and baskets in the fourth quarter helped New Washington break up a close game with Silver Creek and post a rousing triumph.

The victory lifted New Washington to a 16-2 record overall and leaves the Mustangs looking to their game tonight at South Central. If they they team can claim the Southern Athletic Conference title. New Washington and Silver Creek quickly scored important baskets. Scott Matthews finished with 15 points, 4 assists, 3 steals and hit 6 of 7 free throws in the final quarter. Freshman Shannon Arthur also posted fine numbers for New Washington, canning 24 points and hauling down 15 rebounds.

Silver Creek (11-8) was led by Chris Trinkle's 21 points. "Trinkle almost single-handedly kept them in the game down the 1 strtech," said New Washington -coach Matthews. "He had an out- standing game, and Silver Creek really impressed me, too. They're one of the best teams we've faced this season." t. The result was a 79-57 victory for visiting Floyd Central, which trailed early, but broke the game open in the last quarter with a 22-6 scoring advantage.

That doomed the Scottsburg effort and lifted Floyd Central to its 11th victory in 17 games. "I'll have to credit Pat Graham for a big game for Floyd Central," said James, noting Graham's 21 points, which led all scorers. "He's a were deadlocked at 29-29 at half-time last night at New Washington and still tied 47-47 after three quarters. But in the final period, New Washington's pressure defense spelled the difference. In the decisive final moments, New Washington's brother combination of Scott and Jamie Matthews, sons of coach Jim Matthews, each stole the ball Silver Creek and.