Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 85

-ir'fTr-p1 1 11 in iji i ui fi pn I I I I I II II I I I i if mm ji nyi Week Prep Cagers Enter Tourney Action This Lansing Hub Prep Tourney Index Of Three-Week 'Spectacular' Lansing will be the hub of Michigan's state-wide schoolboy tqr ft iiprWi.J4 1r- 1 4 1 IJii Hi r--' Pag sports spectacular the high school basketball championships from start to finish this year. Action in the three-week tournament starts here Monday night when the Class A district tourney at Everett High opens and winds up March 21 when the four state championships will be decided at Michigan State's Jenison Fieldhouse. I Gabriels, Okemos, Holt and Ma- Distnct tourneys lot) in the have a good chance to four classes will be playedjmake a strong run for the at 110 sites the first week. Dis- honors All of them but Mason JOHN HOLMS Sexton LORIE MOORE Sexton CLIFF FOSTER Sexton FRED CHARON Sexton JIM HARRIS East Lansing TYRONE FLETCHER Sexton in me same aisirici ai tnct winners advance to the jjj(Jn regionals eight in each dassj Two Portland teams Port- the second week. Quarterfi-i land High and St.

Patrick and Trojans' Harris Only 'Outsider' nals are played on WednesdayjW illiamston have shown of the third, week before all the! See LANSING Pe. H-8. Col. 3 remaining winners converge on! All-Area Class Lansing for the semifinals Five Big Reds on A ll-City All-Area Teams state championship games. More than 750 teams will com-! I pete in Classes C.

and D(j SECTION In Class schools which havei 900 or more students, there are Steve Kutas Gabriels Class 150 entries including four from A Skip Drouin Gabriels the Upper Peninsula. Class School Alma Bath Boy's Training Carson City Charlotta Dansvill DeWitt Eastern East Lansing Eaton Rapids Elsi Everett Fowler Fowlerville Gabriels Grand Ledge Haslett Holt Howell Ithaca Laingsburg Lakewood Leslie Lyons-Muir Maple Valley Mason Mount Pleasant O'Rafferty Okemos Ovid Perry Pewamo-Westphalia Portland Portland St. Patrick Potterville Sexton Shepherd St. Johns St. Louis Stockbridg Waverly Webbervill Williamston I (400 to 899 students) has 208 in-; Bill Breckenfeld Okemos Mike Langham Williamston Frank Gazda Ovid Larry Kelley Elsie eluding 18 from the Upper Mike Oakes Holt! Peninsula.

Class (225 to 399) Sexton's five starters plus East Lansing's Jim Harris make The State Journal's All-City basketball team one of the best all-around units, in recent years. Combining height with speed, every one of the six players is a potential 20-point scorer in any game and each does just as well on defense. Besides Harris, the Big Reds starters selected were John Holms, Cliff Foster. Ty- Jim Schaffer St. Pat.

Li Gordon Hetrick has one'ess 207c.inC'udi"?i? Holms, Foster and Fletcher are juniors while the other three players are seniors. It was decided to include all five Sexton starters since the club was in every sense of the word a team. None of the five stood out individually during the season but every one of the players, averaged in double figures. All five were the reason the Big Reds were the state's top-ranked team and finished the season with a lfi-0 record. If thei was any player at Bill Johnson Portland High the other five city schools who could make Sexton's starting lineup, it would be Harris.

The 6-4 Harris was one of the most improved players in the city this season. He finished the season with a 16 points per game scoring average besides averaging about 16 rebounds a game. His best night was in the first Adrian game when he scored 28. He has a good rebounding range and is one of the best shooters in the city, particularly with his hook shot. See ALL-CITY Pg.

IM, Col. 1 duuve me oil cilia, liaaa Mike Zimmerman Ithaca (less than 225) has 198 with i Class from the Upper IA1 McBride Louis 1 St. reninsuia. Roger Bamum Lakewood The contral Michigan area has Don Wright Mason strong entries in all four classes Hilary Stump Fowler Dan Fox Fowler Ron Hoag Webberville headed by undefeated and top-; 11 Charon i ranked Lansing Sexton in Cass Mike Combs Bill Howe Katon Dave Joseph Potterville rone Fletcher, Fred Jim Lyttle Lyons-Muir and Lorie Moore. Rapids A.

Four Capital Circuit teams- Here's How Journal Writers See the District Tournaments Sports Editor Bob Hoerner and writers Lad Slingerlend, Hal Bateman, Jim Wallington and Bob Gross pick the winners of the district tournaments. TUP A I TOURNAMENT HOERNER'S PICKS SLINGERLEND'S PICKS BATEMAN'S PICKS WALLINGTON'S PICKS GROSS PICKS CONSENSUS A at Everett East Lansing Sexton Sexton Sexton Sexton Sexton A at Parkside Albion Jackson Albion Albion Jackson Albion A at Midland Alpena Alpena Alpena Mount Pleasant Alpena Alpena A at Grand Blanc Kettering Kettering Kettering Clarkston Clarkston Kettering at Waverly Gabriels Gabriels Holt Okemos Gabriels Gabriels at Jackson Jackson St. John Jackson St. John Jackson St. John East Jackson Mason Jackson St.

John at St. Louis Ithaca Ithaca Saginaw Buena Vista Buena Vista Ithaca Ithaca at Lowell Lowell Lakewood Lakewood Lowell Lakewood Lakewood at Fenton Fowlerville. Fowlerville Fowlerville Fenton Fowlerville Fowlerville at Michigan Center Stockbridge Hillsdale Hillsdale Hillsdale Chelsea Hillsdale at Battle Creek Delton Delton Delton Battle Creek Springfield Delton Delton at Sexton Portland St. Patrick Williamston Williamston Portland Williamston Williamston at Owosso Owosso St. Paul Owosso St.

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Johns DeWitt DeWitt Pewamo-Westphalia Pewamo-Westphalia Pewamo-Westphalia Pewamo-Westphalia at Parkside Leslie North Adams Homer Leslie Leslie Leslie at Sexton Webberville Fowler Fowler Webberville Webberville Webberville at Mount Pleasant Beal City Beal City Beal Citv Beal Citv Weidman Beal City No Bands Allowed During; Tournaments By action of the representative council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association, bands or musical instruments A are not allowed at districts, re-i Sunday, Mar. 1, 1964 gionals or the state tournament. This regulation again was adopted to conserve space, lessen expense to school and to avoid unnecessary confusion. Welcomes You to the Annual I Maraii 21 and 21 -W Michigan State cordially welcomes to its campus all the players, coaches, V- i parents, student delegations and faithful fans that this great event attracts. "Ctl; May.

you all be winners! "C'l This is your campus, so make-yourselves at home. Take time for a quick tour. The first of what is anticipated to he a I I'il rat annual event! 'J JL MICHIGAN STATE- STATE JOURflAL Csrn High School Invitational I A Indoor Relays Sal March 8 II i1 APRIL 2 and 3 IK SUPPORT THE OLYMPICS! i.i in mu ui in ju. iimwmi. wm mi, iwiMMii.1 i i.iii.immjjinu,p..i hi unm 11 iii.ii.ulii ii ii f- "'II ill ili.mritw(-iMw.M.v.

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