Winchester Evening Star from Winchester, Virginia • Page 9

Winchester Evening Star PAGE 9 WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1973 PAGE 9 Virginia Pins UNC With 1st Home Loss in 24 Games By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Coach Dean Smith, whose third-ranked North Carolina basketball team was upset 84-78 by Virginia Thursday night, says, "I am not going to say we were looking ahead to Maryland, because that would take away from Virginia's great victory. "Virginia played a tremendous game. I don't remember anyone hitting so many 15-foot jumpers. "They spread out their offense and took away our height advantage. We had big men chasing smaller, quicker men." Bill Gibson, coach of the Virginia Cavaliers, said, "The exam break rally helped us.

The team was really down after losses to N.C. State and Maryland. It was the Tar Heels' first loss in their home Carmichael Auditorium in 24 games dating back to the end of the 1969-70 season, when South Carolina beat them. It also broke a string of nine victories for the Tar Heels, who now are 3-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and 15-2 in all games. And it was the first time Virginia had beat them on their home court.

Virginia is 7-4 in all games and 3-2 in the conference, having beaten Duke and Wake Forest earlier in the season and lost to second-ranked N.C. State and fourth- ranked Maryland just before the two-week examination break. Barry Parkhill, the ACC Player of the Year last season, got only two points against Maryland. But he got 23 against North Carolina, and Gibson said, "A lot of people have written Parkhill off, but the way he played tonight, he is still the best until he is proven otherwise." Both FCJH Teams Win Impressively Frederick County's eighth and ninth grade teams both racked up impressive wins over Musselman in Junior High, action yesterday. The eighth grade team put together a second-half rally to defeat Musselman's eighth grade 21-13.

They scored two points in the first-half but came back behind Lewis' nine points and Hartman's seven. Parkhill, freshman Wally Walker and Jim Hobgood combined for 70 Walker had 25 points and Hobgood 22. "What can you say of a freshman who hits 12 of 13 shots from the floor?" Gibson laid of Walker, a 6-foot-6 forward. George Karl led North Carolina with a career-high 31 points. North Carolina closed to within one point four times in the second half, the last time at 79-78 with 44 seconds left.

ACC teams are idle tonight. A Handout Larry Hollyfield (53) of UCLA keeps wary eye out for hand of John Willey (5) of Loyola during action Thursday night at Chicago. The Bruins easily won the game to tie the longest collegiate victory string in history-60. (APWirephoto) Tonight's Opener at Charles Town Kicks Off 73 Nights of Racing Musselman Frederick Co. 4 3 3 2 0 9 In the ninth grade encounter, Frederick County, paced by Gower's 20 points defeated Musselman 35-27.

The Trojans jumped out on top at the start and led the whole way. Woolum was high for Musselman with eight. Musselman 5 4 8 Frederick Co. 8 10 10 Handley, Aylor Split Handley's Junior High teams journeyed to Aylor last night where they split; the Handley eighth graders winning their contest, and the Aylor ninth graders their encounter. In the eighth grade game, Handley came out on top 48-10.

Handley jumped out to a 20 first quarter lead, then coasted to the win. Mitch Hess led Handley with 14 points. Aylor 0 2 3 Handley 2 11 12 In the ninth grade game, Aylor won 50-33 behind Paul Mann's 20 points. Other Aylor players in double figures were Larry Cain with 15 and Bill Robinson with 12. Handley's high man was Lindsey Jones with 13.

Bob Wells, Aylor's coach, said in a post- game interview, "Our guards played exceptionally well and it was a good overall effort by our team." Handley Aylor CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (Special) The Charles Town Turf Club kicks off a 73- night Spring meeting tonight, leading off the 1973 thoroughbred racing season in the area. The opening night program tonight will feature a 10-race card, highlighted by the $4,700 Inaugural Handicap, for three- year-olds, at 6V2-furlongs. Post time will be 7:15 p.m. Due to popular demand, the big exacta will return on the fifth and sixth race each evening, while the final race of the night will be the only trizacta event offered.

The traditional daily double will remain on the first and second races, and all other events will feature regular exacta wagering. The minimum wager for each, including the trizacta, as well as the big exacta and little exactas, will be reduced to $2. Racing Secretary Frank Utterback has assigned topweight of 119 pounds to Robert L. Herring's Kingsville Kid in tonight's feature. The sophomore sprinter will be asked to concede from four to nine pounds to his five rivals.

Kingsville Kid won two out of six starts during his juvenile campaign last year, including an easy five-length victory over top company here late in the season, while competing at tonight's distance. The chestnut gelding was unplaced, but beaten only four-and-a-half lengths early this month, in the 3. E. Palmer Heagerty stakes in Maryland. His main rival is expected to be O'Sullivan Farm's Early Autumn, who posted back-to-back victories here last Northwestern District October, while facing allowance company in abbreviated sprints.

The roan son of Bunny's Babe displayed excellent speed at and could pose a serious threat tonight if he can carry his speed the added distance. 8 10 10 5-33 11 9 14 District Overall George Mason 4-0 5-7 Loudoun Valley 3-1 8-3 Loudoun County 2-2 8-4 Warren County 2-2 6-7 Broad Run 1-3 7-4 Clarke County 0-4 1-9 Traded to Rams The Los Angeles Rams Thursday acquired veteran quarterback John Hadl, above, from the San Diego Chargers. They traded defensive end Coy Bacon and running back Bob Thomas for Hadl. (Ap Wirepnoto) BRUINS RIP CHICAGO LOYOLA Walton Paces UCLA to 60th CHICAGO (AP) Big Bill Walton does it all for top-ranked UCLA. And he had to do it again Thursday night as the somewhat pressured Bruins matched college basketball's longest winning streak of 60 games.

Walton's season high of 32 points and a whopping 27 rebounds steered UCLA to an 87-73 victory over lowly Chicago Loyola which didn't know it was licked until the closing minutes of a finale on a Chicago Stadium twin bill. UCLA Coach Johnny Wooden, who takes his Bruins to Notre Dame Saturday to try for the magic 61st straight victory, said the 6-11 Walton turned in "his normal performance." But it took all the wondrous Walton's shooting and defensive skill to offset 27 UCLA turnovers. They kept hustling Loyola in the game until a late spurt put the Bruins 17 points ahead at 79-62 with 5:41 remaining. Although Notre Dame lost in Thursday night's opener to Illinois 87-84, Wooden cautiously looked ahead to Saturday's na. tionally televised game at South scene of UCLA's last defeat, an 89-82 upset by the Fighting Irish on Jan.

23, 1971. "I know how tough it is to play before that Notre Dame student body because I used to teach as well as coach at a South Bend high school," said Wooden. The Irish now have a 6-8 record, in- eluding an earlier 82-56 loss to UCLA, standing 15-0 for the season as the Bruins aim at their seventh straight NCAA title and ninth in the past decade. The Bruins now share the record of 60 successive victories set by Bill Russell-led San Francisco from 1954-56 and Wooden said "we are a very proud team in matr ching the record." Loyola Coach George Ireland had a tip for any possible upset of UCLA after his Ramblers kept a partisan Chicago Stadium crowd of 15,817 howling for an upset until late in the game. "You need two hot-shooting guards, hitting 50 or 55 per cent to whip UCLA," said Ireland, whose Ramblers have an 8-8 record.

Southwestern Louisiana, ranked No. walloped Rhode Island 124-81 with Dwight Lamar scoring 32 points and Roy Ebron grabbing 20 rebounds. St. Louis downed Wichita State 75-66 with Jesse Leonard tossing in 28 points. Kresimir Cosic scored a career high 36 points, leading Brigham Young to a 93-79 romp over Arizona.

Memphis State blew an early lead, then bounced back to beat Louisville 81-76 for its 11th consecutive victory. In other major action, Idaho State nipped Northern Arizona 60-57, Furman outlasted Davidson 102-94, George Washington whipped Catholic 104-78, Drake nipped Cincinnati 74-72 and Tulane tipped Stetson 76-63. with Buckeye Potts ANOTHER 'MUST GAME' FOR HANDLEY The red-hot Handley Judges face yet another 'must game' tomorrow night when they journey to Fredericksburg to take on the Yellow Jackets of James Monroe. The Judges, convincing winners in their last four games, are in third place in the Commonwealth District, while the Jackets who have been in somewhat of a slump recently occupy the second spot. The last meeting between the two teams came just 11 days ago and the Judges pinned the Jackets' with a 69-47 loss and pushed them all over the Handley court all through the game, That contest, still one of the biggest surprises of the Commonwealth season, is still fresh in the memory of the Monroe players and it's a cinch that they will be sky-high for Handley tomorrow.

ON THE OTHER hand, it may be time for the Handley 'bubble' to burst. The Hilltoppers have been rolling along with outstanding team efforts, and in their recent wins they have been literally 'burning' from the floor. In their last game, a 72-50 victory over Stonewall Jackson's potent Raiders, the Handlians fired a blistering 61.2 per cent from the field as they converted on 32 of their 52 tries. The thing is, no team can keep up that kind of shooting, professional, college or high school. The Judges have to expect a letdown of sorts and it can't come against James Monroe if the Judges expect to win tomorrow night.

The Yellow Jacket attack features the big men and centers on 6-8 Kevin Cunningham. If the Jackets can get the ball inside Handley is going to be in big trouble. In the last meeting between the two the Judges kept pressure on the JM guards and did not let them get the ball inside to the big men, but the Jackets are bound to make some adjustment for that strategy tomorrow. But then again, the Judges' Jimmy Omps is one of the top coaches in the district, and defensive strategy is his business, so you can bet the Handley outfit will have something ready for the Jackets physically. BUT FOR HANDLEY the mental outlook may be the key to this one.

Afterall they are coming off four big victories, and one of them was a decisive thing over the same team they play tomorrow. So, if the Judges go to Fredericksburg knowing they can win without their best game of the season, they will be in real trouble. But if they go knowing they have to have their best game of the year and then play their best game of the year they've got a shot. But that will be tough to do. TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT The Harlem Diplomats make their long-awaited visit to the Handley High gym tonight.

The magicians of basketball will put on their outstanding exhibition beginning at 8 tonight in a show that is exciting and highly entertaining for the entire family. The Diplomats feature some of the top young basketball talent in the country, and they combine fine basketball ability with some of the top comedy routines in the business for one of the top athletic shows ever put on. Handley athletic director Jimmy Omps reports that there are still some tickets available and they will be on sale at the door tonight. Proceeds of the show will go to the General Organization at Handley. The EYE.

Picks 'Em Buckeye Potts Stonewall 65, James Wood 47 the Colonels are going to have lots of trouble with the speedy Raiders Loudoun Valley 57, Warren County 51 the Wildcats will stay close for awhile, but the Vikes may be the best in the Northwestern Broad Run 60, Clarke County 59 hunch the Eagles will give the Spartans much more of a tussle than expected Stafford 69, Woodbridge 67 the Indians win a thriller to stay on top of the Commonwealth Gar-Field 57, Osbourn 56 this big rivalry could go either way as neither team is having a good year James Monroe 65, Albemarle 63 look for the patriots to be in the midst of things all night long Lane 70, Fauquier 60 the Black Knights have turned into a fair basketball team and will have little trouble here George Mason 57, Loudoun County 54 this should be one of the best games of the night with the Mustangs winning on a late surge Madison 71, Page County 63. Mountaineers want to stay on the heels of Skyline-leading Luray Central 58, Stonewall Jackson 50 the Falcons should take the win Luray 65, Strasburg 44 the unbeaten Bulldogs win number 14 Rappahannock 60, Elk ton 56 the Raps are favored to win for the first time ever Montevideo 54, William Monroe 49 the Maroons boost their record to 8-5 James Monroe 61, Handley 59 tough loss for the Judges, but the Jackets are very tough at home Stonewall 72, Stafford 69 the Eye's Upset Special with Wayne Robinson doing most of the work for the Raiders.