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11 Lacassine Captures By CHARLIE METERS SHREVEPORT The Lacassite Cardinals became the second Lake Charles area team in history to capture a state Top Twenty tournament championship here Saurday pressure packed wrapup which also saw Plainview give Southwest Louisiana a second title. Lacassine put on the most thrilling rally in tournament history to defeat towering Athens, 49-48, for the Class ular title on Shannon Cary's spectactapin in the final seconds. Only West Lake in 1962 has ever brought a title back to this area. Plainview raced past Marthaville, 72-67, to claim the Class crown while two defending champions were belted out and another successfully defended its laurels. Powerful Jesult of New Or- (Class c.

ChampionshIp) LACASSINE Gotredux rom Tim 6 reb pt Cary Degeyter .4.18 19 9 2 13 12 Sheridan Miller Corbello Team Totals 58. 20 17. 9 39 13 49 ATHENS (ga 1gm reb Baker 13 Buckner Hoys Greer Edwards 16 Teom Roach 0 Totals SCORE BY 21 15. 6 43 15 48 PERIODS Lacossine 16 10 16-49 Athens 8 14 12-48 leans crushed defending Class AAA Champ Fair Park of Shreveport, 89-57, to win its first state championshp in 16 years, while Jonesboro-Hodge ousted 1963 Class AA winner Neville of Monroe, 56-53. Fabulous Bobby Lane rewrote the Class A scoring records as another New Orleans outfit, Newman, beat St.

Amant, 65-58, for its second successive championship. Saturday's play produced permost exciting since the tournament was begun in 1961. with Lacassine's thriller ranking as the best of the lot. Only Jesuit's runaway in Class AAA broke the string of airtight contests. An amazing display of fight-.

ing 'defeat turned almost cer-, tain into victory for Lacassine. Seemingly doomed with ace (class Championship) MARTHAVILLE (67) 190 4gm fim reb pl to Gray 10 Procell Thompson 16 13 29 Kitten 13 6 6 Birdwelf Erringion Team Totals 58 25 19 15 42 12 67 PLAINVIEW (72) fam Na ftm reb Strother 15 Johnson 0 5 10 Johnson 18 Ashworth Ashworth Paul Cloud 0 Team Totals ...58 16. 10 SCORE BY PERIODS Ploinview 18 14 18 20 22 12 16-72 RESET -Shannon Cary (center) of Lacassine ducks low with the ball during Saturday's Class championship victory in the state ment at Shreveport. The Cardinals won the crown with a 49-48 triumph over Athens. Jumping high at left is Michael Edwards (52) of Athens, while Walter Gotreaux of Lacassine is blocking off Walter Hays of Athens at right.

(American Press special photo from Shreveport). Pandemonium Hits Lacassine Fans SHREVEPORT (Spl.) -Pandemonium reigned for a full minutes at the south end of Hirsch Memorial Youth center here Saturday, afternoon as a veritable of deliriously happy Lacassine fans swarmed over their favorites. Besides themselves with joy and limp from the excitement of the fantastic finish, the Cardinal fans put on the greatest exhibition of hugging and backslapping in the history of organized basketball. Almost smothered in the middie of it all was coach Roy Singletary, who certainly must have stopped grinning sometime before going to bed that night. "I can't believe It, I just can't believe it," Singletary kept repeating, And neither could a record afternoon crowd, which was treated to the most fantastic finish in tournament history.

It was a fitting finish to an amazingly successful season! which saw the Cardinals finish with a 53-3 record. The Redbirds closed out the season with the state's longest winning streak, sailing to 23 straight victories. The outcome was a perfect example of what a team can beaten, accomplish if it refuses to be and if ever a team could have resigned itself to defeat, it was Lacassine. The Cardinals had to do it the hard way, playing without their team leader, Walter Gotreaux, who foulded out with more than six minutes left in the game. But the Redhirds just wouldn't quit, and the last second roles of Shannon Cary and David Degeytar thought pulled them through.

Singletary we were out of 11." recounted after the excitement had subsided 60F6- what. "Not that I ever gave up. State 'C' Basketball gan. Only seconds later Go-1 treaux was called for his fifth personal on a basket by Trojan Murray Greer. Jumpers by Degeyter and Cary offset a bucket by Athens' 6-5 Walter Hays and the score! was tied at 41-all with 5:16 remaining.

The towering Athens team, making hay on the boards Gotreaux out, promptly reeled off five straight points before Degeyter drove in for a bucket at the 3:07 mark, but when Mike Edwards tallied for the Trojans for a 48-45 lead with only 2:38 left, it looked as if the jig was up. Cary quickly banked one and then both Buzzy Buckner of Athens and Cary missed on oneand one free throw attempts and Athens had the ball with time running out. An offensive foul call gave the Cardinals the ball with 51 seconds left and senior Thomas Miller hit on a follow shot to cut the margin to 48-47. Then I came the series of events which were to prove the most spec-; tacular since the tournament began four years ago. Degeyter, drove promptly stole the in for a layup attempt under heavy guard.

Just when it appeared as if the shot were going to bound off the rim, Cary came sailing through for what proved to be the winning with 18 sec-' onds left. But the game was far from over as Degeyter fouled Geer in the act of shooting with eight Athens seconds remaining and! had its chance to win it. But Greer, obviously, unnerved by the the situation, missed both tosses badly and Cary hustled over to tie the ball up on the rebound. The strapping 6-2 junior got the tip to Degeyter who tan off the remaining six seconds' and the championship belonged to Lacasstre. Degeyter, regaining the shooting form which had deserted him Thursday's semifinal victory over Belmont, bombed: in 19 points to lead all scorers and Cary added 12 points and 13 rebounds, also a game high.

Edwards, hitting all seven of his field goal altempts, scored 16 markers for and Hays had 14., Plainview, which in the words of one amazed onlooker "must start running when they get off the bus, simply ran the taller Marthaville team to death white coming from 11 points behind early in the second period to trail by only 36-34 at halftime. The Hornets, pressing the Hawks to distraction, were still full of fire at the start of the second half and to compound Marthaville's mounting woes, Plainview ace Roy Johnson began to find the range from the top of the cireic. Johnson bombed in live kets in the period and Plainview took a 56-48 lead into the final stanza. Marthaville regrouped for one last effort and managed to tie the count at 60-60 with three minutes left, but the Hornets rose to the occasion and slammed the door. C.

W. Strother, a demon defender and deadeye shooter. whipped in four baskets thereafter and that was that. Strother wound up with 23 points, high for the game, and Johnson added 18. Both Jimmy Procell and Gary Killen scored 20 for Marthaville.

Roll of Champions Class Lacassine 49. Athens 48 Class Plainview (Glenmora) 72, Marthaville 67 Class A Newman 65, St. Amont 58 Class AA Jonesboro-Hodge 56, Neville 53 Class AAA Jesuit 89, Fair Park 57 Section Three Lake Charles American Press SPORTS Amusements, Classifiad SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1964, Lake Charles American Press 21 STATE BOWLING 701 Series Tops Action Outstanding scores in both singles and doubles highlighted action Saturday in the 18th annual Louisiana Women's Bowling Association tournament. Carol Robichaux of New Orleans turned in the best score of the day as of 9 p.m. Satur-; day, firing a 701 handicap singles score to take the lead in that event.

She also took the scratch lead with 599. The lead also changed hands in both scratch and handicap doubles. A Lafayette duo, Celina Degeytair and Jan Liming, fired a fine 1288 to take a commanding lead in handicap doubles, Marie Scoggins of Lake! Charles, the defending scratch singles champion, and Sulphur's Virginia Smith took over the scratch doubles lead with 1110. Singles results from the final two shifts and the scores of the last shift of doubles Saturday night were unavailable at press time, The best team score Saturday was 2970 by Snow King Homes of Baton Rouge, edging out Howard Well Service of nings for second place by three pins, E. B.

Smith and Sons of Springhill continues to lead with 3058, while Calcasleu Marine Bank of Lake Charles held on to the scratch team led with 2538. Robichaux, who carried a 151 average, fired lines of 179-200- 220 to go with 102 pins handicap for her fine singles score. Her 701 is 12 pins higher than the 689 which won the 1963 singles for Leontine Sanchez, also of New Orleans. Degeytair, whose average is 148, had a 213 game and a scratch series, while Liming, who entered with a 138 average, had a 513 scratch series and 647 with her handicap. Their score la 40 pins better than the second place total of 1248 by Mary Bonsall and Evelyn Keel of New Orleans.

Scoggins fired a 182-196-209- 587 and Smith had 168-138-172- cal. for their scratch doubles to Smith's 183 was an allspare game. singles, Scoggins fouling bad her three problems in limes, but still ended up with a 542 scratch Laurels Walter Gotreaux out of the game on fouls and trailing by five points with time running out, the Cardinals got tremendous clutch performances from Shannon Cary and David geyter to pull off the astounding comeback. The game was a nip-and-tuck affair from the beginning and no more than five points ever arated the two teams. A bucket by the hustling De-: geyter sent Lacassine off the floor at halftime with a 23-22 lead, but Athens put on a strong: surge in the third period lead 36-33 going into the eight minutes of play.

Gotreaux canned a pair of free throws to knot the count at 37-all with 6:48 showing, but: here the Cardinal troubles becress A Championship) Ego NEWMAR rom (65) fm reb Lone Spencer .22 6 Riesteld 3 Ensenat Longenecker 0 0. Dennery Burko Trice Team Totals 38 45 14 85 st. tta (50) Movers fga reb M. Lombert Sheets 3 Marchand Parent Mayers Guotreau R. Lambert Guitreav Kohan Team Totals 23 .18 12 36 25 58 SCORE BY PERIODS Amant 17 7 11 23-58 Newman 19 10 CAGE SCORES LATE FRIDAY Wayne State 61, Eastern Michigan 60 Stanford 61, California 59 (OT) U.

of Pacific 66, Catifornia, Santa Bar. bara 55 L. A. Loyola 61, Santa Clara 59 Fresno State 68. Seattle Pacific 53 (NCAA For West regional), Wayne State 61, Eastern Michigan 60 Univ.

Stanford 61, Calliornia 59, overtime to of Barbara the 55 Pacllic 66, California, San. Los Angeles NCAA Loyola 61, Sonia Clara 59 For First West Regional Round Fresno State 68, Seattle Pacific 53 SATURDAY st. Illinois John's, 97, N.Y. 71, New York Univ. 51.

Wisconsin 73 Ripon Central 84, Michigan Corleion 65, 59 Northern Illinois 62 Minnesota 90, Indiana 19 Hanhattan Fordham 59 78. John Carroll 5a Western Reserve $2, Cose Tech 61 Eastern Michigan 67, Kentucky 94, East Tennessee 62 towa 61 Ohio Univ. 82, Toledo 76, overtime 89, Morehead 84 Conislus 87, St. Bonoventure 74 ew Mexico 93, Utah 45 Michigan State 81, Ohlo Stote 80 Kansas State 88, Missouri 68 Konsas 58, Oklahoma State 46 Penn State 91, Rutgers 82 Bradley 74, St. Louis 70 Marquette Xavier Ohio 95 De Niogoro Paul 79, Doyion 73 Bloomfleld ing College M.

Nework Engineer77, Buttalo 47 Hall 91, Rider 86. Knox Manhattan 84, 67, Cornell lowo 66. Colorado 90, lowa Stale 70 Fordham 59 New Mexico 93, Utah 65 Williams Amherst 49 Brighom Young Wyoming 90 Holy Cross 9. Oregon Denver 50 Idaho Weber State 83. Moniona State 75 State $3, Montana 70 Grinnell 79 Youngstown' 91, Trinity, ithaca 79 77 el Nerfair Force Allantic Sub 92, Pocilic Sub Championship 51.

69, Lawrence 65 NCAA REGIONALS Easiara Textile Catholic v. 64 Third Adelphi 60. Northeaster Assumption 64, 6pr logtieid 60 Midwest Champ Slate overtime College lowa 71. Mankato 64 Wash. St.

77. Third Place Louis Nebraska Wesleyan 74 Midsost Third Place Akron 62. a tontic Const Conference Tournament puke Wake Forest 58 EASTERN 74. Elizas thiana Southwest Lamer Tech 116. Colorada State 45 Seattle A a Jesuit, looking every bit the outstanding team in the tournament, simply overpowered Fair Park with its defense, hustle and backboard power.

With burly Herb Mang. a standout in Jesuit's 58-48 victory over Lake Charles Friday night, setting the pace. the Bluejays plastered the Indians from the very beginning and the only question was How Much? Jesuit led. 43-26, at halftime. but Fair Park made its only move of the night early in the third quarter to cut the margin ten at 45-35.

Big Mang and frontcourt mate Tim Roniger went to work at this point to fire the Javs to a 19-4 surge and that ball game Mang bombed in 28 points and tied rebound rec. ord with 20, while Roniger weighed in with 21 markers. Buddy Nelson had 18 and Andy (Class A Championship) fgm Him Ewing Philips Stevenson Walker Stevenson 12 Chr Mire Tram 10 Totals 22 20 02 45 1A 56 NEVILLE (53) ton fom Itd Itm reb bi Canni Garrett Smith Brooks 17 Factor 4 17 Team 0 Tolals SCORE :.64 BY 53 Jonesboro Hodge 11 PERIODS Neville 10 14 12 Fullerton 12 for Fair Park. Jesuit shot an even 50 per cent from the field. Lane, exceeding even his own previous tournament brilliance, was the difference for Newman as the Greenies won their third title in the four years since the tournament's inception.

'The two-time all-starter broke the class scoring record with 32 points and also the rebound mark with 17. His 13 field goals also established a record St Amant simply was not as poised as it was in defeating West Lake 63-53 in the semifinals Friday The Wildcats were frequently guilty of forc- (Class AAA Crampienship) JESUIT Stahl (go tgm Ma fm reb Thompson Mang Ronioer Fitzacrold Williamson Britsch Garrere Goodier Morel Hamburger Teom Tools J2 75 S3 25 FAIR PARK Igm Bell Nelson Turner Hunter Futierton toner. Rushworth Hick Roberts Troegel Tram Totals 19 3n 19 37 11 57 SCORE PERIODS Jesult 75 18 71 Fair Park 1) 11 11 15 NE 52 ing their shots and had they been more discreet, ft might have been a Offerent story. Newman was never able to run away from St. Ament, which had split tour games with its District 7-A rival during the regular season, bat each time the Wildcats threatened A was the 64 Lane who quickly stifled the prospective rally with a key basket or rebound.

Maurice Mayers of St. Amant, despite being in foul trouble throughout the game, turned in an impressive performance with 17 points. Jonesboro, the tournament's tallest team, had to fight off A furious late assault by Neville to claim the Class AA title after seemingly having the game on re. The 2-AA champs held a 43-36 lead after three periods and kept a similar advantage in the final stanza Joe Canal made two steals and Iwo baskels within 15 seconds tie it at 47-47 with 3:54 left. But 6-3 Buddy Stevenson poured through six quick points to put Jonesboro back into command of things and the Tigers managed to nurse the lead to the championship.

Terry Ewing had 13 points 11 rebounds to pace Jonesboro, while Neville ace Malcolm Smith pumped in 17 markers. AND MORE TROUBLE Lacas. This type of sine's play made Cary the Shannon Cary is hemmed in game's rebound leader with 13 and he again by Michael Edwards (52) and contributed 12 points to help the Walter Hays (44) of Athens in another Cardinals to the coveted state title. but let's just say that I was plenty worried. "Shannon and David really took over for us.

We played to Shannon there at the end, and he really came through. "We heard that a sudden press would shake them, and sure enough it did. Maybe we should have pressed sooner, but I can't argue with the way it came out." Top Twenty Attendance Hits 23,857 SHREVEPORT (Spl.) Climaxed by a near -capacity crowd at Saturday night's session, the state "Top Twenty" tournament smashed all ance records. The 1964 affair drew a total of 23,857 spectators, an increase of 4,960 over 1963, when the total of 18,897 also represented a record. On Saturday, 3,926 paid to see the afternoon session and a throng of turnstiles 8,736 passed through the Saturday night, less than 300 shy of capacity for Hirsch Memorial Youth Center.

Amazingly enough, the Saturday turnout of 12,662 equalled the tournament's total attendance in 1961, its year of inception. Lee Grosseup Inks 49'er Contract SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -Lee Grosscup, quarterback who will be trying to make a comeback has' signed with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. series. Although it was well off the pace in scratch singles, it: was enough to give her an allevents scratch total of 1664. This is believed to be the ing all-events scratch score, but no compilations in that category were available.

Tournament action continues today at Bowlarena and Recreation Lanes. Shift times for doubles and singles at Bowlarena! are 9 and 11:15 a.m. and' 1:30 and 3:45 p.m. Team shifts i at Recreation Lanes are set for 10 a.m. and 1 and 4 p.m.

Here are the unofficial leaders in all categories except allevents: TOURNAMENT LEADERS TEAM E. B. Smith and 5on. Springhill 3058 Snow Howard King Homes, Baton Rouge. Well Service, Jennings 2967 South City Bargain Siore, Lc.

Reynold's Flowers and Springhill Capitol Steak House, W. Monroe. 2944 Tu Frans. New Orleans Henagan Mindan Westside Five, Gretno 1930 Foodiown, Baton Rouge 2929 Cal-Marina Bank, Lake Charles Fren's Kut and Kurl, Bossier city Albright' Tenneco, West Monroe. Mohawk Tire Center, Lafayette Cabin Morrero Breaux's Crescent Drugs, Harry's Conaco, Monroe Smart Shops, Shreveport Wilson Wholesale Baton R.

S'portettes, Shreveport Cotta Bank, SCRATCH Loki TEAM DOUBLES Celina Bonsall-Evelyn Jon Dorothy Scott Bone, Keel, NO Shrypt -Pat McGinly, Hughes. NO 1241 Doodle East Dupula, LC 1239 Alice Sulphur Shirley Luck-Mary Seboll, LC Janie Edith Moore- Marie Hayes, Shrypt Grace Vi Potter, No Lillie Elizabeth Ana Anderson- Eva Leg Paul. Pal Knight, Crowley 1217 Dol Traing-Ruth Greens, Baton 1216 Marie Bobbye Fuller, Shreveport Lobbye, Bragg. Brenda Winnie id Marie, Virginia Sulphur Barbara Nita English, 1 120 Marie Smith, SCRATCH DOUBLES Lake Carol SINGLES Virginia NO Melba NO Loper. Monroe NO Soon as Marie Smith, Rastron Hazel Dolly Jack Myra Nadine Houma SCRATCH view of Saturday's Class state championship battle in the Top Twenty tournament at Shreveport.

Welcome Slated day, gala "Welcome Home" celebration for Lacassine's state Class champions is scheduled here at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The Cardi. nals beat Athens, 49.48. to win the crown in the state Top Twenty tournament at Shrevepor! Satur.

victory over Athens an Murray Greer (42) and my Baker (32) make a futile bid to atop the shot. (American Press special photo from Shreveport) CARY AGAIN Shannon Cary of Lacassine goes up for a tump shot in the state Class a Sulla (American Press special photo from Shreveport). Fanning Sets Pace for Lion Triangular Win HAMMOND (Spl.) Speedster Bob Fanning showed Saturday that he has lost none of his skill as he lead the Southcastern Lions to an easy victory over Gulf States Conference rivals USL and Northwestern in a triangular track meet, Fanning sped to a 9.8 clock. Ing to win the 100-yard dash and anchored the Lions' 440-yard relay team. lils clocking in the century, in less than perfect track weather, equalled his winning effort in last year's conference meet but is well off the 9.4 he posted in the 1963 Southwestern Relays.

'The Lions got a double victory from Mike Reid in the 220 and 440-yard dashes and he added a leg on the 440-relay as Southeastern ran up 82 points to 55 for USL and 44 for ern. USL's Malcolm Robin son, again tance looming as the GSC disking, reeled off fine victortes in the mile (4:15.1) and the two-mile while Pat Arceneaux claimed the shot and javelin titles. Northwestern got a twin win from Monty Ledbetter in the high jump and broad jump. TRIANGULAR SE. E- -Malcalm 1-MIL E- Maicalm den Jones.

FIELD: SHOT51-217. DISCUS 59. USE RELAYS: Reid, Southeastern drilla. Colton SCORINGI Nor.