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HICKMAN CO. BOYS WINS 21st – 1969

Edge Past 58-54 By Hickman in Kentucky "brakes" 'hustling JERRY ATKINS, Sun-Democrat Sports Editor County's high-flying Falcons--the winningest team high school basketball circles--produced valuable off an effective full-court press and nipped Heath's Pirates 59-54 in the Buc Gymnasium Friday night. The victory, the 13 straight| for Coach Jim Voight's "Big Red", was the 21st of the season against only one setback for Hickman County--the First Region's second-ranked club. Hickman's only loss was a 10- point decision last Dec. 7 at Paducah Tilghman-ranked the number one in the region, The Falcons' 21-1 mark is the best won-loss showing in the state. Heath, losers to Hickman County by a 62-46 count two weeks ago at Clinton, moved to a 10-point advantage - 25-15 - with 2:38 remaining in the first half, but the Pirates fell apart against Hickman County's press. Coach Frank Wright's Bucs, rated third in the region by area coaches, gave up three buckets in the last 40 seconds of the first half and the Falcons managed a 29-all deadlock at the break. Heath managed four points in the last two and a half minutes before intermission while the Redmen from Hickman pumped in 14. After trailing by 10, the Falcons went to work from long range with 6-0 freshman Fay Jordan hitting two straight 20- footers. A pair of free throws by 6-2 senior Alan Barclay and another 20-footer, this time by 6-0 senior Ronnie Mullins cut into the margin... setting the stage for the late-second splurge. The lead changed hands five times in the early goings of the second half before the taller and stronger Falcons finally took control. Hickman moved to a five-point advantage, 39-34, midway through the third period and clung to a three-point lead, 46-43 as the period ended. Heath battled back to within one point, 44-43, on a three-point play by 5-10 junior Mark Turner with 38 seconds remaining in the period, but could not regain the lead. The Falcons led by seven, 56- 49, with 1:40 left in the game before a Pirate press clipped off some of the margin. In the end, it was missed free throws that kept the battling| Bucs, from catching up. Heath missed a one -plus opportunity at 1:36, a two-shot effort at :48, and the first of another two-shot attempt at :30. For the game, the Pirates managed only 12 of 25 from the line ... and many| were on one-and-one situations. Hickman likewise had trouble at the charity stripe, converting only 14 of 28 in the game. The Falcons also missed a golden opportunity in the last period, missing three straight one-plus situations within a 25-second interval. The Falcons managed two free throws than did the host Pirates and only one more bucket from the field, hitting for 22 against 21 for the Bucs. Hickman County converted only 39 per cent of its field attempts while Heath scored on 44 per cent of its shots. James Crume, a 5-11 senior, led the Falcon scoring with 16 points, 6-0 junior center Terry Fuller followed closely with 15 and d Mullins added 10. David Hovekamp, Heath's 6-3 senior center, led the Bucs with 18 points and Turner, playing in a reserve role, cashed in 15. Hickman County 11 29 46 58 Heath 16 29 43 54 HICKMAN COUNTY (58) Crume 16, Mullins Barclay 10, 7, Ivy, Fuller McKendree 15, 2. Jordan 8, HEATH (54) Bobo 7, Cooper Hovekamp 18, Flood 2. Greston 6, EDITOR'S NOTE: Most of the high school basketball game reports listed on this page were reprinted from our Saturday morning edition for the benefit of Mayfield Conquers Fulton City FULTON, Ky. - The Mayfield Cardinals used an effective press in the third quarter to break open a tight game and| turn back the Fulton City Bulldogs here Friday 70-50. The Bulldogs led 13-12 at the end of the first period before the Cardinals forged a slight| 33-27 halftime edge. Then came the devastating Cardinal press which limited the Bulldogs to a meager seven points in the third stanza. Dave Fowler led the Cardinals with 16 points. He was fol-29 lowed by Joe Ford with 15, Phil Venable with 14 and Jerry Sanders with 10. | Sam Pirtle, with 15 points, and Dave Winston with 10, were the only Bulldogs in double figures. Mayfield 12 33 57 70 Fulton City 13 27 34 50 MAYFIELD (70)-Pitman 4, Walker 6, Fowler 16, Sanders 10, Brown 5, Venable 14, Ford 15. CITY (50)-Rose 9, tukiewicz 3, Peeples 2, Pirtle 15, Paw. ra 9, Winston 10, Moore 2. Cuba 90 Farmington 48 FARMINGTON, Ky.-Rugged Cuba flexed its muscles here Friday night and waltzed to a convincing 90-48 cage win over Farmington. The Cubs turned on the steam at the opening tipoff and never let up, dominating the play, especially on the boards. It was all over by the half with Cuba ahead 39-16. Leading the point parade for the Cubs was David Jones with 23, followed by Tom Swatzell's 20. Terry Darnell led the Wildcats with 18. Gary Barnes, the leading Farmington scorer, missed the contest because of a knee injury. The Cubs now are 15-9 and the Wildcats are 7-14. Cuba 16 39 Farminston 8 16 30 48 CUBA (90) J. Parm 8, B. Parm 5, Swatzell 20, McClure 12, Jones 23, Redden McKinney 5, 2. Howard 11, Hicks 2, Cook FARMINGTON (48)-Adams 3, Johnson 1, Sanderson 7, Arnett 5, Delk 11, Glover 3, Darnell 18. St. Mary 60 Joppa 54 The St. Mary Vikings took al thrilling come-from-behind decision from the Joppa Rangers 60-54 Friday. Trailing until late in the third period, the Vikings managed a 39-39 tie at the end of three periods, only to see the Rangers slip ahead again in the final stanza. The Vikings finally took the lead at 1:03 on a basket by Tom| Bender, 6-3 forward, before forging the final score of 60-54. Bender led the Vikings with 17 points. He was followed by Curtis Hixon with 16. Victor Jones led the Rangers with 24 points. Joe Girat added 14 and John Crossland scored 10th by the skein Tornado as closely Oak, up did to Big lead tied the the in quarter, in by 9

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