The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-02-26
High School Basketball

Friday night, when they edged them
out by score of 81 to go.
II was a really close game all the
way with victory being snatched
from the Hagerstown five in the last
seconds of play, with Hagerstown
leading so to 50, when Patterson,
one of the visitors forwards, Tipped
one through the basket just as the
final whistle blew.
Seven of the Hubs players figured
in the scoring, headed by Meier
with 8 goals and foul shots for 10
points, while for Martinsburg,
Netoskie was the big gun, with 10
goals and 8 foul shots for % points.
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The Gaelettes of st, Mary's High
School got sweet revenge on Friday
night on the armory court, when they
beat the girls from Clear Spring
High School by a score of SO to 30.
The Clear Spring girls, you will
remember, hung the first defeat on
the Gaelettes who, up until then,
hadn't lost a game.
For the Gaelettes, Peggy Slate was
the top scorer, with IL goals and 3
foul shots for q points. Three mem
bers of the Clear Spring girls team,
by a strange coincidence, equally di-
vided the 30 points scored by their
team, Hawbaker, Shank and Boyd
each scoring 10 points.
The Gaels made it perfect night
when they took the measure of the
Clear Spring varsity team by a
score of ~ to So
In the boys game, Edward Gala
her, who had set a scoring record
for st, Mary's High School last week
when he came up with 43 points,
set a new record on Friday night
when he came through with 81 goals
and foul shots, for a total of As
points.
For Clear Spring, Harnish, the
center, was the top scorer with 9
goals and 2 foul shots for 20 points.
The Gaels, however, became a
cropper on Monday night when the
boys of Middletown High School
beat them out by one point in a real
thriller. The final score was "A to 49,
Outplayed in the first two periods
the Gaels got hot in the third period
which ended with the score tied 30
all. 1t was nip-and- tuck in the
fourth period, but the Middletown
lads were more accurate from the
foul line and it was foul shot that
won the game.
Gallaher, as usual, was the high
scorer for the Gaels, with % points
while for Middletown, Ohler led the
way with Ia points, closely follow
ed by Miller with II.
Middletown made it clean sweep
when their Jayvees beat the ST
Mary's junior boys by a score OF
40 to 81.
The Hagerstown High School
Girls team, playing on their own
court on Tuesday afternoon, evened
their two-game series with ST. Mary's
Gaelettes, when, after losing the
first game earlier in the season, they
won the second game by a score OF
38 to 36. 1t was the final game of the
season for both teams.
With st. Mary's girls. leading al
the half, 16 to IA, the High School
five came back strong in the second
half and although hard pressed
maintained their lead
Cowden with II points and Hess
with Is, were the top scorers for
Hagerstown High, while Beverly
Smith with 10 points and Peggy
Slate with IL, led the way for st
Mary's.
The North Street Badgers made il
two straight over the Jackson High
School five of Charles Town, w. Va.
on Friday night, beating their West
Virginia rivals on the latter's court
by score of IS to At.
Keyes was the top scorer for the
Badgers with 8 goals and z fouls for
% points, followed closely by Camp
bell with and for 10.
In Junior High School game be-
tween Woodland Way and South Po-
tomac, played Friday on the South
Potomac court, Woodland Way came
out on top by a score of 81 to 81.
For the winners, Beageely led the
way with 10 points, followed by
Seville with Is and Rosengren with
IA, while for South Potomac, Eber-
sole had IA points, Miller Is and
Cunningham 10.