Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-05
Blair Hints
Big Sweep in
|EdCing Blades
BY JIM CAWOoD

viii make a playoH unnecessary
by winning both halves. Only
Bladensburg and High Point
gave the Blazers any trouble IN
the first half. High Point will
be hard pressed to win on
Blair's court when the two
teams meet for the second time.
i doubt if any other league
team will be able to beat them. :"
Coach AL Kyber Of Bladensburg
said He also thought Blair
would go unbeaten by winning
its only montague game next
Tuesday with DeMatha. q team
which earlier defeated Bladens-
burg.
Blair had a bit or trouble
yesterday winning No. IS. The
Blazers trailed, 1864, going
into the last period. A layup
by Tommy Brown and a jump
shot by Bob Daniels gave The
Blazers q 42-38 lead with four
minutes left. then Blair slowed
down the game to protect its
margin.
i Daniels was high with 81 fol-
lowed by Brown with IL for
Blair.
| Mickey Urmann had II points
for Bladensburg. 10 in the third
quarter. Steve Preston added
lis.
Bob Howard took IL re-
bounds and Urmann nine, as
Bladensburg won the battle Of
the boards, but was unable to
cope with Blair's as per cent
shooting average.
Wheaton scored seven straight
points in the final two minutes
of play to defeat Oxon Hill,
58-5l, in a Bi-County game
yesterday at Wheaton.
Oxon Hill took a 51-50 lead
just before Wheaton opened its
rally. Both teams had battled
on even terms to that point
with the score tide. 24-24. at
the half.
Don Wright and Bob Nc
Allister each scored is points
to lead the victors to an 8-5I
overall mark. Oxon Hills
record is IA,
Northwestern defeated High
Point, 1894. last night at
Northwestern behind Bill
Scharnikow's shooting. It was
the Wildcats first Bi-County
win this year.
Scharnikow scored II points
and Joe Heurich added IL as
Northwestern won it's third
game against eight setbacks.
High Point, now 6-6. was led
by Wayne Mathews with Is.
The Smith boys proved too
much for Dunbar as Fairmont
Heights rolled to it's eighth
straight win, 67-53. yesterday at
Banneker Junior High.
Archie Smith dropped in 26
points and Richard Smith
added 81 to pace the winners.
Ten of Archie's points came in
the final period as Fairmunt
Heights rallied. Alphonso Hill
led Dunbar. now 81. with IL
points. -Fairmont Heights is
80.
'Gaithersburg broke loose in
the second half and defeated st.
Stephens, 51-38, yesterday on
the losers court.
Bob Costello and Carl Shipley
paced the Gaithersburg attack
with II and 10 points respec-
lively. Ralph Price, playing
with a partial cast on his bro
ken wrist. led the Saints with
16 points. Gaithersburg is now
1912 on the season. st. Ste
phen's is SD.
Unbeaten Lackey chalked up
its 18th victory by defeating
|Leonardtown, 1920, yesterday
at Leonardtown.
Lackey held quarter leads Of
22-0, AIS and Clio as five
of its players hit in the double
figures. Mike Sprague scored
20. Vernon Hardesty and Sam |
Holiday, is each, and Ken |
Dehahn and Leroy Gates, 10
each.
Northwood led all the way in
defeating Damascus, 56-37, yes
terday at Northwood. It was |
Northwood's seventh win in its
last eight games and boosted |
its record to 9-3 overall.
Sophomore Kirk Stewart led
the victory. scoring Is points.
while Mike Dantzic had IA.
Louis Abrams Melted IS for
Damascus. now 7-5 overall.
Richard Montgomery evened |
its season record at SIS with a
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