Evening star., 1961-12-23
Hodgdon Provides Spark
InW-LWin Over Groveton
BY CARL SELL
star staff Writer

former for Washington-Lee
High Schools basketball team,
picked just the right time to
play probably the best game Of
his career and lift the Generals
past their first major hurdle
in the Northern Virginia Group
Ia League.
Hodgdon, a 6-foot-3 senior.
scored 10 points and played an
almost flawless floor game to-
lead the powerful Generals to
a 62-40 victory over Groveton
last night on the Tigers court.
In other Group la games,
Yorktown nipped Hammond.
49-46, at Yorktown; Mclean
won over Lee, 61-49, at Me-
Lean; George Washington
defeated Wakefield, 52-46, at
CIV; Mount Vernon bombed
Madison, 61-34, at Mount
Vernon; Fairfax took a 1889
decision over winless Osb0urn
at Fairfax, and Stuart won
over Falls Church, 47-44, at
Stuart.
Groveton made a contest Of
it until the final four minutes.
but WI, holding a 45-40 lead,
then clicked off II straight
points to turn the game into a
rout. .
Hodgdon led wills late burst.
scoring nine points in the final
quarter. He was one Of four
WI starters in double figures.
Ed Hummer, the 6-foot-6 Junior.
had Is points.
. Groveton held an edge in re-
bounds, but threw the ball
away too many times and the
alert Generals capitalized on
almost every bobble. Hummer
added insult to injury late in
the game by blocking a shot
and dribbling the length of the
court for a dunk shot.
/ WI held Groveton's Bobby
Dunn, who had a 22-point aver
age going into the game. to
only eight points. Jim Jones
led the Tigers with 10 points.
1t was the Generals fourth
straight victory and Groveton's
first loss in four games. The
Tigers showed flashes of bril-
lance until the roof fell in
late in the game. They probably
will be the Generals chief con-
tender by the time the league
tournament rolls around in
March.
HAMMOND-YORKTOWN -
The Patriots handed the
highly-regarded Admirals their
second loss. Gordon Kelly's 20
points topped Yorktown, which
now has a % record.
Hammond jumped off to a
1912 first-quarter lead but
Yorktown gained the upper
hand by halftime and led the
rest of the way. Walter Wenk
and Jim Moushegian each
scored 13 points for Hammond,
also 2-2.
McLEAN-LEE = The High
landers broke the game open
in the third quarter. outscor-
ing Lee. 26-12. after the two
teams had played on even terms
throughout the first half. Bob
Smith led the Mclean rally
with five baskets.
Dave Bayne picked up 20
points as Mclean took its third
straight decision. Bob Wills OF
Lee had % points, giving him
lO9 in five games for a 2l.s
average, tops in the league,
GEO. WASH.-WAKEFIELD
The defending State cham
pion Warriors dropped their
third game in four starts as
CIV made it three straight in
league play. Jim Connor led
CIV with 1S points. The Presi-
dents held quarter leads OF
1876. 24-20. and 1892. Herb
) Brown topped Wakefield with
| Is points.
, MOUNT VERNON MADI-
, SON-Billy Pacella dropped in
81 points to lead the Majors
to their fourth victory against
: single defeat. Pacella now
has scored 73 points in five
games for a 14.6 average. Fifty
Two of his points have come
in the last two games.
FAIRFAX -OSBOURN-Four
Fairfax starters hit in double
figures to hand the hapless
Yellow Jackets their third
straight lop-sided loss. The
Rebels now have a 2-l mark
STUART-FALLS CHURCH
The Raiders made % of 81
attempts from the free throw
line and that was the differ
' ence as Falls Church held g
1912 advantage from the floor
. John Hubble's nine straight
free throws in the second hall
helped Stuart overcome the
Jaguars' slim halftime lead.