Evening star., 1962-01-27
SPARKS SHOCKING UPSET OF WI
Wenk Plays 1t Cool for Hammond
BY CARL SELL
Star Staff Writer

The GOODNESS of Walter Wenk,
a 6-foot-1 senior playing his
first year on the varsity, has
provided Ham m ond High
Schools basketball team with
the spark needed to become a
solid contender in the Northern
Virginia Group la League.
Wenk last night scored IA
points and combined with Dick
Geyer, Mark Sweeney, Jim
Moushegian and Jack Lynch to
beat Washington-Lee at its own
game. defense, as the Admirals
pulled a 44-41 shocker at Ham
mond.
George Washington picked
up full game on the league
leading Generals by dumping
Melee, 60-53, at Mclean;
Wakefield ripped Falls
Church, 51-31, at Wakefield;
GrOvetOn romped to a 74-41
decision at Osbourn; AMMAN
dale handed Mount Vernon
its sixth straight loss, 62-48,
at Annandale, and Yorktown
scored a 60-49 victory at
Fairfax in other league games.
Wenk and his teammates ran
WI into the floor on offense
and threw up an almost i'm
pregnable defense to hand the
Generals their first loss after
eight straight victories. VII
was hurt by the absence Of g.
foot-5 Bob Sutton, who was idle
because Of injuries to both
ankles.
Hammond, rebounding with
six straight victories after early
season losses to Mclean and
Yorktown, played Coach Keith
Kisbauch's defensive strategy
letter-perfect. WI was unable
to get many good shots and was
caught tagging behind on de-
tense.
The Admirals held the lead
all the way except for early
in the third period when Ray
Hodgdon's field goal knotted
the score at 1922.
Sweeney, 6-foot-7, fouled out |
with four minutes to go and
Hammond holding a 1891 lead.
1t was 41-33 with 3:05 left and
then WI went to work. The
Generals scored seven straight
points to whittle the deficit to
41-40 with 1885 left.
But Moushegian tossed in a
foul shot and a layup basket
in the next IS seconds and it
was all over. Hodgdon got
Wills final point on a foul
shot with Is seconds left.
Hummer played an outStand-
ing game for WI, scoring II
points, but was kept away from
the basket many times by the
expert positioning of the Ham
mond players. Hodgdon, also a
victim of close-guarding, had
IL points.
Coach K bauch credited
Wenk's GOODNESS as one Of the
key factors in the victory. HE
just refused to take a bad shot.
He outwaited the defender and
the other bays took the cue
from him." Kisbauch pointed
out.
Sweeney, who had been
benched earlier in the season,
played a bangup game under
the boards and on defense. He
got plenty of help off the
boards from Wenk, Geyer and
Moushegian, who have excep-
tional spring in their legs and
almost always got the position
on their opponents.
GEO. WASH .-McLEAN-The
Presidents converted 16 Of 26
attempts from the foul line and
that was the difference. Sopho-
more John Kemper led CIV
with 16 points, nine of them
coming in the second quarter.
Jim Cake and Bob Smith
each netted IA points for Nc
Lean but were offset by three
other CIV players in double
figures.
GROVETON-OSBURN-Bob
Dunn, 6-7, had 10 points and
Jim Jones added 16 as the tt
gers romped to the easy victory.
Doug Dotson led OSbourn with
IS points.
MOUNT VERNON-ANNAN-
DALE-The Atoms exploded for
80 points in the third quarter to
wipe out a four-point Mount
Vernon lead at halftime. Will
Kellum led the rally with Is of
his % points. The Majors man
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