Greenup High School - Tigers Den Yearbook (Greenup, KY)

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Greenup's Rally Overtakes Fairview E. K. C. CHAMPIONS GET TROPHY. - - The Sutcliffe Championship Trophy is pre- sented by Dr. William Eidson, superintendent of Boyd County schools, to Coach George Arrington and Greenup's four alternate captains Steven Wright. Richard Jackson, Ennis Griffith and John McCracken. Tigers trimmed Fairview 51-40 Saturday night in the Bovd Co. gvm. (Staff Photo bv McCullough) New E.K.C. Cage Champ To Be Crowned Saturday By JOHN McGILL Cour r-Journ l Corr»» «nd«n» Ashland, Ky., Nov. 15. — A new champion will be crowned Saturday night in the 20th an- nual Eastern Kentucky Confer- ence Basketball Tournament being played in the Boyd Coun- ty High gym. Defending champion Boyd County was eliminated during last week’s eight-game pro- gram leading up to Friday’s semi-finals. Only one upset occurred. Ashland Booker T Washing- ton knocking off Olive Hill 6L53. The Comets will miss ,,i . TOl BNAMtNT Richard Jackson »”d hle «rsra — « • in0ZDc R”‘ S“ ,r»v«. ft ”- johnny «-« “r FMn||y. Thfodnr, ;ollnl%. Bill BflUlcy. » ' 1 B„ semi-final Friday at 7 p.rn. Holy Family had stopped Hitch ins 54-35 in the tourney Richard Jackaon Greenup’s Top Scorer opener. Fairview advanced with a 56-48 win over Booker T. Washington, using 11 straight points in the fourth quarter to break open a tight struggle. Jackson Added 45 The second game sends Greenup’s Tigers against South Portsmouth. Greenup trimmed Carter 67-43 and followed with a 63-46 conquest of Sandy Hook. South Portsmouth did the job on Boyd County’s champs, 62 57, after Boyd de- feated Blaine 60-53. Greenup’s ace center. Rich- ard Jackson, added up 45 points in his two games, but Grayson’s All - Regional for- waro. Gordon Baker, hit for 33 against Holy Family for the tourney’s single-game high. Bill Bentley of Boyd scored 24 against South Portsmouth. Jack Wicker netted 19 for the win ning Tigers. Fairview’s Odic Chandler was good for 20 against B.T.W. Although the smooth - playing fairview team led during most of the championship straggle and during all the second half except for a few second?, the real story of the game was wrapped up in the fourth quarter. It seemed to many observers that Fairview actually froze Greenup into the championship Ahead 47-38 going into the final stanza. Fairview made Greenup task look almost hopeless. Fair- view waa still in front by seven points with five minutes remain- ing when the Eagles started to hold the ball. From that point, ortunes changed refusing to drive or welly found its lead V as Steve W-ight. cken. Douglas Wil- ckson all scored. . . 5rt“than a minute o go. Fairview.? Odie Chandle- was fouled and made his two throw , sending the Eagles in front 49-4 Fairview promptly secured the ball again on a steal but lost it on a wild pass. With the game in the balance Jackson made a near-:mpo ible shot that decided it all. Standing back of the backboard and about five feet from the basket, he spun ind underhanded the ball toward the goal as he was fouled. The shot was good—and so was the free throw. No one ever made a more difficult shot under pres- turt. Fairview scored only two points during the entire fourth quarter, hitting two of five free throws. When the Eagles finally became desperate and started shooting the ball wouldn't go in. Greenup's fast - breaking ’earn grabbed a 16-13 lead in the open- ing' quarter with Williams and Wright setting the pace, but Fair- new played a great second period and went ahead 33-29 Wfjth Frankie Marshall hitting for nine points. Fairview piled up a 14-9 margin in the third. Jackson. Wright, McCracken and Williams played particularly well for the winner with ffiiight net- ‘ Greenup, coached by Georg Ar- rington. is competing in the E.K.C for the first time since 1954 Greenup was runner-up in ib 1944 event. This is Fairview’ firs: season in the twelve-team con- ference. CHAMPIONSHIP Greenup 51—Wright 13. Griffith Jackson 22, McCracken 6 Williams 3. Scaggs 2. Sammons. PF 13. FT 15-22. Fairview 49—Fultz 7, Chandlei 11. Sagraves 10. Marshall 15, Siam- baugh 6. Huff. PF 16. FT 7-13. GREENUP ... 16 13 9 13—51 FAIRVIEW .......13 20 14 2-49 Officials. Conley and Cartee. 81