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Press-Republican—Friday, January 25,1985
Cards look
to leave
loss behind
Irish drop ball
in loss to PHS
By MIKE BROWN
Staff Writer
PLATTSBURGH - St. John's
caught undefeated Plattsburgh
High's basketball team with a
severe case of complacency
Thursday night.
Unfortunately for the Irish, the
best St. John's could come up
with under the circumstances
was an uninspired effort of its
own, losing 58-40.
The Hornets, on top of the
Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Division I standings at 80v failed to score until 4:55 remained in the first quarter. But
St. John's, now 3-5 in the conference, squandered an emotional edge and managed just a 40 lead following four minutes of
play.
Plattsburgh never fully
recovered its dominating style of
play but effectively used a onethree-one zone and its towering
height advantage to pull away
from the cold-shooting Irish.
The Hornets' depth and defensive pressure wore down Irish
leader Chris King in holding the
CVAC's leading scorer to just
five points. Averaging 18.2 points
per game through six games,
King shot 2-13 from the field.
"We had the edge in the early
going," lamented Irish coach
Tom Lacey. "When I saw them
(PHS) down, I said to myself,
*oh*oh, this could be the night for
an upset/ We just didn't take adVantage of the situation and
many chances we had. Our
shooting was terrible."
Plattsburgh's shaky win may
have"" been" a harbinger- -of
tonight's remaining CVAC
games. Irish coach Lacey may
not be the only CVAC basketball
coach looking for the upset bug to
come along at the right time. Friday the schedule sends Northeastern Clinton travelling to
T i c o n d e r o g a to p l a y . t h e
undefeated Sentinels, Saranac
visiting Moriah, Beekmantown
playing Mount Assumption in
Plattsburgh, Northern Adirondack playing AuSable Valley in
Clintonville and Peru on the road
to Saranac Lake.
St. John's was in position for a
big upset Thursday. The Hornets
turned the ball over the first two
times they touched the ball and
played unemotionally.
The Irish were fired up. But
they also turned the ball over
twice in the first minute, sandwiched around points by juniors
Kevin O'Connor^ and quicklyimproving point guard Scott Andrews. Plattsburgh tied it up, 4-4,
with 2:40 left to play in the first
quarter and scratched out a 15-10
first quarter lead.
The Hornets continued their
lethargy in the second quarter.
St. John's forward Jim Supple's
only field goal of the game made
it 19-16, PHS ahead, and it was 2516 at halftime.
Plattsburgh crushed any further upset hopes St. John's had
early in the third quarter when
Hornet seniors Jon Mapstone and
Roy Ebersole took charge at both
ends of the court.
It was 35-20 three minutes into
the second half, the game was effectively over.
Mapstone finished with 13
points, Ebersole 12 points and
six-five Wayne St. Denis scored
most of his 14 points in the final
quarter. Charlie Mason and
Harry Reed, Plattsburgh's two
sharp-shooting guards, were
limited to 10 total points.
For St. John's, Andrews was
the only player reaching double
figures with 12 points. O'Connor
had nine.
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PHMJUBUM: PHS woo
Corner scramble
St. John's senior guard Chris King (21)
scrambles for a loose ball with Plattsburgh sophomore Harry Reed (32)
MAI defense thwarts Peru;
PHS girls notch first win
PLATTSBURGH - A box-andone defense helped Mount
Assumption Institute upset Peru
46-32 T h u r s d a y night in
Champlain Valley Athletic Con*
ference schoolgirl basketball ac*
tion.
The Mounties, now 5*2, sent
defender Erin Casey following
every move Indian standout
Trina Angevine made. The
strategy worked, as Angevine
was held to just seven points and
eventually fouled out of the game
in the fourth quarter.
Meanwhile, Casey scored 15
points and teammate Rita Boule
pitched in 13 points as the Mounties pressured Peru throughout
the game with a 2-1-2 press.
MAI faces another big test next
Tuesday when the upstart Mounties play Beekmantown.
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Snick4-1-0; Aamvtee J-l-7; Tortorelli0-0-0; Escro 1-0I. Touto: lS-i-3.
MAI (41)
Frmjw4+-I; Catcy 7-1-15; Martin0-2-2; UwleuO0-0 Book 0-1-13. Bcwbie H 4 ; Tmgai 0*4; Bergeron
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Intensity in action
St. John's Chris Monette (34) guards Plattsburgh's
Tom Neale (40) during Friday's showdown between
the CVAC's top junior varsity basketball teams.
Neale scored 24 points as PHS stayed unbeaten.
PHS JV streak at 30
PLATTSBURGH — Georgetown has its 29-game winning
streak and the Plattsburgh High varsity basketball team has won
eight-straight in the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference.
Yet another basketball powerhouse, coach Steve Toiosky's
PHS Junior Varsity team, won its 30th-consecutive g&fne Thursday night. The Hornet Junior Varsity beat previously undefeated
St. John's High 71-69 to stretch this season's streak to 11, complimenting a l*-0 season last year.
Despite the winning streak. Tolosky talks freely about*words
such as development, attitude, hard work and patience. He
notices the 30-garoe streak and Tolosky's eyes gleam when he
checks the scorebook to see 'Little Hornets" Mark Haubner (22
points). Tom Neale (24 points). Mike Ellis (17 points) and Jim
O'Coaaell (10 points) and PHS teammates play so well.
"Our objective is to develop as many kids as we can. And we
are lucky to have an abundant number of good kids who work
hard/' Tolosky said of his team. Varsity coach Mike Flynn has a
direct hand in the effort and one of many guidelines i^ a mandate
for only man-to-man defense.
"We have many situations where we could use a zone but we
(Toftotlty and Flynn) believe we will develop better players by
sticking with man-to-man." Tolosky said.
St. Johns battled to the end against the deeply-talented Hornet
Junior Varsity Coach Carl King's Irish showed a similar balanced attack, with Steve McFadden. Chns Monette. Darren
Krawczyk. Craig King and John Cror.m all reaching double
figures.
PHS had a ~3-£3 lead w:tfa 1 30 :o go ~u: ir.e nus:..ng Irish c«:
the Hornet iead to four points before time ran out.
"I'm proud of the *Ki*k we have Tetosky said following the
Irish win. But we don t talk about it. what I m most proud of is
tJbe way our boys have self-confidence. They amaze me
sometimes
during Thursday's CVAC game. The
Hornets won, 78-69. ( P R staff photos by
Dave Paczak)
PHS snaps losing skid
PLATTSBURGH - Winning
for the first time this year, Plattsburgh High's schoolgirl basket*
ball team toppled still-winless
Northern Adirondack 38-23
Thursday night.
The Hornets, now 1-6 on the
season, were paced by careerbests in scoring and rebound
from Megan Carney. The junior
forward scored 20 points and
pulled down 13 rebounds against
the 0-7 NAC team.
Plattsburgh led 16-12 before a
10-2 scoring edge in the third
quarter helped the Hornets ease
to the win. The Hornets keyed on
NAC center Karen Siskavich,
limiting the Bobcat standout to
just nine points and 10 rebounds.
Lauree Lack scored 11 points
for PHS while teammate Tara
Bush was credited with tough
defensive work on Siskavich.
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Irish remain on top
CHAMPLAIN - Shannon Andrews and Liz Pearl combined
for 38 points night to spark St.
John's to a 44-39 victory over
Northeastern Clinton.
The win enabled tfee S-l Irish te
remain on top in Division II. a
half game ahead of Mount
A s s u m p t i o n
and
Ticonderoga.Northeastern Clinton, with the loss, slipped to 3-4.
Northeastern Clinton battled
St. John's on even terms for most
of the game; however, the
Cougars had trouble with the
Irish press in the second and
fourth quarters In the waning
minutes of piay. Northeastern
Clinton was forced to foul and
Pearl and Andrews came
t h r o u g h w i t h ?:rr* - „ • - shooting to na;. c o w - :.-.-. . ;•-The two accounted for a.. 15 of St
John s points in the fourth
quarter.
A n d r e w s finished w*.:h 20
points and Pear, with A
Kim Nystrom, who was 12 for
15 from the foul line, topped all
scorers with 22 points. She also
had 15 r e b o u n d s . T r i n a
Patenaude was credited with
nine rebounds.
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Beekmantown keeps pace
BEEKMANTOWN — The
Beekmantown Eagles, playing
without flu-stricken standout
Donna Dixon, shot out to a 29-6
first-quarter lead and then
coasted to a 64-27 victory over
Moriah.
Terri Nelson collected 10 points
and Sue Ashley seven in the first
quarter to help 6-1 Beekmantown
take command early. Ashley
went on to lead all scorers with 15
points while Nelson wound up
with 12 to go with her five assists.
Beccy Prim <5oatributed 10
points and seven steals while
sophomore Karen Ashley pulled
down eight rebounds in her best
showing yet.
Meg Gregory led Moriah with
10 points.
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TICONDEROGA — The flu-
stricken Ticonderoga Sentinels
overcame a sluggish start to
defeat AuSable Valley 43-32 and
remain a half game out of first
place in Division II.
The Sentinels, 5-2, led only 5-4
after one quarter, but outscored
the Patriots 18-6 in the second
period to open up a 23-10 halftime
lead. Tina Peeters scored eight
of her game-high 16 points in the
second quarter while Amy
Heustis added six.
Ticonderoga maintained a
comfortable lead the rest of the
way.
Kathy McCann tallied 14 points
to lead 2-5 AuSable Valley.
AateMe Valley (33)
KarkosU 1 4 4 . Dovflaes 344, Dvbay 144. OToole
944. Smith 3-24. Mc&aa 44-14. Ford 344. Totals 131-33.
Tlcoadaroga (41)
BarToa 144. Hcostis 4-3-11. Brown 0-2-2. Paat«n MII. Nadaau 144. Noel 344. W Thonipaoo 344. MacDoaald 1-3-4. Armttrxmg 144. H fhompaoa 1 4 4
Totala 11-7^3.
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JV: AaSablt Valley 32. Ticoaderofa 31
CVAC standings
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Peru
Northeastern Clinton
AuSable Valley
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Mount Assumption
Ticonderoga
Saranac Lake
Modah
Nortnern Adirondack
Tonight's game
Saranac Lake at Saranac. f p.m.
Schroon, E'town breeze
CROWN POINT - Schroon
Lake opened up a 30-5 halftime
lead on its way to a 49-34 victory
over Crown Point Thursday night
in Mountain ft Valley Athletic
Conference schoolgirl basket*
ball.
Betty Kugler and Sharon
Phibbs each scored 10 points in
the first half to lead Schroon
Lake. Sandra Voller and Phibbs
wound up with 10 apiece to lead
the Wildcats while Kugler finished with 12.
Crown Point suffered through
a horrendous
second
quarter,when the Panthers were
zero for 17 shooting from the
field. Dawn Makme had 19 points
and 12 steals in a losing cause.
E'town chills Westport
ELIZABETHTOWN - In a
game that might have been the
top defensive effort at th* year in
MVAC schoolgirl basketball
undefeated EUzabethtown shut
::wn talented Westport Thurscay night SM2
Westport. with high-scoring
guard Carol Tanneberger recently scoring over 2$ poinu m backto-back games, mamaged oniy
two points m the first, second and
final quarter of action. E'town
won its 26th-consecutive game
against Section Seven competition because of its razor-sharp
defense.
E ' t o w n p r e s s u r e d Tanneberger, holding her to just two
points in the game, and doubleteam med the ball at every
chance. Anne Kurtz and Sam
Martin applied most of E'town's
defensive pressure on Tanneberger.
"We know Carol is a good
player, we had never held her to
below 10 points before," E'town
coach Bob Sawyer said. "Our
defense was almost unbelievable
tonight. We're not a very good
shooting or scoring club, but our
defense makes tilings happen."
Elizabeth town is $-6 in MVAC
action and M> overall The Lions
were 1S-0 and Class D sectional
champions last year. T.J. Comwright once again &ed the offense
for E'town with 17 points and
Heather Moon scored 12.
ByBOBGOETZ
Sports Editor
PLATTSBURGH - The P i t t sburgh State hockey Cardinals
Thursday set out on their last extended road trip of the regular
season, hoping to leave behind
the disappointment of Tuesday
night.
There was no question the
Cards found their first loss (5-2,
to Potsdam State) in ECAC Divi*
sion II play tough to handle as
they regrouped Wednesday. But
by Thursday afternoon, the
Cards were anxious to put that
one behind them and concentrate
their efforts on beating Cortland
State and Elmira College this
weekend.
"Hopefully, Cortland and
Elmira will pay for Tuesday's
defeat," said Coach Steve Hoar,
who showed the longest face in
the Card camp the day after.
"I don't like losing and I hope
the guys don't either. But we
can't dwell on it other than to say
we've given confidence to our opponents because of the loss."
The loss is bound to work
against Plattsburgh State in the
national rankings. The Cards
were rated first in the east and
second in the nation behind
Bemidji State before the
Potsdam defeat.
"No question we've slipped,
but as I've said before, I don't
worry about the polls. The polls
mean nothing until the end of the
season," said Hoar. "The bottom
line is to be busy in March (in the
ECAC, NCAA playoffs)."
Pity poor Cortland. The last
thing the Red Dragons need is to
meet up with a team bent on
revenge. Cortland comes into
tonight's game with an 0-14
record and off a 15-0 drubbing at
the hands of Elmira Tuesday
night.
And to make matters worse,
the Red Dragons will be without
t h e i r top d e f e n a p m a n ,
sophomore Don McClure, who
was handed a game disqualification Tuesday for overstating his
case.
Salmon River product Bob
LaPage (3-7-10) leads the
Dragons in scoring.
The challenge for Plattsburgh
State in Cortland will be to keep
everyone eligible for Saturday's
game with Elmira which should
be a dandy. The Soaring Eagles
are picking up momentum with
victories in their last four games.
Since losing to Union College,
7-2, on Dec. 15, the Eagles have
flogged Cortland twice, 6-3 and
15-0, the University of Buffalo,
12-1, and Hobart, 14-0, to improve
their ECAC Division II record to
10-3 and their overall mark to 123.
Earlier losses for Elmira were
to Rochester " Tech, 4-1, and
Geneseo State, 5-3.
The Soaring Eagles have one of
the top goaltenders around in
Steve Capps, but the veteran
keeper apparently has lost his
job to another Massachusetts
product, sophomore Bill Burtch
who has registered three
shutouts in four games.
The Cardinals, who were missing seven players on Tuesday,
will be almost at full strength for
the weekend. Only Jeff Bunyon
(cracked vertebrae) and Joe
Seluk (fractured fibula) will be
missing. The six players who
missed Tuesday's loss with game
disqualifications will be back
tonight.
Michel Valliere, who took a
shot to the inside of the left knee
Tuesday, is ready to play, but
Dan Bedard will get the call in
goal tonight. Bedard played well
in a losing cause Tuesday.
After this weekend, the Cardinals will have seven regularseason games left with all but
one (Union, on Feb. 12) scheduled for the PSUC Field House.
Plattsburgh will return to face
the University of Buffalo a week
from Saturday.
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POTSDAM - North Country
Community College played its
best g a » e of the season Thursday night, but it wasn't enough
against a hot-shooting Clarkson
College women's team.Clarkson
opened up a 14-point first-half
lead on its way to a 14-48 victory.
Tracey Dorsey tossed in 18
points. Jill Heller. 16. and Mary
Chesterfield. 14. to lead
Clarkson. Carolyn Roscoe scored
15 points for North Country CC
with Jill Provost adding 11
North Country CC. M. wiil
travel to Canton ATC Tuesday
Dasnemora forfeits
DANNEMORA — Dannemora.
down to six players, has been
forced to forfeit its remaining
games.
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