FREEPORT - The Raiders (0-3) will be seeking once again to break into the win column when they travel to Conotton Valley Friday night in their 4th effort of the season. Their 3rd defeat came at the hands of the Gnadenhutten High School Indians (1-1) last night. The Raiders did a fine job of containing the Indians chief warrior, Dan Jinks, but just couldn't stop Senior pivotman 6-1 Bill Kohl, who pumped for 22 or 5-10 guard Don Finnicum,who added 20. Gnaden, after dropping their opener against Tuscarawas 81-70, could do no wrong. The Indian teamsters pulled in a total of 33 rebounds, compared to 23 for the Raiders and listed only 12 turnovers. They worked well against the press and worked the ball in close for the easy ones. Although Jinks was held to 7 points, Coach Jim Lower feels he contributed more than his share to the victory by working the ball under the basket and setting up teammates for the easy ones. Jinks, along with Wayne Martin, did an outstandig job on defense.
After the opening tipoff Gnadenhutten moved out in front by 6 before the Red Raiders broke into the scoring column. Lakeland then connected for 4 straight in their strongest effort of the game. The Indians rallied and by the end of the 1st quarter the score was 16-4 in favor of Gnadenhutten. The closest the Raiders came after that was a 9-point difference. Scores by the quarters were 16-4, 32-21, 47-34 and the final 65-47. High point man for Lakeland was Denny Luyster, who connected for 15, teammate Link Simpson added 12 in their losing effort. Gnadenhutten did an outstanding job shooting, hitting on 27 of 51 attempts from the floor for a 53 percent shooting average. They also hit on 11 of 15 foul shots. (There was no box score or any indication of the Reserve game outcome.)
Wednesday, December 7, 1966
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
No comments:
Post a Comment