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wm THE TIMES, SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1976 Two top stars miss trip to state tourney Vf sl i3k -v 1 Jut Girls' Basketball and Laurel four. Monticello won the game at the free throw line, sinking 14 of 26 attempts. Laurel had 11 free throws and made just three. In the 13th Region: Junior center Paula Pennington scored 12 of her game high 21 points in the second quarter to help spark Clay County to a 58-41 win over Middlesboro. The teams tied 14-14 after the opening quarter, but Pennington's outburst gave Clay the lead for good.

In the 16th Region: Russell will make its second straight state tourney appearance. It earned the way after whipping Boyd County 61-55. Boyd County claimed the game's high scorer in Paula Hatten, who scored 32 points, but it didn't have enough offense to overcome the three-player double figure performance of Russell. res mmiimmmmm Anderson broke to an early 7-2 lead that quickly dissolved to one point by halftime. Trimble took the lead during the third quarter and never relinquished it.

Donna Jett led Trimble, collecting 20 points on a 9-for-17 performance. Jett's nine rebounds also were a team-high. Debbie Baxter scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds for Anderson, which finished the year 24-4. Trimble opens its state tourney play at 2:30 p.m. Thursday against the Seventh Region queens Sacred Heart.

In the Ninth Region: A balanced scoring attack and good bench strength were the Covington Holy Cross strong suits in grabbing the regional title. Newport's weakest quarter was the final one, in which Murphy scored all six of her team's points. Holy Cross added 13 points in that span. Newport beat Holy Cross in regular-season play but Holy Cross was without senior center Sue Dickman then. Dick-man, a 6-footer, contributed 18 points in the championship game.

Senior yuard Karen McCabe led the winners with 20. Newport, which lost to eventual champion Butler in the quarter-finals of last year's state tourney, finished its season 22-3. Murphy received the first girls' Ted Sanford Award at the State Tournament for outstanding scholastic and athletic achievement. Holy Cross takes a 27-3 record to Richmond. In the 10th Region: This region remained the only question mark for the girls' Sweet Sixteen.

Two underdogs worked their way into today's final. In semifinals, Bracken County upset Paris 57-45. Then Mason County edged Bath County 38-35 in overtime. In the 11th Region: Lexington Bryan Station didn't use its normal running game effectively but still collected a 46-41 win over Mercer County and the regional championship. Slowed by a tough Mercer County defense, Bryan Station played patiently on offense.

Mercer, meanwhile, had trouble mounting any scoring of its own. In the 12th Region: Laurel County suffered just one defeat this year but it couldn't have come at a worse time. Monticello slipped past Laurel 36-29 in the regional final. Penny Denney led Monticello with 17 points. Neither team had a splendid shooting First Geri Grigsby.

Now Donna Murphy. Fans at this week's Girls' State Tournament will not see two of Kentucky's finest female basketball players when the top 16 teams gather at Eastern Kentucky University. Grigsby's McDowell High team bowed to Sheldon Clark in the 15th Region semifinals earlier this week. And, in yester day's Ninth Region final, Murphy's Newport club was upset by Covington Holy Cross 58-50. Murphy, rated the No.

1 player in the state in a coaches' preseason poll, scored 30 points against Holy Cross, but it wasn't enough to save Newport. The senior center gained statewide attention last season when Newport represented the Ninth at the State Tournament. Fifteen members of the Sweet Sixteen have already been decided. The lone holdout is the 10th Region representative. Bracken County and Mason County will meet for that championship at 3 p.m.

today. Six teams will be right at home in Richmond when play gets under way at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Owensboro, Butler, Jenkins, Sheldon Clark, Russell and Monti-cello are the happy returnees from last year's tournament. Russell earned the spot by ousting powerful Boyd County last night in the 16th Region final.

And Monticello surprised previously unbeaten Laurel County in the 12th. Barren County, last year's runner-up to state champ Butler, won't be coming back to try for the No. 1 slot. Allen County eliminated Barren 59-54 in the Fourth Region championship clash. Three other members of last year's Sweet Sixteen hit a sour note on their last step to the State.

Anderson County tumbled to Trimble in the Eighth; Mid-dlesboro fell to Clay County in the 13th and Newport bowed to Holy Cross in the Ninth. Here's a look at how 10 regional championships were won last night: In the First Region: With defending regional champ Padu-cah Tilghman out of the way, Sedalia mopped up Murray 56-40 and earned the regional championship. Both teams scored 16 points during the first period. Then Sedalia outdistanced Murray 14-1 the next quarter for an insurmountable 30-17 lead. In the Second Region: A third quarter spurt made the big difference for Caldwell County which Ballard's Mark Snider puts on the brakes as he finds himself confronted by Male's Jeff Mack during last night's Seventh Region final at Fern Creek High.

Ballard stopped Male's title hopes 65-63. Snider, Lamp, Raker key Ballard's upset of Male 'No progress whatever' in baseball meetings ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Baseball owners and players wrangled for 6 12 hours yesterday in their 28th negotiating session but didn't progress an inch, and commissioner Bowie Kuhn never showed. "None absolutely none," said John Gaherin, bargaining agent for the owners, when asked if any progress was made.

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Terrance Everett then tipped in a follow to give Male the edge at 60-59 for the first time in the second half. With 1:02 to go, Snider connected from the top of the circle. Griffith shot with 46 seconds left and missed, and Raker, who played with four fouls since midway in the third quarter, rebounded. A 10-footer by Lamp with 33 seconds showing made it Ballard 63-60. Griffith had a chance to close to one when fouled by Lamp at :20, but he missed the first try and made the second.

With time running short Griffith fouled Raker with 13 seconds left and he made both of them for a 65-61 edge. That was the clincher. Male, which finished at 29-2, had won 11 regional tournament games in a row before bowing to Ballard. 7th at Fern Creek MALE a Player Griffith Turner Everett Cunningham J. Cleasant Pleasant Totals MALE BALLARD BALLARD 65 FG FT TP FO .10 7 .4 ..1 4 0 0 FT TP Plaver 3- 4 4- 8 2-2 2-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 23 Snider 11 Q41 tl irb 20 3-4 5 0-2 8 2-3 8 0-0 0 0-2 2 9-17 65 18 Lamp a 10 Raker 1 4 Eaves 4 8 Jeffries 3 0 Dunbar 0 0 Howard 1 26 11-17 3 Totals 28 .11 16 17 1963 ....13 18 15- 65 Seaver's refusal to sign makes him 'trade bait' ST.

PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)-New York Mets general manager Joe McDonald said yesterday the club has "initiated" trade talks involving Tom Seaver with a half-dozen other major league clubs. The three-time Cy Young Award winner, who is seeking a three-year contract that would net him close to $1 million, has refused to sign his contract until current labor negotiations are resolved. SSBSHHHHiiiani night, evidenced by the second quarter when Monticello registered three points Girls' regional teams Second Region Lisa Adams, Cindy Fralix, Rosie Kllgore, all of Caldwell County; Barbara McKinnon, Shirley Barry, both of Hopkinsville; Wanda Blane, Sheila Ezell, both of Christian County; Tina Ashby, Jill Belcher, both of Madisonville; Mary Davis, Union; Martha Brown, Crittenden County; Cindy Bruce, South Hopkins. Fourth Region Pam Key, Marso Loftis, Terry Wilkerson, all of Barren County; Shelly Huddelston, Belinda Sherrill, Tammy Staley, all of Cumberland County; Jennifer Dyer, Clinton County; Donna Smirh, Sue Ellen Smith, both of Allen County; Jane Dyer, Warren Centra; Melissa Losson, Bowling Green; Gracie Mason, Olmstead.

Fifth Region Denlse McGuffin, Debbie Dever, Tammy Plckrell, all of west Hardin; Hattie Todd, Shirley Steever, both of East Hardin; Kim Cecil, Jo Hurst, both of Bardstown Bethlehem; Kathy Settles, Campbellsville; Jane Connaughty, Nelson County; Vlcki Johnson, Caverns; Kim Lobb, Hart County; Patty Underwood, Taylor County. Sixth Region Kathleen Tivnan, Ruth Hulsman, Kim Reddlngton, all of Presentation; Pattl Parker, Tina Wermuth, both of Fairdale; Karen Frierson, Valerie Owens, both of Butler; Gina Atiinger, Joan Dunaway, both of Pleasure Ridge Park; Patty Gravatte, Doss; Becky Pope, Iroquois; Peggy Zachary, Thomas Jefferson. Seventh Region Ann Deters, Maria Donhoff, Gayle Horstman, all of Assumption; Carla Amlung, Missy Brown, both of Sacred Heart; Ginger Kilgore, Robbie Bartlett, both of Fern Creek; Mary McQuade, Seneca; Lisa Mer-cure; Jackie Love, Jeffersontown. Eighth Region Debbie Baxter, Nancy Flynn, Tammy McMlchael, Patty Flynn, all of Anderson; Linda Hoskins, Leigh Anna Dunlap, Donna Jett, all of Trimble County; Connie Chisholm, Chari Price, Martha Mason, all of Henry County; Denise Jones, Shelby County; Kathy Hill, Scott County; Tracy Gaunce, Carroll County. Jerry Lemmons for FETTER BROS.

A preview by Bryan Woolley of the Girls' State High School Basketball Tournament starting Wednesday. The Magazine. downed Christian County 31-28. Christian starts Wanda Blane and Sheila Ezell both fouled out in the final quarter, squashing their team's chances for a win. The closest Christian could get was within one.

In the Fourth Region: Besides capturing the regional crown, Allen County's win turned the tables on its loss to Barren County last week in the 15th District final. The defeat was Allen County's first of the season. Barren, which finished 20-2, had a string of turnovers in the first half that enabled Allen County to take a 26-20 lead at intermission. Also hampering Barren's effectiveness was a cold shooting night for senior Pam Key, who managed just four points. In the Fifth Region: After trailing 6-2 in the opening quarter, West Hardin recovered to clip Bardstown Bethlehem 49-32.

An aggressive Bethlehem press bothered the winners in the first quarter, but West Hardin got organized to pull ahead to stay by halftime. Three players closed in double figures for West Hardin, led by Debbie Dever with 16. West Hardin also dominated the boards, outrebounding the losers 49-39. Tammy Pickerell grabbed a game-high 23 for West Hardin. Bethlehem finished its season 24-2.

West Hardin takes a 23-1 to the State Tournament. In the Eighth Region: Trimble County inherited the regional crown from Anderson County with a 40-38 victory. In the championship game at Henry County, Anderson handed Trimble (24-5) the title at the free throw line. Anderson score three more field goals than the winners, but Trimble made up for it at the line, connecting on 14 of 20 attempts. Anderson managed just four of 10.

10: 05 a.m. Saturday 8:10 p.m. Saturday 11:30 a.m. Saturday Girls' regional box scores First at Mayfield MURRAY 40 (H-1-M4) Boone 10, Jetton 9, Far-rell 8, Bumphis 7, Littleton 6. SEDALIA 56 (16-14-8-18) Davidson 28, Morris 13, Page 6, Flood 5, Cates 4.

Second at Hopkinsville CALDWELL COUNTY J1 (7-7-10-7) Fraliex 8, Kilgore 7, Adams 6, Wilhelm 6, Williams 3, Tentley 1. CHRISTIAN COUNTY 28 (8-8-7-5) Blane 12, Ezell 6, Bradley 4, Garnett 4, McCray 2. Fourth at Bowling Green ALLEN COUNTY 59 (10-14-21-12) S. Smith 16, o. smim 13, Scruggs onpnant Williams 4.

BARREN COUNTY 54 (8-12-18-16) Loftis 18, Wil- kerson 16, Miller 10, Dean 6, Key 4. Fifth at LaRue County WEST HARDIN 4 (2-18-16-13) D. Dever 16, Pickerell 15, McGuffin 4, Dever 2. BARDSTOWN BETHLEHEM 32 (6-9-7-10) Cecil 15, Carrico 6, Crepps 7, Hurst 3, Dick 1. Eighth at Henry County TRIMBLE COUNTY 40 (M2-12-7) Jett 20, D.

Nelson 6, Dunlap 5, Hoskins 4, Abbott 3, V. 'Nelson 1. ANDERSON COUNTY 38 (10-12-8-8) Baxter 16, McMichael 9, P. Flynn 5, Stratton 4, Blrdwhlstle 3, N. Flynn 2.

Ninth at Campbell County COVINGTON HOLY CROSS 58 (10-191613) McCabe 20, Dickman 18, Eddington 13, Goodenough 6. NEWPORT 50 0 3-12-17-) Murphy 30, Rice 8, Orne 8, Turner 4, Durham 0. 10th at Clark County BRACKEN COUNTY 57 (12-10-13-22) Ruf 23, Flaugher 13, Ramsey 9, Bauer 7, Downard 5. PARIS 45 (7-13-8-17) Stiles 13, Wilkerson 12, Hutchison 7, Henry 6, Woodford 3, Zuniga 2. MASON COUNTY 38 Brown 15, Landers 7, Hickerson 5, Wood 5, Chambers 4, Riggs 2.

BATH COUNTY 35 (4-6-7-18-0) McKenile 20, Blevlns 10, Johnson 3, Triplet! 2, Cunningham 0. 11th at Franklin County LEXINGTON BRYAN STATION 46 (8-14-12-12) -Brashear 13, Umberger 12, Gay 10, Jackson 9, Hudgins 2. MERCER COUNTY 41 (4-11-12-14) Harlow 14, Robinson 10, Taylor 8, Stratton 5, Ison 3, Buff in 1. 12th at Wayne County MONTICELLO 36 (13-3-10-10) Denney 17, Catron 7, West 6, Stricklan 4, Allen 2. LAUREL COUNTY 29 (5-4-10-10) Sizemore 12, Garland 8, Collins 3, Campbell 2, Hensley 2, Bowers 2.

13th at Corbin CLAY COUNTY 58 (14-12-20-12) Pennington 21, Lipps 16, Camanan 9, Hale 6, Sams 4, Caudill 2. MIDDLESBOR'J 41 (14-7-10-10) Buell 14, Hansford 13, Burst 8, Miller 4, Baker 2. 16th at Ashland Blazer RUSSELL 61 (10-13-20-181 Carroll 24, Ward 17, Iddings 10, Lykins 8, Wilson 2. BOYD COUNTY 55 (14-14-8-19) Hatten 32, Terry 13, May 4, Baker 4, Meek 2. 10TH REGION 1 p.m.

Wednesday CAIOWEUCO. 1 p.m. Friday OWENSBORO 2:30 p.m. Wednesday JENKINS COV. HOIY CROSS 7 30 p.m.

Wednesday MONTICEIU) 2:30 p.m. Friday SHELDON CLARK p.m. Wednesday i BUTLER WEST HARDIN 1 p.m. Thursday BRYAN STATION Friday TRIMBLE CO. 2:30 p.m.

Thursday SACRED HEART CLAY CO. 7:30 p.m. Thursday mm RUSSELL p.m. Friday SEDALIA p.ml Thursday ALLEN CO. Continued From Page 1 by County, Moore and Lexington Tates Creek.

Male coach Wade Houston had little to say of the surprise defeat. "The kids played well. They did the best they could. They did real well in coming back like they did," he said. It took a prodigious shooting effort by Ballard to eliminate Male.

For the game Ballard hit 73.7 per cent (28 for 38). It hit 6 of 9 shots the first period, 8 of 12 in the second, 8 of 9 in the third and 6 of 8 the" last quarter. Mark Snider did much of the damage to Male. The 6-foot-2 senior fired in five shots in five tries in the first half and six of eight in the second half for a total of 10 for 13. Those spectacular shots, most pf them in the 15-foot to 20-foot range, added ud to 20 points.

"I was surprised some," he said after the game, "because I haven't been shooting that well lately. But it was our tough defense that won for us." With Snider registering consistently, Ballard pulled out an 11-6 advantage early but Male caught up at 11-11 on Turner's first field goal of the night that came after a steal. A 20-footer by Snider returned the lead to Ballard at 13-11 six seconds before the quarter ended. Frequent turnovers four in the first four minutes kept Ballard from accomplishing much early in the second quarter. The score was tied seven times and the lead changed nine times before Ballard moved in front 28-27 on Jeff Lamp's 23-footer with 43 seconds to go before halftime.

Male basket nullified Ballard led 32-27 at intermission but the margin could have been three points. A Male goal was taken away when Turner touched a ball that fell in while it was still on the ring. Ballard eased ahead by seven points at 36-29 early in the third, but Male was mostly only two to five points down through most of the period. Turner, who hit only two of seven shots the first half and was well guarded by Lee Raker and Mike Howard, opened up Richardson, By PAUL WILLIAMS Courier-Journal Timet Correspondent James Richardson pulled the upset of the Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament last night by winning a unanimous decision over four-time champion Gene Stevens in the tournament finals. "Stevens is a great fighter and been one of the best around for a long time, but I wanted it more," Richardson said.

"I have been waiting for this for a long time. Now I'm Miami-bound." Winner of the welterweight division, Richardson will join the other 10 open-class winners advancing to the Golden Gloves Nationals in the Orange Bowl at Miami, March 23. Defending open heavyweight champion Gregory Page decked John Alderson 52 Cms, jijj Page win Gloves crowns April 1 5, taxes due, so we will try in our small way to save you a little money. Order your siding for your home between March 15 April IS, save 20. Porch enclosures like you see in this picture ordered between March 15, April 15 will be 20 off.

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Aluminum WINDOWS DOORS SIDING nririnrinni "A 4k 4, 1 rrOTeSSiona LOUISVILLE TUESDAY, March 16 19768:00 PM MAIN EVENT RETURN SOUTHERN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Jeffersonville, Bedford advance in Indiana boys' tourney play seconds into the third round for his third consecutive heavyweight title. Setting Alderson up with a left and crossing with a right, Page boosted his amateur record to 48-6. "I was trying to knock him out in the first round, but I hadn't felt him out," Page said. "My manager told me to set him up with a left jab and he went down." Douglas Johnson won the open light-flyweight title with a technical knockout over Marshall Butterworth, and George Samms became the open bantamweight king a split decision over Alan Cooper. Anthony Polen was unopposed in the open flyweight division, and Frank Johns and Tyrone Moore won their trips to North Lawrence, which won the Washington Regional crown by defeating the host school 53-46, and Terre Haute South.

In other Indiana regional highlights Top-ranked East Chicago Washington, which hasn't lost since its fourth game of the season, downed Gary West 79-58 to win at Gary. No. 2 Anderson Highland (25-0) survived an overtime battle with Car-mel in the afternoon, then stopped Blackford 59-54 to capture its first regional title. Next up for Highland the only unbeaten team remaining is a game with defending state champion Marion (19-5) which advanced by trouncing Logansport 76-59. It was Marion's 19th regional crown.

Fifth-ranked Rushville whose only loss this season was in overtime to Jeffersonville, shot 62 per cent and gunned down Aurora 86-45. Miami in the feather and lightweight divisions, respectively, by default. Three-time champion Tony Teague used a strong third round to win a unanimous light-welterweight decision over Mike Alderson, and Troy Eskridge, Harold Pritchard and Phillip Moore won other title bouts on unanimous decisions. Mark Johnson and Edward Reynolds, fighting in the novice featherweight division, staged one of the best fights of the tournament. Both fighters were staggered in the second and third rounds before Johnson won a unanimous decision.

Former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis served as a judge for the final night of the 39lh Golden Gloves. FINAL RESULTS Subnovice: 60-70 lbs. Davey Phllpott dec. David lies; 70-80 lbs Stanley Finley Dec. David Goldner; 80-90 lbs.

Glen Fuqua dec. Vincent Barbour; TO-100 lbs. Dale Marshall dec. Curtis Browning, light flyweightCharles Cooper dec. Glenn Thomas; flyweight Dana Roston dec.

Freddie Hensley; bantamweight Shon Crowder dec. James Tlnsley; lightweight Anthony Kohler TKO'd Jeffery Compton (2). Novice: Light flyweight Anthony Dean dec. Anthony Evans; bantamwelghW-Danny Klttrell TKO'd Steve Lainhart (3); featherweight Mark Johnson dec. Edward Reynolds; welterweight Kenny Richardson dec.

Jerry Durbin. Light flyweight Douglas Johnson TKO'd Marshall Buttersworth (2); flyweight Anthony Polen unopposed; bantamweight George Samms dec. Alan Cooper; featherweight Frank Johns by default; lightweightTyrone Moore by default; light welterweight Tony Teague dec, Mike Alderson; welterweight James Richardson dec. Gene Stevens; light mld-d tweight Troy Eskridge dec. Terry Western; middleweightHarold Pritchard dec.

Garry Fentress; light heavyweight-Phillip Moore dee. Wayne Vltltoe; heavyweight-Gregory Page TKO'd John Alderson (3). Jay's Direction win9 'Cap PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) Jay's Direction outdueled Okeebit in the race to the wire and won the $5,000 Roger Williams Handicap before a crowd of 5,454 yesterday at Narragansett Park. Jay's Direction paid $16.20, $6.80 and $4.80.

Okeebit paid $7.80 and $4.40. Admiral's Notion returned $6. GARDENS Jerry Lawler wSam Bass (Challenger) vs Tojo Yamamoto vs Jerry Jarrett Big John Roger Kirby vs David Shultz vs Tommy Gilbert Wayne Petty Rosey Jonei Tickets on sale at Louisville Gardens Box Office $4.00, $3.50 $2.50 VS Jerry JarreM 1 1 Tommy Rich wBig John (Champions) Don Greene Al Greene Sam Bats Eddie Marlin Bill Dundee Don Greene Plow Boy Fraizer Mitsu Arakawa The Spoiler WATCH CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING ON WDRB-TV CHANNEL 41 SAT. P.M. NICK OULAS ROY WELCH, PROMOTERS it really counted, Jeffersonville defeated Charlestown in Indiana high school basketbalL 'In a season opener last November, Jeff caused some frowns among its fans wjhfin it lost to Charlestown 57-48.

night, though, those same fans we smiling. a rematch in the championship game of the Seymour Regional tournament, Jeff showed it has come a long way, clouting its Clark County neighbor 72-54. Afterward, Jeff coach George Marshall said it all: "We're getting better, aren't we?" Indeed, Jeff now is one of the 16 surviving teams in the Hoosier tourney. And this Saturday it will take a 19-5 record into the Evansville Semistate, where it will meet Boonville. The other teams ait Evansville will be Bedford-.