Knights Make NK Fourth AA Victim,

47-36

By JOHN K. SMITH

Sun Sports Writer

East Knights and West Wildcats stage home stands this Friday against double-A tournament trail opponents, both trying to defend their first place tie in the peninsula basketball standings.

Statistics

B Team Game

East (51) - Winderl 6, Kennedy 4, Johnston 2, Gibson 15, Strachan. Berteaux 3,   Slate 10, Henry 5,  Huguenin 2, Fisher 4, Busby,  Moe. 

NK (29) - Stadshaug 7, Erickson 4, Nordberg 4, Eliason 5, Mandio 2, Morley 2, Swanson 4, Nelson 1, Wilcox, Johnson, Dalle.

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Silverdale, Manette Set Peewee Pace

Silverdale and Manette moved to the front of the Kitsap County Peewee association basketball standing this week after recording their second consecutive victories of the season. Manette humbled Sheridan Park, 34-17 and Silverdale blistered West Bremerton 47-21

In other results, North Perry topped Warren Avenue, 33-18; Chico whipped Naval Avenue, 26-15, and Poulsbo edged Bainbridge, 18-17.

Chico, North Perry, Warren, Sheridan, Naval and Poulsbo all now are 1-1 and only West Bremerton and Bainbridge have lost two.

Mel Sokolowsky of Manette and Bill Carter of Silverdale each tallied 13 points for individual weekend honors. Dave Silvka of Manette and Bill Segerman of Silverdale contributed 11 apiece, a figured matched by Terry Showman and Jerry Nysetvold of North Perry and Len Noble of Warren. Rick Lewis paced Chico with 10.

Games next Friday have Poulsbo against Manette at 6 p.m. at Dewey; Bainbridge at Naval, West Bremerton at Sheridan and Warren vs. Silverdale at Smith, all at 7 p.m., and North Perry vs. Chico at 7:15 at Dewey.

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Coach Les Eathorne's Knights pulled even with the Wildcats Saturday night by making the North Kitsap Vikings their fourth straight AA victim, 47-36, on the grace of superb stamina, the full-court press and a bundle of free throws.

Friday, East hosts the Port Angeles Roughriders and West entertains the Central Kitsap Cougars.

SATURDAY'S Olympic league affair was a runaway for East only in the last few minutes when North's early collection of personal fouls cost three more hands from a squad already limited by illness.

Knights tallied 12 points in the final 4:26 of play after Vik forward Jerry Williams drew his fifth infraction penalty and bowed out. North countered four in the same time. Paul Kristensen, junior forward-center, followed Willims to the bench with 1:38 on the clock - and the Knights collected 10 of those points after that, six at the free throw line.

Third Viking to foul out was junior reserve guard Perry Gnos. Starter Jim Klein and reserve Lee Grey missed the game because of illness.

Guards Greg Morrison and John Tracy, in addition to leading the press that consistently troubled North Kitsap, also led individual scoring in the game. Tracy garnered 13 points, including seven from 12 opportunities at the free throw line. Morrison, mast of the driving lay-in, added 11.

FORWARD Mike Holen, with 10 was the only front-line Knight in double figures. His mate, Jim Tienhaara, was the only Knight in early trouble with a foul count and saw relatively little action.

Only less than customary accuracy from the field kept East from going way out front early. NK turned over the ball more than four times in the early play and still managed to have a 12-12 tie at the end of the first quarter. East managed just one field goal in the entire second quarter but stayed alive on free throws to trail 21-23 at intermission. The frequently deadlocked contest was 31-all at the three-quarter mark.

East ended up 13 for 36 from the floor to North's 13 for 33 but the Knights sank 21 of 36 free throw attempts while the Viking were cashing in only 10 of 19 chances.

TIENHAARA started North's late downfall. He scored all four of his evening's points on a goal and a pair of free throws after Williams' departure to build a five point Knight advantage. Center Darryl Fry jumped in a basket and Morrison stole the ball and soloed to a lay-in just 20 seconds apart; Fry added two free throws and so did Tracy to complete the count.

Last 10 points by East came after North scoring stopped with a apair of free throws by John Eliason with 2:54 remaining to play.

Conquest was East's fourth straight and fifth of the campaign against four early losses. Three of the last four have been on the all-important tourney path toward post-season activity.

For North, it was the second night of frustration in a row. Viks have lost all seven outings, including five in the AA ranks and a tight decision to out-of-class Olympic league rival Sequim Friday night when the Poulsbo quintet had led until the final two minutes. NK will be at Port Townsend Friday.

60 Boys Loop Teams in Action

As Championship Run Opens

The City Boys basketball league got underway officially Saturday with games being played at three gyms throughout the city. This is the first of many Saturdays play for the 60 teams in the league which takes in boys ranging in age from 18 years on down.

Results in Intermediate A division of the league found the West Hi Lettermen winning a hard fought 38-25 game from Charleston Baptist-1. High men for the winners were Loren Beller with 12 points and Jesse Griffith with 11 points. Steve Fowler of the Crusaders scored 10 points for team honors but in vain as his team dropped a 21-20 contest to CYO-1

It took a sudden death play off for the First Methodist-1 team to edge out the Sons of Norway 47-45. Preston Baker led the victors with 13 point followed by Leroy Johnson with 11 points. Bill Gllagher and Don Tienharra both scored 11 points for the losers.

Our Saviour Lutes-1 won their game at the free throw line. They made 10 out of 14 tries to defeat the East Hi Lettermen-1, 18-11. First Presbyterian-1 downed South Kitsap Demolay, 44-15. Ted Hauschel led the winners with 16 point followed by Jerry Thurston with 11 points.

In the Rec. B league of the Intermediate division, the First Presbyterian-2 team, led by Greg Larson with 13 points, downed Memorial Lutes by a 44-19 count. Pat Westoff, with 15 points, led CYO-2 to a 40-32 win over First Covenant and Mike Whitehead with 12 points, paced Tracyton-1 to a 23-19 triumph over Brownsville Community Church-1.

Junior A action found the Kitsap Lakers-1 opening their season with a 27-25 triumph over Our Saviour Lutes-2. Terry Durant led the Lakers with 16 points. Bob Christianson and Dwight Ryen with 10 and 9 point led the Westside Boys Club-2 to a 26-23 win over Silverdale Rotary Club. High man for the losers was Brad Bratvoid with 11 points.

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Larry Thatcher took scoring honors for the Junior Division as he chalked up 18 points in CYO-3's win over Brownsville Community Church-2 with the final score reading 49-20. The Manette Merchants, led by Morrie Miller, made an impressive showing by defeating First Methodist-3 by the score of 45-19. Miller scored 12 points.

IN THE JUNIOR B league, the Eastside Boys Club-1 started the season with a win over CYO-4, the final score 26-23. The Eastsiders were led by Bill Jacob who scored 12 points. Tracyton-3 ran over First Presbyterian-4, 38-14. High man for the winners was Mike Okoniewski with 16 points.

Pat Munns scored 14 points as his team, the Westside Boys Club-2, went down to defeat to the Kitsap Lakers-2 by the score of 34-31. Jack Rothenberg was high man for the Lakers with nine points. The Eastside Independents edged out CYO-5 with a 18-13 score.

In Midget A play, Star of the Sea-1 dumpted Tracyton-4, 38-10. Pete Monloch led the winners with 16 points. Charleston Baptist-2 downed Star of the Sea-2 29-9; Our Saviour Lutes-3 forfeited to the Eastside boys Club-2; Summit Ave. Presbyterian-1 tipped First Presbyterian-5, 27-6, and Westside Boys Club-3 smothered CYO-3, 52-14. Denny Ball led the Westsiders with 18 points.

In the Midget B league, Star of the Sea-4 defeated Summit Ave, Presbyterian-2, 21-5; Tracyton-5 edged Star of the Sea-5, 38-4; Charleston Baptist-3 defeated Star of the Sea-6, 41-12 and Our Saviour Lutes-4 were defeated by First Presbyterian-6 19-10.