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Lansing State Journal Saturday, January 28, 1995 5C BOYS PREP BASKETBALL East Laesieg past Sextoe, 73-63 rallies -vV If A -A HI Zlirs, i 1- Sperry 3 1-3 7. Totals 25 9-14 64. Haslett 26 29 22 1491 Perry 20 8 11 25-4 3-point goals Myers 3, Haid. Schanski 5. Fouled out none.

Total fouls Haslett 15. Perry 13. JV score Hasten 73. Perry 49. Portland 57, Stockbridge 52 STOCKBRIDGE Ben Spitz-ley's 3-pointer as the third quarter expired gave Portland the lead for good in this ICL game.

Spitzley ended with 15 points for the Red Raiders (1-4, 3-8). Dan Fa-tic added 12 points and nine rebounds and Derrell Smith also scored 12. Chad Allen led Stockbridge (0-5, 0-10) with 20 points and eight rebounds. Josh Scott scored 1 1 points and Chad Collins added nine points and eight rebounds. PORTLAND (57) Ben Spitzley 5 2-2 15, Dan Fatjc 4 44 12, Lermemen 2 03 4, Dakovic 3 1-1 7.

Demi Smith 5 00 12. Keusch 1 00 2, Botke 1 1-2 3. Spadoske 1 0-2 Totals 22 8-14 57. STOCKBRIDGE (52) 7 Kodakis 1 1-3 3. Josh Scott 5 1-2 1 1, Coins 3 2-39, Bunch 0 2-2 2, Chad ABen 9 24 20, Gonerka 1 00 2.

Parker 2 1-3 5. Totals 21 9-17 52. Portland 18 11 12 1657 Stockbridge 12 13 13 1462 3-point goals Spitzley 3. Smith 2, Coins. Total fouls PortJnd 14.

SDtockbndge 16. Fouled out-Collins. JV score Portland 65. Stockbridge 63 (OT) Howell 47, Novi 43 HOWELL Howell's Derrick Dixon came up with steals on three straight possessions in the fourth quarter and changed the course of the game for the Highlanders (6-6, 9-2) in this defensive-minded Kensington Valley Conference game. Dixon finished the game with 19 points.

His fourth quarter steals turned into two layups and a pair of free throws. NOV! (43) Rose 1 0O 2, Wroe 3 34 1 0, Dickon 2 00 4. Fannon 5 34 1 3, Kerry 2 OO 4, Katstra 2 1-2 5. Kronsbein 2 1-2 5. Totals 17 8-12 43.

HOWELL (47) Klein 1 3-5 6. OtthofT 2 0-1 4.Dixon73419,PorlBoi 2 00 4. Blakeslee 1 00 3, Funke 1 3-6 5, Austin 1 00 2, King 2 OO 4. Totals 17 9-16 47. Novi 11 15 11 643 Howell 8 17 7 15-47 3-point goals Wroe.

Klein, Dixon 2. Blakeslee. Fouled out Katstra. Technicals Funke. Tetai fouls Howel 62.

Novi 45. Capitol City Baptist 65, Temperance Stateline 59 HOLT The Cougars ran up a nine-point lead In the fourth quarter and held Temperance Stateline Christian (11-4) at bay. Brian Heath led Capitol City Baptist (13-0) with 17 points, and Bob Duncan turned in a strong performance with 12 points, 10 assists, nine steals and seven re-, bounds. Jeff Pavlik added 12 points and Craig Castle scored 10. Alma (3-2, 4-6) outrebounded the Marauders, 26-13, and made 13-of-17 free throws compared to Ovid-Elsie's 3-of-3 performance.

Mark Bader paced the Panthers with 15 points, Scott Eldridge added 12 and Chris Seelbach had 10. Wes Darling scored 18 points for the Marauders (0-5, 1-9). ALMA (54) Bader 4 44 15, Eldridge 5 0-1 12, Seelbach 4 2-2 10, Trees 1 1-2 3, Ruiz 1 1-2 3, Ryder 0 44 4, Davidson 3 1-2 7. Totals 18 13-17 54. OVID-ELSIE (48) Darling 7 00 18, Phffips 3 00 6, Long 1 00 2, Berendt 2-2 2.

Schneider 1 0O 2, Cerny 1 00 3, Stoneman 4 1-1 9, Caster 3 OO 6. Totals 20 3-3 48. Alma 13 13 11 1754 Ovid-Elsie 9 11 15 1348 3-point goals Eldridge 2, Bader 3, Darling 4, Cemy. Fouled out Cemy. Total fouls Alma 10, Ovid-Elsie 16.

JV score--Ovid-Elsie 61. Alma 53. DeWitt 64, Williamston 50 WILLI AMSTON DeWitt held onto its perfect season record despite a strong effort by Williamston in this ICL battle. Williamston (2-3, 3-8) made it within four points in the fourth quarter before the Panthers (5-0, 11-0) leaped out to a 10-point lead and made 5-of-6 free throws down the stretch. Jay Leitz led DeWitt with 15 points, six assists and four steals.

Casey Laughlin chipped in 14 points and Marvin Beland added 13 points and eight rebounds. Jason Krieder had 12 points. Craig Kleiver scored 17 points and had nine rebounds for the Hornets. Sam Mills had 15 points and Nick Lycos had 11. DEWITT (64) Leitz 5 2-2 15, Krieder 4 2-3 12, Reybum 1 00 2.

Lamer 0 1-2 1. Laughlin 4 6-7 14, Beland 6 1-1 13, Bobeda 3 00 7. Totals 24 12-16 64. WILLIAMSTON (50) Lycos 4 00 11. Dunckel 1 1-2 4.

One 1 1-2 3. Kleiver 8 1-1 17. Mills 6 2-3 15. Totals 20 5-8 50. DeWitt 20 14 12 1864 Williamston 13 18 8 1150 3-point goals leitz 3.

Krieder 2. Bobeda, Lycos 3. Dunckel, Mills. Fouled out none. Total fouls DeWitt 8, Wiliamston 14.

JV score DeWitt 56, Williamston 53. Haslett 91. Perry 64 PERRY Steve Myers scored 24 of his game-high 27 points in Haslett's 55-point first half and the Vikings (4-1, 9-3) coasted to the ICL victory. Griffin Loynes added 25 points for Haslett Tate Schanski sank five 3-point goals en route to a 20-point night for Perry (2-3, 4-7). Chad Lowery scored 17 points and got 11 rebounds and Corey Klusack had 12 points for the Ramblers.

HASLETT (91) Schnarr 1 0O 2, Loynes 12 1-2 25, Myers 12 00 27. Bennett 3 2-2 8. Lopeman 0 02 0, Haid 2 2-2 7. Benson 1 00 2. Miller 3 2-2 8.

Theis 1 2-2 4, Wickham 4 00 8. Totals 39 9-12 91. PERRY (64) Rines 1 00 2, Klusack 6 00 12, Setog 1 00 2, Schanski 7 1-2 20, Hamlin 1 2-2 4, Lowrey 6 5-7 17. By Matt Charboneau Lansing State Journal When East Lansing's Kyle Guer-' rant was forced to leave the game in the third quarter because of a cut above his left eye, things were looking bad for the Trojans. After dominating most of the game, they had given up a nine-' point lead and were tied with Sexton at the end of the quarter.

But when the fourth quarter start- ed, the bandaged Guerrant was back and so was the Trojan intensity. East Lansing (4-2, 8-3) pulled away in the final quarter to move past Sexton in the Capital Area Conference with a 73-63 win. The Trojans remained tied for second place with Holt and Waver-ly, both winners on Friday. Everett stayed in first place with a win over Grand Ledge. "We played to our potential tonight," East Lansing coach Chris Ferguson said.

"I knew we were in a good position if we just continued to work hard." Despite shooting only 53 percent from the free-throw line, the Trojans never trailed. They opened up a 19-9 margin In the first quarter with the help of a swarming full court press that had Sexton throwing the ball away and taking bad shots. "We decided to throw a lot of people at them," Ferguson said. "We pressed them all night and came at them like a pack of wolves." Guerrant helped East Lansing open the early lead with his dominating low-post offense. He scores 1 4 of his game 24 in the first half as the Trojans went into halftime with a 37-33 lead.

Sexton's winter homecoming festivities forced a longer-than-usual halftime, and East Lansing seemed to be flat starting the third quarter. Sexton (3-3, 6-5) was able to fight back behind the scoring of Ron Banks. Banks led the Big Reds with 23 points, scoring 10 in the third quarter to tie the game at 50. It was the first time the game had been tied since the tipoff. With Guerrant out due to the cut and guard Jason Cousinard playing with four fouls, the Trojans looked to be in trouble.

But Guerrant came back to score six points in the final minutes and John Elworth scored six, including a layup with 1 minute and 20 seconds left to put East Lansing up 65-59. "I just have to thank my teammates for getting me the ball," Guerrant said. "This gets the monkey off our back. Now we know that we can beat anyone." Ferguson knew the rough third quarter wouldn't keep his team from winning. "This team doesn't fold," he said.

"It is the hardest working group I've ever had here. I'm just proud of their work ethic." Sexton coach Mike Major said it was East Lansing's turn to win, and they deserved it "You can't say anything bad," he said. "East Lansing outplayed us and they hit their free-throws when they needed to." The Trojans were 7-10 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter. Elworth finished with 14 for East Lansing and Couisnard chipped in 12. Dion Woods and DeQuarius Stewart each scored nine for the Big Reds and Calvin Wheeler added eight EAST LANSING (73) Hagan 1 2-3 4.

Atoms 1 1-2 3. Tesseris 0 2-4 2. Adams 1 0-0 2, Stewart 1 0-0 3, Jones 0 2-4 2, Couisnard 44-712. Elworth 6 2-3 14, Scott-Emuakpor 3 1-4 7. Guerrant 10 4-6 24.

Totals 27 18-33 73. SEXTON (63) Cain 1 4-7 6, Woods 2 4-4 9. Stewart 3 2-3 9, Harrison 1 2-2 4, Washington 0 0-2 0. Banks 9 4-6 23, Wheeler 4 00 8, Mrxzd 1 00 2, Pruit 0 2-2 2. Totals 21 18-26 63.

East Lansing 23 14 13 2373 Sexton 17 16 17 1363 3-poirrt goals S. Stewart Woods, D. Stewart, Banks. Fouled out S. Stewart, Cain.

Total fouls-East Lansing 24, Sexton 27. JV score Sexton 61. East Lansing 59. Everett 58. Grand Ledge 46 The Vikings came back from an early deficit to post a 12-point victory over the visiting Comets to maintain first place in the CAC Carl Rosario scored 16 points, Desmond Ferguson 12 and Jerome Winston, seeing his first action of the year after a troublesome shoulder injury, had eight points and 11 rebounds for Everett (5-1, 9-2), which trailed 8-2 and 15-10 in the first half.

Everett then went on a 13-4 run and held a five-point halftime lead. John Vertalka led Grand Ledge (3-3, 6-4) with 32 points and six rebounds. GRAND LEDGE (46) Sweet 0 1-2 1, Schapp 1 00 2, Poiston 3 00 6, Vertalka 12 6-6 32, Simon 1 CM) 2. Kasif 0 0-1 0. Totals 18 7-9 46.

EVERETT (58) rrguson500 12. Thompson 4 1-1 4 8, Rosario 4 8-12 16, Jones 3 1-2 9. C. Allen 2(H) 4. Totals 20 13-19 58.

Grand Ledge 15 7 12 12-46 Everett 13 14 16 1558 3-point goals Vertalka 2. T. Jones 2, Ferguson 2. Fouled out Nasrf. Total fouls Grand Ledge 22, Everett 15.

Technicals Thompson. JV score Everett 52 Grand Ledge 49. Holt 57, Eastern 50 Senior Ben Bakken scored 19 points and Matt Vandlen 11 to lead Holt (4-2, 8-2) to the CAC victory. Junior guard Chris Villarreal scored a career-high 19 points for Eastern (0-6, 1-10), including 5- GREG DeRUITERLansing State Journal On the drive: Sexton's DeQuarius Stewart drives past East Lansing defender Jason Cousinard Friday at Sexton. Cousinard had 12 points as East Lansing defeated the Big Reds 73-63.

for-8 from 3-point range. Marcel Terry had 16 points and seven rebounds for the Quakers. HOLT (57) Brooks 3 0-1 6, Schram 2 2-2 8. Schura 1 00 2, Vandlen 4 3-411, Bakken 6 7-9 19. Kenney 1 2-3 4.

Anderson 1 2-2 4. Sherry 1 OO 2. Fuk 0 1-2 1. Totals 19 17-23 57. EASTERN (50) Craig 20-04, Keyton 11-34.

Terry 80-216, Muniz 1 1-2 3, Villarreal 6 2-2 19. Martinez 1 0-3 2. Kelly 1 0 2. Totals 20 4-12 50. Holt 18 11 17 1157 Eastern 11 12 11 1650 3-point goals Schram 2, Keyton, Viaroal 5.

Fouled out Keyton. Total fouls Hok 16, Eastern 23. JV score Eastern 57, Holt 46. Waveriy 65, Jackson 54 JACKSON Eric Parsons scored 21 points to lead Waveriy to a CAC victory over Jackson. Matt Taylor scored 12 points and had 13 of Waverly's 35 rebounds.

Jamie Jansz scored 12 points for the Warriors (4-2, 8-3). WAVERLY (65) Jansz 5 00 12, Burch 2 2-2 7. Anderson 2 2-2 7. Taylor 6 0-0 12, Nees 3 0-0 6, Parsons 7 44 21. Totals 25 8-9 65.

JACKSON (54) Hester 21-25, Smith 4 00 8, Price 7 3-6 17, White 5 00 10, Smth 5 14, Totals 23 4-8 54., 59-54: Price helps Okemos hold off Charlotte Top performances BPaul Grienke, Carson City, 34 points John Vertalka, Grand Ledge, 32 points, 6 rebounds Matt Goodemoot, Lakewood, 30 points, 11 rebounds Aaron Lott, Webberville, 29 points, 17 rebounds Joe Costelio, Bath, 29 points Steve Myers, Haslett, 27 points Brandon Woodworth, Laingsburg, 26 points, 5 steals Griffin Loynes, Haslett, 24 points Dan Thelen, Portland St. Patrick, 24 points, 9 rebounds Kyle Guerrant, East Lansing, 24 points Glenn Simon, Fowler, 24 points Ron Banks, Sexton, 23 points Adam Priest, Fulton, 23 points Greg Ream, Dansville, 22 points Ben Brock, Shepherd, 22 points Jason Price, Okemos, 21 points, 6 assists Eric Parsons, Waveriy, 21 points Rory Nevins, Charlotte, 21 points K.C. Church, Eaton Rapids, 21 points Gabe Priddy, Maple Valley, 21 points Tate Schanski, Perry, 20 points, 5 3-pointers Mike Holscher, Eaton Rapids, 20 points Waveriy 10 18 19 18 65 Jackson 17 11 15 11 54 3-point goals Smith 4, Parsons 3, Jansz 2. Burch. Anderson.

Fouled out Hester. Total fouls Jackson 12, Waveriy. JV score Waveriy 63, Jackson 52 St. Johns 52, Corunna 44 CORUNNA Matt Feldpaush scored 14 points to lead St Johns (4-1, 7-4) to a Mid-Michigan victory. John Miller led Corunna (1-4, 4-7) with 18 points and 16 rebounds.

ST. JOHNS (52) Feldpaush 3 6-7 1-2 1.Berkhousen 1 1-2 4, Koenigsknecht 1 0-0 3, Chip Simon 4 0-1 8, Voisinet 2 1-6 5, Chad Simon 2 1-2 6, Sutton 1 0-2 2. McConnell 0 1-4 1, Hyler 3 2-4 8. Totals 17 13-30 52. CORUNNA (44) Osbom 2 0-1 4, TerMeer 0 2-2 2, Zsigo 2 24 6.

Zietinski 3 24 8, Glass 2 0-2 4. MiHer 82-618. Harrod 1 00 2. Totals 18 8-19 44. St Johns 14 11 12 1552 Corunna 12 15 8 944 3-point goals Feldpaush 2, Berkhousen, Koenigsknecht.

Chad Simon. Fouled out TerMeer, Simon. Total fouls Corunna, St. Johns 22. JV score St.

Johns 68, Corunna 55. Alma 54, Ovid-Elsie 48 ELSIE Alma's command of the boards and control at the free throw line kept the Panthers ahead of Ovid-Elsie in an MMB matchup. Seestedt 2 1-2 5, Walton 2 00 4, Abaugh 2 00 4, Hackett 4 34 13, Brrxavich 24-68. Totals 17 12-16 50. ASHLEY (57) Czeiszperger 2 00 5, Ja.

Saytor 4 3-5 1 1, Polash 5 7-9 1 7, Lowe 0 1-2 1, Pendleton 2 00 4, Gavenda 1 00 2. Je. Saylor 03-6 3, Jungnipsch0 1-2 1, Cartwright 4 5-6 13. Totals 18 2O30 57. Sacred Heart 10 16 12 1250 Ashley 17 15 13 1257 3-point goals Hunter, Moeggenberg, Hackett 2, Czeiszperger.

Fouled out Hackett Brocavich. Total fouls Sacred 25, Ashley 14. JV score Sacred Heart 54, Ashley 41. Genesee 45, Morrice 39 FLINT Aaron Bowerman's 13 points and 15 rebounds led Genesee (3-2, 4-6) to the MSAC triumph. Jason McCarthy scored 10 points for Morrice (2-4, 2-8).

Webberville 80, Burton Valley Christian 58 WEBBERVILLE Sophomore Aaron Lott had a career-best 29 points and picked up 17 rebounds with four assists to lead the Spartans (4-2, 6-6) to the MSAC victory. Chris Davis also had 12 points and five rebounds. Marcus Davis scored 19 points and Michael Marsh 11 for Burton Valley (1-5, 2-9). BURTON VALLEY CHRISTIAN (58) Herriman 2 1-3 5, Thompson 2 1-2 5, Marsh 5 14 1 1. Mathews 0 34 3, Kennamer 4 1-2 9.

Rae 2 2-2 6. Davis 6 7-11 19. Totals 21 16-28 58. WEBBERVILLE (80) Davis 6 00 12. S.Utt 3 1-1 8, Zdunowslu 2 00 5.

Petteys 2 3-5 8. A. Lott 13 2-5 29. Temi 2 00 4. Musorf 2 34 7, Carrier 3 14 7.

Totals 33 10-19 80. Burton Christian 14 14 14 1658 Webberville 21 23 14 2280 3-point goals S. Lott, Zdunowslu, Petteys, A. Lott Fouled out Davis, Zdunowski. Total fouls Burton Valley Christian 23, Weboervie 22.

JV score Web6erve 71, Burton Valley 41. Carson City 56, Ithaca 54 CARSON CITY Senior Paul Grienke scored 34 points, his third time in the 30s this season, as Car Everyone scored for Olivet (5-0, 9-1) with Jeff Webb's 19 points and five steals leading the way. Brock Peters chipped in 17 points and five assists and Rich Collins scored 16 points. Nate Whitson added 12 points and 12 rebounds. BELLEVUE (40) Penny 4 OO 9, Rombaugh 3 24 8, Brminstool 2 1-2 6, VanHoose 3 34 7, Knapp 2 OO 4, Burkett 11-33.

Moon 0 1-2 1. Lake 0 2-2 1 Totals 15 10-17 .40. OLIVET (100) Webb 6 5-6 19. Peters 6 2-2 17. Coins 8 00 16.

Whitson 4 44 1 2, Palacio 3 OO 6, Wine 4 00 8, We1 334 9, Conklin 2 00 5, Torkko 1 OO 3, Murray 0 24 2, Tmdaa 1 002, 0'Del 01-21. Totals 38 17-22 100. Bellevue 12 9 9 10 0 Olivet 27 27 20 26100 3-point goals Penny, Brininstool Peters 3. Webb 2, Torkko, Conklin. Fouled out none.

Total fouta Bellevue 10. Olivet 17. JV score Olivet 58. Bellevue 55. Maple Valley 74, Leslie 59 LESLIE Maple Valley stretched a one-point half time lead into a 15-point SMAA victory over Leslie.

Gabe Priddy scored a game-high 21 points, Scott Heyboer added 18 and Aaron Tobias had 14 points for Maple Valley (4-1, 7-5). Keith McDaniel led Leslie (0-42-8) with 12 points. John Hardesdy had nine points and seven rebounds. MAPLE VALLEY (74) Driksna 2 2-2 6. Thayer 1 00 3.

Hopkins 1 04 2. Patrick 1 00 2, KeBepourey 1 00 2. Perrtngton 2 4-1 5. Moore 0 1-2 1, Pnddy 9 2-2 21, Heyboer 7 3418. Tobias 7 00 14.

Totals 21 9-11 74. 1 LESLIE (59) Goff 2 1-1 6. M. Hardesdy 0 2-2 2. Kelo 3 2-2 8.

Snyder 1 34 6. Howard 3 00 6. McDaraal 5 2-2 12. Barber 1 00 2. DeBruler 1 00 2.

Burkson 3 00 El Hardesdy 4 14 9. Totals 23 11-16 59. Maple Valley 16 18 20 2074 Leslie 14 19 14 12 9 3-point goals Thayer, Priddy, Heyboer. Goff, Sy-der. Fouled out none.

Total fouls Maple Vatey 14, Lelsie 13. JV score Leslie 66, Maple Vatey 63 0T). Lansing Christian 61. Dansville 60 Cassidy Bisher hit a 3-point shot with less than a minute to go Jo lead Lansing Christian to the SMAA victory. I The Pilgrims (3-2, 6-5) trailed by eight points with five minutes left.

Bisher led Tansing Christian wgh 19 points. Bill Kregel added 13 points and 10 rebounds and Steve Hender-shot contributed 11 points. Greg Ream led Dansville with 22 points. Ryan Bashore scored 11. DANSVILLE (60) -t.

Ream 8 44 22. Tkaczyk 3 02 7. Basore 4 3-311. Minnis 2 3-6 7, Perry 3 00 9. Gateway 2 02 4.

Totals 22 10-17 60. LANSING CHRISTIAN (61) Gitengenen201 4, Hendershot 4 00 03 5. Kregel 6 1-2 13, Reid 1 1-2 3. Brown 3 Cassidy Bisher 6 4-5 19. Totals 24 6-13 61.

Dansville 12 24 11 1360 Lansing Christian 16 14 16 1561 3-pomt goals Ream 2. Tkaczyk. Perry 3. Hendershot 3. Owens, Biher 3.

Fouled out Kregel. Total foots OansvJ 17. Lansing Christian 17. Tecrn-cals Bisher. JV score Lansing Christian 66.

Densvie 50.t son City (4-3, 7-4) won the Central State Activities Association game. Grienke helped stave off an Ithaca rally as he hit 14 points in the fourth quarter, going 10-for-14 from the free throw line. Chris Jones also had 11 points for the Eagles. Seth Stapleton scored 16 points and Thad Sherman 10 for Ithaca (2-5, 3-9). ITHACA (54) Vernon 1 01 2.

Wood 2 00 4, Gates 1 00 2, Bovee 2 2-2 8. Stapleton 5 44 16. Sherman 3 4-5 10. Anderson 2 03 4. Harkness 2 01 4, Shaw 2 00 4.

Totals 20 1016 54. CARSON CITY (56) Gnenke 10 14-20 34, Woodman 2 00 6, Jones 4 2-2 1 1, Garcia 0 44 4. Perffer 0 1-2 1. Totals 16 21-29 56. Ithaca 4 17 4 2954 Carson City 20 8 8 2056 3-point goals Bovee 2.

Stapleton 2. Woodman 2. Jones. Fouled out Vernon. Total fouls Ithaca 25, Carson City 20.

JV score Ithaca 69, Carson City 53. Lakeview 59, Shepherd 51 SHEPHERD Lakeview's (7-0, 12-0) fourth-quarter free-throw shooting was too much as they turned aside Shepherd (1-6, 3-8) in this hard fought CSAA game. Ben Brock scored 22 points for Shepherd and Kasey DeLong added 12 points on four 3-point shots. LAKEVIEW (59) Main 3 1-2 8, Place 3 02 6. Thompson 2 9-10 13, Delamather 0 2-2 2, Moitor 1 00 2.

Howes 0 1-2 1, J. Thompson 0 2-2 2. Skorka 54-814, Shane Bies 4 34 11. Totals 18 22-32 59. SHEPHERD (51) Tripp 1 24 4, Chrzanowski 0 2-2 2.

Nartker 0 2-2 2. Ben Brock 9 4-5 22, DeLong 4 01 12, Patrick 2 00 4, Berry 2 1-2 5. Totals 18 11-17 51. Lakeview 13 14 16 1659 Shepherd 11 15 8 1751 3-point goals Main. DeLong 4.

Fouled out Berry. Mead. Chrzanowski. Total fouls Shepherd 26, Lakeview 19. JV score Lakeview 61, Shepherd 44.

St. Louis 67, Montabella 46 ST. LOUIS The Sharks established the tempo early with a 24-4 outburst in the first quarter, easily turning back the winless Mustangs (0-7, 0-11) in CSAA play. Ben Baxter scored 1 6 points for St Louis (3-4, 5-6), while Jason Biehl pitched in with 14. Paul Barnaby scored 10 for the Sharks.

Baxter also pulled down nine rebounds. MONTABELLA (46) J. Walkmqton 5 4-6 14. Peterson 3 2-3 8. A.

Wak-ingtorf 03 8, Decker 2 00 5, R. Walkington 1143. Jordan 102 3, Graybill 1 01 1 00 2. Totals 18 7-19 46. ST.

LOUIS (67) Baxter 7 2-2 16. BieN 6 01 14. Barnaby 3 4-8 10, Horman 4 1-2 9, DeRosia 2 01 5, Qmdort 1 24 4, Kowaiski 2 01 4, McCkntic 0 2-2 2. Edgar 1 00 2, Wise 0 1-3 1. Totals 26 12-24 67.

Montabella 4 11 15 1646 St Louis 24 8 19 16 7 3-point goal BieN 2. DeRosia, Jordan, Decker, Graybi. Fouled out None. Total fouls St. Louis 21, Montabella 21.

JV score St Louis 57, Montabella 26. Olivet 100. Bellevue 40 OLIVET Olivet used an overpowering team effort against Bellevue to remain unbeaten in the Southern Michigan Athletic Association. By Bob Gross Lansing State Journal CHARLOTTE Jason Price thrives on big challenges. So it goes without saying just how huge his contribution was Friday night for the Okemos High Chieftains.

Huge enough that in all probability, the Capital Circuit basketball race might have come to an early end. Price popped in 21 points, ran the floor like a veteran quarterback engineers his offense and Okemos held off determined Charlotte, 59-54, to open up a two-game lead over Charlotte and Mason. Okemos moves to 5-0 in the conference, 10-1 for the year and has won its last seven games. Charlotte falls to 3-2 and 3-8. Okemos has five conference games left, three at home including a season-ending rematch with Charlotte.

"This is the kind of game I really enjoy playing," Price said. "My role is to do what it takes to help the team win. This was a big victory because it came on the road and that's not easy in this league. We're playing well now but we have to keep working hard and keep playing together." Dating back to last season, Okemos, the defending Capital Circuit champion, has won 30 of its last 32 games. But 5-0 is the only record new coach Dan Stolz was talking about Friday.

"We've got a little cushion now," he said. "It's never easy coming to Charlotte and winning. We knew they had players who could hit the 3 and they have talent, so for us to leave here with a victory is a tribute to the way we handled the pressure down the stretch." Pressure which should have mounted the past two weeks when Stolz suspended four players for breaking training rules. "I can't say enough about the way the kids have come together," Stolz said. "We're still trying to find the right chemistry.

I brought up two sophomores and a freshman so we're searching. Tonight, I thought the guys really had a lot of poise when Charlotte made it a at the end." Okemos opened a 7-0 lead, all of the points coming from Price. The Chieftains went on to take a 32-25 halftime advantage before Charlotte used a 12-6 run to trail 38-37 going into the final eight minutes. A 9-0 spurt, with Price contributing four points, staked Okemos to a 47-37 advantage, but Charlotte, clinging to life by the 3-point shot, battled back. A long-distance basket by Travis Silvas narrowed the gap to 55-52 with three minutes to play and foiling a turnover, Travis put up a 3-point attempt which danced on the rim and fell off.

But Travis was fouled on the attempt and went to the line for three free throws. His first shot failed, but he made the next two and it was 55-54 with only 25.1 seconds remaining. An offensive foul sent Price to the stripe and he made both tosses and it was 57-54. An intentional foul gave Okemos two more free throws and Joe Wenzel made both. Okemos made 10 of 12 free throws in the final quarter.

"Travis and (Rory) Nevins really really took over in the late going and gave us a chance to win," Coach Barry Markwart said. "We have eight losses but in four games we've been right there. We've come back from 12- and 14-point deficits. Tonight we were down seven at the half and came back again. It's a tough loss for the kids.

But Okemos made the free throws when they needed to and Price really is a nice player for them." Joe Fletcher and Wenzel each scored 11 points for Okemos and center Matt Hulteen added nine along with eight rebounds. OKEMOS (59) Fletcher 4 34 11. Hulteen 4 1-2 9. Jason 8 2-3 21. Massey 1 2-2 4, Wenzel 2 6-6 11.

Stnon 1 00 3. Totals 20 14-19 59. CHARLOTTE (54) Nevins 8 3 3 21. McGJvra 2 34 7. Silvas 3 2-3 9, WHdem 1 00 2, Ford 3 1-2 7, Tennes 4018.

Totals 21 9-13 54 Okemos 17 15 6 2159 Charlotte 10 15 12 1754 3-point goals Price 3, Nevins, Wenzel, Simon, Silvas. Fouled out Nevins. Total fouls Charlotte 22, Okemos 12. JV score Okemos 57, Charlotte 51. Eaton Rapids 72, Lakewood 66 LAKE ODESSA Eaton Rapids took advantage of 30-for-47 free throw shooting and the Greyhounds completed eight 3-point goals for their first Capital Circuit victory of the season.

But it was Mike Holscher's free throw with 20 seconds remaining which broke a 66-66 tie and put Eaton Rapids ahead to stay. K.C Church scored 21 points, Holscher 20 and Eric Pricco 17 for Eaton Rapids (1-4, 1-10). Matt Goodemoot scored a career-high 30 points and got 11 rebounds and John Daniels and Mark Cusack scored 13 apiece for Lakewood (1-4, 3-7), which fought back from a 14-point second quarter deficit EATON RAPIDS (72) Cox 0 02 0, Rocca 1 00 3, Holscher 4 9-13 20. Cams 0 0 1 0. Pierpoint 2 24 6, Pricco 5 6-6 1 7.

EkJred 1 2-3 4, Jones 0141, Church 4 1014 21. Totals 17 304 7 72 LAKEWOOD (66) Elsie 1 01 3, Cusack 5 3-5 13. Steward 1 1-2 3. Goodemoot 9 12-15 30. Tryon 2 01 4, Daniels 5 3-5 13.

Totals 23 19-28 66. Eaton Rapids 15 19 13 2572 Lakewood 6 18 20 2266 3 point goals Rocca. Holscher 3, Pricco. Church 3. Elsie.

Fouled out Elsie. Cusack, Steward. Elenbaas (U. Goodemoot, Pierpoint, Jones. Total foul Eaton Rapids 26, Lakewood 28.

Mason 59. Lansing Catholic 46 MASON Mason had a 10-point lead after three quarters and strong free-throw shooting helped the Bulldogs to a conference victory. Mason was 10 of 12 from the line in the fouth quarter. Craig Burgess led the Bulldogs' (3-2, 7-4) scoring with 12 points. Russ Oesterle had 10 points while brother Don Oesterle had eight rebounds.

Aaron Gurley had seven assists. Mark Watters led Lansing Catholic (2-3, 6-6) with 11 points while Grant Malecke had 10. LANSING CATH0UC (46) Fernandez 3 00 7, Wever 2 00 6, Baldwin 1 2-2 4. Watters 51-211, Malecka 3 4-5 10, Gayton 3 2-2 8. Totals 17 9-11 46.

MASON (59) Gurley 2 4-5 9. Otson 2 OO 5, Price 0 2-5 2, Burgess 5 2-2 12. Hankn 3 00 7, D. Oesteriey 1 2-2 4. R.

Oesterley 5 00 10. Snow 1 00 2. Verseput 3 24 8. Totals 21 12-18 59. Lansing Catholic 13 12 10 1046 Mason 15 12 18 1459 3-point goals Wever 2, Fernandez, Gurley, Olson.

Hankn. Fouled out none. Total fouls Lansing Cath-oc 17, Mason 15. JV score Mason 65, Lansing Catholic 46. Ashley 57, Sacred Heart 50 ASHLEY The Ashley Bears jumped out to an early lead to beat Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart and remain undefeated in the Mid-State Athletic Conference.

Ashley (5-0, 7-5) led 17-10 after one quarter. Travis Polash led the Bears with 17 points and 13 rebounds. Marty Cartwright scored 13 points and Jason Saylor added 11 points, five assists and four steals. Mike Hackett led Sacred Heart (3-2, 3-8) with 13 points. SACRED HEART (50) Hunter 1 2-2 5.

Moeggenberg 2 2-2 7, Peratt 2 00 4..