Sports Review
Wins and Losses Both Chalked Up
In kardinal Basketball Play Recently
h\ Michaclene S. Pendleton
Wednesday, January 23, the
Kenai Kardinals played host to
the Palmer Moose. The Palmer
team has the distinction of being
the only team to beat Hast Anch
orage this year. Palmer's luck
seems to have run out, however,
for they went under to the Kardi
nals 34 to 51.
The first quarter score was
very close with Palmer leading 13
to 12. The halftime score swung
into the Kardinals favor 23 to 23.
The third quarter score was 42 to
S3 for the Kurds.
Scorers for the Moose were
Ferzien with 11. Detries with 11.
Hartung with 8. Ingalls with 9,
S. Smith with 10, and Pettit with
Kardina! scorers were Larry
Jordan with 1. .Mike Tauriainen
with 21. Gary Davis with 23, Gary
Martin with 10. Thor Evenson
with 7. and Jim Hall with 2.
The Kardinal Junior Varsity
team did not fare so well and
were beaten by the Palmer J.Y.'s
55 to 35. Palmer led all the way
with a halftime score of 21 to IS.
Palmer's scoring players were
Pettit with 10. Erhart with 3.
Kohlkson with 14. Bohnian with
4. Smith with 12. Estelle with 4,
and Woods with 5.
Scorers for Kenai were Kevin
"W eils with 4. Dave Barksdale
with 5, Lane Hinerman with 7.
.':m Arness with 6. Les Young
blood with 4. and Mickey Payne
with 12.
Kards Win Over Homer
Friday. Jan. 25. the Homer Ma
riners lost to the Kardinals 55 to
S8. The Kardinals were undisput
ed leaders all the way with a
halftime score of 27 to 11.
Mariner scorers were Carroll
with 6. Williams with 6, Collie
with 8, L. Martin with 9, Nelson
with 3. Alexander with 4, and
Pate with 2.
For the Kardinals, Mike Tauri
r.inen made 15 points. Larry Jor
dan made 3, Gary Davis made 15,
Gary Martin made 10. Thor Even
son made 6. Guy Hayes made 4
and Les Youngblood made 2.
The Mariner Junior High team
was luckier, however, and beat
the Kardinal Junior Highers 43
to 29. Kenai led the halftime
score 16 to 13 but Homer rallied
and pulled the game out of the
fire..
Homer scorers were Choquette
KART CLUB TO MEET
SOLDOTXA — All members of
the Soldotna Kart Club and oth
er interested persons are urged
to attend a meeting of the organ
ization called for 6 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 10, in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Johnson, located two
blocks north of the Big K Grocery
Mart in Soldotna. Bill Gibbs will
present information concerning
the three days of kart races to
be held in Anchorage during the
Fur Rendezvous. There will also
be a discussion concerning poss
ible Kart races to be held in con
nection with the dog races be
tween Kenai and Soldotna the
first weekend in March.
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with 2. Mi Lay with 3, Moss with
s. Blackford with 19. and Calhoun
with 4.
Scorers for Kenai were Zeh
rung with 4. Crandall with 6,
Carey with 2, Graff with 5, En
celewski with 1. Kipp with 5. Mc
Guire with 4 and McCollums with
Lose to Anchorage
Saturday. Jan. 26 the Kardinals
finally went down to the mighty
East Anchorage team 55 to 45.
The Thunderbirds led 14 to 10 at
the end of the 1st quarter but
the Kardinals tied it up 23 to 23
at the half. East led 37 to 29 at
the end of the third. The Kardinal
team tried its best but the high
flying Thunderbirds were not to
be downed.
Scorers for East were Terry
Gose with 9. Mel Phillips with 6,
Floyd Ladergard with 13, Scott
Smith with 7. Ramon Barrett
with 10. John Montgomery with
6, and John Klinglteil with 4.
Kardinal scorers were Mike
Tauriainen with 12 points, Larry
Jordan with 10. Gary Davis with
8. Gary Martin with 3. and Thor
Evenson with 12.
East swept the floor as their
Junior Varsity beat the Kenai J.
1 .‘s 51 to 34.
Scorers for East were Sinclair
with 6. Crane with 13, Zilve with
12. Ellsworth with 5, Snow with
1. Trapp with 4, O’Neill with 2,
and Tice with 5.
Kenai scorers were Kevin Wells
with 8. Dave Barksdale with 2,
Lane Hinerman with 11, Jim Ar
ness with 4. Les Youngblood with
2. and Mickey Payne with 7.
The high school band is to be
commended for the fine job of en
tertaining at the games and rais
ing team, spirit.
Local
Bowlers
Win Match
Gary PI lard and Walt Myriek
won by four pins in a 3-game ser
ies bowled Jan. 20 against Shir
ley Ford and Bill Bunetta, an
A.MF staff professional from Cal
ifornia. The match was bowled as
a special attraction at the Kenai
Bowl in Kenai.
In a roll-off on the preceding
Sunday, Pollard with a 191 aver
age in a 10 game series was top
bowler in men’s competition and
Myriek was second with a 188.4
average. Miss Ford, Soldotna, top
ped competition in the women’s
division with 1000 points in a 0
game series. Bunetta. profession
al bowler, was a weekend visitor
at the Kenai Bowl featured in
exhibitions and giving instruc
tions to area bowlers.
In Sunday’s match with local
top bowlers, Bunetta missed a
300 game by one 5-pin in the
eighth frame. He had seven
straight strikes and made a beau
tiful hit in the pocket in the
eighth frame but left the 5-pin
standing. He then picked up the
5-pin for a spare, striking the rest
of the way out for a count of 279.
Bunetta also bowled in a tie
game with Junior League bowlers
Saturday afternoon. Kerry Wells,
in spite of his crutches, and re
garded as one of the best bowlers
in the younger set, substituted for
Dolores McGahan. She was unable
to play although she had placed
as one of the three top bowlers in
the Bantam roll-off previously.
Also bowling with Bunetta were
Joe Arness and Berry Young
blood against Judi Mann, Chuck
Davis, Dusty Rhodes and Mary
Alice Grainge. AH had won top
honors in previous roll-offs.
Bunetta left by plane after the
matches for St. Louis where he
was presented in a bowling tourn
ament. He also will appear on
the ‘’Make That Spare” pro
gram to he televised from New
York on March 2,
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Kenai Kardinal Varsity Cagers Rest;
Jr. High Loses; J.V.’s Win Friday
by Michaelene S. Pendleton
The Kenai High Kardinals rest
ed last weekend but basketball
'till went on. Friday afternoon,
Feb. 1, the Eagle River Junior
High team, the Rams, beat the
Kenai Junior Highers by a score
of 20 to 17.
Kenai scorers were Conseil
with 4. Graff with 5, Zehrung
with 4. and Crandall with 4.
Friday night, the Kenai J.Y.'s
played a team from Ninilchik,
whom they beat by the whopping
score of 60 to 17. Kenai was
ahead all the way with a half
time score of 34 to 13.
Scorers for Ninilchik were Ren
nett with 1, Cooper with 2. Cecil
with 2, Hawkins with 8, and
dexter with 4.
Kcnai scorers were Lane liin
erman with 4, Wayne Wilson with
2, Walter Hart with 8, Glen Dye
with 8, Les V oungblood with ■’
Mickey Payne with 8, ,Jim y,._
ness with 8, Mike Crosby with i
Rick Tuff with 4, and Ken
Thompson with 8.
In the second game Friday
night, the Kenai P-TA lost to
the Chugiak faculty by a score
of 53 to 44. The score was tied
26 to 26 at the half.
P-TA scorers were Phillips
with 4, Even son with 7, Shaffer
with 1. Mullin with 6. and Ward
with 27.
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