Vero Beach, Lakeland, Robert E. Lee and Leesburg Survive Opening Play In State High School Tourney
Jackets Upset Andrew Jackson And Look Great
GAINESVILLE, March 8 - (AP) Four great teams survived the opening day of the eighth annual Florida state high school basketball tournament today and tonight Leesburg, Vero Beach, Lakeland and Robert E. Lee of Jacksonville, were bracketed in the semifinals, scheduled tomorrow morning at 9:30 and 10:30 respectively. The final game will be played at 8:15 p.m.
Leesburg will clash with Vero Beach, tournament dark horse, and Lakeland will battle Robert E. Lee, in the semi-finals, and the winners will fight it out for the state title tomorrow night.
Leesburg started the day off with a bang, when the mighty Andrew Jackson high of Jacksonville, defending champions, fell 19 to 13, then the Yellow Jacket quintet proceeded to wallop another strong contender in Hillsborough high of Tampa during the afternoon 32 to 17.
Oh, You Cherry!
The Jacket triumph over the Tampa outfit was largely due to the work of Cherry, rangy center, who alone scored more points than the entire Tampa team. Cahill, Leesburg guard, proved a thorn in the side of the Red and Black, as did Rountree.The big upset of the day came when the unheralded five from Vero Beach smacked over a 22 to 21 victory over Pensacola and came back tonight to dish out an even greater upset by lashing the powerful St. Petersburg team to the mast to the tune of 24 to 21.
Lakeland Strong
Lakeland's powerful Dreadnaughts, considered by some of the observers as a "sure winner," gave first indication of their strength during the afternoon when they swamped the little DelRay outfit 53 to 3, Del Ray not scoring a field goal, a tournament record. Tonight Lakeland came back equally as strong when the Daytona Beach quintet was met and eliminated 27 to 15.Robert E. Lee of Jacksonville appearing for the first time in history in a state tournament, had little trouble disposing of the Madison five, 36 to 10, during the afternoon, but were put to the limit of their ability during the first half of the game with Palm Beach. Then the Jacksonville entry sent in two substitutes, which nearly wrecked the Palm Beach outfit, and kept the lower coasters from wrinkling the basket from the field during the final period.
An average of 1, 750 persons witnessed each game. Tomorrow night the championship game will be radio broadcast over WRUF, Gainesville.
LEESBURG, 19
fg ft tp pf
Rountree, f............. 2 1 5 1
Smith, f.................. 4 1 9 0
Cherry, c................ 2 1 5 1
Cahill, g................. 0 0 0 0
Entz, g.................... 0 0 0 4
Totals..................... 8 3 19 6
Substitution: Herlong for Entz.
ANDREW JACKSON, 13
fg ft tp pf
L. Wolfson, f........... 0 2 2 1
Brownett, f.............. 0 0 0 0
Crenshaw, c............. 0 1 1 0
S. Wolfson, g.......... 0 0 0 0
Adams, g................. 0 0 0 0
Martin, f................ 1 0 2 0
Perkins, f................ 4 0 8 3
Totals..................... 5 3 13 4
Substitutions: Martin for L. Wolfson, Perkins for Brownette, Gunn for Adams, and Adams for S. Wolfson.
Legend: Fg, field goals; ft, free throws; tp, total points, ande pf, personal fouls
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Gerald Lacey
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Carver Heights Quarterback Club
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Class of 1988 Leesburg High School
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