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Thursday, February 29, 1968 THE TIMBER-CRUISER Page 3 LUMBERJACKS. UPSET P RT HURON LUMBERJACKS BEAT LUMBERJACKS BEAT AU BU RN H I LL S 9 9- 8 9 DELTA 110--8 2 A.C.C. Lumberjacks defeated Oakland Auburn Hills Feb. 3rd at Hazel Park by the score of 99-89. . Now 8-3 in conference play, and 15-4 for the season, Alpena encountered . some difficulty with Auburn in the second half althorgh the Jacks were at on; time eading by 13 points. Ac- cordi ig to coach McPhillips, "Carl (Jones) and Roget (Frank- lin) controlled both backboards late i-1 the game, and this made the difference between winning and losing." A.C.C. Lumberjacks romped to an easy win on their home· court, beating Delta College ll0- 82. The fabulous Lumberjacks . boosted their record to 13-4 on the season, and 6-3 in the M.J.C .C .. John Thomas was the scoring ace of the night with 35 points, but it was the bench depth that sent Delta to their 9th loss of the season. The Jacks started out slow, and were trailing in the first part of the game, 7-2, but bounced back and maintained their lead throughout to claim 1 their 13th win . I I Behind a 40 point scoring effort by John Thomas, who sank the tying and winning points on free throws with one second remaining in the ball- game, Alpena Community Col- lege whipped Port Huron, here, by the score of 85-83 . Alpena amassed a ten point lead in the first half, but blew its cools, and lost the lead for the first time, 64-63, early in the third quarter. With 4:37 remaining in the game, Port Huron led the Lum- berjacks by six points, 79-73. Not yet out of the game, eight quick tallies by the Jacks shot them back into the lead, 81-79. John Thomas finished at the head of the scoring column for the Lumberjacks with 30 points. Carl Jones was second with 27 tallies. Sophomore Vave Sparks came off the bench to can 13 points. I I' John Thomas sets single game scoring record with 53 points against Schoolcraft. The Schoolcraft team is shown helpless as Thomas I (32) scores. Roger Franklin (14) is shown following up the shot. With the score deadlocked 81- 81, John Thomas netted both attempts on a technical foul, again pushing A.C.C. into the lead, this time 83-81. Port H_uron quickly knotted the score 83-83, by pumping in two foul shots. The score tied 83-83 with a mere four seconds remaining in the game, Thomas attempted a 20 foot shot which went awry. However, Thomas was ·fouled in the process, thus setting the GET YOUR HOOCH FROM POOCH POOCH'S PARTY STORE POOCH & MARIETTE SEGUIN CORNER 9th AND CHISHOLM PHONE. 354 - 5575 NOTICE STATE -BARBER SHOP 1018 State Street "We need your head to run our business" --e)p~ ._...,....,...;;oK, 8 A .M. to 5 30 P. M. DI AMOND'S POINT TAV ERN OUR NEW HOURS FOR SUNDAYS WIL L BE 9. 00 TO 5. 00 Dancing to I ive MAGIC WAND AUTO 810 11th. Ave . WASH music F riday & Saturday stop avo iding the DRA FT stop in dr ink up Alpena, Mich. ALPENA SAV INGS BANK These are t he happy faces of A.C .C. students who remembered Friday night that the ALPENA SAV INGS BANK is now open Saturday 9 A.M . - 12 noon ( College branch too 1 ACC JACKS WALLOP HIGHLAND 135-80 Behind a record-breaking 53 stage for his game winning free point scoring performance by throws. Freshman guard John Thomas, In addition to Thomas' 40 the A.C.C. Lumberjacks born- markers, Ken Parrish scored ten barded Highland Lakes by the points, and had a good night score of 135-80, Feb. 2nd at on the boards, Carl Jones, Jacks' O~nd.._ =-,,_-i-...,c:third leadin_g scorer for the ame, By canning 53 points, Tho- had fo tallies, an a so snar-e""'"',:,-,..,,,,... mas shattered the previous several rebounds. record held by Gary Gunderson Now 10-3 in the MJCC, Al- who scored 48 tallies in a ball- pena has a ·17-4 overall record game ,in 1960. Alpena's 135 for the season. markers also established a new team-scoring record. . Runners-up for Jack scoring honors were Carl Jones with 26, and Louis Taylor with 14 tallies. DRIVING ISN'T , DRIVE DEFENSIVELY NORTHEAST AUTO MERCHANTS ASSOC. WASHBURN FORD McCOY PONTIAC-CADILLAC LOUIS MOTOR SALES SCHULTZ CHEVROLET CHET'S SUPER SERVICE THUNDER BAY IMPORTS I ., /, r A. C .C. RALLIES TO ~ BEAT FLINT 83-75 ;,ftJ Alpena Community College won against , a strong Flint 5, Saturday night by the score of 83-75 . By winning that game the Jacks are now 9-3 in the MJCC and 16-4 for the season. Th; Lumberjacks now have a second place berth in th~ MJCC and a strnng chance in the round- robin tournament. Coach Tom McPhillips' team took an early lead but the Flint team didn 't play dead. The Lumberjacks got cold from the floor and Flint bounced back and were t railing by only one point at the half. Flint continued . its surge , taking the lead in the second half. With seven minutes left Alpena steamed back, never t~ loose the lead again. Carl Jones and John Thomas were the leading scorers for the local cagers. Thomas had 25 points ; Jones finished with 23 . Ken Parrish was the only other Jack in double figures , ending up with 15 points, 9 of which came in the second half. Linden Robinson kept Flint in the game with 31 points. I Frank Vandeputte scored 16 for ------------•· Flint.