Pershing and Northwestern Win as City Prep Cagers Open New Season
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) 03 Dec 1967, Sun - Page 7 There are seven new faces on the coaching lines in the 22-team Public School League. But the same old ones keeps right on winning. Will Robinson, the dean of the PSL basketball coaching club, finished the '67 campaign with a string of nine straight wins which culminated with a state basketball championship for his Pershing unit. Consecutive win No. 10 came at Northern, 70-58, in Robby's first game this season on the hot shooting of all-state Ralph Simpson, who sank 14 of 24 shots from the field in a 33-point performance. Pershing unveiled a pair of new forwards in 6-3 Allen Burton and 6-3 Leroy Holmes who helped the Doughboys outrebound Northern, 37-21, for an easy win after a sluggish 13-12 first quarter margin. Marvin Lane added 17 points for Pershing to offset a 29-point effort for junior Eskimo guard Tom Marsh. On the west side, Northwestern coach Fred Snowden, a youngster on the calendar but a ...