Memorable performances

1991 - Stanley Royal of Groton-Dunstable gets sick at halftime, throws up, then cans a 17-footer with five seconds to play to lift his team to a 58-56 win over Grafton in the semifinals.

1990 - Lewis Scott of Ayer scores 54 points in an 83-77 overtime win over Shepherd Hill. Ayer goes on to win the Larger Schools title.

1990 - Kenny Hoyt scores 35 points as Groton-Dunstable wins the Smaller Schools title over Bromfield.

1987 - Shepherd Hill's Tom Bartolomei scores 77 points in two games. He strikes for 39 in an opening-round win over Northbridge and adds 28 in a semifinal loss to Bartlett. In 1980, his brother John scored 42 points in an overtime loss to David Prouty in the Clark.

1987 - Southbridge's Chris Gosk scores 42 points in a 96-68 win over Ayer.

1984 - Westboro's Mike Power, known more for his football passing ability, scores 33 points in a Larger Schools semifinal win over Nashoba.

1983 - West Boylston's Jim Watkins scores 52 points and pulls down 12 rebounds in a first-round, 70-48 win over Leicester.

1983 - Nipmuc's Scott Channing scores 38 points and grabs 21 rebounds in a 75-51 loss to Millbury in the Smaller Schools final.

1983 - Millbury's Brian Blanchard scores 15 points and pulls down 17 rebounds in a 75-51 Smaller Schools final victory over Nipmuc.

1979 - Northbridge defeats Bartlett, 93-92, for the Smaller Schools title as the Rams' Paul Baker scores 37 points in the game, 20 in fourth quarter, to help erase a 75-58 third-quarter deficit. Baker scores the winning basket with eight seconds to play.

1976 - Oxford's Billy "The Kid" Herrion scores 47 points to lead Oxford to victory, but the Pirates are upset in their bid to win the Clark.

1975 - Paul Sablock scores 35 points in a victory over Ayer to help Clinton capture the Larger Schools title.

1969 - Leicester's smooth-shooting Cliff Smith scores 44 points as the Wolverines roll to the Larger Schools title.

1957 - Leicester's Dave Luoma scores 43 points, 23 in the fourth quarter, in a 71-39 win over Blackstone High in the opening round.

Memorable games

1998 - Algonquin defeats Auburn, 77-74, in overtime in a Larger Schools semifinal as Alan Bartolini scores 23 points and Dallas Mall adds 14.

1997 - Grafton, seeded No. 8, knocks off No. 1 seed Leicester, 50-46, as Ernie Adams scores the winning basket on a layup off a pass from Adam Ethier.

1997 - Auburn defeats Grafton, 82-75, in two overtimes to win the Larger Schools title. Evan Barringer's 19 points leads four Rockets in double figures.

1996 - Top-seeded Sutton defeats No. 8 Ayer, 60-14, in the opening round as Ayer scores six points in the first half, eight in the second. It's an all-time tournament low for points in a half and a game.

1994 - In the Larger Schools final, Westboro defeats Bartlett, 80-71, despite Todd Daskowski of Bartlett scoring 28 points, 21 in the second half. He makes five 3-pointers.

1992 - In the Larger Schools final, Ayer beats Auburn, 77-70, as Steve Ross scores 37 points, hits 15 of 19 shots from the field, is 7 for 7 from the foul line, grabs 7 rebounds and serves up 5 assists.

1992 - Ayer beats Westboro, 54-53, on a hoop by John Speidel with 2.3 seconds remaining in a Larger Schools semifinal.

1992 - Nipmuc wins, 64-60, over Hopedale as freshman Mike Grant hits four free throws in the final 41.1 seconds to preserve the win.

1991 - Bromfield prevails, 43-41, over Nipmuc when Eric Usher loses the ball and Shawn Gauvin and John Sciple combine for the steal and basket for the win.

1991 - Blackstone-Millville, the eighth seed, defeats Millbury, the top seed, 68-65, in OT as Adam Dumais scores 23 points.

1991 - Southbridge beats Leicester, 65-64, in two overtimes when Brian "Money" Gendreau hits a shot at the buzzer in a Larger Schools quarterfinal. He finishes with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 5 steals.

1989 - Hopedale defeats previously undefeated Maynard, 66-60, in overtime after trailing by three points with 20 seconds to play.

1989 - Seventh-seeded Nipmuc knocks off second-seeded Millbury, 49-48, as the Woolies miss three shots in the closing moments.

1988 - Eighth-seeded Uxbridge knocks off top-seeded Tahanto, 56-51, as Kevin Glode plays an inspired game and makes several clutch baskets.

1987 - Narragansett defeats Tahanto, 58-55, in overtime after trailing, 27-9, at the half and being down by 13 points heading into the fourth quarter.

1987 - Tahanto defeats Nipmuc, 39-38, on six-foot bank shot by Mark Wentzell at the buzzer.

1986 - North Middlesex defeats Shepherd Hill, 48-46, in OT on a steal by Steve Culp and a three-point play by Ken Marchand.

1985 - Eighth-seeded Maynard defeats top-seeded and undefeated Millbury, 56-54, on a 20-foot shot by Mark "Woody" Waddell at the buzzer. The game was Maynard's first in the Clark. Millbury was 17-0 and had won 42 consecutive regular-season games.

1983 - Algonquin defeats Westboro, 59-58, in a semifinal after trailing, 42-24, four minutes into the third quarter. Tom Hjerpe leads the way with 16 points.

1982 - Uxbridge beats Leicester, 62-61, in the opening round behind the play of reserves Mark Stanovich and Keith Kearnan.

1971 - Wachusett defeats Bartlett, 60-59, on a 25-foot jumper by Paul Wilson as time expires. Wilson rebounds the ball with five seconds to play, drives the court and launches his jumper, which swishes through as the buzzer sounds to give Wachusett its second straight Larger Schools title. Wilson's shot spoils a stirring comeback by Bartlett, which trailed, 36-25, only to storm back and take the lead. Wilson, who finished with 9 points, was playing his first year of high school hoops.

1959 - Northboro defeats Charlton, 60-53, in the first round as Don Starkey scores 31 points for Northboro, Don Norcross 32 for Charlton.

1958 - David Prouty defeats Mary Wells High of Southbridge, 65-57, in the final after trailing, 33-21, at the half in what was called the most thrilling comeback ever at the Clark. Duane Corriveau scores 27 points and Louis Alix 17 for the winners.

1958 - North Brookfield defeats Townsend, 77-67, in a first-round game as Dave Cummings scores 22 points for the Indians. Walter Peterson nets 27 for Townsend, 20 in the first half.

1958 - West Boylston stuns defending champ Hopedale, 45-41. Brad Carson scores 21 for the Lions, Charlie Hixon 17 for Blue Raiders.

1957 - Paul Savageaux of Millbury scores 26 points to lead the Woolies to a 47-46 come-from-behind upset of Oxford.

1953 - Townsend's Junie Marshall scores 22 points, including the game-winner with 18 seconds to play, in a 48-47 win.

1945 - Uxbridge beats David Prouty, 28-25, in the lowest-scoring Clark game ever.

Memorable moments

1987 - Bartlett's Ed Grzembski completes his high school career by reaching the final for the fourth straight year. He plays in 12 Clark games.

1980 - Tantasqua scores a phantom basket against Oxford, but loses, 53-51, anyway. With the Pirates ahead, 47-39, Tantasqua's Bob Fountain drives the lane and gets fouled by Oxford center Mark Westall. The referee's whistle officially stops the play, but Fountain continues on, picking up the ball and throwing it in the basket. Official Sam Pawlak calls the foul and goes to the scorer's table to report it. Tantasqua coach Bill Carroll asks if the basket is good. Pawlak checks with fellow official John Collins, who says it is. So Fountain goes to the line for one shot, not two. He misses the free throw, but the Warriors get the rebound and score while Oxford coach Ernie Boss and players are running around trying to call timeout and figure out what happened. The official scorer for the game is Clark student Bill Gibbons, now the Holy Cross women's basketball coach.

1977 - Nashoba's John Beary hits a 35-foot bomb at the buzzer in the Chieftains' 91-63 win over Westboro. It is the final game, shot and basket in Clark's old Alumni Gymnasium.

1977 - Howie Long plays for Milford, long before his football-playing days at Villanova. He went on to play for the NFL's Oakland Raiders, star in movies and become a TV commentator for Fox.

1976 - The tournament features several super shooters, including Billy "The Kid" Herrion of Oxford (27.9 ppg), Tim Bazinet of Bartlett (26.2), Tom Lavelle of Clinton (22.9) and Al Hulbert of Westboro (22.8).

1974 - Bartlett defeats West Boylston to win the Smaller Schools crown, becoming the first team to win back-to-back titles in different divisions. In 1973, the Indians defeated Algonquin to win the Larger Schools crown.

1973 - Long before his Rookie of the Year days of talking to the baseball and grooming the mound for the Detroit Tigers, Mark Fidrych plays on Algonquin's team that loses the Larger Schools final to Bartlett. 1973 - Leicester High does not apply to play in the tourney that coach Ed Hippert said had become "a losers' tournament. There are several teams in the tournament with losing records and we feel by playing them we have nothing to gain and everything to lose." In subsequent years as coach of David Prouty, Hippert lets his team participate in the Clark, and the Panthers win the Larger Schools title in 1981 and "82.

1966-67 - Westboro High wins two straight Clarks. In the '66 final win over Grafton, the Rangers are led by 6-5 Dick Schonbeck. In '67, Howie Quimby and Paul Scanlon, both 6-6, lead the Rangers past the Indians again.

1966 - West Boylston, starring 6-7 Jud Hunt, Paul Shepard and Les Fisher, captures the Smaller Schools crown.

1962 - Oxford is dropped when it is discovered the tournament application of Auburn, which had a better won-lost record than the Pirates, had been overlooked.

1962 - Lunenburg wins by forfeit because Bromfield is unable to get to Worcester because of a snowstorm.

1959 - David Prouty marches to its 11th Clark title, and fourth in a row, led by the play of Duane Corriveau and Lou Alix.

1950s - These names top the list of fan favorites: Junie Marshall of Townsend and Rollie "Fan" Gaudette, Roger Jaskoviak, Duane Corriveau and Lou Alix of David Prouty.

1949 - Dick Vandale and Gene Picard help David Prouty capture its fourth Clark title in a row.

1946 - Off the opening tap, Floyd Riley of Lunenburg scores into the wrong basket. Lunenburg loses by two points.

1944 - Games are moved from Alumni Gymnasium because the Army is using the site as a barracks to house soldiers.

1939 - Northbridge pours in 44 points in the second Clark game ever, a win over Charlton. Northbridge wins the tourney by defeating Shrewsbury, 31-29. Standouts include Shrewsbury's Dave Webb, Northbridge's duo of Jack Foley and Phil Dundas, Millbury's Frank Liubauskas and Uxbridge's Herbert Bridges.

Coaches with most titles

Phil Philip - six (four with Algonquin, two with Millbury)

Joe Garofoli - five (all with West Boylston, in eight years)

Steve Romasco - four (all with Sutton)

Ed Hippert - four (two with Leicester, two with Prouty)

Ron Dunham - four (all with Millbury)

Bernard Prusaczyk - four (all with Prouty, in a row)

Dick LaDuke - four (all with Westboro)

Paige Rowden - four (all with Leicester)

Don Cushing - four (all with Bartlett)

Bob Paranto - three (all with Bartlett)

Frank Mullet - three (all with David Prouty)

Jim Ferdella - two (both with Shepherd Hill)

Mark Donahue - two (both with Uxbridge)

Jim Grant - two (both with Nipmuc)

Don Klocek - two (both with Hopedale)

Toby Snelson - two (both with Wachusett)

Gerry Foley - two (both with Clinton)

Steve Manguso - two (both with Milford)

Robert Kirby - two (both with Westboro)

Joe Early - two (both with David Prouty)

Roland Aucoin - two (both with David Prouty)

Edward McDonough - two (both with David Prouty)