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Show ,-. ' " ' : - ' ' ( S A , - . , ' r .4 V SCOTT MERKLEY, right, 3, snares the basketball for a rebound. Also in the picture is Manuel Sisneros, center. Merkley poured in 19 points as the Rams came from behind to nip the Bugs. Vernal's Hawks wit close hoop corrtes The Bugs were down by 11 points, 16 to 5, going into the fourth quarter, but they struck for 12 points to lose by only two points, 19 to 17, to the undefeated first place team in the Bantam League, the Hawks, March 27. Vernal's Bugs bumed the hoop in the fourth quarter as they outscored the Hawks, 12 to 3. Jeff Palmer tossed in two field goals and Jason Norton, Manuel Sisneros, David Gurr and Robert . Drollinger put in one two-pointer two-pointer each. David Merino put in two free throws and Timothy Paugh added one charity toss in the final quarter for the Hawks. The top scorers in the game for the Bugs were David Gurr, 6 and Jeff Palmer, 5. Also scoring points for the Bugs were Robert Drollinger, 2; Jason Norton, 2 and Manuel Sisneros, 2. Robert Giese and David Merino were the high scorers for the Hawks with , four points each. Alec Clark, Timothy Paugh and Brant Ruesink scored three points. Mike Lance, the Hawks' usual high scorer, was held to only two points. In other games the Mites topple Rams, 35 to 14 and the Dinos do1 the Knats, 33 to 19. The score quarters were: Mites, 10-Rams, 2, quarter; Mites, 21-Rams, 8, se quarter: Mites, 29-Rams, 10, quarter and Mites, 35-Rams, 14, fi quarter. Seth Norwood was the top score the Mites with 15 points. Also sc counters were Darren Wilde, 9; V Mortensen,. 6; Mark Hacking, 3 Derick Adams, 2. Scoring counter the Rams were Robert Rhodes, 5; Chew, 3; Richard Rust, 2; David 2 and Scott Merkley, 2. Scores by quarters in the E. Knats encounter were: Knats, 8-E: 6, first quarter; Dinos, 15-Knatj-second quarter; Dinos, 23-Knats'; third quarter; Dinos, 33-Knats fourth quarter. Karl Slade, Dinos, the top scorer in the game wit - points -Also scoring counters to Dinos were Nelson White, 8; KaraK 5 ; Scott Young, 4 and David Riche ; Chad Bulland put in ten Doints fo" Knats. |