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Show Ben Lomond Beacon, March 1 6, 1 978, Page 6 Wbor fini BY GLEN ADAMS BEACON SPORTS Weber Highs basketball team ended their season last Saturday basketball team, on the final afternoon, along with every other Webers season ended on a of State the Championship. day losing note in some peoples eyes, but to others, the team has been a winner from the very beginning of the season. The Warriors, picked to finish no better than fourth in their 4-- A 4-- A region, surprised everyone, because of their willingness to win. The team even surprised their coaches, whose goal it was to just place fourth in their Region and secure a spot in the State playoffs. Warrior fans got the opportunity to cheer many times during the regular season, as they watched their team rack up ten straight wins in a row, not to mention a number one ranking by the coaches poll in the state. It was Roy High who was picked to take the Region One championship, but they had to scramble to do it and Weber had to lose three of their last four games before the already favored Royals could pull it off. Probably the biggest blow to the Warrior team, was losing one of their leading scorers, forward Steve Trawick, just prior to their final game of the regular season against Clearfield. Many thought that without Steve, the team wouldnt stand a chance, because he was the leader, captain of the team, most effective passer and leading scorer. Going into the final game against Clearfield, Coach Dick Conolly had a whole new task of winning everyones confidence back. Weber lost the game officially by one point to Clearfield in a heart stopping game, with everything on the line, including the Region championship but they won the hearts of their fans and on lookers. Connolly proved that his team could play against anybody and even though finishing number two Im sure in the back of his mind he still felt they were good enough to be number one. The team without any doubt, went into the State playoffs ready to play basketball and Jordan High found out just how ready they were as the Warriors handed the Beetdiggers a defeat. Its true that the Jordan team came in as an underdog against the Warriors, but there has been many upsets in years past, so no team sits on very sturdy ground when playing in the State playoffs. A couple of examples of this was Clearfield losing to Brighton and heavily favored Roy just 'irrowly edging out a tough and determined West High team .Nr am should be heavily favored, because there is always a chan upset. It was Orem wl- spoiled Webers chances for a State chamin the second round. The pionship by beating tne Warriors of a much that wasnt game runaway as the score may show, really because the Warriors were constantly fighting back and were only down by six points going into the final 2:50 of the game. Weber shooti: fairly close to 50 per cent from the field in regular season, could only manage 32 per cent against the much taller Orem squad. If Weber would have gotten some much needed fouls called against Orem the game might have been different. Mark Montgomery who gave it every effort in this game, scored 27 points, but was hammered by th opposing team on several different occasions but officials failed to call the fouls, which led to a critical technical foul against the Weber bench and it seemed to let the air out of the team for the remainder of the game. Weber shot their worst of the season against Orem in the Imal period by hitting only three of 16 shots for a miserable 19 per cent. Again most people thought that would be Webers last go at it for the season, because the next night they were to face an even taller team, East High. Weber never giving up right down to the final buzzer again proved their desire to win by battling the favored East team the following night, with the right to go into the final round on Saturday and a shot at fourth place in State. It seems that when Ray Coleman for Weber comes in and hit those first couple of long bombs from the outside, it seems to spark the other members of the team. Spark them it did. Brad Hall, the 66 replacement came in to score 10 , not points in the first period and it was East High playing catch-upWeber. The team was out to prove everybody wrong and they did it in exciting fashion, holding off a surge by East High. East taking the lead in the final minutes, looked as though they were going to come attitude and through, but it was the Warriors This game more. once victorious to be them allowed patience that was probably the most emotional game of the year for coach Conolly, because you could see he was very emotional after the game. He was happy for what his team had accomplished. I think if Weber would have been up for Highland like they were for East, Highland would have fallen. On the final day of the up playoffs Weber appeared to be tired and not playing with the intensity that they were used to. The Warriors were again far off their average in shooting from the field as they shot only 36 per cent at to Highlands 46 per cent as they came up on the short end the buzzer. Coaches Conolly, Alverson and Dickemore deserve a pat on the back for making this season successful and exciting, but the players because of their desire, ability and determination to compete deserve a great deal of credit for their efforts. After covering every game the Weber team has played this season, I have seen them at their best and they are certainly better than seventh in State! Its been a pleasure guys! never-say-di- e 57-5- 1 64-5- 2 68-5- Mark Montgomery goes up for a left handed layup losing effort to Orem. Mark played brill, antly, scoring 27 points for the Warrior's. A FAMILIAR (42) in Weber High's 2 Wildlife needs you! Wildlife Needs You is the theme for the 41st National V!1 i life Week observance, to be held March 5. The week was originally proclaimed as Wildlife Restoration Week by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938. Wildlife needs the teacher, student, legislator, outdoor enthusiast and citizen to support protection of wildlife habitat; to join the struggle for clean streams, rivers, and oceans; to preserve disappearing wetlands; to keep our environment free of toxic chemicals; to help revitalize wildlife populations threatened with extinction; and to spread the word that the best of all worlds is one with abundant and diverse wildlife. A bird from the endangered species list was chosen for the National Wildlife Week poster. The American peregrine falcon is a symbol of the need for public concern over wildlife. In 1966 the list of endangered American animals contained 78 names; by August 31, 1977, the list had lengthened to 175. Continued survival of animals threatened with extinction (endangered) is unlikely without implementation of special measures. Learning about wildliofe habits and needs, identifying problems that wildlife face and working to solve these problems should interest all people. Wildlife Needs You. Tennis tourney features top stars With four tournament wins on the womens winter tennis tour, the doubles team of Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova is the current leading qualifier for the $100,000 Bridgestone World Doubles Championship, April in the Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah. Two of the finest, strongest players in womens professional tennis, Martina and Billie Jean combine to form an exceptionally good doubles team. They will need to be in top form, however, for the Bridgestone World Championship because their competition is also the worlds best. Only the top eight 5-- 8 teams from the womens tennis tour eleven-tourname- nt are invited to compete for the Bridgestone World Doubles Championship in Salt Lake City. King and Navratilova will find other side of the net the superb doubles teams of Betty Stove and Evonne Goolagong, Virginia Wade and Francoise Durr, Kerry Reid and Wendy Turnbow, and eight more of the world's best women players. Martina and Billie Jean will be ready. Martina has been a fierce on the MAN HIGH IN THE AIR, is Weber's Brod Hall (SO). Brad a junior, will be back next year for the Warrior's, so keep your eye on him. Hall scored 14 points coming off the bench to secure a Weber over East High in the State playoffs. THE competitor, smashing circuit marks with a singles winning streak of thirty matches. The key to my success this year, Martina explains, is not making Weber's tall, short person, was one of his teams big in guns scoring. Ray gazes off across court at the scoreboard and there is very little time left for his team to come from behind to beat Highland. Weber finished seventh in State. RAY COLEMAN, unforced errors. Ive been consistent so far. Billie Jean King is one of a kind, the true driving force behind womens tennis. King won the Bridgestone title two years ago paired with Betty Stove. Im confident, very confident of doing well in Salt Lake, she said. Ive always enjoyed the doubles competition, and the Championship Bridgestone certainly is a very significant tournament to win. The Bridgestone World Doubles Championship, sponsored locally by ZCMI, Utahs finest department store, will be the first professional world championship tennis tournament ever held in Utah. The $100,000 purse is the highest ever given a sports event in the states history. It is a Colgate AhA event, sanctioned by the States United Tennis Association and approved by the Womens Tennis Association. Wcdnesday-Thursday-Frida- y begin at 6 p.m. matches, April with Saturdays finals starting at noon. Tickets are $2 - $8 Wednesday and Thursday and $3 - $9 5-- Friday and Saturday. Series tickets for all four sessions may be purchased for as low as $12. Tickets are now on sale at the Salt Palace, Canyon Racquet Club, all ZCMI stores and the Youth Tennis Foundation of Utah. JEAN KING (above) and Martino Navratilova are favorites to win the Bridgestone World Doubles Championship in the Salt BILLIE Place, April 5-- |