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Show THE SAMPLER pn(ts Sa8e Friday, Mar. 26, 1982 champion) by Steven Hoover Needless to say that when John Witkowslds shot hit its mark giving the Mustangs a hard fought 3806 win second win by defeating Tabiona. Bruce racked up 23 points in this (me as nine different Mustangs got into the scoring column. Dugway 65 Park City 52 Another fairly easy win for the Mustangs. They outscored Park City in all but the last quarter. sometime. Who would have thought that the Mustangs would have even a shot at the title. For one thing it was a for Coach George Bruces forces and plus they were also one of his shortest teams until the arrival of Garth Lawrence. But the (me thing they didnt lack was the desire to win, which they did Witkowski scored 18 points, and Jeff Brothers cracked double figures for the first time with 10. championship. South Summit 62 Dugway 60 After leading for practically the whole game the Mustangs came up short in their opener, being outscored 15-- 8 in the final quarter. Steve Bruce led the scoring in this one by ringing up 17 points with Witkowski, Mohammed and DeWitt all hitting the double figure mark in their opening start of the season. Dugway 60 North Summit 47 After that opening loss the. night before the Mustangs traveled to Coalville where they prevailed. North Summit hit their first shot but then watched the Mustangs reel off 17 straight points before they could score again. Dugway 73 Duchesne 43 This was probably the Mustangs biggest laugh of the year. Duchesne was playing without their best scorer and die Mustangs just scored at will. John Witkowski scored a game high 86 points in this (nie, while nine others also contributed. Mustangs offense put a stall on Witkowski all night long, holding him to just four points. But this didnt keep the Mustangs from forcing the Cowboys into overtime, as Larry White hit the back end of a two-shfoul to tie the game at 49 with :03 ot seconds left. Wendover 63 Dugway 60 Wendover got its revenge after their embarassing loss at Dugway. Lawrence led all scorers with 18, Mohammed 16, Bruce 15 and Witkowski 14. Dugwy 96 Mt. Vernon 53 This team had no business even being on the same floor with the Mustangs. This was the Mustangs closest effort to the 100 point plateau. Coach Brace got another chance to play as many people as possible, with twelve players getting into the scoring column. Lawrence again led the Mustangs . with 20 points, Witkowski added 14, DeWitt 13, Rob Kroff 11 and Bruce Dugway 90 Tabiona 57 In this win the Mustangs were never threatened. They outscored Tabiona in every quarter. Lawrence led all scorers with 20 points. White and Witkowski each added 14, Mohammed 13 and Bruce : 10. The win upped the Mustangs son record to 8-- and overall 3-- 1 3. newcomer Garth Lawrence who scored eight points and had at least that number of rebounds. DeWitt led the Mustangs. with 16. . Grantsville 60 Dugway 55 This game is the closest thing that can be compared to a championship game. Grantsville, in an effort to stop the Miners in every period as they upped their league record to to 10-- league setback. This was the first game for Mustang Dugway 73 East Carbon 59 The middle two quarters is when Dugway took this one. After three period the Mustangs led by 17 points on their way to the win. For the first time this season the Mustangs had five players hit double figures. Talk about your balanced scoring Mohammed 16, Witkowski 15, Bruce 13, DeWitt and White 12 each. Dugway 62 Wendover 48 The Mustangs turned this one into a laugh early by outscoring Wendover 27-1- 0 in the first quarter. The win upped the Mustangs record to 4-- 1 and 14) in league play. Witkowski again led the Mustangs with 21 points. Tintic team. They outscored the handling the Mustangs their first The win upped the Mustangs record to 5--2 and 2-- 0 in league play. The regular four all ended up in double figures with Witkowski, scoring 24. Mohammed and DeWitt added 11 ever state Several times Wendover would move out to a comfortable lead but each time the Mustangs would close the gap. But they just couldnt close it once more as Wendover held on, Jays. . 18 times against just four losses. Here is a recap of the season that led to their .first But the Cowboys seemed to have more energy left as they outscored the Mustangs 11-- 6 in the extra period. Brace led the Mustang scoring with 14, Mohammed 13 and Larry White added 12. Dugway 71 St. Joe 46 . This was a good game for the Mustangs to come back to ater their loss to Grantsville as hey just mauled the The Mustangs rolled to their over defending champ Valley, it turned the 1981-8- 2 boskeball season into one that will be remembered for had Jew sefibacEss IMIusflainigis DeWitt racked up 20 markers in this game, to help offset the loss of Mohammed who was out with an ankle injury. Dugway 72 Tabiona 49 iy -- sea- 3. 10. Dugway 57 Duchesne 55 In the second game in two nights the Mustangs seemed to have problems coming up with points as Duchesne played them tight. Trailing by two points after three . , Dugway 71 St. Joseph 43 No contest. The Mustangs bolted to a 5 halftime lead. With the game well in hand Coach Bruce cleared his bench early in the fourth period. The win upped the Mustangs league record to 4--1 and lifted them into a tie for the lead with Wendover. East-Carbo- n 0, 0, Dugway 75 Tintic 40 All the Mustangs needed was to win. this game and they could claim the Region 11 Division 2 championship because St. Joe had upset Wendover the night before. No wanting to waste any time the Mustangs led 43-2- 0 at intermission. With about 3:59 left to go in the third period the scoreboard malfunctioned and the game time was kept by stop watch the rest of the game. There werent many people who knew the final score but Coach Roberts could be heard telling those who asked 75-4- 0. 42-1- periods, the Mustangs outscored Duchesne 2 to get the win. Mohammed led the Mustangs with 16-1- , 17, 10. 42 Dugway 54 This was a much tighter game than the Mustangs, had become accustomed to, but they built their lead 16-1with margins of 12-1and 10-- 6 over the first three periods. This win gave them a 13-- 3 record with only a game with Tintic to go. Lawrence led the scoring in this one with 20. Bruce added 14 and Witkowski South Rich 61 Dugway 51 In the Region xl championship game the Mustangs just couldnt get things together in the second and third periods where they were out-scor- ed 28-1- 4. DeWitt led the Mustangs this time with 16, Witkowski added 13, Dugway 81 Untie 55 The Mustangs raced to their third-straigh- Mohammed 12 and Bruce 10. Nine others scored at least one point in the route. t win by beating a hapless Witkowski led the Mustangs with 22 markers, Lawrence 12 and Bruce 10. Steve Bruce was later selected to the team for the second year in a row. WHkowski leads Mustangs in scoring for the Mustangs Lawrence averaged 13.5 ppg for a total of 175. He also grabbed a total .of 105 rebounds to by Steven Hoover It was kind of ironic that John Witkowski would hit the final shot that lead the team in average rebounds per gave Dugway their first ever state game (8.1). Steve Bruce, the spark that ignited championship, because he had been the Mustang that had sank the most many a fastbreak during the season was the Mustangs third leading scorer baskets throughout the season. The jumper that he hit with only average 12 ppgd. He was the most acone second left in regulation time was tive Mustang at the charity stripe, the difference in winning and possibly making 86 of 132 attempts. He was second to Witkowski in shots attempted losing in an overtime for them. The remarkable thing about the with 211, successful on 89 (42.2). Brace broke the Dugway High aschampionship game was that both record which was held by Paul sist teams were so even. Each attempted 39 shots and each had made four free Mohammed, earlier in the year. Over throws. His shot gave the Mustangs a the long hard he dished out 158 assists 17-1-6 field goal advantage. That last which computes to a little over seven a game. shot was the difference. Joe Mohammed averaged nearly 11 Witkowski finished the season with points per game while scoring 229 a total of 314 points in 22 games for an points in 21 games. He missed one with an ankle average of 14.3 points per game (ppg). game early in the season injury. He also grabbed an average of He hit 125 of 281 shots, which computes to 44.5 percent. In the free 6.3 rebounds per game. Joes best game of the year was throw department he was 64 for 100 when the Mustangs ripped Tintic to for 64 percent. clinch the division title. He scored 22 Second to Witkowski in scoring points in that one. Sophomore John DeWitt led the was Garth Lawrence who after a midseason transfer helped the Mustangs Mustang in field goal percentage by for a tremendously. In his thirteen games hitting on 76 of 138 attempts . 55.1 percent. He fired in 187 points to . average 8.5 ppg. DeWitt scored in double figures in 10 of the Mustangs games and twice was the high scorer. He also grabbed 120 caroms for a 5.5 average. Another sophomore that sparked the Mustangs much of the year was Jeff Brothers. He was a steady performer much of the season and came through with two big scoring games during the state tournament. He and Bruce also teamed up to play some of the best de- fense ever played at the state j tournament. Brothers was second only to Bruce in the assist category with 97. He scored 115 points for an average 5 PPg- - Supersub Larry White finished the season with a total of 91 points and he also grabbed the 58 rebounds while coming off the bench. He cracked the double figure scoring column twice. As a team the Mustangs averaged almost 67 points per outing while holding their opponents to an average of 52. As a team they shot a respectable 48 percent while their opposition shot at 42 percent clips. - if . . ..?. a VSr r Witkowski From Outside tournament in St. George. In addition to racking up John Witkowski was the leading scorer for the Mustangs during the four-da59 points, it was his hot hand that kept Dugway intact with Valley and his last second shot that gave the Mustangs their champion-- . ship title. y O ((-- : A 3 f.f. . W . A A -- Ll. .? i ; hQA A f 1 if f i.-v- , if. : , . o s . V'Cr AA ' , if 1 ' A. a.AW -- Aw, - A - aa r, aa v:uv. a; XAAAAA ' - ''C.v w f v A - j.A.Vv, A.:.; K ' ' r: " . , AA'; .A . . .r V V v. . ' v. . . 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