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Show " m f AV . yrf ' .fl JPEltS 8 THE SAMPLER fifth': at Dugway girls placet. by Sp4 Tim Karas With the guidance of first year Coach Dan Pitcher, the Mustangs galloped into February 23, for the State Girl's Basketball Tournament and rode away, February 26, knowing they had placed fifth out of 16 Ka-ma- s, 1-- A teams. After winning their first over Beaver, .game Dugway lost a nip and tuck 6 decision to Piute, then rebounded back to nail 6 and Green- River 69-2- 8 51-4- 58-4- - Wayne 55-5Dugway High School Principal Bob Kroff summed up their performance by stating, "Ever since the girl's 3. basketball program started, motion. Which in turn cost them dearly in the first two quarters, as the Mustangs Beavers fall the fullest. didinthosefourgam.es. pressed their advantage to Guiding the awesome first State Coming into the Tournament Basketball Girls 1-- - A overall record, with an seated number one (Region 11) in their quarter of the 8-- 1 bracket, Dugway 16-team clashed with the Beavers of Beaver on February 23 at Kamas, on the South Summit hardwood : When the Mustangs were finished with Beaver who took a dive Dugway was one step closer to a possi69-2- 8, ble championship. From the very beginning of s X, Wh afternoon was not to be their day for celebrating. After leading the game for the first three quarters (12-and Dugway finally yielded to the hustling play of Piute to lose The main cause of that defeat is credited to one indivi-duwho really excelled beyond the rest of her teammates in the production of putting points on the score-boar9, 28-2- . ,f ' ' d. That player was Piutes Leslie Magnuson, a senior. She pegged in 35 of her teams total of 51, 20 of those when the team needed them the most, in the second half. Dugways offense seemed to have run out of fuel or energy, as the players who helped give them 28 points in the first half (Monica Moe, 8; Marianne Wilde, 6; Robin .Hunt, 8; Kathy Keetch', 6) were stifled the remainder of .the game. None of those previous mentioned players would score more than 3 points in the second half, althoughLea Fletcher helped pick up some of the slack, coming off the bench, as she contributed 6 points worth. Totals for the game had Monica and Robin tied for the most Dugway points with 10 apiece: Two of Monicas points were from the line, while Robin hit on hers from the field. Next in scoring were Cathy and Marianne with 9, each scoring a point from the line. Other scorers were Lea with 6, two of them from the line, and Paula Eva with 2. The Piute team would later go on to lose their next two games which still gave them a fourth place finish at state. As for Dugway, they would try and take their aggression out, for losing, on their next opponent - Green River. for the game was Robin Hunt with 1 1, followed by Marianne Wilde, who fouled out early in the second half or she might have had even more points, 10; Cathy Keetch, 8; Paula Eva, 6; Lea Fletcher, 5 and Pam Holman, 4. In. winning, Dugway free-thro- w be- all-o- came the only representative from Region 1 1 to advance on in the winners bracket as South Summit, North Summit and Park City all lost. The next stop for the .Mustangs was Piute who nailed Duchesne 4 to set up this 45-2- confrontation. Thunderblrds win V: v v s .'t. i . ' ,v- , ; i. ' . , On February 24, the Mustangs of Dugway encountered a fierce squad of players from Piute, the Thunderbirds as they are called. J If the Mustangs could i.up victorious, they would have been assured of nothing less than a fourth r outreach a Green River player for while the basketball, getting assistance from her teammates Robin Hunt, No. 30 and Monica Moe, No. 12. (Photo by Mary CATHY KEETCH tries-t- come -- Parks) ), al sider that Beavers grand total was only 3 points better at 28. Second high point gatherer - 38-37- 1, 51-4- 6. . seemed to be moving in slow v half charge were Monica Moe and Marianne Wilde, scoring 14 and 10 points respectively. Others contributing to the fireworks were Robin Hunt with 7, Lea Fletcher with 5, Paula Eva and Cathy Keetch with 2 apiece. Those points added up to 40 for Dugway, while Beaver who came into the tournament with a 4 record, was limited to a scant 8 tallies. Beavers offense finally got rolling in the second half, but not very fast, as they more than doubled their first half total of 8 with 20 points. Monica Moe who was averaging almost 19 points a game coming into this contest, logged in 1 1 more points and finished the evening with 25. That outburst, respectable any time, was even more meaningful when yoq con- place finish at State. But this 4-- , placed at state." state tournament j first time ever The following is a summary of how the Mustangs the contest, Beaver performed with a lackadaisical attitude of play. The team approximately eight years ago, this is the first girl's Mustang team that has " : f Mustangs rebound i After losing for only, their second time all season, out of eleven games, the Mu. stangs rebounded from the Piute game and smashed the MAQUirJES-QISOS-TAPE- 54 RENTAL S SOUTH MAIN X82-074- 4 vl points Dugway would put on theboard. At the end of the third quarter, Dugway found itself up 2 before putting the game out of reach in the final quarter, outscoring Green River 19-giving the Mus1 a tangs victory. Two players who were kept from scoring in the first half, got hot and flushed in 19 points. They were Paula Eva and Robin Hunt, notching 10 and 9 points respectively. High scorer for the Mustangs was Marianne. She hit' the net for 19 points, nailing 9 from the field and going 1 for 2 in That output was, by far. One of her better performances this season. Coming into the game, Marianne was averaging 13 points' an outing. Next in scoring was Monica, who saw limited action. She pegged in 14 points, 8 of those in the last quarter after Coach Dan Pitcher gave her a bit of a breather - 4 a. jrihnwi 9, 2 Free Discs As Low As $5.00 per day! 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She continued her superb performance of making freethrows, going 2 for 2 in the Wayne game, while making her last 12 attempts over a four game span. All of Cathy Keetchs scoring came in the second quarter, as she nailed in three baskets from the field, giving her 6 points. Others .contributing in scoring were Robin Hunt Dugway away with a hard earned ..Victory, February 26, 'as they edged the Badgers of Wayne 3 to 55-5- claim sole possession of fifth place. and Pam Holman who each tallied up four points lworth. Lea Fletcher finished off the scoring with 2 points. Playing in their last Dugway game were Phula and Lea, both seniors. Coach Dan Pitcher stated, "They both will be missed next . . year. Without them this year, we wouldnt have won as many games as we did." 14-1- 1. in the Early 2- w second , V- Nt 1 - vV , - 54 So. Main The Store That Service Built TO . s .. TV . m v. ,4 0 , a I V i. 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High scorer for the Mustangs was Marianne who had 16 points, including two baskets from the charity stripe. She finished the season averaging 13 points a game, the same average she had in the games played at state. Second in scoring' was Paula, having her best game of the season. She finished with 15 and hit on 3 of 4 line. In from the free-thro- w 1 . "L 4. discs 4 Stereo Model score 35-3Dugway was constantly in jeopardy of losing their lead, but managed to stay at least shootdisplay of ing, hitting a perfect 6 of 6 from the line. tured timely steals by the Dugway players and forced mistakes on the part of the . anne Wilde, making the the third quarter. Monicas points included a brilliant points, . breakaway pass from Mari- free-throw- s. quarter, Dugway Coach Dan Pitcher called a time out to try and get his players fired up. This tactic seemed to . We Rent Video Equipment Comes With Free Disc From Selected Group of Movies 29-2- 8. I ,g;oc Over 500 Movie Titles In Stock In Tapes and Video VIDEO DISC 1 almost deadlocked with1 Wayne holding a slim point advantage, A few minutes into the third quarter, Paula Eva put the Mustangs ahead for good with a two point basket on a 58-4- '"T '' work, as the Mustangs offense started operating as a whole unit, not as individuals. Dugway scored 17 points in the second quarter, but their defense needed tightening up, as the15Badtalgers came away with lies. At halftime, the score was 39-3- "Marianne lead the way with " 6 baskets, followed by Moni- feeding it to Marianne Wilde, Monica Moe, and Cathy Keetch. They all scored from the field, as ca with three and Cathy with two. While the second half fea- anoa steals led to baskets, 3 of 9 scored from the field this half. The forced mistakes were in the form of penalties, which directly accounted for 16 of the final 36 tournaComing into the 10-2 Rea had ment, Wayne 14-- 4 12 overall. record, gion Knowing that the Badgers had knocked off a lot of teams, the Mustangs players expected the game to be extremely close. Thats just what they got. At the end of the first quarter, Dugway found themselves down by 3 Pirates of Green River by a score of February 25. In the first half, Dugways slight edge was due to con- trolling the basketball while VUE) Green River team. The Badgers came edged 58-4- 1, ii . ' -- ' .. m The Mest famous Basket the Wwll Nina Butler 882-27- 1 1 1 J I. nng&fTBKFA&ur 'zr."-urji-t. . J |