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Show 8 THE sampler Mustangs lose to Wendover for regional r . pionship game matched the By Sp4 Tim Karas and Monica Moe champs, returning state against Mustangs Dugway 1-- A state The defending undeand only champions feated team in any classifica-- . tion were rudely awakened in the Regional 12 tournaheld at ment, March 1-- 10-1- A the vastly improved Wendover Wildcats. This game marked the third time this season the two teams had encountered each other. In their first meeting, December 30, the Mustangs 4 walked away with a 23 a point margin. triumph, Their next clash was on February 11, in which the Wildcats went down to defeat 2, Park City. After breezing over their first two opponents, South and North Rich Rich the Mustangs fell victims to the Wildcats of Wendover by a score of thus giving Dugway a sec80-4- 9, 60-5- 6, narrowing the loss margin by 3 points. Wendover hoped the saying, the third time 58-5- ond place finish. Even though the Mustangs went down to defeat, the team and their fans had ed is the charm, would come true. Unfortunately for Dugway, it became reality. The Wildcats outdueled the Mustangs in a seesaw, game, March 12, to claim the Region 11 championship, Most Valuable Player of the Region 12 tournament. In the three games that were played, Bruce had 24 assists, 10 rebounds, and 36 60-5- 6. The loss knocked bugway from the undefeated ranks, as they had won their- first 18 games this season, 22 games if you include their last four points, including 10 of 15 from the charity stripe. - Another Mustang, John DeWitt couldnt have been contests from the previous season. From the very onset of the game, it looked as if the Mustangs were on their wav to yet another victory. When the first quarter ended, Dugway was up by a 4 score. Larry White and Jeff Brothers combined for 7 of those points. too far behind in the voting. DeWitt notched 59 points, hitting on 11 of 15 from the line. to Dugways record fellloss after the upsetting to Wendover. Heres how the team die in those three 18-- 1 8-- games.. John DeWitt, averaging the teams high of 16.9 points a game, finally got on the scoreboard early in the se- - Unbeaten streak ends The 1983 Region 5, so-call- something to celebrate, about. Dugways Steve Bruce was selected as the 11 . ' cham rr cond quarter and upped the lead to 6 points, 104. The biggest cushion Dugway would hold the entire contest. playing time, getting equal contributions from all. Making their shots count, the Mustangs completed 51 percent from the field (23 of 45) and 85 percent from the charity stripe (9 of 15). The Mustangs, hustling on defense, often kept the Tro- jans from getting too close to the backboards. Having . . their move, Cory Millville and Bodie Peebles, contributing 2 baskets apiece from the field, put Wendover ahead, 12-1- 0. out from all the rest was Junior John DeWitt. He. scored 12 points in the first . , game. Mclnemey, taking advantage of being fouled in the fourth quarter, pumped in 6 of 8 from the line, The Mustangs were back to 2 M 29. North Rich trampled On the second night of the Region 11 tournament, the basketball past a Wendover player for the score. In the game, Kary only came away with 3 points but managed to haul down 4 rebounds in the Mustangs loss, 60-5(Photo by Mary Parks) Mustangs faced North Rich also the Mustangs. If Dugway were to win this one, they would be only 32 minutes, a game away, from pos- 6. sibly winning the region championship their' next Some closing thoughts on the season game. Brothers, 10. After starting off slow, the fuse finally lit and Dugway was once again a winner as they defeated North Rich from the line; and Gardner with 3 points. i. by Dick Whitaker 80-4- 9. Trojans conquered The game started out close, two minutes ran off the clock before a team i : History has it that in the 100s B.C., the Greeks used the Trojan horse to help them conquer the Trojans. The score went back and forth, both teams were playing intensely, using every second as if. it would deters mine the outcome of the. - game. , . r- - momentum. They outscored North Rich 0 to take a 16-1- 21 point lead, At 56-3- 5. this time, . Coach George Bruce decided to use some of his reserves. One of : those players coming in that . .came out running and equaled the scoring of the two previous quarters. Scoring 15 points in the third quarter, Dugway was how up45 to20. v ..." When the fourth quarter came around,' the Mustangs were holding a solid 25 point lead. Coach George Bruce gave;his reserves a little. made his presence known was Levi Morton, as he scored 10 points in the third quarter. Dugway didnt slack off any, as their reserves kept applying pressure, outscoring North Rich 4 to eas- ; - Cycling ily win 80-4- 9. -- The contest marked the first time this season the 1 heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) and .lung (respiratory) fitness. 5 mph 8 tiph - -- Swimming ft 300 mph. leisurely..... 300-36- 0 . ISA ' TV! i . , 400 VHS MOVIES 20 PLAYERS (10 MORE PLAYERS COMING SOONiV Anyone with a Wasatch Video Membership Card Can Trade It ' and $10 for a Lifetime Membership Card in the Adventureland Video Chain Adventureland is the Largest Video Chain in Utah. .. Now Nationwide ... Were Here to Stay!- - Good During March . , ? PER HOUR 30360' r ALL YOU NEED 92 WASATCH VIDEO TRADE-I- N Calories Used 220-26- 0 . 882-11- 24-1- Approximate' , VIDE '$31 iniMinnn irnnuiiiiimiiimTiTT . 7 120-15- 0 D-ett- es As the third quarter began, Dugway didnt lose any lost all intensity and began playing like the Trojans. After a time out, called by Coach George Bruce, they J , . manner, looked like they mph. slow stroll bn level road.. 3.5 mph -- 40-2- In the beginning of the third quarter, the Mustangs operating in a lackadaisical 1 . 17-1- 4.' y There are many people responsible for the success of those Mustangs sure put the Dugway High School teams, but there is one group Dugway on the map, and a tip never gets the credit. It that to of the Dugway Derby both is senthose who travel hundreds teams. Particularly those iors on the girls team, Paula of miles to watch the games. Eva and Lea Fletcher, and on. They do more than watchi the boys team, Steve Bruce, Their presence at the games Larry White, Steve Lundy do a lot to bring out the best. and Levi Morton. They haul students, cheerleaders and These days a person tends and do to come down on our youth much more than you would pretty hard. We seem to. expect. A lot of them are Moms group them all together when and Dads of players, a lot of something or someone goes as-them are just super supwrong. When you become ; sociated with young folks, porters of the school. I know such as those who were on that everyone at the school those teams, and those in the .would join me in saluting and the cheerleaders, them. then you really see what fine D-ett- es, . . young people we have here on Dugway. I know that you are probably up to your armpits in news about basketball, but . After the first 8 minutes of the game, fans were in for an exciting game with Dugway only leading by by three As the min-.- ; points, utes ran down, Dugway was slowly breaking away from North Rich and brought the score to 5 by halftime : , South Rich. The Mustangs came out as Walking , scored. Scott Wamsley of North Rich stole the ball from one of Dugways players and then made the first basket of the game. That event finally ended a ten year war between the two. In case of the Mustangs, the horse wasnt used but good defense and some hustling play on offense, in the end they- came out with a, 63 to 29 crushing victory over. the Trojans - from after getting a rebound, tries to put the KARY GARDNER, -- points, a perfect 2 but of 2 ; f Other Mustang scorers There were only two seconds left on the scoreboard. High scorers for the Mustangs were White and DeWitt, each having 15 points. White hit on 7 of 9 from the charity stripe, while D'eWitt made 3 of 4 from the line. Others helping put points on the scoreboard werp Bruce, 13 points, 3 of 6 in ' .1 were Jeff Brothers, 7; Larry White, and Steve Lundy, 4; Bobby Jackson, 3 and Levi Morton with 2.' Maybe the Dugway Mustangs didnt need a Trojan horse to sneak into the gym with, but I bet the Trojans from South Rich wished they could have sneaked out inside the belly of the horse, by a especially after losing 63 to 34 points whopping 43-4- 1. pointer, closing the Wendover lead to four, but it was all academic at that point. These exercises can help promote X i . free-thro- ws DUGWAYS STEVE BRUCE is on the verge of putting in a against Wendover, March 12. Steve logged in 13 points against Wendover, averaging 12 potato a game in the regional tournament, including 24 assists. His performance was good enough that he was selected as Most Valuable Player of the tournament. (Photo by Mary Parks) Jackson Lundy, 6; Bobby 2 and Jef Liddiard, points. y half and 8 in the second, giv- ing him 20 points and .5 rebounds for the contest. Kary Gardner and. Steve Bruce each had 11 points in the victory; Bruce had the most assists on the team with 10. the gap to 2 points, Then Brothers, with 6:30 left in the game, tied the. score up at 45 points apiece. Dugway was right back in the intense as ever, outscoring South Rich. 15 to 6 in the first quarter. During the second quarter, both teams doubled their efforts and by halftime the score was 30 to Others helping chip in Gardner, points were Karyand Steve Brothers Jeff 8; "a. game. The one player that stuck tributions from the whole squad, the Mustangs closed . ' line, the Trojans might have scored the least amount of points a Dugway team has given up this year, twice this season the Mustangs have allowed only 28 points a the team, Wendover increased its lead to 8 points four different times ini the . . . free-thro- w The leading culprit in bringing about Dugways defeat was Jay Mclnemey. He noticed 20 points in the second half and finished with the games high of 26. With Mclnemey guiding free-throw- s; of 7 attempts, from the line. . Also having a good onen-sive game was Steve Bruce (12 points), despite being slightly down from his average of 16.5 points per game, Larry White (10 points) and Levi Morton (10 points). ; spectable average (60 percent) from the ahead. Kary Gardner scored a two teams had met. Dugway showed North Rich that they mere 35 percent of their baskets from the field. If it wasnt for their re- 20-1- 7. playing catchup. Jr.' meant to stay rated number one in state by downing an excellent 63 percent of their shots from the field, nailing 31 of 49 attempts. The hottest performer on the court had to be John De-- . Witt (24 points); as he nailed 10 of 15 from the field (67, percent) and another 4, out to resort to taking outside shots. South. Rich made a That swing of momentum carried the Wildcats into the third quarter leading Early in the second half, DeWitt along with Steve Bruce tallied consecutive 2 pointers to even up the game at 23, one of the few times the Mustangs would be even or third quarter. Dugway never, lost their confidence, trying to make a dramatic comeback late in the third quarter. With con- v . Getting the game under control, the Wildcats made 77-5- 63-2- 9 . Jogging or Running 4 mph 8 10 mph Miii.,MHif4ii(MaiaMa.MM 800 1000 400-50- 0 . fa . f - ' Also. . . We Will Include A Free Movie Rental! ' |