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Show I. Salted 6A Tuesday February 26, 2002 Carbon girls get ready to place in St. George RICHARD SHAW Sports editor By The Canyon View Lady Falcons would have loved1 to have taken the short drive to the Dixie Center in St George this week to further their state championship dreams. It would have seemed so convenient and so right. Problem for them was that they had to drive 250 miles north before they could make that drive and they found when they got there that no matter how tough a lot of people think Region 9 is, they were still not quite as good a team as the Lady Dinos were, as the kids from Carbon eliminated Canyon View from the fust round of the state tournament 46-3However, even though Carbon fans were thrilled about their team making the trip to the Dixie State College on Thursday, it was not pretty and the Lady Dinos had better take stock of themselves before they make the trip because they certainly cant play the way they did at home against the Lady Falcons against Bear River on Thursday afternoon at 4:10 p.m. or their dreams of a stale championship will be short lived. Canyon View, the fourth place team from their region apparently didnt know that teams that finish that low are supposed to rollover and play dead. They did everything they could to win this game, and there were several times in the contest when it looked like they could. While they never led in the game, they were almost always right there after the first quarter, ready to take advantage of the Dinos uncustomary poor play. Carbon, who have played in the warm sunlight of a weak region this year, appeared to expect the Lady Falcons from Cedar City to be much like Delta or North Sanpete; almost everyone expected a 30 or 40 point win based on Canyon Views 4-- 6 record in Region 9 and 11-- 9 record overall. It looked like a sure thing; another game against the likes of the Tooele or Uintah victories in the preseason. But it wasnt that way at all. For one thing Carbon seemed to have a hard time finding the basket But dont blame it all on the Lady Dinos; these girls from Iron County did some good things, one of which was slowing the game down to the point where the Lady Dinos could not do their famous thefts of the ball and run down the court for a score. The tactic seemed to affect the Lady Dinos in all aspects of their game. Carbons defense was still good, that is what probably won the game for them, but offensively there were few screens and many easy missed shots. If Bear River had a scout in the audience, he or she certainly took note of how to disrupt the Carbon offense, because Canyon View seemed to be able to do it time and time again.' The game began slowly as both teams struggled just a little for the first couple of minutes. Then the Lady Dinos broke away to a big lead and it did look a lot like the beatings they handed some opponents early non-regi- the season. At the end of the quarter the Dino gym was rockin in and fans were waiting for the 19-- 8 score to turn into 80 to 40 by the end of the contest. It looked like another big blowout in typical Dino fashion. However, that is when Canyon View changed their game, and Carbons in the process. They must have talked to Snow Can- yon about the victory they achieved against the Lady Dinos earlier this year because they started to play in much the same way; deliberate and to a large extent slow. The second quarter looked like the Battle of the Marne in World War I; trench warfare with both teams attacking but neither gaining much ground. In the end Canyon View had actually held Carbon to 7 points, less than Chelsey Warburton usually gets in a quarter by herself. Meanwhile the the Lady Falcons had not done much better, but they had done better. They had scored 10. Still behind going into the locker room, they had to take strength from the thought that they had held down the third and ninth leading scorers in the state. Carbon fans saw the whole thing as an aberration; surely the girls with the white and blue uniforms on would come out and blow these from Cedar City away in usual fashion and all the home town fans could go home happy. But the Lady Falcons still winged their way in the same direction. They did not out score the Lady Dinos in the third quarter, but they did not let the kids from Carbon score much an them no-nam-es either. The second quarter had been anemic for Carbon and the third period wasnt much better as they posted only 11 points, three better than the kids from Iron County. In fact the fourth period was worse for the Carbon girls. Canyon View started out foe quarter very strong and got the score within two points, a small deficit which they held onto for what seemed an eternity. But a hero for Carbon finally did emerge in the last four minutes, help to put the game away for good. That was freshman Morgan Wuburton. Her older sisters had had a tough time of it this evening. Chclseys scoring was well below normal and sister Cassie, whose hard nose play usually gets her a bushel of points, had not had a normal game. Canyon Viewhad taken the two older Wuburtons seriously and done much to foul up their trips down court But Morgan was a new entity which they seemed to know little about The Falcons laid a big egg on that one. Morgan not only popped in a - three pointer toward the end of the game, but she muscled in a two pointer from the right side after a rejection by a Canyon View player, that also set her up for a foul shot Then she began to run the offense from the point guard position and controlled the ball very well. Finally she also blocked two shots foie Falcons casted up in the last two minutes preserving the victory for the Lady Dinos. But even with these heroics, the Carbon squad still only managed nine points in foe final quarter. As Carbon fans hoped this was only a down game for the Lady Dinos and not shades of things to come, reflection must be made on how the rest of the state Region 8 teams fared on Saturday night Carbon will be the oily representative left when foe games start on Thursday. Snow Canyon more than doubled up on Emery 51-2- 5, Hurricane crushed Lehi 50-3- 5 and Dixie disassembled Delta 74-3-5. These scores show the weakness of a state playoff system that lets just about everyone into the tournament in the first round. Carbon is actually in the eaty bracket if there is such a thing. Wasatch and Moigan, considered the two biggest powers in the state this year, are in the lower bracket In facing Bear River they face a team that beat Morgan just last week and unseated them from their lofty top team ranking in the state. The Lady Bears are a tough team led by the second leading scorer in tire state 6T Courtnie Woemer. Caibons speed and agility should win out, but only if thity play their best The Tremon tons team record is 19-- . In other games on Thursday Snow Canyon (21-(also in 3. 1) Carbons bracket), will play Union (15-- at 5:50 p.m. 7) In the kwwr bracket Wasatch takes on hometown Dixie (21-(16-6- ) at 7:30 p.m. and George Hurricane (17-6-) hooks up with Morgan (18-2- ) for the night cap at 9:10 pjn. If Carbon gets by Bear River, they could have a chance to make up for a loss in the Emery Tournament to Snow Canyon. . lb beat Bear River, Carbon must be at the top of their game. This is what they have worked for all season; it is also what they have been after since taking seo-on- d in the state in volleybalL They want to see Morgan one more time this year. 1) .'W' CtrbavLCsipto Chelsea Warburton Morgan Wuburton Garae Warburton : Lauren Reaveley Danielle Julian . o Stephanie Cox Brittany Poliasfro 13pts. llpts. . . 6pts. 4pts. 4pts. '4pts, 4pts. Morgan Wartiurton goes up for two of her 11 poiiTts against Canyon View's Sadie Rose in the first round of the state I! W in ByRICHARDSHAW Sports editor . A:--- ' The Carbon High boys baa-- , ketball team went a lot farther than drey did last year. Last season they placed dead last in Region 9, totally out of post season 41-2- competition. team on the Flyers home court in St George. Unfortunately that is where their season ended with a 0 loss to. the Washington ' County team. But foe score1 does not show the fight the kids from Carbon ... County put up. In fact in the first half there were times that the Fty-- . ers had to wonder if this team had been seeded wrong. The game began with Carbon playing big and running neck and neck with foe Flyers. In fact at the end of the first quarter the score thawed the Dinos leading the hometown crowd by two .. points The second quarter began : with foe Dinos continuing to lead 92-6- W , Carton's Danielle Julian triesto hold onto the ball in a tog - playoff game on Saturday evening. The game ended up with tfo Lady Falcon's SarraMeIliii during ttwstats ing a tough test for Cartxxi ,; f' t 16-1- 4. be-of- S VtoVhaa mb folk a a i TM Isfowtoft Pith m 1 for a few minutes but then the Ftyenstartedfowdlffly.Bdhind foe scoring ofAdam Christensen, andjbm Whitehead foe Dixie squad built up a 8 lead by halftime.' After foe halt it seemed that Carbon just could not get back on top. In the third quarter Dixie . put in 28 points smile holding Carbon to 17 inthe period. 1 , The fourth quarter was no better for foe Dinos. The Ftyen kept cruising and out scored the Car- -' bon kids 5 in foe final period. ' Carbon was led by Jeff Jewkes with 17 points. Mint King also contributed big time by putting in 16 in the game. ', However there were many bright spots in this season. The team had an overall record of and came, away with a state ' k. playoffbirfo. One of the important things about thisyearsteamwas tire baF . anoe they had. The leading scorer ; in any gmne could have been one of four different players, and of--' ten the ones who didnt lead the . " Thisvearfoey made it to state but had to face a tough Dixie f tournament on Saturday night at the Dinogym. Cation now goes to St George for the final nunds. .V , : 23-1- '.!".' . 8--13 - -- scoring did well in that category and contributed rebounds and assists. The team defense on thisj team was also better than last; i ; yean squad.. ( sCsanEals fJtyfe.Willson Out " I i .1.:76 pts.4 Jeff AndersoriJ Jake Wood.ji--J- MattHough Jan Jorgensen"! ZadiHenseler ptsi pts pts. ;: pts. 2 pts.', t v E"W 0 f" LuJj 1 A Team' ail Wbnv Lost :x Pfct |