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Show Te FEBRUARY 7, 2001 WASATCH COUNTY Al3_ COURIER JAZZ MIDSEASON- Lady Wasps Continue Winning Ways REPORT CARD “he annual "NBA allstar game is almost of the year, however, is Donyell | Marshall. Confined to Jerry Sloan's © upon us, which doghouse earlier in the year, _ Marshall has simply been Utah's means the season is already half over. best player over the past five weeks. He's a tenacious rebounder, hits At the time of this article, the open shots, drives the lane, and Utah Jazz were clinging to a slim plays tough defense. He's making lead in the Midwest Division — and Kevin O' Conner look like a genious. most people think the Jazz are havPower forward: C-: Is this the ing a tough year. They'll beat the year Karl Malone finally acts his Lakers one night, and get blasted by age? Malone has been awful this: Milwaukee the next. year, shooting horribly from the| _ Truth is, Utah's record is current- ~ RUSS RIGGS ‘SPORTS | a he Lady Wasps plough region 10 their last © From continued way week, there, Wasatch used _ it’s tremendous foul shooting to go 13 of | 18 in the fourth quarter to Bt out the EDITOR ten point victory. to through defeating - Union 57-47 and Park City 59-45. On Friday, Wasatch used the trian- — gle and two defense to shut down . Union’s big guns—Jeanine Nelson and _ Jackie Labrum. | _ “Roger (Pyper) is really eo at putting the kids in pressure foul shooting situations in practice—we have a couple drills that we run,” Carlile said. . On Wednesday, the Lady Wasps travelled to Park City without head coach Roger Pyper, who was suspend- ed for one game after being. Ficcled. against Lehi. Wasatch didn’t miss aa beat with junior varsity head coach and varsity “Jeanine is excellent, but we held assistant Carlile, taking down the rival her to only eight points,” Wasatch _assistant coach Marje Carlile said. “It _ Miners by 14. Of course, it didn’t hurt that was Ashley Whiting’s defense that was Fackrell netted 25 points and ee _ key for us — but the rest of our kids : played good defense as well.” | down 12 rebounds. field, playing lackluster defense, and ly on par with the ‘97 finals team and -“| think we played pretty well — we Tied at 11 at the end of the first quarlooking disinterested at times. He | last year's second round exit team. sirubaled at times, but Park City is ter and up seven at halftime, Wasatch will have an occasional 30-point| _This may be a bit deceptive, howevalways tough. We hit on all cylinders in caught fire in the third quarter and went night, which proves there's still — er, considering the Jazz's easy the second half,” Carlile said. ~~ up 36-28 going into the final period. something left in the gas tank. schedule thus far and their fast start Leading 22-16 at halftime, the Lady However, Wasatch had an unchar- Whatever the case, the Jazz need in their first 20 games. Wasps never let up and hit on 27 of 30. acteristic let down in the fourth quarKarl to step up his play if they plan | Whatever the case, it's Go shots from the foul line as they cruised — ter and Union took a 43-41 lead. on competing for a title. and time to give out some grades — to another easy victory. Fortunately for the Lady Wasps, Liz Danny Manning has also played and see who's responsible for the. “Ashley Whiting went eight for _ Turner and Shalee Fackrell, who had some forward this year, and has hit good and bad. eight. from:the foul line, she really kept 18 and 15 points respectively, caught occasional open jumpers. Scott Point guard: B+. John Stockton us in the- game,” Carlile «said. “We. fire and Wasatch was able to regain Padgett could be a 20 plus point playhas simply been amazing this year, stepped up and hit our free throws.” the lead. surpassing performances of even - er a night if he applied himself — in a Wasatch will host Lehi this Friday — “It was a good game, and they hada church league. Utah needs to cut their five years ago. He's still one of the in it’s last region game before finishgreat crowd. It was senior night for best floor generals around, and has. losses in this case, as Padgett has ing up the regular season with Emery them, and they didn’t want to lose. We proven he's not an NBA caliber player. the highest three-point percentage on Tuesday. just got tired and let them back into Center: D. Don't ge. me wrong, I in the league. He's shooting over 50 Both games will begin at 7:00 p.m. the game,” Carlile said. like Olden Polynice. But does he - percent from the floor as a guard, really need to throw his arms up which is truly amazing in this day after every lay-tip? Come on Olden, and age. However, he hasn't lost just on act like you've been there before. defense, and opposing guards will constantly light him up for doubledigit numbers in scoring. Polynice has been very inconsistent, and he's on the same level as Shaq one.. step bul. three or four Swimmers To Compete At State stroke), Billy Hicken (fly, 50 freeRUSS RIGGS SPORTS EDITOR does bring intensity (when he's not stroke, 100 freestroke), Roger Pearson (200 freestroke), and Eric good replacement for Howard — being a sheriff) and can hit the occasional baby hook. Mansfield (200 treestroke, 500. freeEisley, and is playing 20-plus min| his weekend, the Wasatch Greg Ostertag has seen his min~ stroke). utes a night considering Stockton's . utes drop with Manning seeing play“We've accomplisned our goals — age. The addition of John Crotty | men’s and women’s swim our team has improved each year. from the injured reserve should — ing time at the center position, and _ teams will compete at the 3A state would make a nice compliment to People know who we are, and want to help. . Padgett on your hometown church compete with us,”. Daniels said. Shooting guard: C. The addition of _ tournament held at BYU. team. He's a space-filler on the court ~ “Hopefully people will Say, ‘where did veteran John Starks was a good one, at best. 33. this Wasatch team come from?” but everyone knew he was inconsis- “Swimming is an interesting sport. In short, if the Jazz want to comAlthough the Wasps are very tent coming in. Starks has lived up to We train for 26 weeks to compete for pete’ in the Western Conference about a minute and a half,” Wasatch - young, Daniels feels like his team will his billing, leading the Jazz in scoring where any one of seven teams could perform well — especially considerone night and being invisible the -- swimming coach Keith Daniels said. make it to the finals—they'll need next. He recent offcourt problems “There’s only one meet we try and win | ing the tremendous pool conditions at Malone to step up, Starks to stay conBrigham Young University, which can aren't helping, either. — and that’s state. We run everything sistent and help at the center position. peel crucial seconds off of swim Second-year man Quincy Lewis else statistically.” Too much to ask? Maybe. Without times. has simply been awful, and was — The top 24 times at the region tour these improvements, however, the > “Swimming is a “sport where you recently placed on the "injured nament qualify for state, and seven Jazz won't survive the first round. have to stick with it for four years to reserve" list and rookie DeShawn Wasatch swimmers will participate swim at your best. It’s a long, drawn this weekend. Send your fan mail to our sports guy: sports@wasatchcountycourier.com out process,” he said. “B‘’U’s pool is For the girls, Angie Binkerd (100 one of the best in the state. We get yd freestyle) and Bridget Anderson some very good times out of oc (100 yd backstroke) will represent the pool. 2 Wasps, and the boys include Max Friday’s meet ins at 4:00 D. m., - Seawright (100 freestyle, 100 backees meet starts at 11 00 Anderson | and stroke), Chad © a.m. | (Breaststroke, 50 freestroke, 100 free-_ Jacque Vaughn has been a when it comes to free throws. He fairly CAL Bring in your sports questions to Arby’s = and receive a FREE sandwich item. Arby s ba 41245 we Main Heber City, UT. (435) 654-6444 ae Ss ‘aia se tling @ Region (Union) ee | Ty Stevenson. has. proven he! S light years away from being a solid contributor. Small Forward: A-. Bryon eel has been his usual self when not injured, hitting three-point shots and 3 playing tough defense. The surprise | RUSS RIGGS — SPORTS COLUMNIST |