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Show ' ' r i in .i.ii ill I i Page B2 Thursday, February 26, Miners win one, lose by JENNIFER MADGIC Kecord staff writer A win isn't a bad way to finish off the end of league play. Especially when that win is well deserved. The Miners varsity basketball team finished their regular season last Friday night with a victory over the Union Cougars. Beating the Cougars 65-50, the Miners were able to bring their year record to three wins, 13 losses. Not exactly what you call a team in prime form, but according to head coach Paul Willard, the Miners weren't the caliber of a 3-13 team." W illard has been saying all season nis team is better than that With regions coming up at the end of the week, now is the time for the Miners to prove themselves. The Miners proved their strength on Feb. 20, holding the Cougars to a mere 50 points. According to Willard, the boys poured on the defense and bingo.. .the light flashed on. In the free-throw department the light was a strong one as the Miners took 23 for 3:5 attempts, shooting 70 percent. Although the figures weren't much different between the teams from the field the Miners shooting 21 for 48 and Union, 20 for 49 Park City far outdistanced the Cougars from the line. Union lost the gan -j in free throws, making only ' of 26 at tempts. "They played defense, i? was that simple," said Willard. "They got their heads back into the situation, and that's what needed to be done. We had fairly strong performances from all our players." In a game against Dugway last Wednesday, the Miners were beating a different drum, losing 83-74 to the smaller, quicker opposition. opposi-tion. "Dugway really used their quickness on us. We just stood around around and waved our arms like windmills." said Willard. "We outscored them from the field But we lost it from our free throws. We had around 10 and Dugway, 23. "We proved ourselves that our of-lense of-lense could run. We proved to ourselves we could shoot the ball. JV's end '87 season with 4-11 record In end-of-the-season games against Dugway and Union, the Park City junior varsity basketball squad stayed true to form, turning in a win and a final loss, bringing their 1987 season record to four wins and 11 losses. While the Miners were able to turn on the power and play a full game Wednesday night against Dugway, beating them 62-45, a familiar tune played in Friday night's game against Union. Union pelted the Miners into the floor on Feb. 20, with a final win of 64-41. The Miners didn't even have a chance. A mere three minutes into the game, Union kept an 11-point distance between themselves and the Miners Although the Miners were able to decrease that spread by one with a minute and a half left in the third, they were unable to decrease that spread. The Cougars inched their way along With three minutes left in the game the score faultered at 55-37. From there, the Miners all but collapsed. col-lapsed. End of-the-game numbers revealed reveal-ed the Miners making 17 of 59 attempts at-tempts from the field, compared to 24 to 48 by the Cougars. Union made it to the free-throw line 31 times compared to Park City's 13. As a result, the Cougars pinned 16 free-throw points and the Miners only seven. According to head coach Randy Godfrey, the team just couldn't manage a full game Friday night. Matt Ott and Steve Reese led the Miners in overall points, both getting get-ting eight by game's end. Rory Tat-ton Tat-ton followed close behind with seven. The two teams managed to keep turnovers and rebounds fairly close on Friday. While the Miners had 22 turnovers, the Cougars had 25. In the rebound department, the Miners got 39. edging Union by two. Fortunately, for the Miners, they have the Feb.. 18 game against Dugway to look back on as a wrap-up wrap-up for the '87 season. Those present got to witness the JV Miners in rare form winning, 62-45. "We played defense. We got after them on defense," said Godfrey. "In my pre-game talk I asked which team was going to show up tonight, the one that gave up 48 points in the first half to Wasatch or the one that gave up 37 or 47 points against Morgan or St. Jo during an entire game. Obviously the intense defensive defen-sive team showed." While the Miners pounded 28 for 55 attempts, Dugway shot 20 for 48. The Miners didn't let up as they 1987 Park Record But we didn't prove to ourselves we could play defense, that's why we held Union to 50." While Brett Benson led the team in points, scoring 17 of them, teammates team-mates Jeff Keye, Jason Schlenske, Larry Winterer and Clint Weaver followed with 16, eight, eight and seven. Schlenske was the key rebound man as he managed a total of 11 between bet-ween offense and defense. Weaver and Benson kept up with the spirit grabbing nine apiece. The win turned into a positive one for the Miners, especially with the cameras turned in their direction. Channel Two in Salt Lake City turned the spotlight on Park City for M pJi) kM Qfi Q Standing from left to right: Brigitte Price, Tricia Hurd, Stacey and Missie Willard. pressured Dugway to turn the ball over 27 times. Tony Howells and Cam Hone led the Miner offense, chalking up 19 and 14 points each with Steve Osguthorpe following close behind with 11 points. "When push came to shove, our team really took charge," said God-trey. God-trey. Cam played extremely well on both offense and defense. Howells played well and Poison ( Randy) and Vierig (Brandon) played incredible on defense. It was basically a team effort." Poison, shooting one for five from the field, was able to take up the slack in rebounds. The 6'1" sophomore managed a grand total and team high of 10 rebounds. Hone and Howells led the Miners in assists, with Hone racking up seven and Howells, four. Rounding up the stats, the Miners shot 28 for 55 from the field and four for nine from the free-throw line. Meanwhile, the opposing team managed 20 for 48 from the field and three for 10 from the free-throw line. "Dugway has two players who have been averaging 22 points a game. We were able to hold one of those guys to 11 points and the other to eight," said Godfrey. "We really took charge on the court. We never quite got over the hump in some of our games." The game against Dugway proved they could. one to finish season an evening, doing a feature on team member Jodi Wimmer . Even coach Willard said the cameras may have "helped contribute con-tribute to the win." End of the season stats show Keye leading the team in points. He has 197 for the season. Schlenske follows with 146 points; Buckner with 133; Winterer, 117; Benson, 108; Weaver, 70; and Brett Peretti, 24. Although Winterer leads the team in offensive rebounds, Schlenske leads in overall rebounds with a total of ill. Weave' follows with 82 for the season; Keye has 80; Winterer, 71; Buckner, 69; Benson 59 . and Peretti V ' ve also leads in turnovers with PROSPECTOR'S Oarloin Nightly Specials $6.95 Includes Salad Bar Located in Alpine Prospector's Lodge at the top of Main Street on the Main Street bus route 649-7482 649-3483 a team high of 42 during the season; Peretti and Winterer are tied for 2nd with 37; Buckner, 34; Benson, 27; Weaver, 19; and Schlenske, 16. The team has been busy preparing r regions being held at Lehi Feb. 26 ..nd 27. Said Willard "You can lose every game of the season and go to the round robin and if you win two you can qualify for state. We're going down there with a lot of optimism and a lot of hope that they'll see the challenge and rise for the occasion." In the first round of competition scheduled for Feb. 26, Park City will meet second ranked Lehi. 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