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Show L ... OS , - yji.i.jiiiiMiuujjujjjigjjjjWiipjjuii , '" A.Wf.vAv.v.w, GPQD?G Hilltop Times , Jan. 15, 1988 - - g- - - ' Z.JlUA mm s Division teams on the home stretch as season winds down to championship ' I ' l r C I f' ' 1 When it counts, Hill's varsitv soccer team is maW- ing every minute of action move in their favor. e The Falcons, in the thick of a battle in the Division I Soccer League, belted a tough Og-de-n Spookes team 2 last Saturday night at We- After a' series of spectacular saVes by Uris, who stands in the line of fire each outing, Beresford fired up the Falcon offense one more time as he set up a perfect pass to Pollock, who gave Hill the finale of the evening. Pollock leads the Falcon club in scoring with eight indoor goals, plus adding 10 assists on the season. With the win, Hill moved up in league standings to third place with a record of trailing only Weber State Purple, who posts a mark, and undefeated league leader Ski Mania, who sits in the top spot with In other action in the league Saturday night, Ski Mania proved why they belong in the top spot, blanking doormat club Lay ton Horizon 11-- Hill and foe, Spookes, were the only teams on tap last first-plac- 4-- ber State College's, Ogden, Utah, Swenson Gymnasium. "The Spookes don't have a very good record on the season, but they are a tough team nonetheless," said Ray Uris, Falcon playercoach. "We had to scramble to stay ahead of them." Hill's Roar Rudd led off the scoring for the Falcons, flying past a pair of Spookes defensemen to swipe the leather into the Ogden net. Only five minutes later, striker Jim Toomey added Hill's second tally, proving enough to get by their adversary. "The Spookes scored in the first half to make the game close," said Uris, the team's goalie. "But before they could tie the game we struck back and maintained the lead." Just seconds before the first half buzzer, Hill's Derek Beresford received a pass off the boards at the indoor arena from teammate Tom Pollock and slammed the ball into the Ogden goal to give the Falcons a 1 halftime lead. Both teams went scoreless during the first 10 3-1-- 0. 'I j0' 0. Ray Uris Protects Falcon net 7-- Leads team with 8 goals to claim that title." The Falcons are back in action Saturday night at . the Swenson Gym on the college campus at against fifth place Rossignol, minutes of the second half, but Ogden struck first in the second stanza, bringing them within a single strike of tying the game. tops 0 mi win the tournament for the second year a row. tf irca mm 99 Chris maid 2849th Headquarters Squadron posts a 2 mark. 7-- 6:40-p.m- um Is with a low scoring win over 421st; CRS in a narrow victory over 2849th Civil Engineering Squadron "A" 47-4- 5 and Distribution packaged A forfeit was given to CE EOD when 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron failed to field a hardcourt crew. 66-4- - Coach, Myhr 729fh TCS 9. National Loaguo CLSS took a comfortable lead over 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron and held on for a 50-4- 1 win. Scott Ambler scored 21 points for the 2952nd, including one three-poigoal. 2849th HSS was a dozen better than 2849th Civil Engineering Squadron "B" on the hot hand of Johnny Ledbetter, who pumped in 14 points in the 47-3- 5 win. 2849th Headquarters Squa- - 1 ' nt Amoriccn Locguo Test pounded Distribution in their first game after the holidays Bill Rippert sacked 26 points for the winners. Ruben Arthur canned 18 points as 6514th slipped past upstart In other American Hospital 40-3412st Tactical FightLeague games, er Squadron edged 388th Component 388th TactiRepair Squadron 45-3cal Fighter Wing bombed 2701st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron 388th TFW continued their roll 52-4- 2, 2. 7; 50-3- "Our season doesn't get any easier as we wind down to the final few games," said Uris. "Even though we're playing a couple of teams at the bottom of the league pile, they are tough and we have to play them tough to stay in contention for the division crown. We have to win the rest of our games Tom Pollock 5-- top-rate- weekend. U.S. Air Force Photos We would like to in ' :SsSS5:: Tesfl 7-- 1, 3-0- -1 3-- Intramural basketball teams are back in the thick of the action after taking a couple of weeks off due to the holidays. Only one team in both leagues has an unblemished record and sits atop the American League with a perfect 0 mark. 6514th Test is heads above the competition their closest competitor may be the next game, but only 729th Tactical Control Squadron threatens with a 1 mark. "We would like to stay undefeated and move into the intramural playoffs d as the team," said Chris Myhre, coach of the TCS club. "We would like to win the tournament for the second year in a row, but we have a slight problem that we feel we can overcome. Our top scorer, Guy Lynch, went PCS and scoring duties will have to fall into other hands." In the National League, three teams are in a tussle for the lead, a pair of them standing together. 2952nd Combat Logistics Support Squadron and 388th Aircraft Generation Squadron both post 1 records while brides- - i i i 7; dronMaintenance rustled CCSC Rich Purrington paved (Army) the road for CCQMA, getting 30 points for the leaders. 2849th Security Police Squadron concluded the week in the National League with a win over 388th Equipment Main46-2- 7. tenance Squadron 47-2- 5. Photo Courtesy Brian Anderton Top skier Patrice Anderson works her way, to the finish line in Western Region.. Air Force wife skiing in Europe Patrice Anderson has made the big time again. The Hill cross country skier competed in Lake Placid, N. Y., earning a berth on the U.S. women's biathlon team which is in Italy and West Germany competing in World Cup races this month. Anderson, one of only six women athletes who was picked to join the team, will return to France next month if she places in the top four on the team. "Patrice has made a remarkable comeback to cross country biathlon competition," said her husband Brian. "She had an injury to her back, a blown disk, and was not expected to compete at such a high level again." The biathlon competition, a grueling sport by any standard, consists of a 10-- with three rifle shooting stages and a race with two shooting stages. The 10-- race is critical; missed targets are penalized by one minute. In the shorter v . Starbirds, Test vie for over-3- 5 After two weeks of play, the over-3- 5 basketball league has two squads vying for bragging rights. The Starbirds, with dramatic conquests of the Hospital and the 84th RADES, claim a portion of first place. Their roommate in that hollowed slot is the 6514th Test Squadron. Each sports an unblemished 0 record. The Starbirds bruised the Hospital win and followed that with a with a telling victory over the 84th RADES. The Test Squadron had a couple of trial runs with easy victories over the 2-- 52-3- 6 Civil Engineering Squadron and the Hospital. The Scabs caught the Nooners at lunch for a three-poiwin in the Scabs' lone contest. However, the Nooners rebounded for a win over Civil Engineering to even their record. Individual scoring of note includes Gerald Harrison of Hospital. He acd counted for of his team's in points Hospital's loss to the nt one-thir- Starbirds. lead which made a dozen of Lund added 14 in that Kraig victory including one For the 6514th Test Squadron, Larry Wineteer scored 16 points in the dismantling of the Hospital. He also hit four from behind the three-poithree-pointe- this rs 13. three-pointe- r. nt line. In the other big performance in the opening weeks of play, Tip Slawson slammed home 16 points to lead his Nooners to a nine-poiwin over the Civil Engineers, In that game, four different players hit from the three-poinnt Al Fullen connected for 13 points in the Starbirds' 11 point win against 84th RADES. He also hit for four -- 59-5- t 0. line. K Klop Continued from Pago 5-- K K B1 Flyers.' ; Chris Checketts is the gun for the Cadets, having hit eight three-pointe- rs in the space of four games. The Centerwings have only one win to show for its first five games. However, they did tie equally suffering A-- l Uniforms. The low point came against Force 9 when the Wings lost 39 points. by ' Despite the poor showing, several players shone. Brian Norda hit for 18 points in one contest and Troy Tingey connected for three in another game for the Wings. A-- l Uniforms didn't show any better in two games. In a loss to the Space Cadets and a tie with the Cen three-pointe- rs terwings, the one bright spot was 24 points by Freddy Cook against the Wings. The Hanger Rats have little to show for three contests. A nine-poiloss to PMEL was followed by a defeat at the hands of Force 9. The Rats did come close to the Flyers, but ended up on the short end of a 46-3nt 40-poi- nt 7 contest. race, a missed target is penalized by a penalty loop. 400-met- er "I'm impressed with Patrice's dedication for this grueling sport," said her husband. "We train together. I understand what she is going through to get to this level of competition." |