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Show 17 February 4, 1999 Team ected for A by Steven R. Ford Vance Harris, the Hill Warriors basketball team coach announced Monday the final roster for the AFMC Tour- nament at the end of this month. With more than a n working roster as well as some newcomers at the team tryout, Harris faced the daunting task of pairing the choices down to just 10 players. 14-ma- The Warriors are loaded at guard where season Santea "T" McCleave leads long leading scorer, followed defensive stopper; Khalil the way, by Gatlin; point man Orlando Hill; sharp Melvin Wade; and shooter, James Canoy; assist machine, Pete Surette. Gatlin and Hill chances of making the team immensely their helped at Mountain during last weekend's Home AFB, Idaho, playing solid basketball and allowing Mountain Home's leading scorer, Curtis Mask, just four points in the championship game. "Defense has been my thing from the start," Harris ot ot mini-tourname- no short supply. This Warriors team will run on offense said. "I'm defense and rebounding oriented. They're Gatlin and Hill willing to sacrifice their game to shut people down and rebound the ball. We need stoppers." The Warriors' front line will be a little thin with only team leading rebounder, Jeffrey Blue solidly in the center position. The forwards start with power forward, Antwane Scott. According to Harris, Scott played well in Idaho, putting together spurts where he ruled the boards. At small forward, the Warriors A.T. Ross who is the most improved player have on the team. "I was really impressed with A.T. ," said likely starting guard, McCleave. "He had a monster tournament. He's really improving. He looks a lot more confident on the court." Harris added a little size to his team with newcomer, Cornell Hanner. Harris describes Hanner as a very good rebounder, which should allow the forward to fit nicely into the Warriors' team concept. With just four men with any size on the roster, the Warriors will have to rely on team speed, of which there is staff Hilltop Times bum sm&ni M nt and harass on defense, with several players including Hill, Gatlin, McCleave and Surette having quick hands. "We need to exploit our strengths, getting easy baskets with our speed and going inside when we can," Harris said. "Our big men will be key, as will getting the ball to them in good position." "Defensively, I think we can disrupt teams, especially if they're weak in the post. If they don't play strong in the post, we'll eat them alive." Harris and the rest of the team like their chances at the command tournament With just a 54 season record, the Warriors have their work cut out for them against n teams like defending AFMC champions AFB. But the Warriors are still riding the momenof tum a tournament title and an emotional win over their rivals, and everyone seems to feel confident about the upcoming tournament. "I don't want to go guaranteeing things," Gatlin said, "but if we play the way we have been playing, there's no reason why we can't win command." Wright-Patterso- Army defeats Air Force in rugby tourney years. Armyjumped out to the quick start, by Steven R. Ford leading staff Hilltop Times 5-- after only four minutes, but 0 Air Force responded with 15 unanswered 15--5. 15-1- 0. 20-1- 22-2- 0, 4-- 0. The championship match pitted the defending champions against the surging upstarts from the Air Force, a match the Air Force side hadn't achieved in three 1)1 i I I EfefB ' motoh f ' U I ' ' V : w. iMB;--, a k i I ' ci; ZZ, J Sunset- - mm mm m B i 1 36th St. i 'ds-- d -- rfaj X AFB hafb nd. ' T south S EHiGKASJ 1 l l 333-932- - r 027-230- 0 :.::;:jBlg 394-884- ! 308 E. 125 N., Morgan a 544-211- Ba-J- 2 j mm hm. m t fHKBiEK nmcuK Jeep, irn C5) I 544-580- fsuzuKil j Dodge Trucks lAi-.- Willi W J 0 :1 to : HVM W 4 RUSS CARRIGAII MOTORS, IliC. Centervllle ! 1234 No. Main, Layton wT. 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The rugby season starts in April and runs through July. For additional information, call Fansler or at home at at Ext. 0. 4 m isT "Ifs a great game for the military," Fansler of the 388th Maintenance Squadron said. "It teaches teamwork. It's 15 guys on the field and everyone plays a part It requires 25-1- 9. well-coache- , the 1960s. 20-1- 9. six-tim- Say wise. "When they called back the try it took Army struck points to take the lead to close the little of the wind out of our sails. That before half a the gap again just was our fault too. We should have played to In the second half, Air Force struck first through it." 0 to claim a commanding lead, but Rugby was created in 1823 when William Army wasn't done, crawling back into the Webb Ellis, while playing soccer at Rugby game with three kicked goals and trim- School of England, picked up the ball in Then his hands and ran with it. People saw and ming the lead to just one at a controversial call negated an Air Force began to be interested in the strange new try that would have put them in the lead game. Cambridge University adopted the at Instead, an Army drop kick turned game, popularized it and created local The defend- rules. Then, in 1871, the first Rugby Union the game around at score as was founded in London and firm rules add would another ing champs were established. time expired to take their seventh consecutive Interservice Rugby ChampiRugby began to spread across the globe and competitions emerged between onship. "It was our fault we lost," SMSgt. Craun tries. Iri the United States, the game was ' Fansler, coach of the Air Force Select played with standard rules until 1905 when backs, said. "We should have won. We the publication of photographs of a game clearly beat them in every aspect of the between Swarthmore and Pennsylvania Despite a strong showing during the preliminary round robin, the Air Force Select side fell to the defending champion Army team on Jan. 17 during the 1999 Interservice Rugby Championships held at MacDill AFB, Fla. Army entered the Interservice Rugby e defendChampionships as the match a not lost ing champions, having in four years. On the second day of the tournament, all that changed as the tald Air Force team ented and sending a mesdestroyed Army of to services. The Air rest the sage the Force Select side finished the round robin undefeated at 41-2- created a public stir. President Theodore Roosevelt insisted the game be reformed to lower the brutality, even going so far as to threaten an executive ban on the game. In 1906 the forward pass was introduced in the United States, forming the basis for modern American football. 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