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Show Broncos edge Bucks, then bomb Beaver in home weekend mm . ?E? SAttp game sparked the run, but did not impress the Bucks. by Neil Joslin paraphrase a local, To THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday January 20, 1992 Page 9 ... iri 41' i Tanner Dowell had six pints off the bench in the pe- bearded radio announcer, if you didn't enjoy the basketball game at San Juan High School last weekend, you don't like basketball. The San Juan Broncos dodged a bullet Friday night, edging Monticello 6 on a Spencer Singer with five seconds shot jump riod and Ryan Day chipped in a pair of duces at the end of the quarter to help Monticello pull within eight points - 47-3- 9. Monticello opened the fourth quarter by capping a 14-- 4 run that narrowed the A Chad margin to 47-4Shumway bucket and Gutke's third dunk of the game put San Juan ahead 57-5- to play. 2. Then, on Saturday night, they mounted a 29- - 17 fourth-quartrun to notch over 3 win the previa ously unbeaten Beavers. Monticello Friday nights' Monticello game had all the trappings of an Alfred Hitchcock thriller you didn't know "who won it until the final er 51-4- 69-5- Lance hatch brought the Bucks within a bucket at 1 with 3:05 to play. Then Curtis Black hit a layup with 2:23 remaining to tie the game at 53. Kyler Perkins then scored on an assist from Gutke to put San Juan ahead 3 with just under a minute to play. Monticello regained the lead with :13 left when 53-5- - scene. Both teams were into the game and both were ranked number five in their division by the Salt Lake Tribune. San Juan opened an early 5 lead in the first quarter after scoring on its first Slavens fouled Robert Davis as he scored from the baseline. Davis knocked down the Johnny 22-1- four possessions. Travis Black and Singer each had eight points to pace the Broncos early, while Chad Tracy scored six for Monticello. San Juan outscored Monticello 6 in the second quarter to lead 1 at the break. While both teams struggled for pints in the period, the defense was fast and furious. A total of 14 turnovers were recorded in a quarter punctuated by a Carl Gutke hammer-dun- k which was set up when 9-- 31-2- Black blocked Dusty Hatchs shot with 3:59 in the half. Tracy tried to return the favor less than a minute later when he slammed home a missed shot by Ryan Day. Tracy's effort was denied when officials ruled the ball was till on the rim. San Juan went on an 2 run in the first 2:25 of the third quarter to lead Gutke's second slam of the 8-- 39-2- Blanding free-thro- to give the Bucks a lead, which was short 56-5- 5 lived. Singer, the man they call "Money", lived up to his nickname when he stepped up and canned a jumper with :05 on the clock to put the Broncos ahead 15-fo- ot 57-5- last-secon- 57-5- "We felt real fortunate to get the win," Bronco Coach Dennis Jones commented after the game. "We came out in the second half and lost our concentration. The kids were so busy having fun with this game that we lost focus. Monticello is a good team and you can't give them anything or they'll beat you." assistant Monticello 3. coach Bruce Adams sited Monticello 678-278- 1 587-230- 2 57-5- 6 San Juan win over Monticello last Friday. Tony Wojcik photo From the start of the final talize on Bronco miscues as quarter it was all San Juan, as the Broncos outscored a factor in the game. "We Beaver 7 in the fourth. Beaver . had 11 steals in the first half "One of the keys was the and didn't get any points Saturday night the Beaver from them. That hurt us Beavers came to town and job Carl did on Kevin Brown defensively," Coach alot. We came out in the discovered how "Gut-ke- " the Broncos Jones explained. " At can be. second half and played Beaver Brown had double well. We had a chance to The Beavers manhandled win at the end but it didn't figures and lots of reSan Juan in Beaver last bounds. Tonight Gutke held work out." month, but Carl Gutke was him to just six points and Dowell led the Bucks with under the weather then. four rebounds. Carl had 13 16 points off the bench. Saturday night Carl was board and 22 points tonight Lance Hatch was also hit fine, the weather was bad and didn't hit double figdouble figures with 10 and the Beaver's ures at Beaver." k derailed. was "This was a big win for points. Curtis Black and had Tracy us," Jones continued. "We eight points midto Gutke went work apiece, Davis had six, Ryan played on of our best games. the four had while first Brad way through Day period We got the ball inside to Bunker and Dusty Hatch and finished the quarter Carl and got good defense with four blocked shots and from everyone. We really each added two points. six points to pull the Broncos played more like a team San Juan had three playwithin five points of an and that's a good sign." ers in double figures. early Beaver lead. The Broncos are now 2 San Juan took a lead into with South Sevier and Singer finished with 17 points, Travis Black had 16 the dressing room, at the Parowan scheduled for this and Perkins had 12. Gutke half, weekend. his clubs inability to capi- added eight points, Slavens and Shumway had two apiece. 29-1- 11-ga- 8-- 31-2- SCENTED YANKEE CANDLES Spring Tune Spiced Apple Country Spice Forget Me Not Potpourri by Neil Joslin The San Juan Broncos girls basketball team per- formed a Doctor JeckelMr. Hyde act last weekend while running their record to 2 on the season. Friday night coach Cindy Days club coasted past SaturNorth Sevier day night the Broncos in a 42-3- 6 loss to the Millard Eagles, after leading by 10 points early. Junior Candice Johnson 8-- 5. self-destruct- ed had the hot hand Friday against the Wolves with 21 points, including 9 of 11 from the charity stripe. Johnson knocked down six points in the first quarter to keep the Broncos within a point at 8 after the first eight minutes. Alisa Chamberlain and Sunny Lee combined for 11 points in the second quarter to lead a 0 run that put 9-- 25 off RUGS SAN JUAN PHARMACY 1 in Blanding 65 S. Main or Monticello 148 S. Main 678-278- 587-230- 26-1- the Broncos ahead 9 at the break. San Juan increased its 34-1- lead to 2 8. Lady Broncos split weekend homestand 64-4- HEALTH CARE NEEDS Summer Holiday 6. The Bucks tried to answer on an acrobatic drive by d Lance Hatch. His layup hit the rim twice and fell out as the buzzer sounded, giving San Juan a reprieve and a 6 win. We have your Cranberry hammers one of his three slam dunks in (44) win-strea- SAN JUAN PHARMACY Pumpkin Carl Gutke 55-5- going 6-- 2 with 5:27 to play. 2 52-3- 1 by the end of the third quarter without Chamberlain and Lee, who sat out much of the period with foul trouble. However, Jayleen Laws came off the bench and, along with Britta Olson, controlled the boards for the Broncos. Johnson scored the first five points of the fourth quarter for San Juan and added another three in the quarter to help ice the win. Chamberlain finished the game with 11 points to join Johnson in double figures, while Lee contributed 9 points. Becky Hales had 20 points for the Wolves and Jeanne Hansen chipped in 12 points. Saturday night the Broncos jumped to an early 10 point lead against Millard then slumped as the Eagles fought back to trail 5 by 17-1- intermission. Millard played tough zone defense in the second half, forcing San Juan to abandon the inside shot. The two clubs traded buck- ets throughout the third quarter but Millard outscored the Broncos 14-1- 1 to lead 29-2- 8 to start the fourth quarter. Both teams went cold in the final period with Millard holding on to a slight lead most of the way. With 1:40 to play Lees bucket brought San Juan within a pair at 6 before Millard made a 2 run for the 6 34-36-- 42-3- win. just didnt run the transition the way we We should have, Bronco head coach Cindy Day commented. Millard did a good job against us inside and our outside shots werent falling. We should have been able to run against them but we didnt. We just need to get a little more hungry and agres-sive, she added. Chamberlain and Johnson led the Broncos with 12 and 11 points respectively. Lee added 9 points. Gina Robinson had 14 points to lead Millards scoring. The Broncos are off until January 22 and 23 when they travel to South Sevier for a Friday night game |