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Show 20 Tuorlc Tnuisrript, Friday, February 16, 1979 Winter Sports On Downhill Run To Championship Tournaments The frenzied, hectic and thrilling winter spurts programs throughout Tooele county high schmils have lung since passed the halfway mark and are now in the windup stages as state tournaments lomn annual the comer. First to complete their season will lie the Tooele wrestlers who are comp peting in the state lieirtg held at the U of U this weekend. Buff Gals Take Over First Hand Cyprus Their First Loss (hrrcoimiig railvgaitie ittriY ami stirred ini bv 4IhI mthusiartic 4 INN pli uf supjNirtrrs, To Iwskrtlmll girls mrrmntr a 127 nesday night in tire Tin win Climn lead in the Kw. It marked Ciimn'i rn.Nl, thru staved olf a late Pirate rally to first league kiss U I hr Irani w-rai- d ilrlral (!mn tV 12. Wed chain-piiNtsiu- year and Trarrle's ststh straight victory as (lie n Mile Hulk Iwi uf lint jdace in the Region Five standings. Tiawle hat one more league same, again! and a win in Ilia! one will give Toorlc the Tooele has 10 wrestlers in the three-dagrunt and groan competition, led tiy defending champion Mark Tate, plus three other Region champions. Jor-da- Taking IF Wednesday game prosed one thing, it removed all diNiM that one player ran defeat an entire team. Kathy Pvt he uf Cyp- - ll kn't a regular on this year's Buff team, hut site gets plenty of playing lime, as Tooele continues to roll past opponent after opponent. Wright k a junior, and one of the first of the reverses to get into game action. Stienrie Wright tii? ; wat wheeling and dealing underneath the luslrt, kqit the iron ring srook-in- g during the early Suf1' has-ketlu- go-in- r s 1 t tkin who has played outstanding Valynn for Tinm-Ithis year, came up with another sparkling performance Wednesday as site helped the Buffs take liohl of uiKlisputed first place in the league standings. Hie Huffs now need just a win oser Jordan to claim tlie Region Fisc championship. basket-hal- Q And for a time it appeared that nothing Tooele could do would stop Dyvhes. The man to man defeme employed at the lieginning of the game. didn't do the jolt, then a pressing fullcourt har- rawing defense saw Tooele get burned a couple of times, and the zone and then the zone was was ineffective at first. FOR the first three minutes of the second period neither team was able to score until Tooele's Sandra Shepherd got 1x2 from the foul line. Dyches quickly offset that point with her sixth basket of the night as the Pirates fashioned that 12-- 7 lead. Then the Buffs settled down, and instead of committing numerous turnovers, their passes became crisper, their shots more accurate, and their alternated with zone, their crowns as Region champions, in addition to Tate are Phil Torres, Greg Pomeroy and Ihuit scored from in dose as Tooele took a 13-- 4 lead. Dyches shot Cyprus out in fnmt with her llth points, and Buff Valynn Atkin tied it at with 1x2 from charity lane, MOMENTS later, Atkin got anotlier point from the foul line. Hunt con14-1- 4 and a three point play by Atkin to take a 46-3- 8 lead to put the game in the bag. LIKE we said earlier, one man can't overcome a great team effort. Dy dies tanked a game-hig20 points, but with limit (12). Atkin (II). Painter (10) and Shepherd (11) Tooele was able to carve out the win. The largest crowd of the year watched this classic battle, and it was the cheering, and the Tooele band that seemed to spur the Tooele team to the win. 10 15 27 42 Cyprus Tooele 6 21 35 48 h nected, Painter canned one from in close, and limit muscled her way through a maze of arms to put Tooele in front at the half. In the third period Tooele got most of their points on long shots by Painter, Shepherd, Hunt, Marianne Cordon and Joyce Allen as they wid4 ened the margin to 35-2Hickman, Cyprus: offsetting six points 2x5 10; Bates 1 1x3 3; by Dyches, and some help Pearce 3 2x2 8; Harvey 0 by Joyce Hickman and 1x2 1; Weeks 0 0x2 0; Dyches 10 0x3 20. Totals Sandy Bates. 176x1742. Cyprus made a gallant Tooele: Hunt 6 0x3 12; run at Tooele in the final canto, getting to within Atkin 4 3x6 11; Painter 5 at the four 0x0 10; Shepherd 4 3x4 three, 39-3- 6 desome minute mark. Then Tooele 11; Atkin 1 0x0 2; Cordon fense got tougher. spurted with baskets by 1 0x0 2. Totals 21 6x14 Mel Painter and Kristi Shepherd and Painter, 48. 21-1- 5 Dale Petervui. State champions will lie crowned Saturday evening. Tooele's swimming team after porting a 16-- dual meet record is hosting the Region Five swimming and diving championships, which will wind up Fri., Feb. 16. Then it is a six day wait for the state chaniiiunshiK which will lie held Friday and Saturday. Feb. 2324 at BYU. Tooele's girls ssvimrning team is also participating with the concurrently 10)1 schedule. In liasketball, girls Tooele's all- - conquering team will leave league warfare and play Provo, Feb. 15, come back home for their league final with next Jordan Thursday and will finish league and practice Feb. 26 when they go to Davis. TOUCH SCHEDULE Tooeles rejuvinated boys basketball team, (tattling desperately for at least a fourth place finish (so they wont get k play-of- f engaged fn have three crucial game $ in 8 davs, First up is Car- lion. Thurs, Feb. 15. the following Toes, Feb. 20 they mmt travel to Union, and Fri. Frb. 23 they travel to Judge. It is a make or break schedule for the (kills. Crantsville. sporting a perfect 54) league record has a strangle hold rat the Region Nine championship, and will Iwcome the first team in the state to positively clutch a state tournament fieri h. The Pokes are three aliead uf second game place Morgan, and will prulwhlv fatten their lead Feb. 15 with a win over Intermountain who is win-les- s in the league. After Intermountain, Crantsville has a trip to Morgan Feb. 21 and will wind up regular league play. March 2 when they entertain Wasateh. In Region Eleven the Division chanii(NK are assured uf a tourney lieith, and at this date it looks like those teams will lie North Summit and Dug-wa- LEST1 , At the end of the season, all luit the champions will meet in a round-rolii- n to determine the state entries. The two division champions will play the final night of this round- - roliin to determine at state with seedings the winner lieing declared champions of Region Eleven. Dugway appear to be a shoo- - in for the title in Division 2, providing they can squeak past the resurging Miners of Pari City Feb. 16. The Miner lost six straight then came on like a blizzard, and are now the owner Bret Applegate, sensational junior for the Tooele Buff basketball team will base to continue his blistering scoring pace if Tooele is to make the playoff. Applegate, leading scorer in Region Five is also a great team man and fine rehounder. Many of his points come at the end of lob passes from his team mates, some come on drives, tome are the result of gathering in rebounds and other come from outside. post-seaso- Applegate is accurate with a wide variety of shots, with his only drawback being that perhaps he doesn't shoot enough. of a four-- game winning streak, and resting comfortably in second place. A win over Dugway Friday and ye olde Division 2 will lie all tied up. .... 9V j i Y. 2-- 3, Fifth Time A 6-- 72-1- VVl tVira shrill ment. High scorer during the y affair was Tooeles Atkin with 32 points, ac all-da- We Love Sports. . . And Can Help You Play Your Best!! cumulated in alxnit half playing time. Hunt added 27 total points during her abbreviated playing time, and was named to the all- - tournament team, along with Melanie Painter. NAMED to the team from Grantsville were Kenna Baird and Anita Palmer. Host school Grantsville finished with second, Wendover taking third and Dugway finishing in fourth place. all-st- ar This Week In Sports Wilson Championship RAQUET BALLS Reg. 2.75 Feb. 15 THURS., FEB. 15: Region Five Swimming Championship at Tooele, 10:00 a.m. Boys Basketball: Carbon at Tooele, 7:30 p.m. Intermountain at Grantsville, 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball: Tooele at Provo First day of State Wrestling Tournament 3-- A FRI., FEB. 16: Second day of State Wrestling Tournament Boys Basketball: Park City at Dugway, 7:15 p.m. 3-- A 3-- A State Wrestling Tournament TUES., FEB. 20: Boys Basketball: Tooele at Union THURS., FEB. 22: Girls Basketball: Jordan at Tooele Any Wilson Raquetball Roquet in Stock Steady and dependable players for the Buffs are Mike Lacy being guarded here by Cary Bennion. It has been the performances of this pair that has played such a major part in Tooeles drive to get on the winning side of the ledger. mental health. In a quiz am the subject, he described a mentally ill person and asked the students to give the word or words that described the illness. manic- - deExpecting as the answer, pressive he pictured a person walking around shouting at the top of his voice at one moment and sitting in a comer weeping uncontrollably the next moment. One student unhesitatingly wrote: A football coach. MERRY RMEfJ How to moke the gas company really worrv thru Feb. 24 SAT., FEB. 17: Finals of 5.00 hygiene teacher had just completed a unit on Buffalo Gals Breeze To District Invitational Title Reliable Kristi Hunt came up with her usual sterling performance Wednesday night as Tooele knocked Cyprus from the unbeaten ranks in Region Five. Thanks, to Kristi's efforts, the Buffs are in Region Five Wendover, who got the worst of the deal, when all their first round games were played at Wendover have had to play all the second half games on the road and this scheduling has hurt. The Cats have lost two in a row now, and will end their season Feb. 23 when they travel to Tin-tiThere fs no way now that Wendover can win the league championship. But they II be making all kinds of waves in the round robin which will be played in Coalville, home of North Summit, and appear Marlch to be a shoo-i- n for a tournament berth. c. , man-to-ma- n For the fifth consecu- ped past Crantsville in tive year the Tooele girls the title game 65-2basketball team reigns Tooeles all- - around supreme in Tooele Count- strength plus the brilliyance of their starters, Melanie Any doubters can check Kristi Hunt, the results of the District Painter, Valynn Atkin, (County) Invitational, held Sandra Shepherd and Joyce in Crantsville last Friday. Allen, plus the reserve TOOELE first disposed strength of Karen Daof Dugway then zip- - vies, Marianne Gordon, Sherrie Wright and Janette Taylor completely dominated the tourna- - FRI., FEB. 23: First day of 3-- Swimming Championships, at BYU Boys Basketball: Tooele at Judge USD at Dugway ALOHA, Ore. (AP) A wood stovY in the home' of Mike and Sherry Aiello lowered the couple's gas bill so much the gas company thought its meter had forgotten how to count. Not only did the gas company look again at the meter, but exchanged the device for another meter. Five months ago Aiello installed a stove in his home. The other day Northwest Natural Gas sent a man out who not only read the meter again, he took it out, Aiello said. You hear all the time about saving energy, from the electric company, the gas company and the government. Then somebody does something about it, and they think something funny is going on. The company said it was just suspicious of its meter wood-burni- Wendover at Tintic Grantsville at Morgan SAT., FEB. 24: Final day of 3-Swimming Championships, BYU Nine girls basketball tournament at Region South Summit (Kamas) California is home to more veterans more than than any other state. New York 3.3 million of them trails with 2.5 million veterans, while Pennsylvania, Texas, Illinois and Ohio in that order have between 1.5 and 17 million veterans each. MASONRY And fireplace Specialities 15 East Vine Tooele, Utahj |
