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Show I 12 The Salina Sun, Wed., Dec. 11, 1991 I NSHS Wrestlers finish strongly in Piute Tournament 16-tea- m Wrestling season is getting a good start at North Sevier as the Wolves were defeated on Thursday in Beaver but they came away with a strong finish at the Piute sixteen team tournament with third place. At Beaver the following wrestlers participated in the varsity matches: 103: Aaron Poulson lost by a score of 16-- 112: Jamie McKenzie was pinned early in the match. 119: Marty Trapp pinned his opponent in first round. 125: Jessie Nielsen also pinned h;s man in the first round. 1 30: Pat Coons lost by superior decision, 14-135: Ryan Baker lost a close match, 0. 2-- 4. 140: Craig Thurston was pinned in a tough match. 145: Robert Baglcy pinned his man in the first round. 152: Brandon Sorensen lost a close match 160: 4-- 8. Brett Sorensen pinned in second round. 171: Dustin Deaton lost by a fall in second round. 1 89: Jake Bastian had an exciting pin in the first round. UNL: Wes Andrcason lost by fall. The team then went to Panguitch for the weekend and took third place overall at the 16 team tournament that brings a lot of good wrestlers together early in the season. Piute took first with 214 points. The Delta JV Rabbits finished 172 points and North Sevier finished with a strong third and 163.5 points. Dixie was fourth with 150 points. According to coach George Chappell, this was a good tournament with some tough wrestlers. As far as North Seviers team was concerned, this is a good tournament where wrestlers have to start getting serious about getting ready mentally and physically, some wrestled better than I thought they would and others learned that you have to get ready, said Chappell. Brett Sorensen and Jake Bastian both took first place at 160 and 189 pounds respectively. Robert Bagley took second at 145. Jessie Nielsen took third at 125. Marty Trapp at 119, Ryan Baker at 135 and Craig Thurston at 140 all placed 5th at the tournament. Aaron Poulson took 6th at 103. Chappell was impressed with the efforts of Aaron Poulson and Doric Bagley as they did much better than their experience level at this kind of a tournament. The Wolves will host Delta on Thursday in Salina. The J V matches will begin at 6:00 and varsity will begin at 7:30. There should be a full JV schedule so there will be a lot of wrestling that night. Delta is tough this year as they consistently are each year but Chappell stated his team should be able to wrestle well with them. We will make the hustle for they get, he said. It is still early in the season but Chappell feels his team is about where they want to be. The kids are waking up and wrestling better as they gain experience in each match, he said. lose to Millard, but dump San Juan, 9 NSHS Wolves 72-5- North Sevier played Millard for first league game on Friday and come up short in the end but turned it around and played strong the team they beat out at the region and slate tournaments last year. North Sevier did come out early on Fridays game against Millard with a fast start and pulled ahead 1 5 early in the first quarter. Most of the scoring was done Nathan Hallows and this shooting caused some defensive changes that upset the Wolves for the rest of the evening. The changes in the defense play cd a man to man defense against Nathan while the rest of the team plaeu zone and this changed the momentum of the game for the rest of the night for North Sevier. 1 -- According to coach Craig Gladwcll a couple of things hapThe rest of the team members pened. were a little more open for their shots and this made them hesitate. Because they were so open they forced the shots and when they missed they also lost thcirconfidcncc. This problem was aggravated when the pressure was on them to score because Nathan was in a man to man situation and they were taken out of their game plan. Anotherproblcm of the night were early fouls on Lance Mickelscn. He got his third foul called against him in the second quarter when he was taken out. These moves and momentum shifts put the Wolves down 24-2- 0 at half. The third quarter was much of the same way. The Wolves were unable to make un changes and Lance stayed out with the foul trouble for much of the third quarter. Millard went up 1 2 points and then with three minutes to go in the quarter Lance went back in and scored 7 points. This brought the Wolves to within five, 41-3- 6 at the end of the quarter. The fourth quarter was close and well fought by both teams. The Wolves fought to within three to eight points for much of the quarter but with about a minute and a half left Lance fouled out of the game and this took much of their cause with him as Lance was doing most part of the scoring away from Nathan. This defensive switch was not new to the Wolves as Gunnison employed this technique earlier this year. This kind of defense opens up some shooters but the pressure of having to score is too much on experienced players at this point in the season. They have to learn to step forward and take advantage of the situation and this will come with time, said Gladwcll. He concluded that this will not be the last time they will see this defense. Nathan Hallows finished thegame with 19 points and Lance had 15. The final score was 54-4against the Wolves. It was closer than that until right at the end with some last minute fouls. On Saturday night the Wolves hosted San Juan. This was the game I was concerned especially after Friday night explained Gladwell. San Juan returned many of their starters from last year and this was the team North Sevier defeated for the championship games at Region and State. We knew they would be up for us, said Gladwcll. Fortunately a different team showed up on Saturday than on Friday for the Wolves. Gladwell felthis team played with more intensity, and desire to play and to win and even thought we didnt get balanced scoring there were several that stepped forward and contributed said Gladwell. 6, Ryan Roberts was much more aggressive on Saturday plus they had help from Rhett Hallows playing much of the game as a Sophomore and Jcremoy Ivie play was consistent on defense. San Juan pulled ahead and lead 1 at the end of the first. North Sevier started slow and that didnt help the fact that San Juan is a team that shoots three pointers and they made three of them in the first quarter. North Sevier then turned this around by tightening up the defense on the perimeter and this move helped Then there to tie the game at 28-2was a strong finish in the last minute as the Wolves stole the ball twice for two quick layups and then Lance Mickelscn hit a three pointer at the buzzer. This put the teams in at half and North Sevier was ahead 35-2In the third quarter San Juan kept themselves in the game with three more three pointers. This shooting brought them back to within four points with North Sevier maintaining their lead 49-4- 5 at the end of the third quarter. Midway through the fourth quarter San Juan pulled ahead by one but this was a different game for the North Sevier Wolves as they kept there composure and pulled back into the lead. San Juan, on the other hand, lost a little of their composure with a couple of technicals. The last one was worth four points and the ball out of bounds which definitely had an impact on the finish of the game. North Sevier finished the game A well fought ball ahead, 72-5game. Gladwell felt his team played consistent ball defensively, by making good adjustments on the floor. We didnt do this on Friday com- - Wolves Take on Beavers This Week The North Sevier Wolves won one and lost one last week as they toppled to the Millard ball team, and then won over San Juan. This week they meet Beaver in a Home Game. UDOT says Salina project is 2 to 3 years in the future 17-1- 8. 8. 9. Salina City officials have been wondering when the Utah Department of Transportation would get around to the reconstruction project which it had planned for the summer of 1991 for Salina. Rep. Brad Johnson was asked to look into the matter. He did, and both Johnson and Mayor Andrea-so- n received a letter from Clinton D. Topham, Director of Planning for UDOT. Topham said that UDOT has been involved in reconstruction projects in Panguitch, Ephraim and mented Gladwell. Those in double figures were Nathan Hallows with 34, Lance Mickelson with 21, Ryan Roberts with 11. Inexperience on the varsity team is holding back some of the players and their scoring. Ryan showed some progress in this last game and Gladwell feels as the season progresses others will become more consistent in scoring. The Wolves will play Beaver in Salina on Saturday and this will be their only game this week. Beaver is an experienced team as only two seniors left last years team and neither one of them were leading scorers. They have a tall, physical, experienced team. It will be a tough ball team said Gladwell. I think we are starting to realize that we need to pick up our intensity and play together better. Also to be willing to accept your role during the game but also realize that there are somethings you have to do like de- offense, said fense and team Furniture Electronics Manti, and that the Panguitch project has become much more complicated than was expected. He added that it had been hoped the Salina project could be completed this year, but the way things are looking now, it will be between two and three years before the project can begin. Topham said that it would be foolish to install the four way traffic light at the Salina intersection, if when construction does begin, the light would have to be removed. Caldwell. Turnovers have been a deciding factor all season for the Wolves and we need to cut down on them. Gladwell feels this will become the key to their season: ball control and cutting down on the turnovers. The Wolves had 23 turnovers on Friday and 21 on Saturday. That is a lot as it should be 14 or 15 to be consistent. Shooting percentages - I vv - - unmso Basketball Tournament set There will be an alumni basketball tournament at North Sevier during the Christmas Holidays on December 27 and 28. The North Sevier Studentbody Government members are sponsoring an Alumni Basketball Tournament this year. This is partly because of the interest in the traditional alumni football game and their desire to play a basketball tournament. The teams will be split every two years down to the year 1973 and those who graduated that year and before will all be placed on one team . Players are encouraged to organize their own teams or if individuals One of the most functional Christmas gifts that you will ever purchase will be a computer. We are now in the computer age and wherever you look you will see computers. Almost Every Aspect Of Life Home We can customize the , NSHS Alumni weekend were: Friday the Wolves want to call the school they can sign hit 1 3 of 39 from the 2 pL range; 511 up and will be placed on a team. You in the 3 points range, They were 5 of didnt have to play on the basketball 9 from die foul line. Millard was 17 team to be eligible to play in this of 27 from the foul line. We need to tournament. Every team will be guaranteed three games over the two go to the hoop and draw the foul just as much as the other team, said days. Gladwell and this statistic was turned They are playing on Friday around on Saturday. evening and all day Saturday to accommodate the work schedules of Against San Juan on Saturday the Wolves shot 16 of 23 foul shots and alumni possibilities. San Juan were 10 of 18. The Wolves Applications will be accepted by were 25 of 44 in the 2 pt. range, 2 of calling the school, Ryan Baker or 5 from three point range. San Juan Courtney Christensen. The deadline shot 924 three pointers and 11 of 28 is December 20. There is a $10.00 in the two point range. per player charge. Business . Topham added that the current overhead stop sign, wh ich had been struck and damaged by a high load, will be replaced as soon as Dont miss out on your opportunity to become computer literate! 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