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Show BEN dtoSM LOMOND BEACON, Dec. 21, 1978, Page 5 fogft ft WFDa0D ftTDDIhlft By Keith Duncan Weve got pitted against Weber at the wrong time, said Coach Mike Hall of Bountiful, last Monday after his team concluded practice. Viewmont has made them mad and theyll be out to get us, he continued. Coach Hall also expressed Coach Hall also expressed optimism going into the Thursday night showdown on the Brave hardwoods. I believe our present team and Weber match up pretty well, our kids are anxious to play them, commented Hall. The Warrior Brave clash is scheduled for Thursday evening at Bountiful and tip-otime is 7. 30. Last week found Bountiful a ff loser to Skyview m a game that the cent from the Braves shot only field. On the other hand, Weber came loser to Viewmont away an cent. and shot only record after Bountiful sported a n battles and played its Kearns last Tuesday in another preseason contest. The Braves have taken wins over Ben Lomond, Woods Cross, and Davis and they lost to Highland. Coach Hall is another Region One coach in his first year as head coach. He has served in the Brave basketball program since 1972, where he began as the sophomore coach. He played basketball himself under Dick Motta and Phil Johnson at Weber State College. He was also an exceptional baseball player at Weber State. The leading scorer for the Braves has been Lynn Muir. Jim Perkins, a junior, was the leading scorer in preseason. Jims older brother Rawlee, is a cage star at Utah State University. Scott Stewart is another senior who starts. What he lacks in ability, he makes up for in desire. He leads the team in rebounding, averaging 11 per game. 38-p- 44-p- 1 pre-seaso- Blaine Bernard has uneblievable shooting ability according to Coach Hall. He has shot at about cent and Coach Hall says he wishes hed shoot more. Mike Nelson is senior with good jumping ability for his size. He is coming back well after an injury. 63-p- er tough on It was a premonition of thiings to come in 1977-7- 8 when Preston destined to be named the Ags defenturned sive player of the year CSUs candidate Alan Cunningham every way but loose in the season opener. Cunningnam suffered his poorest offensive game as a Ram at the hands of Bailess and left the Spectrum talking to himself. (Cunnmgham, the year before, led the WAC in scoring). Dutch Belnap named the lanky Bailess player of the game and a fine junior year was under way for Pres. Interestingly, Bailess got die starting job for that opener after Dean Hunger suffered a fractured cheekbone right before the season started . . . however Preston was never displaced. Has now been a starter 61 times in 78 games over the past three seasons. Wound up second to the now departed Mike Santos in rebounding and his defensive work ran the gamut from muscle forwards to guards (ala Freeman Williams). Braves. high-scorin- g .outt. 'W .a. puts up two pointer in varsity action against Viewmont last Friday. Drew helped the junior varsity onto a victory, just prior to the varsity clash. DREW SKEEN Cold weather brings better fishing to many of Utahs large lakes and reservoirs. Avid fishermen may find luck by hooking cutthroat trout in Strawberry, rainbow in Wanship and Panguitch Lake, or mackinaw in Fish ake. German biown trout are still being lured by fly fishermen in the Provo, Blacksmith Fork, Weber and Logan rivers. Even with the close of the regular sihing season on November 30, fishing enthusiasts need not stash away their fishing gear for the winter. Rainbow and German browns will entice fishermen to Flaming Gorge this winter. Lake Powell offers ex- cellent bass and walleye fishing during the winter months. Cutthroat, mackinaw and white fish thrive in trout Bear Lake, while year-roun- d at considered is good fishing Locomotive Springs. Crappie are caught all year in Willard Bay. Mantua and Utah lakes are also good year-roun- d fishing waters. Check with the fishing proclamation for specific to fishermen, waters open year-roun- d White fish angling is allowed in several streams after the close of the regular season. Check the fishing proclamation for specific waters. Preston was our best defender a year ago and pushed Santos for said Belnap. rebounding honors, Not too many folks regard him as an offensive threat but he shoots well and hell help us fill the void left by Santos. But he really does pride himself on the way he plays defense. ... a 46 per cent career shooter at USU, one of Bailess top games a year ago was a his and 11 rebounds effort in early-seaso- n the win over Washington. While shutting down Cunningham in the season opener he also scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Was a starter in 10 of 23 games as a freshman, 24 of 27 as a sophomore, 27 of 28 last year as a junior. Nearing the mid-m- t of last season Bailess was ving a very good offensive year (shooting ever 50 per cent) before shooting slump cut down his effectiveness somew hat. But his defensive effort never diminished ... put together his career scoring high January 29, 1977 when he hit nine-of-1-3 shots for 18 points in the Aggies 103-8- 4 victory over Stanford. The biggest area of improvement for Pres last year was in rebounding, said Belnap, and if he continues to get better at that and is able to give us some more offensive punch his contribution will be a big one this year." He led the Ags on 11 occasions in rebounding during the 1977-7- 8 season. Career high came January 17, in the victory over Weber State when he collected 15 rebounds. Heres Utah States Mr. Hustle," the guy the past three seasons who has had the difficult role playing as a backup to now graduated Oscar Williams (however, he did start six times during his sophomore season: 1976-77- ). Now faces the opportunity to become starter during his final year of major college basketball coma full-tim- e petition. Perkms is one athlete whose contributions to the success of a team cannot be gauged by clippings and statistics. The importance of Rawlee to this team is immeasurable, said Dutch Belnap. He came into some mighty challenging situations a year ago - some big games - and did an excellent job. Its a tough job to step into some momentum-affectin- g parts of a game and keep things going. With all that he has done for us in the past, were expecting Rawlee to be playing with more confidence than ever. His ability to utilize his outstanding quickness to break full court pressure defens' will be invaluable during the 1978-7- ' eason. Coa- - js will also count on him to lead u i extending of some pressure defenses, as he did in key situations a year ago. A good shooter (50.4 per cent career) he has also compiled 105 assists over three years. A lefthanded shooter whose most memorable moment as an Aggie may have been his jumper at the buzzer during the opener of the 1976-7- 7 season at home against Colorado State. That shot buried the Rams, 58-5- 7. Rawlee has been a great attitude guy from the start of his career; hes a good team guy to have around, said Dutch Belnap. After appearing in all 28 games last season. Rawlee has played in 61 games in three years at USU and started sue of them. Winner the past two years of the Ags Hustle award, Rawlee was never better offensively than his game as a sophomore against Northridge when from the he scored 12 field) and had 10 assists in the Ags win . . . season high last year was eight against Midwestern. Came to Utah State four years ago with credentials from Joe Johnsons program at Bountiful High. Was an 18 points-a-gam- e forward, teaming with current BYU linebacker Larry Miller on a 15-- 5 team . . . married July 14 to former Aggie songleader Teresa Bradford. Third of four children of Don (Bountiful High Principal) and Donna Perkins. Rawlees dad coached at Bountiful. (five-of-eig- all-sta- FOR THE EIGHTH consecutive season, North Ogden juihui n,a... .. defeated. They placed that eighth trophy in with all the others and quite a collection is being made. a senior now for the Utah State Aggies, is "Mr. Hustle" around Aggie RAWLEE PERKiNS, |