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Show 4 THE GREEN SHEET Thursday, February 18, 1988 SPORTS Fanners Find New Cage Life GRANITE PARK. An amazing thing happened at the Granite Tuesday night. The era onFarmers shot better from three point range than they did from two point range on their way win over West. to a The win kept Granite on the chase for a spot in the 3A tournament and made tonights (Thursday) game at Granite with Jordan critical. If Granite wins, they will play off on Saturday, probably at South at 3 p.m., to see whether they get in to the State Tournament. In the win over West Coach Charlie Whitings team was struggling at the half, but assistant coach Steve Paul made some suggestions which Granite used in the second half. Coach Whiting said later that these suggestions by Coach Paul "were what won the game for us." The free throw shooting by Granite during the fourth quarter when they made 14x17 plus the phenomenal 11x18 from three more than point range overshadowed the fact that Granite scored only nine regular buckets. Ken Christensen hit on seven "homeruns" on his way to a 26 point outing, while Scott Walton drilled four of the t bombs during his 24 point game. 71-6- 4 two-poi- three-poin- Tooele 55, Granite 52 Granite had all kinds of opportunities to win Friday night at Tooele, but, among other things, missed three three-poishots in the span of twenty seconds in what Coach Charlie Whiting said was "an ugly game for both teams." To illustrate how poorly both teams played, Coach Whiting said that his team had 20 turnovers and shot only 27 percent from the field and yet wound up losing by only three. The game was close throughout with not more than six points separating the teams. Granite had tied the score at 45 in the fourth quarter, but could not get ahead and Tooele scored on a t bomb and the Farmers frantic attempts at the end failed. One of the bright spots for Coach Whitings team was the 19x23 shooting at the foul line. Whiting was also pleased with the play of Steve Newman, who had suffered an ankle injury but elected to play. Newman scored 19 points and collected 15 rebounds to lead his team, while Scott Walton had 11 points and 10 rebounds Ken with Christensen coming through with t 15, including four nt Colts Ride Carrell Win To 8th Spot In Mat Action wrestler of the Taylorsville was 12th with 57 outstanding points and Granger 13th with tournament in the under-1453.5. Kearns was 18th, Olympus weights. "Itll be nice to have Greg back 20th and Cyprus 23rd. Junior Carrell Greg got next year, commented Cottow-noo- d Cottonwoods and, in fact, Region wrestling coach Ben Ohai, Threes only championship by "hes a tough kid and a good defeating Jeff Black of Bountiful athlete. But then we had six 16-in the finals. Carrell had two tough kids here at state." Cottonwood also had a third falls and a narrow decision with Brightons Riki Lambert in place with Scott Wycoff pinning Altas Chad Cottle in the 171 the semis in route. "This makes me 25-for the pound consolation finals. Tony Carrell commented Peterman added fourth at 125, season," following the match. "Actually, I while Cameron Ford was fifth at think my match with Lambert 152. Sixths went to Dave Brown was the toughest of the at 145 pounds and Robert Boud at 160. tournament." Following the conclusion of the Taylorsvilles Steve Bascom meet, Carrell was named the started out like a house afire in UNION. Turning things a bit y from the way they ended in action, region Cottonwood high school put on the best performance for any Region Three wrestling team in 4A last state weekends 112 final against Ryan Maxwell of Brighton with the score tied at 2 after two periods. Maxwell dominated the third period and went on to win Mike Gonzales added a fourth to the Warriors total, falling to Hillcrests Ted Sierer in a 6 consolation heartbreaker at 103 pounds. Doug Moore was also sixth for Taylorsville at 171 pounds. "At state, youve got to be able to place the people youre sure about," noted Taylorsville coach Mike Johnson. "We had Bascom, Gonzales and Moore, but in a tough meet like this, you need more. It was a more competitive the 0 topsy-turv- conducted at tournament, Hillcrest high school, by placing 2-- 9-- 7-- 5 fifth. 3-- Brighton captured its 11th straight state crown during the meet, having outdistanced the field even before Saturday nights final round. Brighton ended up' with 205.5 points to second place Box Elders 133. West Jordan and Bingham were third and fourth 2 1 with Cottonwood following with 88 points. tournament than in past years, even though Brighton still ran three-poin- away with first." Granger placed one wrestler in the championship finals, but Shane Clayson had a tough time with Brightons Brent Bytendorp at 145, losing by technical fall. Clayson pinned in two of his prior tourney matches. The only other placer for the Lancers was John Marsh, who lost to Webers Lee Smith in the 152 consolation final in a tough "Though we to go better, three-poin- bombs. Skyline led most of the way in Tuesdays game, including a advantage at the end of the first quarter. But it was the second period that really hurt the Warriors, as they were outscored 14-leaving down by 12, 15-1- 0 7, 29-1- at the half. The Eagle margin became 16, by the close of the third quarter. Taylorsville narrowed the gap in the final 45-2- 9, period. Tough defense by Skyline and not playing up to par for Taylorsville, were the keys to the defeat, according to Warrior coach Dan Leatherwood. "Skyline played really weil and we played really bad," he said. "Skyline was especially effective on defense, completely shutting out Tyler Dow." Chad Christensen led the Warriors scoring with 18 points, adding seven rebounds. Jay Gleason and Jeff Leatherwood each had 10 points with Gleason picking another seven boards. Sophomore Nick DeLuca chipped in seven points. 8-- HARD DRIVING . . . Cottonwoods Greg Carrell drives Bountiful's Jeff Black into the mat during the 119 championship match in Saturday's final round Bucs Crush MAGNA. Cottonwood high school, number one ranked and previously unbeaten in league play, suffered its first region setback Tuesday as night homestanding Cyprus outshot and the Colts to take an victory into the state tournament. 86-6- 6 Eagles Dominate Region 3 Swimming In the diving, Cottonwoods Kia EAST MILLCREEK. Host Skyline high school dominated Liljenquist and Jennifer Summer-hay- s were first and second with action in both the boys and girls divisions at the Region Three Joanne Berry, Skyline, third. Leslie Burke of Cyprus won the swim meet concluded on Thursday afternoon, outpointing second place Cottonwood in the and Cyprus girls in the boys. State 4A action is next, slated for tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday at the University of Utah. Competition will begin at 9:30 tomorrow and continue at 11:30 a.m. and 4 and 5 p.m., while on Saturday at 9:30 am., 12 noon, 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. In the girls division, Cyprus was third with 158 points followed by Olympus at 143, Taylorsville, Granger and Kearns. In the boys, third went to Granger at 180 with Cottonwood 369-21- 4 366-18- 3 at at 99, 170, Olympus Taylorsville at 86 and Kearns at 62. Taking a look at the individual results by event, Becky Cable of Skyline won the 100 back in 1:02.88 with Shelly Hayes of Cyprus second; Cindy Maness, Granger, third; Cathy Chamber-lain- , Olympus, fourth; Jennie Ziouras, Skyline, fifth; and Lisa Gardner, Taylorsville, sixth. and Nikki Becky Herbert Gillette of Skyline swam in the 500 free, Herbert winning in 5:23.15. They were followed by Stephanie Wallace, Cyprus, third; Randi Abramowitz and Heidi McDonald, Skyline, fourth and fifth; and Jolyn Cruser, Granger, sixth. Olympus Penny Heaton won the 100 free in 57.95 with Amy Ostergaard, Cottonwood, second; Lys Chard, Olympus, third; Anne Chytraus, Cottonwood, fourth; Staci Patton, Kearns, fifth; and Teresa Wray, Skyline, sixth. Cable of Skyline gained a second first place in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:03.14. She was followed by Sunshine one-tw- o Caufield, Cottonwood; Becky McDonald Uhlig, Taylorsville; and Deanna Barnes, Skyline; and Shelly Hayes, Cyprus. ROOM ADDITIONS KITCHENS DRIVEWAYS GARAGES ROOFS BATHS INSURANCE REPAIRS MASONRY W VV i in 25.39. Amy Leeper of Skyline was second with Heaton, Olympus, third; Janna Bergen, Skyline, fourth; Chytraus and Natalie Lewis, Cottonwood, fifth and sixth. 50 free Cottonwood got a first in the 100 individual medley with Caufield posting a time of 2:23.64. Following her were Barnes, and Abramowitz, Skyline, second and third; Graci Richards, Cyprus, fourth; Annette Harvey, Granger, fifth; and Tiffany Richards, Cyprus, sixth. got another double Hebert, who took the 2:00.07 with teammate second. Stephanie was third; Cypurs, Ostergaard, Cottonwood, fourth; Teresa Wray, Skyline, fifth; and Cruser, Granger, sixth. In the girls relays, the 200 yard medley champ was Skyline, 1:59.86, with Barnes, Bergen, Cable and Leeper. Cyprus was second, Olympus third, Taylorsville fourth, Cottonwood fifth and Granger sixth. Skyline also won the 400 free relay in 3:47.23 with Leeper, Abramowitz, Gillette and Hebert, Skyline winner in 200 free in Gillette Wallace, while Cottonwood claimed second, Taylorsville third, Kearns fourth, Olympus fifth and Cyprus sixth. The Eagle crew also won both relays in boys competition, with the team of Crankshaw, Dallon, Anderson and Dewyea in the 200 (1:44.72) and the team of Bergen, Lecuona, Ellison and Bone in the 400 free, (3:27.56). Cyprus was second in the 200 relay with Taylorsville third, Cottonwood fourth, Olympus fifth and Kearns sixth. Granger copped second in the 400 Kearns, FLOORS 30 yrs. experience Free Estimates, r 'QualltvV Licenced and insured Call 2614828 for a free estimate Hofheins Construction Company 3783 So. with relay Cottonwood and Taylorsville, Cyprus next. Individually, Jason Hayes of Cyprus won the 100 breaststroke 500 W. No. 4, S.L.C..UT 84115 wouldve liked state obviously," stated Granger coach Roger Ketchum, "we have to look to the one kid we were able to place in the finals." Kearns only state placer was Boyd Eastman, who finished third at 130 pounds by beating Chris in the Ogura of West Jordan Warriors Fall, But Make State Field TAYLORSVILLE. A 56-4- 5 home loss to Skyline in its final league game Tuesday forced Taylorsville into a tie for fourth with Olympus in Region Three boys basketball, requiring a coin toss Wednesday state morning for seeding purposes. Taylorsville won that coin toss and will now advance to tomorrows (Friday) 4:10 p.m. game against American Fork at the Huntsman Center on the U of U campus. State play will continue through Feb. 26. 1-- er in 1:00.42 with Mark Anderson, Skyline, second. Third went to Terry Hoecherl, Granger; Craig Thompson, fourth; Olympus, Mike Dallon, Skyline, fifth; and David Pack, Cottonwood, sixth. The 100 Skylines back Erik was won by Crankshaw in 59.28 with Joe Frantangelo of second. Cyprus They were followed by Brian Quilter and Scott Olson, Skyline, third and fourth; Keith Daniels, Olympus, and Chris fifth; Jones, Taylorsville, sixth. Cottonwoods Shawn Harris was the champion in the 500 free, winning with a time of 5:04.26. He was followed by Skylines Stephan Bergen at second. Third went 'to Grangers Mike Binns, fourth to Trevor Stauffer, Skyline; fifth to Craig Barnes, Cyprus; and sixth to Clint Morley of Granger. The time of 50.82 netted first in the 100 free for Cottonwoods Brad Sorensen, who beat out Skylines Alan Bone. Pat Atencio, Granger, claimed third; Troy fourth; Cyprus, Blanchard, Guillermo Lecouna, Skyline, fifth; and Matt Ogden, Granger, sixth. Chad another Blanchard, Cyprus swimmer, took the 100 fly Mark in 54.71 Anderson of Skyline. Third went to Frantangelo of Cyprus, fourth to Brad Percy of Kearns, fifth and sixth to David Tanner and Jared out-stroki- Young of Skyline. Cottonwoods Kort Borg took top honors in the boys diving with Mike Tuckfield, Olympus, second; James Gubler, Cottonwood, third; Steve Smith, Skyline, fourth; Kyle Curb, Cottonwood, fifth; and Steve Scott, Skyline, sixth. became a double Sorensen winner for Cottonwood with his victory in the 50 free in 22.20. Mark Dewyea, Skyline, took second. Pat Atencio, Granger, captured third followed by Alan Jamie Taylorsville; Ormsby, Chard, Olympus; and Lecuona, Skyline. Hayes garnered his Cyprus second golf medal in the 100 IM with a time of 2:00.93, beating out Blanchard and teammates Barnes. Skyline got fourth with Stauffer, while Granger took fifth and sixth with Darrin Collard and Rob Ordway. second double Cottonwoods winner was Harris in the 200 free, touching the pad first at 1:51.60. Bergen and Bone of Skyline took second and third. Blanchard, Cyprus, was fourth; Clint Morley, Granger, fifth; and David Tanner, Skyline, sixth. of action at Hillcrest high school. Carrell, a junior, won the match, the 4A title and the most outstand- Ing wrestler honor for under-14- 0 pounds. Colts As State Looms Top-Rate- d Cyprus also defeated Taylorsville last Wedensday 67-6- 4 in overtime and fell at Skyline 54-4- 5 Friday. Cottonwood won over Granger 84-7- 4 Wednesday and Kearns 81-6- Friday. 9 With the win Cyprus nailed down second in Region Three and with it a state berth against Mountain View Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the U of IPs Huntsman Center. State play will continue on Feb. 23-2Cottonwood still claimed the Region Three crown and the first place seed for state, as its scheduled to take on Alta tomorrow (Friday) at 8:10 p.m. Cyprus 86, Cottonwood 66 Cyprus shot a blistering 65 percent, 36x55, overall from the field, and 67 percent, 6x9, from three-poirange, while the Colts came in at 42 percent from the floor, including 35 percent, 6x17, on That, as much as anything, told the story Tuesday night. The Pirates, according to coach Mark Wilsons also stats, the much taller Cottonwood team but, in fairness, Cyprus shooting didnt leave many defensively rebounds for the Colts. Cyprus missed only five shots from the floor in the second half. Cyprus led all the way, starting witn a first quarter margin, which grew to 11, at the nt three-pointer- 6 consolation final. Olympus had a fifth by Kyle Vara at 135 pounds, while Cyprus best finish was a sixth by Jeff Masina at heavyweight. s. 26-2- 4, first quarter lead to and they then built the lead further to before Kearns came back strong in the last quarter to make a game of it. The Colts, who have been a great shooting team, hit on 62 percent of their regular two point attempts, on 40 percent of the Warner had 19, Brad Sorensen three point shots (6x15) and on 78 14, Jerry Martineau 13, and Chad of their free throw percent Fletcher 11. (21x27). attempts Bill Rieser led the Lancers with . Travis Warner led Cottonwood 21 with Jonas Hamblin and Mike in both scoVing and assists as he Maynard both scoring 18. had 19 points and nine assists. Shane Henschen Cottonwood 81, Kearns 69 and Brad Sorensen both had 17 with Jerry Coach Blair Marti neaus Colts Martineau contributing 13, while won their eleventh straight Troy Kloke in his substitute role added nine. Chad Fletcher played Region Three game and cinched the number one ranking in the his usual fine floor game while state tournament when they scoring six. Nathan Wickizer had a big jumped ahead of Kearns Friday night and then held on to win game for Kearns as he scored 20 and had several blocked shots. According to Martineau, his Tony Rios had 14 and Danny team will play tomorrow night at Cosby 12, and Brady Clark led the Huntsman Special Events with eight assists. Center at the University of Utah Coach Kenyon Clark felt that against an unknown team at 8:10 only of the turning points in the p.m. The opponent will come from game came early in the second Region Two. quarter when both Wickizer and Cottonwood again used the one Cosby collected their third fouls, dominant Quarter in winning the and mentioned that after a tightly game on Friday, as in the second called first half, there were only quarter, it scored 28 points, while five fouls called on both teams in holding visiting Kearns to 13. the entire second half. This increased the Colts narrow the three-poialong with bombing of Shane Henschen and Chad Fletcher, both of whom made three "threefers" all of the coming at crucial times. Cottonwood had all five starters in double figures with Henschen leading the way with 23, Travis 24-2- 2 52-3- 5 69-4- 9 81-6- 17-1- 2 42-3- point. Cyprus got 17 points and Cottonwood 16 in the midway third to make the Pirate lead In the final stanza, Cottonwood, trying desperately to make up the lost ground fouled and put up a lot of t attempts. "Just winning the game, we felt, wouldve been tough enough," stated coach Wilson, "but to beat them (Cottonwood) like we did is unbelievable. We havent played a 59-3- three-poin- better game all year." Brent Lamb had 24 points plus 12 rebounds and three blocks for Cyprus, while Brad Rammell lucked in with 22 points. Lyman Smith had eight points ana five rebounds. Cyprus didnt shoot as well from the line as from the field, going 8x13, 62 percent in its foul shots. Cottonwood was 12x18, 67 percent. Brad Sorenson was the only Colt in double figures with 22 points. Cottonwood 84, Granger 74 Twleve of thirteen from the free throw line during the last quarter was instrumental in Cottonwoods breaking open a tight game Wednesday, Feb. 10, at Granger in a game, which was much closer than the final score would indicate. Granger led at the end of the first quarter and the game was tied at the half at 42. Cottonwood led at the end of and then in the three by final quarter the free throw shooting made the difference 22-2- 0 61-5- 7 We Take Your Injuries Personally. When you reach out to a personal injury attorney, you need individual attention and care. You want to be more than just a case number. We work hard to see that youre compensated for the injuries and financial loss youve sustained due to the negligence of others. At our firm, we deal in people instead of just cases. And the fee for our services is contingent upon the outcome. If we dont obtain a recovery for you, there is no attorneys fee. We take your injuries personally. 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