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Show porlS Sun Advocate Carbon starts hot; rips Murray twice Eagles run, drop Aggies Carbon Highs varsity basketball teams, boys and girls, swept action past Murray in on the Dino court Saturday night, only the junior varsity for Carbon dropping a close decision to the College of Eastern Utah saved its first basketball win of the season for home fans Monday when it dropped the Utah State University junior varsity The Eagles came back from a three-los- s performance at the Valley of the Sun Tournament in Mesa, Ariz. over the weekend not with the Monday blues, but a attack which stung the Aggies in the opening minutes. record. The win gives CEU a Jeff Christensen and Bent Jenson staked lead converting steals into the Eagles to a s against the frustrated Utah State team. and then coasted into the CEU made it half with a 7 margin. Coach Curt Jenson said it was the good Eagle defense which got the club moving in the opening half. However, a second half change in the zone defense and hot shooting by the Aggies slowly diminished the CEU lead. I think our defensive change in the second half worked against us and Utah State got going with the shooting and they were hard to turn off, Jenson said. John Sargent and Kevin Nitzel started hitting the perimeter jump shot for the Aggies and Wes Gross and Jack Lytle took control of the key against the smaller and lighter Eagle rebounders. The CEU offense broke down as the Aggies only gave the Eagles one shot. CEU only had seven offensive rebounds on the night. With six minutes left Utah State cut the and then the teams began Eagle lead to CEU went into a to trade baskets. At with more than four minutes left on the clock. We were struggling to recover and losing confidence in our shooting, Jenson said. A change seemed in order and we didnt think they could keep up with us in the pre-seas- 80-7- 3. Spartans. Coach Mike Kernodle in his first game as the new Dino headman in the roundball sport, promised local fans a running team that would not hesitate to shoot and thats exactly what the Carbon team did against Murray. Dino partisans liked what they saw as their favorites pulled away from a close first half to race to a 9 victory. Coach Jerry Dyers girls team set the pattern for Carbon in the second game of the afternoon-evenin- g of basketball by topping Murray, The poise and experience gained from a year under Dyer stood out for the Dino gals as they made the season opener a huge success in winning Eight players from the regional team of year ago are back in the Dino fold for this years campaign. After a very close first quarter with Murray holding a edge, Dyer put his team into a full court press causing the visitors to commit several turnovers that Carbon converted into baskets. Dannette Hamilton paced the Dino surge that sent the team out at halftime with a 8 lead. Murray made a comeback in the third quarter on an outstanding Utah State University junior varsity by a sophomore in performance players in Monday's home debut. Kim the Nidey. The Dinos lineup, Photo by Al Hartmann withstood the challenge, however, Reed Freestone came off the bench for 18 as Pam Poulos hit three straight baskets before leaving with an points, while Jenson and Christensen hit for 21 and sophomore Scott Wallace had a solid ankle injury late in the game. performance. Nidey took game scoring honors Jenson said the final game was a poor effort with 25 points in a sparkling for CEU as the long trip and successive performance. She is a young lady to watch in womens prep games took their toll. The college quint travels to St. George basketball for the next three years. Hamilton was Carbons leading Thursday for the opening round of the Dixie Invitational. The Rebels finished second to scorer with 20, Poulos finished with Mesa College in the Arizona tournament. 12, Judy Giordano and Sandy At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Anderson each had eight and the College of Southern Idaho visits the Armory to play other starter, Lisa Thompson, the Eagles. added six more to the final total. In the boys varsity game, the visitors jumped off to an early lead but the Dinos came on to catch the 1 with 2:15 Spartans at in the first period. remaining Carbon County From that point on until the half Community Education it was nip and tuck with the score Program is starting a tied no less than five times. A womens volleyball couple of buckets by Tony Gianoulis and one at the buzzer by league. There will be a limit Lloyd Jensen gave Carbon a 4 of 14 teams and a lead at halftime. Coach Kernodle started Troy charge of $50 per team will be required. All Moynier, David Walton, Steve teams are to be en- Burge, Darin Judd and Jensen. He moved Gianoulis and Brian Bell in tered Dec. 18. All those interested and out of the lineup effectively in joining a team call and played Ken Jenson at one Barbara Jackson at stretch in the fourth quarter as the Dinos raced to the win. fast-breaki- 1- -5 pre-seaso- n 12-- 2 lay-in- 28-1- 5 67-5- 41-2- 63-5- 55-4- 9. 55-4- one-poi- nt 9 67-6- four-corn- er four-corne- nt 59-5- 2, 91-9- 83-8- at They outscored Murray, and half the outset of the second 8-- 2, comfortable the maintained cushion and remainder of the game. The lead came as a result of some aggressive play on the part of the Dinos which Kernodle says will be typical of this team. Carbon had four players in double figures, Burge topping the list with 16 points. Moynier had 11 and Gianoulis and Bell came off the bench to score 10 and 13 points respectively. Actually, it was a attack as seven of the eight Dinos seeing action shared in the scoring. Brent Hilton, a e for Murray, was from the games leading scorer with 22. Carbon is at home twice this week, having played Central High Colo. on of Grand Junction, on San and taking Tuesday night Juan Thursday night. The girls team is participating in the TBird Classic at Timpview High School in Provo Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this well-balanc- sharp-shoot- er mid-rang- ' week. : The next home' game is with Fruita, Colo, on Dec. 15. The Dino ladies open league play on Jan. 7 by hosting Dixie. f 29-1- CEU's Mark Jensen, left and Shane Millett battle for a rebound against two r. The offensive changed worked as Christensen, Jenson and John Boswell got hammered going to the hoop on back doors and give and go plays. Time and the Eagle free throws dropped the Aggies to a three, five and finally seven-poideficit they couldnt overcome. CEU couldnt overcome any of its opponents in the Valley of the Sun Tournament last week. The Eagles lost to Glendale on Wednesday on Thursday, Santa Ana came back for a 0 victory and Scottsdale dropped CEU on Friday 12A Wednesday, December 2, 13B1 Ted Guinn was probably the biggest loss the Eagles suffered last week. The freshman guard suffered a hairline fracture on his right wrist on a slam dunk try against Glendale. Guinn had been pacing CEU scorers and was a big help on the boards. He should be ready for action after Christmas, according to Jenson. Inexperience was the big factor in the Eagle losses, Jenson said. All halftime scores had the Eagles ahead, tied, or only behind. Thursday, the Eagles put their best game together against Santa Ana. one-poi- nt top-rank- ipmamsoE Volleyball to start n 11-1- 35-3- VICil VFT-19- 0 RCA SelectaVision VFT190 6-h- with Video Cassette Recorder Electronic Timer 24-ho- ur 637-092- Electronic digital clock timer Remote pause control Soft touch function controls IIUJI Full-Functi- on Remote Control Special playback effects 14 day electronic programer Full function infrared remote Soft touch function controls $1395. VFP-17- 4 Convertible VCR System d Picture Search and Special Effects High-Spee- Completely portable power operation Remote control ItCil Color Video Camera with CC-01- RCA 0 power zoom lens and electronic viewfinder 8:1 Automatic fade control Deluxe boom mic. Standby switch Macro focus and more - n second VFT-65- 4 Video Cassette Recorder with Wireless with Burge goes over a Murray defender for a lay-iduring Carbon's basketball Photo byScottUoyd opener. Larson ur itci 0. Steve at TAC nationals ' BURBANK, Calif. Lisa Larson helped pace a Utah team to the TAC National Country Cross womens division Championship in the young Saturday. Larson ran the 5,000 - meter course in 18:12 to finish second behind Utah teammate Camille Davis. More than 60 V .'i'.Vv 4 runners in the division. Larson came from behind in the race, overtaking the second place runner and only finishing three yards behind Davis. The Dino runner will competed travel RCA SelectaVision available at the below listed store only. -C- arbon Highs back to California Saturday for the Kinney Cross ChamCountry pionships in Fresno. The Western Regional Qualifying Meet is the first step toward the national high school cross - country championship. |