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Show Sports SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER U, W! 15 Fredonia boys win one, lose one By Kent Mason The Lynx led all the way in this game, 19-- 7 at the end ofone quarter, 40-2- 0 at halftime, then they really poured it on in quar- ter three to bold a commanding 67-2- 6 lead going into the fourth period wherejthey coasted to voidest winping margin of thefcafc& f r Joaity. The VredAritA boys did' just and the Lynx knew right away they were in for a rough night, The Antelopes scored the first three points on a bucket and a foul shot to lead.3-0- . The Lynx then scored six .unanswered' points to lead 3 midway in the .first period. of what was a contest. YThiSApielopesCored another. Daskef add foul shot to tie the' about eyytdiu .Lynx cpnte, scoje offense giteauyellWleds bJckJwithiour df their, ownto-- . machine. Tneir stingy defense lead 10-- 6 for what turned out to created a lot of turnovers which be their biggest lead of the night, led to easy baskets. Their shoot- - The- Antelopes added three ing from the field was outstand- - points before the end of the quar-in- g plus, as a team, they hit Hof ter and after one it was Fredonia 21 from the foul line. Colby Jessop 10, Seligman 9. Midway in the led all scorers with 25 points on second quarter with the score the Lynx came eight field goals, including four knotted at from beyond the three point line, a little unraveled and seemed while hitting five for eight from to lose their composure. the foul line. Jared Black was Seligman, not a team to pass up right there with a point total of an opportunity, took full ad24, including three three-pointevantage and jumped out to a 25-1- 7 from five for seven and the halftime lead. line. Colt Henderson netted 10 The Antelopes came out at the and Jason Mackelprang chipped start of quarter number three in seven as the Lynx rolled to an and took up where they left ofT, easy victory. jumping ahead to a 20 point lead the the 20th, Lynx at one point. The Lynx, at this Saturday came up against an entirely dif-- point, regrouped and pulled ferent team in the Seligman themselves up by their own boot Antelopes and the final odtcome' straps to dose to a 16 point defi-wdifferent also. The Seligman cit at the completion of the third defense took control very early quarter. The two teams played as they stole the ball on even up in the fourth period to Fredonias first two possesions give Seligman the 16 point victory and give Fredonia their first conference loss of the season. As the events unfolded in the second quarter, the Lynx players could have been excused if they had lost all semblance of self control. They did to a degree, but the players and the coaches made heroes out of themselves, in my eyes, by the way they handled themselves. They lost the game, but they gained a lot of admiration. They are our team and we are proud of them. Only four players scored for 6-- de-the- fense-dominat- ir ed - 1.4-1- 4, rs as f" I fresh" FOOD 1 164 E 300 S Kansb 6444800 1 a a A a Lynx-Jare- d Black led with Colt had 13, JaHenderson 15, son Mackelprang 11 and Colby the Jessop three. Joe City JV 47 JVcdonia JV 43 Its hard to imagine any way that a team could get oft to a more horrendous start then the Lynx did in this one. Everything ' went wrong in the first quarter and the Fredonia boys found' themselves on the short end of an 18-- 0 score. They "collected their only score of the first quarter right at the end of the quer-- 1 ter when Johnny Nash connected on one of two attempts ' game about one minute into the second quarter when Zach Tait hit a short jumper from the base line right side. The score read 18-- 3 Wildcats. From this point on. the Lynx chipped away at the big lead. They trailed by 14 at half, by 10 after three quarters and by four at the final buzzer. The Lynx played a good game for the final three quarters, but in the first quarter it was ike they werent there. Tyrel Sanders led"the Lynx 'scoring with 15, Bruce Bistline picked up nine, Clint McCormick seven and Zach Tait six. Fredonia JV 73, Seligman JV 43 Saturday the Lynx outran the Antelopes and rolled to a 30 point This game was victory. 73-4Fredonia s all the way, as they never trailed at any point in the contest on their wray to a lopsided win. Tyrel Sanders led the scoring with 21. Michael Haskie picked up 19 and Brandon Homer 12. Bruce Bistline and Jacob Christensen each added five, Clint McCormick and Zach Tait each got four and Johnny Nash three to round out the Lynx scoring. 1 3. aAAaaaaa A Merry Christmas A A and Happy New Year from A A A EDDY BUILDERS Genera! Contractor For all your building needs 435-644-54- 22 v I (! ! , m City Wildcats 18,. Fredonia Lynx l.The Lynx gathered their first field goal of the A A (. x ft score-Jo- e We wish you a A ZV- - ' from the foul line. First quarter A A vtS & a These six Lynx football players were named to play in the Arizona 1A North-SoutBrandon Tan. Mike Waters. game next June. Bacx row Tun Corley and coach Mont Griffiths. Kneeling in front: Johnny Nash. Justin Mackelprang and Jared Black. h All-St- ar (l-r- j: Six Lynx and coach named to squad All-St- ar Fredonia High School football coach Mont Griffiths reports that six of his Lynx football players were recently selected to play in next June's lANorth'South All-Stgame. The game features the top seniors in Arizona. The Fredonia gridders will play for the North squad. Named to the All-Stteam were end Jared Black, lineman Tim Corley, running back Justin Mackelprang. defensive back Johnny Nash, lineman Brandon Tait and center Mike Waters. Running back Evan Sadlier was ar ar n New Vears Eve Party at the Free Party Favors! Free Champagne e r at Midnight! Live Music A A 9 p.m. till ? A Wednesday, December 31 A selected as an alternate. If one of the other players selected can't make it to the game for some reason, Evan will get the call. Coach Griffiths was also selected to coach the team The game will be played at 1 p.m.on Saturday, June 13, 199S in Eager. Arizona. Twenty players were selected to each eignt-mateam. The teams will have one week to practice. Coach Griffiths selected Mogotlon coaches Rnckv Nelson and James Tenney, alongwith coach Layton of Bagdad, to assist him. cT |