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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS Sports WEDNESDAY MARCH 21, 2001 Kanab City Mens Basketball League tirement who proved that he still had it - what, were not sure. He Houstons 86, Rez 80 (Dennis), was smart enough to stars Lance In a close ballgame through- bring son McDonald Brown and Houstons out, Kyle Brunner Brady hit seven treys to lift the who scored 16 and 17 points, Jeremyless and Lambless respectively. Houstons team to the victory. Congratulations to Cody John Lucas scored 16 for the Brunner, who outscored dad by Rez, but it wasnt quite enough. five points. (Hey Dennis got two! ) The Hospital was glad another Mohave 60, Valley 48 Another close ballgame with Josh Blasdell, both teams starting out slow. showed up. He accounted for 21, Charles Hammon turned it up almost half of their points! March 13 for Mohave, scoring 28, with By Roger Cutler March 7 ex-Cowb- oy at half, picked it up and coasted to the win. Charles Hammon scored 33 for Mohave, wi th Bugsy having a great game for the Rez with 22. March 14 Mohave 62, Tiffs 48 . ex-Cowb- Charlie Crosby scoring 17 for Valley. Tiffs 63, Express 34 Sad game for the Express. Darrin Jackman scored whenever he wanted to, ending up with 35 points. Express continues its slide and the ever improving Tiffs team looks to be a contender come tourney time. Brunners Basketball Playin Beauts 71, KCH 56 -- Ashley Chamberlain, (40) above right in action for Utah Valley State College in Orem, signed a national letter of intent to play basketball for BYU next year. out-a-sha- team pe proved white men really cant jump (or in this case do much of anything else) but it was enough to scalp Hollys Hospital team in a exhibition game that featured everything youd expect to see in a hockey game. Dennis brought Wade Orton out of re Kanab 53, Hurricane 51 1. 20-2- 4. 72-6- 11-1- tal-lied- all-sta- te selection at Kanab, the 64" Chamberlain will join BYU after playing with Utah Valley State College for two years. Shippen said, Ashleigh will be a great player for us. She has great strength and size and has a soft touch on her shot. Her 53-5- inside scoring and defensive ability will make a big impact on our program and shes just what we need to take us to the next level. Shippen feels this is a very good crop of athletes,' "This is our best 5 and Johnson 11. Dowse and at the break. Kanab led 8 Colten Johnson each tallied six, after three but it was still while Shakespear added five. anyones ballgame. Panguitch was outscored 4 in the fourth Kanab 54, Panguitch 42 Kanabs eighth graders picked period as Kanab got the win 54-4up their third win in a row with Brown ended up with 26 points, a 54-4- 2 victory over Panguitch at Ksmabs new middle school. with 18 coming in the second Brandon Brown broke loose for half. David Mason chipped in 12 points in the fourth quarter with seven points, while Kade as Kanab pulled away from the Glazier added six. Sterling Bobcats for the win. The locals Glover scored five, with Evan led 12-- 8 after one quarter and Orton and Danny Johnson addpushed their lead to six points, ing four each. 21-1- The Kanab eighth grade basketball team traveled to HurriCurrently, Chamberlain is cane and nipped their hosts by Brandon playing with her team in Salina, two points, 53-5Kansas at the NJCAA National Brown was on fire for Kanab, Tournament from March pouring in 26 points, with 13 UVSC, which finished third dur- coming in each half, to lead the ing the regular season, upset victors. David Mason scored nine' and Kade Glazier added seven. top seeded Snow College 5 This game was close all the in the Scenic West Athletic Conference Tournament title game, way, with Kanab holding a slim 0 lead sifter one. They kept to advance to the national tournament. Chamberlain, who the lead at the break, ahead 23- scored nine points and hauled in 21. Kanab built their lead to 34-2- 8 six rebounds in the championafter three periods of play. In to fourth period, Hurricane was named the the ship game, Team. scored 23 points, but Kanab Lex of to hold them off and get and Ashley, daughter LeeAnne Chamberlain, has been the two point victory, a main cog for the UVSC squad Kanab 68, Bryce Valley 37 Kanab was sill over Bryce Valthis year. She finished the regular season as the 13th leading ley in this game, jumping out to scorer in the league with 337 a 19-- 5 advantage after one quarpoints, an average of 12 per ter of play. Danny Johnson game. Her 7.4 rebounds per scored seven in the period and game average was third best, as Clinton Dowse added six for the she gathered 207 boards, includ- young Cowboys. They pushed ing 80 off the offensive glass. their lead to 36-1- 7 at the break, She was second in field goal per- with Cole Shakespear putting centage, making 59.8 of her in five points in the second to shots from the floor, on 152 of lead the attack. In the third 254 shooting. Chamberlain fin- frame, David Mason and Branished the season with 27 blocks don Brown exploded for 10 points to finish second in that cat- apiece to build their lead to 58- - Ashley Chamberlain, a 1999 Kanab High School graduate, now playing basketball with UVSC, has signed a letter of intent to play for BYU next year. Accordingto a press release from BYU, Chamberlain will join Danielle Cheesman ofOrem and Ana Cosic from Zagreb, Croatia to be part of the Cougars basketball program next year. BYU Coach Trent Shippen and his staff have had great success recruiting top J C talent and this year is no exception. An nt Kanab 8th Grade Basketball wins three games Chamberlain signs with BYU By Dennis Brunner ney, most all games have been close and this was no exception. Charles Hammon (again) led Mohave with 23 points. Eric Knowles scored 12 for Tiffs. Valley 66, Express 63 Valley had big games from Charlie Crosby, Jake Ramsay and Cody McDonald to win this one. Andy Lowe scored 19 and Alan Orton 15 for the Express team. A total of 16 three-poishots found their way home during the game. Houstons 68, KCH 36 In a game where everyone played... they usually do, but Houstons poured it on from the first and never let up. All of Houstons team scored, most of losing ways of late. Alan Orton had a big game, scoring 16 points and hauling down the biggest percentage of Express rebounds. Clayton Cutler added 14. Jeremy Houston scored 25 for Houstons. Valley 49, KCH 46 .In a game tied at 9 with three minutes left to play, Valleys Cody McDonald hit a couple of big KCHs didnt. free throws and a two pointer to lift League standings win. to KCHs Josh the as of March 14 Valley Blasdell hit a three at the end to make it close, but his 16 points were not enough. Mohave 79, Rez 73 ' In a game that proved rebounding is indeed a big part of the game, Mohave down 35 to 29 39-3- The highly touted Brunner surprise, one game only, runnin gunnin, Express 69, Houstons 65 A close game throughout, Express was determined to end its As teams prepare for the tour- 35-2- 19-1- 2. T9 1. i inside recruiting class since coming to BYU. These three players will help us continue a great egory also. She was named to 22. First Team Brown led sdl scorers with 16 wining tradition and will take the us to the next level. for her efforts. points, while Mason added 12 All-Conferen- M . t 4 f. . . 4 ce t t |