Show MHS Ladies defeat Hurricane By KRYSE “We knew we ccund beat these said senior Cheryl O'Camb referring to Humcane "It was just a matter of time" On January 22 the Millard High Lady Eaglet hosted the Hurricane Tigers only to send the undefeated lean defeat home with a “We knew what kind of a team Hurricane has they are tough I think we were all mentally ready" commented Kristin Bums MHS’t Debbie Child scored 8 quick at the points to pul the Eagles on top end of the first quarter Hurricane Millard in the 2nd quarter aid led at the half The scoring remained quite even throughout the third quarter as the Tigers held on to slim three point lead In the fait! quarter of the game the scoring was almost even for both teams with one M illad was still down second remaining when Crystal Olson hit two free throws lo put MHS over the top "It was our biggest win" replied head Coach Stu Baiey Debbie Child’s 19 points paced the Eagle scoring drive Cheryl O’Camb finished with 10 points and 5 steals Kristin Bums had 9 assists The two centers Kristine Rowley and Crystal Olson both played good defense and ripped down a kit of lough rebounds This was the final home game for on their court The Millard who went team would like to thank everyone who has supported diem this year The fan MHS best is the support at Everyone is encouraged to come cheer for the Lady Eagles at Region this week at North Sevier Prior to the game seniors Cheryl O'Camb daughter of Mike and Linda O'Camb of Fillmore and Debbie Child daughter of Raun and Geri Child of Fillmore were honored Ladies and good Congratulations luck at region! guys" Nicole Mitchell FMS Castle Contest The Sixth Grade Castle Contest was held recently at Fillmore Middle School Nicole Mitchell daughter of Mr and Mrs Doyle Mitchell of Fillmore was aw aided first place for her entry Second place was Reuben Jolley and third place was Jill Larsen The sixth grade students are encouraged to design and construct their own replicas of medieval castles as part of their social studies unit Most of the castles were made of cardboard painted or covered with paper or foil and decorated with a variety of tiny bushes bridges knights and other items One unusual castle was covered with small rocks and one was even made of Pepsi cans Honorable mentions in the contest went to Shane Koyle Anna Davidson B re anna Robinson Suzanne Stevens Monica Moody and Jo Ann Stevens and Robi Aguiar Topham’s three-point- er downs Kanab Last year Delta High’s basketball team was nicknamed the "cardiac kids" because several games went into double overtime and triple overtimes Two games were decided on last second shots One was when Kanab came to Delta Marty Laughlin buried a from the comer with no time left giving Delta the victory This year’s story was much the same This time around Delta defeated Kanab with Todd Topham’s fourth of the game with two seconds left The last time the two teams faced Last the Rabbits defeated Kanab Friday the score was much closer The Rabbits trailed most of the first quarter by as much as five points The Rabbits fought back and tied it at 36 with a few seconds left in the half Then Kanab’s big center hit a desperation three pointer to give Kanab the edge Delta dug in to cut the lead to one after the third quarter The fourth quarter was tight and intense With the Rabbits down by three with less than four minutes to go Travis Black welder made After a three point play to lie it at 6 a Kanab score he nailed a three pointer lead Delta then to give Delta a forced a rebounding foul and Brett Greathouse swished two foul shots to up the lead Quickly Kanab’s Dallas Fox buried to tie the game at 51 a Delta now had the ball w ith :50 remaining The Rabbits held the ball and stalled until 23 seconds were left Delta called a crucial time out When play resumed the Rabbits passed the ball around and then began to go towards the hoop when Pat Wolfe penetrated the lane and made the dish out to Topham Topham hesitated a few seconds then ’boom’! He nailed the from about three feet past the line to give Delta the win I saw Pat drive and then I got the ball I w asn’t sure if I wanted to drive or shoot it I looked up and saw only five seconds left so I shot it It felt good and looked good and I’m just glad it went in” said the hero of the game Todd Topham Brea Greathouse led the team with rebounds Todd and Pat 6 points and followed with 13 points a piece This in the evened the Rabbit’s record at region The Rabbits will now face Hurricane on February 6 in Hurricane They will not play on Friday due to state wrestles DHS-- - Eagles qualify ten for State to the wrestling Congratulations team who finished second at the region tournament on Saturday February 2 in Beaver Individuals placing were: Thirty-fou- in a row! r by Travis Blackwclder Do you remember the last time Delta failed to win the region wrestling championship? Well turn the clock back a few decades to 1957! Since then Delta has won 34 straight region titles the latest was last weekend m Beaver Delta took the title with 232 12 points Millard followed with 115 and Beaver came in next with 14 If you added Millard and Beaver’s scores they still wouldn’t add up to Delta’s total The Rabbits had eight wrestlers in the finals seven of whom came up champions Delta had one second place and five third place finishers Freshman Mike Wankier dominated the 103 class Other champions include Curt Turner at 130 Joel Holman at 135 Van Beckstrom at 140 Ray Jackson at 152 and Dan Corey at 171 Tony Beckstrom surprised many by bcaung the number one two and four seeds in his Richfield stomps the Rabbits by Jason Hales A nine o run in the second quarter by the Richfield Wildcats deprived the Rabbits of their first varsity win against the Cats in over five years The game started out well for Delta as they hung tough and trailed the Cats by one point at the end of the first quarter But then came the second quarter Point and Richfield’s scoring binge guard Ashley Sleek nailed a trey and then stole the inbounds pass for another quick hoop Delta failed to convert on their next possession and Richfield scored again Suddenly the Rabbits deficit However were facing an the Rabbits played the Cats even the rest of the way to go in at half time down Delta just couldn’t gain against the Cats as the teams traded baskets in the second half Richfield scored one more point than the Rabbits in the half to finish the game up by Clint Winters led the Rabbits in scoring with 14 He also hauled in 7 Brett Greathouse had 9 reboards bounds and 8 points Brett and Clint also played exceptional defense holding the incheck TheCat’s bigmenofRichfield front line averages close to 6’6’ yet they combined for only points on the night WM Recreation winners Sure Shot Winners - Delta area: Pictured left to right Chad Greathouse (Boys grades) Josh Nielsen (Boys 7 8 grades) Stoddard (Girls grades) Christie Greathouse (Girls grades) grades) and St acia Stephenson (Girls Three wrestlers earn academic all- - state awards by Travis Blackweider it seems as though the guys on the mat are all brawn and no brain Some have a strong back but a weak mind But at Delta High the wrestling team is just as strong mentally as physically Three Rabbit wrestlers Dan Corey Curtis Turner and Garett Moon earned awards for their Academic abilities in wrestling and schoolwotk Dan Corey wrestles at 17 for Delta 10 He was the Region champion and is favored to take state He had a overall record including a first place in the Sacramento tournament His GPA is 3 984 which puts him in the top five of his class His class schedule includes vigorous classes such as pre calculus AP physiology AP government and AP English He is the Sterling Scholar candidate for math He was also academic in football "Being good in school helps me remember moves and it helps with said Dan "It's hard to keep up the grades during wrestling season" At 30 Curtis T umer has been on the Boys Basketball which will be held Thursday and Friday at the Centrum on Southern Utah University campus Good job wrestlers and good luck at stale weight to end up with a first place "We were worried Tony wasn’t even going to make it to state There were seven quality wrestlers in that weight and one was going to have to stay home" said coach Dave Wankier Breu Talbot had the lone second place finish and Kevin Walker Ryan Jackson Kns Jackson and Richard Western followed up with third place honors Garett Moon in only his first year of wrestling placed third after being defeated by DeGrafenned in the The Millard heavyweight then went on to win the championship Next in store for the Rabbit wrestlers is the state tournament Thursday and Delta has won six Friday in Cedar If straight slate titles and 22 overall Delta wins this year they will set a national record with 23 state wrestling titles The boy’s basketball team had two victories this week On Wednesday January 30 the Eagles hosted the Kanab Cowboys Millard had lost to the Cowboys on their home court and were an x ious to even the score Three players scored in double digits with Rick Robins scoring 24 points and bringing down 13 rebounds Shane Crosland had 18 points and 7 rebounds and Casey Peterson ended the night with 16 points and 6 rebounds RB Probert varsity team for three years He also took the Region 10 t’tle in his weight This year he had a record including a second place at the Sacramento tourney He's ranked fifth in his class with a 3 980 GPA AP government college algebra and advanced grammar are some examples of the harder classes he has in his school day "I hope people see grades are important as well as wrestling There are lots of tilings lo remember and perfect being able to think helps" noted Curtis "Sometimes I don’t feel like doing my homework when I have to suck weight or we have to make long tops " Garett Moon wrestles heavyweight for Delta He was all state in football and will attend SUU on a football scholarship This was his first year wrestling ever! He w as good enough to place third at region He carries a 37 GPA with classes such as college algebra and trigonometry “I don’t do a lot of homework so school and wrestling really don’t mix with each other” added Garett posts two wins made 2 out of 3 from the range as did Shane Crosland As a team the from the field Final Eagles shot 61 for Millard score was On Friday the Eagles traveled to South Sevier and came away with a victory Scoring for the Eagles were Casey Peterson with 7 points and 9 rebounds Shane Crosland 14 points Rick Robins 11 Rounding points and 10 rebounds out the scoring were RB Probert James Monroe and Travis Reid coaches ESPN Delta Delta wrestler story repeats honored by SUU An ESPN film crew was In Lelta last month to film a story on the Delta High School championship wrestling team for airing on the network’s “Scholastic Sports America" program The segment was aired Sunday Feb 3 and Monday Feb 4 as the “cover story" for the program which focuses on high scuoo athletics nationwide For those of you who missed it it will air a third time Friday Feb 8 at 7:30 am MST an ESPN spokesman said The risk of a fatal motorcycle accident is 144 times greater for nders than for helmeted riders Twenty-sihigh school coaches representing 21 high schools in 31 separate programs in three slates will be recognized in special ceremonies Saturday Feb 9 at Southern Utah University in Cedar City Each of the coaches are SUU graduates who coached a team to a first or second place finish in state competition school year They during the will be honored during halftime of the Slate basketball game Among those honored will be Ladd Holman who coached the state 2A first place wrestling team from Delta High School and Lori Bevan who coached the state 2A second place volleyball team from DHS Sure Shot Winners - Fillmore area: Pictured left to right Ryan Bnnkerhoff (Boys grades) Shelly grades) Greg Roper (Boys Nixon (girls grades) grades) and Amanda Monroe (Girls FMS basketball FMS wrestling news nevs The wrestlers from Fillmore Middle School traveled lo Juab on January 30 for their first wrestling competition The team scored very well overall with the their wrestlers following winning matches DeeJay Allen David Blad Michael Blad Casey Chnstensen Kns Edwards Owen DcGraffenned Chad Fuller Jeff Gates Kel Sorenson and 'A' ide Stevens The Juab wrestlers will he m Fillmore on Wednesday Feb 6 The basketball teams from Fillmore Middle School hosted (he teams from North Sevier on finuary 29 with victolllmore teams ries for all of th The eighth grade boys ' teams won by a score of The seventh grade boys won their game The eighth grade girls won 44 8 The seventh grade girls won their game The next games are scheduled for Feb 5 in Delta Swim Pool news West Millard Community Swim ming Pool will be closed February 8 from p m and February 7 from 30 5 pm to host the high school re gion diving and swimming meets Morning lap swimming will end on Thursday February 7 at 9 30 a m so please adjust your schedules accordingly to accommodate this tremendous event This will be the first time Delta has hosted a region swim meet in the history of the pool The public is invited to attend free of charge any time during these two days The pool will also he closed this week on Thursday from p m as Delta hosts Jordan Ffigh School for a swim meet The racquetball courts and weight room will be opened during the swim meets The big news is the racquetball courts and weights are now open to the public at 7 a m on Saturday! The pool hours on Saturdays are 12 noon until 5 pm and again from pm The winter racquetball league tournament is underway January 24 winners were Reed Smith Leo Jaramillo Ladd Hales Rey Huber Russ Bender in the competitive league Women’s league winners include Pat Roundy Robyn Howell Teresa Thompson and Deb Sperry In 9" the recreational league David Ekins Tom Nielson and Bob David will ad vance to the finals The tournament is a double elimination tournament The spring racquetball league begins m or February Call the pool at the ball park at to sign up The fee is $ 5 00 Lessons Session IV of winter swim lessons has been postponed due to lack of interest The next session begins February 18 All classes are being offered to all to sign ages Call the pool at up The fee is SI 500 Racquetball lessons are scheduled to begin February 12 This session runs for 4 weeks on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3 30 p m The fee for these lessons is $15 00 per student Don’t forget! 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