Show Page 8 Gunnison Valley News WednesdayFebruary 3 1999 Bulldogs defeat Wasps with a strong second half effort by Cody Olsen The Gunnison Bulldogs traveled to Nephi to play the Wasps of Juab High School last Wednesday January 27 Juab started out strong Senior Mitch Durbin and juniorTrevor Hooper had four points apiece in the first quarter Gunnison's Aaron Hill did not play because of illness The Bulldog's sixth man Landry Rev nolds took his place as a starter Gunnison's first quarter offense was spread out four players shared the opening quarter points Gunnison lead after one quarter Justin Holmes had a great second quarter six points forGunnison Juab's big man Hooper had another eight second quarter points Dustin Wardle and helped hit akey Juab Juab tie the game at 22 going into halftime The Bulldog’s defense was great in the second half “We pressed better than we have pressed all year” said Coach Powell of Gunnison “and we rebounded well to widen the gap" Hooper who had 12 first half points for Juab didn’t score again in the game Gunnison's center Rory Hansen on the other hand had 12 second half including two points for Gunnison slam dunks “We used our size” said C oach Pow ell k ith some forced turnovers and betteroffensive movement the Bulldogs regained the lead in the third quarter Gunnison lead after three Justin Holmes goes in for a layup in this file photo Lady Bulldogs put up big fight but fall to Juab by Coleen Edwards On Tuesday January 26 1999 the Lady Bulldogs took on Juab at home his proved to be a hard game for Gunnison both JV and Varsity lost to Juab but they put up a good fight Juab has a good ball team this year and the Lady Bulldogs w ere up against a lot of experienced players Their starting lineup was made up of five seniors veterans to the game Gunnison has only one senior player this year 22 Britny Hansen The Juab team also had a lot of height which made it hard for the Lady Bulldogs to get the rebounds and keep possession of the ball At the score was 15 to 40 The girls gave it a good fight to the finish They played hard and never gav e up the frustration was viewed on their faces as they fought hard for each point The final score was 33 to 80 High scorer of the game was Holly Rhonda Edwards with 11 points Melissa Mecham with 10 points Frandsen with 7 points Shilo Belnap and Britny Hansen with 2 points and Mitzi Higgins with point Coach Todd Petersen hopes that the begirls don’t get too discouraged cause they are a great team with a lot of quarters Rory Hansen had a great fourth quarter he hustled to make the press work well and had eight fourth Q9M ( ( quarter points including his second dunk of the night Chad Hill also play ed well off the bench He had six fourth quarter points Gunnison opened the fourth quarter w ith a eight point scoring run directly followed by a six point run The JV teams finished out the last couple of minutes in the game and Gunnison came away with the win I a C Justin Holmes was the game’s leading scorer with 17 points and four offensive rebounds Rory Hansen had and 10 rebounds 16 points TJ Petersen had eight points Landry Reynolds and Chad Hill each ended w ith six points Danny Jorgensen lead the team w ith five assists three points Jordan Hill and Casey Dyreng each had two points Little league in wrestling l or anyone interested that wasn't able to sign up Thursdav Januaiy 28 it's not too late Jr is for preschoolers Wrestling through ninth grade If you are interested in Wrestling ou may register at February 4 at practice on Thursday 630 or contact Lori Winters at (ifefKii) c b Junior High Wrestlers place in Delta tourney Junior High wrestlers competed in the State Wrestling Tournament on January 30 at Delta High School The team consisting of nine seventh and participated in the double elimination tournament Adam Ledingham finished as Chamdivision Chase pion of the Young placed third in the class and Holland Olsen finished sixth s in the 165 Wrestlers have participated in matches South Sevier with North Sanpete North SevierandRichfieldThey have participated at tournaments in Pay son Spanish Fork Gunnison and Juab Those placing in the Gunnison Tournament were Adam Ledingham Hol Gunnison wrestling underway (fe r OMi flm s land Olsen 7ac Cou Iter Lance Young Seth hie Craig Brown and Wade Those placing at the Juab Eggleston Tournament were Lance Young Adam Ledingham and Zack Winters The State Junior High Tournament will be held Saturday January 30 999 m Delta Congratulations to our wr- siUrs and good luck at State Jun- s ioi High W resthng (W inners at n ouinamentt Adam edingharp First Place Holland Olsen Fourth 7’- - C oulter Third Place PicPlac tured are (back row) Holland Olsen Daniel Schugk and Zack Coulter (middle) Stan Jensen Adam Lance Young (bottom) Ledingham Zack Winters Craig Brown Robby Davis li F b b r ' ' i c s c l a e 1 (®p 0f!(Fp ©k§$K! potential Mir fflllllP §lli)§!(F©o 523(33 BySharon Mtcluun rTvrxT-rrmrThe Snow College financial advisors were atGVHSon Monday January 25 to interview students interested in going to Snow College 25 seniors were awarded some type of scholarship We want to congratulate all these students This is Program The goal of the program is to stimulate interest in science by giving high school students a substantive ex- a payday for students who have put forth the effort to continually keep their grades up This is a hectic time of year for seniors and counselors Most scholarIf ship applications are due March Those selected will receive a intensive laboratory course in preparation for the research experience Then each student will spend six weeks working in association with a research biologist at the University on an individual research project A small stipend is provided to partici- you have a senior please encourage them to stop by the office for scholarship information The University of Utah Department of Biology invites juniors and senior students to apply for the 1999 H igh School Summer Research perience in a basic research setting The program will be held from June 14 through August 13 and will emphasize research in biology pants As always for more information please stop by or give us a call at Fayette Youth Town Council Fund Raiser Singing Valentines for Your Sweetheart one We will deliver a gift of your choice and serenade your loved or Alisa Gill any of these individuals for more information: Trent Charlene Ben or Katie Brown ) Bown or Mary Anne Bartholomew ) Aellor Orders are due by February Axtell Centerfield in Gunnison available (Deliveries Mayfield and As you may know Utah is tieml last in per pupil spending With every dollar living so tiucial vve need to carefully examine who is exempted Irom helping pay lor our children’s education You’re also probably aware ol the current debate over credit unions Some would say banks want to eliminate credit unions Nonsense The problem is that a handlul o! big rich credit unions have stopped operating like real credit unions credit union status to They’re using their the state’s dodge millions ol dollars in constitution requires to be spent directly on our schools A Utah court has ruled that these lew large credit unions have been operating outside the law And by not paying taxes on their retained profits - profits which are not returned to their members - these credit unions are our schools and our children It’s also unlair to Utah’s teachers many ol whom spend hundreds ol dollars ol their own money on school supplies as a result ol tight budgets It’s a shame that a few rich credit unions are allowed to expand and build elaborate branches at the expense ol the state school lund These missing revenues would be of great benefit to our underfunded schools Finally there’s a question ol basic equity: Is it right to tax one business and allow a similar business next door to pay nothing? We don’t think so It’s time to divide the real credit unions from the pretenders And it’s time those pretenders supported public education like the rest of us It's only fair Fayette only) Missui Si'onsoki i) in L'nii's Commi m Bvxks t POOR C( |