Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday January 12 2003 Brent StevensHerald Journal Josh Burnett is tangled up with Louis Bean of Sugar-SaleMountain Crest during the Richardson Tournament in Brigham City m er i captures Richardson MC By David Cordero staff writer team and placed the most athletes meet ( four) at Tuesday’s The reason why they were behind BRIGHAM CITY— The Mountain Crest Mustangs could have used the “disrespect” factor to motivate them and no one could have blamed them A lot of teams in a lot of spoils post those disparaging words on the bulletin board to get them fired up then go out to the field court diamond or mat and win The Mustangs did prevail Saturday getting past a strong Spanish Fork squad at the prestigious Richardson Tournament But as far as their reaction to the supposed disrespect? Indifference “It doesn’t really matter now” MC Spanish Fork in the rankings? They finished second to the Dims in December's Viewmont Tournament What the rankings may or may not have considered: Mountain Crest was without a few of its starting wrestlers then At this weekend’s tournament the Mustangs were at full strength And blew past the Dons in the all-st- ar finals winning 1975-18- 6 Mountain Crest trailed Spanish Fork by five points entering the championship round and each team had five finalists The Dons went 3 Slangs went Brent StevensHerald Journal Mustang Cody Burdett takes down Davis the team's performance in the final round proved the difference but coach Davie Swensen explained that it was the squad's five other placers who made the difference Guys like Jacob Ozmun (fifth at 103 pounds) Trent Morrill (sixth at 119) Matthew Chambers (third at 140) Brendan Smith (fifth at 215) and Joe Gilsdorf (fourth at 275) 2-- undefeated “It’s pretty big for us” said MC senior Justin Morrill who beat Spanish Fork’s Spencer Dinkins in the finals “These guys are be to some of our toughest going 171 -- pounder Mike Rutledge said “We’ll wait until February" An explanation: The Mustangs currently are ranked second amongst 4A wrestling teams in several publications even though they return more than half of their grapplers from last year’s state championship 130-pou- nd competition at state” To the naked eye it would appear nOUHDDALL ROUIIDUP v i Boys Scoring Mitch White West Side 2 Rory Patterson Logan 3 Ryan Funk Mtn Crest 4 Tom Holland Mtn Crest 5 Jake Christiansen Sky View 6 Andy King Sky View ' 7 Kelly Rawlings Preston 8 Clint Lee Sky View 9 Riley Olsen Logan 1 0 Mike Bales Sky View 1 1 2 3 4 5 Girls Scoring Girls 2 3 3 5 85 130 127 4 11 110 109 105 99 97 96 Field Goals int Candace Buttars West Side 2 Jessica Zilles Mtn Crest 3 Lisa Hansen Logan 4 Chelsie Cartwright MtnCrest 5 Michelle Clark Sky View 6 Tammy Uigaese West Side 7 Candace Miller Logan 8 Hayley Hansen Sky View 8 Lindsey Beck Logan 10 Jessica Parker Preston 1 1 Tom Holland Mtn Crest Andy King Sky View Nick Brown Mtn Crest Mitch White West Side Kelly Rawlings Preston 1 “Obviously we can’t win the tournament without those five (first-plackids but it was those other placers who put us over the top” Swensen said “We always know we’re going to get points out of those five but those other kids coming through is w hat we need” That’s absolutely essential if they seek a repeat of the title Spanish Fork which took fourth at e) 21 9 18 16 13 1 161 1 52 124 105 1 03 9 1 88 85 85 82 Field Goals int Michelle Bergsjo Logan Candace Buttars West Side Amie Hansen Sky View Libby Linton Logan Jessica Parker Preston 21 20 15 15 14 first-ye- clash was a classic battle Candace Buttars West Side Buttars a senioi’ led the Pirates to two district victories this week despite drawing extra attention because of her scoring She had 36 points and 14 rebounds on the week "We are going to quit practicing them It's only a waste of time" — Preston girls coach Jeff Sessions after the free throws Indians made Just loss at Snake River In a 10-of-- 24 I nt " - ar sports staff in 0-- 0 It’s early but the Region 4 season heats up this week with some big games With only six schools in Utah's Region 4 every game is big especially if you are 0-- 2 After just two league games both the Sky View and Mountain Crest girls find themselves at the bottom of the standings Only one will be there after this week travel south to The Bobcats (0-- 2 region on ThursHyrum to face the Mustangs (0-- 2 as the one day girls play just region game this week Both SV and MC have dropped a pair of close games to start league play The Bobcats had won six straight before league action SV coach “It's not good to start region 0-Amanie Crosbie said “We’ve got to get mentally tough and finish these games” The Mustangs have dropped four straight MC coach Art Erickson echoed Crosbie “We play hard but we’re just not finishing” Erickson said “We are getting a lot better”-Logahosts Roy (2-- 0 7-- in anoth( 1 -- 1 6-er big girls game on Thursday In Idaho Preston (1-- 3 faces a tough task in Marsh Valley (3-- 0 travels to 1 ) and West Side (2-- 1 Grace (0-- 3 on Saturday On the boys side the Bobcats and Mustangs hook up in a battle of undefeateds Mountain Crest (1-- 0 hosts Sky View (1-- 0 6-- and seven-gam- e its winning streak on the line puts goes to Box Elder Friday night Logan (0-- 1 6-(0--1 in an important game with just 10 8-- line and 0 points 53-4- His play showed Holland finished with 3 points four rebounds and three assists No 3 1 also had two steals including one near the end of regulation to help seal the win “It’s the best feeling I’ve had in a long time in sports” Holland said “I'm so glad we pulled it off We never gave up none of us” The Mustangs trailed by two with under a minute to go but Holland sent it into overtime when he rebounded a teammate's missed shot and put it back in with 49 seconds to go “We never gave up we all just kept fighting ” Holland said “We played as a team the whole 1 8) 2” 5-- Brent StevensHerald Journal 6) 6) 9) 4-1- 0) 6) 3) 5-- 6) 5) league games meets Marsh ValIn Idaho Preston (1-- 0 7-2-West Side hosts (0-and in 1 Arimo ley Grace on Friday also TYuly a classic If ESPN ever decided to make high school games “instant classics” then Friday night’s contest would fit the bill Mountain Crest-Loga- n 2) 6) The game had everything: 21 lead changes Nine ties Questionable officiating Drama on almost every single possession And of course the fans While no attendance figures were given the crowd at Grizzly Den was the biggest to witness either the Mustangs or Grizzlies play this season “This was the biggest crowd by far” Logan senior guard Riley Olsen said “Including football “Both teams had great fans It was loud and it was a blast to play in” free-thro- w 3 but The Grizzlies won that matchup Holland wasn’t around for much of it A junior then Holland sprained his ankle early on and had to sit on the bench for the majority of the game nursing his injury Prior to Friday's game at Logan Holland said he had been waiting all year for the rematch 4) 3-- 8-- four-poi- heats up Logan-Mounta- By The Herald Journal Mountain Crest center Ryan Funk (43) gets fouled by a Logan Grizzly Friday night Funk had 25 points and 27 rebounds last week in two Mustang wins 5-- 6) part in the Mustangs two wins this week including the region opener The center had 25 points 27 rebounds 11 blocked shots and three assists! See STANC on B7 they're getting used to the system employed by coach JelT Brimhall are buying into it they are getting used “They to it” Brimhall said “I think that has a lot to do1 with it but more than anything they're starting to commit they're starting to get real serious about what they want out of their year “So we are gelling better" Holland's revenge In last year’s Crest game at the Recreation Center Tom Holland's line score from the looked like this: 0 field goals Mustang-Griz- z 11-- Ryan Funk Mountain Crest senior played a big Funk a state a year ago returns 19 of its 24 state qualifiers Mountain Crest brings back nine “Spanish is a team to be reckoned with” Swensen said “They match up well in their region A lot of those kids are going to make it to state” Three Mustangs recorded pins in - Girls boys league play : i sik-- Boys at the Richardson Tournament Saturday Kenny Reid 135-pound- er Second-yea- r Mountain Crest coach Jim Crosbie said the boisterous fans were the loudest he’s ever heard since taking over the helm “Our fans are great” Crosbie said “We want to keep that going and we want to provide good experiences for them every game It's just fun to hear everybody get that excited “Really that’s the ultimate” Serious Grizzlies While the Logan boys are just 6 (0-- 1 in region) and have lost four of its last six it’s not time to throw in the towel yet In fact Friday's three-poi- nt loss to valley-riv- al Mountain Crest just might be the turning point to the Grizzlies' season “It sucks really bad but it’s our first game” Olsen said of the loss “We’ve got nine more We’re not gonna go undefeated It’d be good to go undefeated but not many teams can do that” loss at Lehi bn Dec Since suffering a nt 20 Logan has played tremendously better in its last fwo times out Prior to theMC game the Grizzlies beat Highland (Idaho) 62-6- 0 avenging an earlier 49-4- 6 loss to the Rams during the Mountain 5-- ball-gam- es 23-poi- CrestICON ToumamenL One reason Logan is playing better is the fact game” Most of Holland's damage was done in the fourth quarter and overtime 6 By halftime In which Mountain Crest led Holland had just two points “I struggled a little bit in the first half” Holland admitted After Holland connected on a pair of free throws in the third quarter he scored seven of the Mustangs’ 13 points in the fourth including his only of the game He went from the charity stripe during overtime Night and day Mountain Crest center Chelsie Cartwright was corning off two of her best games in a Mustang uniform including a career game against Ogden (21 points 13 rebounds) ‘ Certainly she would be ready to go for the Region 4 opener against valley rival Logan The Grizzlies paid special attention to the junior Cartwright had a rough start and then got into foul trouble “I think she got frustrated” Erickson said “Then she had to sit on the bench with three fouls for a long time She got fouls rolling on the floor” Cartwright ended up with just two points — off a layup with a minute left in the game The tallest player in the game only pulled down three boards as Logan won 8 28-2- 47-3- See ROUNDBALLON B7 3 |