Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday January 25 2003 Region 4 boys basketball rui ©OB nl Bobcats handled by tenacious ) v 55 &jr '© Grizz fall BE By David Cordero staff writer - 0 ‘ 4i® SMITHFIELi) — The Bax Elder players fell pretty good ahojul themselves alter theiF 6 conquest of Sky to Royals on road By Thomas Manning staff writer 66-4- View Friday night' Bees forward Corey Kaminska ( 10 points It) rebounds i was one of the satisfied ones I le w as asked afterw ard what the key was to Box Elder's 22-- 6 advantage in the second quarter “Team defense” he replied “Everyone helped everyone else We got up in their pants We did to them what they al 1 were trying to do to us" llow about the win overall? ‘They couldn'J match our intensity" "We Kaminska said matter-of-factl- y had more intensity than they did the whole game" No one could argue w ilh that That's not to say the Bobcats (2-- 1 Region 4 7 overall) didn't play hard in their first region loss With the effort shown only (heir youth could prevent soreness this morning However they strayed from their gamcplan and paid dearly against a team that was brutally efficient and more 7-- athletic Sky View led IS-- 1 2 with two minutes remaining in the opening stanza did so because it rebounded misses got good spacing in the ensuing transition and finished baskets But for a period of three or four minutes afterward they couldn't seem to do anything right Free throws were missed Possessions were turned over Layups second chances third chances even fourth chances were botched “We missed some easy opportunities" said Sky View-guarAndy King who led all scorers with 21 points “But we have to keep playing We can’t let little things get to us" took advantage of the Bobcats mis-‘cuBox Elder (2-- 1 9-27-that 6 run with a began late in the first quarter and stretched into the early third Led by Jared Quayle (20 points) the Bees were active in their motion attack culling to the basket for some easy layups and short-rang- e jumpers “(jive our guys credit for going hard to the basket and taking smart shots" Box Elder coach Keith Mecham said “All of our offense came from us going to the basket" Sky View trailed by 15 points for much of the third at eventually cutting the lead to 10 with a King the 2: S mark Yet Box Elder kept a tight lid on things rebounding misses and controlling offensive tempo "It was all about defense" Mecham said “You have to cs 5) See BOBCATS oil BJ si 1$ Yv ii y- Sky View forward Sean Kent Brent StevensHerald Journal in Smithfield breaks out of a Box Elder trap Friday night Stangs let one get away By Wade Denniston staff writer the game" The stats would show it 5 The Mustangs ( I 2 in region overall) shot just 40 percent from the line in the game but were a dismal I l'or-6 down the stretch connected on Conversely the Lakers (1-- 2 shots from the charity stripe with under 40 seconds to go "Free throws are a huge part of the game" said 14 behind four 3s Bassett who scored a' game-hig- h hut did notgct to the line “We've been working on them every day in practice “You just can't gel the same feel in practice as you do in a game" Mountain Crest which w as coming off a victory over Pocatello (Idaho) on Wednesday has now lost two straight league games Both have been at home "I don't know what it is" said Mustangs coach Jim Croshie whose team is now 2 on its own court this V-- -- HYRl'M — A pair nf runs hy Bonneville were the difference Friday night The biggest came ai the end of Mountain Crest the Region 4 boys' 'basketball basketball boys contest ‘A v-- i Vif- - v-- Trailing by seven vv ilh 3:47 remaining Andie w Rich and Jason Budge ignited a 14-- 3 spurt as each scored five points to lead the Lakers past the Mountain Crest Mustangs 52-4at the ICON Activity Complex So wlial happened? "All the little things" Mountain Crest junior guard Jake Bassett said "Everything on our end we did wrong Everything we did on our end to let them win we did it “And then on the offensive end we didn't do what we were supposed to do It's like wc just gave them X Brent StevensHerald Journal Mountain Crest's Nick Brown drives to the basket late in Friday night's loss to Bonneville A good thing: By David Cordero staff writer IIYRUM — I'rgency What a wonderful thing Not an overly lcrrilicrHj hut a tremendous wav to locus on tasks lying ahead There's nothing like looking at the calendar seeing its April 14 and realizing you haven’t started your taxes Or remembering that your final in Chemistry — the one that’s worth 60 percent of your grade — is oh yeah toinonmv How about waiting until the last minute (that day) to buy an anniversary gift fot your significant other? Each of those situations — though filled with initial stress — can bring amazing clarity and focus to your actions They instantly become priorities and more than likely are done right Last Saturday in Salt Lake City Spanish Fork gave Mountain Crest the treasured gift of ' It heat the Stangs IVIC 32-2- 5 in the finals of the West Duals “I think it keeps us on our toes” MC Justin Morrill said "It gives us some1 thing to work toward" The Mustangs stomped Roy 76-- 3 Thursday evening looking as focused as they’ve been all year Particularly encouraging were the perfor Trent Mormances turned m hv I rill Ryan Rowell (125) Phillip Rutledge ( 145) and Derek Jacobson (160) Lach won hv fall: Each have yet to qualify to a stale tournament If they each do so at the region tournament Mountain Crest w ill he that much more formidable at stale "I think they have stepped up and become a big part of the team” MC heavyweight Joey Gilsdorf said ‘They helped the team out hy picking up some big points” Gilsdorf one of the Mustangs’ nine returning state qualifiers is a virtual shoe-i- n to reach the tournament And one could argue the squad possesses four to six kids who should he favored to win titles But do you remember the Herald-Journheadline from last year’s region tournament? 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Although Mountain Crest prevailed in all nine of its finals matches Box Elder still had enough depth in its junior varsity to place several wrestlers and win by 3 points Consider Spanish Fork to he this year’s Box Elder The Dons have (lie kind of numbers that 1 frec-lhro- w -- 5-- nt non-regio- n 3-- See STANDS on B3 The fourth quarter closely resembled the first as both teams again exchanged offensive blows But late in the quarter Lasatcr put the nail in Logan's coffin as he calmly delivered two free throws giving the Royals their three-poiedge with only 15 seconds could keep math teachers busy A year ago they put 24 wrestlers in the stale tourney Nineteen of them return Thcy have a lot of kids who have wrestled for a long time” MC coach Lavic Swensen said “And Spanish Fork has had the premier junior high program in any division They have 140 kids in their program We have 30 on a good day That’s a lot to battle” The battle isn’t what tlie Mustangs are worried about Without a doubt they will have more champions and finalists than the Dons Yet with its numbers Spanish Fork may just win the war Burnett upset by Kay Roy was victorious in just one bout Thursday yet it was easily the most exciting of the night who won Josh Burnett a junior the 103 state title a year ago fell to Flint Ray in overtime Ray jumped out to a 5-- 0 lead 7 before Burnett came storming hack With 26 seconds left in the third period Burnett scored a takedown to lie the score at 7 In overtime however Ray still had the strength to go on the offensive grabbing a two-poitakedown about 30 seconds into it “It’s always a bigger match for the' one who lost last time especially if it was a fairly close match" Swensen said "That’s part of the struggles of being a defending state champi- - Although this was an upset it wasn't as big as it appears Ray took fifth at hist year’s state tournament at 103 and there arc folks out there who would he shocked if these two don't hook up again in both the region and state finals Still when Burnett loses it’s big news It doesn’t happen loo often A year ago he was defeated only once this season just twice prior to Thursday Swensen saw both positive and negative in the defeat The gcxxl: This will surely make Burnett work harder than ever The had: Ray will be riding a wave of confidence into their next meeting “The worst thing about (hat is now Flint Ray believes more than ever that he can beat Josh" Swensen said “Before he wasn't sure" Notes 1 9-- nt Sky View will host this season's Region 4 Tournament The event is scheduled to take place Feb 6 Preston Sky View and Soda Springs will wrestle three duals in Preston Tuesday evening at 6 Preston and West Side are at the Sugar-SalcTournament this weekend MC 1 7 1 -- pounder Mike Rutledge famous for his scissors hold put the clpmps on Royal Chris Devlin so fiercely that Devlin’s groan was clearly audible 5-- m 4- t nt knows it is not invincible al urgency After losing its first two Region 4 games of the season first to Mountain Crest 60- -' county-riv57 in overtime and then to Box Elder 63-- 6 a troubled Logan team headed south to Roy on Friday desperately hoping to turn things around Unfortunately for the Grizzlies the rock again failed to bounce Logan's way in the waning moments of the game The Grizz chalked up their third straight region loss falling to the Royals 60-5- 7 Logan In the first boys basketball half the two teams traded blows hack and forth like two seasoned heavyweights with each squad holding its own But in the the third quarter moments of early the Grizzlies appeared to have landed the knock-ou- t punch as they ripped off a 10-- 0 run Riley Olsen drove to the hoop w here he was fouled He then hit both freebies and (he Gri run was on A suffocating Logan defense emerged to aid in the offensive endeavor which was led by Olsen who drove and scored two more on the return trip down the floor Then it was Korv I’allerson pulling up for a jumper to make in favor of Logan the score 35-3- 0 Like Olsen Patterson had prepared an encore and on His next visit down the court he promptly buried another jumper Baxter Krutsch put tlie fmishini: touches on Logan's furious run He retrieved a nice feed from Olsen and powered down the lane for (he shot while drawing the foul in the process Krutsch nailed both free throws to give (he Grizzlies a 39-3- 0 advantage with only 3:07 left in the quarlcr But things quiekl) began to implode for the Grizz as the Royals steamed hack The Royals behind big guns Marc Lasatcr and Tyler Albright who each had IX points somehow managed to bring things even at before the third ended - ip-xj- ' |