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Show 1 8 i THE SAMPLER Friday, March 6, 1981 pirrts i i Mustang girls finish fourth at Region didnt go quite as well in began the season starting the opening 16 minutes for the JVs, each added as Dugway found them- three points in the win. selves down at the half, South Summlt38 11-Dugway 33 THE MINERS were Early on in the year, ahead of the Mustangs at the South Summit Wildthe end of the first period cats had beaten the Mus4 and secured their tangs very convincingly, halftime advantage at the so many figured this foul line after repeatedly game to be a simple steppininside on g-stone for the Wildgetting The Dugway Mustangs Girls basketball team ran into a couple of stone . walls in the form of North and South Summit at Region played Feb. 19, 20, and 21 in Park City to fin-is- h fourth and out of the race for the state 1A title. Coach Steve Larsen's girls opened the tournament cm a favorable note with a win over the Park But City Miners 38-2-3. South Summit, a perennial powerhouse in the sport, took the Mustangs the next day by six, 39-3in a game played much more- evenly than many had expected. 8. 6-- . - Braves come on strong in the overtime period to win by seven, 48-4- 1. 10--3. Early oh in the second period, Dugway ran into foul trouble as Palmer cats. But it didnt work picked up her third and out that way as the Mus- Wold her second. But it tangs, though they lost, was the Mustangs who accorded themselves took advantage of a sour foul situation. South very well. But with three Summits that is, to get quarters gone, Dugway five quick points and Was on its way back and stay in the game at 20-1-0 Dugway. But early in the second half. Lea Fletcher came to life with a score inside oh a feed. from Palmer. Moments later, she tied the game up at 11 with a foul shot and the Mustangs were off and roll- seemingly out for the count as the Wildcats ing. Palmer, cashed in op- had built up a 34-1- 8 lead: THE Mustangs, howportunities underneath for four points while ever, surged back on the Fletcher connected on scoring of Anita Palmer, both ends of the one and the rebounding of Lea one to stake Dugway to Fletcher and the ball their two point, third handling ability of Paula quarter margin. Wold, who had the unen. 3, WITH TIIE loss, the Mustang were put in the position of having to beat North Summits Braves for the third and remaining state berth. But they fell just shy when, after having tied the game at 38 in regulation play, the i trip to the state finals. the final eight minutes. Anita THOUGH WITH Robin Hunts Monica Moe and Hunt three point play inside added eight points apiece Palmer with 12, and late in the first quarter, to support Palmers nine Monica Moe and Paula Dugway finally lit up the while Debbie Jones and Wold with 11 and eight . scoreboard But the Fletcher, in addition to points, respectively, proWildcats, with a good in- their fine game on the vided their usual scoring side game, led by seven, boards, added four punch, it was center ed out that way.' .' as the Wildcats spree. contin-ue- d on. their scoring Afforded the opportunity to gain Some ground in the third quarter when a key South Summit forward fouled out, the Mustangs couldnt cash in; in fact, DEFENSIVELY, Ka- viable task of breaking the Wildcats lengthened thy Witkowsld played ex- the Wildcat press. their lead to 16 entering cellently in the quarters Though it seemed an last three minutes in impossible chore, the holding Park Citys lead- Mustangs garnered 15 In the opener, Anita Palmer and Paula Wold combined for 16 fourth ing shooter scoreless. Dugway was given a quarter points in enboost early in the final abling Dugway to stretch their 6 third quarter period when the Miners advantage into a con- CarmellaByer exited 18-1- apiece. North Summit 48 Dugway 41 The Mustangs had two close calls in their final game at Region with the North Summit Braves. Their first close shave Debbie Jones 11 points which kept the Mustangs in the contest. I wanted her to shoot more during the year, Larsen said, but we never could get her to do it. Tonight, though, she came, through .with a was with disqualification good performance. when the girls bus broke ' Earlier on, Larsen had down on the way to the said that he thought the gymnasium. Luckily, final third position was my wife, was passing by, going to. come down to said Larsen, so we were Dugway or North Sumable to get a few of the mit and it did. And he girls in the car and make was pleased with the way his girls performed. We the game. 99 call Their second close really played a tremenwas with- winning as the dous tournament, he exBraves outlasted the plained, and all the firls Mustangs in a three min- deserve a lot of credit for ute overtime period to getting us as far as we claim third place and a did. - quick points while their defense, using man to man and zone coverage, limited South Summit to a paltry five fourth vincing 15 point victory. with five fouls. Wold and quarter points. But as Wold scored all of her 10 Palmer, however, really meager as they were, in the run while didnt need the help as they were enough to put point Palmer contributed six of they tore into Park City her game-hig- h 18 points. at will to break open the the Though Mustangs close game. Monica Moe and Robwon the game with the in Hunt, both of whom duos late surge, things Monica Moe, who was one of the reasons the Mustangs performed so well at Region, drives against a Wendover player in a game contested a few weeks before the playoffs began. the Wildcats on top for good. . Though the game ended in a flourish for the Mustangs, it hardly start Post team prepares tor HAFIB encounter Wilfred Jack Jack-so- n, EEO director, is preparing once again to test the Salt Palace waters with his post basketball team, when they take on Hill Air Force Base March 18 player Chuck Birdsong (maturity has improved his game"), Mark lot of speed Brown and an unorthodox shot nobody seems to be able and desire while Abby at all times. Arias is tough (Abbenhaus) is great at on the boards because he ' just about everything. On plays position so well. the subject of Harris, Though Jackson points Jackson smiles just a bit. out that he never likes Harris, he says, likes one of his players to be a to block) plus Dennis to add a little flair to his dominating force, he adHampton. Tames Brown game. Anyone seeing mits that Larsen is just and Tim Madere. The the forward play knows that. With his size and latter trio, says Jackson what Jackson is alluding ability, he. admits, its to. hard for him to be anyhustle all the time. TIM Briggs (simply Jacksons five big men, thing but that." the best player on this four of which can play In Jacksons estimaforward or either the at a tion, this years edition is post") and Ernie Frazier, who is one of Jacksons center position, are Ben both stronger offensively multi-talente- d players, Lebron, Willie Brown, and defensively than the will be swingmen, avail- Jim Stqvens, Bert Arias team of a year ago. One able at either the guard and Steve Larsen. of the reasons is because a LEBRONS forward or compe- they are bigger. in size. spot. James Johnson, Harris, titor, the coach exa- But the more telling staVincent Short and Hal mines. Hes a guy who tistic is experience. SOME OF the guys Abbenhaus will be the just goes out and gets the. coachs forwards. John- job done any way he can. who played last season, son is probably the top Browns an accurate the coach points out, shot blocker in the lea- shooter and another good had never played organgue, Jackson professes. leaper while Stevens is a ized ball at this level. So Short, along' with his good shot and a heady it was hard for them to (a The game is being . played because of Tooele Army Depots refusal to continue their Salt Palace series begun one year ago. JACKSON will take 12 men into the game and is currently conducting . At the guard position, leaping ability, has player who knows where the coach has second-yea- r shown ne a lot of heart and what he wants to do practices at the post gym in order to pare the field .down to that number. The cuts, however, might not have to be made because several of his players have other commitments which have to come first. Ghosts still lead post Editors Notes: Because of deadline commit- With a victory over Larry Pedrozas MP1 ments, intramural games team, the Ghosts contin- played March 3 have ue to lead the intramural not been included here.) basketball race with an Because of this teams experience, Jackson says that coaching has been a little more fun than last season. I havent had to dwell on the same things over and over again. He has also, by his own the basic defensive admission, enjoyed being skills. surprised by the talent of of the individuals some of defense, Speaking will Jackson says he press he invited to tryouts. as he did last year utilizThere were some guys I ing a zone and halfcourt thought werent going to style. On the defensive have what it would take boards, with the size that to make the team. But he has, the coach also fig- they have all proven me ures to get a quick outlet wrong. One case in particular pass and run the break. ON OFFENSE, the was Hampton, die stocky key word is motion. I guard' who plays for the have five basic patterns Ghosts during intramurthat I run, he says, and als. I didnt think he was everybody will be mov- as quick as he is, Jackson ing. When somebody says. Hes just very decomes open for a shot, ceptive. well take it. There isnt Actually, Jackson any set play which has smiles, 1 think its his sneakers. one individual in mind. understand some of the offensive and defensive techniques I tried to teach them. Thfc team, though, needed only three practices to pick up the plays, and they are all strong in . 11-- 1 4. ns SPRING IS COMING! . FERTILIZE NOW!! earlier in the schedule. basEcetball sttamidirags iimttrainrouiral record. HHC, with a through two losses and competition in beating lead the MPs. Malauula win over top contender saw their record drop to MP2, the Ghosts sim- was supported by Joe the Devils, increased 8-- NACE made another ply outclassed them Feb. Rios with eight, Leroy' their mark to 9-- 2 while strong move towards the 24 as.center Steve Larsen Garcia with seven and the Devils suffered .500 plateau with two and backcourt man Den- - Florentino Ramos, who wins to go 6-- 7 while the nis Hampton both hit the added six points. The Ghosts were scheAir Force also tucked 20 mark with 24 and 20 duled to to two their raise play Ben Leb-roaway Devils oh Feb. 17 mark to 5--8. MP2, after points, respectively. Tim added 15 to the but the game was agreed finally getting some Briggs 73-5- 4 win while Tim momentum, was stopped Medera chipped in 10 to be played later after an cold with two defeats to t M original forfeit win in the points. 5-- 7 to While of the Devils was and but favor Larsen dip MP1 got into the win column to Hampton were a class reconsidered by Lebron. duo for the Ghosts, Tuli Another game scheduled go THOUGH Pedrozas Malauula was the class- to be played that night So the moisture can MPs provided their coun- iest of them all as he con- with MP and HHC was help It . .Its not too late terparts with some good nected for 29 points to also put off until a later 2-- Robin Hunt, a JV starter for most of the year and a standout at Region, looks for someone to pass to during the game with the Wendover Wildcats 1-- 12. ... date. HHC did, however, get into the swing of things handsomely as they clipped the Devils for the second time in Mark two months 43-4Brown and Vincent Short 2. paced the HHC effort with 12 points apiece cDo 0 Odd GO Dt , MeoOiQ 1120 N. Main 0 Tooele : GREENHOUSES r 882-769- 6 Open 9:30 to 6 - a ' , - . ij mil n t r sGsflg) 0000$? o Uteeflro olo WATCH FOR DETAILS ON OUR GARDENING SEMINAR APRIL 11th! &um. the points, respectively-- , to Devils had totake it on the chin against the Air Force as they dropped a seven point affair 62-5- 5. Though Abbenhaus went wild with a dreamnight 27 points, Willie Brown dreamed one just as spectacular to lead the Airmen with 25. Bill Geiger n y. v mM lead NAGE over MP2 while Nelson followed with 12. Jackson and newcomer Richie Rodriguez added six. Tony led the MPs with Pas-seret- te 14 while Mike Martin netted 13 and swift Wen-da- ll 12. Strait marked with Ken Stout also chipped in with eight for the MPs. In their loss to the Air Force, Frazier and Nelson had 14 and 12 points, respectively, while Jack-so- n and Rodriguez side with 13 and nine chipped in with eight and six points, respectively. UR SEEDS ARE NOW IN! .y- - while James Johnson added eight. Lebron and Hal added 11 for the Air Abbenhaus led the Devils Force while Dwight with 14 and 12 points, Houscknecht connected while for eight and Bob Olecky respectively, Chuck Birdsong and Beit seven. Lebron and BirdArias added five each. song complemented AbIf the loss to HHC benhaus on the Devils to fertilize your trees. "Lef's Help Each Other Grow. wasnt enough, points apiece. After having climbed AFTER airman to the 600 mark a month ago only to lose ground Houscknect (13), Geiger weeks later, NAGE went back into the hunt again as they defeated MP2 64-5- 6 and MP1 47-4Their only loss came at 6. , m i (10), Jim Stevens (11) and Willie Council (10) the Union, the tipped foursome led th Air Force to their win over the Devils for their sethe hands of the Air Force, who put them on cond straight victory the losing side of that over teams ranked above them in the standings. same MP 1 tally. IN THEIR victory Though both MP teams suffered two deover Pedrozas squad, Lynn Nelson led the ef- feats, Pedrozas MP1 fort with 14 points while team did get some reWilfred Jackson and venge for an earlier deJames Brown added six a feat by beating Passer-ette- s Achsel piece. Jeff Aschel and crew Ty Hess led the scorequaled Nelsons output with 14 for the MPs while ing for MP 1 with eight Malauula added 12. Gar- while Rios and Ramos da and Rios also chipped chipped in with six in with six. apiece. Passerette, Bino Brown and Ernie Fra- Jones and Martin each zier garnered 19 and 17 scored eight for MP2. i 34-3- 2. . |