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Show Sun Advocate Price, Utah Thursday March 1.2001 7 boys take Stliat state ' progress spbrts reporter , BjyKKAN PEACOCK V Nielson didnt want to be left out Nielson bad only four points in Emerys loss to Ruk City and had ; only scored Bix in the Dixie game. But that didnt matter; .He stole Dixies Inbounds pass, and called a timenout Leas than 20 seconds later; hewas fouled while drivingto the hoop and stepped to the line for v ; two free throws. Nielson drained both of the attempts, bittingnothingbut net in the jmooess. The Spartans had tted the score at 6 with 45 seconds The Flyers decided to hold the ball and shoot the last shot, to either win the game or to force "'j - i. Itmaynothayebeenthetourna- mentEmeiy had planned, but some-hthe state championships at Weber State in Ogden ended up being successful anyway fur the i Spartan boys baaketball team. flEmoylost its quarterfinal game to Park City 733, but bounced bpfk to defeat Dixie and Judge Memorial by a combined total of six q ; 3--A . .. ; . - , , J: . i, I. i. . ' - . - i 56-5- and earned what Is failed the consolatlonchampion- at j Emeiy was in & an overtime. good position goinginto the final quarter against P&rkCity The Spartans trailed 2, but hadoutscoredtheMiners 8 6 hi the last of the third quartet The Emery defense held ftrk City to only three field goals in the fourth quartet; bi the lfiners attempted an astounding 23 free throws In that period alone. Even fooreastoundingis that they made' 21 of those 23 fra throw attempts.1 In fact, park City shot 45 free throws in the game, which is the third-mo- st ever in a state playoff ' fpme.Jf the Miners had shot a reasonable percentage (75 per cent) the Spartans could have won the guns. i 32 . . : r if A k , t ' v''-)'- 1 , . .1 4 i . ; v - ' 0' - . : JL eW( v u . , . 10-of-- 31-2- 6. :. : ; 45-f- at : ; . jtesleftEmeiyhadtoresortto yBXAN PEACOCK rpgress sports reporter . W Higbs girls basketball em lost twice in the state 3-- A diampkmahips at Weber State in Ogden and were ousted from! the tofimey without a trophy However it wasnt all gloom and doom for the Lady Spartans. Even thbugh they lost, there were some great perfor mances and some in-fflpiiiWa highlight. &53. The Lady Spartans got off to a wry slow start against Snow The Spartans fell behind after 30 gjvlngup consecutive seconds apart and trailed 122 earfre free throwB ij Emery missed ifl foe quarter that could have them stay dose. Snow Canyon kept rotating in fresh players that wore " Vn Emery in the first half. Em- -' at the end of the first The Spartans looked even ore tired in the second, when they scored five points. They trailed Jlftime26-13- . j Emery jdred better in the third miarter, but Snow Canyons onslaught continued and Emery fel CT en farther behind. They trailed lie Lady Warriors 2 at the end cl the third quarter ; One reason the Spartans had bo rquch trouble with the Warriors is tl)at Emerys quickest player, Thra fyweQ, was hobbled with the effects (t a sprained ankle. She still scored ii points in the game, five of them 1J Can-ypf- L led tnl&8 39-2- t COPY Jason Sjogren (32) goes up for a shot against Parti City's Chris Drotett (44) as the Miners Carl Fine (5). looks on. Emery took 5th place at the state tournament ; . The next test for Emery was how fouling to try toget back inthe game. Park City made free throw after free the team could react tb its dashed throw and no number of Emery ba; diampionship hopes. Could it come kets could pull the Spartans back back and play a championship into the gama : . ,7 f style game the next night? Would The final blow was four Miner theplayers hearts even be into it? free throws with one minute left; ; The Spartans answered all the which garo Park City a lead. questions with their thrilling dismantlingof Dixie. Thegame ended ona shot by Anders Once again the Spartans were son at the buzzer. EweD led the Spartans with 25 traffic They points, Bowie Jeffs and Anderson trailed by as much as Beven points, 1:46 left. But the Spaiv each scored 12, and Sjogren had tans like the champs they are The played eight and of a tones won made couple unlikefy only Spartans . the game for Emery First, Jeffs hit : .Any number of unspectacular, a free throwwith 1:40 left and Em--. things couldhave happened to give ery trailed byqix. Thenthe unsungberoestook over Emery the win, but it wasnt agame the game. Anderson hit a for this unspectacular. The in free throws by Park City that cut the Dixie lead in half at 1 with 122 left. After an Emery die linusuallyeold shooting, the team.. .they all foul and two free throws by Dixie with 1:16 left, Emery trailed by five. combined to cause a twilight-zon-e loss for the Spartans. Tbe loss was, Anderson drove down and hit annot caused by the referees, the align- other thisone from about ment of the stars, where the Spar-tan- s ' 25 feet, and pulled Emery to within stayed the night before, or any twoat5&54. After Andersons heroics, Jesse other excuse. .. . , . had leas than 10 seconds moved the baft down the coiut and tookalSfoot shot that bounced off the rim: The game wasn't over, however, becauBe there was a foul the first quarter break 1946. The teams played to a near standstill in the second quartecAf-- : .ter Ewells eight points in the first quartet he scored another eight in . . 0&-5- 7 'y f ; . 43-3- 3 41 seconds left. Unfortunately thats (5:00 8-1- 2) at Castle Heights Element Please bring a copy of players birth certificate will resister vy SowbBetheartansd9dnttakB v; . 3--A 6-o-f:7 . ; state, ftwy finished the season with a two game winning streak They beat a couple of good teams, Dixie and Judge. 'Emery played like chafnpinns In the fourth quarter of those two games, doing al the Uttie things they had to to whi the game Players like Anderson and Meison stewed up when the team needed it andEwellJed his team down to the last secondJeffs, a freshman, got valuable experience that wfll help him in coming years. Sjogren taller centers and still made his mark inside. Even Jason Hddaway and Brandon Hansen were instru-- . mental in the Spartans games. - The Spartans went cut champions, one of onjy three 9A teams to go out awinner on their last game ; of the year . V . nt et ; . Price Little League (Ages 64-6- . . to 8:00 p.m. ; ; . Wednesday, March 7th, 2001 ; . . . BAGESBAILIL Emerys entire season came . : . . - ; down to the last eight minutes of the last game. Spartans fell behind emlybut3pointersbyEwell and Jeffs gave Emery a 61- - lead. Judge tied the score at 61 anid then Ewell made alayup and was fouled. : He made the free throw and Emery led 1 with 223 left 7 Itwas an impwtantilay because halftime. - '7"7 ': 7. ;; it caused Judge to have to play catch Onlyflvefoulswrecalledonthe( up the rest of the game. The Bull-- r two teqres fo the first halt Emcrys dogs started fouling Emery with leading scorers for ibe game were 1:17 left, - V7 Ewell and Anderson, both with 18, The Spartans responded by hitMdsonwith 10, and Jeffowith eight ting foul shot after foul shot. and Sjogrenhit four in a row; Nielson Emery made eight most their hft one and then Sjogren made ttree maybe exciting played gameoffiie'yeai; moro, TbefrrotfarowBwontfaegBme The next night Emeryhad to face. for Emery 728 and with It came consolation champiJudge Memorial High Sdiool In a' the state ' v game that would deddetheconso- - onship. Mw rhmnptnnriitp, Theg&mewaS Ewell finished his senior season close again. Emmy jumped out to a by scoring 29 points, pulling down ' 14-- 5 lead thanks to two five rebounds, and shooting 52.9 Ewell and one Anderson and ; by percent from the field and making by ' : Nielson. from the line. Anderson, But after that lead, Emmy got Nielson,.and Sjogren each scored only one basket by Jeffs and didnt 12 points. Anderson had six score for thelast 320 of the quarfour assists, and shot 71.4 ter. The Bulldogs scored 11 points per cent from the fieM, Including from oyer that stretch and led Emery at : range; . Nielson; : where the Emery comeback ended, trailed at the half 3342. . Snow Canyon made four, free ' AgainEmeiystagedabigoome-badcthrows and Emery could only manEveryone on the team con--, age one. The. Spartans lost the tributed to one of the best quartern of the season. Powell, Oviatt, and. game. If Emery hadnt Men behind by Barbara Burke each scored four so much, the comeback would have , points and Cheryl Grant and Jenniwon It for them. They needed to fer Nielson scored five each. Emkeep the score doser in the first ' ery held the Lady Bulldogs to only three quarters so their eight points in the third quarter. heroics could have worked.' The Lady Spartans didnt wmk a in the quarter; but sucOviatt gave the impression that when sires inspired she can hit anyceeded in pulling to within seven ' thing. She finished with 17 points. ' points of the Judge team. . : Burke made a free throw to start Emtery started the game even worse against Judge, the fourth quarter and Eiqery was The Bulldogs outscored Emery then within six. But then it was 10-- 3 in the first quarter. Emerys Judge's turn to make a rtin. They only basket wa8a3-pointby Oviatt scored seven straight points and ; thatshebankedinfrbm25feet. Emery1 dunces sagged. The Lady Emery did better on offense in Spartans fell behind by 14 with 51 the second quarter; but so didJudge. seconds left and although Oviatt hit The Spartans had nine points, but .. two more they lost the the Bulldogs scored 23, Emery gamebylO. er d; . - fourth-quart- cold-bloode- over-- ; 21-of-- all from the field.. 5q even though they were outrebounded 3025 (13-- 5 cm the offensive boards) and Judge had 18 points on turnovers to five for the Sp&rtan& The Emerys players preat shooting won the game forthem. ;'7 7 It that the Spartans 7 appeared had learned something about off teams tathe fourth quarter from the previous game they played at state. They were not going to repeat the mistakes they made against Dbda : . 54-5- 28-fo-ot ; 11-of-- 16 and and Nielson led Emery again in the third quarter, scoring seven, seven, and five points,: respectively The Spartans tied the score at the end of (te third quarter : on two more free, throws by Nielson. EweU, Andereon, . V'-,;'- 0, . near-reco- rd ot v;- 26-2- three-pointer- 43-2- 3, 10-of-- 13 21-1- ng in the fourth quarter when Emery tried to stage a comeback. The key to the Spartans' resurgence In the fourth period was. Shannah Oviatt After Snow Can- yon bumped their lead to Oviattstartedhittingeverythingshe put up In the air. runner First, she made a in the lane, then she hit a She followed those shots with a that slipped easily . through the net Oviatts run brought the Spartans to within 10 at with 224 remaining in the game. The Lady Warriors made a of free throws and Oviatt hit couple ' The Sparyet another tans trailed by nine with 1:05 left. . Powell hit a basket after a Snow Canyon free throw and Emery had pulled to within eight at 4838 with from range. Sjogren pulled down nine rebounds and was from the free throw Una Jeffo finished with seven points andlour 7.-- .7. '!V7 assist8,7':.' Asateam.tbe Spartans made cut one point off Judges lead and trMled at baUfime 32-8- 3-o- int . 58-56.- 7: th usually-great-shooti- bad three assists and was file second. But Emmy could only 22 seornds left Dixie had a chance to have (heir own hero tie the game. Th hitthetwofreethrowBwithi:161eft, but bis first attempt danged off the rim and Emerys players and fans started to celebrate. He intention allymissed the Becond shot, trying to get the reboimd and pu t the ball In the basket to fie the game; But the ball was batted around as time ; ran out and Emery took the game ; :7 7 The liole game was dose, with neither team leading by more than seven in the first hail Emery led 4 in the second quarter, but Dbdewent on a 12-- 3 run to end the half that gave them a 4 lead at oome-from-bCUi-nd ; all-st- : 15-poi- nt llEmery lost to Snow Canyon in tie first game 5039. They feD the next night to Judge Memorial High ; v of the Cartxm High drill team members have been named and have been nominated for honors. Ember Biuegget, Jackie Cooper and Michelle laylorhave all been selected for the honor. Blueggel has been a member of the for three years, Cooper has danced with the drill team for two years and Taylor has performed with the CHS drill team for three years-- called onEmery on the shot. With : 8 .. Dixie members named all region thrw totieorwinthegame. Theyquiddy . Be1" T One of the Spartans big prob--, lems was having to play from behind the entire game, thanks to a ' Mowstart Over the first 223 of the first quartet; whOe Emery was miss-In- g every shot they took, Park City piade a field goal and two era to Jump out to a'12--4 lead.; The ffiners led 14-- at. the end of the' quartet; TheSpartansandMinersplayed evenly in the sectHid quartet; thanks vfo six points In a row by ' Jason Sjogren and five by Steven EweK The Spartansgot a bunch ofpoints bn offensive rebounds, but commuted more than twice as many fouls as the Miners, who made free throws. The Spartans trailed at the half jjjAs they have all year; the Spar; tape came out with more Intensity! lithe third quarter; Ewell tookthe bftense Into his own hands and fcbbred from all over the court He rft&ed up 10 points in the period,. but Park City was able to hold the Spartansatbaywtthashotbereand there. Emery hadnearjyfoughtall the way back, trailing slightly the end the third quarter Park City hit a quick t added a fewmore straws to the Emery camels back, but the Spar-- : had some life. KhntAiuter- fans fion played a great quarter. He ; fnade some steals, drove to the basr jcet and got fouled, hit and tried to put Emery back in the "'. gaine. . Trailing by 10 points with two Drill team line, this time to give Emery their first lead of the second hall There was never any doubt In Emmy fans minds that the shots would be good. Again the ball hit nothing but ttie net, - : JWdatmonceasteHmdtoflie . ButRukChymadeamindow- ng 41 of their 45 charity tosses; tMchaddedupto 91.1 percent In one streak the Miners made 18af-16-. .The Spartans shot an incretk Ible 82 but didnt W:- . Whenherkllzedthathebadgtven achanee to win the game at ' Emery the free throw liq hd was obvi- buslydastraught.r i' ii , about 12 seconds left and Nielson down the rebound. One of pulled ' the Flyers must have thought that his team was losing becausefie in- tentionally fouled Nielson to stop the dock with 9.5 seconds left, 45-4- . , Dixie missed their attempt with . 7 The Emery girls had a successful season In tying for the region championship for the second straight year. They made It to the state championships and plqyed hard. They showed that they could play with any team in the state. The tradition of winning is becoming a habit for the girts from the Emery High basketball team. to&Ksd i. Pineview 2.SnowCanyon 3. Hurricane . 4. Dixie 5. Judge Memorial 3A bsstais9 luvs 1M 1. Pineview 2. Morgan 3.- 22 im-- BenLomand 4. Park City 5. Emery 14-1- . ; 1 17-- 9 Gsls&srs 17-- 7 .19-- 6 188 285 21-- 3 . TO UTAH STATE CITIZENS Please immediately contact your five -U.S. Senators and Representatives, see Price Library for names and addresses, asking them to support Representative Ron Pauls HCR 23 asking congress to ask President Bush to declare that the United States doesnt intend to ratify or assent to the ICC treaty, signed by Clinton. Hurry, everyone, please do above now. Thank you. ; Bill Darter, Helper, Utah : Ex-Presid- ent and y Greenhalgh Zachary Burdick competed at the J,H. State Wrestling Tournament in Delta. Trent placed 3rd and Zachary 1st He defended his title fair the thud time. Tbent . , GREAT JOB BOYS! Special thanks for the coverage by the Sun Advocate I: . |