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Show tt , - Si AM! 6A Thursday February 21, 2002 Carbon teams look toward state tourney Final season game finds the Wasps stinging the Dinas By KARI N BASSO Sports writer . The Carbon High boys bas- ketball team finished the season on Tuesday against Wasatch. Al86-6the though the team lost the to prepare helped experience team for post season action which will begin Friday in St. George at 7 p.m. The Dinos traveled to Wasatch where the team struggled throughout the game to gain control of the score board. Jeff Anderson however contributed nicely to the Dino effort with 21 points, three of these coming i'mm the three point line. Jake W(xkI followed in scoring with 14 points, nine of which were made fmm the long distance line, while Matt Jcwkes saved points against the hosting Wasps team. Despite the Dinos loss, the team sharpened up their skills and prepared for their prelimi 9, 1 Dinos prepare for state tournament by hosting the Falcons on Saturday nary playoffgame which will lake place on Friday. The game puts the Dinos in a door-di- e situation. If the team losses, they will not advance to the state tournament which will be held in St George February 28 through March 1. The Dinos refuse to loose however, which means two weekends spent in sunny southern Utah.' Sports writer 9 '4 The Carbon High girls basketball team will begin the post season this weekend by hosting a preliminary game against Canyon View High from Cedar Gty on Saturday at 7 p.m.. The preliminary game will determine whether the Dinos will compete in the state tournament which is to be held February 28 through March 2 in St George. It is expected that the Dinos will defeat the Falcons on Saturday and move oh to the state tourney next week. The Dinos have finished the season with an 0 record in region eight competition and 18-- 2 record overall this season. The Falcons on the other hand completed the season with a 11-- 9 overall record. Simply by comparing numbers, it looks as if the Dinos have the upper hand, but for those who have watched the Dino team compete, their skills speak for themselves. According to Dinos head arach Ted Bianco, the bays had a tough draw by being matched up with Dixie High in the preliminary game on Friday. As long as we play well and step up our defense, we have a good chance of advancing to the state tournament, explained Bianca The Dino team has struggled in recent weeks to finish on the winning end of the score board, but remain confident that they can defeat Dixie and advance to the finals. With sheer determination and hard work, the team will find themselves sealed in the state tournament next week. 1 have been playing better lately and we are ready for them," exi plained Beam The head coach for the Falcons is Steve Hodson who has lead three separate Cedar Gty boys basketball teams to state championships. Despite this fact, the Dinos realize that by numbers alone, they are a better team than Canyon View. . I dont expect Canyon View to score many points Saturday. Hopefully, our defense will see to that, explained Bean. The winner of Saturdays game will meet the winner qf the Bear River and Judge Memorial game which is also to be played this weekend. It is expected that Bear River will walk away victorious along with the Dinos. This match up will be quite even with Bear River finishing the season with a 18-- 3 record, quite similar to Carbons season record. I suspect that Bear River, will walk away with the win this weekend. This will be good competition for us in the state tournament, explained Bean. The Dinos team this year has a good chance at finishing in the top three at the state Championship, if not possibly even clinching the championship and bringing it. back to Carbon High. 'Hie last time the Dinos captured this honor was in 1997, and supporters and team members alike agree, it is time for the trophy to return to Carbon County. By KAREN BASSO 8-- Hggj According to Dino head 1 tTr . VY.ft , W-M, 't v ' . Vm -- St - 1 1 4 4 V. . coach Bruce Bean, the Carbon girls have a good chance of defeating the Falcons and advancing to the state championships. Canyon View is a young team that has only four seniors. They are not big in size, but they are quick. They dont seem to like to run the floor much, therefore we will play heavy defense against them. Although they have not had a huge season, they V, W cs , hi irnnrinnlftrBil mnos in neoer against me wasaten Anderson Wasps. completed the game with 21 points and hopes to continue this performance Friday in SL George as the Dinos play Dixie High in a preliminary jen Maerson mo me way L 1,1 state tournament game. If the team finishes victorious, they will participate in the slate tournament to be held February 28 through March 3 in St George, Utah. Regta 8 lays baAdhall stanfms H. V. - 4 I rn T, ul jen wood snuggles id gam control or me oan against a wasaten oeienoef tuesoay nignt m neoer. wooo nmsneo me game witn w points m me urnos last season game. 1 Jd Wood on top of his game By KRISTINA KONTGAS Contributing writer Jake Wood, a six foot two inch Senior on the Carbon High basketball team, has put in three years of hud work and dedication asaguard forward, and was recently nominated for the 3A all star team. His experience in basketball began with his trials in junior Jazz; a spurt he has been playing since ond grade. I hswe been playing pretty much all of my life, and playing in front of everybody realty gets your adrenaline gninggond,stated WxxL He has come a long way since hes been here (on the high school team). Jake hasbeen a leader on the team for us this year, and has done some great things for unstated head coach Tod Bianax Earlier in the sea son, he was also seksted forthe Ben Lomond tournaments all tournament team, and during the summer camps, he was named toMesa Stated all star team. Besides his lore for basketball, Wnd enjoys piayingdty league fishuig and hunting. whBe his favorite streets in school are RE, because it giws bun more time to play basketball, and algebra 3. Al-soft-ba- ll, rme. Wood continues to hold a posi-tir- e attitude towards the playo&"l wantto grout, play asateam, and do the best that lean! think ifweal do that, we can beat pretty much any team there is. AfterWood graduates, he plans on serving a mission, and when he returns, hewants to do something in law enforcement. vade western Europe; and a Belarussian athlete who tested at nearly 400 times the allowed limit for steroids and then talked her team into getting her out of the country before she could be a J tCStCOaCallL Does it seem to you that there is more controversy than ever at the plympics? Does it seem Lauren Reavetey and DarieHe Jufian rush to grab the loose baft tram a sea of Lehc defenders during a regular season game played earfier this month at Carbon HtyU. The Dinos look forward to moving ndo post season action and competing at the statrt Wessional rodeo announcer Don Jesssr takes time to pose with future bulirider Dylan Barker. Jesser spoke to children about participating in rodeo and how the sport got its beginning. Jesser also encouraged all children to follow their dreams of becoming rodeo athletes and to never give up no matter what others may say. Certainly the media exposure has changed things toa And the relatively new elements of drug testing, very precise electronic timing and advanced materials used in uniforms and equipment bring new differences to the lime- tournament next week in SL George. In order to get there however the team wfc host Canyon View Htyi and must defeat the Falcons to cfnche a seat in the state tourney day. We give out tickets for one and the death penalty for the other but people keep on break-ing the law. The law of judging follows the same path. It wifi never be completely Untainted and neither will almost anything that has to do with the games. Controversy manifests itself in many ways. ' ' ; ; ; All of us have had' times when we believe tiiere has been' games, Otherwise the sport of horse ci vented in the middle ofa north-er- a ?: , deri. a miscarriage of justice in' " hemisphere winter in Swe- - watching tiie Olympics. Ifow1. about the controversial - ded-- ; .The Premier of Victoria, the sum by' referees in the 1972. state in. which the games were to games to put three more ") be held refused to light. oti die dock when the Rus- -' give money to " As I talk with people, I find build an Olympic village and the ' sians beat the United States for " that most think a lot of the prob-jemwPrime Minuter of Australia re- - , v: thegold medal? Or how about; since athletes were allowed the Olympics is that the . ;Inl9S6,thecootroveisyinthe fused to give the games aity kind thestrqjping of Tun Thorpe in; to don Olympic uniforms the judging in some events is so sub- summer games simmered over offederal fundi In fact, as late 1913 of his-golmedals for. controversies hare grown larger? jective, while other events, like ' the site Melbourne, Australia. 19SS, the IOC was thinking about winning both the pentathlon' As the games are more commertimed events or events of scien- - The story of this Olympic city ', moving the games to Rone, which and the decatidon at thesame-- . cialized are they generating less tific measure, are objective. It is easily rivals the Salt Lake brib? had been picked for the 1960 ; . games (1912) because he had! feeling of friendly competition that we tend to trust ery scandal in many ways. interesting games because they were so far basically played baseball in! and more cat fights? ' machines and electronics, as if At die time people were con- ahead oftiie Australians in their; : tradefor lundl afew times.; . ? WelldoqtbeSoaied.Contro-vert- y they cannot be manipulated or, cerned about the reversed sea- - preparations for their games tiiat' ;! What about the decision that led has raged each and every my gosh even make mistakes. I sons that northern athletes would ' were to be held fire years later. ' to the loss of the gold medal mt time the games have been hekf, guess we should trust those de- have to face; they would hare less - The games finally did come amiddleweight bout when Royj summer and winter. Headlines vices, but sometimes I wonder.' time to train and it wasnt natu- off though and actually the Aus Jones of the. United States! concerning improprieties hare Some sports will never be ; ral for someone from Russia to tralians did a fine job of bedding landed 86 punches to Park Si! been dbout everything from what measured totally in the vacuum be swimming in the middle of the them. But a judging scandal V Huns 32 and .still lost 3-- 2 site was selected to how bad the-- , erf objectivity. If you think there winter. No one ever thought. marred the games when a UA-dive- the 1988 summer games? r F! judging was in a number of . is away todo that you must abo about hdw the southern hemi-The controversies m both-th(Gaiy Tobian) was given events. Part of the difference is believe bribes given by cities hopwinter and summer, and sphere athletes had felt for years. ; unusually few scores fay eastern that the size ofboth the Summer' ing to host the games will never ' .v. The , block Hungarian and Russian and fall of roorts will al--! competition equestrian qning end Winter Olynqncs has grown ' happenagain. ' 'C'.'-V'.y,-: ? had to be held in Stockholm be- - , judges and failed to win his event ways be with us. Even in the AfriwM VotfS. immemely and with sports like - We have laws against speedcause of an equine quarantine in , game that are supposed to celgolf and bowling probably soon ing and, murder in our country Australia. Those events had to be There were many more prob-lem- s ebrate the spirit of rompetitwa' to be thrown into the ma they and almost everyone speeds and held five and a half months be-- " witii those games, too many , More than victories, contro- will grow even more. ' people an; still murdered every fore the rest of the summer- - to mention here. versywill always be with us. !, th . -- sec--co- ds ssl . d' : ! V By RICHARD SHAW editor : l' r Sports ' , t s . J v y ( I Controversy, controversy, controreityt Does it never end? , Once again the Olympics have outdone themselves; the ' Olympic bobsledder who kicked her best friend out of die cabin for sbehemothbrakeman that ended up being figure skating debacle that included of all things a French judge who still ', thought the Sonet Union was alive and well and ready to in lvif , K t ir ' 1 i - jV j A - - ' ywaww wreysft-v- 4 t tr .rih'r . 1 . |