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Show Sun Advocate Price, Utah Thursday, March 7, 2002 Basketball Special page 2 (toGQfto The I jidy Dinns of Carbon I ligh were expected to do well in the 3A division during this years basketball season. Some in the community expected a state championship; the girls themselves expected no less. But the twists and turns of the basketball season, along with bracketing that at times favored the team and other times didn't, led a season record of 2 3. with two of those losses aiming to the state runner-u- p Snow Canyon and the other to state champion Wasatch. The I July I )inos registered the best record and finish at state, third place, since the championship year of 1997. The state tournament really began at home against Canyon View two weeks ago. but many teams only see that as a preliminary to playing in games held at one of the college fieldhouses in the state. This years 3A tournament was held at Burns Arena on the Dixie Slate ( ollege campus in St. George. The games began on Feb. 28 and ended (he next Saturday, March 2. In the first round,of the tournament Carbon faced the Bear River ' I jidy Bears. Courtnie Wocmer, the second leading saner in the state was obviously this teams heart because when she suffered a knee injury in the first quarter of the game, the Lady Bears quickly fell to the I jidy Dinos defense. Carbon won the game in big fashion 59-3That first quarter was close until the tall center went out. By the but had only just begun to end of the period Carbon was ahead 1 -- 2 5 aY cars In Business r 24 HOUR TOWING. 6. 16-1- 3, fight. JMiKD K 34-21- MJHMICii I IIOMi: AUTOMOlillTS HEALTH IJI M OTORC .YULES I- - BOATS In the second period all doubt as to whom the best team was removed. With ( assic and Chelscy Warburton at the forefront the team ripped off a 22-- run and never kxikcd back. By half time the score was .. In the seaind half C arbon tore the Lady Bears apart time and lime again on defense. I lowever. Carbon's offense was not as strong as it had been in the first half. The team only put 25 points on the hoard, hut once again the defense won it as they only allowed Bear River 15 points. The victory set up a grudge match between Carbon and Snow Canyon. The grudge between the two schools emanated last years aintmversial 3A baseball championship between the schools which Carbon won. and the hurt the Lady Warriors had handed the Lady I at the Emery tourney. )inos their first loss earlier in the Tlie Lady Dinos were amfident going into the game because they knew they had not played their best when they met the Lady Warriors in IX'ccmber. In the end it came to the same kind of game that was played at I imery earlier in the season. Snow Canyon, who were the runners up to Pine View in last years tournament wanted no part of being relegated to the seaind again. The game begun as a large tug of war between two very good defensive teams. Knocked away balls, outright steals and players fighting through screens with people laying all over the floor marked the first period almost every minute it was played. The score reflected the kind of lid each team had put on the basket for the other. With :33 to go. the saire was only By the end of the quarter Carbon had managed to squeak out a one point lead, At the start of the seaind period the game started to seesaw back and forth as the defensive intensity each team had shown in the first period begun to wear a little thin. But nonetheless the scoring was nothing to write home about as both teams missed many wide open shots and even some easy layups. With both teams tied at 5 with only 1:14 left in the first half it looked as if the squads would go into the locker room knotted up, but Carbon was able to forge ahead. I n the third period the Lady Dinos began to assert their influence more. It was obvious that the halftime show in the locker room had done some good. They began hitting shots with Cassie Wuburton hitting a couple of three pointers that started moving theteam in the right direction. With 5:16 left in the quarter Carbon was ahead by and it looked like they were moving ahead for good. By four. 26-2the end of the quarter they held onto a 5 lead. The final quarter seemed to become the battle of the mythical BUSINESS BONDS SR--2 2 ITIJNGS Metropolitan Insurance pre-seas- 5-- 5. 1 637-780- 3 on 7-- 6. TOLL-FRE- E 15-1- - 2. 31-2- jump balls Players would grab onto the ball and someone from the opposing team would also latch onto it causing a jump ball to be called. The defensive intensity of both teams picked up. By the 4:35 mark, Snow Canyon had pulled to within two points Cassie Warburton then seemed to take over the game, and it looked as if the senior forward, who knew she only had one game after that to play in a Carbon uniform, wanted that game to be the championship game. In the minutes that followed she was like a demon on both ends of the court and put in two three pointers to keep Carbon away from defeat But it wasn't enough as the Lady Warriors kept coming down the court on almost every possession and scoring. With less than a minute to go the game was tied at 40 and Carbon had the ball. Snow Canyon had made 10 of their 12 free throws in the fourth to catch up as Carbon increased their defensive pressure. In that last minute it seemed Carbon couldnt buy a basket They either couldnt get the shot to fall or it was tipped away before they got the chance. Snow Canyon's Ava Crump was able to put the Lady Warriors ahead 0 with about 30 seconds to go. Hie ball came down court for the Lady Dinos, but it was snatched away by Crump and she went down and was fouled with about eight seconds left. She made one free throw and it was Carbon got the ball and got it to Cassie Wuburton just a little too late to have it launched as a three pointer. It was the end of a dream for the Lady Dinos, who had hoped to make up for the second place, finish in volleyball by winning it all on the basketball court It was on to the place game against Hurricane Saturday dawned sqnny, but cold and blustery. By game timeaf 2:30 p.m. the sun had warmed up a little and the Carbon players also donned sunny dispositions as they came out on the court that had been so cruel to them the day before. There was a confidence in the air, a confidence that said yesterday didnt matter anymore and that the team, including its three starting seniors would be only one of the three teams in die tournament to win their final game of the year. But the game didn't head that way initially. Hurricane played it tough and again the Carbon goal seemed to have a screen over it Time and time again the defease took the ball from the Lady Tigers, but Carbon couldn't convert the steals. By the end of the quarter, the and the large Carbon conkids from Washington County led tingent in the stands seemed very uneasy. It looked too much like Friday's game and they were worried. That all turned around however in the second period and the slow start in the first quarter led to a bolt of lightning. Carbons offense started to click and the pressure defense instituted by coach Bruce Bean began to take its toll on Hurricane, who actually handled the traps better than most teams have this season. At the 3:30 mark the Lady Dinos were ahead 5 and by halftime they had a 9 lead, holding Hurricane to only one point in the last three minutes. The third quarter proved that momentum isnt always everything as both teams struggled to get the ball in the basket and Hurricane out scored the Lady Dinos 5 in the period. However, at the beginning of the fourth period the scoring drought was lifted as Carbon began to run and gun. Warburton three pointers put the team well ahead for good and by the 4:30 mark the Lady Dinos were in control 4 28. Most interesting of all is that the high flying Lady Tigers were only able to manage four baskets in the second half of the game, due to the Carbon pressure. All the rest of their 34-3- 2. - 42-4- third-four- 13-1- 1, . . 26-1- 18-1- 8-- 1 -- points came off free throws. In the last couple of minutes, the game came down to a fouling marathon. But Carbon prevailed 50-4- 0 and third place was theirs. It was time to celebrate a great year and the team came together in the locker room after hugs from parents and admirers to realize that it was the end of a season they wanted to end differently, but ended happily just the same. You could have just given up after yesterday, but you didnt, principal Bob Cox told the girls. You came back and did the job. 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