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Show WASATCH COUNTY COURIER | FEBRUARY 21, 2001 — Lady Wasps ts RUSS RIGGS SPORTS care. I like that about her — she makes a mistake and then comes back EDITOR with two good plays,” Pyper said. se ~ he Lady Wasps used a crush-. ing second period Friday to defeat Ben Lomond 56-38 and advance to the state playoffs. After being down 10-1 in the first bee | | | quarter, Wasatch outscored the Scots 25-5 and went on a 12-0 run forcing Ben. Lomond into nine first half turnovers. “They had a week to prepare for us, and they knew what they wanted to do. We had to withstand their best stuff,” \ Wasatch head coach Roger Pyper said. : “We knew we Ve ia could come back, the only time we look at the scoreboard is atthe end of quarters.” _ | | Guard Liz Turner played a phenom- ce enal game, finishing with 18 points, ae four three pointers and eight assists. “Liz was unconscious — she doesn’t “I was getting frustrated, but I shot through it,” Turner said. “The basket got really big.” Also helping Wasatch’s cause was the reliable Shalee Fackrell, who finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds. Jenny Hatch, Ben Lomonds §$star guard, was held to only two points — and Pyper attributes this to Wasp Heidi Whimpey’s defensive ability. “Heidi Whimpey is the best defensive player that we’ve got. We made her (Hatch) go to her left, and she couldn’t handle it,” he said. Although his team was outscored 193 in the second quarter and went into halftime losing 26-15, Ben Lomond assistant coach Ed Morris said that the Scots were happy with the results. “I think that our game plan was not to get beat as bad as we did last time,” he said. “We accomplished what we wanted to accomplish. I just wanted them to compete. The last time we I knew they would come back. They know how to weather the storm.” assistant coach Marje Carlile said. On Feb. 13, Wasatch finished the regular season with a 62-40 win over Emery. Turner led the Lady Wasps Wasatch continued to pour things with 22 points, and Fackrell added 16. played them they started off slow, but on in the third quarter, breaking open a 17 point lead with just under two min- utes remaining. Fackrell was all over the offensive glass, and Turner hit back-to-back threes Scots just spirit that broke when they the were mounting a late run. “I think they are a state championship team — they have great stuff,” “We were really pleased with that | game. A lot of people contributed,” — Carlile said. “They were ranked num- ber one in their region, and I think it helped us. Coach Pyper purposely scheduled that game to keep us sharp.” Wasatch now heads to the state in the fourth, as Turner nailed two more treys and Fackrell and forward Rachel Remund both hit shots — all in the first three minutes. Wasatch took a 52-31 lead with 3:30 tournament in Ogden, held at Weber State in the Dee Events Center. The Lady Wasps will play Pineview in the opening game tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., hoping to improve upon last year’s sixth place finish. | “Last year, we were just happy to be there. We want to win this year — it’s a wide open race,” Carlile said. as the Lady Wasps cruised to an easy _ “We could really take it. Hopefully we can beat Judge in the finals — we victory. can’t be scared of them,” Turner said. Morris said. Ce : The Lady Wasps didn’t slow down — “We're really coming together. I think we're jelling at the right time,” Wasatch Email: sports@wasatchcountycourier.com 5 L S: §i re . 4 PHOTO BY ERIN MCGUINNESS The Winter Sports Park was the site for this Olympic Test Event. PHOTO BY ERIN MCGUINNESS Spectators eagarly await the next slider. ptBieain PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Lincoln DeWitt lost the track record Friday but won the race and the overall World Cup skeleton title as the men’s tour ended its season on the track to be used for aa eee eee * Me BE aR am Re a eR eR Lincoln DeWitt begins his push start. the 2002 Olympic Games. The race, on the Olympic Park track that is quickly gaining a reputation for being the world’s fastest, saw the first three places separated by only .03 seconds. DeWitt, whose two runs produced a ‘winning time of 1 minute, 37.78 seconds, led silver medalist Martin Rettl of Austria by .01 second and Switzerland’s Gregor Staehli by .03 seconds. “At the finish, I said they were going to have to switch to luge timing to thousandths of a second because the three of us were within three-hundredths,” “said DeWitts*«: » Four years ago, he was a ski instruc- ieceemcen dgeheesonstemeriaianiiaemerercl are tor in Park City. He took up skeleton on a whim. ae Rettl, who won the gold at the World Championships in Calgary, Alberta, a week ago, broke DeWitt’s track record when he covered the 15 curves of the 1,335-meter track in 48.60 seconds, .09 seconds faster than the time the American set in October. But a bobble coming out of turn 14 in the second run cost him victory. The Austrian also dismissed DeWitt’s home ice advantage with the track when talk turned to next year’s Winter Games. | “IT don’t think it’s a problem to have less runs on this track than Lincoln, said Rettl, who dyed his hair fire red and purple for the race but promised a different « combination for ~ the Olympics. a oes |