Show i X 0 0 Lady Bruins come out of hibernation and are ready to claw their way to the top By Hyrum Weight Staff Writer Bears spend a large portion of their year hunting scavenging and preparing for one season winter and hibernation Likewise our lady Bruins of basketball drive themselves for one season a season of competition For many species competition is an integral part of the daily rigors of life hardwired into the perceptions perceptions perceptions per per- of the creatures often with the greatest ferocity noted in the females of the species In humans it is no less hardwired hardwired hardwired hard hard- wired although admittedly it may take on different forms The Lady Bruins ranked 3rd place after Dixie and Ricks BYU Idaho last year and are set to reach greater heights this year under the leadership of experienced Head Coach Betsy The season pre-season opens on the 3rd week of August with training starting on Sept 2nd After a month of practicing the team will open their first game against last years year's rivals at Dixie College on Nov I 1 1st st and 2nd This will begin a 30 game season where the new recruits and seasoned members of the team will have havethe havethe havethe the opportunity to work together and show the strength of their game and program This they hope will lead to a successful season and an energy filled post season The girls are here to play in response to the girls motivation and competitive nature said Theres usually a reason why the girls are here to step up their game They dont don't come here to sit on the bench She presented a strong claim about the Lady Bruins competitiveness and ability ability ability abil abil- ity to step up to the challenges presented to them The team faces one one challenge every college on the circuit comes up against remaining competitive with a high turnover rate inherent to year two-year colleges colleges colleges col col- col- col leges while maintaining a high level of game play a distinguished recruiter in her own right made it clear every team despite their division must recruit each year and it is a necessary part of the game With her experienced players and new recruits believes that they will place at least as well this year and that the games will willbe willbe be ones worthy of watching The basis of this belief resides in her evaluation of the players a team that will be able to work together and improve their game thus providing them with a competitive tive edge is friendly confident strict and driven about the game a characteristic that she shares with her girls and with some of the fans College basketball can at times have difficulty creating a large fan base as the students are rarely here for a long period of time and are are often working as well However there are a few to be seen Case in point Grant Bigman self-proclaimed self sports fan Bigman is big on basketball and enjoys making it to a game every now and then He states a wom woman m playing basketball is beauty in motion Admittedly he would prefer to view a good or ormen's ormen's ormen's mens men's game but theres there's something he finds in women's basketball that he doesn't in mens He feels perhaps we canall canall can canall all find something there The Lady Bruins fight like bears and andare andare andare are competitive in the academic arena as well as on the court The call from the the players and a couple of fans is this Come see the game and watch competition in action 0 C 0 PAGE E 7 |