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110-MM®® ‘Ifsa&ama-Tuasday. Nov. 28,1'989. ' D a w g w r e s t l e r s t w o The Western Montana Col lege wrestling team split two dual matches last Wednesday in their home opening triangu lar meet The Bulldogs fell 33-5 to North Idaho College, but rebounded with a 24-18 win over Ricks College. Western heavyweight Troy Lake was the only Bulldog to notch a win against North Idaho when he posted a 5-3 victory. 158 pounder Sean Moodry wrestled to a 5-5 draw against his North Idaho opponent The Bulldogs took the lead for good against Ricks when Marvin Curtis and Steve Meuer posted back-to-back wins, fol lowed by a forfeit to Jason Nordberg. Moodry thrilled the crowd with a 1:46 pin of Thad Miller in the 158 match. “We came out kind of flat against North Idaho,” noted Head Coach T.J. Nelson. “We wrefetled better against Ricks, but we have a lot of work to do.\ “Some of our kids are just hittingthemats because oftheir football commitment, and I expect them to wrestle much better than they did last week.” Western will travel to Las Vegas, Nev., to compete in an elite invitational tournament Friday and Saturday. “We are one ofthe only NAIA teams invited to the tourna ment,” said Nelson. “Itisconsid- ered the toughest tournament outside of the NCAA National Tournament, so we will have our work cut out for us.” “The kids raised the money to go and we are excited to compete against the very best.” Weetam(24) Ricks Co11e*s (16) 118. Brett Bingham (BO ihc. Phil McClasky.S- 3.126 • Marvin Curtis (WMC) dec. MaU Dun, 12-4. 134 • Stma Hauar (WMC) dec. Justin Judkins, 11-7. 142-Jason Nordberg(WMC) wan by forfeit 150-TA William* (WMC) draw with Cby Taylor, 4-4. 158 ■ Scan Moodry (WMO pinned Thad Millar, 1:46.167- Cory Ballon (WMC) dec. Mali McCunbia, 13-6.171 • Wrifhl Noel (RO dac. Jamas Sharidan, 8-0. 190 - Nylaa Havard (RC) pinned Yam Kroner, 4:47.HVT - Rulen Gsrdner(RC> dec. Troy Lake, 6-4. W o rk in ' h a rd... Western Montana College wrestler Steve Meuer works his way out from underneath of a North Idaho wrestler. Meuer was defeated, but came back to post a victory against Ricks College. Photo by Kevin Whitworth Denial defense... Junior guard Usa Miller picks up a Concordia player in the backcourt. Miller led a charged-up Lady Bulldog defense that forced numerous Concordia turnovers. Western won 61-47. B u l l d o g r a l l y f a l l s s h o r t A furious second half rally by the Western Montana College Bulldogs came up just a hair short, as NCAA Division I Gonzaga held on for a 67-62win last Saturday. The Bulldogs trailed45-25 at the half, but rallied to tie the game with :58 seconds remain ing in the contest Gonzaga sank four free throws in the final minute to salt the game away. The NAIA Bulldogs started slow as Gonzaga exploited the Western man-to-man defense. Western switched to a zone de fense in the second half andheld the Spokane school to 26 per cent shooting the rest ofthe way. Anthony Gullo and Kevin Engellant ignited a Bulldog rally with red-hot outside shooting. Gullo pumped in 15 second half points. Gullo and Engellant shared scoring honors with 19 points each. The Bulldogs held a 31-27 edge in the rebound department. “We did not play very well in the firsthalf,” noted Head Coach Casey Keltz. The key to the second half rally was switching to the zone defense and hitting our outside shots.” “We made a good showing with the comeback against a good NCAA Division I school,” said Keltz. M u s s a r d , W M C g r i d d e r s t a b b e d 1986 Beaverhead County High School graduate Brian Mussard was one of 12 Western Montana College Bulldogs that earned All-Frontier Conference honors announced last Week. Mussard was picked as a defensive back on the second team. The Bulldogs placed two play ers, quarterback Paul Maki and tackle Frank Cassidy, on the first team offensive unit. First team defensive honors went to defensive lineman Troy Lake, linebacker Scott Evans, safety J.P. Gallagher and kick BRIAN MUSSARD returner Brett Haines. Offensive second team hon ors went to guard Greg Chris tensen, tightend Ed Royce^wide Western women notch two The Western Montana Col lege Lady Bulldogs notched two impressive wins last weekend in the Holiday Classic held in Butte. Friday night Western de feated Concordia 61-47, then crushed Puget Sound 84-57 Saturday afternoon. Western guard Bobette Sand wasnamedmostvaluableplayer of the tournament and was joined by teammate Jenny Rey nolds on the All-Tournament team. The Lady Bulldogsbroke open a tight, see-saw contest against Concordia with a 10-0 run late in the firsthalf. The lead changed hands five times in the first half before Western took a 30-23 lead at the half. Pressure defense by the Lady Bulldogs in the secondhalf wore down the Cavaliers, causing numerous turnovers that turned into easy Western points. Western was led by Sand with 19 points, while Reynolds chipped in with 10. Puget Sound gave Western all they wanted for the better part of the first half Saturday afternoon. Late in the first half the Loggers took a 15-14 lead, but Western began a run that saw them take a 32-23 lead into the locker room at the half. Early in the second half the Loggers cut the lead to 40-37, but the Bulldogs began a run that lit up the score board and demoralized Puget Sound. The Lady Bulldogs placed five players in double figures with Sand leading the way with 18 points. Reynolds added 15 points, while Melissa Frankov- ich and Lisa Miller chipped'in with 11‘. Darcy Sturm tossed in' 10 points. i Western outrebounded Puget Sound 38-36 with Sand grab bing 12 to lead the way. “Weplayedgreatdefenseboth nights,” noted Head Coach Gary Cooper. “Our defense disrupted the offense of both teams we played and that really helped our offense.” “Lisa Miller, Stacey Shock ley, and Darcy Sturm are doing an outstanding job of applying pressure defense and their con tribution has enabled them to force teams into a lot of turn overs,\ said Cooper. “We are stiarting to execute our offense very well. We are getting open shots and the girls are putting the ball in.” ‘These girls play hard all the time and that makes my job much easier,” added Cooper. The Lady Bulldogs, 4-0, will travel to Ricks College Wednes day to take on the junior college Viidnes. rWeexpectRickstobf&ough,” their offense.” Waatam (61) CemoMia(47> Western Sand ■ M W, S tum > <M> 6. ShecUey 1 0 4 4, Millar 1 0-0 2, Haynolde 6 4 4 IP, Allen 1 0-1 2, Frankevkh 21-3 6, WUllaae3 2-26^1111113-76. Totals 366-16 61. HaUUme. Western 30, Cencerdia 23. < Thre»«e<nl(eal-8and.7 Concordia « . LTetal[eul».Western 14, Western (S4) P t* * Sound (S7) . Western Sand 7 3416, S tum 34-410) ShecUey 00-10, Mtltar 4 2-1 I t , KavnoUa 7 1*115, ADaa 0 3-2 2, Frsnkovich43411.W0He»ell-26.Eneke02-22. Sutliff 2 3 4 7, Applegate 1 0 4 2- Totals3022-3064. HaUUne - Western 32, PB«et Sound 23. Thrao- polnt feels . fend, Millar. Fouled out • Total (suit • Pufet Sound 24, Wsstera 17. S m i t h e a r n s a l M e a g u e h o n o r The Bulldogs, 3-1, will hit the road this week for three tough contests. Wednesday the Bull dogs play Ricks College, Friday College of Idaho, and Saturday Northwest Nazarene. “Playing on the road is tough, but we will try to improve in each game to get ready for the conference season,” stressed Keltz. Western (62) Oonafa (67) Western Gullo S 2-219,I!endera0n0040.Fefyuson00- 0 0, Eflfallanl 74-619. McMahan 2 0 4 4, Sullivan 4 1-1 9, Vandanandm 2 4-7 S, Beeenfarten 11-13. Totals 24 12-1762. IlallUme - Cenxafa 45, Western 2S. Throe-point p a ls ■ Gullo, Kntsllant. Fouled out - Vanicnandan, (Julio. Total bull . Western 21, GoiuatalS. Beaverhead County High School senior Trina Smith was named to the first team Class A Central Division girls’ basket ball team annpunced last week. Smith averaged 11.3 points per game, 5.7 rebounds, and connected on a league-leading 83 percent of her free throw attempts. She made 65 of 78 tries from the charity stripe. Smith also led the team with a TRINA SMITH 41 percent shooting accuracy from the field. “We are real proud of the. of fensive skills that Trina devel oped inher fouryearsatBCHS,” noted Head Coach Scott Hill. “It isanhonorforherandtheteam to receive this award.” Smith is a three-time varsity letterman for the Beavers. Dil lon finished the season with a 7- 14 mark. 0 , receiver Bill Polk, and running backs Mike Cutler and Cory Bolton. Maki completed 99 of 200 passes and 12 touchdowns as he directed the Bulldog attack. Maki averaged 236 yards per game through the air. Haines averaged 22.8 yards a kick return for the Bulldogs. Polk finished the season with 31 catches for an average of 4.4 a game. He was also 10th in scoring in District 12. The Bulldogs finished with a 3-5 record. s L t o O O N e w s a n d v i e w s o f t h e S p o r t s S c e n e B y K e v i n W h i t w o r t h This last week I had the opportunity to talk to five of the members ofthe 1946 BCHS basket ball team that won the state championship. It waB veiy interesting to see the sparkle in the eyes of each one as they recalled the glory days ofthe ’46 season. I found that interviewing the “guys” was not so much a job, but a walk down memory lane. My parents were still in grade school when the championship was won, but after I finished talking to each one I could get a real feel for the excitement that was stirred in the city ofDillon by this team. A special thanks will have to go out to Chuck Davis, Arley McLaren, and Athletic Director Norm Stubbs for their help in putting the fea ture together. Chuck supplied me with u hand ful of pictures, and Arley dug up a phots to help me out. Norm went out of his way to get me the information that I needed and the team picture. Putting together the story was hard in that I wanted to touch all the bases, but it was not always possible. I hope that it will stir the memoiy ofthe people who were around to eiyoy it in 1946, and the curiosity of people who were not Speaking of the 1946 state champion basket ball team, it was interesting to see that the 1989-90 Dillon Beavers boys' basketball team has 1946 printed on the back of their practice jerseys. Head Coach Craig. Finberg noted that the purpose was just to remind the players justhow iongithasbeen. Coach Finberghas a team that iB very similar to the ’46 squad - a little under sized, but can run and play defense with the best teams in the state.
