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Du ion T kihi \ k - Wednesday, February 16, 2005 A-13 Walking the Sideline By J.P. Piutt BASKBAIX i ________ RANDY SHIPMAN Cubbies ink new manager The Dillon Cubs' Board of Direc tors have hired Dillon Middle School principal Randy Shipman to manage the area American Legion baseball team. Shipman brings IS years coaching experience and almost 400 victories to the job. \I remember coming to the _Maybelle Arthur in the early 90s and ;1 always thought Dillon was a great •place,” said Shipman. \I've been hunt- -ing and fishing here for years. I’m Teally looking forward to getting the program a little more competitive -land consistent.\ Shipman came to Dillon this past fall when he was hired to replace Jamie Ogolin at DMS. In the back of his mind, he felt Dillon was a small enough community that he could move into adminstration and still »'have the chance to do some coach- v^^iiipman grew up in California and !»began playing organized baseball at i!age seven. He played at every level, ^including Little League, Babe Ruth and High School. He pitched base ball and played cornerback for the football team at Kings River Com munity College and completed his collegiate career pitching for Sonoma State, a four-year institution. A one- year stint in a Canadian semi-pro league, the Saskatewan Major Base ball League, ended with an injury and started his coaching career. Early in his coaching career Shipman did everything he could to get experience. At one point, he coached pitchers in the fall and win ter at Blue Mountain CC, coached high school ball in the spring at Umatilla, Ore., and American Legion in Poison during that summer. \Of course, that was before wife and kids,\ explained Dillon’s new skipper. Player clinic: When Shipman be gan coaching in Montana he discov ered that it was the only state in the Union without high school baseball. \What 1 found here is counselors, teachers, coaches-people in a posi tion to help kids to get onto the next j level-through no fault of their own, didn't have a lot of knowledge,\ said Shipman. \So I started this clinic as an intro to college baseball, to give these kids an idea of what they need to do to play baseball at the next level.\ Shipman has sent letters to return ing players from last year's Cubs team and players from the Babe Ruth team inviting them to the clinic. Any interested player that has not re ceived a letter should contact Shipman prior to the clinic (W 683- 2368 or H 683-6878). The 2005 Dillon Cubs Player Clinic will be held Sunday, Feb. 27, from noon to 5 p.m., at the Dillon Middle School. Registration meeting: The Dillon Cubs willtiold their annual registra tion meeting, Tuesday, March 1, 7 p.m., at the Dillon Middle School li brary. The meeting is an opportu nity for the parents of prospective players to meet the new manager and visit with the board on the upcoming season. Practice: The first practice of the season will be held Saturday, April 2. The Cubs open their season with a non-conference double dip at Ana- | conda, April 17. #24 UMW holds off Lady 'Diggers, 70-67 True grit Dillon Beaver junior Colter Pierce grimaces while returning Belgrade's T. Thomas to the mat during their consolation finals match. As he had done all year, Pierce wore his opponent down, extending his 3-1 lead at this point of the match to a 7-2 victory to earn third place in the 152-pound weight division, j p piutt photo Three Beavs place at state Reversal Dillon's Tucker Vezina comes around the backside for a two-point reversal versus Leo Pluhar of Miles City in their fifth/sixth place match. Vezina earned a 4-1 decision for a fifth place finish at 135-pounds, j . p . Piutt By J.P. Piutt Dillon's Colter Pierce, Jake Peterson, and Tucker Vezina repre sented their school on the individual awards platform Saturday night at the Class A wrestling tournament in Bill ings. \I'm not disappointed that we had three place winnersjTt was just disafr-'' * pointing that we didn't have more kids place,\ said Dillon coach Steve Vezina. \But you set yourself up at the divi sional tournament. If you can't pave your way to state at divisional it's go ing to be a rocky road at state.\ Dillon's early rounds were laced with disappointment as the Beavers lost three matches in overtime. Kal Stoddard, a champion at the Bozeman tourney, felt the sting of two over time losses. Joel Schlender, a solid performer all season long, dropped two close matches, including an over time loss in the consolation bracket that ended his season. Of the 11 Dillon wrestlers to ad vance to state, nine won at least one match to add team points to the 12th place Beaver total of 61. In addition to the place winners, Kal Stoddard, a junior at 119, and Ross Wolfe, a fresh man at 112, were one match from plac ing. Colter Pierce, 3rd at 152 There are folks out there that will photo shudder when they see Colter Pierce s name next to their s on the bracket sheet. Pierce has earned a reputa tion as a hard worker who just grinds opponents into the mat. Pierce advanced to the semifinal round with two convincing wins and faced eventual state champion Jeff Brokaw of Hardin. Brokaw had placed second at st.ate twice coming into this tourney and was the clear favorite in the bracket. Despite win ning a 9-4 decision over Pierce, Continued to page A-15 Omega will air Thursday's double dip at Carroll By J.P. Piutt The 24th-ranked UM-Western Lady Bulldogs continued their trek to a sixth consecutive berth at the NAIA national tourney with a '0-67 victory over Montana Tech Friday night at Straugh Gym. \It was a game where we played poorly but were fortunate to win,\ said UMW coach Kevin Engellant. \That was the only encouraging thing. Tech is scrappy and sometimes you have to win ugly.\ Poor Lady Bulldog free throw shooting kept Tech's upset hopes alive. When Billi Suhr missed two free throws with 11.3 seconds to go that would have put the game out of reach, Tech still had life. The Lady 'Diggers called timeout to set up a potential game-tying play. Tech would need a three-pointer, and an ticipating the play. Engellant in structed his players to foul on the inbounds puss, limiting Tech to two free throw attempts at worse. \Megan was trying to foul,\ said the coach. \She reached in and they just didn't call it. She got out of posi tion when she tried for the foul and Letty came down and got a good look.\ Tech's Letty Powell fired up an open three-pointer that missed the mark, preserving Western's win. Western had numerous opportuni ties down the stretch to put the game away from the free throw line, but hit just 16-of-32 for the game, 14-of-28 in the second half. Two other statistical areas hurt Western. Tech controlled the boards with a 40-29 rebounding edge, and Western's 19 turnovers cre ated easy conversions for Tech. Western's starting five of Hillary Taylor, Katherine Sunwall, Alyssa Matter, Megan Schmitz, and Billi Suhr all scored in double figures. Sunwall ripped down a team-high nnine re bounds and swatted two blocks, while Schmitz dished a game-high six as sists. Western's Jill Feller, a 6-3 post who is listed in numerous NAIA national individual statistical top 25 catego ries, missed the game following a knee injury the previous week. Feller's rehabilitation took a step backwards when she caught pneumo nia. An MRI on the knee was nega tive, but Feller's return to basketball is undetermined at this point. Coach Engellant says Feller will miss this weekend's games at Carroll College and at Rocky Mountain College. Western's game at Carroll Thurs day night will be televised by (imega. The women open at 6 p.m. followed by the men at 8 p.m. MONTANA TECH «7, »24 LM W KSTKKN ' l l I ndy D uwk scoring llt l l a n l'ii> J<»r H . K . illirt itit- Sunwall 12, Alyssa M a tter 11. Mccan Sclm u t/ 14, B illi Suhr 12.1.indsn Scott .1, L iu ta shea 2 Michelle Sulln an 1 Heather Kennedy 2 UHlflmie-32-.UJ.Tcih Ih n e-pointi rs l ech I 11.1 MW o 12 t.Matter 12, Schmitz 2 6. Suhr 2 2 M u tt 1 2 i Ke bounds--Tech 40, I'M W 2‘< ' Sunwall o, lav lor f*i f ouls Tech 23, UMW 14 Assists -lech 11 I'M W 14 esc lim it/ 6i Turnovers-Tech 2 1. 1‘MW 10 Blocks let.hu, UMW 2 iSutiwall 2i Steals-Tech I\ t MW i I Tavloi Si 11/12C hoop tourneys open Thursday at Tech By J.P. Piutt It will be a 16-team, three-day hoopfest when the 11/12C District boys' and girls' basketball tournaments open Thursday at Montana Tech. Each tournament will have a distinct flavor. However it turns out, it will be one solid weekend of basketball with a combined 24 games over two days. At stake in Butte are four Western C divisional tourney berths for each tourney-boys and girls. The Western C tournaments will also be held in Butte, with the girls playing Feb. 24-26, and the boys playing March 3-5 While the 11/12C is represented by nine teams, Mount Ellis Academy will not compete at the tourney level. Mount Ellis is a private school that has operated in the Bozeman area for 102 years. In recent years they have played a church schedule, but joined the MHSA this season. Due to restric tions with their Seventh Day Adventist faith, the school does not play games Friday through Sunday. During the regular season the Eagle played a brutal schedule with as many as three games played during a Monday through Thursday stretch On the Dillon front, this school year marks the first time in decades that a class C tourney will not be played either at BCHS or UM-Western. Top-ranked, undefeated Gardiner the boys favorite On the boys' side, Gardiner is the clear favorite and should easily claim the championship. Sheridan, Shields Valley and Harrison will likely earn the other three berths to the Western C. Of the area teams, Sheridan has positioned itself for a good run at not only a divisional berth, but a state berth as well. Sheridan's only league losses came at the hands of Gardiner, giving the Panthers the #2 seed, away from the high flying Bruins. Should Sheridan advance to the title game and lose, they still gain one of the 11/12C top seeds at divisional and would again be opposite Gardiner. Sheridan opens with Lima in the #2 versus #7 battle, 7 p.m., Thursday. Sheridan built their 14-2 league mark on the strength of solid defense and balanced offense. Those factors will give Lima trouble. Sheridan may have too much power in the post for the Bears on the offensive end, and defen sively, look for Pete Rossiter, Louie Bartoletti and even Calder Kaatz to N_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ J District 11/12C boys' and girls' basketball tournament at Montana Tech, Keb. 17-19 Thursday, Keb. 17, First Round pairings Girls Bracket 9 a.m. #1 Twin Bridges (13-1, 16-2) vs. #8 West Yellowstone (2-14. 2-1 fti 10:30 a.m.- ti-l Shields Valley <8-6, 8-10) vs. #5 Sheridan (9-~. 10-8) 4 p.m.-#2 White Sulphur Springs (10-2, 13-5) vs. #7 Gardiner (4-10. 414) 5:30 p.m.~K3 I.tma < 7-3, 13-5) vs. #6 HarrisonAVillow Creek (8-8, 9-9) Friday semifinals -7 and 8:30 p.m. Friday loser out-9 and 10 30 a m. Saturday loser out-noon and 1:30 p.m. Saturday consolation -5 30 p.m. Saturday championship-H .30 p m Hoys Bracket Noon-til Gardiner 114-0. 18-0) vs. #8 White Sulphur Springs i2-10. 2-1 ft) 1:30 p.m.-#4 Shields Valley <9-5, 1.3-5) vs. #5 Twin Bridges (4-10, 4-14) 7 p.m.-#2 Sheridan (14-2. 14-4) vs #7 Lima <2-X, .3-15) 8:30 p.m.-#.3 Harrison (11-5, 12-6) vs. #6 West Yellowstone <4-12, 5-1.3 1 Friday semfinals -4 and 5:30 p.m Friday loser out- noon and 1.30 p m Saturday loser out-9 a m and 10:30 a m Saturday consolation-4 p m Saturday championship-7 p m. make life tough for Lima sophomore scoring ace Joel Rogers. Lima's other prove scoring threat is senior Seth Young. Look for Sheridan to take away the two threats and see if the other Bears can score enough to keep up. \Our goal is to get to the championship game and improve on our performance,\ said Sheridan coach Clint Layng. 'We played with Gardiner for a half last time and hopefully we can put it together longer than that.\ Twin Bridges ended their season as well as could be expected after a slow start. Starting at the bottom of the standings after an early loss to Lima, the Falcons Lave fought back up to the #5 seed. They draw #4 Shields Valley in their opener, 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Shields Valley is all about power with 6-1,210-pound post Matt Peebles, and 6-7 sophomore Brock Arthun. They can bang. Twin has turned things Continued io page A-15 Got info? sports@cMontribime.ram i ' } ♦
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