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By JOHN HURST
Shelton center Mark Tuson
exploded in the final frame of the
Climbers' first round Region II
tilt with Curtis, pacing them to a
thrilling 56-55 victory.
The burly senior buried 1 I of
his 14 points in the fourth quarter
in an effort equalled by no one on
the court.
The game seemed not only
exhausting to the players but to
the fans as well, who watched a
seesawing first half.
In the first quarter boih teams
had many turnovers, mostly on
bad passes, but when the
contestants got warm the action
got hot.
Todd Brewer and Mike B~e
kept the Climbers rolling
throughout the quarter, scoring
nine and five, respectively.
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By DAVE CARLSON
Coach Terry Gregg's
hoopsters gave their all last
Saturday night in Region ii finals
against the Washington Patriots,
but couldn't put two miracles
together as the Tacoma preps
downed Shelton 52-51 in a real
heart-stopper at Capitol Pavilion
in Lacey.
The Shelton dream for two
state championship teams in a
year went down the drain.
Shelton can now finish no higher
than fourth in state and even thai
could be tough since Shelton will
probably have to Play O'Dea of
Seattle, an outstanding squad
which sports perhaps the most
sought-after basketball prodigy in
the state, Glint Richardson.
The Climbers, who had
trouble getting the ball around a
tough Washington zone
throughout the first half, finally
found a weak spot in the
Washington zone in the fourth
period and ahnost pulled another
win out of the fire as they had the
night before against Curtis of
Tacoma.
1.
But
Saturday was not lol~
another Climber comeback~
Leading 7-4 early in the game~
Shelton saw the patriots move
ahead for good at 8-7 before
adding another bucket at the
buzzer on a well-executed lob
SHELTON'S Mark Tuson attempts a twisting shot under the basket during
Saturday's state AA playoff game.with Washington of Tacoma.
Gal golfers
/
ready to go
literally "ran" its
record in regular
lay. That was
night,
Tavern
did not
are 32-2
the regional
last week,
of Aberdeen
from the
the Mets
a brief period
tel when the
four points,
in doubt
hurler in
will top
clinic with
runs a
the
gym.
23, at 1
staff will
ar's clinic.
Park
final clinic
it will be
the mainstay
N-Pak's
Will be on
Ilring young
th the
from
in
Duffy's controlling both ends of
the court built up an early lead
that seemed insurmountable, and
it was for two and one-half
quarters. Down 59-38' at the
intermission, Jess' finally started
moving midway through the third
quarter.
Mel Ninnis pumped in four
quick jumpers, Jim Corey canned
two more on the break, and Bill
Cox muscled his way in for three
buckets. Suddenly Duffy's
22-point lead was cut to four.
Then disaster struck. Celaring
the defensive boards three times
inlC
the Olympia Oly's, will also be
here. Special emphasis will be put
on pitching and catching,
although some attention will be
directed toward hitting, base
running and various defensive
positions.
The clinic is open to all those
interested, players and fans alike.
Saturday Nights
Two Shifts
7:00 & 9:30
633 S. 1st
426-8452
in succession and with a chance to
move within two, the Mets
committed three costly turnovers.
That was it for the '75 Mets.
With Duffy's already in the bonus
situation, Ron Moodenbaugh, the
game's high scorer with 30 points,
sank six straight freethrows to
bury the Mets. Corey, bothered
by a tight zone defense'in the
early going, racked up 22 points
to lead Met scorers. Ninnis, with
one of his better efforts, canned
20.
"We had a bad night and we
paid for it," commented Coach
Darrel Andrews, "but we will be
back next year."
Cushman Women's Golf Club
met March 10 at the pro shop to
make plans for the coming season
with 16 present.
Officers for the year are
president, Mary Thompson;
secretary-treasurer, Helen Nichols;
eclectic chairman; Arlene Baker;
time schedule chairman, Margaret
Bibbee; handicap chairman, Beau
Huldain; membership, Donna
Jarvis; phone committee, Hadene
Robbins; and publicity, Betty
Schwab.
Play days will be Mondays
with the first Mondays of the
month to be meeting night. April
7 is to be the first organized play
day with tee-offs to be lO a.m. or
5:30 p.m.
Fu n days and 2-ball
foursomes and club guest days are
being planned.
Sports twenty-five years ago.
DIAMOND PROSPECTS SPARKLE
Five lettermen from last year's championship baseball
team constitute the nucleus around which Coach Red
Smith is shaping his 1950 Highclimber team.
Prospects at this early date indicate the 1950 Climber
diamond aggregation will seek its fifth consecutive title
with a team featuring chiefly strong pitching and a good
defense.
The pitching strength is in the arms of Don Cleveland
and Bob Eacrett, two lettermen, and Ned Miller and Danny
Yarr, sophomores who have junior high experience.
The three other returning letter-winners are Ted Dale
and Danny Austin, outfielders; and Jack Valley, infielder.
(k CAR CARE
1st & Cota Shelton
Curtis led the better part of
the game, 35-27 at halftime, and
49-42 at the end of the third
quarter. But as the saying goes,
"When the going gets 1OUgh the
tough get going." This means
Tuson!
With 6:10 remaining in the
game, Tuson hit a foul shot and
then two lay-ups in a period of 54
fourth
in state tourney
Shelton's Highclimbers will see action this week in the
state AA basketball tournament at Tacon}a's University of
Puget Sound.
The Climbers, eliminated from championship play by a
loss Saturday to Washington of Tacoma, will tackle Othello
Friday at 2 p.m. for a chance at fourth place.
if they get by Othello, the Climbers will meet the winner
of Friday's Hoquiam-O'Dea game at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Winner of this game will finish fourth in the state
tourney; loser will wind up in seventh place.
seconds. Brewer reciprocated with
a lay-up on a Tuson pass which
brought the Climbers within
three, 52-49.
As 2:48 passed the clock,
Curtis hit a hoop but Tuson
immediately dumped another
lay-up to match his one at 3:52
and Shelton was down by one,
53-54.'
Little Dale Campagna tied the
game with a foul shot but, with
46 ticks left, fouled out of the
game and received a technical on
his way to the bench.
Viking Tim Wells threaded the
"T" shot to break the tie and
Curtis proceeded to set up the
ball.
At the :19 mark, Randy
Bostrom intercepted a lob-pass in
the key, immediately calling time
out.
After the break the Climbers
set the ball up trying to feed
Brewer in the "coffin corner" for
a game-winning shot. Mike
Bariekman, seeing that Brewer
was covered, pushed a
lightning-quick pass into Tuson
who arched a turn-around jumper
in with :05.
Tuson then returned to
defense and snagged a Curtis
desperation pass three-quarters
the length of the floor and held
on for the win.
Shelton showed strong poise
throughout the game, which it
needed to counter Curtis' superior
height factor.
Along with Tuson, Brewer
had an excellent night as he led
game scoring with 20 for the Red
and Black. He was followed by
Tuson 14, Baze 1 I, Bariekman 4,
Bostrom 4, and Campagna 3.
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pass into the middle for a
three-point cushion, 10-7, after
one period.
Both teams loosened up a bit
in the second period but neither
group could take COlUrol and
establish any kind of a lead.
Shelton did manage to sneak to
within one point a couple times
before the Patriots would put on
a burst and stretch their edge out
again, leading 26-23 at the half.
In the third period it was once
again up-and-down but the
improved outside shooting by
Washington helped it pull further
ahead of the Climbers. The
Patriots led at one time 39-29 .just
before the end of the third stanza,
the biggest lead enjoyed for the
evening.
In the final eight minutes of
play the Shelton Highclimbers
reproved the point that a team
which lacks a couple of "big
men" can play with a team of
greater size. For Shelton the
entire fourth quarter was a
question of "How long does it
take us to make up eight points in
one period?"
It may be that it took Shelton
maybe 10- 15 seconds too long,
after matching buckets for the
first six ininutes of the stanza
before catching fire with two
minutes to play.
Trailing 50-43 and the
scoreboard showing 2:06 to play,
the Climbers made a move, taking
advantage of a tenacious
full-court press and several key
thefts and Washington turnovers.
Shelton came back until Bob
Christensen meshed a 15-foot
jumper which moved Sheiton to
within 51-49 with time running
out.
Washington brought the bali
into its forecourt and ran valuable
seconds from the clock before an
intentional foul sent a Patriot
player to the foul line for a
one-and-one opportunity. Under
tremendous Shelton rooter vocal
pressure, the Patriot cahnly
dropped in the front end of his
chance but missed his second.
Shelton rebounded and called
time-out with ! 2 seconds eleft.
Dale Campagna grabbed the
inbounds pass, drove to the hoop
and was fouled before his shot for
his own one-and-one chance.
Campagna hit them both to
make the score 52-51 with ten
seconds left to play in the game.
The Shelton press gave
Washington all it could handle in
the last 10 seconds, but an
apparently errant and
out-of-bounds pass in the final
seconds was saved by the Patriots
and time ran out.
Sh. 7 16 !0 18-51
Wa. 10 16 14 12-52
Brewer 4
Baze 6
Tuson ' 11
Campagna 14
Bariekman 4
Bost rom 6
Christensen 6
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