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4 Altus (OK) Times, Friday, March 1, 1996
Sports
Lady Bulldogs defeat Douglass, 69-59
Girls Runnerup Semifinals
Apache scored the first four
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Several members of the Great
Plains Velo Club, the local bi-
cycle club, rode In the "12 Mlles
Fof Hell" mountain bike race and
'road ride recently at Fort Sill.
Club members Rob
Stachurski and Brad Bousquet
competed in the 12-mlle moun-
tain bike race which is acknowl-
edged as one of the toughest
courses in the area.
Four members of the club,
Frank Jaworski, James
Johnson, Dan Johnson and
LUI I . the quick pressure. Navajo
Baseball CludS B P11P W 1th “inA commmitted seven miscues in
DQvvDCH 0090 CC VWIIII the final quarter.
A layup by Shatswell and a
NEW YORK (AP) — Albert Belle If he didn't agree to the prosecutor and the Judge and three-pointer by McCombs to
Belle was given a record fine, terms of the punishment. While the jury were all the same per- open the fourth period gave the
and baseball players were given Sellg didn't specify the length of son. we had no choice but to ac- Lady Indians a 39-36 lead.
McNeese St. 92, Nicholls St. 80
N.C. Charlotte 81, DePaul 69
Virginia Tech 70, Xavier, Ohio 81
MIDWEST
Cincinnati 71, Memphis 66
Mo. Kansas Cay 78, Cent. Connecticut St.
Purdue 87, Minnesota 61
W. Illinois 120, Troy St 100
SOUTHWEST
Fresno St 88, Texas-El Paso 87
NE Louisiana 92, Stephen F.Austin 82
North Texas 54, SW Texas St 50
Sam Houston St. 85, NW Louisians 64
Texas-Arlington 70, Texas-San Antonio 88
FAR WEST
Arizona 72, Washington St. 62
Colorado St. 87. San Diego St. 74
ALTUS 69, OC DOUGLASS 59
ALTUS - Robinson 2-5 1-2 5, Sneed 8-15
2-2 18, Goodson 2-4 10-12 14. Hunter 3-6 2-
18 points. Willis tossed in 15 2 8, Willis 6-15 3-4 15, H. Sadler 0-2 0-00,
and Tameka Goodson added 14. A Sadler2-3 5-89. Totals 23-50 23-43069.
DOUGLASS - Marzett1-
7-14 1-315, Moore 3-4 0-3 I
8, Sex :3 234 3-4 9, Wall
George Washington 76
Pittsburgh 83, West VI
Temple 57, St. Bonave
while Apache needed triple Velma-Alma missed a shot, points of the first extra frame,
overtime to dispose of Mangum. but Morrow grabbed the but Mangum rallied to tie the
In the girls action, the two offensive rebound and was game at 45-45 for the second
teams swapped baskets in the fouled with 12 seconds left, extra period.
first four minutes as the game Morrow, who had missed three Both teams had five points in
was tired three times, straight from the charity stripe the second overtime, but Apache
Velma-Alma took its biggest earlier in the quarter, sank both won the game in the third extra
lead of the first quarter at 9-6, charity tosses for a 47-46 lead. period.
but Navajo rallied behind four With three seconds left, Matt Roberts paced Mangum
points by Parker Thompson to Morrow came up with a steal with 16 points, while Gary
take its first lead of the contest and was fouled with one tick left Cartwright and Zac Zachary
at 10-9. on the clock. Morrow hit one of added 12 and 11 points.
The Lady Indians held a slim two free throws to seal the respectively.
a message, a suspension, the players asso- cept the best deal and not risk A free throw by Mandy Sims
In an attempt to improve the clation thought it would be for being suspended for any games tied the score for Velma-Alma at
sport's image, acting commis- 10 games, during the season." 39-39 with 5:35 left in the game
sioner Bud Sellg on Thursday "The fine is without any Following the 232-day strike and the Lady Comets regained
ordered the temperamental precedent in the history of and the negative attitude of the lead on a short jumper by
Cleveland Indians outfielder to baseball and totally unjustified." many toward baseball. Selig is Larissa Morrow at the 5:21
pay $50,000 for his profane tl- said Belle's agent, Arn Tellem. trying to steer the sport through mark.
rade toward NBC reporter "Had we been able to have this a recovery. Many owners want to Navajo regained the
Hannah Storm during the World matter heard by an Impartial force players to be more coop- advantage on two free throws by
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By KEITH FLOYD Thursday's Area championship The Lady Bulldogs led nearly to a 37-35 lead with 3:06 left in Altus collected double-digit
OKLAHOMA CITY - Altus game. all the way after Shavanta the third quarter, scoring outputs from three
. High School's Lady BuUdogs -a a n Sneed’s layup pulled them even , ... players. Sneed led the way with
free throwed their way pastTo say the Altus-Douglass at 2-2 early and sparked an 8-0 . But another player who had
Oklahoma cay Douglass .69 59, game was ragged, would be an run that put them in control |8' been virtually silent before ----------------• • -
Thursday night in the runnerup understatement The teams 2) three minutes into the game. halftime. Altus season-scoring including 10 of12 free throws. , DOUGLASS MaNX i&mm
semifinals of the Class 5A Area combined for 51 fouls and 43 Altus carried that six-point leader Suzanne Willis, who had Mitchell, with 15 points, was 7,5118605 8 279,Wa, 1704321500
basketball tournament at turnovers. But the staggering (20-14) margin into the second just one point at the half, hit "“ only player in double figures Dure 12/25,0 2 2142 % over
Edmond Memorial, figure was the substitutions by quarter and upped its spread to three straight shots after for Douglass. Baro2 s 00 4.10 1228-74 3.19 59. P
While ft may not have been a Douglass, coach Lawrence 11 points (29-18) near the end of Tameka Goodwon opened the Altus shot the ball better 30.
thing of beauty, the 14th-ranked Cudioe. whose shuffling in and ^ first half frame with two free throws to from the field, ncttlng 23 of 50 an.3-Point goals Derg 41°
Lady Bulldogs will gladly take out of his 15 players, took on the But Douglass' Big Quala key a 12-0 surge that enabled (46%) to 25 of 74 (34%) for the Douglass 14 6 18
the victory as 1 t improves their lokaef the proverbial Chinese Stevenson, who hadn’tsscored in thedladyBulldogs to build their Lady Trojan. ' MUM C IRAqi T"t 2 *
season record to 14-11 and fire drill. the first half, began making her lead to 10 points (47-37) in the Th. k pulses Buy, Goodson 3, Team 8). Douglass 1-snocn
more importantly advances Altus outscored Douglass by presence known shortly after closing seconds of the third or ThelladA2 @3ow2.RZyM zWaf. 85/"Tahn"
them to Saturday's 2 p.m. 15 points from the free-throw intermission as she tallied 9 tharrDou mar but heloed offset 3). EACs: AL4 7 RAEiton, Sheed 1
runnerup finals against eighth- line, cashing 23 of 30 chances, seven of the Lady Trojans' first Douglass never drew closer that with a 46 34 rebounding sadier 1. Douginas is
rated Woodward, a 52-44 victim including 14 of 18 in the final nine points during a 17-4 than seven points in the final advantage, 6 iensen / MA# 0 2, Hayes 2, Watts 2,
of top-ranked Carl Albert in period. scoring spree that vaulted ther period. 5A Area Basketball Tournament TURNOVERS: Douglass 18, Altus 25.
14-13 lead after the first quarter. victory. VELMA-ALMA 48, NAVAJO 46
The Great Plains Velo Club, made of Altus bicycle enthusiasts, rode McCombs ^ anompson carry hamdi net olnanno than .aava.2-8hceaoziona,
recently in the 12 Miles Of Hell mountain bike race and road ride, in the second period gave the pressure," Navajo coach Janice 10, Willing am 0 20.00, 0 1 000
Lady Indians their biggest lead Hardwick said. "I thought we did Tel*** * 101211
at 18-15. an excellent job of handling the Sims 4-8 3-4 11, Morrow 3-5 4-9 10, Sutton
A 9-2 run Velma-Al ma ball and being patient the first 101215 19 37102048.0E280121-1
pushed the Lady Comets lead to three quarters. If we get a Navajo 14 9 11 12 46
24-20. After a three-point play rebound in the final 15 seconds, Yomhros point noia goals: Naval 48
by Gena Shatswell cut the we win the game." McCombs. Noor. s o
deficit to 24-23, Velma-Alma Gena Shatswell paced Navajo Shatswell 6, Roy 6,Willingham 20
scored the final hoop of the half with 23 points, while Heather McCombs 2uTeam DiVeima-Alma 19
for a 26-23 lead at halftime. McCombs and Parker Sutton 1. Wofford1).
The Lady Comets opened the Thompson added 13 and 10 Voim AimssMorceer stmonspani,
third frame with three straight points, respectively. Wotrd1). „ ,
points for their biggest lead of Crystal Fuller and Mandy Toere "aims-Alma 11. ?
the game at 29-23, and Velma- Sims topped Velma-Alma with Apache 56, Mangum 53 aor
Alma continued to lead the rest .. points ch while „ APACHE - Jones 9-2.22, Callahan 4-1-
Scott "Kirby" Richter hammered time of 1:29 over the same of the frame. Mo Rew added 1 times 3.00n7 2.72 0.8r2522256102
home the initial team break- course. Shatswell scored the final Morrow added 1 o ailes Skinner 0-2 2. Totals 23 6 56. 220.1042
away that started during the while not a true race since no four points of the third quarter 2 f the season, while Navajo " ACRAL
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for the 22 miles. P 1 well with only five turnovers in A _ ■ ■ . _
Johnny Jones, Jerry Wingate Two of the club members, the first three quarters against ■ O I I O C A C G O C
and David Schultz were with the Jaworski and James Johnson, the full-court press of Velma-I 1 I V
breakaway until the last few were to have represented the Alma, but the Lady Comets
miles. GPVC in the San Antonio area switched to man-to-man early Thursday’s Major College Basketball Montana 76, E. Washington 69
Opal Perry spoke for the last weekend in two United in the fourth quarter and the By The Aacourted Press Nowmmtt % 4 55
women, turning in a respectable States Cycling Federation races. Lady Indians could not handle -------------FABL___-.______Oreaen.ge Scuthem Caleo
San Jose si. 81, UC Irvine 70
UCLA 68, Oregon St. 66
By RICHARD RIALS Shatswell with 3:15 left at 45-43. first quarter and extended the
LAWTON — The Navajo Lady A layup by Dana Sutton after margin to 22-19 at intermission.
Indians and the Mangum Tigers a steal knotted the score for V-A Apache managed to trim two
were eliminated from the Class with 1:10 left points off the lead in the third
2A Area Tournament at the Navajo coach Janice quarter and held the lead in the
Great Plains Coliseum at Hardwick called a timeout and final seconds of regulation.
Lawton after dropping close started working the ball for a Randy Allen's Jumper in the
decisions, good shot. The Lady Indians key with four seconds left
The upset-minded Lady worked the clock to 26 seconds knotted the score for Mangum at
Indians allowed seventh-ranked when Shatswell was fouled. 41-41 and send the contest into
Velma-Alma to rally in the final Shatswell connected on one of overtime.
It was the biggest fine ever way we would have agreed to "Baseball has been through
assessed a baseball player, this resolution. some very difficult times," Sellg
Sellg had threatened to suspend “But given the fact that the said.
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