The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 288, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Page: 4 of 38
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4 • Altus Times
WEDNE SDAY MAY 23, 2012
SPORTS
OSU Caravan rolls throughAltus
Tennis camp slated
to start next week
I lepner returning to coaching
Thunder, Spurs Western Conference:
$ begins Sunday
N.M.
i
Mount St Mary s, a private school ir
Oklahoma City
Hepner was the head coach at Altus
High School from 2005-2010 He an
nounced his retirement in early 2011
Pictured above from left.
Mike McGraw, golf coach.
Bill Annan assistant girls
basketball coach and Jemal
Singleton, assistant football
coach spoke at the annual
OSU Caravan Tuesday night
in Altus Also the Big 12
Championship and the Fiesta
Bowl Championship trophies
(LEFT) were on display
Western to open W orld Series
against Grand Rapids, Michigan
ket ve been set for the NJCAA Divi
W ■ • Series which begins Mon
West > • ma State College Pioneers
g nat 1 hampions will play Grand
Rap Mich. at Saturday
fo wing is the list of World Series quali
and the schedule of games
NJC AA DII Baseball District Champion*
World Series Participants
Southwest (Regions 1, 5): Scottsdale Commu-
nity College, Ariz. (38-22)
North Plains (Regions 9, 11. 13) Des Moines
Area C Community College, Iowa (50-13)
Plains (Regions 2. 6. 16): Western Oklahoma
State College (4415)
N " entra (Region 4) Madison College,
Wis. (43-11)
M Regi 24) Heartland Community
College, 111. (51-6)
S Region 2 LSU-Eunice, La. (52-4)
North (Region 12 Grand Rapids Community
College, Mich. (39 22)
Northeast Regions 19, 20) Lackawanna Col-
lege, Pa (46-10)
S Regions 8, 10) Catawba Valley
Community College, N.C. (36-15)
1 is3 1 21) Community College
beating the I A Clippers on Sun
day and have won 18 games in a
row
"We are proud of that San An
tonio sixth man Manu Ginobili
said “It s not easy to a omplish,
but who cares? But now were go
ing to fac e in the conference e finals
against a very rough, skilled op
ponent ’
Each team has a speedy All
Star point guard — San Antonio's
Tony Parker against Oklahoma
City‘s Russell Westbrook Each
has a crafty, left handed sixth man
— the Spurs' Ginobili and the
Thunder's James Harden
And each has a reserved super
star, Tim Duncan against Kevin
Durant Both offenses can be
deadly on the pick and roll
“They’re tough. They have a good
point guard who’s very good in the
pick and roll, they have a whole
Midi of shooters and obviously a
genst big man,” Harden said. "These
next four days are going to be key.
We have to lock in and focus.
“The series switches from
underachieved as a coach
ing staff We underachieved
as players Nobody within
the OSU golf program
coaches, players nobody
performed well this year
and that’s a fact We should
have performed better than
we did So even though we
were we had all of those
players leave, 1 still felt like
we were going to have a
good season 1 couldn’t be
lieve it until they told me
we couldn’t play anymore "
More help is coming
in the form of Wyndham
Clark Colorado Player of
the Year in 2011 and the
Class 4A state champion
Clark won his second state
title by bring a pair of 64s
tor 16-under par total of
128
"I lank has the ability to
be a great player' McGraw
said
But one thing that M
Graw pointed out that col
lege golf is getting better
and the competition has
gotten much tougher
“It’s better than ever
Better competition, bet-
ter aches McGraw said
", ing story short we didn’t
perform well and it was ex
tremely disappointing My
assistant coach and I spent
ries
\ three meetings were played
- f ■ roster moves around the
trade deadline for both teams,
with the Thunder bringing in
veterar guard Derek Fisher while
Sar Antonio added Stephen Jack
son and Boris Diaw
The only games they lost is
when Pop took all of their guys
but Thunder coach Scott Brooks
said
After stumbling just enough
down the stretch to fall out of
the Western Conference lead, the
Thunder have been back on their
game in the playoffs while cut
ting down significantly on their
league worst 16.3 turnovers per
game in the postseason, they’re
averaging an NBA-best 10.7 give
aways
Were in a groove right now,”
Harden said “Guys are playing
at their peak and we're playing at
another level as far as not turn-
ing the hall over, our defensive
mindset and on offense moving
the hall '
the Lakers being . big physica
team to the Spurs with shooter
and running the pick and roll
very well We’re going to have to
change our mentality a little bit
But I think we’re ready for it
Both teams raced through the
first round in sweeps then did
well to manage extended waits
while their second round opp
nents were finishing off seven
game series The aging Spurs
who got the top seed despite
practic ally giving away a ouple
of games by resting all their top
players, have made the most of
their rest all season long
‘ This team is good at taking
care of our bodies We will have
some good practices where w<
can stay in shape and everybody
is just focused on doing this the
right way,” Ginobili said
The Spurs won the season se
ries 2-1 despite playing all three
games without Ginobili, and they
raced past Oklahoma City in the
final month of the season to (laim
home-court advantage in the se-
Basketball C amp Slated
The Lady Bulldog Fundamental Basketball amp has
M • it Altus Junior High
School
The camp is for girls who are grades 2-7 ( next year) and
will be held each day from 9 a.m. until 12 Noon
The imp lin tors ire Altus High School Assistant
Basketball camp
begins on May 28
said, pondering how 1, A could
get back to the top after getting
eliminated by the Thunder
Oklahoma City is well on its
way to cementing a spot among
the West's elite, improving each
season since winning only 23
games after relocating from Se-
attle in 2008.
"We’re not thinking about the
history of the last Western Con
ference champions,” said Oklaho-
ma City backup center Nazr Mo-
ham med, himself a veteran of the
Spurs 2005 championship team
“All were thinking about is San
Antonio and what needs to be
done.”
The series starts Sunday night
in San Antonio, with both teams
getting the better part of a week
of down time to prepare. Both
teams took Tuesday off after
Oklahoma City finished off a five-
game series against the Lakers
with a 106-00 victory on Monday
night.
The Spurs completed their
second straight playoff sweep by
Friday, June 1 Game 18 NATIC NAI H AMPI
ONSHIP GAME’ p.m
Saturday, June 2 Game 1 ‘ IF NE I SSARY ■
pm
OKLAHOMA TTY AP) -
The Oklahoma City Thunder
haven’t found any shortcuts as
they try I imb to the top of the
Western Conference
The Thunder’s path through
the postse ason lined up so their
first three opponents have been
the only three teams to win the
West since 1998
It started with the Dallas Mav-
ericks, who were trying to defend
their NBA title Next up was the
Los Angeles Lakers who have
won five championships since
2000. In the Western Conference
finals, the Thunder will now face
the four-time champion San Anto-
nio Spurs.
If the franchise can reach the
NBA finals for the first time since
losing to Michael Jordan's Bulls in
1996 as the Seattle SuperSonics,
it will be after getting through the
cream of the crop out Went.
“You go over the last few years,
and it’s been the usual suspects at
the top and it’s been that way for a
reason,” Lakers star Kobe Bryant
Former Alt High School Head
P -■'' Hepner will return
■ the . ks he told the Altus
Times in esday
Hepner * ISS stant coach at
the last month questi ■ ng
all the things we de V' W’
saying the right thing, an
we doing the right th ng
Wr weren’t getting result
so we thought we reed '
change something Disap
pointed absolutely Does ■ ,
discourage me '' " going
forward N I think we'r
going to be great next year
Bill Annan
The Cowgirls made a big
turnaround by winning the
WNIT tournament
“After the first couple
games (in the tournament
1 think the tear thought
they had a legitimate chance
to win it ' Annan said
But maybe the thing that
turned the team around
ii a short amount of time
ame right after the Big '.
Tournament The Cowgirls
didn't play well in that ' * •
nament % Head Coa h Jin
Littell gave the team three
days off
After the time ff the
Cowgirls knew they were
playing somewhere ■ ■
they weren’t for sure where
As it turned ut the Cow
girls were the last tear
to get into the get ■ t the
NO AA
The team was told “our
new seasor starts tod
of Rhode Island (33 11)
Saturday, May 26
Heartland 9 a.m Game 2 of Rhode I and vs
Madison - 12 p.m. Game 3: Scottsdale vs. Lackaw
nna 4 p in Game I We stern ( k ahon . Grand
Rapids 7 pm
Sunday, May 27 Game Dr
Moines Area - 12 p.m. Game 6: Game 1 Loser
Game 2 Loser ‘ p.n Game ■ r
vs Game 4 1 ■ ser p.m
Monday, May 28 Game 8: Game 3 Winne
Game 4 Winner 12 p m Game ■ me 6 Winne
vs. Game 7 Winner 3.30 p.m. Game 10: Game 1
Winner vs Game 2 Winner
Tuesday, May 29 Game 11: Game 5 Loser
Game 8 Loser 12 p in Gan e 12 W
Vs Game 10 Loser 3 30, n Gar Ga
Winner Vs Game 8 Winner 7,
Wednesday, May 30 Game 14 Game 11 Winner
Vs Game 13 Loser 3.3 p.m Game 1 Gar •
Winner vs Gam> 1 3 Winner p n
Thursday, May 31 Game 16: Game 14 Winner
vs Game 15 Loser . 3 p.m Game 1. Game 12
Winner vs Game 1 Winner p.m
ach James Legrand and former Western Oklahoma State
ege and Navajo High School Coach Janice Hardwick
Cost 54 $65 for tw n pers from the same family
Each camper will receive a I shirt with the camp logo
The primary .....e of the camp is to teach the basic
and was an assistant coach w " user • asketball Emphasis will be
pro foot ball team in Austr ■ year ed ? ng hoot g ball handling and
Chris Stiles a former coach it Law defense
A tennis camp will be conducted at the city courts on
Road by Imagination Station next week
begins Monday, May 28 with a free clinic and sign up
genda. The 4-8 year olds will the instructors atten
+11 year olds take the court
Tom 6.30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. From 7.30 to 8.30 p.m. the 12 18
year olds will receive Hisini tion
t of the week, classes will be held in the morning
from Tuesday, May 29 to Thursday May 31.
the came is $30 per person
a.m. is reserved for
s are set to be on the court
m. and 4-8 year olds from 11 a.m. - 11:50 a.m
ump instructor Alex
o information at www.altus
Hundreds t OSU fans
gathered Tuesday it the
Jackson County Expo Cen
ter The xcasior was the
annual OSU aravar
They heard from Head
men’s Golf Coach Mike
McGraw Assist Girls
Basket Coac h Bill An
an and Assistant Football
Coach harge of running
ba ks Jema Sir g et
Mike McGraw
A streak of 6 onsecu
tive appearances in the
NCAA■ Tournament
d " s year for
'• S wh $ Wher
k McGraw you
ers ■ •'■ to no
McGraw was t hard to
, duatior an g fers turn
ing pr whi ■ eft him a
very young team
But the streak had to end
at sometime didn’t it coach
N McGraw
kly responded, “I basi
t the kids know that
■ A ending
You had to think the world
fused t
se the youth of his team as
I did (have young
this
"We
ton Eisenhower is the head coach at E tion, call Legrand (580) 339 2281 or
Mount St Mary’s Hardw • it 18 14
He (Littell) told them the But now the sigh the Annan said. “The turnovers
weren’t going to get a free program turns to next sea-need to go away. Defensive
pass. He told the we’re g n ly I though we played better
ng to win it." He (Littel) wants to see in the NIT and that will be
Obviously we played re a much moremature tear it a key for us.”
ally well. Annan s See OSU15
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Bush, Michael. The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 288, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 23, 2012, newspaper, May 23, 2012; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2184629/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.