The Daily Inter Lake from Kalispell, Montana • 8

8 Sunday ebruary 27 1977 The Dally Inter Lake Kalispell Montana Yellowjackets swarm Bulldogs for title By GEORGE GEISE Inter Lake Sports Editor A long painful wait ended for the Stevensville Yellowjackets here Saturday night Stevi which watched its state tournament hopes crushed by an up set a year ago avenged that disap pointment convincingly by trouncing the Whitefish Bulldogs 7545 in the finals of the Western A Divisional basketball meet It was the initial state Class A tourney berth for Stevensville which entered Class A ranks four years ago Whitefish which has been to the state meet nearly every year the past decade now must get past Loyola Monday night in the chal lenge game The tilt will start at 7:50 at lathead Gymnasium "I'm really happy for the kids" said a happy coach lack Slovens of his victorious 'Jackets "They're a great bunch of kids and they've waited a long time for this" The Yellowjackets didn't wait very long before they proved their obvious superiority Saturday night rom a 4 4 tie they sprinted to an 18 CURT LINGLE Top Brave matman I If i I Hr Boise edges Idaho eagers BOISE Idaho Boise State's Kevin Goetz and Steve Connor sparked a second half rally to lead the Bfoncos to a 61 60 Big Sky Conference basketball victory over Idaho Satuiday night Idaho had two chances to win the game in th final four seconds but James Smith missed a jump shot and Jimmy Lee had a final second shot deflected as the Broncos won their fifth conference game of the season against nine losses Tha My sports CMR repeats as mat champ Russell takes gym title Photo by George Geise Michael John paces Tips MSU loses but makes playoffs Bussell had five individual cham pions and one runnerup as the Hustlers used individual brilliance rather than team depth to win the ti tle Ilellgat had beaten CMR in dual Jerry Ryan John MISSOULA Great alls Bussell successfully defended its Class AA wrestling championship here Satur day romping past Missoula Hell gate 173 136 to earn the mat title lathead after getting a good first round effort riday faltered riday night and Saturday and finished in 10th place with 41 points The Braves placed just one wrestler Curt Lingle in the semifinals Lingle a tough 112 pounder lost in the finals to ritz Campbell of Great alls High 12 48 14 46 17 BOZEMAN (AP) Kathy King and Preston Thompson both of Great alls Russell claimed all around titles Saturday at the com pletion of the state Class AA Gym nastics Championships Thompson led the Rustler boys to a team title with 254 55 points West was the runner up with 24830 In the girls division girls claimed all four team point events uneven bars balance beam vault and floor exercise and crusted to the team title by a 20010 to 172 25 margin over Billings Senior Russell's Marty Vasey won two events floor exercise and horizon tal bars but did not threaten in all around because scoring for that meet competition during the season Great alls High had three in dividual champs as the Electric City matmen dominated the finals category was limited to compulsory exercises Cara Nodding of West won two in dividual first places in balance beam and vault with Kelly Neal grabbing first in unevens and Shelley Chauvin in floor exercise West a sweep in floor ex ercise led by Chauvin's 1830 score with Neal Nodding and Cindy Reather in order Neal took highest point honors for the meet with 95 in the uneven bars Nodding scored 94 in the vault Thompson's performance in cluded first in parallel bars at 15 3 and second in horizontal bars for a total of 8695 Jim Kelso of West was second with 858 points MJ Richardson 7 2 4 16 DeMers 6 00 12 Rocheleau 1 2 7 Henkel 1 0 0 2 Molloy 0 2 2 2 Stroeder 1 0 2 2 Nielsen 3 0 0 6 Hansen 0 04) 0 Totals 33 10 15 76 Halftime Montana 27 Arizona 22 Total fouls Arizona 18 Montana 24 fouled out Spencer Graveline A 7008 tent threat and the 6 4 senior finished with 14 points Lynn Hellman's desperation 15 footer at the buzzer rescued Loyola for a 48 46 victory over Hamilton in the third place contest The Rams broke to an 18 point lead early in the second quarter and threatened to turn the game into a rout But Hamilton's fiesty Brones battled back to tie the score at 32 all before Loyola returned to lead by four 44 40 with three minutes to play Two foul shots by Jerry Stevens and four points by Paul Steiner tied the score at 46 46 with 25 seconds to play Loyola stalled down to three seconds before Hellman got the ball almost accidentally in the left cor Great alls Russell 173 Missoula Hellgate 136 Bozeman 135't Great alls 103 Anaconda 96'a Butte 72' Hillings West 69 Havre 61 Billings Senior 434 Missoula Sen linel 42 Kalispell 41 Iibbv 28 Helena 204 Helena Capital 17 MISSOULA Mont (API Mon tana put on a strong defensive dis play behind workhorse center Michael John Richardson for a 76 58 Big Sky Conference basketball vic tory over Northern Arizona Satur day The outcome eliminated NAU from the four team Big Sky tourna 5 lead before Tom Donahue sank a foul shot after the first quarter buz zer Sharpshooting Steve Adams who sank three baskets in the opening period added six more points in the second quarter as Stevi pulled out to a 32 22 halftime advantage Only Dave Zinke's six points kept the Bulldogs from being routed Terry Thompson a 6 4 leaper who scored only six points in two previous tournament games hit eight markers during the thin! period as Stevi broke open the game with a 24 12 bulge The fourth quarter was simply gravy for the Yellowjackets who finished second behind Polson in league play Saturday's triumph boosted Stevi's season mark to 20 3 for the best record in the state among Class A schools Whitefish dropped to 12 11 entering Monday night's contest Thompson finished with 24 points Adams added 20 and Chuck Ives a certain All Slate guard hit 12 points and six assists Zinkc was Whitefish's only consis 98 Joe Ahne Russell dee Don Dilworth Hellgate awarded bout by criteria in over time 105 Scott Barrett Great alls dec Rick Butler Hellgate 10 3 112 ritz Campbell Great alls dec Curt Lingle Kalispell 4 1 119 Rudy Garcia Great alls dec Gene oster Hellgate 8 5 126 John loerchinger Russell dec Vaughn Thurston Havre 4 1 132 Kelly Johnson Russell pinned Roger Walker Anaconda 3 28 138 Dave Waldenburg Russell dec Jim recl Anaconda 3 2 145 Bret Chapman Bozeman dec Mark Pedersen Russell 5 2 155 Don Blackketter Bozeman dee Dan Randles Hellgate 7 6 167 Steve Sehoessler West dec Garv Mayes Butte 14 3 185 Bill Weldon Hellgate dec Ken Smith Senior 6 1 in overtime Heavyweight Ron Ameiine Russell pin ned Mick Barone Sentinel L10 96 Roger Hill Anaconda dec Pat i nristianson ttozeman 4 2 105 Jon Taylor Russell dec Arneson Anaconda 12 2 112 Allen Hines Hellgate dec Mears Russell 9 2 119 Ed Driscoll Butte dec Simkins Bozeman 24) 126 Jeff Todd Bozeman dec Jeff Baeth Iibhy 8 6 132 John Smith Hellgate dec Steve Smith Bozeman 12 4 138 Larry Hain Bozeman dec Clark Cummings Great alls 8 4 145 Jamie Jackson Great alls pinned Jun Solan Anaconda 1 52 155 Wayne Townsend Senior dee Ralph Setnsak Butte 4 3 167 Mike Burtosky Russell dec Dusty Diteman Bozeman 2 0 185 Craig Rose West dec George Rice Bozeman 5 0 Heavyweight Corv Atiyeh Butte dec John Janosko Anaconda 4 3 A DOMINATING ORCE Stevi's Terry Thompson leaps high above Dave Zmke of Whitefish In a battle of talented big men in the title game of the Western A tournament Saturday night Thompson scored 24 points and blocked five shots in 75 45 victory ner Without hesitating the 6 4 senior sank the winning shot to keep the state hopes alive Hel lman paced the Rams with 17 points while Jim Hereford was high for the Brones with 18 TITlt GAME Whitefish 6 16 12 Stevensville 18 14 24 19 75 WHITEISH (45) Dave Zinke 14 Sword 8 Donahue 7 Luke 6 Dvorak 4 Rupp 1 Watterud 3 letcher 2 STEVENSVILLE (75) Terry Thompson 24 Ives 12 Adams 20 Dickenson 3 Brinkerhoff 7 Morton 2 McNulty 2 Jolley 4 uierz THIRD PLACE GAM! Loyola 18 12 6 Hamilton 10 12 10 LOYOLA (48) Lvnn Hellman Anderson 13 Colyer 10 Miller 6 Anderson 2 HAMILTON (46) Jim Hereford 18 Steiner 9 Stevens 5 Krahn 12 Snyder 2 ARIZONA 58) Henson 8 14 15 30 Duncan 3 1 3 7 Spencer 0 2 2 2 Bovles 51 311 Graveline 2 00 4 Botkin 2 0 0 4 Gatewood 0 0 0 0 King 0 0 2 0 Totals 20 18 25 58 MONTANA (76) Yankus 2 0 0 4 Richardson 10 5 5 25 1 'TkVSBSa1 MA A 1 9 I I I Mir 1 Ik ra i HBUr mK Ik IMa VJ Mod £1 3pW KlswW' I WRbM JLeWB Jr' b'' SL 11 i jMin Iff MME JOItou fyWfMPrnTr wi bH 7T7 Mte Braves bow out in style By GEORGE GEISE Inter Lake Sports Editor our lathead Braves completed the Kalispell portion of their prep basketball careers here Saturday afternoon as the Western AA co champions raced past Helena Capital 84 67 in a non league game played before 2000 partisan fans The triumph was the 12th straight this season on the home court and gave the Braves a 16 4 record for the regular season the best mark of coach Jack McWhorter's career at lathead High Senior guard Bill McMaster led the upperclassmen with 18 points and his usual strong floor game handing out seven assists Mc Master who played just one season at lathead after two years at Columbia alls will nevertheless be remembered as one of the finest guards ever to play at lathead Senior Craig Zanon closed out his home career in typically brilliant style firing in 16 points and grabbing 17 rebounds before retiring early in the fourth quarter last two points on a pair of foul shots midway through the third quarter gave him an even 400 for the 1976 77 season for an average of 20 per game Randy Bostic who saw mainly JV action a year ago closed out a solid senior campaign by hitting 12 points The other senior 6 2 forward Dave Olson chipped in with seven points and plenty of aggressive play at both ends of the court After toying with hapless Helena High the previous afternoon the Braves were forced to take the Capital Brains more seriously The Brains actually led on a few occa sions the last time at 21 20 early in the second quarter But with Dave Olson and Dave Heine each scoring three point plays and with reserves Charlie Remington Brian Shirtlif and Dave Holliday getting timely baskets the Braves pulled away to a 46 35 half tir le lead McMaster hit 12 points and Zanon added eight during the first 16 minutes In the third quarter lathead out scored Helena 18 7 over the first five minutes as Zanon scored eight points and McMaster added two long baskets Midway through the quarter however the Bruins erupted for eight unanswered points to remain in contention Capital got within 68 58 early in the fourth period before McMaster Bositc and Dave Olson scored con secutive baskets to re establish a comfortable lead Lance Johnson a 6 7 senior center led all scorers with 19 points Capital proved a far worthier op ponent than Helena High which suc cumbed 95 72 riday afternoon The Braves bolted to a 12 0 lead after three minutes and only continual substitution by McWhorter made the final score respectable Zanon had one of his biggest nights as a Brave getting 28 points and 22 rebounds in about three quarters of court action Two of his points were tallied on a powerful dunk shot his first of the season He canned 11 of 14 shots from the field as the team shot better than 55 per cent McMaster added 20 points and a handful of assists while junior forwards Dennis Olson and Shirtliff each tossed in 14 points It was a career high for the 6 6 Shirtliff who has gained confidence in the past few weeks McWhorter agreed that his team played well offensively in its season finales main concern was to finish as winners to keep momen tum and to stay away from injuries We accomplished that and now ready for The Braves will leave Thursday morning for Bozeman where they will play tbeir first game at 7 riday night 0n iszss ItSis pw wl CRAIG ZANON irst stuff shot of year SATURDAY DOX SCORt Capital 19 16 17 15 67 lathead 20 26 20 84 CAPITAL (67) Lance Johnson 19 Dolan 6 Walsh 8 Hall 5 Skalns 1'i Robinson 7 Herrin 2 Whitney 8 LATHEAD (84) 6(11 McMaster 18 Zanon 16 Bostic 12 Halliday 6 Remington 8 Dave Olson 7 Shirtliff 6 Heme 7 Dennis Ofaon 2 Stoick 2 RIDAY BOX SCORE Helena 15 15 17 25 72 lathead 24 27 24 20 95 HELENA (72) Wilkins 21 Kelleher 13 Toner 9 Bartsch 7 Mueller 6 Womack 7 Hanson 2 McLaughlin 2 Brooks 3 lynn 2 LATHEAD (95) Zanon 28 McMaster 20 Dennis Olson 14 Shirtliff 14 Peterson 7 Stoick 4 Bpstlc 4 Dave Olson 2 Holliday 2 ment handing the fourth place seed to Montana State Michael Ray Richardson led Mon tana with 25 points Michael John the other half of the Grizzly Richardson tandem got 16 points and 17 rebounds in his last college game finishing as the all time Griz zly leader in field goal percentage David Henson led all players with 30 points He connected on 14 of 15 free throws during the contest which saw Montana jump into a 27 22 halftime lead and pull away after intermission BOZEMAN Mont (AP) Weber State shot 76 per cent in the second half Saturday to post a 105 87 Big Sky Conference basketball win over Montana State Stan Mayhew led the Wildcats with 28 points The win raised league record to 11 3 good for second place Montana State fell to 6 8 in the con ference but still qualified for the Big Sky tournament through Northern loss to Montana Weber led 44 38 at the half and despite the 30 point effort of Craig inberg the best MSU could do was to pull within five points early in the second half WEBER ST (1051 Collins 8 16 Mavhew 1 1 6 6 28 Ericksen 8 3 7 19 Mattos 8 2 3 18 Holgate 4 2 2 10 Moore 1 04) 2 Hunsaker 2 4 4 10 Smith 1 0 0 2 Johnson 0 (M) 0 reed 0 0 0 0 Macahon 0 0 0 0 Gibson 10 0 2 Totals 44 17 24 105 MONTANA ST (87 Stokes 5 2 2 12 Smith 5 2 4 12 Smith 3 0 0 6 Durham 3 2 2 8 inberg 10 10 il 30 Stan ny 0 2 2 2 Peterson 1 1 2 3 Trinastich 2 4 4 8 liodds 1 0 0 2 Manuei 2 0 0 4 Miles 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 23 27 87 Halftime Weber St 44 Montana St 38 Total fouls Weber St 23 Montana St 24 ouled out Holgate Smith Smith A 2400 scoreboard PREP BASKETBALL Hijlh lrnvm Kalispell 84 Helena Capital 67 Helena 73 Libby 69 OT Great alls Russell 59 Havre 48 Anaconda 56 Bozeman 49 I iii mu nu fit rti at (l mli Wolf Point 56 Poplar 43 (loser out) Glasgow 56 Plentywood 47 (loser out) Wolf Point 45 Glasgow 41 iron solation) Glendive 65 Sidney 51 (cham pionship) tTi at H'II Hamilton 60 Polson 57 (loser ni Misso a Loyola 52 Ronan 37 (loser ct) Missoula Loyola 48 Hamilton 46 Stevensville 75 Whitefish 45 (championship) Norlhi rn al ill Hank Browning 57 Cut Bank 55 (loser OUtl ort Benton 74 Conrad 66 (loser outi Browning 95 ort Benton 58 'consolation) Shelby 67 Choteau 47 (cham pionship) Snnlhrm 4 at lhtneton Dillon 64 Deer Lodge 58 (loser out) Hardin '3 Laurel loser out I Dillon 68 Hardin 47 (con solation) Lewistown 93 Butte Central 79 championship) Eastern at Gla tzn Richey 80 Whitewater 58 (loser outi razee 83 Brockton $9 (loser out) Richey 76 razer 66 (con solation) Antelope 53 laxville 50 OT (championship) UiTn (I al tnamnrla Arlee Victor 58 (loser out) Twin Bridges 43 Ennis 38 loser out) Arlee 47 Twin Bridges 46 (con solation) renchtown 61 Charlo 43 (championship) Northern 1 at Cut Hank Moore 72 Box Eider 68 (loser out) Hingham 69 Denton 63 (loser out Hingham 54 Moore 51 (con solation Brady 71 Stanford 51 (cham pionship) Siiithcro (I nt I nurd Wibaux (3 Ekalaka 54 (loser out! Absarokee 75 Rapelje 51 (loser outi Wibaux 69 Absarokee 66 (con solation) Columbus 60 Park City 31 (championship) COLLEGE BASKETBALL Dayton 89 Loyola Chicago 71 Detroit 91 Xavier 66 Phila Textile 79 Gannon 65 LIU 114 St rancis NY 92 Car 77 ordham 70 Georgetown DC 79 Manhat tan 71 airfield 101 Boston Col 76 Bridgeport 92 Sacred Heart S3 Tufts 74 70 Texas Tech 93 Rice 74 Baylor 72 Texas 70 Purdue 81 Iowa 70 Wartburg 71 Buena Vista 66 New Mexico 81 Utah T1 Baltimore 100 Towson St 96 Tulane 76 Air orce 66 Dakota St 106 Dak St 89 Central 103 Upper Iowa 78 Arizona St 86 Colo St 68 Monmouth 83 Knox 76 Wichita St 74 Tex St 66 Virginia 77 Maryland 68 Conn 90 Rhode Island 89 Vanderbilt 68 Miss St 66 Harvard 78 Yale 76 2 OT Kentucky St 99 Tenn St 58 lorida St 103 lorida 72 Temple 81 St Joseph 74 Clemson 120 Roanoke 56 lorida 84 Mississippi 78 Georgia 83 Tennessee 76 Wash Lee 81 Lynchburg 76 Hamilton 86 Babson 83 OT Tufts 74 Union 70 Amherst 61 Williams 54 Grand Valley 85 Hillsdale 63 Providence d69 St John's 66 NC State 91 Wake orest 85 Toledo 64 Illinois 57 Ohio St 82 Wisconsin 80 inal Boise State 61 Idaho 60 Vermont 82 Bcston 73 111 81 Drake 60 Kansas 61 Nebraska 56 Oklahoma 68 Colorado 56 urman 76 Citadel 69 Minnesota 72 Ihnois 70 Arizona 88 Wyoming 63 Kentucky 85 Alabama 70 Syracuse 82 Rutgers 72 Eielaware 80 Rider 79 Texas AIM 89 SMU 79 Michigan 69 Michigan St 65 OT Carolina 94 Duke 71 Louisiana St 86 Auburn 76 Montana 76 Arizona 58 Weber St 105 Montana St 87 Notre Dame 113 LaSalle 77 Indiana 59 Northwestern 54 Bengals thump Gonzaga 103 66 POCATELLO Idaho (AP) Seven foot center Steve Hayes scored 35 points and pulled down 19 rebounds in leading Idaho State to a 103 66 victory over Gonzaga Satur day night in their final Big Sky Conference baskeball game of the regular season ISU finished 13 1 in the conference and 21 4 overall while Gonzaga was 7 7 and 11 15 Idaho State finished first in the conference when it beat Idaho riday night earning the Ben gals the right to host the conference tournament this week 35 points was the season high for him He scored 19 in the first half.