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Page 6-February 27,1986-Fort Covington Sun-Fort Covington, N.Y. 3 y and Nikki Bingham and Jt>y- lynn Brosseau had one basket apiece. ~ JV GIRLS BASKETBALL rage b-february 27, lW6-hort Covington Sun Sportseenter By Sandy Cook were ousted in the semi-finals, the Salmon River boys varsity basketball team did something many of its predecessors had not done in a long time. They won a sectional game. Shamrock fans watched happily last Tuesday as their club threw a shutout in the fourth quarter and beat the Canton Golden Bears, 48-41, in the first round of the Sec- ,f ' \ las'* C ou ~ rf.nenc • io v * r *ur. ' i pvj' * ^ *I\ CP SVn V. 'i Ti. f MCL > • •\ o >. s . ?v .„ , rr ' OL- ir \ in 6 each. Pyle canned 5, Inglee 4, and Pat Conners 2 in the season finale. Salmon River's boys finish 1986 with an overall record of 11-10, and at 8-6 in Division II, tied with SLC for fourth place. GIRLS VARSITY BAS- KETBALL The Ladv Shamrocks or R:\er OIK u i * it f i their last league _ at home versus Parishville- Hopkinton last Thursday. It was win number 10 for 1985-86, with the only two loses for Dawn Hopson's crew coming at the hands of Brushton-Moira. The Panth- ers won the Division II JV crown with a 12-0. SRCS never looked back af'er grabbing a 13-4 lead after one quarter The count went to 19-8 at halftime, and grew ^ 25- H at the end of three \ycfor* 8 the Panthers made a t?ncf las* quarter stand. Fr*^3 Adams led everyb- <• . w? \ iJ points. Inside 'or \ Daw King accounted ? 7 f*cmt guard Cheryl Elli- ^ K dgp~e* n. Mary Jo Jock hit oi *ou. and Heather Alex- av3 rarJ • ran Jacobs got two \^e i* campaign concludes * \ a :-league home game j$i r~* s >hon-Pierreponr ->tr ~a ^ '- \o.m. todav. ' . /v rtit o*.i remembering the iasi rime any boys basketball fivesome had been held without a single point over the course of the final eight minutes. But that's just what the green and white did. forcing several ill-advised Canton shots, And when the Bears finally did get one away, it was either off-balance or way off its target — and the bail would fail into the hands of a Salmon defender. Perhaps the most balanced scoring all season also made a difference for SRCS. Joel Phillips benefitted from good outlet passes from his team- mates all night long, and banked in several offensive rebounds, to tally 17 points. Paul Ghostlaw, who unsel- fishly gave Phillips several of those passes, wound up with 13. Matt Pyle kept the Bear defense honest, canning 10 points on a few outside jumpers. Sean Inglee added 6 and Jon Bergeron 2 for the winners. The euphoria of Tuesday didn't last long. St. Lawrence University's court again was not kind to the Shamrocks. SRCS had last played there in. 1981, dropping a decision to Norwood-Norfolk then. This time, the Larries clean the green and white players off the boards early and kept them off through the game to claim sec- tional victory. SLC built an early 10-2 lead, and never led by less than seven points during the rest of the contest. The Larrie advantage was 19-10-after a quarter, and 28-19 at half time. SRCS got the first bucket of the third frame — but the blue and white countered with the next six points in a row to put a lid on the affair. It was 46-32 at the end of three, and Coach Walbridge made sure to get all the senior players in as the fourth quarter progressed. Phillips again led SRCS with 10 points. Ghostlaw was held to less than double fig- i- championsnip game on Wedensday. In their home curtain closer, the seniors on the club were honored by Coach McLean. Each was introduced to last Thursday's crowd, and a short biographical sketch was read. After the ceremonies, the whole team honored Coach McLean and Assistant Coach Bill Cook by whomping Parishville, 61-23. Monday brought a similar result in the Division II finale-63-22 over Chateaugay. The second quarter proved decisive in both games. Against the Panthers, SRCS led only 14-12 after the first quarter...but rang up a 21-2 scoring advantage in quarter two to pull away. The Lady Shamrocks would later shut down the Panther offense again, by outpointing the vis- itors 21-1 in the final eight minutes. *:= Karen Cook, a certain cho- ice for first team All- Northern, led every player with 23 points. Freshman Michele Raville, a pleasant addition to the Salmon pro- gram, added 17. Guard Ste- pahnie Richards, who also has built a strong case for a first team berth, canned 14. Clau- dine Tarbell tossed in 3, while Alison Swamp and Ellen Cook got a bucket each. Monday's closer at Cha- teaugay followed almost the same script. The Bulldogettes stayed close for a quarter, down just 11-5 after the open- ing eight minutes. But the Lady Shamrocks took over completely in quarter two, running off 22 straight points before the home team finally got a foul shot with 29 seconds left in the first half to break their drought. SRCS coasted home from there. Cook tallied 26 points, while Richards hit the 20 point mark for the first time in her career. Raville followed with 6,.T§r~ bell hit fo. y 4, Swaosp tossed te 1 *• i* _ * l iird year in a row, •b -salmon River rifle squad iias A )% *hc Section 10 Championship. This time, though, it may be sweeter than usual. Coach Jack Buchanan's marksmen had a rough regular season, winding up with a .500 record and los- ing twice to Massena in the process. The Raiders were probably favored to take last Saturday's sectionals. But it looks like the Sha- morcks were just saving their best for the end. Over the past few weeks, their scores had been improving markedly as the experience gained through the regular campaign began to pay off. Certainly the dividends were reaped at the Shamrock range on Saturday. SRCS won the sectional crown again with a total of 2244 points. Massena was second at 2182, and Hermon-DeKalb ran third at 1940. In sectional competition, the teams shoot two rounds each. The top four combined individual scores are taken for the team aggregate. The totals added up to high numbers for Salmon, with an average of 1122 on each round for the club...high in anybody's book. Mark Dietz, capping a steady improvement and rise to the top, was first among all shooters with a 564 total (283- 281). He nailed a perfect 100 in the prone position on his second set of targets. James Jock and Jeff Jock tied for second at 563 each, but James was given the not for the number two position based on his total of 23 center target hits. Jeff had 10. James also scored 100 in his second prone try. Next Shamorck shooter on the list was Kenny Williams, in sixth place with a 554 total. He shot 100 prone on the first set. Those four marksmen were designated All-Northers by virtue of their high finish, goiniag them for SRCS.on the ficnored sound were \ Boyea (seventh at 553) and Corey Carrier (eighth at 551). Tommy S middy, in ninth spot with a 543 total, was given Honorable Mention status. An air rifle competition was also held. Williams took fourth in that with a two-round score of 148. Smiddy was fifth (147), James Jock and Jeff Jock tied for sixth (143), and Mike Duncan tenth (120). Duncan (501), Ruth Kerwin (510), Russell Phillips (497), and Lisa Schell (428) also took part in the Shamrock sectional victory. Certainly this had to be a most satisfying win for Coach Buchanan, who patiently took the time to instruct and help his charges become sectional winners again, It was his patience and hard work, com- bined with the dedication and perserverence of the SRCS shooters, that made the title possible. We salute them and wish them well as the green and white rifles are packed and the team heads tc West Point ior this weekend's state tour- nament. Salmon River has made its place on the line there the old fashioned wav-thev earned it. BOYS SWIMMING Coach Bob Alpi's SRCS boys swim team heads to Potsdam College to defend its Section 10 championship this Saturday, Maxcy Hall will be the place where Salmon tries to head off a challenge by the Malone Huskies and earn the right to be number one all alone in this area. Saturday's meet will be a combined Section 10 — Sec- tion 7 affair, but separate standings will also be kept by the scorers. The individual event winners will go on to state competition the follow- ing weekend. As mentioned last week, Salmon River wound up in a first-place tie with FA in the NAC-CVAC League. That was forged when the Huskies nipped the Shamrocks, 44-39, at the Malone pool two weeks ago. We have a summary of that meet — so here it is, with events listed first and SRCS finishers following: 200 Relay — First: Jamie Leduc, Shayne Tenace, Craig Bailey, Pat McCaffrey. Second: Alan Gardner, Mike Cantweli 5 Charlie Williams, Craig Arquette. 200 Free - Third: Jeff Boyea, 200 1M - Second: Pat Pyke. Third: Peter Kerwin. 50 Free — Second; Craig Bailey. Diving — Third: Williams. 100 Botterily —- Second: Craig Bailey. 10C Free — First: Pyke. Third: McCaffrey, 500 Free —* Second: •Kerwin. 100 Backstroke — First: .Alan Gardner. Third: Leduc. 100 Breaststroke — First: Cantwell. 400 Relay — Second: Pyke, Gardner, Williams, Mc- Caffrey. HOCKEY Let the Second Season begin. That was the cry of Salmon River hockey fans Tuesday night, as the Shamrocks hosted St. Lawrence Central in the quarterfinals of the Sec- tion 10 \B\ Division tournament. And what a roll the Sham- rocks are on now! The local skaters topped two NAC opponents last week to wrap up the best regular season record in league history-17 wins and one loss. SRCS had an overall mark of 22-2 - among the best in the entire state. Lake Placid proved no match for the powerful Green Machine last Wednesday, as the homestanding Shamrocks pummeled the Blue Bombers 14-0. SRCS thus became the first Division II squad to beat all the Division I teams during the course of the league season. Saturday's finale was a bit closer, with Salmon coming out on top of the defending Division II sectional champs, Norwood-Norfolk, on a count of 4-2. (By the way-the Flyers won't be around to capture the crown this year-they were eliminated from the playoffs on Monday by Alex Bay, to the tune of 12-2)\ Against the Bombers, SRCS struck early and often. Craig Richards tallied the game's first goal just 1:06 into it, and the rout was on. Six goals in period one, five more in period two, and three in the third frame added up to a large Shamrock output. Goalies Mitch Cook, John Signor, and John LaFrance combined to stop 13 Placid shots for the shutout. Soring totals in the game: Tom Barnes four goals and four assists; Peter Radlein two Spring Skiing is Great at TITUS MOUNTAIN Open Every Day 9 to 4:30 Night Skiing Wed., Thurs, Fri. & Sat. 5 to 1.0 PM For Further Information Call: 483-3740
