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SA
SPRAGGI S,
Earhart: Fired in
21 points in a win
over Pelham I t
Saturday in a De­
troit PSL middle
school matchup.
JUUAN
CASINO,
Earhart: Casino
was a key man in
the Aviators de­
fense wi th ten
st in the con­
test against Pel­
ham.
ALAN
AVERY, Earhart:
Fired in 10 points,
dished off 10 as­
si ts and had five
teals in the Avia-:
tors 34-26 win
over Pelham.
Earhart i now 3-3
on the n.
KEVIN
MOORE,
Pelham: Scored
13 points, two -
is ts and 10 teal
in the Panthers
34-26 lost to .
Earhart on Feb ..
27th.
K VIN
BELL,
McMicheal:
Stored ix points
tin the Wildcats
36-24 win over
the Wilon
Eagles.
"BOTH good
wins. Against Ferri State we didn't
playa good first half," aid Hammye
aid. They ed a lot and e
mad a few too many tumove ,"
Hammye stated. "However, we made
'adjustments in the second half to
overc me th ir tyle of play.".
WSU trailed by as, many as ix
points in the first half last Friday
against the Bulldogs. WSU rallied to
pull within three poin at the half
( -33).In econd half, WSU rallied
Leadin the scoring for the Tar­
t w their 1 ding scorer Danny
Lewi . T nior guard from Kala­
mazoo Central broke out of hi on­
week ring lump by firing in a
gam -high 23 poin . He al 0 had
five is and four steal .
The championship game th 01-
lowing ev ning w a big t t for
ammye' roundballers. A predorni­
natly NMU crowd on the Wildcats
homecourt didn't em to title the
Tarta on bit.
"The NMU game w a very i n- I
tens cont t," Hamrnye aid. "Both
teams played very well. However we
did take adavantage of everal oppor­
tunities that came our way."
THROUGHOUT TIlE contest,
WSU had a lcad as big as 16 points
de pit a galllant effort by the Wild­
cats. Junior forward Will Paige was
the clutch performer or the Tartars
inki ng eight of ten free throw for
the game. He led the Tartars in cor­
mg with 24 poin , nine rebound ,
three teal and two blocked hots.
Lewi had 21 points, 10 rebounds and
tv ists. Junior r Hardy
chipped in with 13 pOln while n­
iors Andy Ayrault and Mike Moscato
came of the bench to core nine
points apiece.
Stati tically WSU hot 80 percent
from the free throw line siriking 21 of
�4 shots. NMU shot 65.2 percent
from the line. The Tartars out re­
bounded the Wildcats 49-42.
DYNAMITE DAN
that it is located in.
These young men just don't
come from Detroit. Sure WSU
has attra ted players like Red­
ford Derek, Hardy and Ea t
Catholic's Otis Evans. The Tar­
tars have also attracted out-state
players like Art John on (Ohio),
Flint's Will Paige and Kalama­
z ' Danny Lewis. Even subur­
banite like Mike Mo cato and
Andy Ayrault have surpassed the
cary stories they ve hard about
Detr it and came down a play.
'fH L ,a GUA Ti-
tle, a GUAC Tournament Title
and two NCAA Div ion II Tour­
nament bid In the last two a-
ons.
WSU ha ted back-to-back
winning s a on of 23-8 la t a­
son and 19-9 this season.
Many of our ��ung people in
Senior guard Danny Lewis (with bal� broke out of his one-week scoring slump at last Friday's GLiAC
Basketball Tournament Lewis exploded for 23 points against Ferris State and 21 paints against
Northern Michigan. He was named GLiAC Toumament MVP and named to the AII-GLIAC Tourna-
m Te
JOH
FAIL,
McMicheal:
Scored even im­
portant points
which were the
key to the Wild­
cats win over
Wil on recently.
"We haven't played well rc-
ccntly." Harnrnyc id. "I w cry
oncem going into this tournam nt.
H was a long bu ride going up here.
But I think the boys ro e t th occas­
sion and really got up for thi one,"
Hammye concluded.
WSU will f c Gr t Lake Val­
ley C ntcrcn Champion In i­
ana/Purdue-F rt Wayne in the first
round in the Great Lak Regional of
the CAA Division n B ketball
Tourn ment thi Frid Y at the Un i­
vc ity of E ansvill (Indiana). The
T rta ar the numb r fou r- eed. J n­
diana/Purdue-Fort Wayne t. number
one. Oth r team in the Great Lak
Re ional arc Northern Michigan
(No.3) and outhem Indiana (No.2).
SPORTS COMMENTARY
Michigan Citizen
In th pa t few years, our fair
city ha had champion with the
Detroit name, but they play some­
where el .
The D troit Pi ton won back­
to-b. ck BA World Titles, they
play in Auburn Hills.
The Detroit Lions won the
Central Division Title and made it
to the NFC Finals two seasons
ago, they play in the Pontiac Sil­
verdome.
Ther i one team. that I from
Detroit, that plays their games
her within the confine of the
city.
It's not the Tigers or th Red
Win ,W know they play their
gam in Detroi t.
TIl W Y
Basketball Team ha played
pretty decc nt ba kctball in our
town and has gon n very Ii ttle if
.. any. attention rom our I al
sports media.
ay that again?
Bef r anyone tart laughing
plea r ad the above articl .
Let' fa it W U i not lik .
the "Fab Five" we hear ab ut on
the radio or see on the tube. But
th young men play hard for the
prid of not just themselve , but
for the h 01 they attend and city
JAMES
WILLIAMS,
McMicheal: Led
all Wild at
scorers with 14
points in their win '
over WII on last
Saturday.
M Micheal is 5-1
on the season.
LEONARD BOWENS, EDDIE
BELLAMY and THURSTON
CAMPBELL - JACK ADAMS
FLAMES: In his first years playing
rganized hockey.Bowens, a e •
cored hi first 0 I of the year 10 the
Flames 5-1 win over the Jack Adam
Hom t in a Jack Adarn IPALHouse
League Mite Divi: Ion ( -( -10 yr.
olds) gam 1- t Saturday aft moon.
Bellamy, al o a e ei ht· pia the
center po ition. H topped two k
breakaway in the orttc t thwarting
th Hom ts con n chances. Camp'.
bell, age 9, al 0 play nt r. He had
. th "hat trick" with oaJ
t t against the Hornets.
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Prep Stars of
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WSU BASKETBALL
WSU's Derek Hardy guards Grand Valley opponent.