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Huskies hammer Rams
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TRIPLE TEAM-Three Manto Wildcats put the heat on a
Van Alstyne Panther at Reunion Arena. The triple
by Craig Holamon
Sports Editor
DALLAS-The Santo Wildcats piled
up a big lead In the first half and held
on in the second half on the way to a
64-60 win over the Van Alstyne Pan-
thers Friday afternoon at Reunion
Arena
“1 think we started celebrating a
little bit early. They got tired in the
first two quarters and we got tired in
the fourth quarter and it really show-
ed," Santo coach Doug Boxell said
after the win at Reunion Arena.
Next Year
"They told us that the boys and
girls could both play here before a
by Craig Holamon
Sports Editor
The Wichita Falls Hirschi Huskies hammered home a 86-56 win over the
Mineral Wells Rams Friday night under the MWHS Ram Dome.
The Huskies used a slashing full-court press for a hammer and the officals
provied the nails in the 30-point loss which ended a four-game Mineral Wells
win streak and left the Rams at 9-8 on the season
The defending District 4A-3 champions from Wichita Falls moved ahead
20-10 at the close of the first quarter, then outscored Mineral Wells 24-14 in
the second period to take a 48-24 halftime lead.
Mineral Wells won the third period 17-16 before Hirschi nailed the MWHS
coffin closed by winning the fourth quarter 26-15.
Officals were booed several times by Mineral Wells fans, who called the
refs onesided and inconsistant (among other things) during the course of the
ball game.
While the Huskies made all the right moves and got most of the calls, a
poor performance by the team from Mineral Wells had as much to do with
the loss as anything.
“We looked like we just came back from a holiday and they looked like
they hadn’t missed a day," Mineral Wells coach Bob Moore said.
"We didn’t play well," the Mineral Wells coach added.
Jim Addison scored 12 points and Cole McKennon added 10 points and were
the only Rams in double figures in the non-district loss to Hirschi.
The Rams will try to forget Friday night’s loss on Monday night when
Bowie comes to town
"There gonna be good. We’ll have to play well to beat them. They are one
of the top teams in Class SA," Moore said of Monday’s matchup under the
Ram Dome
Three games are set Monday begining with freshman play at 4:00 p.m. A
JV game will follow at 5:30 p.m. before the Bowie and Mineral Wells varsity
teams meet at 7:00 p.m.
"All we wanted to do was come
over here and have a good time. This
is kinda like going to the fair," Boxell
said.
The win moved Santo to 9-6 on the
year while the loss left the Class 2A
Panthers from Van Alstyne at 4-6 on
the year.
But the win didn't come easy for
Boxell and the Wildcats from Santo.
It looked like it was going to be an
easy win when Santo jumped ahead
21-7 during the first quarter.
before Edwards hit a free throw,
Tommy Cross scored on a jump shot
and Chuck McDonald hit a field goal
to give Santo five consecutive points
and a 64-51 lead with two minutes
left.
Van Alstyne refused to die in the
last two minutes as the Panthers
scored nine points in a row before the
final buzzer sounded with Santo on
top by four.
Tommy Cross scored 22 points and
Edwards finished with 18 points to
lead Santo while Jay Cooper scored
22 points and Chuck Haken scored 16
points to pace the Panthers. .
David Cross scored six points,
McDonald added eight points and
Porter scored four while John Lynch
and Jim Pollock each scored two
points to round out the Santo attack.
Wildcat Tracks
An hour or so after the final horn
sounded the team of Wildcats found
themselves among the 17,007 fans
that watched the Dallas Mavericks
fall in overtime to the Portland Trail
Blazers.
Santo built a 9-6 lead in the opening
minutes before the Wildcats explod-
ed for 12 unanswered points and took
a 21-6 lead in the process.
Ronnie Edwards scored four points
while George Porter, Tommy Cross
and David Cross all tossed in two
pointers to fuel first period rally. Van
Alstyne made the scored 21-7 with a
free throw with 26 seconds left in the
period. »
Edwards and Tommy Cross each
scored eight points in the second
quarter to help the Wildcats build a
index photo/Rusty Graham
team includes, from the left, Ronnie Edwards, David
Cross and Chuck McDonald. j
39-21 lead before the Panthers turned
the game around in the second half.
The Panthers trailed 54-32 with
three minutes showing on the third
period clock before closing the
quarter with five unanswered points.
The Van Alstyne rally left the score
at 54-37 going into the fourth quarter
before the Panthers hit eight points
in a row and cut the Santo lead to
54-43 with just under six minutes left
in the game.
The Panthers cut the Wildcat lead
to 59-51 with 3:15 left in the game
Baylor tops LSU
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Baylor
Coach Grant Teaff was out to prove a
point against Louisiana State In the
27th Annual Liberty Bowl and his
Bears backed their coach to the hilt
by dominating the 12th-rank«d
Tigers for an impressive 21-7 victory.
"The thing we wanted to do was
prove the Southwest Conference Is a
great football conference," Teaff
said after Friday night’s victory.
“It was a match between two
teams that finished second ih their
leagues. This was a great win for us
and our conference," Teaff said.
The triumoh over the Southeastern
Conference Tigers climaxed a sur-
prising season for the Bears, who
finished 9-3 after being picked to
finish as low as seventh in the nine-
team conference.
Three more bowl games are
scheduled for today. Ninth-ranked
Brigham Young took on No. 17 Ohio
State in the Florida Citrus Bowl,
Southern California played No. 15
Alabama in the Aloha
Georgia battled Arizona
Bowl.
LSU, which finished a
paign, never really got
and remained in the contest as long
as it did because of a defense that
refused to quit.
“Baylor just outplayed us on both
sides of the ball," said LSU quarter-
back Jeff Wickersham. "I think we
played our worst game of the season
offensively and that Baylor has one
of the best defenses we’ve played this
year."
Baylor amassed 489 yards in total
offense and 26 first downs to only 192
vards and nine first downs for the
Tigers.
game next year,” Santo girl’s coach
Jeff Blackburn said after Friday's
game at Reunion Arena.
Out for the year
Lady Wildcat junior Lilli Hardin is
out for the season after she injured a
knee. The knee injury will sideline
Hardin for the rest of the season
"She’ll come back," Blackburn said.
The loss of Hardin will hurt Santo in
the district race, according to the
Lady Wildcat coach.
Feeling great
Wildcat coach Doug Boxell felt
great'after Santo's win at Reunion
Arena. “I feel like Dick Motta," Box-
ell said.
Great half
Santo's Ronnie Edwards scored IS
of his 18 points in the first half, in-
cluding eight in the second quarter.
Panthers
Van Alstyne’s Panthers lost the
first quarter 21-7 and won the fourth
period 23-10 before losing by four
points. . .
. Battle of the Cats
The Van Alstyne Panthers come
from a Class 2A school while the San-
to Wildcats play in Class 1A. Santo
won the battle of the cats.
Former Ram Cotton Bowl bound
By Jerry Hamilton
Contributing Writer
It has been 18 years since Texas A4M has played in the Cotton Bowl and
that must seem like an eterinty to the Aggies but Mineral Wells had to wait
50-years for the honor.
Spencer Baum, a 1983 MWHS graduate and the son of Mr and Mrs Donald
Baum, will become the first Mineral Wells Ram to play in the Cotton Bowl on
New Year’s Day.
An all-district performer, Baum entered Texas A4M with no real thoughts
of playing football. But last Spring Baum tried out for the Aggie 12th man
kickoff team along with 250 other players and was selected as one of the top
25 players by coach Jackie Sherril
At 6-3,218, Baum had the size the Aggies needed for their kickoff coverage
team. His 4.9 speed was also a big plus “Coach Sherril looks for speed and
size along with hitting ability in choosing the team," Baum said.
Baum, a bio-medical science major, plans to enter dental school after his
graduation and is carrying a 3.2 grade point average during his junior year
at ABM He was a member of the National Honor Society and an honor
graduate at Mineral Wells High School
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the kicker
The Aggie 12th man legend began in 1921 when coach D.X. Bible asked E
King Gill to suit up and stand ready in case the Aggies football team needed
him A4M had been hurt by a number of injuries and the coach feared the
team wouldn't have enough players to finish the game Thm. Gill became
the first Aggie 12th man
When Sherril arrived at A4M. he was so impressed with the Aggie tradi-
tion. that he asked members of the Aggie student body to tryout for the
kickoff team Over 250 students arrived when the first tryouts were held and
it has been that way ever since
Tryouts are held each Spring and Baum plans to try to make the team next
season He has been used as an outside linebacker during pratice
The Aggie 12th man kickoff team is made up of a number of outstanding
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Sunday, December 29,1985
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