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.J Page . THE GAZETTE-TIMES. Heppwer. OR. Tlmindav. Dec. Young Cards face Spray Youill Save more thsmt "It would be a heck of a junior varsity squad is what it would be," lone Coach Del LaRue said this week of his young, inexperienced Cardin als. lone faces Spray Friday and Mt. Vernon on Saturday. LaRue is making no winning predictions concerning either. The Cards, like on the grid iron, are what LaRue terms a "victim of circumstance." The circumstance is simple. The Cards are young, too young to be contenders in a tough Big Sky Conference. Eleven men are sitting on the varsity roster. Two of those, freshmen Todd Sherer and Terry Starr, will be suiting up with the varsity, but will be playing full time JV. The starting positions for Spray could come from "any of the other nine." "We're at the point," LaRue explained, "where I could flip ten coins. The five guys that come up heads could star ." He listed to tentative starting list. While the Cards are short (the tallest man, junior Rick Gilbert, is 6-1), they do have some quickness which LaRue says he'll rely heavily on. Quickness, pressing, try to fast break, and making good use of the jumping ability they have are all part of LaRue's game plan. He said a couple of his players had a 25 inch jump-reach. The best leaper on the squad is Kevin McCabe, a standout sophomore running back. At 5-8, McCabe can put a couple of inches of hand over the rim, but he's the only man on the team that can touch it. lone will work with a 1-3-1 offense against both a man-toman or a zone defense. Their defense will be man-to-man with a zone press. Hoping his club will mature fast, LaRue said he thinks the year will be interesting and fun. The stint of Cardinal ex perience stops after the name McCabe. Both Kevin, and senior brother Ashley, are the only Cards with any varsity basketball experience. LaRue's roster lists fresh men Todd Sherer 5-10, Terry Starr 5-8, Dennis Stefani 5-7 and Robin LaRue 5-10. From the sophomore class, Kevin McCabe is 5-8, Danny Mc Elligott 5-, John Lindstrom 6-0, and Scott Sherer 5-7. The junior class consists of Dennis Thompson 5-10, Rick Gilbert 6-1, and the lone senior is Ashley McCabe, standing 5-7. Tall freshmen open Friday Dale Holland is eyeing a tall freshmen hoop squad this season in anticipation of their season opener with Riverside here today at 6 p.m. Holland has narrowed his starling five list to seven that . includes some height as well as quickness. Vying for spots on Holland's frosh squad will be Dale Holland, a 6-1 center and quick Lee McCarl. pushing the five foot mark. At 5-2, Holland said McCarl is "possibly the best ball handler" on the squad. Joining that unmatched duo could be Jim Parker, 5-11 forward: Steve Marlatt. 6-1 forward; Jody Marlatt. 57 guard, and Larry Palmer. 57 guard. Holland w ill be looking at all 16 of his freshmen players. He'll be looking for good defense and watching his team play set up basketball. Holland said that the good shot and rebounding would go hand in hand and with his squad's height, they should work fine. Holland said any weakness that the Mustang frosh might have would be in inexperience and ball handling technique. Other players on the frosh roster include Mike Jones, Tim Hedman, Alan Forten berry. Tim Jones. Dan Nix. ... Chris Zita, Troy Borst, Tom Dilhke and Perry Wilson. An injured Eric Clow is ex pected to help the team later in the season. lone Jr. Highers victorious (one's junior high basket bailers are taking off where they left the football season... winning. The lone club bounced a Hermiston eigh'h grade team last week. 22 19. They play Hrppner today at 4 p.m., following a girls game at I p m. and another game at 2 30 p m. In the wirt. Scott Martin led lone with S points, followed by Ralph Morter with six, Grrgg Kietmann with three. Shawn LaRue with three and Brett Sherer with two. " Stop & see all . f 1 1 C7 llw ww Lars .1, n r 1 The Lynx for under a grand $995. Clothing Parts & Repair Also I Used 1974 Lynx II 440 $795 1976 JAG Domo $995 1972 Panther 340 $675 1971 Ski Doo $525 Black Mnt. Repair Your Arctic Cat Doalor V jX Bud Englert Owner 26! Lyndon Way 676-521 1 or 676-5603 Tl a pocl&ett mm of dhaiis'e alt WCGG ft J I itQZh "fHM -R Dump Truck Model Kit $7.65 1066 Tractor $5.85 Tractor Loader Backhoe $16.35 f . 1 I O w i Oster ICitchen Center $79.95 Stone Ware Slow Cookers $11.65 6 Piece Empire Steel Knife Set $16. .-rrtiv n inr JUL . Located in Sunny Downtown Lexington jrtu ilu... jgr Ji:. . :rr. .W'l.JWMlJWl.. lL,.liii n TX.1.. -
