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O - San Miguel Basin Forum, Thursday February 24, 1994
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Lady Mustangs Trounce Lady Mavericks, Fall To Bobcats
at the end of the first quarter
and held the Lady Mavericks
to only 5 in the second
quarter for a halftime score of
28-18. The Lady Mustangs
added 30 more in the third
and the defense allowed only
6 points from Norwood in
both the third and fourth
quarter, for the final 4--point
lead and win.
Saturday at Ignacio the
team "played well although
the score doesn't show it,"
Coach Hill said of the 38-61
loss. "I pulled my starters to
avoid any injury, but the
bench came in and did a real
job." Coach Hill's "bench" is
Toni Sutherland, Melissa
Walz, Charissa Noetzelman,
Christy Skees, Candace Jan-
zeskl and Tiffany Lobato. "A
reat team has a great
ench," added the coach.
"We got burned on the
boards by their bid girls, but
we played great defense." Jill
led with 16, Carrie added 8
and had 6 rebounds. Mandee
Zunlch scored 8 points in the
effort.
Of the Norwood game. Kelly
Friday night was the last
home game for the Nucla
girls basketball team and the
Lady Mustangs had a shining
night as they defeated tradi-
tional rival Norwood before a
packed house.
Carrie Burbridge hit for 23
points and 22 rebounds.
those boards probably
qualifying her for a place in
the CHSSA record books.
Kelly Irish was right behind
her with 19 points and 7
rebounds. Jill Franklin
scored 8 points and hit the
boards 9 times. Toni Suther-
land and Melissa Walz both
scored 6 points, Nlki Woods
scored 4 and brought down 7
rebounds. And Charissa
Noetzelman added 2 points
to the 68-28 victory.
Coach Tracy Hill said the
girls were so fired up and
they played great defense.
"My starters in the game
rebounded well, played good
defense, and shot well. which
made it possible for the
bench to come in and follow
in the same manner."
Nucla took the lead 13-10
Irish said, "It {the-game) was
so intense because it was
Norwood and we all played
our best game because of
that." Carrie Burbridge. talk-
ing about her last regular
season game at high school.
said, "it was fun. Everyone
played together and every-
thing clicked. And it came at
the end of the season when
we need it."
Coach Hill agreed, saying
the team is peaking at the
right time. Tuesday night the
Lady Mustangs were to host
Cedaredge for the opening
round of District playoffs.
The winner continues on to
Durango for further District
play.
Wrestlers Place Two At State
Two Nucla Mustang
wrestlers brought home
medals from the State Tour-
nament last weekend at Me-
Nichols Arena in Denver.
Matt Zunlch brought home a
third-place in the 135 pound
weight class and Marc Karo a
fourth at 145,
Hill Officially.
Inducted Into
CHSAA Hall
Of Fame
"It was like living in a fairy
tale," said Tracy Hill of her
induction into the Colorado
High School Activities As-
sociation Hall of Fame as
part of the Class of 1993.
The ceremony was held at
the Sheraton Denver Tech
Center on January 26 and
Tracy. who is head girls bas-
ketball coach at Nucla High
School, was one of seven in-
ducted this year.
Tracy, who played at
Ridgway under the coaching
of her father, Steve, is recog-
nized as one of the state's
finest female basketball
players. She holds 21 state
records and is ranked among
the top ten in another dozen.
She earned All-Tourna-
ment team honors each year
after State performances.
Tracy played for the Univer-
sity of Missouri and Central
Wyoming College. She also
played on the state and Na-
tional Junior Olympics
teams and was named an
Army Scholar Athlete.
She played professionally
in Australia, was framed
Player of the Y"ar" "in Tas-
mania in 1991. and now
coaches at Nucla High and
teaches at Nucla Elementary
School.
Tracy received her CHSAA,
trophy from CHSAA Corn-:
missioner Bob Ottewill. She
summed up the evening and
the entire ceremony by
saying, "It was a dream come
true." Congratulations,
Tracy Hill!
The six wrestlers had high
hopes for more victories, but
just the fact of placing six of
the team at Regionals was
thrilling.
Zunich, who won the State
Championship at 130
pounds last year, won his
first match against Matt
Varra of Highland in a 5-3
decision. His next match,
with Larry Atencio of An-
tonito, was a loss by pin in
the third period. "He came
roaring back - in four more
matches, tough ones, to get
third," Coach Larry Lane
said. Mat won the first one
7-l against Joel Diamond of
Akron, a 3-2 decision
over Sid White of Wiggins.
Matt won by technical fall,
15-pointing Rudy Camilletti
of Hayden. "It's tough on a
kid to come back after so
much pressure, and then
such a let-down. But he did."
Matt is a four-time state-
qualifier, a three-time state-
placer, and has an overall
high school career record of
86-26. "He gave Nucla High
School four years of wrestling
legacy," Coach Lane added.
Karo won his first match in
a 5-3 decision over Matt
Chacon of Antonito. In his
next match he was ahead 4-0
when Bill Thompkins of
Crowley County put him in a
Sanders Cradle and pinned
him. "He'd worked so hard
and had aspirations of a state
championship, but he came
back tough and wrestled DJ
Crtst of Holyoke. Behind 3-1
with ten seconds left, Marc
threw Crist and tied the score
at the buzzer. He took the win
in overtime. In his consola-
tion round for third and
fourth place, Marc was
pinned by Thompkins again
and took fourth. "We saw the
kind of courage that makes
the wrestlingprogram a suc-
cess. Marc showed real char-
acter." said Coach Lane.
Bill Walker, 119, had two
very tough matches, scored
in both of them, and has had
a great season.
Autumn Barker, 171, "was
in one of the toughest, high-
ly-contested weight classes -
borne out by the fact that last
year's champion in that
weight took sixth this year,"
Coach Lane noted. Autumn
did a fine job and has had
four years of great work.
"He'll be missed."
Justin Hopes, 189 pounds,
lost his first match but came
back "and beat a kid from
Revere by pinning him. In his
next match he was up 6-5
over a kid from Swlnk, and
with 15 seconds left. he got
pinned. His opponent took
fourth at state.
Heavyweight Dustin Owen
had a first-round bye as
Regional Champion, but
state pressure got to him. He
was up 6- I over his opponent
from Llmon, an eventual
finalist, and got caught in a
headlock. Then Dustin was
up on Cory Rose of Walsh
13-0 and got turned and
pinned. "He has worked hard
and wlil be back." Dustin was
disappointed but he's a
fighter and he plans to be
back at state next year.
Overall, the Nucla wrestlers
placed 20th out of 52 schools
and scored 35 points. "I'm
very proud of the team for
their whole season. We have
some Great kids coming
back, nut we'll miss our
seniors."
Mustangs,
Mavs In
Barnburner
It was down to the wire, a
hot barn-burner of a game at
Nucla last Friday when the
Norwood Mavericks came to
town.
Although the Mustangs
were down5-12 at the end of
the first quarter, they fought
back to a 28-31 halftlme
score. At the end of three the
score was still in favor of the
Mavs, 43-48, but the final
quarter was a back-and-
forth effort on the part of both
teams. Nucla drew ahead,
then Norwood came back,
Nuela drew ahead, then Nor-
wood came back. With only
three seconds to go. and
down by one point, a time-
out was called. Finally, the
Mustangs inbounded the
ball, got to center court and
Ryan Weimer let loose with
what narrowly missed being
a three-point bucket, but
missed the mark - and Nucla
fell on the short side of the
64-65 score.
Paul Turner led with 23
points, including five 3-
pointers. Weimer came next
wlth 21 points and three 3-
point shots. Jay Barnes
added 13, Rene Domlnguez 5
and Robert Herron 2.
The loss was tough, but it
was one of the best games of
the season for the Mustangs.
Saturday. at lgnacio, the
long drive and the emotional
downside from the night
before took its toll on-{he
Mustangs. The first quarter
was a 4-16 dumping for
Nucla and the rest o the
game didn't get much better
in the 28-77 loss. Weimer led
with 11 and Turner was right
behind with 10. Robert Wade
scored 3, and 2 points each
came from Herron and Blnky
Phillips.
Tuesday night the Mus-
tangs hosted Cedaredge in
the opening round of Dis-
tricts, the winner continuing
on to Durango this Friday.