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Sports<br />
Dan O'Meara, Brad Emons editors/591-2312<br />
Monday. February 27, 1989 O&E<br />
®i|e (IDbseruer ^seuispapers<br />
JOHN STORMZAND/MafT photographer<br />
Jeff Jagacki of Salem applies defensive pres- tossed <strong>in</strong> four po<strong>in</strong>ts and waa one of seven<br />
sure to Olenn's Caaey Kllllngbeck <strong>in</strong> Satur- players who scored <strong>in</strong> Salem's 80-73 victory,<br />
day's WLAA championship game. Jagacki<br />
Marshall-led Salem<br />
captures league title<br />
By Dan O'Meara<br />
staff writer<br />
Plymouth Salem applied its own<br />
version of the Marshall Plan to w<strong>in</strong><br />
the Western Lakes Activities Association<br />
basketball championship Saturday<br />
night.<br />
Craig Marshall, a senior guard,<br />
scored a career-high 18 po<strong>in</strong>ts and.<br />
generally, had an all-world performance<br />
as the Rocks defeated Westland<br />
John Glenn 80-73 on the Salem court<br />
"(Coach Bob Brodie) just said to<br />
play with reckless abandon, and<br />
that's what I did,'' said Marshall,<br />
who also had 12 rebounds, eight assists<br />
and five steals.<br />
This was the last game here for<br />
the seniors on the team, and we<br />
wanted to play as hard as we could."'<br />
Intense described Marshall's play,<br />
as well as that of his teammates,<br />
who gave Salem its second league<br />
title <strong>in</strong> three years<br />
MARSHALL WAS <strong>in</strong>strumental <strong>in</strong><br />
sett<strong>in</strong>g the fast-paced, aggressive<br />
style that characterized the game<br />
His quick, assertive drives to the<br />
basket picked on flaws <strong>in</strong> the Glenn<br />
defense and netted 10 first-half<br />
po<strong>in</strong>ts<br />
"My weakness LS shoot<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
ball." Marshall said "So I like to<br />
drive and tonight I took the ball to<br />
the hole<br />
"I took a lot of pressure off (lead<strong>in</strong>g<br />
scorer) Jeff Elliott. I wanted to<br />
look for (center) Jake (Baker) down<br />
low. but they really packed <strong>in</strong> the<br />
zone They were lett<strong>in</strong>g me drive,<br />
and I took as much as I could."<br />
Marshall certa<strong>in</strong>ly wasn't the only<br />
reason Salem f<strong>in</strong>ished the regular<br />
season 19-2. Elliott scored a teamhigh<br />
19 po<strong>in</strong>ts, which <strong>in</strong>cluded three<br />
triples, and Baker matched Marshall's<br />
numbers with 18 po<strong>in</strong>ts and<br />
12 rebounds.<br />
"This season has been a tribute to<br />
the players," Brodie said "Elliott<br />
basketball<br />
has scored a lot for us. but down<br />
here at crunch time everybody is<br />
contribut<strong>in</strong>g."<br />
But the source of Salem's drive<br />
and energy Saturday was Marshall,<br />
who pushed the ball on the break and<br />
went the length of the floor to score<br />
some of his layups<br />
MARSHALL'S PLAY <strong>in</strong> the championship<br />
game can be attributed to a<br />
recent conversation he had with Brodie<br />
<strong>in</strong> which his role was analyzed.<br />
"I said, Craig, your game is be<strong>in</strong>g<br />
a slash<strong>in</strong>g, hard-driv<strong>in</strong>g type of player."<br />
Brodie said. "You can't play a<br />
real control game as effectively<br />
You're at your best when you playhard.<br />
So play hard, go to the hole and<br />
shoot the ball more." "<br />
"We don't specifically go to certa<strong>in</strong><br />
players," he added, "but I get to<br />
each <strong>in</strong>dividual and tell him what he<br />
has to do to make us a better team<br />
And that's one of the th<strong>in</strong>gs Craig<br />
has to do "<br />
The Rockets. 11-9. also had balanced<br />
scor<strong>in</strong>g with Greg Anderson<br />
pump<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> a game-high 23 to lead<br />
the team. Bobby Lawrence, who also<br />
had three triples, and Casey Kill<strong>in</strong>gbeck<br />
scored 15 each, and Eric Spencer<br />
added 14.<br />
Spencer who was a key to Glenn's<br />
drive to the WLAA f<strong>in</strong>al, scored 12<br />
po<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>in</strong> the first half when the<br />
Rockets went back and forth with<br />
Salem. However, he had only two <strong>in</strong><br />
the second half.<br />
"HE BASICALLY gets his po<strong>in</strong>ts<br />
off other th<strong>in</strong>gs — rebounds, loose<br />
balls, breaks."' C-lenn coach Bob Kill<strong>in</strong>gbeck<br />
said "We didn't get any of<br />
those. Consequently, he wasn't <strong>in</strong> the<br />
(P CMC<br />
offense enough<br />
"No one player got us go<strong>in</strong>g. We<br />
needed that spark and couldn't get it.<br />
We'd start someth<strong>in</strong>g and then someth<strong>in</strong>g<br />
bad would happen We could<br />
never susta<strong>in</strong> that drive to keep<br />
someth<strong>in</strong>g go<strong>in</strong>g "<br />
The Rocks had a lot to do with<br />
that. They never let Glenn get too<br />
big a lead and always had a comeback<br />
for any surge by the Rockets.<br />
Salem outscored Glenn 11-2 <strong>in</strong> the<br />
last three m<strong>in</strong>utes of the third quarter<br />
to build a 56-50 lead with five<br />
players scor<strong>in</strong>g baskets.<br />
Anderson's triple pulled the Rockets<br />
with<strong>in</strong> 60-59 at which time the<br />
Rocks made a decisive move, and it<br />
will come as no surprise Marshall<br />
was the player light<strong>in</strong>g the fuse.<br />
His drive to the basket started Salem<br />
on a 12-3 run that <strong>in</strong>creased its<br />
lead to 10 po<strong>in</strong>ts, 72-62, with less<br />
than three m<strong>in</strong>utes to play. After<br />
pull<strong>in</strong>g down a big defensive rebound<br />
and be<strong>in</strong>g fouled, he added a pair of<br />
free throws dur<strong>in</strong>g that streak, also<br />
MIKE ALBERTSON capped the<br />
run of po<strong>in</strong>ts with a pair of buckets,<br />
and his second was a layup off the<br />
break — the result of an assist by<br />
Marshall, who whipped the ball half<br />
the length of the court <strong>in</strong>to Albertson's<br />
hands as he streaked to the<br />
hoop<br />
Salem's hard work on the boards<br />
was the reason tbe Rockets didn't<br />
have the opportunities of which Kill<strong>in</strong>gbeck<br />
spoke<br />
In addition to Baker and Marhall,<br />
who got 10 caroms off tbe defensive<br />
glass, Jeff Gold, a junior guard,<br />
hauled down 10 rebounds to go with<br />
eight assists and seven po<strong>in</strong>ts.<br />
"They got too many easy shots, especially<br />
<strong>in</strong> the first half," Kill<strong>in</strong>gbeck<br />
said. "They're a strong, physical<br />
team, and that's why we've lost<br />
to them three times "<br />
CC wrestlers bounced by Lake Orion<br />
By Brad Emons<br />
staff writer<br />
Redford Catholic Central's Mike Rodriguez<br />
was not a happy camper Friday night <strong>in</strong> Battle<br />
Creek.<br />
The coach of the defend<strong>in</strong>g Class A wrestl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
champions watched his team suffer an<br />
upset 36-30 loss to Lake Orion <strong>in</strong> the semif<strong>in</strong>als<br />
of the state team dual tournament at the<br />
Kellogg Center<br />
CC bowed out with a 19-5 record, while<br />
Lake Orion (24-2) advanced to meet Temperance-Bedford<br />
<strong>in</strong> Saturday's f<strong>in</strong>al<br />
Even though his team won the title last<br />
year, the CC coach is not thrilled by the new<br />
tourney format, which was added two years<br />
ago by the Michigan High School Athletic As-<br />
Chiefs w<strong>in</strong><br />
3rd straight<br />
division title<br />
By Brad Emons<br />
staff writer<br />
It was merely a warmup, a stepp<strong>in</strong>g<br />
stone to bigger and better<br />
th<strong>in</strong>gs.<br />
Hooker Wellman. tbe Plymouth<br />
<strong>Canton</strong> boys iwim coach, emptied<br />
his bench Thursday as his Chiefs<br />
stroked comfortably past host Livonia<br />
Churchill In the regular season<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ale for both schools, 114-M<br />
<strong>Canton</strong>, which f<strong>in</strong>ished the season<br />
unbeaten In the Western Division of<br />
the Western Lakes Activities Association.<br />
can now po<strong>in</strong>t to the big show,<br />
the WLAA meet, which beg<strong>in</strong>s<br />
Wednesday and f<strong>in</strong>ishes Friday at<br />
Plymouth Salem<br />
Defend<strong>in</strong>g champion Salem will be<br />
the favorite along with North Farm<strong>in</strong>gton<br />
to w<strong>in</strong> the WLAA crown<br />
Wellman believes Salem is the<br />
team to beet, bat Churchill coach<br />
Lawreoce Re<strong>in</strong> likes <strong>Canton</strong>'s chances<br />
"1 like <strong>Canton</strong> because they have<br />
the moat depth of any of the other<br />
teams In the league." said He<strong>in</strong> who<br />
honored seven seniors dur<strong>in</strong>g a brief<br />
ceremony midway through the meet<br />
roe the WLAA Relays<br />
i<br />
)<br />
sociation to be held <strong>in</strong> conjunction with the<br />
state <strong>in</strong>dividual meet.<br />
"We had a good year, and our kids wrestled<br />
well," Rodriguez said. "It's not go<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
change because of what I and a few other<br />
coaches say. but I'm not accustomed to this<br />
k<strong>in</strong>d of wrestl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
"All it is is stall, delay, stall, delay The<br />
bottom l<strong>in</strong>e is w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g and hammer<strong>in</strong>g each<br />
other, not try<strong>in</strong>g to avoid p<strong>in</strong>s. But I guess you<br />
can't cry over spilled milk."<br />
In team scor<strong>in</strong>g, wrestlers get six po<strong>in</strong>ts for<br />
a p<strong>in</strong> and three for a decision<br />
Lake Orion won matches at 103, 112 and<br />
119 pounds as Matt Henry decisioned CC's<br />
Rusty Fowler, 12-8; Jeff Baker p<strong>in</strong>ned CC's<br />
Kev<strong>in</strong> Rowe. 0:59; and Greg Benn<strong>in</strong>ger p<strong>in</strong>ned<br />
CC's Maunda Mart<strong>in</strong>, 3 53<br />
swimm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
back <strong>in</strong> December, but Wellman is<br />
leery of Salem, even though the<br />
Rocks lost a dual meet earlier <strong>in</strong> the<br />
season to North Farm<strong>in</strong>gton.<br />
"IT'S UP FOR grabs, but Salem<br />
has won it before and it's <strong>in</strong> their<br />
pool," said the <strong>Canton</strong> coech. whose<br />
tesm f<strong>in</strong>ished 9-J overall <strong>in</strong> dual<br />
meets "They can move Ron Orris<br />
(Salem's star) wherever they want<br />
They have great flexibility<br />
"The fourth, fifth and sixth place<br />
teams will do the npsettlng and<br />
determ<strong>in</strong>e how clone the meet will<br />
be "<br />
<strong>Canton</strong> also proved it had greet<br />
flexibility <strong>in</strong> best<strong>in</strong>g undermanned<br />
Churchill<br />
"We knew it wouldn't be a class<br />
meet, so a lot of our JV kids were<br />
able to swim because they won't be<br />
able to at the league meet,'' Wellman<br />
said "We haven't shaved than<br />
turn to Page 2<br />
THE DRAGONS also won <strong>in</strong> the 135-, 145-.<br />
160- and 171-pound categories<br />
Aaron McDonald (171) wrapped up the<br />
match for Lake Orion by p<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g Jeff P<strong>in</strong>to m<br />
1:59<br />
Lake Orion then voided matches at 189 and<br />
heavyweight, as CC's Lou Yeager and state<br />
champ Lee Krueger each won by default.<br />
But it was the 145-pound match <strong>in</strong> which<br />
Eric Zimmerman edged Brian Tulley. 11-10,<br />
that drew Rodriguez's ire<br />
Tbe CC coach compla<strong>in</strong>ed about the time<br />
keeper fail<strong>in</strong>g to reactivate the clock after<br />
stoppages <strong>in</strong> the match<br />
"Tulley was ahead, but then they I Lake<br />
Orion) got some extra time and ended up w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g<br />
tbe match." said the CC coach "I saw the<br />
Jeff Woman of <strong>Canton</strong> surges through the water en route to a<br />
ftret-pieoe f<strong>in</strong>ish <strong>in</strong> the 100-yard brneststroke Homan and his<br />
teemmatee won their third straight Western Division duel-meet<br />
I<br />
same guy screw<strong>in</strong>g up dur<strong>in</strong>g the (Class) D<br />
and C matches earlier <strong>in</strong> the day. It was operator<br />
error."<br />
Scor<strong>in</strong>g w<strong>in</strong>s for CC were: Mike Gentile<br />
(125). a 9-4 decision over Kev<strong>in</strong> Kast, state<br />
champion Matt Helm (130). who p<strong>in</strong>ned Jeff<br />
Wiscombe <strong>in</strong> 3:44; state champ Jay Helm<br />
(140), a 7-4 decision over Rick Vellucci; and<br />
Chris Rodriguez (152). who p<strong>in</strong>ned Nick Agro<br />
<strong>in</strong> 2 22<br />
ANOTHER AREA school also bit the dust<br />
<strong>in</strong> semif<strong>in</strong>al action Friday.<br />
In a Class D matchup, Lutheran Westland<br />
was ousted by Grass Lake, 56-18<br />
Meanwhile. Temperance-Bedford advanced<br />
to the A' f<strong>in</strong>al by defeat<strong>in</strong>g Rockford. 51-12.<br />
B 1<br />
Thuredey. The WLAA meet<br />
Friday nigh* at<br />
'We had a good year,<br />
and our kids wrestled<br />
well. It's not go<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
change because of<br />
what / and a few other<br />
coaches say, but I'm<br />
not accustomed to this<br />
k<strong>in</strong>d of wrestl<strong>in</strong>g.'<br />
— Mike Rodnguez<br />
Redford CC wrestl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
coach<br />
I<br />
u