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A12-SPORTS A14 CLEBURNE TIMES-REVIEW | SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2021 2021 NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SOUTH FINAL FOUR S E E BAYLOR HOUSTON 1D BIG 12 BEARS LUCAS OIL STADIUM | INDIANAPOLIS 26-22 MIDWEST 228-3 S 2021 COUGARS Jared E Butler AAC E APRIL 3 | 4:14 P.M. CT | CBS D JR | G-F 2 Justin Gorham SR | F WHY BAYLOR WILL WIN Put simply, Baylor has dominated nearly every time it has taken the court. The Bears are averaging 74.5 points per game during the tournament, and COACH their most challenging contest was a nine-point win WHY HOUSTON WILL WIN against No. 3 Arkansas. Baylor has only lost twice Houston coach Kelvin Sampson has the Cougars this season. At 83 points per game, the Bears trail peaking at the right time. Stars Quentin Grimes (18 only Gonzaga nationally in scoring offense among points per game), Marcus Sasser (13.5 points per COACH remaining tournament teams. game) and DeJon Jarreau (10.8 points per game) have done their best to put their team within reach of its WHY BAYLOR WON’T WIN first title in school history. The Cougars have won 11 Rebounding could be the Bears’ demise. Baylor is Scott in a row and appear as locked in as any of the four ranked 59th nationally in rebound margin at +3. Drew remaining teams. The Cougars, meanwhile, and their +9 margin is the 18th season highest of remaining tournament teams. Houston’s WHY HOUSTON WON’T WIN Kelvin skill at rebounding helped secure close wins against Baylor’s Much has been made about the Cougars reaching Rutgers and Oregon State. Gonzaga isn’t far behind men’s team the Final Four without having played a single-digit Sampson at +8. hasn’t been seed up until this point in the tournament. Houston 7th season to the Final scratched out three-point and six-point wins against Four in 71 Rutgers and Oregon State, respectively. Lulls like Houston will years. that against more talented teams will keep Houston make its first away from the title. appearance in the Final LUCAS OIL STADIUM, Four since INDIANAPOLIS NATIONAL 1984. CHAMPIONSHIP APRIL 5, 2021 Drew 8 P.M. CT Timme SO | F Johnny Juzang SO | F-G WHY GONZAGA WILL WIN Gonzaga is an undefeated team with tons of fire- power, led by senior forward Corey Kispert, sophomore forward Drew Timme and freshman COACH guard Jalen Suggs. The Zags share the ball as well as WHY UCLA WILL WIN any team in college basketball. They are the deepest team in college basketball, with eight to nine differ- Head coach Mick Cronin and his UCLA staff have been uncanny in their ability to make adjustments ent players capable of scoring in double figures in COACH any given game. throughout the NCAA tournament. Sophomore swingman Johnny Juzang, a Kentucky transfer, is an impact offensive player who is tough to guard. Juzang WHY GONZAGA WON’T WIN is averaging 21.6 points in the tournament. UCLA has The pressure of staying unbeaten (and becoming Mark taken on the personality of Cronin and will fight and the first team since Indiana in 1975-76 to do it) could Few scrap defensively every possession. take its toll in the Final Four, like it did to UNLV in 21st season 1991 and Kentucky in 2015. The Zags are prone to WHY UCLA WON’T WIN occasional defensive lapses. Gonzaga relies heavily Gonzaga is Mick on turnovers and getting in transition for points and The Bruins, a First Four participant, are worn down making its physically after playing five games in 12 days to Cronin could get bogged down in a halfcourt game. 2nd season second trip reach the Final Four. UCLA is prone to scoring to the Final droughts. The team’s best inside player, junior Four (2017 forward Cody Riley, often gets in foul trouble, and UCLA is WEST was first). the Bruins’ inside scoring and rebounding suffers in its 19th S without him on the floor. Final Four E and has won E GONZAGA UCLA 11 national 1D WCC titles. ZAGS LUCAS OIL STADIUM | INDIANAPOLIS 30-00 EAST 22-92 S 2021 BRUINS CONTENT: Kevin Brockway, CNHI Sports Indiana; Elton Hayes, CNHI Sports Pennsylvania | PHOTOS: NCAA | PHOTOS & DESIGN: He E APRIL 3 | 7:34 P.M. CT | CBSPAC -12 E 11D A1 Bringing you total market coverage!ather Bremer | CNHI Sports Indiana Cleburne Times-Review mobile app LIVING | B1 SPORTS | A11 available for Apple, Kindle and Android Scouts take three-day 8 Jackets earn facebook.com/ctrnews @ctrnews trek at Lake Georgetown AD honors instagram.com/cleburnetimesreview SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2021 | cleburnetimesreview.com | $1.50 Cleburne economy good despite COVID-19 BY MATT SMITH spread shut downs and a tic about what 2021 holds and Aldi’s Grocery Store, are on the mits the same month compared IN PRINT & ONLINE M S MITH @TRCLE.COM worldwide pandemic still ongo- feel pretty good about where we way. to seven the previous December. ing Cleburne fared fairly well are right now given the circum- The pandemic had little effect To highlight the growth, Eas- Cleburne Economic Develop- all things considered, Easdon stances.” on home building last year, don displayed a graph of new ment Manager Grady Easdon, added. Easdon delivered his update which, as in recent years past, residential permits issued from in delivery the final quarterly “I think we all still have some during Tuesday night’s meeting remains robust, Easdon said. 2016 to 2020. Only 47 were update for last year, quipped fear of the unknown,” Easdon of the Cleburne City Council. The city issued 14 new single- issued in 2016. that 2020 was a very different said. “But I think there’s also Several business opened last family residential permits in “Most of you who were here People turn to us more than year to say the least. a feeling of measured opti - year including Harbor Freight December, compared to 16 in Despite the roller coaster of mism for this coming year and Tools, McAlister’s Deli and December 2019 and four new economic downturn, wide - that we’re cautiously optimis - Chick-fil-A and more including multi-family residential per - SEE CITY, PAGE A2 all other media combined CLEBURNE ISD JCRW to find out what’s happening updated on vaccine in Johnson County. availability BY MATT SMITH M S MITH @TRCLE.COM Most wanting a COVID-19 vaccine have a wait ahead, Johnson County Emergency Management Director Jamie Moore said. Moore, via Zoom, discussed the vaccine during Tues - day’s monthly meeting of the Johnson County Republican Women’s Club. Statewide, as of now,the vac- cine is available only to first responders, Texas residents 6 5 a n d older and/ 817-645-2441 o r t h o s e older than 1 6 w i t h u n d e r l y - cleburnetimesreview.com ing medical conditions. M o o r e g u e s s - t i m a t e d Jamie Moore summer as 108 S. Anglin St., Cleburne the likely date for wider availability to the general public. “[Dr. Anthony Fauci] was on Lisa Magers | Cleburne ISD TV today saying maybe April Two-Way Dual Language kindergarten students Zoee Vance, left and Aiden Bailon work together on their reading skills — in or May,” Moore said. “But I Spanish. Information on the Two-Way Dual Language program for parents of incoming kindergartners will be presented virtuallyon think that may be overly opti - Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. mistic and it’s probably going to be mid summer. Consider - ing there are about 34 million people in Texas, this is going to be a long-haul process.” Virtual meeting time Even with only certain groups eligible to receive the vaccine shortages continue to Two-way dual language kindergarten program meeting Tuesday pose a challenge, Moore said. “It’s not a matter of local BY LISA MAGERS while modeling the Spanish language governments not being proac - CIS D COM MUNIT Y S ERVIC ES Virtual meeting for English students. The program is tive,” Moore said. “It’s a matter used as an enrichment model, allow- of we’re not getting vaccines.” Parents of incoming kindergartners The virtual meeting for parents of ing all participants the opportunity t Johnson County, popula - incoming kindergartners for the o for the 2021-22 school year will have 2021-22 school year to learn about acquire a new language from native the opportunity to learn more about the Two-Way Dual Language speaking peers in developing fluency SEE MOORE, PAGE A8 the Two-Way Dual Language program program begins at 6:30 p.m. and literacy in English and Spanish. available at Irving Elementary School Tuesday. The program’s core content curric - — if they Zoom in Tuesday evening. ulum provides instruction in math, County dilemma A webinar for parents detailing process for enrollment will open on the language arts, science and social stud- information on the program, in which CISD website at c-isd.com/Page/1059. ies and is identical to the curriculum Johnson County, population 174,000, only receievd 600 students enter at kindergarten, will be in monolingual classes. The language The function and purpose of the vaccines last week. So far, presented virtually at 6:30 p.m. and Two-Way Dual Language Program is of instruction changes throughout seven weeks into the will be led by Cleburne ISD Director to engage scholars in both English and vaccine roll out, Johnson of World Languages Christy Burton.

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