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Girls Basketball Tournament Semifinals The Dickenson Star PAGE 1B WEDNESDAY ■ FEBRUARY 13, 2013 Cavaliers rally twice to win Foul fest softball opener BY COY BAYS University of Charleston’s ★ SPORTS WRITER home park. Coach Raymond WISE — UVa-Wise’s Loeser’s Golden Eagles women rallied from (0-1) roughed up UVa- behind twice Sunday Wise starting right-hander while opening the softball Rachel Hawks while scor- season with an 8-7 victory ing single runs in the sec- over the University of ond and third innings Charleston Golden Eagles before adding three more at Cavalier Field. in the fourth. All five runs Coach Karen Bitter’s were scored with two out Cavaliers erased a 5-0 in each inning. deficit with five runs in the Charleston’s first run bottom of the fourth was produced by Jenna inning and overcame a 7-6 Evans’ RBI triple to right Charleston lead with a pair and the Golden Eagles of runs in the bottom of took a 2-0 lead following the sixth including the Aspen Echelmeir’s solo winning run scored from home run in the third third base by Megan inning. Jacqueline Carlin Dillion following a wild added an RBI single in the pitch with two out. fourth before a two-run Dillion drove home the single by Bethany Cera. tying run in the sixth with UVa-Wise roared back a two-out single off to tie the game in the bot- Golden Eagles reliever tom of the fourth with five Abby Nichols. runs off three hits and “The thing I’m most three walks against encouraged by is how we Charleston starting right- fought after getting hander Morgan Aguirre. down,” said second-year Charity Lawson started UVa-Wise head coach the rally with a lead-off Karen Bitter. “We were single, but she was retired down five and came back. at second on a fielder’s Then we were down a run choice grounder off the bat late in the game and of Kirsten Velazquez. fought back to win it.” Freshman Rachel The second game of the Fisher followed with a sin- scheduled doubleheader gle and UVa-Wise loaded was suspended by rain the bases when Natasha with Charleston holding a Dean drew a walk. Sarah 13-9 lead in the bottom of Wiltshire forced home the PHOTO BY RODDY ADDINGTON the fourth with UVa-Wise Cavs’ first run with a walk batting with no outs and a and freshman Christina Union’s Sydney McKinney, left, has her shot blocked by Clintwood’s Sam Stanley in runner at second base. The Ziemba made it a 5-3 Monday’s LPD tournament semifinal game. game will be completed game with a two-run sin- when Bitter’s club visits gle. West Virginia’s capital city Junior Kristina March 24 for a double- Romualdo tied the game Lady Greenwave knock off Union header against the NCAA Division II club in the PLEASE SEE CAVS, PAGE 3B in foul-plagued semifinal game BY KEVIN MAYS onship game by being consistent in the late going of ★ SPORTS EDITOR the contest and not panicking when Union (14-8) Tired Greenwave started the game by scoring the first 10 points over WISE — One game came down to the wire and the first five minutes of the game. the other one didn’t Monday night in the Lonesome “We got down 10-0 and we stayed with the game Pine District girls basketball tournament semifinals. plan and we didn’t get flustered,” said Clintwood team falls to In a game that featured 55 total fouls and 70 free coach Donnie Frazier. throw attempts, the Clintwood Lady Greenwave hit Despite the early scoring spurt by the Lady 74.4 percent (29 of 39) free throws and played Bears, Frazier told his team to not panic. And the strong defensively to take a 51-48 win over the Lady Wave responded positively. Jenkins Cavaliers Union Lady Bears at the UVa-Wise David Prior Clintwood cut the Lady Bear lead to 26-24 by Convocation Center. halftime and gained the lead in the third quarter by In Monday’s other semifinal game, the top-seed- outscoring Union 12-8 in the third quarter. BY KAREN MARTIN ed Central Lady Warriors rolled to an 87-23 victory Neither Frazier nor Union head coach Brandi ★ SPORTS WRITER over the J.I. Burton Lady Raiders. Bostic were surprised by the game coming down to the wire. COEBURN — The last regular season basketball LADY WAVE ADVANCE game for the Clintwood Greenwave was a tale of two Clintwood (14-8) advanced to the LPD champi- PLEASE SEE SEMIFINALS, PAGE 2B halves Thursday night. The Jenkins Cavaliers turned out to be too much for Clintwood to handle in the second half as they rolled to a 72-56 victory over the Wave at Clintwood Elementary School’s Howard Deel Gym. The second half found the Cavaliers outscoring the Honaker Greenwave 49-34, to take the win. “This is our third game in four nights and it showed. We didn’t have the legs for the second half. We kept push- clinches ing, but it just wasn’t enough,” Greenwave coach Evan McCowan said. Behind the quick transitions, patient passing, tough defense and shooting of a well coached team, the BDD title Cavaliers finished the game with four players in double figures. BY ANTHONY STEVENS Randy Potter led his team with 21 points, Huey ★ SPORTS WRITER Quillen added 20, Casey Hall with 15 and Josh Collins contributed 10 to the cause. HONAKER — The Haysi “We got off to a slow start and didn’t shoot well. We boys began last week undefeated knew coming across the state line to play in Virginia is in the Black Diamond District, always an adventure and challenge,” said Jenkins coach with a championship within their Eric Ratliff. “We picked it up in the second half. reach. Clintwood is a tough team, but it was obvious they were It didn’t happen. tired and worn out. We took advantage of that and did Honaker beat Haysi twice in well in transitions.” three days to claim the BDD reg- The first half of the game was a completely different ular season championship. The tale. Tigers from Honaker took the The score see-sawed by possession. crown with a 66-61 win over Both teams applied ample pressure to keep it a close game. Haysi at a jam-packed A.P. Clintwood’s Robbie Mullins contributed 12 of the first Baldwin Gymnasium on Friday. 20 points for the team in this half. “It was an exciting game, my “He is 5’8” but plays like a big man. He is such an kids played hard,” Haysi coach asset to our team. I think he’s a mismatch for other David Robinette said. “Just some teams. He is so strong. He’s too strong for guards and too key breaks here and there went quick for the posts,” said McCowan. their way. Hopefully we’ll get Mullins finished the game with 23 points, seven them sometime, they have a good rebounds and five assists. Nate Mullins contributed 10 team but I really feel both games points. could have went either way.” “We missed so many shots we usually make and I It was a rugged, physical think that was the fatigue. We have the district tourna- matchup. Haysi scored the first ment coming up. We’ll take the next couple of days to PHOTO BY RODDY ADDINGTON rest up and prepare. By the time the tournament starts, we seven points of the game and that plan to be ready both emotionally and physically.” would be the largest lead they Clintwood’s McCowan stated. Haysi’s Tyler Tipton (4) puts up a shot for the Tigers in PLEASE SEE TITLE, PAGE 2B Friday’s game with Honaker. PAGE 2B ■ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013 ■ THE DICKENSON STAR Meier has six hit day, Cavs split with Tigers UVa-Wise and Edward Walters duced a ground out RBI to cut the to take the lead. The Cavs would .577 through the season’s first six Walters took advantage of two sin- College split a pair of one-run lead to one at 6-5. Senior Brian strike for three hits and take advan- games. Head Coach Hank Banner’s gles, a balk, and two walks to push games on Sunday at Edward Waters King stood as the last hope for UVa- tage of two walks, a hit by pitch, and UVa-Wise club will return to play across the game winning run. in Jacksonville, Fla. Wise when he ripped a two-out, RBI an error to push across six runs. on Tuesday when the team travels to In the loss, Tyler Hutson was the The host Tigers took game one single plating the game-tying run. Hylton delivered the big blow as he NCAA Division II member Lincoln only UVa-Wise (2-2) player to pro- 7-6 on a walk off single by Neil The comeback would be short connected for a three RBI single to Memorial University for a 2p.m. duce more than one hit. The first Martino before the Cavaliers (3-3) lived for the Cavs as Neil Martino tie the game. UVa-Wise would start. baseman went 2-3 in the game with erased a seven run deficit to claim a drove home the winning run with a eventually take the lead on an error two RBI. 10-9 victory in the series finale. bases loaded single. Martino’s hit allowing Brandon Fletcher to score, ERRORS DOOM CAVS IN Game two once again saw the Edward Walters’Travonne Fuller guaranteed the Tigers of the series Fletcher entered the game to pinch DOUBLEHEADER LOSS Tigers fall behind early only to belted a grand slam in the bottom of win; Edward Walters swept the run for Hylton.
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