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June 18, 2015
PAGE 9
NBA Finals
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What a year for basketball
it has been! Whether it's high
. school, college or professional
,' teams going head to head in
their culminating events,
there have been some highly
entertaining and action-packed
games to watch this year.
Normally, I don't watch a lot
of professional ball. I guess it is
because I
remember
the days
when
the pros
tended to
be light on
defense
Sonia rl, and the
Karpe Dogie g a m e s
consisted
of big men jogging up and
down the court firing up shots
from wherever they deemed
appropriate. They were really
pretty boring. The same can't
be said about the NBA Finals
this year.
For those of you who may
not follow basketball, the teams
battling for the NBA title are
the Cleveland Cavaliers and
the Golden State Warriors.
The Cavs leading player is
LeBron James, who is the self-
proclaimed greatest player in
the world, and Steph Curry,
who -- at least in my opinion
is better than LeBron leads
the Warriors.
The series started off with a
bang as games one and two were
tight contests that both went
into overtime. The Warriors
took the first game 108-100,
and the Cavs answered back
in game two, winning by only
two points, 95-93. With the
series tied at one win apiece,
game three would obviously
give one team the advantage
and Cleveland was the team
.3':Jk,,,th% lead by defeating
Golden State 96-91.
Going into game four down
one game to two, Golden
State made some changes and
went with a smaller lineup,
choosing to rely on speed and
great shooting to see whether
Cleveland could respond. So
far, the strategy appears to be
working because the Warriors
have defeated the Cavs in the
past two games, 103-82 and
104-91.
There will be a game six,
for sure, and though I am defi-
nitely pulling for the Warriors,
I would really like to see
Cleveland stretch the finals to
the seventh and final game.
While I don't necessarily
agree with LeBron James' boast
that he is the greatest player in
the world, he has put up some
pretty amazing numbers in the
series so far. In games two and
five, he had triple doubles and
has scored an impressive 183
points so far in the finals.
Rest assured, though, ttiat
Steph Curry is no slouch either.
He has not put up quite as big
numbers as James, but his 131
points so far are still impres-
sive. Curry also has other team
members who can score, so he
is able to share the love a little
more than James.
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High school teammates Trayton Farnsworth, Mason Pisciotti, Bradon Rushton and Colton Sweet made the trip to Casper to cheer on their friend, Dillon Ehlers
as he made it all the why to a starting position for the North team. (Submitted photo)
Ehlers shines at Shrine Bowl
Sonja Karp 40-14 point margin. This year's During the week before
NLJ Sports Reporter win continues the North's the game, the players have the
recent dominance over the opportunity to wsit the hos-
Weston County sent two South. having won six of the pital in Salt Lake City where
players to the 41st annual Shrine last eight matchups, they meet the children who are
Bowl in Casper on Saturday. The Sad! 9wl is an all- there recewing treatments. The
Dillon Ehlers was selected I?om. around.gr0(xl'enci[ofuthe .... playcr taang oat with the kids,
Newcastle, and Jett Materi was
the Upton selection. For the
uninitiated, the contest is made
up of a team from the South
against one from the North.
Players are newly graduated
seniors selected from all classes
across the state.
Materi represented the
Bobcats well, getting into the
game's record books by rushing
for 3 yards on one carry.
Ehlers is the latest in a long
line of Dogies to wear the brown
and gold for the North team
of all-stars. Since the Shrine
Bowl's inception in 1974.
Newcastle has had 42 Dogies
play in the contest and has had
at least one player named to the
team in 27 of the 41 years.
Coaches. players and fans
from Newcastle attended
Saturday's game to cheer on
their Dogie, and they didn't
have to wait long to do so
because Ehlers was selected as
one of the game's starters.
"Dillon played really well!
He had some tackles, and he
played on about every special
team. I talked to him before the
game and told him not to be
outhit, not to be outhustled and
just to represent the Dogies well
and that he did." Dogies coach
Matt Conzelman said.
The North won this year's
contest quite decisively with a
players. Not only,are they given
a chance to play in a game with
the best athletes Wyoming has
to offer, but it is also a fund-
raiser for the Shriners Hospital,
a great cause.
sign autographs and really just
get a chance to bring the kids a
fun few hours.
"You know. each time I have
a player come back from the
Shrine Bowl. the first thing they
talk about is their visit to the
hospital. Then they talk about
the game." Conzelman said.
He noted that the visit really
puts the game of football into
perspective for the players.
"They get the opportunity to
go out and play the game when
these kids that they are visiting
may never get that chance,"
Conzelman said. "The kids
really look up to the players, so
it's a really cool experience." Paul Scheck
Dogies take stock at E;]00SU camp
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
great job," Conzelman said.
"I didn't know what to expect
over there with this new crew.
but I was pleased to see that we
played a lot better than l had
anticipated."
The camp consisted of
individual skill development,
offensive and defensive line
development and individual
and team competitions.
Bryce Womack brought
home accolades in a compe-
tition called the Line Wars,
which consists of various one-
on-one competitions in which
the linemen attempt to prove
who is the best.
Womack showed his
prowess by defeating a Natrona
player to claim the title.
Several other players made
it into the second round of their
competitions, a feat that also
pleased Conzelman.
Five at the Hive was another
team competition in which the
Dogies participated. These live
scrimmages begin at the 5-yard
line. and the teams are given
one play to score. If a team
crosses the goal line, it gets
another chance on offense. A
team that scores three times in
a row then moves to defense.
"We did really well in
this competition too, and if
we could have punched just a
couple more in, we would have
won that as well," Conzelman
said.
As it turned out, the Dogies
had to settle for second place.
The Dogies will have one
more opportunity to play
before summer is over and
the season begins. The annual
Border Wars Camp hosted by
Newcastle is scheduled for
Monday, July 20.
There will be various
competitions at this one-day
camp and fans are encouraged
to come and cheer on their
Wyoming teams as the Border
Wars commence against South
Dakota teams to close out the
day.
Dogie players who will
wear the orange and black this
fall also got a chance to suit up
for some football action this
summer when the team headed
to Black Hills State University
in Spearfish for the Yellow
Jacket team camp June 7-9.
"The team camp went really
well," Conzelman said. "We
took 19 Dogies over there, and
I was very pleased with what I
saw our guys do."
Because Newcastle gradu-
ated 12 seniors this year all
key members of the team
the coaches were not sure what
to expect. The camp gave the
coaches a great opportunity
to experiment, moving players
around to different positions to
see what the best fit will be for
the team and to see where the
players will be successful.
"A lot of the young kids
really stepped up and did a
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