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Four named all-lea(
By Brett Fisher
Four Yerington High basketball
players have been awarded
Northern 3A All-League status.
Hattie Emm was a second-team
all-league selection for the Lady
Lions.
The 5-fool 7-inch senior guard
ranked first on her tearL averaging
16.9 points per grlme. She also was
second in
rebounds
with five
and made
three
assists per
game.
"Hattie was
a scorer.
She could
go left, go
right and
shoot from
any-
where,"
YHS girls
head
coach Rod
Rundle said. "We did look to her to
put the ball in the basket."
Emm also put in a lot of minutes
for the Lady Lions. She typically
played 25 to 30 minutes out of a
gameh full 32, Rundle said.
Dylan Johnson also waq awarded
second-team all-league recognition
YERINGTON ALL-STARS: Dylan Johnson
ond team All-League Northern 3A, while
Honorable Mention.
as a scoring threat fortheYHS boys team by sen
teamthisseason. and Jay Sci
The junior goard averaged 12.7 received l
points per game for the Lions: awards.
He is joined on the all-league "They are
that's probably the highest com-
pliment a person could receive."
It has been 46 years since rny
father's sophomore season ufoen
the Citrus Owls wontheirEast
Conference and two oftbree play-
offgames to reach the Califomia
state college baseball finals. The
Owls finished second-best in the
state that year and ended their
season with a 20-9 ovsrall record.
They also lost just two league
gimres in 1958.
"I think that's as far as any
Cifrus (baseball) team had wen{''
Bowman said
Dad had a better statistical sea-
son as a freshman in 1957.ThLt
year, he posted a bafiing average
betwefl .250 and .300. His play
at first base
-
and 6-foot 3-inch
fame
-was
impressive enough
to atfract the atrention of the
Pacific Coast League's Los
Angeles Angels professional
baseball team, which scouted Dad
through his sophomore year.
'TIe was strong, I remerrber
tha(' Bowman sai{ describing
rry father.
During what would become a
hall-of-fame season for the Owls,
Dad recorded some very produc-
tive games. He batted 3-for4 in
an orsing against Pasadena City
College, driving in two RBI and
belting one home ru4 a tiple and
a double.
The very next game, Dad hit 3-
for-5 and one RBI. By season's
en4 he had driven in nine runs.
Unfortunately, Dad, bless his
heart did not acflrally get to play
in the Owls'post-season. About
midway through the regular sea-
son, he zuffered abroken ankle
rryhen a Fullerton Junior College
player stuckhis cleats into Dad
while he was defending first base.
It ftrns out that was the end of
rny father's baseball career. As
much as he would have liked,
Dad nwer played professional
baseball. TheAngels had lost
interest (for obvious reasors), and
my father didnot go any finther
in his college education.
Yet though the sun had set on
baseball, this period in Dad's life
was also the bqrming of a much
greater career he has a&nirabb
undertakentOthis day.
In 1956, he became acquainted
with ayoungwoman, viho coinci-
dentatly attended Fullerton Union
High andmade herhome among
fre citrus and avocado grwes of
&mgeCoulL
Three years after his baseball
injury, Dad and Mommarried. I
would come along in another 13
years, but that's another story in
and ofitself.
Please see HOFer, iage Bz
By Herb Hall
Special to the Mason Valley News
KENNEWIC& Wa.
-As
she moves up
the sideline just outside the three-point arc,
the basketball is advanced from the backcourt
torrard Brandee Smith's hands.
In one easy motion, the 5-foog 8-inch
sophomore and formerYerington High School
standout catches the ball and floats a pass to
the outside hand of 6-3 teammate Ladonna .
Downs, whq having sealed her defender on
her hip in the tow post, grabs the pass and
banks it in for an easy score.
Downs points to Smith, acknowledging the
pretty pass as they both head back on defense.
When the ball falls through the net and hits
the floor, it does so for just the second time of
the possession.
Not every possession of theYakimaValley
Community College (YVCC) women's team
were that efficient or effective last Saturday
against Green River Community College, but
there were enough of them to give theYaks a
74-61 ictory in the second round of the
Northwest Athletic Association of
Community Colleges (NWAACC) touma-
ment.
The win came on the heels of a 68-46 loss
to Chemeketa Community College Friday
nightwhenYVCC shot a dismal 1-ll
behind the three-point arc.
The 36-teamNWAACC is the larg
jrmior college conference in the natio
divided into four regions with tearns :
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Briti
Columbia. Sixteen teams qualified fo
double-elimination tournzrment player
Tri-Cities Coliseum in Kennewiclq $
Saturday's win pushed YVCC into
third round game with Spokane Com
College where theYaks picked-up a 5
victory enabling them to advance to i
round game Monday and a chance fo
place in the tournzrment.
And for Smith, who aided one, led
ond and essentially carried a thirdYE
into the Nevada Interscholastic Activi
Association state basketball semifinal
ning three games in a row and earni4
place finish wouldn't be a bad way to
what could be the conclusion of her t
ball career.
"It hit me at halftime (Saturday) wl
were only up by two, that this eould t
said Smith.
*That bothered me. I told
better start to do something to help."
The decision to play on at a four-y
school is far from settled in Smith's n
Jay Sciarani:
AII-League
Honorable
Mention.