Page 7 LEVY COUNTY JOURNAL SPORTS & RECREATION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2007

 Season finale is 'phi-slama-jama,
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 high-wire act
 BY NEAL FISHER halftime. James slashed to the basket, James got a full court pass and
 SPORTS WRITER Bronson had the first drew a foul and connected brought the Williston faithful Iiii
 Only 15 miles along US possession of the second half, on both of the resulting free to its feet as he slammed the FEET-'r"* .
 27 separate Williston and but Williston stole the ball throws. ball through the rim. I' p Jill
 Bronson and when they and transformed the turnover The Red Devils shuttled Jerrell Hopkins and Devin a 1.
 faced off at the Devils' Den into a full court transition their second unit in and Timmons finished off the run ....
 last week, because of their lay-up, out throughout the period, with atip-in and a 3-point shot i ;
 proximity to each other, the With the steal to open the creating an advantage which from the right corner of the o
 home team's 70-55 victory second half, the tide of the overwhelmed the Eagles. baseline, respectively.
 was the exception which game turned in the favor of Bronson simply could not The Red Devils' Achilles'
 proved the norm. the RedDevils. Consequently remain as fresh as Williston heel, free throws, were no
 The Williston faithful they parlayed and enhanced anditwaspartially responsible sweat during the quarter a si s s;
 usually fill the Devils' Den theirpositioninto completely for the turnovers and inability they nailed all five of their .
 totherafters wearing the red controlling the design and to physically match-up with attempts. b
 andwhitegarboftheirteam's nature of the game as they the home team during the When the dust cleared, the W h temt
 color scheme. stole the ball on Bronson's quarter, particularly in the Red Devils had stampeded to o Jm
 On this night though, they nexttwopossessions. lane. a 52-42 lead with 2:19 left in
 had to equally share the "We changed up the offense Then Bronson failed in its the quarter.
 standing-room-only gym and defense by throwing last opportunity to regain The Eagles regained some of
 with the faithful and the a package of defenses at some ability to dictate the their bearings over the last 2 :19 I
 orange and white garb of the them, Miller said. "We ran feel of the game and stop of the quarter, cutting the lead
 color scheme of their county everything and everyone at the deciding run of the game to 54-48 after three periods. t llAi
 rival, them, from man to man to before it condemned them. However, the Eagles couldn't
 The game featured the zone andwechanged quickly. After a basket by the Eagles' quite muster a serious run
 career of eight players being We used everything and James Rivers cut the lead during the final period as the Journal photo by Real Fisher
 recognized during the annual every kind of formation and backto three points, Bronson lead volleyed between four Bronson matched the Red Devils move-for-move for
 pre-game festivities of senior style to create disorganization forced the home team to take and eight points the rest of the a half, but Deonte Welch and his teammates survived
 night and, at the same time, in Bronson's game. They a long range shot ontheir way. in the toughest of vocal high-flying atmospheres.
 many familiar faces among committed eight turnovers in possession and Williston James led Williston with 23
 the Bronson faithful who thequarter. missed the field goal attempt. points, while Jerrell Hopkins
 crowded into the Devils' chipped in with 17. James s '1?li?.
 Den. "Coach Beckham had them ready toplsay Rivers was Bronson's hnighr;
 Itated tohen l of bteru and theyvplayed hard. scorer with 20.
 pIt led to a night of boisterous -Coae George Miller The Eagles had a I i
 random that emphasized T ga a huge
 periods of surging electricity The second consecutive Now with the opportunity to advantage and an ally in S -
 and made for a lively reprise Williston steal resulted in cut the lead, even further, to overcoming the Red Devils je
 of roars and cheers for both Todd Brown drawing a foul one point, the Eagles missed deeper bench and seniors :i
 teams in an equal fashion, while driving to the basket the front end ofa one on one as they took 30 free throws.t iE
 "They came here ready to after the Red Devils had run free throw opportunity. Williston only had the
 play," Williston head coach the length of the court. He Williston's Omar Foxworth opportunity to shoot 13. But l
 George Miller said. "Coach converted the first of the two and Jiwan James followed Bronson converted only 17 of ........ _le 21 "
 Beckham had them ready to free throws, with hard fought rebounds the attempts.t P I i l
 play and they played hard. "It wasn't as effective as it and scores on successive Assistant coach Curtis Stacy have Ima ecitments t u t
 We tried almost everything has been in the past, but it possessions after the Red added that the Red Devils an ar h n
 on defense and offense gave us a lead and we mour Devils missed medium length have yet to play four solid a .. o h ap o ,s a, ko
 before we were able to get free throws to keep it. jumpers. James'basket came quarters where their style of Th tea
 our athleticism into a solid Brown's and Timmons' two on a tip-in after he had missed play controlled the feel of theq Ir ... Te y ;mI -' i just
 system ofplaying our kind of fouls put us in a bad position a shot due to the then Eagles' game for the entire contest. .ave tll l:l ad t n d nIti "
 ball." in the first halo James had unbendable interior defense And while theirpree ane diein of bi r eto a s
 Bronson, for their part, to play the point, but he did forced him to alter his shot. and resolution won this hard "Io. ah w ue
 tenaciously clung to their agoodjobandDeonteWelch But Bronson couldnotcoral fought contest, once again, basIfiici' c- o e ng-n
 breadth of abilities in taking also played well. the soft rebounds and after their style of play was on-and- s a ca a jr
 their turns as the team who Following the Red Devils' several attempts, the senior's off-again throughout the entire
 dictated the feel of the game. third consecutive steal, Jiwan gentle stroke finally tipped four quarters. u,
 Williston opened up multiple James benefited from Brown's the ball in.ac di
 leads between three and six gifts as he received an over- Williston then crushed
 points in the first half, but the-shoulder-pass from the Bronson'sfleetingoppormeity Ther opera antejr

















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 Bronson answered every time point guard as the team for victory as they picked off over til the fa lady
 and the score read 36-36 at crossed the top of the key. a pass for the fourth time in sings. e fnt
 the quarter by stepping in
 Ill OIN 1: ,-T lkaniel John Cook L at
 Scfront of a pass at the top of h li t
 the key. 3
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 ;;7I Scoreboard
 Ti t in = T.CScorebard erJournal photo by R eal Fisher
 ... .. Sri;, r in mBronson 17-19-12-07---55
 ,_ l LI 1 ..... ii+ J1 ll Williston 16-20-18-16---70
 I_ al, wt. L!"t Bronson had the hops to match-up with
 be.inthefcas: piWilliston's vaunted run-and-gun offense in the
 ] 'i ,!| .. ,. statistics:
 i iPoints: first half, but they didn't have the athleticism to
 Williston: J. James-23, Hopkins-17, Brown-7, Foxworth-7, C. get the key rebounds in the second half.
 James-4, Welch-4, Kapree-2, Timmons-2, Heagle-2, Johnson- A 13-3 run to start the quarter forced the Eagles
 2. to come in for a landing and the Red Devils ended
 g Bronson: Rivers-20, Thomas-12, Dukes-9, Collins-5, the year with season sweeps of both of their Levy
 'o! Contreras-3, Mayes-2, King-1. County rivals.




 Reconstruction is already underway

 ~ -Newest chief to run Wing-T offense


 N' ::::'+BY HEAL FISHER the tealn last year. Several players who did not suit up last
 + .... ++"+' -+a SPORTS WRITER year or left the team have made commitments to return to
 + ......... ...... +++ For every program that is rebuilding, there is a certain ingredient: the squad and are hitting the weights in preparation for the
 : : : directlyy tied to the standard foundation of changing a losing 2007 season.
 ~mentality into a winning culture and the Chiefland Indians are "After watching some of the tapes fionm last year, I know we
 Journal photo by Real Fis her no different, need to build some team depth," Uhner said. +'The team s
 James Rivers led the Eagles with 20 points in the With new coach A.J. Ulmer taking over the hehn of the football lack of depth was a problem inI the four-th quarter. They just
 finale for both teams, but his wings were clipped program a month ago, the Indians have begun the climb back to didn't have the numbers and got worn down. I think we are
 by tunr-overs in the second half as Williston's de- prominence with the most basic of ingredients, weightlifting, heading in the direction of being ready to play as far as being
 fense caused Brosnon to have trouble getting the However, it is but one of the many standard building blocks able to match-up with out depth."
 ball to him. that Ulmer has initiated into the program or is making plans The basic components of the strength program is bench
 to. And in his own way, he is doing it with a sense of purpose, presses, squats and clean and jerks. The players do other
 intention and objective, exercises to supplement their routines as per their positions.
 "I plan on being here a long time," Uhner said. "That is The coaches tape a list of what routines ar~e to be done for
 important, because then the kids know what to expect and each position each day the team hits the weights, making
 once we get past the initial period, we don't have to spend time for a fast pace and well-structured workout as well as an
 Chietan Baketalllearning what we expect from each other. We can concentrate enjoyable experience for the players.
 C hief and aske ball on the things that make for winning programs. It is a point of The personal touch that Uhner brought with him, which has
 interest for us. had the most significant influence on the program, is his use
 A nd L ady D evil "The most important thing we need to do during the off-season of a wing-t offense and a base 3-5 defensive fr~ont.
 is create a positive atmosphere. We are letting the kids know The Indians will use a spread package to compliment the
 they can be a good football team and the coaches are working wing-t and they will use a lot of play action and rollouts to
 District Action Inside hard for them. But weightlifting during the off-season is give quarterback Daniel Galpin room to throw.
 pivotal." "We have some athletes on this team," Uhner said. "We have
 Weightlifting, along with establishing depth on the team has some depth at the skilled positions and we have a good young
 been the focal point of the coaching staff during the early days
 of Ulmer's tenure. See Uhner's l lan page 9
 The team has begun to establish the depth that so dearly hurt