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iUCSUIN DAILY CiTIZPrep cage previewCDO’s coach optimisticdespite rebuilding yearBy BOB KEMPCitizen Sports writerThis Is another in a series on Tucson-area high school basketball prospects.When a coach loses his top eight players from a team ' that was the No. 2 team in the state, you don’t expect him to be optimistic. The exception is Canyon del Oro coach John Tissaw.We're extremely young and inexperienced, but if we reach our potential, we’ll definitely be contenders,” said Tissaw.Tissaw is replacing five players who were starters for two or more years, including Brian Jung, a high school All-American last year now at the University of Arizona.The key to this year’s team is another Jung, Mark, a 6-foot-11 sophomore who saw some playing time last year.Jung scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds Tuesday night in the Dorados' 87-63 loss to Coolidge, but was injured early in the second quarter. The Dorados weren't in the game after his departure.“We have some people who have played varsity before, but none of them have ever started before Tuesday night,” Tissaw pointed out.Other starters are seniors Randy Eckel (5-10) and Kirk Swenson. (6-5), along with juniors Kyle Doda (6-4) and Jeff Fisher (6-0). Eckel played some last year while Swenson is a tranfer from Oregon. Fisher and Doda were members of last year’s junior varsity team that posted a 13-5 record.Tissaw plans to use manyplayers throughout the entire season. Also expected to figure prominently are DougAAU prepares for OlympicsNEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than 1,000 delegates to the Amateur Athletic Union's 88th annual convention gathered yesterday to begin preparing for the 1976 Olympic Games.Ewing (5-10), Mark Ziegler (6-1), John Tissaw Jr. (5-9), Mike DeVries (6-2) and Jessie Thorpe (6-3). All are juniors with the exception of Ziegler, a Sophomore.Kelly Tracy, 6-3 junior, has an injured knee and is expected to return in four to six weeks.“We have a strong basketball tradition at CDO and we hope we will improve more each game and be a contender for the AA-Southem Division championship which CDO has won two of the last three years,” Tissaw concluded.1975-76 ScheduleDECEMBER: 2 - Coolldoe. 5 - af Marana. !■ — Sahuaro . 18 — at Amphl. 29-Jan. 2—SunnysWe Invitational.JANUARY: 6 — Sabino. 9— Bisbcc. 10 — at Nogales. 13 — Flawing Wells. 16 — Santa Cruz. 17 — at San Manuel. 23 — Douglas. 24 — at Globe. 27 — at Santa Rrta.FEBRUARY: 6 — at BiSbee. 7 — Nogales. 10 — at Flowing Wells. 14 — San Manuel. 20 — at Douglas. 21 — Globe.PICK-UPFINAL CLOSEOUT!FULLY EQUIPPED1975 PICKUPS
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Tucson Daily Citizen
Tucson, Arizona, US
Thu, Dec 04, 1975
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