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4-THE ENNIS DAILY NEWS- Monday, February 21, 1972BothSt. John TeamsCrusaderettes 2d in StatewThe Ennis Daily NewsMeans, Kubin Are All Tourney at St. MeetSt. .John has the distinction of having two stars, Yourel MeansRealm ofSPORTNEVS YORK - The Dallas Chaparrals don't have a holiday today, even though many otherpeople do.The Chaps are in New York where they attempt to remain the hottest team in the A m c r i c a n B a s k e t ball Association They play the New York Nets and Kick Barry in an afternoon game.With a record of .11 wins and .’14 losses, the lt;haps are only six and a half games out of second place in the West Division of theABA I'he victory Saturday night over Indiana was the Chaps' sixth in a row.POMPANO BEACH, Florida Manager Ted Williams of the Texas Hangers baseball team says he plans to continue light workouts this week as long as the weather remains cold and windy.The Hangers have been undergoing light workouts since Thursday at their spring training grounds in Pompano Beach. Florida The pitchers and catchers are about the only ones in camp so far.Williams savs he wouldwrather take things easy now than risk injury or have any of his pitchers come up with a sore arm. prior to the season opener in Turnpike Stadium between:inH l-'nrt Worthof the Crusaders and Janice Kubin of the Crusaderettes, whose respective teams both were runners-up, chosen to the TCIL All-Tourney team, at San*Antonio.SPORTSCENEnThere’s more to preparing for spring training than packing uniforms and scheduling arrival dates for the players.Shipping equipment to the training base is one of the most pivotal tasks. Houston has already begun stocking its camp at Cocoa, Fla. which will open Thursday when pitchers and catchers report.A van left the Astrodome Friday carrying two tons of baseball equipment headed for A st rot own. The gear was packed in 20 trunks, five suitcases and numerous cardboard boxes.The Astro equipment department packed 150 dozen baseballs, 40 batting helmets, 1K0 cloth caps, and 252 bats.Each man will have five uniforms Also, 50 dozen pair of socks, two dozen flitting gloves, and 200 sweatshirts were in theshipment.General Manager H.B. (Spec) Kichardson and Vice-President Grady Hatton left for camp Friday.The rest of the team is due to arrive Feb. 20 with the first workout March 1. The first exhibition game is March 11 against tfie Minnesota Twins.A young and determined team from St. John played with the poise of veterans in the openinggame of the TCIL State Tour-nement. The girls trailed Houston St Agnes almost thewhole but never gave up and earned a 40-39 win and a berth in the state finals. The Friday action was the opening round of the tournement held in the spacious Hemisfair Arena in San Antonio.St John stayed close on the long range shooting of Donna Patak H7 pts) as well as good defensive play from Janice Kubin, Cindy Valek, Rita Vlk and Cyndy Kubala. In the final two minutes it was the clutch free throw shooting of Vickie Grier however that secured the victory. Vickie hit 5 of 6 in the final action to put St. John ahead. Anna Wilcher, Susan Krajca and Donna Zmolik also played well for St. John.The championship gamematched St. John against Corpus Christi Incarnate Word. Incarnate Word had defeated Alamo Catholic from Amarillo to earn their berth in the finals. St. John however was unable to contain Anne Russek the senior star for the Angels and dropped a 50-27 decision. A cold second half proved to be the downfall as the Crusaderettes could not cut the lead.Donna Patak was again high with 12 points and all guards including the above plus Patti Zmolik did a good job. This was the highest St. John has ever finished and left the season mark at 20-14. TheCrusaderettes finished thirdlast year.%/The team contains only underclassmen and thus all theplayers have vowed to return to San Antonio next year to capture the elusive state title. Team members are Donna Patak (Jr.). Susan Krajca (Jr.), Donna Zmolik (Jr.), Becky Prachyl (Sophomore), Janice Kubin (Jr.), Cindy Valek (Jr.), Rita Vlk (Jr.), Cyndy Kubala (Soph.) and Patti Zmolik (Soph.). Managers are Joey Ludwig and Cindy Prachyl.All players were appreciative of the large parade and welcome that awaited them upon their return from the successful tournament.mm:.PICeng;Mr.Riel
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Ennis Daily News
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Mon, Feb 21, 1972
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