Larry Jewell

Dixie cannot pull out the miracle and it's looking slender right now. Dixie will finish with a 30 and 3 record, the second best record that they've had on a season since the in the last 29 years. Although two teams that went to Hutchinson, Kansas, the one that finished third in the nation, finished the regular season with three losses. And the second team that coach Doug Allred took back finished with two losses but lost two in the championship play. Pete Johnson to shoot one on one. Hits the first with nine points on the night for Peter Johnson. 95, 75 back to a 20 point margin. Peter Johnson second shot up and good and Peter Johnson brings it back to within 19. Craig Hopkins into the lineup and Pete Johnson to sit down. And it will be a scramble now. 3:32 left in a game. Dixie down by 19 and CS has to be shut out the rest of the way. Johnson inbounds to Newman. Out in front of everybody. Keith Jackson. Jackson will lay it up and in and that will not take place coming back the other way. Ross against cart, right to the baseline. Shovel pass goes to Dave Faldmo. Down the lane. Misses short off the front of the rim. Rebound Dale Carson. Foul on Dave Falmo. Falmo with his second personal balbo upset the Dixie B Now play tonight, no question. 97, 76, 1 and 1 coming up for CSI. No, it isn't. It's a common foul. Dixby has not put CSI in the one on one situation yet. It's out of bounds to CSI. 316 left in the game and CSI the leading scoring team in the nation, averaging over 104 points a game on the year. Threatening to break the century mark again. Averaging 100 points in conference play and broke the hundred mark last night against North Idaho. Joey Johnson in backcourt, still in backcourt. Drebnik. Drevnik gets it to Joey Johnson. It's a 10 second count off. Ken Wagner didn't want it, couldn't get it. Joey Thompson against McDonald and the ball out of bounds off the hands of Joey Thompson to Dixie. 259 left. Dixie trails by 19 and the Rebels had the basketball CSI just to play. Keep away to win the ball game. That's all they have to do. Loss to Quint Rossett. Dixie needs the shots in a hurry. Roger McDonald had faked down the lane against Drevney. Pulls up by putter. Soft and good and Roger McDonald has 18 points on the night. 9778 back to that 19 point margin again to Keith Jackson. Jackson into forecourt, right down the lane. Jackson Dishes off to Newman and PSI to play. Keep away. Dudnik to Dale Karst. Karst on the wing. It goes to Newman. Has the unobstructed shot at the basket. Puts it up, no good. Rebound brought down by McDonald to Rob Ross. Ross bounce pass on the wing. It goes to Clint Rossum. Head fakes on the three point area. Doesn't take it to Falmo. Head fakes in the lane. Puts it up, no good. Blocked by Drebnik out in front. There comes CSI 3 on 1. Karst to Jackson for 2. 99, 78, 205 left in the game and Dixie is out of it now. It's all over but the final score. Hopkins to McDonald. McDonald, three point attempt will be short. Air ball into the hands of Jackson. Jackson fouled and backcourt by Falmouth and CSI to go to the free throw line. CSI only loss on the year to Dixie and double overtime. Definitely a national championship caliber. And they're earning it again tonight. 99.78 as CSI has won this one with a minute 53 left. 99 to 78 and Jackson to shoot one and one. Jackson has three three pointers in the second half and a couple of two pointers. Keith Jackson having a career night hits the free throw CSI 6 for 6 from the free throw line in the second half. 178. The wheels have come off the wagon for Dixie at this point. They gave it a shot but the shots would not fall in the second half. Keith Jackson second shot up and good. Keith Jackson 4 for 4 from the free throw line tonight. 101 to 78 at 21 point margin in Dixie failed by a lesser margin at the end of the half in each of the games. Foul. Eric Newman hanging on to Falmouth and Falmouth will go to the free throw line to shoot one and one. That's number four on Newman. A minute 44 left in the game. Dixie looking for the 80 point margin as they could 80 point level. Dixie trailed by 11 in the first ball game and won in double overtime. Drewnick out into the lineup. Bill Worthy and Drewnick to get a standing ovation. Victory Trailed by nine in the second contest and at the end of the half and lost by 18. Victory trailed by eight at the end of the half. This time shot up and good by falmouth. Falmouth now 245 from the free throw line. The dicktie in the process of losing by 22 trying to bring him back to 21. Dave Falz. A minute 44 left, the shot is up and the shot is good by Baldwin. Baldwin three for six and Dixie still putting on some efforts. Full court pressure. Joey Johnson in backcourt almost travels with the basketball. Joey Johnson cruising into forecourt. Pass underneath goes to Wirsky. Wirsky lays it up and in. 103 to 80. A minute 32 left in a game. Ross to McDonald. McDonald leads in it's goal tended by Joey Johnson. Give him 2:20 points on the night for Roger McDonald. A minute 26 left in the game. Gerald Collins in chief. Jackson to go out to a standing ovation. Deservedly so. PSI has blistered Dixie tonight, 103 to 80. Dixie gave it an effort. Eric Newman over to borrow a towel for a minute to wipe off his hands from Dixie. Collins full court pressure in backcourt. Karst is still in backcourt. Pass comes to Gerald Collins. Collins right down the lane. Wing pass goes to Newman for the slammer. Newman, the most valuable player in the league this year, gets the slam done. Johnson right to the basket. Lays it up and in. And Pete Johnson has 12 points on the night. 59 seconds left, 105 to 84. Gerald Collins to Joey Thompson still in backcourt. PSI trying to get the ball into forecourt. Joey Johnson cross court goes to Collins. Hook pass to Wirsky. Back to Gerald. Collins plays it up short foul will go on home on Ross. Rob Ross with his third clear the bench. Time for csi. Sean Lasher into the lineup. You can hear the fans cheer. Ted Trinkle giving hug looks to Joey Johnson as CSI will be one of the final 16. 105 to 84. Collins to shoot a couple. And the fans shouting we're number one. And they very well may be. Collins at the free throw line. Shot good. Collins with his first point of the night. Into the lineup comes Pat Clark, a native Idaho and the only other one besides Karch on the team. Worsky gets an ovation, although he didn't play that much. And Collins, 46 seconds left. Wants to make it 107. Shot up and good. And the fans enjoying this one. And deservedly so. So CSI has paid back a double double overtime loss. The alley oops swam from Ross to Hopkins and Hopkins puts it in 14 second half points. Long jump shot. Collins no good. Rebound up and no good by Clark. Rebound again by Collins. Puts it up, no good and the foul will go to McDonald. McDonald with his fourth and Collins to shoot. Free throw. 107.86, 21 point lead. Craig Hopkins, after an outstanding two years at Dixie, got the slam dunk on the alley oak. 27 seconds left in the game. 21 point lead by CSI. And it was the first five minutes of the second half that did him. Dixie shot up and good by Collins. Collins three for four. 108. 86 BSI winning with a vengeance. Collins but he got one more. And the fans clapping, the drums beating. There's shot no good. Rebounded by Collins. Reynolds his shot. His pass is lost into the hands of Pete Johnson. Hopkins back to Pete Johnson. Johnson fouled by Collins. Collins with his second personal foul. And Pete Johnson to the free throw line. And the sophomore who played but one year at Dixie after transferring from BYU Hawaii will go out as a member of the 30 and 3 Dixby College Rebel. 18 seconds left in the game, 108 to 86. Heath Johnson on the 1 and 1 shot. Good. He Johnson 13 points on the night, 108 to 87. 60 letting the sophomore Slay second shot up. No good tap by McDonald. No good. Offensive goal 50. It'll be out of bounds to CSI with 17 seconds left. The fans poised for the celebration. Clint Falls will be bananas tonight. Carol Collins to Dale Carse. Karst with a ten footer short rebound Clint Rossum. Nine seconds left to Rob Ross. Alley OOP to Hopkins. No, there's a foul and it will be on Collins or on Hopkins. Collins went up to deflect it. The foul is on Hopkins. And Hopkins will foul out of his last ball game with five seconds left. Hopkins finishes with five, two pointers, two three pointers and 0 for 2 from the free throw line tonight. A total of 16 points. Hopkins getting away from the fan with five seconds left. Ken Wagner to give a hug and a pat to Craig Hopkins who gave it his all one away to 87 at the free throw line. Gerald Collins CSI ready to dump the Gatorade on Fred Tranquil. Tranquil has his coat off expecting the shower. Five seconds left, 108 to 87. It's all over but the shouting. And the shouting may not end for hours in Twin falls. Darrell Collins 3 for 5, first shot one on one, good. 109 to 87. 22 point lead. Darryl Collins with five seconds left in the game. Psi, who finished fourth in the nation last year wants to go back again. They will shot good by Collins. Five seconds left, 1:10 to 87. The pass deflected. Pete Johnson will slam it and would not get the technical end of the ball game. And Trinkle is stout with a Gatorade hug for csi. Dixie ball players shaking hands. TSI to celebrate. Dixie to go home having finished the season 30 and 3. Eric Newman on top of the basket to the north end. Joey Johnson jumps up to clap hands. Johnson up also. Pictures to be taken. Nets to be cut down. Eric Newman sitting on top of the bank board to the top end. Joey Johnson up to cut one string. Carl Gomez on top of the bank board at the south end. One after another, the ball players are cutting down the net. Dixie sitting quietly, solemnly along the sideline. The Rebels gave it a shot and having to watch as College of Southern Idaho comes up with a victory. The Region 18 championship. The all region team will be announced. The all tournament team will be announced. 110 to 89. The final score. College of Southern Idaho over Dixie as Pete Johnson got the slam dunk at the end of the year as they came 21 point margin. TSI had the 10 point lead or the 8 point lead at the half. Then promptly outscored Dixie by 19 to 4 or 19 to 5 in the first six minutes of the second half. And that's your 22 point margin. The eight points in the first half and the 14 in the second. Gerald Collett, sophomore guard to get up to be held by Wirsky and Mauro. Gomez cutting down the nets to the south. Let's take this 90 second break. We'll be back with the all tournament team with more of the celebration and to talk with coach Ken Wagner. Final score 110 to 89. CSI over Dixie. Back in 90 seconds. You're with Rebel Basketball and Larry Jewell on 890 KDXU. Now that we're getting married, Howie, you'll have to change banks. Why me? Why not you? Because your bank doesn't have gold accounts. But my bank is so, so close. Science bank has lots of branches and gold account offers 17 banking services all at no cost or low cost depending on our balance. It's the best deal in banking today. But at my bank, the teller is so nice. A safe deposit box. Travelers checks and money orders at no extra charge. Check guarantee. Howie. My teller calls me Howard. Gold account 17 banking services from Zions Bank. Member FDIC. Okay, so we'll get a joint account at Zion's bank. Thanks, Howard. 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We've asked Lance Glau to come out from he's the booster club president from the College of Southern Iron Oregon Eagles and he would come out and help us with the awards for the Southern Idaho College. Let's proceed now. Okay, Glendelling the All Region team about Vietnam. The All Region Team Most Valuable Player of the region is Eric Newman of csi. The first team will be Joey Johnson and Maro Gomez along with Newman from CSI, Clint Rossam and Roger McDonald of Dixby and Kenny Goodloe of North Idaho. The second team William Allen of College of Eastern Utah, Trent Shippen of Ricks College, Jeff Sadowski of Colorado Northwestern, Greg Housekeeper of Ricks, Ed Gorder of Treasure Valley and Gabriel Parisia of North Idaho. Beckon place team in the nation or in the region. Second place team much of the year, Dixie College to present the awards for Dixie Doug all right there. Craig Hopkins who finished the night with a slam dunk on the alley oop. Hopkins coming up dejectedly. Rob Ross looking glum obviously. Peter Johnson, Pete Johnson, Jeff S. Jeff Simester coming out now. Although Simister did not play in the last game. A hand from all the fans. Dave Falvo to come out and get his award. Bob Barnes. Bob Barnes, who played quite a bit last night in some key situations to come out again. Rick Roberts found those former Dixby College coaches. Steve Andrus had some good minutes tonight, got some key rebounds. Kevin Southwick to come out. Roger McDonald we come out, get a fine hand. Daryl White and Mike Osick, the young man who did not dress tonight. They could only dress 12 in this region tournament. Mike Osick to come out. 6 foot 8 inch freshman. Some of these kids will be back next year. Head coach Ken Wagner. Head coach Ken Wagner. Assistant coach Robbie Nielsen. Robbie yet to come out. I'm not sure if Robbie will be assistant Ken Wagner. And now somewhat plaintive smile on his face from the championship team, the College of Southern Idaho. College of Southern Idaho. The region championship trophy being held high by the head of the booster group in Twin Falls. And let's see if we can get the announcement for csi. We're still waiting for the alternative team. Please clear the middle of the court. Glenn Dowling trying to clear the middle of the court right now. And so is the loudspeaker announcer to try to to allow a pass. Keith Jackson who has a super night tonight. Keith Jackson. Dale Carr. Big smiles on the faces. Young man from Bellevue, Washington. The man who almost won the game for CSI with no time left on the clock in the first overtime in district ended up tying this ended to his second overtime. Joey Johnson first team or second team three season All American MJCAA workers record high jump high jumper Sean Lasher. Steve Reynolds who had an outstanding night tonight in relief of Joey Johnson. Gerald Collins, sophomore from Chicago. Eric Newman, most valuable player of the region. And deservedly saw Eric Newman having another outstanding night tonight. Pat Clark the six nine get a local boy from Twin Falls, big grin on his face. A new father by the way. Carl Gomez who was the difference. The difference in the first half tonight. Eduardo drebnik. Eduardo drebnik, also from brazil, isaac gomez. Bill wor and bill wy. Assistant coach steve irons. And hit goes Fred Trinkle. Fred Trinkle who is a member of the first ever team here at csi. Native Idahoan from this area has come back to coach his alma mater was a unpaid assistant coach scout for the national championship team of 1976. The All Tournament team now to be presented. And let's see how it goes from there. 50110 to 89. The final score tonight. CSI coming up with a Victory over Dixie. What is a heartbreaker for the Rebels, ladies and gentlemen, but a big victory for csi and they earned it. Men's basketball coach of the year, Fred tran. Trano Region 18 basketball coach of the Year and deservedly so, although Ken Wagner deserves the honor also. And the difference is Tranquil is the region champion. Let's see if we can pick up Fred Trankel's comments. My wife and family for sticking behind the Golden Eagles all year. I want to thank Steve Irons and his wife Lynn. They did a great job assisting coach D. Myers. And I want to thank the most super junior college to him. I don't care on any level, fans in the United States. Last but not least, I want to thank the group of guys. No matter how nice I was, we never lost. Lost sight of the fact that they had to work harder every day to get better. We're not going back there to participate. We're going back to win there. You heard Fred Crinkle. And after talking with some of the assistant coaches, Kansas Central College of Texas, the number one ranked team in the nation, may be the only team that could challenge csi. But we'll wait and see when you get to the final 16. They are the A region champs and they are tough. The first game will be Wednesday. Now the AL tournament team. And now the presentation of the all tournament team honors. Members of the all tournament team from C.S. gomez. Gomez. All tournament team. From dixie college, clint ro getting a big hand from the cfi fans. Next, from North Idaho College, Kenny Goodloe. Kenny Goodloe. To a little 57 guard from Tacoma, Washington who did so well this year for North Idaho, from Dixie College, Roger McDonald. McDonald from. And from csi, Joey Johnson. Joey Johnson from CSI Johnson did not really have that good a game tonight but was voted on the all tournament team mostly for his efforts last night. The most valuable player for the Region 18 tournament, Raphael Die. The big Eric Newman. Most valuable player for the tournament. Most valuable player for the region and all tournament teams goes right along with the all region team. First team, Eric Diggy Newman, a young man who wants to go and play football also at the major college level. So he may be a two sports star when he gets through. When he gets through. A csi Eric Newman. About this team, this mvp. I couldn't have got it without my teammates. There's no I in team. And I just want to thank them because without them I couldn't have made all the points, all the dunks and I couldn't have gave him the power. Thank you. There we go. He's Eric Newman. There. You've had the presentation of the all Tournament awards, the All Region team and we'll take this break 110 to 89. The final score. We'll be back and hear from coach Ken Wagner in just a few minutes. Back after this. Rebel basketball on 890KDXU St. George it's never been easier to transform four very plain bare walls into an exciting room at Jones Paint and Glass. 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Idaho State in Big sky conference defeated Nevada Reno 9281. Wyoming wins in the WAC playoff 6462 UNLV over PCAAFO San Jose State 9469 for that title in the Region 18 women's championship tonight Snow College defeat Dixie in the Constellation 85 to 73 and in the championship game Utah Tech 76, North Idaho 74. So CSI will go back for the men and back to Mississippi for the women. Utah Tech to do the honors for Region 18, both of them nationally ranked. Dixie finishing the season in the final rankings as the number four team in the nation, will not make the trip to Hutchinson. There is one other region that has a similar situation, Midland College and New Mexico Junior College in Region 5. Only one of those teams will go back to Hutchinson and the disappointment and the Dixie fans obviously there. Hopefully we'll be able to get coach Ken Wagner up and get a few comments closing this season out. The number two season for coach Ken Wagner after a very successful year last year coming back with 30 victories. This year, Dixie finishing with a 30 and three record and overall season including postseason, the second best record by Dixie in their last 29 years in terms of winning percentage as the national championship team with their 35 and one record, the only one that's had fewer losses for the Rebels in the last 29 years. Dixie with a 30 and three record this year. Let's recap the scoring. We're missing three points someplace. We'll try to pick them up as we go and see where we can find those as the final scoring total. Definitely unofficial. Dale Karst for College of Southern Idaho did not score. Shawn Lasher off the bench, played briefly late in the ball game, did not score. Keith Reynolds off The bench had three field goals at a total of six points on the night. Gerald Collins 5 for 7 from the free throw line at a total of five points on the night. Pat Clark on the the bench in the closing seconds of this victory for csi did not score. Bill Worski two field goals, one for three from the free throw line finished with a total of five points on the night and Bill Wirski probably headed back to the major college level. It looks like Texas Tech may be looking for pictures being taken, soft drinks being drunk to celebrate Fred Trinkle getting doused with Gatorade. Holla Bill Parcells of the New York Giants as the team was ready to do that and CSI continuing the scoring totals for the Golden Eagles tonight in the starting point guard position. Eight field goals by Keith Jackson, five of them from the three point area and Jackson finishing with a total of 25 points as he hit 4 for 4 from the free throw line. A super effort for Keith Jackson, a young man who came through in the clutch tonight in csi. Given only some perimeter shots and not easy ones at that. Hit those perimeter shots to get the lead and to get the victory. Joey Johnson held scoreless in the first half, finished with four field goals, 2 for 2 from the free throw line, a total of 10 points on the night. Eduardo Drevnik, three field goals, 1 for 2 from the free throw line finished with A total of seven points. Maro Gomez A total of six field goals on the night, seven for eight from the free throw line, but those six field goals included a five for six effort from the three point area in the first half. So a total of 1722 points in the first half. Two more free throws in the second half and Gomez finished with 24 points. Eric Newman quietly picked up a lot of garbage rebounds underneath, but he's been doing that all year. Been in the right place at the Right time in the rugged rebounding of Eric Newman got the victory tonight for CSI. 10 field goals, 5 for 6 from the free throw line. And Newman had 25 points on the night and will go out as one of the all time greats at College of Southern Idaho and maybe in many ways the heart and soul of this CSI team as he has been a gentleman throughout the year and has been the key man when CSI needed the basket or the rebound. Eric Newman got it for Dixie College. First of all, the reserve, Rob Ross did not start tonight, finished with one three pointer and that was it. Pete Johnson off the bench, finished with five field goals, five for six from the free throw line. Total of 15 points on the night. Dave Falmo with a field goal three for six from the free throw line, a total of five points. And Dave Falmo, Rob Ross, Pete Johnson all playing their last game for Dixie College sophomores who had a great season, just a tremendous season, a super season. Probably headed on to play at other schools, major schools, but will not play anymore for Dixie. Steve Andrus, who will be back next year, finished with two field goals. Misty's only free throw, had a total of four points on the night. Freshman Darrell White getting the start tonight, finished with a total of four field goals. Did a couple of key field goals coming down the wire when they needed, got two cups. A couple of field goals right off the bat put Dixie up in front early in the ball game and finished with a total of eight points. And Darrell White, the South High School graduate will be back again next year to play for Dixie. As far as the rest of the sophomores, Craig Hopkins fouled out of the ball game with five seconds left. Finished with seven field goals, two of them three pointers, 0 for 2 from the free throw line and a total of 16 points on the night for Craig Hopkins. Roger McDonald finished with seven field goals, 6, 4, 7 from the free throw line. A grand total of 20 points on the night for Roger McDonald, appropriately going out with a good offensive night again and did an outstanding job. Part of the heart and soul of Dixie's team. And Clint Rossam, who probably would be called the most valuable player for Dixie College this year, probably would have been named the most valuable player in Region 18 if Dixie would have pulled out the victory. Finished with eight field goals, two of them three pointers. 3, 4, 3 from the free throw line. Clint Rossum with a total of 21 points on the night and Dixie loses 110 to 89. Let's take another break or still waiting for Ken Wagner come to come out? He I think he's been cornered by the printed media and I think he wants to talk to his team just a little bit. Also, they're in the shower right now and hopefully we'll be able to get coach Ken Wagner out and get some closing comments on this season. We'll be back and recap some scores from earlier in the day and talk with the coach after this. Dixie College Basketball on 890 KDXU St. George New Behold Oil Company has the answer to all of your oil and gasoline needs. 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That's at Lunt Motor Company in St. George across from Ancestor Square. Like I would like to be able to get some of the sophomores out here who had such a great year for Dixie College. I'm not sure if we'll see them yet. Some Dixie fans There is a vocal group, although not a large group group, a vocal group of Dixie fans that made the trip from St. George. This gym was sold out. Not quite as crowded as it was in the previous game between Dixie and CSI here in Twin Falls. But the fire marshal put a lid on the number of tickets that could be sold and said that was it. But it was a crowd and College of Southern Idaho had two big crowds in two nights to see their Golden Eagles win the Region 18 championship, go to 30, 33 and 1 on the season and head to Hutchinson, Kansas. 60, 30 and 1 on the year. Let's recap some of the scoring that we scores that we have from around the country. Southeast Conference I'm still in case you're wondering. I'm still waiting for for coach Ken Wagner to come out. I'm sure he's been trapped down in there with the team for a few minutes and wants to visit with him and then give some comments before and tell him, tell the kids, I'm sure, a little bit about how much he feels about them. This has been a team that's been very close to Ken Wagner's heart throughout this year. One team that he hoped would be able to take him back to Hutchinson, Kansas and be able to bring more glory to Dixie College. It brought more glory to Dixie College, but didn't make it back to the national tournament. Let's recap some scoring in the major schools Southeast Conference playoffs. LSU needed two overtimes to beat Georgia today. Better upset the Georgia Bulldogs 89 to 88. They'll face Alabama, an 87 to 68 winner, over Auburn in the Southeast Conference championship. Atlantic Coast Conference Two overtimes today for North Carolina to beat Virginia 84 to 82 in the Big east championship. Syracuse 99, University of Pittsburgh 85 in the Big Eight. Missouri 72, Kansas State 69 and Kansas over Oklahoma. Mild upset there, score of 82 to 77. Southwest Conference Tomorrow it will be Missouri versus Kansas for the championship of the Big Eight in the Southwest Conference. Texas A&M 68 over Texas Tech 60, Baylor defeating Houston by a score of 54 to 52. And so it will be Bayless versus Texas A& M for the Southwest Conference championship. In the Metro Conference it will be Louisville over Southern Mississippi 76 to 71. Memphis State down South Carolina 74 to 64. So Memphis State plays Louisville for the Metro Conference championship tomorrow, but Memphis State will not be able to go to the NCAA tournament we mentioned in the Big Sky Idaho State comes out of that Big sky tournament with a 92 to 81 victory over Nevada. Reno Western Athletic Conference Wyoming edges New Mexico 64 to 62. So the Wyoming Cowboys will be headed to the NCAA and the PCAA UNLV remains on top. 94 to 69 victory over San Jose State tonight in the East East Coast Conference. Another double overtime game. Bucknell defeated Lehigh 103 to 100. They'll face Towson, State, a 70 to 66 winner over Lafayette for the East Coast Conference championship in the PAC 10. UCLA down California this afternoon 75 to 68 in the east Coast Athletic Conference. Northern Division. Northeastern University goes to the NCAA by defeating Cross state rival Boston University 71 to 68 in some regular season finals. DePaul defeats Marquette 6859 Notre Dame over Dayton by a score of 62 to 56 in the region. In the region 18 women's finals. In the consolation snow, College defeats Dixie 85 to 73 tonight. And in the region 18 championship, Utah Tech, nationally ranked, defeats North Idaho 76 to 74. Let's recap some of the things that took place this year. First of all, Dixie, I think surprising a lot of people, including themselves in many ways. After losing to a Dixie alumni team that was headed by former pro Lionel Hollins for the first time, Lionel Hollins was able to come back and play for the Alumni. Dixie then ran off a string of 26 consecutive victories, the most victories in a single season in a row. And because the alumni game does not count in regular season, you go back to the consolation victory last year and That's a record 27 consecutive victories. Then Dixie, after losing two, finished with four victories. And then the loss to Southern Idaho. Another milestone. For the first time In Dixie history, three ballplayers score over 500 points in a season. Another milestone. We have coach Ken Wagner with his coach, obviously heartbroken. Well, I was. I thought we played well early on. Missed a couple of free throws that got us behind early in the second half or in the first half. And so we were down eight at halftime. And really just for a spurt a minute there and then a two or three minute spurt in the second half. I thought we played them really tough. It was a case. You've been close to these two? Oh, I am and I'm awfully proud the way they came back and worked so hard even though we're down 23 and bought it back to 12 and then they hit two three pointers. But I really have never seen a team shoot the ball as well with as much pressure as like Gomez had in the first half. He really put up some prayers that went in. Billy Packer said when it all comes down to it this afternoon. He says when it all comes down to it, it's putting the ball in the basket. It really is. And they did a good job and I thought they played the best game I've seen them play this year. A lot of observers have felt that CSI was at the top of their game at this time. So your observation is not running against the gray. Well, they had a great game and I was really proud of our guys because I thought we played extremely well. Let's talk about some of the heroes this year. You have six sophomores who have done super, super job for you this year. Well, they really have. You know, I feel bad. Peter Johnson has been a great player all year and missed some old tournament teams where I really thought he deserved to be on. I'm sure both he and Pete will go on and have great careers at a four year school and we'll miss them a ton. Roger McDonald's had a great year, came back off a mission, had a good year his first year under Coach Roberts, and really has done just an outstanding job for this year, leadership wise and every other way. Dave Falmoy, you can't say enough about and just quiet but steady and always gets the job done when you need it. Rob Ross and Craig Hopkins, two of the most exciting little guards around. It's unbelievable how hard they worked. Even though when you're behind like that and we had to put so much pressure on the other team for the whole time I just thought they did a great job and it'll be awfully sad to lose these guys, but we went in there and told them that we need to use it as a learning experience to go on and hopefully they'll be successful and have learned something from this later on. And yet that the freshmen remember this feeling till tonight or next year, we'll be on the other end of it. As you look at this season record, go back 29 years and including postseason, only the national championship team had a better record. Well, even we lost tonight. But I'm not, I'm very disappointed that we're not going to Nationals because I know how much our players wanted to go and how much I wanted to go. But at the same time, you know, CSI has a great team and they deserve to go. They beat us twice, did a good job, but I was awfully proud of our the whole year. Our kids showed a lot of character and you'll never forget or lose the relationship and the feeling that we've had this year. And they're a bunch of great young men. Are there some incidents on the court and all the little, little gems that stick in your mind? Well, one of them I'll never forget right now is when we're down 23. I'm sure the whole crowd thought, well, this thing's over. They're all excited and our kids come back and bring it to 13 or 12 and actually had a 10 second call that they didn't call where it was down to 32, where we could have got the ball back and brought it down and then they hit two, three pointers. And after working that hard, I just think it took a little out of us that the first Half csi, unbelievably hot shooting, had a chance to go to a double figure lead over you and you'd never let them get there. Oh, we didn't. I thought we played smarter. We did take a few shots that we shouldn't have put up. But overall, like I said, I was just very proud of our young men. They've had a great year and I think they've done a great job getting the fans excited. They've been an exciting team to have next year, first full season in the Dixie Center. And you have two of these young men that will be back with you. Definitely. Well, we have actually more than that. We'll have Darrell White, Kevin Southwick, Steve Anderson, Bob Barnes on this year's team. And we really feel that we'll have an excellent team next year. And our recruiting looks like it's good. Obviously we're now we have to look forward to next year. And that's the one hardest thing I think in coaching is you see how hard certain groups work and you know you have another shot, but you know, they don't. The sophomores. And this has been a great group of sophomores and I can't say enough about how hard they work. Character. If there's any one word that maybe could describe this Dixie team, it would be character. It really is. And it would have been very easy to quit. You know, I'll never forget the huddles the last two or three times where they say, hey, we can't quit, we can have a shot. And even though last two or three minutes, you knew it was almost impossible. Their attitude was great and I'm sure they'll be successful in whatever they do if they feel that way about life ahead. Coach, for you, the future Dixie College, obviously it's a recruiting trail. What about reaching 18? Well, I think region 18 had a meeting today and they were talking about having an eight team tournament, which I really don't like that much. And Dixie was one of the few schools that didn't want to go with it. But we just feel we better win the league so we can host the regional and have all our great fans instead of CSI watching next year. Year, next, next year. Usually Dixie has a tough schedule. It looks like another one may be in the formation stages now. It really is. We're going to have a great schedule. And if we do have an 18 tournament, that'll allow us to schedule. We've been missing the Rotary tournament, which will be on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and then we'll have a Friday, Saturday game. In league. But if league's not that important, we may go ahead and go to the Rotary because if eight teams are going that league games really aren't going to be that critical. Although it's nice to have that competition and we'll want to win the league. Usually Dixie gets a few tournaments with the Dixie Center a chance of really getting some smaller teams to come in too? Oh, I think so. I think we'll be able to go on and have a great tournament every year in the Dixie center and the Colonel Club is taking over that tournament at the beginning of the year and I think it'll turn out to be a great one. Coach Ken Wagner, it's been an outstanding year. It's been fun. Congratulations on a super year. Condolences on the loss but congratulations on a super year. Well, thank you. We appreciate your support. We're glad that you'll have us next year and we're looking forward to disappointed over our loss this year but looking forward to next year already Coach Ken Wagner victorious coach this year in so many ways and successful season in both of the first two years that Dixie has been under coach Ken Wagner and great year. Let's wrap up up a few details. We mentioned the all region team and the all tournament team parallels the all region team Eric Newman the most valuable player both of the region and of the tournament and from Dixie Clint Rossum and Roger McDonald. First team Mario Gomez joins Newman and Joey Johnson from CSI on the all region team and Kenny Goodloe also first team. Second team Trent Shippen and Greg Housekeeper from Ricks College, William Allen from ceu, Jeff Sadowski from Colorado Northwestern, Gabriel Parisia from North Idaho and Ed Gorder from Treasure Valley. Now to wrap up some things we mentioned that Dixie placed three men over 500 points for the season for the first time in their history both with Clint Rossum, Roger McDonald and Peter Johnson. With our unofficial totals added in, Pete Johnson finished with a total of 528 points on the year. That will be good for 13th best single season for Quid Rossum 538 points on the year. That's best. That's good enough for the 12th best single season record. Include Ross and more with his 21 points tonight finished with 555 and that's that's good enough for the 11th best single season performance as far as career. Roger McDonald with his 20 points tonight ended up with a total of 805. That moves him beyond Brent Stevenson into 11th place on the all time career scoring list. And and with Clint Rossum's 21 points. Tonight Clint Rossum finishes with 987 points and moves beyond. Nolan Archibald will finish his career as the 4th best scorer all time career scoring total leader at Dixie College. So some individual honors there and a lot of players will be headed on to four years schools off of this. Some wrap up notes. Of course we have the announcement on the air that Dixie College has won the rights to has been awarded the rights to broadcast Dixie College football and basketball games for the next three seasons. And we will be tickled to be able to bring you Dixie College football and basketball for the next three years right here on Dixie's 890 KDXU. Larry Jewell, thanking you for being with us throughout this season both in football and basketball. Football team that finished number three in the nation in the final rankings. A basketball team that finished fourth in the final rankings. Between the two teams, a total. Let me see if I get these correct now. 8 point total of 41 victories and only 4 losses and the most fantastic winning year in the history of Dixie College combining football and basketball. Everything's on the upswing at Dixie and that's Congratulations go from all of us at KDXU to Dixie College and their sports programs. We thank our sponsors for their support of Dixie College basketball throughout the year. Amy park is the person that kept us on the air back at the station. We appreciate her support and she has been with us throughout this evening. It's been sad in one sense the end of season, but it's also a new beginning as the recruiting trail is headed out. Greg Croshaw is completing a successful football recruiting and Ken Wagner looking towards a successful basketball recruiting year and try to get in the fall. Dixie in football and then Dixie in basketball. I have enjoyed this, my completion of my 12th season broadcasting Dixie College basketball and football. It's been a joy and I appreciate your support as listeners of KDXU and Dixie College athletics. A final score once again from Twin Falls, Idaho. CSI wins the Region 18 championship and we'll go to Hutchinson to try for the national championship. Final score CSI 110. Dixie College 89. Till we hear from each other again. Take care now you hear. You've been listening to Dixie College basketball this evening on KDXU brought to you by Zions Bank, Jones Paint and Glass, New Behold and lunt motor in St. George. Kvhu. Sa.