1977 53rd Annual WA State High School AAA Basketball Tournament

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Earl Luebker SPORTS EDITOR

Matzen: It can't be true, ca.n it·?.

SEATTLE - Steve Matzen had trouble believing the whole thing. pen to a fresh­ "Things like this don't hap being named man," he said last night after son Award at the winner of the Hee Edmund n bas ketball gto the University of Washin banquet. ial shock, After recovering from the initcoln High Lin a's om the freshman from Tac the of one s "It' , say to e nag School did ma e it aus bec d greatest honors I've ever receive m. tea the on s yer pla came on a vote of other ." me to lot a That means ONE in The Edmundson Award is THE t the jus n tha re mo is Husky basketball. It olves inv also It . phy tro al ion usual inspirat . hip ers lead such things as character and Husky TIIE AWARD is the only one inbythe e of vot a d repertoire which is determine not involved. are s che the players. The coa s have Winning a vote among one's peers doe a special meaning. hly unusuA freshman's winning it is higced ented is al, maybe even unique. Unpre also a possibility. Huskies, Marv Harshman, coach of the rs, 32 yea and he has been in the business for ember a fresh­ rem 't can said, "Right off, I g like this. thin any won ing hav man ever contin­ "Yes, I was surprised," Harshmaan ile and wh for r ove ued. Then he thought it ed. pris sur n't was lly said, "No, I rea er players "This just shows what the oth ker out wor t des har think of him. He was the ized ogn rec ers oth the and , there all season iatrec app y it. He earned their respect. The ed him. e intensi"If the others work with the sam uld have sho we ty as Steve does next year, ers, shman Har " play some pretty good ball said.


"HE PLAYS WITH remarkable intelli­ gence," the coach continued. "He's one of the most objective players I've ever had. He puts things in logical sequence. He has eve­ rything mapped out. "He knows what his goals are, and I'm confident he can achieve them." One of his goals is to be the Huskies' lead guard next season. "He has a chance of playing that position," Harshman said. "He might not have some of the physical skills required, but he has the mental capacity to compen­ sate for some of the things he lacks physical­ ly. "I know he will work at it this summer," Harshman continued. "He feels he can do it." q . Matzen, in addition to being an All-Stater )I in basketball at Lincoln, was also some 1! shakes last spring as a baseball player. But l he is bypassing baseball to work on his . > basketball. "He made that decision about a month ago," Harshman said. "He made it on his r own. We didn't ask him not to play baseball. p It surprised me when he told me what he was going to do."

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THE 6-4 MATZEN played basically as a forward in high school, and he had a period 9f adjustment as a guard at Washington. He made the transition. · Matzen did not play as much as he would have liked. Nobody ever does unless he's in each game for 40 minutes, but the former :Abe was No. 6 on the team in minutes played. : He did start on occasion and had a game­ high production of 21 points in 19 minutes l>f action during the Huskies' 76-66 victory 'over Utah State. He was also the team's free throw percentage leader among those who kot in more than a minimum amount of J>laying time with an .899 mark on 32 of 36. Matzen did make some important contri­ butions to the Huskies, and it is nice he was appreciated. '

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SHADLE PARK

Kneeling, left to right: Doug Michelson, John Forsyth, Matt Lynch, Donavon Mills, Steve Ferrette, Dave Henley, Dave Harpel, Manag­ er; Calvin Landrus, Manager. Standing, left to right: Mark Henley, Don Garves, Kevin Hill, John Olsufka, Paul Reamer, Craig Came­ ron, Dave Robertson, Coach.

SEASON RECORD

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Won 18, Lost 4 78 Kamiakin South Kitsap 82 Pasco 73 49 Richland 57 Central Valley 51 * University 67 Gonzaga Ferris 74 100 Mead 64 Lewis & Clark Rogers 73 84 North Central 64 Central Valley 59 University 64 Gongaza 78 Ferris 69 Mead 72 Lewis & Clark 90 Rogers 100 North Centra I

Region 4, Spokane No. 1

Greater Spokane League Green and Gold

Spokane

(L) (L)

53 60 62 60 53 52 63

64

59 43

(L) (L)

62 66 62 68

75 58 57 58 74 59

PLAY-OFF GAMES 63 Central Valley 69 University *Overtime

HIGHLANDERS Shadle Park High School

50 64

Enrollment: 2063

Dave Robertson, Coach

Keith Rostvold, Principal

Jim Groves, Jim Elvington, Assistants Jersey No. White Dark

10 13 12 11 14 15 20 21 24 23 30 31 34 33 40 25 42 41 44 43 52 51 54 55

Pos.

Name

Steve Ferrette ____________ G

Matt Lynch ________________ G Mark Henley ______________ F Dave Henley ____________ G

Donavon Mills ____________ G

John Forsyth ______________ G Doug

Michelson

________ F

Paul Reamer ________________ F Craig Cameron ____________ F

John Olsufka ______________ F Don Garves

________________ c

Kevin Hill ____________________ C

Age

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Ht.

5-10 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-1 5-10 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-6

Wt.

150 150 165 160 175 150 165 140 160 155 165 210

Class

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Games Season

Played

20 14 19 20 20 10 13 14 20 18 18 19

Pts.

Dave Harpel, Calvin Landrus, Managers

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