- fltt ,ruffi ,?,,,rooo rEIIIrs.y tr1.rtrrl A_1 ( E I 1 Brett Fisher Every 'rose has its thorns He lied. That's all I have to sav. Sure, he had a gambling problem, even bet on some iraseball games. Here in Nevada, it isn't all that uncom- mon. But Pete Rose lied. He didn't simPlY come clean with his admission of betting on baseball, though the mainstream media reports it that waY. In fact, Rose just cracked an egg on his face. For vears. the man known as "Chariie Hustle" had so cate- soricallv denied having bet on 6asebali, he wasvilling to stake his very name, word and char- acter on that conviction. Rose once said, "SomebodY's sotta win and somebodY's gotta iose, but I'll let the other guY lose." Well, now it's Rose who has lost one of the greatest wagers a man can make bY anteing uP his own personal integntY. Ue'a Ue at the toP of mY list if I was assembling a baseball dream team, but I wouldn't trust the zuv with a $5 loan. Iir not uPset over learning that he di{ in fact, garnble on his sport. Rather, I am disheart- ened to know now that Rose had been lYing all along when he so ferventlY insisted uPon his innocence. I'll freely admit that I was one of those who, deeP down, reallv wanted to believe that Rose was innocent, and that Maior League Baseball had been trying to railroad him because current Commissioner Bud Selig had a Personal beef with the suy. Rose tiad Pulled offthe moth- ^* ^f ^ll !.|.'€Fc fhcre And he Henry's 29 Bv Brett Fisher -berek Henry led all scorers with 29 ooints as the host Vaqueros dumped North tahoe, 67-51, last FridaY night in a Northern 3A boys basketball game at Fernlev Hieh School. The'seni-or guard was not only hot from the fiel{ b".yi"g a triage of three-point trevs to eo along with nine baskets, he was ,r"ur-o.t"f".t from ttre free-throw line, too' Her1, st ot 8-for-9 from the charity stripe'. --lrul nud hi* best game of his high school carieri'FHS head ioach Dave Burns said "f ff.ity "He brings a ton of energy and plays hard." ' F"rnlev set the pace early by outscoring the visitine Lakers, 2 I - I l, in the first quar- ter. The h6me team sunk three long-range field soals in the opening period' Shaun L." *Io..a the game's first points wlth a three-pointer, followed by one each from Henry and RYan Clifford. ThL Vaqueros ended the first quarter on a 12-4 scoring run. They led by 21 p^omJs: io-tg, ut ilalftime. H.!ry t"'k- ?-^"1: tle-tt to*s on a technical foul with I : 10 left in the first half. "We smothered them defensively,' Burns said. "We boxed out and controlled the same on the boards." " S"oio.. Clifford and Mike Lambeth were the usual suspects underneath the basket ioi r"trf.v. Coach Burns said Clifford led iti t.a-"in rebounds with at least 13 boards. Cliffor4 in fact, has been a consistent force iu the Paint, Burns added' "It's beeni focal point forhim and some- thing we've needed to have," the coach said. - North Tahoe made a 20-ll run in the third period. but the Vaqueros were able to mainiain a comfortable enough lead drowns Lakers a Senior guard leads FernleY assault in 67-51 romq. throush the rest ofthe second half' "W? were certainlY a step quicker," Burns said. iambeth scored nine Points behind teammate Henry and converted 3-for-4 t""tfno*t. tee added seven points in the win. Or. Sut*duY, it was the VaquerSs ryho had trouble fJeping up as host Truckee aropp"a a 49'36 Norttrern 3.A loss into Fernley's laP. - ihe"locali played most of the game with- out Henry and his fire. He left the game *ittr a contusion to his forehead after play- ine iust a minute and a half. Coach Burns *Ia ff"nw should return for tonight's home same asainst undefeated Rite ofPassage' '-i,q.tth;oett Henrv's going down impacted us. we ceiainlv sirould have been able to sustain a bettei effort," Burns said' "Wete soine to have to be able to combat that'" " Th". gu*" remained tight through the first hif of play. Fernley outscored.the Wolverines, 8-7' in the second penod to trail by justthree points, 20-17, at halftime' Buf fruckee w-ent on a 17-9 run in the third quarter to put some distance between it and the Vaqueros. "For whatever reason, we didn't have our lees under us and we didn't shoot the ball ve-rv well." coach Burns said' "They iiii.t..l just seemed to hit more shdts than we did." - Fernley also sent the hosts to the line 24 times. Truckee converted 13 freethrows in the eame. Tf,e Vaqueros shot about 60 perc.ent from the charity stripe, but went to the line only aOo.rt taif as'ohen. They shot 8-for-13 freethrows. iee and Cody Reiger each bucketed 10 points to lead FernleY' .Lambeth Clifford put in six Points aPtece' and ifford put in six Points aPiece' Toniglit the Vaqueros play hosl 1o.nQR *fri.fr Eo*"t into'the conteit at 5-0 in the Northern 3,{. Then Saturday, Fernley tav- els to Yerington to take on the Lions' MOVE draws Lady 1 lake tt Bv Brett Fisher -Fernlev outscored tt Wolverines, 12'6, dor stretch to Post a 47-33 ) 3,A' eirls basketball win I at Tirckee High School a plete a two-game sweel ieague's lake teams tl weekend. Lvsana Davis Paced t rr^^1.^.^o ",.i+h 14 noinis