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Brett Fisher
Every'rose hasits thorns
He lied. That's all I have tosav.
Sure, he had a gamblingproblem, even bet on some
iraseball games. Here inNevada, 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 mainstreammedia reports it that waY. Infact, 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 baseballdream team, but I wouldn't trustthe zuv with a $5 loan.
Iir not uPset over learningthat he di{ in fact, garnble on
his sport. Rather, I am disheart-
ened to know now that Rose
had been lYing all along whenhe so ferventlY insisted uPon hisinnocence.
I'll freely admit that I was
one of those who, deeP down,reallv wanted to believe thatRose was innocent, and thatMaior League Baseball had
been trying to railroad himbecause current CommissionerBud Selig had a Personal beefwith 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 athree-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 leftin 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 Lakersa Senior guard leads FernleYassault 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-4t""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' "Wetesoine to have to be able to combat that'"" Th". gu*" remained tight through the
first hif of play. Fernley outscored.theWolverines, 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 inthe 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' .LambethClifford 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'
MOVEdraws
Lady 1
lake ttBv Brett Fisher-Fernlev
outscored ttWolverines, 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 tlweekend.
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