Roswell Daily Record The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Let others initiate. If you are not comfortable with the conversation, do not close it off or say “no.” Give yourself time to detach and understand this person’s logic. Pressure builds in a meeting. It is possible that confusion and misunderstandings are at the base of this stress. Tonight: A new idea works. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Whether you are working or just enjoying yourself, you are surrounded by people -- admirers and supporters. Clearly you are needed, desired or wanted. You can pick and choose only so much as to where, when and what. If confused, pull back and revisit your long-term desires. Tonight: Accept a dinner invitation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Plunge into a project, knowing full well that you have other matters you would prefer to attend to. Clear this matter out, along with anything else that might prevent you from being carefree and a bit impulsive in the near future. Think positively. Tonight: Be where you want to be. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH You might have delivered some Valentine’s Day cookies to a loved one or some friends this morning. Use this day to let others know you care. A child or new friend demands a lot of attention. Be aware of his or her needs. Tonight: You will be tired. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You might want to stay at home or sleep in. Some of you actually might follow through on this desire. Those of you who don’t, wish you
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trict championship game. “It will mean that we get to host the district championship if we can win this game, which would be nice,” Jones said. A win by the Coyotes (21-1, 11), combined with a win over Artesia on Friday, would force a tiebreaking game between the two city rivals to determine the district’s No. 1 seed. “I don’t think (it puts more pressure on us),” Cooper said. “It’s a case that they won on their home court and now we’ve got to try to defend ours. If that happens, it could end up in a tie.” But it’s not just district seeding that’s on the line — both teams are jockeying for position as the No. 1 overall seed in the upcoming state tournament. “That’s always your goal, you’d like to get the No. 1 seed,” Cooper said. “But, we won it in 2009 as a No. 3 seed and, in 2010, we won it as a No. 1 seed. “It can be done different ways, but if (the No. 1 seed) is out there, you’d like to have a chance
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had. By midafternoon, no matter where you have been, your energy and creativity merge, making you close to unstoppable. Now, that is more like it. Tonight: Add some love into the mix. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You breeze into work full of information, questions and ideas. Hopefully, you are well received. Some of your compatriots and friends did not respond as well to their dreamtime. Remain patient and give others their needed space. Tonight: Get some quiet time. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Curb a need to be controlling or to have things go your way. You simply do not have that much control over others. Evalaute a sense of possessiveness that you might have toward a person. Build yourself up, and you will be much happier. Tonight: Munchies with a favorite person. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH This morning, you are at your best, and others respond accordingly. By afternoon, confusion, others’ egos and misunderstandings could prevail. Do not stand on ceremony if a situation is not evolving as you would like it to. OK? Tonight: Treat yourself on the way home. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You could be out of sorts, or so it seems, until late afternoon. Some might think your personality change is quite dramatic. Confusion and bad communication could play into the afternoon. You plow through hassles with speed. Tonight: Go for a heartfelt desire. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Zero in on possibilities, and do not get caught up with details right now.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
JACQUELINE BIGAR YOUR HOROSCOPE
All that is happening is subject to rapid change. You might wonder if this is for real. You will see that it quite possibly is so, but with some variations. Tonight: Play it low-key. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Honor your feelings involving a boss or higher-up. This person could reverse his or her course equally as quickly. A meeting in the afternoon might be even more significant than you’d anticipated. If people are out of sorts, do not take their behavior personally. Tonight: Where your friends are. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH You could be pushing too hard to convince others of the rightness of your thinking. If you detach and let others discover what works on their own, you will like the change in your relationships more. Tonight: Could go to the wee hours. BORN TODAY Mob boss Jimmy Hoffa (1913), Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein (1944), actress Florence Henderson (1934)
Goddard vs. Roswell — Keys to the game
According to Goddard’s Kevin Jones
According to Roswell’s Britt Cooper
1. Take care of the ball — “Roswell is a pressure team 1. Execute — “We didn’t do a very good job of executing and pressure teams go in spurts. They can score 10 in the half-court set the last game. I think that’s a big points in 15 seconds, just boom, boom, boom; turnover, one.” layup, turnover, layup.” 2. Play defense and rebound on the defensive end — 2. Rebound on the defensive end — “We’re not a really “We’ve got to play good defense and we’ve got to rebound good defensive rebounding team. And that’s huge for us with (Goddard).” to be successful.” 3. Stay composed — “In every big game, especially God3. Control the tempo — “We’re not a crazy, get up and dard-Roswell games, it’s the team that keeps their comdown the floor type team like Roswell or Hobbs. We can posure best (that wins). Don’t let the big crowd get in your head and just worry about playing basketball.” run a little bit, but we don’t want to make it into that.” to go out and get it. I do think we are the two top teams in the state and we’re going to probably see each other a few more times.” “I believe that Roswell High and us are the top two teams in the state, without a doubt,” Jones said. “I don’t want to see the seeding committee put us on the same side of the bracket, and that’s a real possibility. “We don’t dwell on the number,
though. But, it’s getting down to crunch time and you kind of start messing with numbers and saying, ‘OK, we could end up here and we could host this team.’ But, we try not to think about that. We just try to go and play.” While the two teams like to play vastly different styles, both coaches agree that one of the biggest keys will be which team
can force the other to play outside its comfort zone. “Yeah, I think that could be part of it,” Jones said. “If you can take somebody out of what they like to do, then that team is going to struggle. “We know what we’ve got to do and Roswell knows what they’ve got to do. Whoever can do it better, it’s going to go their way.” “I think that’s been kind of the
case the first two games,” said Cooper. “I thought the first game, we got it uptempo like we wanted and, in the second game, in the second half, they shut us down and we didn’t shoot the ball well. “Tempo is going to play a part in it. But, I think both teams can play the other’s game a little bit. I think we’re both good enough to do that.” kjkeller@rdrnews.com
NBA capsules: 76ers, Heat among Monday’s win-
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Lou Williams scored 23 points of f the bench as t h e P h ila de lp h i a 7 6 er s b u il t a n ear ly l e a d a nd held on to send the Charlotte Bobcats to their 15th st r a ig h t d ef ea t , 9 8 - 8 9 Monday night. Thaddeus Young added 20 points on 6 of 9 shootin g, a n d J r ue Ho l id ay chipped in with 19 points for the 76ers (20-9). Williams was averaging 19 points over the previous four games. He stayed hot Monday night, making several big shots including a 3-pointer with 6:11 remaining after the Bobcats had pulled within 7169. He also hit a 3-pointer in the final minute to seal P h i la de l ph i a’ s se c o n d straight win. Corey Maggette scored a season-high 22 points for Charlotte, which fell to 325 on the season. It’s the worst record in the NBA
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and dr ops the Bobcats’ winning percentage below that of the 1972-73 76ers, w h o f i ni s h e d w i t h t he worst record ever in the NBA at 9-72. HEAT 114, BUCKS 96 M I L WA U KE E ( AP ) — LeBron James scored 35 p o i n ts an d th e M i a mi Heat finally found a way to beat Milwaukee, using a third-quarter surge to beat the Bucks. Dwyane Wade scored 22 a n d M ar i o C h al m e rs a d d ed 1 3 f o r th e H e a t, who were 0-2 against the Bucks coming into Monday night’s game. James scored 16 of his points in the third quarter as the Heat outscored the Bucks 35-24 to take control of the game. Carlos Delfino scored 24 for the Bucks, who were coming off a loss to Orlando on Saturday night. With the win, Miami ran i ts r ec o r d t o 2 2 - 7 —
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Boys basketball
Hagerman 66, Mescalero Apache 50 MESCALERO — The Bobcats moved to 4-1 in district play and kept their chances of sharing the district title alive with a win over Mescalero Apache, Monday. The Bobcats outscored the Chiefs 26-14 in the middle two quarters to pull away for the victory. “Overall, we played well,” said Bobcat coach Anthony Mestas. “We had to get the win and we did. We only had 10 turnovers as opposed to 25 the first time (we played Mescalero).” Alejandro Ramos led the Bobcats (16-9) with 19 points. Jessie Rodriguez had 13 and Jose Bejarano had 11 points and 15 boards.
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Mescalero Apache 71, Hagerman 40 MESCALERO — Mescalero jumped ahead 22-7 after one and never looked back in a win over the Bobcats, Monday. “We came out kind of flat,” said Hagerman coach Justin Gossett. “We struggled, offensively and defensively. They jumped on us quick and we couldn’t recover.” Jessica Rodriguez led the Bobcats (9-16, 2-3 District 7-1A) with 13 points and Lori Gossett added 10.
equaling the franchise’s best start after the first 29 games of a season, set in 1 99 6- 97 a nd aga in in 2004-05.
MAGIC 102, TIMBERWOLVES 89 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jason Richardson scored 1 7 p oin t s, a n d Jam eer Nelson and Hedo Turkoglu e ach add ed 1 4 as th e Orlando Magic used a big second half to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves. Richardson, coming off a season-high 31 points, was strong early against Minnesota but sat out the fourth quarter. The Magic didn’t need him, though, hitting 12 of 30 3-pointers for the game and with all five starters reaching double figures.
Orlando has won two of its last three games and ear n ed i ts se ven th straight victory over the Timberwolves. Kevin Love led Minnesota with 19 points and 15 rebounds, but the Timberwolves lost their fourth straight game.
HORNETS 86, JAZZ 80 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — C h ris K am an sco r ed a season-high 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and the New Orleans Hornets snapped an eight-game skid with a victory over the Utah Jazz. M ar co Belin el li a nd Gustavo Ayon each added 13 p oin t s for New Orleans, which led by as many as 20 in the third quarter before holding on
for only its third victory in 26 games. A l Jef fer s on had 1 4 points and 12 rebounds for Utah, which was playing the second of back-toback games after winning in M em p h is on S u n d a y night. The Jazz turned the b all over 20 t im es, bu t st ill m an aged t o get as close as three points in the final minute. MAVERICKS 96, CLIPPERS 92 DA LLA S ( A P ) — Dir k Nowitzki scored 22 points, 11 in the final 6-plus minu t e s, S h awn M a rion added 16, and the Dallas Mavericks held on to beat the Los Angeles Clippers. Jason T er r y, Vin ce Carter and Brendan Haywood all contributed 10
p oin t s f or t h e M avs, who’ve won 10 in a row at home against the Clippers and extended their overall win n in g st r eak t o fou r games. C a r on Bu t l er of th e Clippers scored a seasonhigh 23 points against his for mer team, and Blake Griffin added 20 points. Chris Paul had 16 points and nine assists for the C l ip p er s, b u t Gr if fin ’ s p r o blem s fr om t h e fou l line cost his team as he missed seven of nine free throws. The Clippers, who comp let ed a 4- 2 r oad t r ip , haven’t beaten the defending NBA champs in Dallas since April 19, 2006.