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Holst claims dunk title with mighty tomahawk Posted: Wednesday, Mar 16, 2005 - 03:27:04 pm PST By SAM KAUFMAN Bigfork Eagle
Bigfork High junior David Holst received some grand advice from varsity coach Jim Epperly prior to Monday's Les Schwab Shootout at Flathead High School. Epperly told Holst to go with a simple slam during the dunk contest. Holst took the advice to heart and threw down a hard tomahawk jam on his opening effort.It turned out to be the most entertaining dunk of the contest and it also earned a score of 38 to make Holst the winner and earn Bigfork High an additional $100. "I knew the others would try fancy stuff and it would be hard for them," Epperly said of the reason behind his words of wisdom to Holst. Holst nailed it on his first attempt and drew some cheers. He even pulled himself on the rim for an added effect. "I thought the finish was especially nice," Bigfork teammate Joe Wolstein said of Holst's jam. The dunk contest was perhaps the highlight of the fourth annual Shootout. The event pits local schools against one another in free throw and 3-point expertise. Each school has a boy and girl representative at both ends of the court shooting charity attempts and later threes for a minute. Free throws count for a point and the treys were two points each. Stillwater Christian came out on top of the shooting contest, amassing 84 points and a $2,000 check. Columbia Falls and Bigfork tied for runner-up honors and $1,000. In all, Les Schwab dished out more than $6,000 to area schools' athletic departments. With the money earned by Holst, Bigfork received a total of $1,100. "We'll put that money into athletics,' Bigfork High principal/athletic director Thom Peck said. "We might use it to buy equipment and we are also saving for an activity bus." Bigfork's representatives included Holst, Wolstein, Robert Walters, Callie Gunderson and Carly Hilley. Wolstein and Gunderson kicked off Bigfork's showing by shooting free throws. The two combined to make 36 free throws in a minute to give Bigfork a solid first-round showing. Next up was the long-distance show. That's where Walters and Hilley came in. Both came up big by combining for 17 3-pointers in the 60-second span. The dunk contest, which was separate from the point tally from shooting, rounded out the event. Many attempted dunking off a rebound from the backboard, but none were successful. Holst's monster tomahawk jam was "sick," according to one spectator. The Bigfork junior came close on a bounce and backboard attempt. "I should have made my backboard dunk," Holst said. Gunderson said she wasn't too nervous about the performance. After all, it was her third Shootout. "I've done it before, but there's always a little pressure when there are 1,000 people there," she said with a laugh.
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