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Show Springville used patience to beat Bountiful girls; Wildcats place 7th By TOM HARALDSEN OREM-Springville High School waited a long time to win its first 3-A girls' state basketball title and 'wait was to optimum word Saturday Satur-day night as the Red Devils thumped Bountiful 52-37. The unbeaten (24-0) Red Devils ran into a team they couldn't defeat without a little stalling, and once Springville took a third-quarter lead, the Devils froze the ball As a result, Bountiful finished with the second-place trophy during a four-day four-day tournament at Mountain View High that proved great for Region Six. Earlier in the day, surprising Woods Cross finished seventh in state after a loss to Skyview, while Tooele, another Region Six school, bested Ogden for third place. Saturday's final was suspense ful through halftime, as Bountiful jumped to a quick 6-1 lead after Cody Poole scored and Jessica Olson converted a three-point play. But Springville was just warming up, and although they had trouble with Bountiful's big three of Olson, Maegan MacKay and Nikki Hanni, the Devils finally got Bountiful at the end of the first quarter when Kim Bird tied the game at 1 3-alI. Springville took a 17-13 lead in the second quarter, but two hoops by Olson sandwiched around a basket by MacKay gave Bountiful a 19-17 advantage. The lead stretched to 27-22 after Hanni scored with 30 seconds left, but Bird was fouled twice in the last 17 seconds, and she sank all four free throws to make it i 27-26 Bountiful at half. When Poole scored the opening basket of the third quarter, making it 29-26, it marked the Braves' last highlight. Springville took a 35-31 lead before Olson's free throw with 3:00 left cut the lead to 35-32. The Devils began their stall, and Bountiful Boun-tiful didn't score again until the 4:05 mark of the third period, when a basket by MacKay made it 43-34. By then, the Devils had this one in the bag. Springville's defense held Bountiful Boun-tiful to just 10 second half points: three each from Olson and Hanni and two each from MacKay and Poole. Meanwhile, the Red Devils were equaling their first-half output of 26 points to win going away. ' Bird was particularly troublesome for Bountiful, as she t w hit all eight free throws attempted, i Freshman guard Johanna Peterson '. led Springville with 17 points, while Bird and Stacey Mac Arthur each scored 12. Olson was consis- ' tent as always for the Braves, scor- ing 12 points. Hanni added 10. ; Bountiful made just 11 of 27 free" throws in the contest. ' Earlier, Skyview had dropped Woods Cross 66-46 for fifth place, j The Wildcats fell behind early and . could never mount a charge, despite 19 points from senior Dawn Brit ton, who hit three three-pointers, while teammates Amy Turman and Andrea An-drea Wilcox scored 10 and eight respectively. Bountiful began the tourney on Wednesday with an easy 68-41 win CONTINUED ON PG.2 m r i-vv , r' 3 1 ' .. "'' s it Its 1 Dawn Britton (No. 1 1) and Nicole Robinson (No. 24) of Woods Cross battle Bountiful's Maegan MacKay for loose ball. Braves defeated Wildcats earlier, but the Wildcats rebounded to place seventh in the tourney. r i. I - vr Bountiful's Kim Reimann (No. 10) lunges for loose ball during championship game with Springville in Class 3-A Girls' Basketball Championships. The Red Devils won their first state title I by thumping Bountiful, 52-37. Brave gals are 4-A runners-up victory for veteran Wildcat coach Debbie Peel. Bountiful loses MacKay, Poole, Huffman and Olson to graduation, but will return with Hanni, Allison Drown, Kim Reimann and Camille Dupaix, all of whom played plenty this season. Woods Cross will lose Britton, Wilcox and Allen to graduation, but returns Turman, Alycia Bradshaw, and sophomores Maureen Newland, Mindy Kirkham, Hall and Nicole Robinson, Robin-son, all who played this year. L CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 over Box Elder. Three Braves wers in double figures: Olson with 15, ; MacKay with 14 and Hanni with I 12, while Poole and Heidi Huffman ; added eight each. Later that after-; after-; noon. Woods Cross bested Lehi 68-j 68-j 60, as Britton made six straight free ; throws in the final 44 seconds to ice the win. She finished with 23 points, Turman added 14 and sophomore Heather Hall tallied 11. That set up a Bountiful-Woods Cross matchup on Thursday, the fourth time this season the two rivals faced each other. It was a close game throughout, tied nine times before the Braves emerged : with a 37-33 lead entering the fourth four-th period. In that final stanza. Bountiful Boun-tiful dominated the boards but missed its first nine free throw attempts at-tempts as the Wildcats hung tough. Turman's free throw with 1:11 left ; cut Bountiful's lead to 51-49, but MacKay made two fteebies with 53 seconds to go, and Poole's toss at the 34 second mark wrapped up the victory. Hanni led Bountiful with 16, MacKay added 14 and Olson 13, while Britton tallied 20 and Turman 15 for Woods Cross. Friday's semi-final between Bountiful and Ogden was a barnburner, barn-burner, the Tigers seemingly taking the lead for good with less than a minute left when all-stater Nicki Wangsgard scored to make it 48-46. After the Braves missed the front end of a one-and-one, Poole was fouled and made the first of two to cut that lead to 48-47. With eight seconds left, Olson was fouled grabbing a rebound. She calmly sank both shots, and Wangsgard's last-second shot was off line, as Bountiful held on to win 49-48. Woods Cross remained alive with a victory over Uintah, as Britton and Turman again led the way. Britton scored 19, and the Wildcats got good defensive support sup-port from Wilcox and Maggie Allen. The win was the 194th career |