Show Carbon North Emery Clash for Hoop Title By TOMMIE PORTER The Emery Carbon-Emery district high school basketball title for 1942 is at stake Monday evening when Carbon and North Emery clash on the Carbon court at Price with the home team seeking I its seventh straight win Regardless of the outcome Carbon Carbon Carbon Car Car- bon is certain of a a. place in the annual Region Five round robin which determines two entrants to the state championship ment If beaten Monday North Emery must win Fridays Friday's game gameon on its home court at Huntington over third-place third Central of Castle Dale which is now now two games back of the Emery squad Logan Near Tourney Logan virtually clinched a place in the state tournament and no I worse than a tie for tor the Cache- Cache I Ogden district crown by winning a Saturday game on its home court over South Cache 27 It was Logans Logan's sixth victory in seven years Only Box Elder has beaten Logan Logan Logan Lo Lo- Lo- Lo gan this season that by a 43 30 count at Brigham City while Logan Logan Logan Lo Lo- Lo- Lo gan set down Weber 37 31 to tie that squad for the top Ogden cramped Webers Weber's outlook last Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day by administering a 35 34 defeat defeat defeat de de- de- de feat to the Warriors thus gaining a third-place third tie with Box Elder one game behind Weber which plays at Box Elder Friday Ogden Ogden Ogden Og Og- Og- Og den and Box Elder clash at Ogden March 6 so the struggle for second second second sec sec- sec sec- ond and third places which virtually virtually virtually vir vir- vir- vir assure berths in the state tourney will likely become a badly badly badly bad bad- ly scrambled affair Lincoln Wins Lincoln snapped out of a losing streak last Friday after 18 consecutive consecutive consecutive con con- setbacks but Valley high of Orderville which plays at Parowan Parowan Parowan Paro- Paro wan Friday and concludes the season season season sea sea- son at home March 6 against Dixie is still in the running for forthe forthe forthe the states state's record That mark is held by Tintic high of Eureka which suffered 38 straight losses in the 35 1930 pe pe- Valley had now dropped 21 in a row and even if beaten in the remaining two of this season and andall andall andall all 12 next year would still be short of the present limit In addition to Valley the Duc Du- Du c h he e s n e Hinckley Blanding and South Rich teams are still seeking to break into the win column this year although I South Rich was winner of or its district district dis dis- dis and San Juan of Blanding shared its league title last sea sea- son Certain Finalists Teams virtually certain to play in the state tourney are Granite Davis Logan Snow and Provo and at this distance regardless dIstance regardless of the fact that tournament play often is at right angles to the league performances performances-it it is hard to spot a team which might down Granite The Farmers are not unbeatable unbeatable un un- beatable as Davis so definitely proved a week ago by a 54 32 score but in the past Granite teams have been much harder to spill in the tourney than in district district district dis dis- dis- dis play Both the Farmers and Davis have shown plenty of class with smooth teamwork and sure-fire sure passing combined with a tight defense and some spectacular shooting Should they hold their present places places Granite Granite as leader and Davis as in in the Jordan district they would doubtless doubtless doubtless doubt doubt- less gain places in opposite brackets brackets brack brack- ets of the tourney so an Jordan all-Jordan district finale would not seem un un- un- un likely Davis was to Provo last year the latter taking the title in a very slow 21 10 game Granite spilled the first night by Ogden 30 29 won the next three games to place fifth beating Springville 33 24 in the finale Springville having ousted Snow from the consolation on the third night Logans Logan's most recent appearance in the state tournament was in 1937 but the Grizzlies are recalling recalling recalling recall recall- ing their state championship drive of 1921 in building hopes for the the I coming classic Provo can clinch its district title by winning Fri Fri J day over Brigham Young high |