Show EAST MORONI PAROWAN PAROW AN NEAR BASKET BERTH BERTg Weber Goes Into Deadlock D e a d 1 0 c k for District Tit i t I 1 e el Panther Defeat Practically Makes 1 Sure of Entry of Leopard Team Despite the fact that there was only one more team to clinch a place Inthe in inthe in the state slate tournament there were probably more issues decided in Fr Fri day high school basketball round than there have been all season In the first place Coach Cecil CedI Bakers Baker's Granite high Farmers coasted to their fifth straight district title defeating South 40 But while Granite was clinching a tourney berth Davis high was giving East a virtual place In the big cage carnival The Darts upset West 6 29 lowering the Panthers two games behind East with two games to go Moroni virtually cl clinched its third straight title in Sanpete by routing ManU Mantl heretofore tied with the defending defending de de- de fending champs 52 It was the great work o of Clare Clarc Cahoon for the past two years leading guard scorer in the state tourney that helped Moroni Mo Mo- roni to victory He scored cored 21 points besides playing a bang up defensive game PAROWAN VIRTUALLY IN Like Moroni Parowan is virtually assured of a tournament place The Parowan boys hurdled their last las threat Friday crushing Orderville 53 Parowan has a one game lead leac over Dixie with two games to play on Its home floor loor both with second rate teams Logan in Cache Pleasant Grove in Alpine Jordan and Murray in Jordan Nephi in Nebo and Hinckley in Millard Mil Mu lard have all clinched tourney places out but nevertheless there was plenty o 0 OJ action in these sectors Friday In Ir Cache Coach Hebe Whitings Whiting's North Cache Bulldogs annexed second place lacing Preston 31 North Cache Cach will vill play the Rich winner the victor victorIn in which game will play the runner runner- up of the Ogden district WEBER TIES OGDEN Scheduled play in the Ogden den district district dis dis- drew to a close dose Friday with Weber Weber We ber and Ogden finishing in a dead deac heat The winner of the pia playoff yo between between be tween these two will enter the tourney tour ney and the loser will engage the he winner of the North Rich Cache game The race is all over in Jordan district district dis dis- dis but nevertheless there were plenty of upsets Friday State Champion Cham Cham- pion Murro was victim for the second second sec ond consecutive game losing to tc Grantsville 47 Jordan another sure tourney entrant lost to Cyprus 35 Bingham defeated Tooele 27 2717 In Alpine district Lehi took undIsputed undisputed midis midis- second place humbling Provo 32 28 while Pleasant Grove was eking out a 35 36 decision over B. B Y high highto to keep its slate clean Providing Lehi wins next week it will play Earing- Earing ville yule runner up in Nebo for a tourney berth Springville clinched second place by defeating Spanish Fork 45 26 while Nephi already champion was smothering Payson 51 MONROE MEETS BICKNELL The big game in Sevier comes this evening when Bicknell plays Monroe on the latter's floor A triumph for forthe forthe forthe the will practically win the title for them A defeat will vill lower them into a tie with Richfield which remained in the race FrIda Friday by defeating defeating de de- de Salina Sauna 34 Vernal kept its slate clean in the eastern l' l racoon lon on by lacing Carbon 50 32 The will wm play Blanding southern district champ for a 3 berth berthin in the state meet Castle Dale clinched the central dis district district title by nosing out Huntington 2725 27 This district will not be represented represented in the state joust |