Show w e M I-M f M hT Tops ps li to tb G Win l k t e r Game I Moab Moab's Red Devils took a giant stride forward In defense defens of Df their Region Eight basketball crown last Thursday y when they rallied behind high scoring Mel Olsen to turn back the Blanding Bland ing Broncos In hi the B Bronco r o 0 n C o 0 corral The Devils came caine came back from an embarrassing thumping by Spanish Spanish Span ish Fork the week before to take a 61 51 duel duet from Bl Blanding Olsen rolled In 28 p points In what Coach John Benson called his best game The Broncos behaved as usual burning up the hO p 1 a n torrid first quarter that that sa a them hit 1 10 1 of 13 h by six The i Devils closed the gap hi III the second quartet quarter to trail trall only 32 td 30 I nt the half Coa Johnp Must h haVe ve had bad tew iw 1 well chosen words to say lIay a at the halt hall because his ball club dub ran Way laway away with the game when they came back on the floor They racked up 21 points while holding Blanding to toa a meager five points A full tull and three quarter court press upset the Bronco timing and they couldn't get underway until the game was out of reach Usually high scoring Johnny NeUsen felt the damper the most as he garnered only fourpoints four fourpoints fourpoints points In the second half He lie I still stUl led BlandIng with 18 points Scoring for tor Moab found Kenny Blume hitting 11 and and- Taylor 6 Kenny IMY Hawks had seven points to bolster Olsen's big total For Blanding Scott t Baliff hit 15 and George Bayles 10 The Broncos Broncos' were rated one of ot the contenders for the crowt this year along with Green River and arid East Carbon Moab could add another step on the ladder tonight by beating East Carbon on th the Moab floor Friday night Moab could do dolittle dolittle dolittle little right tight and lost Jest a revenge match with Cortez Corte Colo Cortez won 57 43 against a patched up Moab lineup Ducky Bucky Taylor sat lIat out the game after suet a bad burp bump In the Blar Blanding game game and Mel Met Olsen missed tWO full quarters Olsen rallied the Devils In the final quarter with t left teat tt points but It wasn't the big v center night Coach Benson said he used his hi second team In the B D game to give them experience and the dr drag g of two straight games wore th the Devils down dawn |