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Show ...c I ' , . . " ; " ,f 7 lllllll Mmimmm: . Aiiiiiiiiiaiifc . mm ' 1 - 1 - . , . - PHOTO BY ROGER TUTTLE Maegan MacKay of Bountiful, who has quickly emerged as one of the league's top players, is shown dishing off a pass while being guarded by Viewmont's Tiffany Twitchell, center, and Jenny Siddoway. Bountiful beat the Vikings 70-50 on Thursday to take over first place in Region Four girls' basketball. LMjWms; region leal . By TOM HAR ALDSEN Sports Editor BOUNTTPUL-Bountiful High's Lady Braves played perhaps their best game of the year in running to a 70-50 victory over Viewmont as , Region Four basketball action con-. tinued last Thursday. J -yl Meanwhile, Woods Cross held-, off Davis 47-40, and Highland sur- - prised East in their first meeting of the year. The results leave Boun- ' tiful in first place entering games played Tuesday afternoon after our ' press deadline. j BOUNTIFUL 70 VIEWMONT newcomer to the league this season, adding 18 points, while Reading was steady as always and tallied 17. Bountiful was hotter than a pistol in the second half, hitting 14 of 24 shots (58 percent) from the field, including 7 of 9 in the final period. , I Viewmont had to play much of the. game with Melissa Eggett on the bench as the result of foul .trouble. Kim Blackham was also hampered.widi.an ae.jnjury..and 'I saw limited action. Jones led t' Viewmont ' with' 13 points', Tiffany ' i Twitchell had ? 10 and Siddoway nine on three three-pointers. WOODS CROSS 47 DAVIS 40 At Woods Cross, the Wildcats used the free throw line to earn a ; victory over the hard-luck Darts, who lost their seventh in a row but have been close in almost every game this season. Davis led 10-5 after one quarter, but Woods Cross fought back to an 18-all tie at halfume. The Wildcats built up a 35-29 lead after three quarters, then put the game away at the end from the stripe. ; , Pyis had 17 field goals, includ-..juig includ-..juig two three-pointers, compared to r just 12 by Woods Cross (three were "home runs".) The hosts made 27 trips to the free throw line, hitting 20 shots, compared to just 4-13 for Davis. Carolyn Knight, , the top girls' scorer locally, led the way with 18 points, while Dawn Britton chipped in 14 and Amy Turman eight. For Davis, Sharla Cook had . 14 points, including two three-pointers, while Christy Jones added seven. Highland beat : East in the league's other game, moving into a tie for fourth place with the Leop- . ards. - - Yesterday's games included highland at "Woods. Cross,- Boun- -tifijl ;at East and : Viewmont ? at :; Davis. Teams will also be on the courts Thursday, with Davis at Highland, East at Viewmont and Woods Cross at Bountiful. ' - 50 ; . - At Bountiful, the Braves used hot shooting and tough defense to drop ; Viewmont. Bountiful built up an ', eight-point first quarter lead, and ,. the Vikes could never cut into that . lead much the rest of the way. ' : . With ther score 21-12 midway ; through the second quarter, Boun- tiful went on a seven-point run,-highlighted run,-highlighted by back-to-back baskets., from Maegan MacKay, to take a ? 28-12 lead. Jennifer Jones scored V . for ViewmontV MacKay answered ; again for Bountiful,' and then Jen-: nifer Jeppesen, seeing her first action ac-tion ' since ccoming off a double f . stress-fracture, sank ' three free -throws to make it 30-17. . Bountiful's Julia Thornley re-; sponded by going coast-to-coast for a layin, but Jenny Siddoway canned a three-pointer at the buzzer to make it 32-20 for the hosts at the t half. Bountiful increased its lead to I , 49-31 after three quarters, but the ' Vikes made a short run. Siddoway -hit another three-pointer, Jones i scored and Kim Soelberg made a great steal and drove for a layin to " make it 49-39. Stephanie Reading j '; responded with four straight free throws for Bountiful, and the Vikes ' could get no closer than 10 the rest of the way. A Thornley was marvelous, leading all scorers with 21 points. MacKay ; continues to be the most impressive ' , , v : |
