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Show Oaat Payson, P.G. Vikings The league leading American Fork Cavemen won both games last week to run their record to 0 and will wrap up first half play tomorrow night at Spring-ville. Spring-ville. In the first game last week against Payson the Lions were little more than a good scrimage as Ron Allen in his first start of the year dominated dominat-ed the inside game to open up the outside shooting by Gary Cook, Randy Thomas, Brian Hansen, Dave Dean, and Dave Nerdin. The Forkers early opened up with a M score, then 13-3, 23 to 5 and the final first quarter score of 27-8. It was all over, as Cook and Allen each had 10 points apiece in that first quarter. Nerdin then got hot to hit five fielders to send the Cavemen club out to an insurmountable 52-15 halftime lead as the tight AF defense limited the hustling Lions to but one field goal the first 16 minutes. AF head man Carl lngersoll went to the bench early and often to get everyone some action ac-tion with Allen going out with still 6 minutes left in the second quarter. He came back briefly to get things joing during the final half but the juniors and ; sophomores finished out the game. Quarter scores were all in favor of AF were; first 27-8, 52-15, 71-31 and the final 85-43. The Cavemen parleyed their tough man to man defense, and the potent offense into really the first easy win of the year. Allen with his big height ad-, ad-, vantage powered in 20 points to lead all scoring, followed by Cook with 14, Nerdin 10, Hansen Han-sen 8, Thomas 7, Dean 5, Brad Adamson 6, Mark Farnsworth 5, Chris Monson 4, Scott Rack-man Rack-man 3, Paul Peters 2, and Robert Shelley 1. Both teams played 27 different players during dur-ing the game. Friday night against the visiting Pleasant Grove Vikings the AF team was playing with "magic hands," everytime the Cavemen players would raise their hands the umpires whistle would blow, and "that's magic." Randy Thomas especially ;tound the ..'.'whistle tooters" very free as Thomas played just a short time before fouling out. He was soon joined by Bian Hansen and Gary Cook. The Cavemen who led the Vikings Vik-ings all the way except for one brief moment in the 2nd quarter, held on to beat the Vikings 64-59, as the Vikings just would not quit. AF with Brian Hansen playing play-ing one of the finest defensive games of the year for AF held leads of 10 points on occasion and led by about 7 points for most of the game. The game was interesting as the PGers would get down aways and then manage to get back into the game with fine shooting, especially espe-cially by Tom Strasbury and Layne Butts. The play of Kan-sen Kan-sen was super as he checked his man time after time, sagged off to help out the other guys, was very strong on the boards, fed his teammates, and cashed in 12 points in the clutch. He had a fine overall ball game. Quarter scores favored AF as they led 18-13 first stop, 32-29 at the half, 50-38 the third quarter and the final 64-59. PG led only once at 29-28 but that was erased and they never did lead again as the soft touch shooting of Gary Cook from the comers and from above the top of the key led the AF offense with 18 points. Cook gaining confidence with each game barely stirred the nets on a couple of his "long range" bombs. It was an aggressive game with many "folks" ending up on the hardwoods. One of the "sadest" parts was the manhandling man-handling of Ron Allen as the Vikings sagged on him and it was a rough night for big Ronnie. Ron-nie. Ron ended up with only 8 points but he nulified the inside PG game, and was another big AF plus. Overall the Cavemen outs-cored outs-cored PG by 10 field goals from the field but the Vikings went to the foul line 34 times to just 18 for the Cavemen. It was not that AF was "that" much more aggressive. The AF backcourt players Dave Dean and Robert Shelley were good in the clutch. Dean had 7 points in the final quarter with Shelley hitting key foul shots to keep the game out of reach of the Vikings. Cook led the AF "punch" with 18 points, Hansen had 12, Dean 11, Nerdin, Thomas and Allen each 8, Thomas 4, Shelley 3. Tomorrow's gams at Springville Spring-ville could be a "slow downer" as Springville does not have Mam much heighth, but have excellent excel-lent quickness. I saw them a couple of weeks ago and they held the ball then in a deliberate offense that would allow them opportunities of driving up the middle with their speed for easy buckets. The Red Devils have a couple of good players in Mark Fullmer at the post who is a good leaper and Scott Phillips who drives baseline very well. They each had big games last week as Fullmer had 29 points in leading the Red Devils to an easy 66-49 win over Payson. The Springville team will be the quickest that AF has played so far. Cavettes, B; Sparkle at The Cavemen basketball "ain't doing bad," but doing equally as well each week are the American Fork Cavettes. The Cavettes last week "brought down" the house when the Red and White clad girls twirled white rifles, to the music, "The Gillette March." The girls were fantastic in close order drill as the rifles "hummed." The AF Jazz Band under the direction of Director Mike Chesley "are something else.". They performed very well as the combined band and Cavettes received a "standing ovation" from the sell out crowd. To prove that the rifle drill was "no fluke," the high stepping step-ping girls at halftime of the AF-PG game displayed another fast stepping march that again received loud applause from an appreciative audience. Kathy Strong is Cavette JayVees Rack Wins Over Payson, P. G. A very well executed full court press by the American Fork Jayvee team saw the Cavemen break open a tight ball game and turn it into a rout last week as the AF juniors jun-iors won both games to extend their long winning record. Payson in a zone kept close to AF but Scott Rackman with a steal, and Brad Adamson hit a 3 point play and a technical foul at the close of the 3rd quarter gave AF a little buldge to start the final 8 minutes. AF went on the win 48-32, as the Payson zone kept the pace slow. Rackman led the AF offense with 16, Adamson had 9, Chris Monson 7, Marty Hall 6, Paul Peters 5, Mark Farnsworth 4 and Frank Pulley sat this one out as he was under the weather. Pully came back at halftime against Pleasant Grove to trigger the AF fas break. The score read 27-25 for the PG juniors at halftime, but AF coach Bob Eckles put the team into a full court press and with Mark Farnsworth, Paul Peters, and Scott Rackman applying the pressure, the Vikings could not handle the press and Pulley pulled down numerous rebounds as the AF team romped to an easy second half win. Peters and Monson led AF offensively with 14 apiece but they had good balanced help from Pulley with 13, Adamson with 10, Ron Lewis 4, Farnsworth Farns-worth 3, Rackman 2, John Lar-sen2, Lar-sen2, Marty Hall 2, and Mark Hawkins 2. Eckles was able to play the bench after the close early going. "Ya know" coach Bob Eckles has done some job with this AF team. They do not have a lot of heighth and there is good talent but no "super star." Each week Eckles gets the group "together" and they "just keep winning," and much of the credit should go to the AF staff headed by coach Eckles. Uinta kept pace with AF as they won a pair and Friday they beat Lehi at Lehi 64-59 as the league standings begin to take shape. AF is frO, Uinta 5-1, Lehi 4-2, PG 3-3, Spanish Fork, Springville, Spring-ville, and Carbon 2-4, Payson 0-6, as Carbon beat SF 63-44. A "skinny" Andy Burgess who has missed three games wa3 suited for PG but has had a good week of practice. He will be available tomorrow and Mike Bond (now running stairs) AF team Captain, continues con-tinues his "slow" but steady mending and "won't" it be "fun" when "everyone" is well "again." and Add G ames President, Becky Bills is Drill Mistress, and Lora Devey is Secreatary of the "good looking" look-ing" Cavettes. The AF Band each receives very good comments and it only on-ly shows that the Band is enthusiastic, enthu-siastic, and they add "much" to the games. "The Girls" with flashing smiles and sharp attire put on great halftime shows and "even" if you do not like basketball bas-ketball the Cavettes are well worth the price of admission. Cavemen Wrestlers to Meet Lehi Tonight in the AF gym the Lehi Pioneers and the American Ameri-can Fork Cavemen will go at each other in what looks like extra even matchup of wrestling wres-tling teams. Both teams have found the going tough as a team in Region Six but this dual tonight looks like the top meet in the league and could provide some excellent fights. Earlier in the week the AF team hosted the Union team, and next week the AF team is on the road for two meets and they will not return to the AF mat until February 12 when Payson comes here. Jayvee meets start at 6 p.m. and the Varsity goes on the mats at 7:30 p.m. Things are more like they are right now than they've ever been. 4 I JI. (T rap inn o And freedom from the ravages of inflation which is oppressive government's quiet way of robbing rich and poor alike. The Republican Party pledges fiscal sanity and a climate that promotes opportunity for the able and security for the weak and unfortunate. We invite your ideas and comments. Get tto Spirit-Call Us POSTOFRCE D0X4S2 PROVO, UTAH 84601 rfest 14 Bantam In League Bantam basketball action last Saturday brought together 14 American Fork teams to battle bat-tle in the Utah National Guard sponsored program before numerous thrilled parents and spectators. The event, held at the American Ameri-can Fork High School, was participated par-ticipated in by the 11 to 13 year old youths who are members of the city's 14 teams. Cadets vs. Hawks The first game of the day pit the Cadets against the Hawks, at 7:30a.m. Both teams started slow, with the Hawks height looking like it would take over as the youngsters pulled out to a seven early point lead. But Cadet speed started paying off Sophs Whip Springville American Fork sophomore coach Art Allred using everyone ever-yone on the AF bench was able to get everyone in and still manage to whip the Springville sophs last week. AF led at the half time 27-20 with Scott Rackman leading the way. Then Lucky Morse hit 3 points starting the final quarter to give AF a 42-28 lead that allowed Allred to use the bench freely which he had been doing, and the team responded with eleven players getting into the scoring act. Doug Miller Steve Powers and Brent Makin played but were unable to connect. con-nect. Rackman led the scoring for AF with 16, John Larsen hit 4, Morse added 5, Bob Lewis 2, Ron Lewis 5, Mark Hawkins 4, Mike Beck 2, John Brady in reserve looked strong with 10, Jamie Burgess added 6, Marty McGee 2, Glen Strong hit 2 to complete AF scoring, which was the best AF effort of the year so far. Rackman and the Lewis twins set up the front liners very well and in fact Ronnie and Bobby were big reasons for the big surge during the third quarter. The board work of Morse, Larson, Brady, and Powers were mighty big factors fac-tors as well. Today AF is at Lehi at 4 p.m., and Lehi beat the AFers earlier in the season. The AF team has shown consistent improvement im-provement and another good effort today could "turn the tables" against the Lehi bunch. Eagles to Dance Pleasant Grove Eagles Lodge No. 3372 will hold an "overall and apron" dance Saturday January 24th, at 8 p.m. George and Nornie Garner will hostess the event. A pot-luck pot-luck dinner will be served. Music for dancing will be provided by the Dynamic Johnsons." John-sons." Teams Action as the tep.m narrowed the margin mar-gin to w'.thin three at the half. Additional hustle put the Cadets ahead by the narrow mark of one point, taking a 20-19 lead at the end of the third. Scoring remained close through the first half of the fourth period with both teams vying for the lead. The Hawks however, rallied in the last half of the period and forged ahead at the end to beat the Cadets by the final score of 32-22. High point man for the Hawks was Larry Hunter with 13 points while Doug Main of the Cadets lead with 14. Coaches choices for "Mr. Hustle" Hus-tle" were Hawk players, Terry Neil and Cadet Greg Holman. Rams vs. Bulls Saturday's second game featured fea-tured the Rams meeting the Bulls. Superior in the area of height, the Rams dominated the boards during the first half of play. While the Bulls received several fast break Wasatch Bank of Pleasant Grove is proud to announce " .1? b ( &gz- : ' k 11011 SeeP'v,c " I C wf jSk-- -Iff ' Introducing the Supercard that is going to end all your check cashing troubles. When you flash the Supercard . . . show them your full-color full-color photo with confidence. For we back your good looks with our good name. 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The margin in the contest remained narrow as both teams played fast break agres-sive agres-sive ball during the second half. The Celtics however, maintained the lead during the action, ending the third quarter with a score of 26-18. In the final quarter, the Bees rallied to come within four, but time elapsed with a final score of 37-32. High point man for the Celtics Cel-tics was Kirk Paxman with 18, while David Harris of the Bees led with 13. "Mr. Hustle" for the Celtics was Gary Taylor while David Harris received the honors for the Bees. Alps vs. Kings In the fourth game of the day defending District and Region champions and this years leading lead-ing Central League Alps matched up against the Kings. The Kings, still considered an expansion team in Central League Lea-gue play, were unable to contest con-test tne experienced Alp guns and towering 6-2 center, Clark Burgess. The Alps well executed offense of-fense ran up a 15-2 lead in the first quarter, increasing the mark to 31-9 at the half. Despite the efforts of the Kings fireballs, Jeff Jensen and Daniel Dan-iel Smith, the Alps continued to roll on to a 57-22 final score. Smith was chosen "Mr. Hus- FREE CHECKING with $100 minimum balance SATURDAYS windows open Saturday morning 3 WASATCH BANK J OF PLEASANT GROVE 225 SOUTH MAIN PHONE (801) 785-5001 AMER1CAN FORK CITIZEN tie" for the Kings with Troy Emery receiving the honors for the Alps. Nets vs. Colts Fifth game action matched the Nets against the Colts. Putting on a hard press and coming up with numerous steals, the Colts tallied up a 25-12 lead in first half play. The Nets having a hard time bringing bring-ing the ball down the court, were unable to change the tide of the game and ended with the final score of 49-20 in favor of the Colts. High point men were Roger Brady with 16 for the Colts and Layne Bangerter with 13 for the Nets. "Mr. Hustle" was awarded to Colt player Steve Garlick and Net player Kelly Devey. Utahans vs. Pistons Last years league champion Pistons met the Utahans in afternoon af-ternoon action. While lacking the depth of last years team, the Pistons easily took an 11 point lead in the first quarter of the game. Steve Cobley, 14, the 6-1 Piston center ran up three fouls in the first quarter and was removed from the game making the size of both teams closer. The Utahans Uta-hans were unable to close the gap however, with the score at the half being 25-14. In third quarter action the Pistons increased in-creased their lead to 36-19. Despite Cobley fouling out in the third, the Utahans were unable to overcome the Pistons and the final score was 38-25. High point men for the Pistons Pis-tons and Utahans were Cobley with 15 and Richard Lee with 17 respectively. Regan Hansen (Pistons) and Derrel Smith (Utahans) were chosen by their coaches as "Mr. Hustle." Jets vs. Stars In the final game of the day, the Northern League Stars met the Central League Jets in exhibition ex-hibition play. First quarter action was close, both teams coming up with two field goals each. Star center, Chris Warenski, who has been suffering from torn ligaments in his ankle did not ' 'V VS I - iiitl ltfSfr; From now on Supercard and your check book are going to make a super team. To apply . . .Just visit our convenient office. Supercard . . .the sure-card. Brought to you by Wasatch Bank of Pleasant Grove . . .the Super Bank. DAILY INTEREST Interest paid daily and compounded quarterly on all passbook savings THURSDAY. JAN. 22, 1976 play in the second period leaving leav-ing the Jets to control the board in the quarters action. The Jets notably capitalized and took a 11-9 lead into the half. The Stars rallied to within one during the third but the Jets came back to increase their lead to 17-13 at the close of the period. Led by the shooting of Jeff Evans and Kimball Taylor, the Jets increased their lead during dur-ing fourth period play to take the Stars by a final score of 23 to 16. High point man for the Jets was Taylor with 9 points. Star player Shawn Price led his team with 7 points. "Mr. Hustle" was awarded to Todd Spainhower for the Jets and Craig Durphy for the Stars. Former Cavemen Cager Stars on Tech College Team The Wolverines of Utah Technical College at Provo featuring fea-turing former AF cager Don Williamson in a big win over the past weekend defeated nationally ranked College of Eastern Utah. The Wolves also beat Rangley Colorado's Northwestern North-western to continue holding first place in the 1CAC. The Wolverines with Williamson William-son hitting 4 for 4 from the field and playing a tough board game, plus good shooting by Colby Adamson former Viking from Pleasant Grove looked good. Don and Colby are friends on as well as off court and combined to aid the big win of CEU at Orem. The final score was 99-91 and marked CEU's first loss after 13 previous wins. Don put UTC out in front of Colorado with a pair of foul shots and the Tech school went on to win 94-89 after trailing up until Don hit his vital shots. The Wolverines as a unit play together very well and they have an aggressive team that fights and claws for points. |