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Show March 12, 1952 Yld Cat Wildcats Win Tourney Berth; Beat Lehi 55-4- 0 The second half started out The Wildcats won a berth in last rather slow with the firsta point the state B tournament foul being made by Lehi on Wednesday, when they defeated the in left in the pitch with six minutes the Lehi Pioneers 25 secd With only quarter. Lincoln high gym. one m. I nen ratipped left, Pinegar started The first quarter nine seconds left, Wilcox ther slowly with neither team with a minutes. made lay-u- Y. ending the quarter scoring for the first two for B. high. first with a foul Dix Davis Pinegar scored last the In quarter two hit then quick shot Lehi the field goal column ones. After this, B. Y. opened up broke into sco. e and scored eight points. In and went ahead to a Lehi connected for at the end of the quarter. close the gap, but to 15 counters At the start of the second quarunsuccessful. were scorter Dee Wilcox went on a Dee Wilcox was high point man .hit for eight points, ing spree andcould points, score. In the for the evening with 22 16. before Lehi scored Ed while hit Pinegar Lehi last minute and a half, halftime Larsen was high point man for for five points. The with 16. Lehi for the Wildcats. score was 55-4- 0 p 39-2- 5 then-desperatio- 13-1- 28-1- 7 Athlete of the Month Cats Triumph In Homestretch block. Dee W i (cox's cores as B. lhdrops Lehi. Pioneer attempts A HEROES LIFE FOR US WOW by Geral Wilde Ed Pinegar, Wildcat center, leads his teammates in scoring this season. Up to the Lehi game, Ed scored 221 points in 21 games. This brings his average to 10.5 counters per game. Dix Davis comes second in scoring 152 points for an eight average. Dee points per game 121 points, reWilcox, hitting 6.4 average. Dave Kimtains his ball and Dave Crowton round out the starting five, connecting for 129 and 117 points, respectively. Kimballs average is 6.1, while Crowton averages 5.9 per game. Dix Davis and Ed Pinegar lead the Alpine Division in honors with 93 points scor-ijiper game, for an average of 11.6. Billy Cox of Lincoln is third in league scoring with 89 points for an 11.1 average. The Sophomores had some tough luck in their games this 'season. They lost five while winning three. This doesnt tell the whole story, some of those games were mighty close, and the boys were always in there fighting. As one of the boys said, We not have won al lof our games but weve sure learned a lot about basketball. Hats off to Coach Dixon who does a great job of making good ball players for the varsity. They got a lot of good potentialBobmateriOaks al. Legrand Young and lead the Sophomores in scoring with 124. and 97 points, g ! AMERICAN FORK GAME. In at a game that meant do or die the 19, American Fork, February B.Y. Wildcats defeated the Cave- . men by a convincing score of 59-46- The Wildcats, playing one of a first their best games, 20--built up left at and of lead quarter . halftime leading In the third quarter the ofCavethe men came within 9 points short fell the but Wildcats rally of the mark. Ed Pinegar. playing .his outstanding game of the season, snapped the net for 27 points to take scoring honors. LEHI GAME. The determined Wildcats walloped the Pioneers from Lehi February 22, at the B.Y.U. fieldhouse by a score of 5 big There you were, on that was basketball floor. The score 33-18- and you were playing beautiwas cheering fully. The crowdname. The buzand calling your of the rest the zer sounded and team lifted you on their shoulders to carry you off the floor. Then the alarm rang. Six a.m. and time to rise and shine. You open, sit get up, and with one eyebreakfast a down to nourishing of Crinkly Crunches and milk . . ugh! We dash to school buttonThe Pioneers were held to one ing buttons and combing hair the first half of on the way. We get there just in field goal duringbehind 23-at inwere play and time to walk into class late. The teachers tax your little termission. Lehi Early in the third quarter, brain until its practically worn Davis but of back, started dinner nice coming out. You have a two quick basmeat, bread and milk, and run and Pinegar hitB.Y. ahead shoot to 4th period kets to class to make your Coach fourth the hours In quarter, The time. on drag class his and bench the that Snow cleared by and it seems ages itbefore and does up points. But subs racking kept final bell rings. ready to drop Davis. was big gun for the night youre just about Then you head with 13 points. in your tracks. basketball PLEASANT GROVE GAME. practice. for coach as The B.Y. Wildcats, realizing tlv-Snap to it yells the and grab needed the victory to stay m the you slide down the pole the basketball in your little grimy for a state tournament exercise, run running waxed P.G. Feb. 29, on play-off- , paws. Then you jump-rope, and the foot races, play Vikings floor by a score of a million other exhausting activities, and if youre lucky you The game was anybody's the might get to shoot a basket or first half, as the Wildcats led two, if youre lucky! . A third quarter surge of You train! Your best more 18 points gave the Cats acinched quits you because you cant go convincing lead, and they out. by pouring 24 points Then comes the night of the the game the hoop in the last tense through big game. You sitonthere the floor. period. and ready to go Dix Davis led the scoring with GameC; ends and you are elected 20 counters. chaihp bench warmer of 1952. 50-- 3 47-2- 9 y 69-4- 27-21- girl-frien- d DAVE CROWTON letterman Being a three-yea- r man, Dave and a three-spor- t Crowton certainly qualifies for Athlete of the this months Month. Dave has garnered a starting berth on B.Y. Highs main five in Crowt has a fine basketball. one hand set shot along with being able to hit from inside. He has plenty of hustle and drive as well as being a good defensive man. So it is little wonder that this is Daves second year on the varsity squad. Along with basketball, Crowton was starting right halfback on last years football team. He also played catcher and right field on the diamond rfine and ended up with a .439 batting average. Of course, awards are not new He was given the to Dave. Fisher Smith trophy for being the outstanding athlete in Central Utah for December. But all is not a bed of roses with Crowton. His pet peeve is when the basketball programs say he is 511 when he is 6 feet even. |