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Show NS ties for first place in Region 8 following 70-5- 3 defeat of Dinos by Doug Johnson PRIC- E- For their second game in a row, the North Sanpete Hawks rode excellent ball control to an early lead that they never relinquished, going on to beat the Carbon Dinos, 70-5Turning the ball over only once, the Hawks scored their highest opening period total for the season as they jumped to a Wardle wanted to use him only if necessary to avoid chances of worsening his injury. Foul trouble has plagued the Hawk big men this year, but playing carefully on this night, fouls never became an issue for them. With 40 seconds to go before the half, Hawk guard Dustin lead. Hawk point guard Luke Jorgenson stole the ball and drove it the length of the floor to stake North Sanpete to a 2 lead. A by Kirt Nunley, a lay-u- p by Troy Reese on a nice feed from Tyler Bailey, another Reese lay-ua steal, lay up and a free throw by T.J. Brotherson, and all of a sudden the Hawks lead. By the time had a Brotherson laid one in on a nice feed from Bailey, the Hawks were ahead 17-- to Wardle pumped a stretch the lead to 20. Carbon got the last bucket of the half, but ad7 North Sanpete held a vantage. The Dinos opened the third period with a quick run to close but the Hawks the lead to 35-2responded with a from Nunley sandwiched between a couple lay ups by Reese and they had their biggest lead of the Carbon made a run night, 43-2to close out the period, and trailed 49-3- 5 heading into the fourth. Carbon made another run to open the final period, but could never get the lead under double digits. A beautiful bounce pass from Jorgenson to Bailey for a followed by a great feed lay-ifrom Reese to Brotherson, and the Hawks were up 60-4The Dinos were frustrated and were called for two ugly intentional fouls in the last few minutes of the game. Both benches finished out the game, and the Hawks had a 70-5- 3 victory. Kirt Nunley led all scorers with 18, followed by his teammates, Troy Reese with 16 and T.J. Brotherson with 15. Brother-so- n matched Carbons J.D. Jorrebounds gensen for game-hig- h with eight, but six of Brother-son- s were on the offensive end compared to Jorgensens two. Jorgensen also led the Dinos in scoring with 15. The win puts North Sanpete at 8 and 7 overall, and keeps them e in a tie at 3 and 1 in region play. Carbon drops to 3 and 12 overall, and winless in four region games. Carbon came out on top of the JV game, 65-5North Sanpetes Garrett Olson led all scorers with 14. Playing an excellent game on both ends of the court, Alan Kendall had 12 for the Hawks, and five assists. The Hawks Shandon Shepherd scored 11. Jason Norris paced Carbon with 3. 24-- 7 5-- three-point- er p, nt 2. by Carbons Jason Tatton brought them momentarily to within 13 at 20-but the Hawks hit the final two buckets of the quarter, the last, a lay-i- n by Nunley on a nice feed from Jorgenson, put the Hawks up 17 at the buzzer. In addition to their fine team in the opening period, the Hawks big men were careful to pick up fouls as they knew they were most likely without the services of their big center, Jason Chrisa protective tensen. Sporting mask in the warm up, Christensen had been cleared by his doctor to play with a broken nose suffered in the Richfield game, but Coach A three-point- er 7, PUBLIC NOTICE Only 3 of Americans retire in end up dead or dignity! 97 dead broke! These are scary statistics but Family Security Financial can help. Don't just consolidate your debts; eleminate them! Would you like to be pletely out of debt in just comone-hal- f the time, without paying any more This is possible by aloui lowing experienced professionals in debt management to create an effective interest rate as low as 4 for you. Unbelievor one-thir- able! For a free Family consultation, call: Security Financial at 1 800852-133- 0 three-point- er 35-1- 2, three-point- er 2. n, 5. first-plac- 3. 13. Carbon also won the this more game, 70-6double overtime thriller. Sanpetes Devin Shepherd 7, sopho- one a North canned ARE YOU PREPARED? - - Equipment Let me show you how to dothis without Food Water Hawks crush Richfield by Doug Johnson dominance of the highly respected MT. PLEASAN-T- North 'Wildcats. The Hawks went on a tear in Sanpete Hawks had their best outing of the year when they crushed the Richfield Wildcats the last four minutes of the half 58-3- 7 last week. The Wildcats highlighted by a driving underd came into the game with a 12 and handed lay-u- p high of the 2 record, 0 in Region 8, and by Luke Jorgenson as he lofty number three state ranking. leaped over a fallen Wildcat The win raised North Sanpetes defender sprawled in the lane. As the half came to a close, the record to 7 and 7 overall and 1 in Region 8. stunned Wildcats found themThe Hawks utilized a nearly selves on the short end of a 2 flawless first half to distance score. themselves from the Wildcats. The frustrated Wildcats did Exhibiting excellent ball control, not help themselves as they could the Hawks had only three turnmanage only eight of 1 8 from the overs in the first half, two of foul line in the first half. them on offensive fouls, to put Richfield closed the Hawk the game out of reach before the lead to 34-2- 0 four minutes into Wildcats could get untracked. the third period, but the Hawks remarkable Troy Reese started off his showed patience, sterling performance by winning passing the ball around for a the opening tip, breaking up court minute and 20 seconds before for a pass under the basket and finding Reese under the basket hitting the lay-u- p plus a free for an easy lay-ithrow to stake his team to a 0 Jorgenson then stole the ball lead oily 12 seconds into the and drove in for a lay-u- p and the Hawk lead was suddenly back to game. At the 4:50 mark of the first period. North Sanpetes Jason Christensen picked up his second personal foul, and there must have been some contact, as Christensen came away with a broken nose. Richfield played a very patient offense, looking for open shots that, due to the Hawks tough defense, were few and far between. At the end of the first quarter North Sanpete lead 11-Tyler Bailey quickly stretched the North Sanpete lead to double digits as he opened the second quarter with a jumper from bearc. Reese yond the three-poik followed with a basket to build the lead to 16-as the crowd marveled at the Hawks a free throw to send the game into overtime, and Shandon Shepto herd buried a three-pointbring on the second overtime. Carbons J.R. Nelson led all scorers with 30 points, and teammate Dane Buchmiller had 20. Shandon Shepherd had 22 for North Sanpete, including six s. Rory Johnson added 16 for the Hawks, with four buckets from beyond the arc. The North Sanpete freshman team was dropped off in Helper to go against the ninth grade Helper Rams. Sanpete led throughout the game, but learned a bitter lesson of what happens if back-boar- 3-- 2-- 32-1- n. 3-- Page Six - The Pyramid - January 28, 1998 18. The third quarter ended with Christensen grabbing an offensive board and laying it back in at the buzzer to put the Hawks up 40-2- 3. and Kirt Nunley also had six points apiece. Nick Luckenga paced the Wildcats with nine points. In the junior varsity contest, Richfield downed North Sanpete 68-5- 4 on the strength of 16 points from Jeff Blackburn and 14 from Randy Cuff. North Sanpetes Alan Kendall matched Blackburn honors of 16 for game-hig- h points. The buzzer beat by Christensen took away whatever hope Richfield had left and North Sanpete pushed its lead to 21 when Bailey hit a jumper and a foul shot a minute and a half into the final period. Hawk sophomore Devin Shepherd closed the game k at the buzzer to on a make the final score 59-3In this game of quality performances by the Hawk players, T.J. Brotherson had maybe the finest performance as he had a of 11 points and 11 game-hig- h rebounds. Nine of Brotherson s boards came in the deciding first half, and five of them were offensive rebounds. Joining Brotherson in the solid showing by the Hawk big-mcorps were Bailey with 10 points, Reese with nine and the brokennosed Christensen with six. North Sanpetes two starters, Jorgenson The North Sanpete sophomores pulled out a squeaker, 58-5over the Wildcats. Shandon Shepherd led the Hawk attack with 19 points, including three s. Landon Winn had put-bac- 7, 7. three-pointer- a big 23 points for Richfield in the losing effort. The Hawks kept the game closer than necessary as they could hit only five of their 14 free throws. In the freshman game, both an G(B qlcL CaAA teams played well as the lead went back and forth in the fourth quarter Sanpete 55-5- 3 win. Snow College Performing Groups IB oiixl CfaAA 4. nt put-bac- 4, oLcuuLttxuv Rbrauanel Hall 123 LUest South Temple, SLC er three-pointer- EIREE ocfcL QLx&Aj fx&ccttrutnL Free Bus Ride to Euent they let up when they think an opponent is beat. The Rams outscored the Hawks 21 to seven in the fourth quarter, and 0 in the last two minutes, to pull out a 58-5- 7 win. Helpers Matt Kloepher led all scorers with 25, including the game winner. The Hawks were led by Pat Bulski with 15 and Jordan Washburn with 12. Interestingly, at this point in the season, all four Sanpete boys teams have seven losses. The freshmen have nine wins, varsity eight, JV at seven and sophomores five. 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