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Show Provo, Orem Triumph; Springville Nips Spanish Fork | Red Devils Nip Bulldogs Down PaysonLions In 76-66 Tilt Dons 49-48in Thrilling Game By RAY SCHWARTZ Herald Sports Writer winners’ a 63-54 advantage wich 6:07 to play in the game. * PAYSON — Frovo High’s That proved to be the real Bulldogs held their eighth turning point in the pga because the fired up s-victory of the season today, etetek ats + beating back a strong challenge ball game, even though they ; from a wonderfully:i gave ground rather grudgingly. + Payson Friday night to From that point on they were + gain cutecg! eal on the caughtin a crossfire of shooting by Bown, Christensen and Scott $ Tine down 38-41 at half- Atkinson, who was the only other > time afterthe stout-hearted men Bulldog playerto score in double : of Coach Neil Roberts had figures with 14 points to his + thrown a furious charge at them credit, + in the first two periods of play, Soon after Christen..n got the > the favored Bulldogs refused to Bulldog stretch run rolling with crack under the pressure and a long shot from side court, came storming backin the third Terry Carter, a tower of and fourth periods to grab the strength on the boards for win with a great display of Payson all evening, fouled out at poised play down the stretch, 6:43 of the final period and Leading Coach Jim Spencer’s loss hurt the Lions charges, unbeaten in the league measurably. measur; Thcy seemed to were Robert fade badly after he left the oear scored the an made two key steals in the final 30 seconds of play and his teammates held Spanish Fork to 15 points in the second half as nipped the Dons, 49 48, Friday night. Sam Giles accounted for nearly half the Red Devil points with a 24-point effort but going down the strei.a Smith moved into the hero’s role to propel Springville to its first Region win at homeandits second in a row. DaveClark hit a shot from the corner with 1:29 remaining to pet the Dons ahead at 4847 forcing the Devils to call a timeout.Springville then worked for a shot with 41 second left but it wasn't good. However, on the rebound three Spamsh Fc-k players were fighting each other for the ball and the Dons were called for traveling. That gave the Devils new life and the chance to take another timeout with the strategy being game. Easy Win Over Dinos Carter hit the hoop and the being set up by Bale as the Bulldogs zoomed out to an 11-5 advantage. Provo Lead Cut However, Weight, Olsen and Provo lead was cutto one point, By JOE WATTS PRICE — The Orem Tigers 1211. GIVING IT THE BIG STRETCH, Terry Carter (50) of Payson tries to block a shot by Provo’s Robert Bowen (33) during Friday night’s Region 4 game in the Lions’ gym. 88. The score was tied again at 30s ace Hate tee Sere Dean traded counters. Then Billy Allen drove under for a layup and Jim Brock evened the score at 12-12. That was the end of the tight scoring. Clark Hansen and Craig Davis scored for the Vikings, but Matthews hit two and Billy Allen struck for two jumpers and the Cay Cavemen were out in front to stay with a 23-16 first quarter margin. Sometight defensive play by American Fork closed the door on the Grovers offense. Clark Hansen and Parke Hansen each hit one goal; Robert West came off the bench to add pair of foul tosses; Clark Hansen hit twice from the line and Stan Crump tallied two points via the free throw line, but Billy Allen, Glen Matthews, and Steve Dean were ing the nets hot with some great shooting to lead the Cavemen into a 47-34 halftime Peaster Tenn, (UPI)— commissioner of the asic Basketball Association has given his vote of confidence in lifting the deadline for local purchase of the fapealy troubled Memphis Carbon a OR n 2 SH-v@meuncong WACIndoor Track MeetSet In Feb. Anderberg Totals 4 le 2 80 Bushnell Fane. Ellington 6 91 Peterson 992 Seybold 5 47 Pollastro 4.0) Bowden 1 01 Grundy 2 00 Cook 1 00 Kosmos 1 01 Totals 23 16-24 Score by quarters: Orem 20 42 62 Carbon 1 20 36 2 9 14 8 2 4 2 2 62 a 62 uchau Totals Payson Olsen Etherington Weight Burton Carter Warren Totals Score by quarters Provo Payson 3°29 2 Age 0 00 0 26 37-24 76 GF T 4 44 22 312 8 25 18 7 23 1% 434 01 0 23 % 1421 66 Friday. American Fork Topples Vikings The spirited Lions remained raced to an victory over the Carbon Dinosaurs righton top of the Bulldogs until a driving layup Friday night in a Region Four and added a free throw when he game was fouled on the play to give By WENDELL RIGBY goed oa 19-14 advantage. Herald Sports Writer Bowen canning a pair of AMERICAN FORK — The ete roeSie Provo was still in American Fork Cavemen drew front, 21-17,at the endof the first onestep closerto the State Class period. Early in the second AA Basketball tourney berth play, just one om behind the quarter, Payson collared with a one sided 78-56 win over a Provo Bulldogs, dropped the Bulldogs andtiedthe score at the 21- scrappy but outmatched Dinos to a 381oe all as Olsen hit from behind the Pleasant Grove quint Friday Rufus Ellington of Carbon was circle and Weight scored on a night, high point man in the gamewith spinning jumper. The first half of the initial 21 points, but he took more shots It was nip-and-tuck for the period was close as the Vikings some players get in an remainder of the period as the played on even terms with the score was tied at 32-32, 34-34 and entire season. Cavemen. In fact, the Vikings 36-36, before Mark Etherington The Tiger zone defense kept gavethe Lions a 37-36 advantage started the scoring as Parke Hansenhit a foul shot, then after the Dinos at bay throughout the with a charity toss. Steve Dean put the Forkers night, and Ellington tombed Bulldogs in Front ahead with a shotfrom thefield away from 25-foot distances Bruce Bushnell, however, Jim Brock tanked a field goal. most of the night without much pushed the Bulldogsin front, 38- Craig Davis followed with a accuracy. 37, when he dropped onein from three point play that had the The tall Tigers would then Grovers outin front with an 6-2 grab the reboundandtrigger the the corner, Then, Payson got a margin. big break, when Bale made the fast break attack with a quick mistake of fouling Olsen in the Glen!Matthews hit a fielder for outlet pass to mid-court which closing moments ofthe half and the Cavemen, and Steve Dean resulted in dozens of unmolested the Payson captain dropped a followed suit with a shot from the layups. pair of free throws, followed by side and Matthewstallied twice It was 20-11 atthe first quarter Etherington’s long bomb from from the line to knotthe countat mark, and 42-20 at halftime. At side court at the halftime buzzer the end of the third quarter it to give Paysonits 41-38 lead at was 62-38. the intermission. ‘Steve McCandless was high Carter opened the second half point man for the Tigers with 18 by driving almost the length of points, but Larry Cheesman and the floor for a lay up basket that Val Christensen each added 17 gave Payson a 43-38 lead. points to keep the scoring But Bowen and Christensen balanced. turned the gamearound as they The cream ofindoortrack and WayneStoutgotin foul trouble scored six straight points betin the first quarter and wound up ween them to give Provo a 44-43 field in the Rocky Mountainriding the bench much of the with 5:30 to play in the period. Southwest will be emptied into game. He finished with only six Burton hit from the field and Salt Lake City’s Salt Palace Feb. points. Weight from the charity line to 19-20 for the second annual Wac Carbon’s Dave Peterson give the Lions a 46-44 edge, but Indoor Meet. scored only nine points, but he the Bulldogs tied it up at 46-all on This year’s slate of 16 events rs didn't see much of the ball Atkinson’s bomb from the will attract the top pel before it was cast away from corner. from eight Western Athletic impossible distances. Conference schools in six states. Gain 57-54 Lead The Tigers looked very sharp Brigham Young University is in most aspects of the game and ‘The score was tied at 48-48, 50- defending champion, having showed that they are ready for 50, and 5252 and then the captured thatfirst title a year the upcoming re-match with the Bulldogs gained their 57-54 lead ago on the strength of a narrow Bu'ldogs, That gameis Tuesday, at the end of the period on eight-point edge over Texas-El Feb. 16, in the George Albert Bowsn’s jumper, Christensen’s Paso, The Cougars and Miners under-the-baskettoss off Bale’s each won five first places in the Smith Fieldhouse. pass and Atkinson’s free throw. 70 meet, but BYU had the The box score: After that outburst, Provo highest point total, 136-128, remained in front the rest of the This year, with most schools Orem way, leading by 13 points—71- fielding stronger teams, the race Stout 5¢—late in the fourth period. pecenciess for the team title should be no less than a three team struggle Provo SF FT oneee Ehristensen Christensen 7 56 WD with BYU, UTEP and New Rowley 6 Bowen 9 1213 30 Mexico in the best position to 5 47 14 win, Wankier 2 Atkinson While a team championship will be the target for some, the real honors will rest with individual performers seeking bh lue ribbons and new records. Half of the existing records are expected to tumble in the wave of new talent, BYU CoachClarence Robison, the meet direcior for the '71 21 38 57 76 show, said that Friday night’s V7 4) 54 66 programwill feature a full slate Memphis Region Four Deadline Lifted Basketball Standings Pryou are of events, plus thefinals in three events; two-mile, 440 and 880. such boys in double figures; Jim Brock with 13, Parke Hansen with 12, and Craig Davis with 11 points. The Vil are still suffering from the loss of Steve Whitehead, one of their starting shooters, who ran his arm through a glass door and has been watching the Viking games from the bleachers. He was scheduled to take the cast off Saturday and may be able to see some basketball action before the season is completely over. The game,itself, was rivaled at halftime, by the outstanding performance of the combined hieasant Grove and American Fork Pep Clubs. ‘she Red and White uniforms of the American tion is so enthusiastic about the project that the deadline set for Friday has been lifted,” Jack events,plus all other finals in the saiid. ing events. Herbert Kosten, neof Field events for both nights the Memphis Area are scheduled for 7 p.m.with the said Dolph agreed Friday toait running events to follow half an the deadline in order to give hour later. officials time to audit the Both had red, white and blue hats. It was a great crowd pledges and moneycollected. Dolph earlier had set the pleaser and the precision time it for inter- marching was outstanding. ests to raise $800,000 to buy the Am.Fork (78) G Pros franchise. He said other- Dean 3 wise it would be sold to Varney interests d to move the ATLANTA (UPI) — Bob team to another city. 9 Pettit, one of the all-time great 0 Memphis Area Sports Inc., a bi } scorers of the National publiccorporation, was started Bi 1 Basketball Association, has been with shares selling at $5 each. 0 named a director of the Atlanta Buhler 0 Buddy Leake, chairman of 0 Hawks, it was announced the board of the corporation, Bowen Spainhower 1 Saturday. said “something more than Webster 0 Pettit, now a Metairie, La., $600,000" had been collected Totals 2 banker, 11 seasons ‘for from more than 3,000 persons PI Grove(56) S the Hawks when they were in St. by Friday. 4 avis 4 Louis. He retired in 1965. An all‘ock P. Hansen 4 American at Louisiana State, 1 Pettit set several school records, Downtown Coaches i Pettit Named z 33 Hawks’ Exec many of which were broken by Pete Maravich, now a Hawk rookie. To Hold Meeting Carson The Downtown Coaches will Robert W. Cousins, president hold a meeting Monday, at 7 of the Hawks,saidhe flet Pettit’s p.m. at the Grandview Cafe. “continued interest” in the club Coach Stan Watts will be there to Score by Quarters would make him a valuable discuss the Utah game and the Am, Fork board ud member. future outlook in the WACrace. Pl. Grove i eeerrevrsue Eeeovecvoancon SSSER5S ERE SoLSis SqSErESEa Tigers Get 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 24-29 BE cocnneusSie SonowonvuchPoord stretch, ‘scoring eightof his somewhat poorly during the early portions of the game. Holding a slim 57-4 lead going into the fourth period, Christensen ignited a BullIdog fuse that loded into six straight points to give the “ eh ae a points in the last quarter, after he had played and shot Fork must win both to stayin the thick of playoff contention and with some help from the Red Devils the race for number three could be all tied up by 10 p.m With Provo and Orem riding high and only the first three teams from the region able to advance to tournament play the American Fork, Carbon, Spanish Fork hassle takes on a lot of significance. For most of Friday night's contest things seemed to be going well for the Dons, They scored near the end ofthefirst quarter to take a 15-14 first to haveGiles take the last shot. quarter lead and gradualiy But coverage on Giles was good increased it in the s.cond so it was Smith who fought quarter. himself free on the right wing Three baskets by Clark pushed with just over 30 seconds to go. the lead to 26-16 with 4:53 He dribbled to within eight feet remainingin thefirst half. After and then pulled up with a jump Giles connected from outside . shot which rattled on the Del Beddoes recorded a threebackboard and dropped in to put point play with a nice move in front 49-48. underneath which drew a foul. Spanish Fork then took a That madeit 28-18 with 3:27 left timout to set up a a and the Spanish Fork partisans « seemed to think that the Dons took the back across the had taken over for keeps but midcourt line drove down Springville had other ideas. theleft side trying to set up a Spanish led 33-24 at the half play or to work free for a shot and then the Devils slowly crept himself. But Smith came roaring back into contention. Giles and up from behind and from one Clark exchanged baskets to give condo the next, Clark saw nis the Dons their biggest lead of the chance for a shot wiped away second half at 35-26. Wilford and the Devils had the ball et Clyde hit a basket and Giles and Tuttle added free throwsto cut the ball game. the margin to 35-30. The key theft came with 19 The Dons moved outin front seconds to go. With eight 37-30 but then Giles scored five left Kelly Tuttle was Straightpoints to cut it to 37-35 fouled by Dave Boyock but after with two minutes leftin the third missing the free throw he was quarter. After a Dons’ timeout ‘Curtis Burton of Pa and Scott Atkinson of Provo wat given another chance when the Calvin Houghton hit from the the action. Provo feated Payson 76-66 for its eighth here Dons were in the lane too soon. corner to makeit 39-35 and Clyde league win of the season. Tuttle missed that one also and came back to make it 3937, Spanish Fork grabbed the After a free throw by Boyock rebound and raced downcourt. Springville got a fast break SomehowSmith gotto the bail going but Giles missed the again to jar it free and Giles layup. With 14 seconds left the deadly ..om t*e foul line as Jim came up with the loose ball to Devils got the ball back and mar; Smith scored on a layup to make sr raiteamoa paved on one Brock scored three times, Stan Tun outthe clock. even terms for the balance of the Crump added twopoints, Craig “We deserved this one,’’ it 40-39 at the end of the quarter. Things were really hectic in game, but the Vikings were Davis dropped in two points, claimed Coach Elliott Jordan. never able to cut down the Parke Hansen added three “They wou in the final seconds the fourth quarter as tight zone margin. American Fork scored points, and Roger Carson two to over there after we had lod all defenses by both teams kept the scoring down. A shot by Jim 12 points to 10 for the Vikings in score their 12 points,all from the the way (55-53 in the first Region the third peri period as the Grovers line game on Dec. 18) so this was a Taylor and a free throw put the tried desperatelyto find the hoop Pleasant Grove played one of great one for us to win. I know Donsin front 43-39 early in the and out-score the steady its better games oh the season, Joel (Gardner) feels bad but we quarter. Giles scoredto cutit to 43-41. Clark added a free throw but individually the Vikings coed ae this one.” shooting Cavemen. The Cavemen ran the count could not match points with the was right. Disappointment with six minutes left to make it from 59 to 78 in the final period steady shooting Forkers. Glen found in the loser’s locker room 44-41, Giles hit again to keep the shooters after a one-point defeat is hard Springville close at 44-43. on some steady shooting from Matthews topped Clarkscored for Spanish Fork the field. The Vikings went with 24 points, made on 11field to match. It was particularly without a field goal in that final goals and 2 of 4 from the line. hard for Spanish Fork because with 5:30 left to play giving the Dons another three-point at 46eight minutes, but they were Billy Allen was close behind with 43, Smith was fouled with 4:50 field goals and four of 10 left and sank both shots to pull GenDevils to within one again at s 2 Bowen, a 6-4 jumping jack, scored 30 points, 12 of them coming from the free throw line on 13 attempts. Six of his free throws came in the last quarter and proved a key factor in Provo's pulling away down the stretch. a Like Bowen, Christensen, frail-leens noharbegwiee Carter also was « big offensive threat, since be scored 11 points before fouling out. Great Mover Gary Weight, a rangy and smooth operator with a lot of great moves, paced the Payson attack with 18 points. Curtis Burton and Brad Olsen, a pair of driving demons and Sper floor performers, were the other Payson Bees i to score in double figures, bi had 16 points and Olsen ad i i2. Provo ly won the game at the foul line, because both teams scored the same number of hele goals—26. However, Provo had a big advantage in free throwing,hitting 24 outof 37 attempts compared to 14 out of 21 for the Lions, Burton, a deadeye Dick from long range in the early going, fired Payson into a 5-4 lead in the first quarter, but Atkinson hit on astop and godrive, John Bale on a free throw, , with American Fork's victory the Donsdrop two gamesbehind the Cavemenin the standings. American Fork is now 53 while Carbon and Spanish Fork are «5 in a region where the battle for third place is more important than the battle for first. This week the Dons are at American Fork Wednesday and host Pleasant Grove Friday while the Cavemen are at Springville Friday. Spanish CLASS AA Team Provo rem American Fork Carbon Spanish Fork Springville W.L. Pet. 8 0 1.000 71 875 5 3.625 35 375 35 305 2 6 .250 CLASSA Team W. L. Pet. ayson 5 2 4 Pleasant Grove 16 143 Lehi 0 6 .000 Friday's Results Orem 80, Carbo Provo 76, "Payson 66 Provo 76, Payson American Fork 78, Pleasant spr!gyi 49, Spanish Fork 48 inesday’s Sched spanish Fork at ‘American Fork Carbon at Pro’ Payson at Orem Springvilleat Labi iday’s Schedul AmericanFork ‘ot Springville Pleasant Grove at Spanish Fork Lehi at Car Prep Scores By aPress International ‘The tide began to turn with four rainutesleft when Spanish Fork missed four shots under its own basket and in the rebounding struggle Taylor was assessed with his fifth foul. With 3:36 left Giles had a chance to putthe Devils in front but he missedthefirst of a oneand-oneattempt. The Donsalso missed an opportunity for some points when Clarkstole the ball from Springville with 2:35 left buthe ‘ost control as he wentin for a layup andin the fight for the ball was cited with a foul. On the ensuing free throws Springville passed up anotuer chance to go ahead when Tuttle missed the first of a one-and-one with 2;31left. Springville finally went ahead 47-46 on a bucket by Tuttle with 1;51 after Smith (that’s right, Smith)had stolen the ball to set up the layup by Tuttle. Clark's shot put the Dons in frontfor thelast time but it was not enough to offset the last minute heroics of Smith. _ Springville is now 26 and still in last (sixth) place in Cless AA but the Devils are only a game out of fourth, A win over Lehi Wednesday could move Springville into a tie for fifth. Logan 69, Bear River 54 box score: Ogde. 70, Skyview 59 Spanish Fork (48) Roy 78, Bun Lomond 52 Taylor Weber 89, Bonneville 47 Beddoes Box Elder 80, eae 47 Clark Leifson Houghton Boyack Totals iyton Davis 61, Clearfield 57 Region Three Murray 73, Cottonwood 34 Springville (49) Giles Clyde Hitchcock Jordan 65, Brighton 61 Granite 66, Hillcrest 61 Kearns 77, Granger s Totals re by quarters Score 23 47 59 78 Tooele p. Forkva 16 34 44 56 Cyprus, 7, Judge Merpocisl 76 sriosvilie B-cun uso Boascaung errrecer eeeecoos.pn erroeve Seaokes n Page 10—THE HERALD,Provo, Utah Sunday, February 7, 1971 15 33 40 48 14 24 39 49 |