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Show Provo, Orem Win,Still Share League Lead Sunday, January 39, 1972 pe ee ” 83-60 in LoopTilt Lions Tip Tigers Roll to 61-47 Picneers Victory Over Dons 79to72 By WENDELLRIGBY after time. This was especially true in the first half, which saw the Bulldogs reel off eight LEHI — Payson Lions climbed back on to the Chamoionship Trail with a 79-72 win over Lehi Pioneers after being sidetracked with a pair of losses in recent Region Four competition. straight points early in the & second quarter and seven consecutive points at the tag end of the same period to gain a 46-28 advantage at intermiss‘on. Not only did emotionlessing Card score a lot of - aataghrteacabygbate on the defensive board also enabled the provided the outlet pass to Max ldogs remain in a tie with Hudspeth, the fluid<drive floor who won a 6147 victory performer, who repeatedly over Spanish Fork Friday night, moved the ball downcourt with the lead in Class AAA almost flawless grace sad effeciency. Kuadspeth, whose jon seldom changes on expression the basketball court, is Provo's third starting and seems to improve vastly with each game. The Pioneers battled hard Ml : everypoint and were in the thick fey?f of the battleall the way, but the Lions had too much fire power in Gary Weight, Doug Stewart and Scott Wilson and the Pioneers just couldn’t break into the lad in spite of some sensational work by Ron Ellison, possibly the smallest player on the floor. ‘The first quarter was a nip- and-uck affair with the two ion. junpedefto4lead . to early in the contest, primarily on the hustling all around play of the Bennion, who was a * the ; a i ton he By R.C. ROBERG Herald Sports Writer AMERICAN FORK American Fork,leading by only two points after three quarters of play, used a 17 point fourth quarter surge to edge upsetminded Pleasant Grove 64-54 Friday. ‘The cavemen who were 5. g However, American Fork refused to yield to the constant intimidation applied by the Pleasant 3 i West and Carson gone from the line-up the Vikings lost their hoard strength and outside a= j Hi Eg a “i bis egetE : Ron Ellison played a sensational game, both offensively and with his flashy floor work. He topped all marksmen with 32 Grizzlies Top Vandals 78-61 Doug Stewart proved that Payson is not a one man team as and Bo McStaytallied 10, one of MISSOULA, Mont. (UPI) — them including a fancy un- The fast - breaking Montana the Cavemen a derhand toss at the hoop. Grizzlies ran away from the o-leaders in Idaho Vandals in the first half en route to an easy 78-61 win Lehi(72) Friday in Big Sky Conference McStay while Orem was Cooper basketball. trouncing Spanish Fork 61-47, Pec Eltison The Grizzlies hit a torrid 58 Walker Friday. per cent from the floor in the Mark Wilson first half and broke the game Powell Box Score in open and a blizzard of baskets american Fork (64) Sunderland 6 at the opening of the second \o1 Fowler 5 Webster half left the Tips on top with Totals 26 7 Allen 13 minutes left by a score of Payson (79) S$. Dean 2 3 50-30. Weight p 3 Scott Wilson The Grizzlies began to sub6 Totals Twitchell Pleasant Grove (54) stitute freely at that point. 5 West Leading scorer for the win6 Carson ners was-guard Mike Murray Allred 4 Adams 5 with 21 points, 14 in the first 0 mann half. Guard Robin Selvig tossed 0 Ingersoll in 16. 0 tory x Total Idaho was led by sophomore Score by Periods forward Steve Ton, a substitute, 8 38 7 American Fov 1 39 79 with 12. Pleasant Grove er =s Benwu-su8e Boovcentn O-nen—Zuoa Haldemea, points. Ron Peck was good for 14 Seerre Sere RSSSSSSEIIS eets counters. Cron ueow BYU's next anxi 2 in dual meet competition and have beaten them three times Friday night's results: Roger Floor exercise Utah, 8.8; Verner Hoeger, BYU, 8.75: Craig Wertz, BYU, 8.6, Sidehorse — Br:an Large, BYU, 8.9; Rich Schaffer, BYU, 8.10; Haldeman, 8.05. iings — Haldem an, 9:05; Craig ; Chamberlain, BYU,9.0; Guy Fish, gyy |, 8.75, back into his old job as GM. Long horse — Greg Ferret, BYU, Hoeger, 8.85; Haldeman, 8.60. The Penguins who have 9.0;Parallel bars — Haldeman, Bob qualified for the plavoffs only Lander, BYU,8.7; Wayne Young, once in four previous season’s BYU. }, 8.25. bars — Haldeman, have struggled along in sixth .5;Horizontal Hoeger, 6.25; Lander, 8.2. place in the West Division this All-Around, 51.2; Hoeger, 49.05) ung, 45.0, year. tough a “struggle” to handle both jobs with a weak team. Jack Riley, the National Hockey League team’s original general manager who hired Kelley three years ago, moved Thehij Tiger Friday night was Jay Cheesman with 16 points. He was followed by Terry Peterson with 15 and Steve Jim Taylor was high for Spanish Fork with 13, followed by John Swensen with 10. LOK RO! 12 points, and Don Olson was just short of double figures with nine replace Allen firing sq side horse and long horse and picked up over one-third of American Fork outshot Utah’spvinttotal. the Pleasant Grove 2-20 from ft BYU’s Brian Large took the field, but lost the foul pitches to side horse event and Cougar the Vikings 14-12. Greg Ferrett was tops in the long Bill Allen led the Cavemen rse. attack with 16 points followed by Haldman was the only Redites Mott and Webster, skin to finish in the top three places in the six events. Tt was the Cougars’ sixth straight dual meet victory over Adams Kelly resigned Saturday as general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins to concentrate on being their coach because, he said, it was too clusion. The Dons deserve eeeee as well as they 4) 61 32 47 he figured out why he had been Cousege team. Nebraska was voted the No. 1 major college team earlier in the year by UPI’s Board of Coaches. The touchdown club also presented both Tagge and Kinney with awards of distinction for their out i performancesin leading Nebraska to a 13-0 season mark. The cluh’s two other major awards went to Pat Sullivan of Auburn and John Reaves of Florida. Sullivan was chosen the outstanding i college football Rae te 1971 and received the ic Harley Trophy. Reaves, Soovovovery SSSSSSSTESS outbreak—the worst he had seen in 21 years of intercollegiate athletics—was “a tragic incident and a regrettable thing ... it was very embarrassing for the Big Ten.” Duke said his investigation “found nofacts to support the allegation that Witte spit at Taylor,” precipitating the melee which caused the game to be terminated 36 seconds early. PITTSBURGH (UPI) — Red High Pep Presented to Bob Griese russes gues row. 4 gs 3= the fighting. He said Penguin Hockey Coach Resigns Orem Clubisalso of a high calibre. But it soud be that way because Vince Lombardi AwardIs goal by Adams with only 0:58 . seconds left in the game. The play of reserve center Vard Pulley was another key to yjetory for American Fork. 22 Behagen ing up and down handed out penalties after an on Witte’s shoulder and neck as he sprawled on the floor while pandemonium eruptedin the Tennis on TV fiel q Dukesaid Taylor precipitated NEW YORK ing capability. American Fork outscored the Vikings, 17-9, in thefinal their and even more OverUtesin Dual Meet cise,still rings, parallel bars the high bar. He was third in the quality. The i & & es. The two 6-foot-9-inch juniors were d for the rest of the season Friday. Big Ten Commissioner Wa Duke most of the blame on principals find no the pair for the donnybrook justification for the actions” of Minne- Taylor and Behagen. The films showed Taylor kneed Witte in the groin when their lead to 53-36, and clinch the ball game. The final score was 6147 for Orem, but the Dons should be proud. Orem High School has a basketball team of excellent the net warm with some torrid shooting. Ellison with four the home team with two-pointers Chris Lind gave of t as he tanked COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI)— selected the top football passer, future one from the side. A foul toss by The coveted Vince Lombardi was honored with thc Sammy Baugh Trophy. Loveless followed by a field goal put the Lions out in John W. Galbreath, owner of front 57-52 at the three quarter the Pittsburgh Pirates, was on hand during the ceremonies to presenthis trophy to Joe Torre of the St. i Cardinals as the Baseball Player of the Griese received the honor at Year. the club's 17th annual awards The Athletic Club of Columbanquet for being selected the ling player in the bus League dur- Ed points on a driving play, athletic achievement of the year. scored on a pair Los Angeles Times syndicated columnist Jim Murray said BYU Gymnasts Posts Win out of Ohio State’s game at eight straight points to increase Totals jardner Spanish Fork 13-2, and fF *Faylor throughout the quarter out- C. Taylor wenson scored 154. Newitt Richard Herlin began the Searle 16 ‘Tiger streak with a field goal for Total Is two points. Clark Taylor Orem Score by Quarters 16 26 retaliated for Spanish Fork with Spanish Fork 13 26 seemed to have came into who Mark earned a 41-32 lead. Slow Start The fourth quarter began as though both teams had collaborated to see which team could sorefewestpoints, as each side took turns missing easy fast break layups. The Tigers finally got hot and scored |. SPANISH FORK trailing by only two points 47-45 8 (UPI) — The exhaustive investigation. University of Minnesota GoBut OSU was crippled by phers headed into the rest of injuries as it the Big Ten basketball season Saturday without the services resume Big Ten play. The of starter Ron Behagen and reserve Corky Taylor, lager were recove were kicked off the team for from concussions suffered in provoking a game-stopping the fight and both were ruled brawl with Ohio State's but not before the Tigers had Just as the first five minutes of at the end of three quarters of uetne i 2zt 3 eei Hl i ie z i itHe Two Gopher Hoopsters BannedbyBig 10 Chief 8 y Davies Hansen Hall Christiansen Gardner al Totals Score oh, quarters: Springville Carbon Taylor followed with two successful foul tosses, and John Swenson dropped in another bucket from the outside. Ray Newitt came off the bench in good style, with a bucket and a free throw to conclude the Don offensive drive, which Icft Spanish Fork leading 24-18. Orem retaliated by six successive points, to tie the score at halftime, 26-26. Dominated By Tigers an outside shot for two. In the following two minutes and 45 seconds, Spanish Fork did not score a point, while Terry i" ve , Jay Cheesman and J.D. Hills combined for 11 straight Tiger points to give them a lead of 39 30. Craig Searle finally scored a Fork to end the Tiger offensive streak. Fortunately for ish Fork, the third quarter finally closed, the second quarter belonged to Spanish Fork, the first six Pleasant Grove’s Adams stole the Seeid toss on passed off quickly to teammat 42 Steve Ingersoll who was fouled as he attempted a layin. Ingersoll canned both free throws to leave the Vikings r z Springville Pabst » Raoses-1g Poaching Foresone Eesstess n ZSSfSraSon Fyoorove. 23 geregess = Carbon Pollastro Wood Dennison Larsen Hawkins Ellington Jensen Totals ae SS ss game. Pallastro had scored 15points in the first half, but could only manage four in the second half, as Cooksey did a great defensive job on him. In fact, Coach Elliott Jordan of the Red Devils said he felt Cooksey’s defensive play was the key factor in Springville’s winning the game. Craig Piabst, Mike Hansen, and Chris Christiansen carried the offensive load for the Red Devils. Pabst scored 17 points, g gresseees~ Late Surge Carries A.F. Past Pl. Grove 64 to 54 Cooksey’s Defensive Play KeysSpringville Victory to gunner byy JJensen with 10. ‘The box score: g f E Provo ° enuocoensag 8 e So Seerrrverve BB S85 SSSeStSsrEn Be we BOON SN Sy 8s Ber g “ $ i 2 g a é. g i " i eaF & F e a 5 8B g& sg - sf a iM i ii & ff"I Z aaa [ j i g i g a| s iiu z FEI i ar ‘GET AWAYfrom that ball,’ Orem High’s Jay Cheesman (5¢) might be saying to Fork’s Clark (42) during a bit action in Friday 's game at Orem. Slim Lead ‘The ended with Orem owning a slim three point lead at 16-13, Both teams were tight, and as a result, each side alternately fouled the other. The first five minutes of the second quarter belonged to Spanish Fork, as the Dons outscored the Tigers 11-2. Clark Taylor initiated the scoring its, J.D. Hill scored Orem’s only two points in the first five minutes with a couple of good foul pitches. Taylor hit a shot from the outzide to begin a streak of nine straight points for the Dons. Jim «=? ah a 4 Orem won the game,61-47, to remained with Provo for the lead in the Class AAA Division of Region 4. Photo byPat Christian g \ Totals Score by quarters: Uintah By SCOTT CANDLAND Herald Writer OREM —You can taik ail you wart about Orem’s two 6'/” stars, but it took little 5’8” guard Steve Hodson to lead the Orem ‘Tigers io a 61-47victory over the scrappy, but outmanned Spanish Fork Dons, Friday night. ‘The Dons, who beat American Fork Wednesday night, desperately tried to make it two upsets in a row. They battled Orem to tie utmost, and actually led by six points, with 3:63 to go in the second quarter. They were literally playing over their heads, for as the game progressed, the superiority of the Tiger height, end the Tiger running game led by Hodson forced the Dons into an unwilling Weidttas nce waiifiona aeaham Buildogs Rout Utes GSSSCSEN, Sogyers. Rossltsan =Yseae aw Page 14—THE HERALD,Provo, Utah selected Sportswriter of the Year for the second time in a Tow. “The only reason I get asked here is because I’m the only writer who keeps picking the Big Ten to win the Rose Bowl,” he said. BucksTie Denver in WHL Test By United Press International The leagve-leading Denver s can’t count Friday Toos a complete Joss although re seemed to have it in the g. The Spurs tied with the Oregon club 44 at Denver. The deadlock gave the Spurs one point in the standings and points ahead of second-place Phoenix. Denver held a 43 lead but Andy Hebenton spoiled things for the Spurs with a goal with 21 seconds left to earn the tie for Portland. Bill Saunders scored a pair for the Bucks while Cliff Schmautz registered the other tallly. Ron Buchanan, the loop’s leading goal getter, connected on a pair for the Spurs with singles going to Milan Marcetta an In tonight's action, Portland will be at Salt Lake City and Seattle plays at Phoenix. |