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Show west VALLEY VIEW 3 Thursday, Jan. Jordan Routed came off the bench to grab 10 caroms and score nine points. The Bulldog defense was responsible for 21 Jordan turnovers and Broadhead with his dozen was the leading Jordan scorer. The Bulldog shot selection produced the years best shooting effort, 48 percent from the field. Judge was also solid from the line, conver- 15, 1981 - It's No Mistake For Bulldog Five SALT LAKE. Television reports Friday night of the Cyprus-Uinta- h score were erroneous, but the stations received more calls asking if the Judge-Jordareport wasnt incorrect. While Cyprus was defeating Uintah and being credited for n 70-5- And it was no mistake. Although the Bulldogs heretofore, despite some key wins in a masterful with was glancing back in sports with the . 52-4- already established. Jordan was not going to get an easy shot. Judge REGION SEVEN Standings e Judge rallied to win that one and since that point the Dogs have won more than theyve lost. And Friday night, it respect and they were able to maintain that edge, taking a 0 lead into the final period when they committed only one turnover against a furious press employed by the Diggers. Jordan had four of the five starters back who defeated the Bulldogs last year just prior to the tourney for a share of the league title. Kenny Vierra scored 24 points, 16 in the second half, to lead all scorers and he held Jordans leading scorer, Mike Broadhead, to 12, 10 14-1- with the Bulldogs down 14 against Box Elder. half-tim- are the defending state champion, theyve not much Is games, it would be a masterful coaching effort on the part of Jim Yerkovich. Pimm then proceeded to leave at losing, Judge had gotten pre-leag- Bulldogs won any 80-3- 7 beaten Jordan pounded by the dreaded bus ride. Judge led by only four at the end of the first but the canto, tempo of the contest was slate. behind them now. At one point during a scouting trip, University of Utah head coach Jerry Pimm commented that if the tough That coaching, coupled an equally masterful playing effort that produced the win that Yerkovich says ranks right up there with the During a Mark Koncar March 8 victory that Day assembly at Mu- gave Judge its first state tourney title ever. rray high, the tackle from Yerkovich had scouted the University of Colo-ra- d the favorites who played his high closely and he knew just school ball at MHS was what he wanted done given the key to the city defensively. His team by Mayor Vaughn Soffe. simply went out and did Former Spartan foo- it. Ive never had a tball coach Gene team play to its potenMcKeehan, an assisant tial any better than this grid mentor at Wake one did Friday, the Forest University, also veteran coach said. at the The challenge now will appeared where he be to find some intensity assembly recounted his relationleft for a contest tomorship with the honoree row (Friday) against a when Koncar played Uintah team that has under McKeehan at yet to taste victory. MHS in 1969-7(That Fortunately, was January, 1976). another home effort for Judge and not com . Team W PF PA 80 37 79 75 70 50 50 70 75 79 37 80 1 Tooele Uintah points under his average. Junior forward Dave McGill also played a superb game both ways. He scored 16 points, but held Tony Peterson, who scored 22 against plays man defense and the four scouting trips had keyed on every players weakness. the By half-tim- e Bulldogs were up 34-2- 2 REGION SEVEN G TP FT Avg DeMass.M Vierra, JM 1 Manchester, 77 5x5 24 12x14 T 1 Johnson, McGill. JM Sorenson. C Bryce, C U 21 19 16 12 12 Broadhead, Jo Drolinger, 77 0 24 0 T 23 Hererra, 1 U 12 12 5x7 23 0 1x3 21 0 3x6 19 0 4x5 16 0 2x2 12 0 6x6 12 0 2x2 12 0 2x4 12 0 the ball roughly 60 percent of the time. He scored eight points. The games leading rebounder was junior Larry who Colosimo, LAKE. SALT Judge will host Murray with an eye toward setting up a contest next week where Cyprus and Judge would be In Tuesdays contest the Bulldogs had foul problems and found temselves down 11-- 8 after one period and aj the half. But a tight zone defense proved the difference for Coach John Colosimos squad in the third canto Judge Memorials girls basketball squad leaped into the ranks of contenders for league honors with two imleaguelapressive wins during unching the week. On Thursday the 19-1- 5 Bulldogs whipped Tooele and Tuesday hung a defeat on Jordan. on 55-3- 6 Tonight 32-2- 9 (Thursday) win. The victory may have been costly, however, sipce sophomore Yolanda Valdez sustained a serious ankle injury. Jordan and foul trouble held leading Judge scorer Denise Gaz-tambid- A blistering Granger high fast break left Cottonwood in its wake here Friday night as the Lancers opened league play with an impressive 4 win on the road. 66-5- REGION THREE Standings Wl Pctg. Taom Granger PF PA 0 1.000 66 54 1 0 1.000 44 40 1 0 1.000 68 62 0 1 .000 40 44 0 1 .000 62 68 0 1 .000 54 66 1 Granite East Olympus Skyline Cott'wood League efforts for both squads heat up this week with the Lancers due at East tomorrow (Friday) for a 7:30 p.m. test before hosting Granite at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Cottonwood must travel to Granite at 7:30 tomorrow and to Skyline on Tuesday. Granite pulled off a major upset on opening night by outdefending win, Olympus for a while East was beating Skyline on the Eagle court, proving worthy of its plaudits. 44-4- 0 pre-leag- Sean Johnson keyed the Lancer effort with a school-recor- d 12 assists, playing what Coach Scott Iverson termed a tremendous floor game. Over Granger The home-standin- g Colts took an early lead, but Granger, after trail2 in the first, ing rallied behind the play of junior Kelly Overby in the second and led 5 at the half. 14-1- 28-2- - Colt Rally Is Key To Win GRANGER. A third-perio- d surge lifted Cottonwood from a deficit to a 0 basketball victory girls one-poi- 46-4- here Monday over Granger. The contest marked the first Region Three competition for both teams. Coach Stephanie Greens Lancers bounced back from the loss the following night with e win a over Brighton. Cottonwood will put its 0 league mark on the line at 3 p.m. today (Thursday) when it Coach hosts Granite. 49-4- 2 non-leagu- Vaughn Mariettas cagers will then face one of their more severe tests of the season when they host Skyline Monday at 3. Granger, meanwhile, will be out to even its region record when it hosts East today. The Lancers travel to on Monday. Both games start at 3. Wanda Snow fired in 13 of Grangers 18 first-hal- f Granite points as the Lancers went to the locker room with a edge over the coldshooting Colts. But, in the third period, Cottonwood came back as guard Janell Cook tossed in eight points to spur her club to a advantage. Cook, who led the Colts with 17 points, began penetrating the Lancer zone, hitting most of her shots from the range. two-poi- 33-2- 7 She and backcourt mate Carri Palmer also in were instrumental preventing a Granger Lancers made some key defensive moves to start off the 47-2- 5 as performance ran away to Granger claim the title in the Kearns Is Victor In Gals' Play an- - To Eagle matmen, runner-u- pre-leagu- e favorite Hillcrest to kick off league play for both teams. A Husky press was ineffective and the Cougars combined a strong defensive effort with balanced scoring. rt The Cougar home opener is slated against Brighton. Hillcrest owned a lead after one period of play, but Coach Diane Congdons Cougars took command in the second period, outscoring their hosts for a half-tim- e bulge. In the fourth period it was 10-for Kearns and the Cougars put the ball in the deep freeze in the final canto and limited the Huskies to three charity tosses to seal the victory. 14-1- 2 18-- 6 30-2- 0 8 Congdon credited Chris Duckworths defensive effort on Wendy Sharp as the key. 6-- 0 (See Page 4, Col. 3) Johnsons who hosted Bingham Kearns took an early step toward Region Two basketball honors here Thursday when the Cougar girls UNION. last night (Wednesday). Tonights match on the Titan mat begins at 7:30. The Colts take on two of the states premier clubs next week when they host Layton on Tuesday and travel to Granger on Thursday. The Layton match begins at 2:30 p.m. Rich Jensen (167) was the top Cottonwood performer Thursday, pinning Skylines Shawn Maynes in 2:59. Other than that, all the Colts could manage was a win for Dave Christiansen and a decision for Clark Harris (145) over Doug Dredge. Six more points were awarded to Cottonwood via a forfeit at 112. For Skyline, Phil Burbank (185) recorded the only pin, while superior decisions were collected by John Robbins (126) and Chad Gallagher 9-- 2 d 2 (138). Tim Heavyweight Clark and Dave Scott logged maThree-poijor decisions. wins were rung up by Chris Whitney (98) and Ray Perrine (155). d Ket-chum- 's Lancers pulled away from the rest of the field by placing 10 of 12 wrestlers, compiling a total of 1691 2 points. That was more than enough to outdistance Colts Fall Mike Roger Granite, p which continued to show rapid improvement with a strong showing here. Although the Farmers did not have an individual champ, they scored 1 1 1 2 points, barely edging Clearfield for second. Emery placed fourth with 95 points, while three individual titlists boosted Kearns to 81'a points and fifth place. Morgan and Intermountain brought up the rear of the field. With the title securely in its grasp entering the finals, Granger added luster to its bounty with individual medals. Eight Lancers had earned a berth in championship matches and half returned with gold. The winning percentage for Kearns wrestlers was even better with three wins in as many tries, two at the expense of Granger grapplers. Lane Thomas (98), Denny Thomas (112), Jay Hill (119) and Tai Mecham (132) paced Grangers drive to the title, while Bob Bates (155), Pat Westerkamp (185) and heavyweight Farrell Price took home gold for the Cougars. The Thomas earned his title with an decision over Scott Ulibarri, while Denny Thomas had no trouble disposing of Morgans Chris Wilkinson, running up an 0 score. Hill was one of the surprises of the tournament, turning in his best showing of the season by battling to the finals 5 11-- & Cot-tonwoo- Glen Nash (7, 2x2). Dave Foote added 14 for the Lancers (4x9, 6x8) and Overby scored 11 (5x5, 1x2). Beebe added eight, as did Kenny Thompson off the bench. For Cottonwood Rocky Lambourne joined Nash in double figures with 13 (1,11x12). Dave Walton added eight. Granger connected on 24x43 from the field for 45 percent and 18x28 from the line. The Colts hit 18x50 from the field and a sizzling 18x21 from the line. Despite REGION THREE Top Scorers Player, Taam Drecksel, S Fergis, 1 G TP FT Avg 24 6x8 24.0 E 18 Urry, Gt Winrow, Gr Nash, C Moncur, E Foote, Gr 17 16 16 Frost, E Lambourne, Lloyd, S IS 9x10 6x8 14 6x7 13 11x12 12 2x2 14 C 1 T 15.0 14.0 14.0 13.0 12.0 Greens cagers the absence of center Kerry Oliphant, attack against Brighton. It paid off. Snow once again paced attack with 15 points, while Tidwell added 11 and Windie Lloyd 10. Gaylor pitched in seven. the Colts outboarded the Lancers Iverson felt it was a 27-2- good win for the Lancers who improved to 13-- 4 on the season and can go into East with their heads held high. Coach Kent Clarks Blackout Delays Several Contests SALT LAKE. Several high school athletic contests were cancelled here Thursday by the statewide blackout. The lack of electricity forced postponement of girls basketball games displayed better balance in their scoring involving Cottonwood-Grange- Granite-Olympu- s and r. A wrestling meet between Oly and Granite also was postponed. The girls cage game was played Monday. Colt-Lanc- While Granger dominated the lower weights, Kearns controlled the upper levels. Bates ended Lancer hopes for another individual crown when he scored three points in the final round, coming from behind to defeat Maamaloa Vake After Emerys Lon Huntsman handed Granger's Keith Hill defeat in the a 1 finals, Kearns Westerkamp fought to a difficult overtime win over J. D Morgan of Emery. Price, the Cougar heavyweight, continued to show his opponents why he is expected to be a solid contender at state, pinning Grangers Ken Smith, normally an in the first period. Although Granger and Kearns took home the lions share of firsts, those accomplishments hardly overshadowed the impressive per- formance of Coach Sam Arishita's Farmers. improving Granite did not have an individual champ but placed 10 wrestlers. Two seconds, six thirds and a pair of fourths boosted the Farmers to second. Leading the way were Bill Kelley Brad Edand wards. Kelley advanced to the finals where he lost to Clearfields Doug while EdKopecky, wards dropped a decision to Falcon Mike Funk. The Farmers received d thirds (See Page from Steve 4, Col. 8) appLoacxES junior Stan Winrow with 16 (6x14, 4x4). He was by 7-- MOKI MEM scorer was Lancer matched where he defeated a Clearfield wrestler Mecham rounded out the list of Lancer champs with a 13-- decision over Steve Skaggs of Emery. dGuD impressive from the free throw line was Grangers Snow, who was 9x9. She also had seven field goals. But outside of her scoring, the Lancers received only five points each from Sue Tidwell and Stacie Gaylor. Cottonwood also Granger as Cheryl Tye, weakened by the flu and hindered by foul troubles, pulled down 13 rebounds. She was held to nine points-WitTye at less than full strength, Marietta was pleased with the performance off the bench of sophomore Sue Johnson, who scored four points and pulled down seven rebounds. the 29-1- 5 Coach rt quarter. Equally to get into the race for state. The return of Oliphant, whose status is still uncertain, is sure to be welcomed. third period and held the home squad to just eight points while the Lancers were scoring 22 and the Colts could not climb back into the contest. An effective half-coutrap produced some key steals that turned the close game into a rout in the third period. Iverson was particularly pleased with the play of his guards, Johnson and Randy Beebe during that stretch. The games leading rally in the final Cottonwood went into a delay game with about three minutes left in the contest, and when the Lancers were forced to foul, the Colts converted from the free throw line. Palmer hit all four of her charity tries, while Cook and Pam Davis were 2x3. Colts need a win badly The e scoreless, but Gina Glodowski took up the slack with 17 and Margie Singler added eight. In the test of Tooele the Bulldogs opened up a 5 lead in the first period and never looked back. At the half it was and Colosimo was able to use his bench in the second half. Judge owned a lead going into the final canto. Gaztambide led all scorers with 19 and Singler scored 10. nual Utah Classic here Saturday. 36-1- 8 full-cou- 26-2- Four inKEARNS. dividual championships topped a balanced team Wrestlers 46-3- 1 and Judge inched ahead 3 and held on in the fourth period for the key Lancers Win Classic The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly SO. COTTONWOOD. and injustice by being One pin and two decidamnably sentimental. sions were all CotThomas Huxley tonwood could muster here Thursday in a dual meet loss to Skyline. Olympus will be the next stop for Coach defeated 12-- Lancer Defense Stops Colts attempts Editor's Quote Book Top Scorers Ployar, Tam 28x36 while Jordan hit 6x14. Judge Claims Wins League Opener SO. COTTONWOOD. ting - Lady Cagers pre-seaso- n its I Pctg. 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 Cyprus Murray Judge Jordan Bingham and 28 against Highland, to six points. Joey Giocacchini dished out eight assists and had only three turnovers while handling Wrestling Meet 0MUC3 IDIsMDirKIIIIS FURNITURE 1625 So. Rodwood 972-432- 6 & APPLIANCES Alii 04it la Prm, lid Orem |