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Show Region 5 BaskeflfoaOlf State Chase Is On folks are looking for revenge. Then keep in mind these Cats knocked off Highland in round one and are very capable of winning again. Kevin Nitzcl. Wes Johnson, Richard Johnson, Tom Clay. Dale Christiansen and the bunch want to get into the state picture again. They need at least a split this week. THE GOOD thing about this league is that those four clubs battling for the three state berths are playing each other so they all have their own destiny des-tiny in their hands. By DAVE WIGHAM BOUNTIFUL Things got tighter all around the league last week in Region Five basketball. bas-ketball. First of all. West knocked Viewmont out of the unbeaten ranks. Highland had a tough time with South and Bountiful bounced back into the state picture with a last second win over Woods Cross. SO WITH three league games remaining the standings look like this: Viewmont still holds down first place with a 6-1 record: Highland and West are tied for second with 4-3; Bountiful and Woods Cross are next with 3-4. and South is out of the picture at 1-6. Keep in mind that only four clubs will enter the state tournament tour-nament in March. Viewmont looks to be in so that means that four clubs are fighting it out for three spots. MOST THINGS could be decided this Friday or on the other hand they could become even more complicated. Keep in mind they have Tuesday battles that could very well create some upsets. Woods Cross is at Viewmont and the Cats could beat them. Bountiful is at Highland and their first meeting was an overtime over-time affair. West looks to win another game as they battle South, although, the Cubs proved last week against Highland High-land they are no pushover. VIEWMONT could lock up the region title this week with wins over South and Woods Cross. First they entertained the Cats on Tuesday, and the Vikes are mad about losing to the Panthers. Then the Vikes. lead by Norm Parrish. John White and Kyle Morrell. simply simp-ly have too much talent for the South team. If the Vikings get past Woods Cross then watch them wrap up the title on Friday. Guy Zwahlen. Jon Cox and David Petersen are the unsung heroes of the club but they are needed for the wins. BOUNTIFUL could help themselves this week or they could bury themselves in a hole. They get to battle the two clubs that are ahead of them in the standings. Beating Highland High-land on the Ram floor is no easy task, but Danny Bell and Company will try to do just that on Tuesday. Then on Friday Fri-day the Braves travel to West to battle the improving Panthers Panth-ers who came off with a big w in over Viewmont. West is tough at home but the Bountiful people have a tradition of winning there. Terry Ter-ry Ferrell has been playing well and the play of sophomore Blake Izatt has opposing coaches buzzing. Mike Woodbury. Wood-bury. Richie Weight and Alan Meldrum will need to battle hard on the boards. LOOKING on paper. Woods Cross probably faces the toughest test of anyone. First they meet Viewmont and then Highland: The Vikings won game one on the Cats floor but the Woods Cross |