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Show Fifth Yarders Win First Half Play; Second Half Opens Sat., Jan. 18 Fifth ward M Men came out on top of th? Springville stake M Men standings for the first half even though they had completed their I 1 o -'i Gerald Hutchings, one of the top wrestlers and co-captain for the Red Devil squad. scheduled games prior to Wed. night's final contests. Tenth could have tied the leaders had they - not lost a thriller to Third to give them a two loss record. Second Half Starts Second half games will be played in the' high school gym beginning Sat., Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. Tenth and Fifth open the night's games in what should be the feature game of the evening. Eighth meets Ninth and Third plays Fourth in the other two contests. Third 48, Tenth 46 In one of the most exciting games of the first half play Third overcome Tenth with a big third quarter rally and staved off a determined drive by the losers to come out with a two-point margin. Thorpe with 14, Sumsion with 12 and Wight with 11 led the victors. Warren with 16, Thorn with 12 and Childs with 11 were high scorers for Tenth. Quarter scores: Third 8 22 37 48 Tenth , 11 28 35 46 Fourth 43 Ninth 33 Parker and Tipton with 16 and 12 points respectively led the Fourth in their victory over Ninth. Hunter hit 15 for the losers. Quarter scores: Fourth 8 18 32 43 Ninth 9 13 24 33 Eighth 49 Seventh 47 Eighth took over an early lead and maintained it most of the game to outlast Seventh in another two-point exciting battle. Carter was high man of the game with 24 points for Seventh. Mitchell hit for 18 with Robbins getting 13 and Giles 8. First half leagpe standing' follow: W L Pet Fifth 5 1 .833 Tenth 4 2 .667 Seventh : 3 3 .500 Third 3 3 .500 Fourth 3 3 .500 Eighth 2 4 .333 Ninth 1 5 .167 |
