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Show Devils Wind Up Pre-Season Play At Lehi Friday; League Schedule Opens '2s Springville's Red Devils will play their final preseason pre-season basketball game this Friday night against s the Lehi Pioneers on the Lehi court at 8 p.m. A Soph- omore game will precede the main game. In four pre-season battles played play-ed in the southern part of the state during the past week, the Devils came out with' two wins and two losses. They dropped their first game of the trip to Beaver 40-39. Chapman was high point maker with 15, followed by Gus-tin Gus-tin with 10. The following night, Weight, with 18 points, Gustin with 15 and Gottfredson with 10, led the Devils to a 55-47 victory over Hurricane. They then went to St. George and handed the Dixie Flyers their second defeat in a return game 47-34. Chapman and Gustin with 16 and 13 points respectively, re-spectively, carried the scoring chores for the locals. Millard tipped tip-ped the Red and Blue boys Sat. night 43-45 in a rough and tumble affair that bore a very sounding resemblance to the pigskin sport. League Opens . . . This week' will see the beginning beginn-ing of the 1951 Nebo league schedule sched-ule with Juab playing at Payson and Spanish Fork going to Tintic. The Red Devils drew a bye. Every team with the exception of Tintic, is boasting a near-championship club. Tintic is rated below par because be-cause of their "midget-sized" team. Payson, the defending champs, have another fine club along with Spanish Fork and Juab. High hopes for the Red Devils to grab off a tourney berth this year are evident here and from every indication, should be filled. Material and team spirit are running hand in hand with both rating above average. An even closer race than last year is anticipated. an-ticipated. The Nebo schedule follows: January 5: Juab at Payson Spanish Fork at Tintic Springville, Bye January 12: Springville at Juab Payson at Spanish Fork Tintic at Carbon January 19: Spanish Fork at Springville Tintic at Payson Juab at Carbon January 26: Springville at Tintic Juab at Spanish Fork Payson Bye February 2: Tintic at Juab Payson at Springville Spanish Fork Bye February 9: Payson at Juab Tintic at Spanish Fork Springville, Bye February 14: Juab at Springville Carbon at Tintic Spanish Fork at Payson February 16: Springville at Spanish Fork Payson at Tintic Juab, Bye February 23: Tintic at Springville Spanish Fork at Juab Payson Bye March 2: Juab at Tintic Springville at Payson Spanish Fork, Bye. |
