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Show Devils Face Crucial Test At Payson In Nebo Headliner Winner Of Friday's Hoop Game Will . Hold Inside Track To Nebo District Title Now Held By Payson Coach Art Hughes' Red Devils will meet their stiffest opposition to date in Nebo league play when his t.pnm travels to Pavson Friday to play the touted Payson Lions, defending Nebo dis- trict title-holders. Winner of this all-Important contest will hold a definite inside track to this year's crown although the season isn't half over. The game is scheduled to get underway immediately following fol-lowing a Sophomore game at 7 o'clock. Tintic travels to Spanish In the other Nebo game. I'ayson Good Scorers . . . The Hughes-coached machine of Springville will be faced with the problem of stopping a fast and effective ef-fective Payson offense, not forgetting forget-ting to do plenty of scoring besides. be-sides. Payson has rung up scores in the 50's In pre-season games and trounced the Nephi club with a 44 count. While not rated too highly on the offensive side, the Red Devils have showed power defensively defen-sively but will have to exhibit plenty of both to capture Friday's contest. I'ro-Season Records . . Pre-season records of both Pay-son Pay-son and Springville show that both clubs lost to Provo and that they both won about the same number of games. Payson holds a slight edge in scoring, however, running their scores as high as 53 tallies, while the Red Devils were not able to reach the 40's. Regardless of pre-season dope, Friday's contest at Payson should provide a fast and exciting battle for sport followers fol-lowers attending. Devils Defeat Spanish . . . The Red Devils turned on the heat in the final period of their game with the Spanish Fork club nt Snnnish Fork last Fridav to take a thrilling 33-29 victory. Both clubs played good ball, with the score changing hands several times during the course of the game. For Springville, G. Clark and Captain Hansen were the stand-out players, collecting 25 points between them. Gardner, with 8 counters, scored highest for the Don club. Score by quarters: Springville 9 19 28 33 Spanish Fork 7 20 27 29 Juab defeated Tintic 31 to 23 in the other Nebo contest. |