Springville Herald | 1947-02-27 | Page 10 | Devils Await Tourney; Lose to Dons

DEVILS AWAIT ' TOURNEY; LOSE TO DONS Hughes Club Loses Final Game To Spanish Fork Five; Sophs End Season in Tie With S. F. Coach Art Hughes and his Springville Red Devils dropped their final league contest to the championship Spanish Fork Dons 29-24 after a defensive battle in the Dons' gym last Friday night. Springville led the home club 10-9 at the halftime but fell behind in the third quarter. Eggertsen and Black counted highest for the Devils with 9 and 6 points, respectively, while high score honors for the game went to Jones of Spanish, with 13 points. Teams Await Tourney . . . Both Springville and Spanish Fork have sewed up berths in the State High School basketball tour nament for March 12-15 in the University Uni-versity of Utah fieldhouse in Salt Lake City. Pairings for the meet will not be announced until the week before the opening. Soiihs Lose . . . George Pehrson's undefeated Sophomore club dropped its only game of the season to the Spanish Fork Sophs last Friday to end the season in a tie with the young Dons. The Nebo league schedule will wind up this Friday with Juab traveling to Payson and Spanish Fork going to Tintic. The results of the games will have no bearing on the tourney-bound teams.