Show PREP LEADERS FA FACE E A ACID D TESTS TESTS' THIS S WEEK WEEK Panthers Clash With Granite in Local Highlight Murray l Takes on Jordan East Favored to Trim Davis is B By JF Wendell endell Ashton League leaders In Salt Lake Jordan Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan Sanpete Sevier and northern districts will ill go through the narrows this week as ns Ut Utah lh j JR m prep basket races J j reach the seasons season's S f halt half way mark f O In In all of ot these i districts the two W. W leaders will clash i f. f The local feature 4 d p pits its V West est h. h highs high's Ig h s H f r 1 Panthers puzzling j against undefeated Granite high A j t victory for Pan Panthers I will sent v f them hem into a n tie fo to ii the league leader i ship Granite Granile C car lr I virtually clinch t a tournament If tournament berth f with a victory Swenson East still sUll in the race for one of the two wo tourney places is expected to win over Davis this week South is idle die Coach Reed Swenson's Murray state tate champions undefeated In Jordan Jor Jordan Jor- Jor dan district face an acid test Friday Jor-j Jor when the they engage the Jordan Beet Beet- diggers in second place with only one defeat Tooele next in line encounters ers Cyprus and BIngham and Grants- Grants yule rille tussle in the remaining fray BATTLE ON DOCKET The big o offering ferin in Sanpete is the Wasatch academy Moroni game W Wasatch Waatch Wa- Wa l. l atch sateh went wont into undisputed lead last week when Manti ManU upset Moroni's defending de- de fending ending champions Manti ManU vcr very verj much in the race after the win over Moroni will entertain Gunnison while Ephraim and North Sanpete grapple in the cellar feature Richfield can gain a tie for the Sevier Se lead b by defeating BIcknell un un- dIsputed and undefeated paces pacesetter Richfield lichfield has lost but one game Salina Sama Sa Sa- lina ma ina and Monroe ti tied with Richfield br or second place will match snots shots in L Saturdays Saturday's headliner n xi Sevier The northern district of oC region 1 I will see the two undefeated leaders Carbon and Vernal meet in a two game ame series at Price Carbon is de dc fending ending its tournament berth which I it I won from Vernal l last st year after the he Uintah boys bos had held it for nine straight years NO FAVORITES Its It's anybody's race in Cache with all II four of oC the contestants in a dead heat icat Logans Logan's defending champions will vill attempt to hit their stride this week at North Cache Preston en en- counters South Cache in the other match Webers Weber's warriors coached by Mark Ballif are expected to maintain their victory pace th this s week in the game with Box Elder Bear River will attempt at tempt to chalk up its first seasons season's vie vie- tory ory at the expense of ot Ogden Heber and Morgan still in a deadlock dead dead- lock ock in Summit because of their postponed post post- game last week are expected to o maintain their clean slates this week eek Morgan going to Kamas and Park City playing the champions LEUI MAKES BID Pleasant Groves Grove's undefeated Ber ics ries will play Lehi striving for a run run- up ncr place which carries with it a chance for a state tourney place in iD Alpine Provo Alpine second place team cam will encounter Lincoln and I American Fork lork will nIl meet B B. Y high In Nebo league leading Nephi rests this his week while encounters Payson Pason and Spanish Fork faces Eureka Sureka Springville must beat Payson Payson Pay- Pay son on in order to remain in the race for Cor or the Nebo title tille which it has held heldor for or years ears Castle Dale should keep its lead in central district by handing Huntington Hunting Hunting- ton on its customary loss Hinckley Hinckle enjoying undisputed lead leadIn In n Millard has an n easy elsy mark this week in Minersville defending chamion champion cham cham- pion ion which has not won a single game came this year Delta in ln second place will battle Beaver in the high high- light ight Parowan's league leaders will receive re re- eive a severe test this week when they hey engage B. B A. A C. C high h in m the Dixie district The have been hitting a fast clip during the past few e s and may jolt the Giants I. I |