Show E BEATS JORDAN TO TIE FOR LEAD i WIN AFTER TRAILING J IN N FIRST HALF on Top TopS for Nearly Three Periods S s r but Lose 33 23 S By TOMMIE I PORTER FORTER S Granite climbed Into a Q tie lie with Jordan Jor Jor- Jor dan flan for first place in the Jordan district dis Friday by spilling the gers lers 33 23 with a brilliant last 1 iter spurt 4 Davis and Bingham provided the j usual district upsets by defeating the touted Cyprus and Murray lives fives 2618 26 18 and arid 22 21 respectively while Tooele Too Too- ele le turned back 33 The victories created a way Jive tie tic for third place The Jordan Granite tussle was a battle battIe of giants both teams playing Ian an n unusually fast brand of at ball The were handicapped someWhat some some- what f-what What by the absence of their regular center Wayne due to a death I In the family p Mazuran Plays Well f Mazuran 1 filled the center post in nice style however and Jordan Jumped away to an early lead to set the pace until late in the third peio pe- pe Vlod io I The first score came caine after two mm- mm lites utes of hard battling when Mazuran 1 tipped in a rebound Black followed fa ra moment a later with a short toss to give the home crew a 4 0 lead Crowton Crowton Crow Crow- Iton ton then dribbled the length of the floor for Granites Granite's only field goal of the first quarter The Jordan defense was especially tight under the basket during this canto which ended 10 Four minutes elapsed in the second period before Day opened the scorIng scoring ing with a but Crowton and Pendleton counted in succession to tomake tomake tomake make it 8 12 for Jordan The Beet Beet- diggers were still sUll ahead 16 10 at half time Both teams handled the ball ballwell ballwell well but the close guarding caused shooters to hurry their tosses and numerous short shots were missed t If Crowton Tics Ties Score t ti fC McDonald counted a setup immediately immediately immediately imme imme- after the second half halt opened Kramer added a short shot and Crowton Crowton Crow Crow- ton threw one in from near to tie the score Black converted a free Iree pitch but Crowton again found the hoop with witha witha a SR a one-handed one toss and McDonald counted two short ones Beckstead scored leered on a throw from but McDonald caged a short toss and a afree afree free throw to keep Granite ahead Black counted from and the period ended 25 21 for the Farmers f r Both teams missed many shots as the final canto began and four minutes min mm- utes passed before Pendleton leaped Into the air for a short hort shot to improve improve im im- im prove pro Granites Granite's margin Black count count- Jordan's Jordans only score of ot the quarter quarteron on a corner shot but Heesch McDonald McDon ald aid and Crowton bombarded the hoop for the state champions as the game ended Unusually Fine Play The entire personnel of both teams played exceptionally fine ine balL Kramers Kramer's Kramers Kramers Kramer's Kra Kra- mers mer's steadiness did much to keep Granite in the first half struggle and the floor play of Pendleton and Mackay was especially fine The Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan aces Stepan and Da Day were closely closely close close- ly guarded throughout but were the center of the passing S The Granite second string took a spectacular 23 21 decision over Jordan Jor Jor- dan G GRANITE oRA I JORDAN I G TF P. P Pendleton rf 2 0 9 0 stepan rf rt l 1 i 3 1 i 3 Wood If 0 0 2 0 ODay 1 If 1102 1 1 0 2 Crowton c 5 2 1 o c 3 0 0 6 Mackay re rc 1 1 1 rg IR 33 1 I 1 I 1 K Kramer t Ig 1 2 0 I le Ir 2 2 21 1 1 5 UtI McDonald onald If It 3 3 3 If It 0 0 0 0 0 Heesch tesch r re n 2004 2 0 0 4 4 Tota Totals 14 14 1 10 5 Totals Tota 10 8 3 23 Score ore by 1 quarters qU Granite h 4 10 25 33 Jordan 10 io 18 16 a 21 23 Referee s umpire lr For |