Show fl Gran Granite te and Davis Near Tourney Spots Darts Display Class Class In Topping opping T Diggers As Farmers Triumph J By TOMMIE PORTER Retaining the two top spots in the Jordan district prep basketball basketball bas bas- race Granite and Davis moved a long step closer to the state high school cage tournament Friday The leading Grani- Grani I turned back Bingham 47 31 and Davis invaded Jordans Jordan's 3 court to win a real thriller 38 The victories virtually clinched tournament berths for the leaders as Tooele tumbled Murray Friday and only Cyprus remains within one game of Davis with two games to play Davis administered Granites Granite's lone defeat 54 32 last week Davis came from behind after trailing throughout the first half and emerged with the victory only after the lead had changed hands six times in the second half Carl Schofield played a brilliant game rustling the ball ix in fine style for forthe forthe the Darts while Joe Winters Junion Junior Junior Jun Jun- ion Child and Leland Gailbraith bombed th the hoop in spectacular and determined fashion Accurate Shooting But Jordan gave a great exhibition exhibition exhibition tion of Accuracy and consistent shooting in the first firse half when it caged better than 80 per cent of its shots missing only one try Inthe in inthe inthe the first period The were unusually accurate on the free throw line too sinking all five tries in inthe the second period and after counting but one of four Inthe inthe in inthe the third frame came carne back to sink three of four in the final canto Coach Wayne Millett started started started start start- ed reserves for Davis and Jordan got away with a rush to a 5 13 lead in the first quarter They pushed that to 5 16 before the Davis regulars entered the game Gailbraith Gallbraith Child and Winters caged short shots in quick succession to make it 17 12 while the Dart defense was blanking Ray Malmberg Jim Nance and Don Nelson who had given the their lead After free throws had hiked Jordans Jordan's edge to 20 13 Gailbraith Gallbraith caged two setups setups setups set set- ups and Child rang up another to tomake tomake make snake it 20 19 at halftime Davis displayed a smooth well-timed well attack attack attack at at- tack passing the ball and outplaying Jordan ordan J by a large margin margin mar mar- margin mar mar- gin in this frame The third period w was ws s a nip-and- nip tuck affair Winters gave Davis the lead for the first time with witha a a. setup in the first minute Two minutes later Nance retaliated with a a. setup but moments later he left the game on personal fouls as ns Keith Brown converted to tie the count 22 all Malmberg's Malmberg's Malm- Malm bergs berg's long shot put Jordan ahead but Gailbraith tied it and a side toss by Winters gave the Darts a 26 24 edge Nelson hit from the side and caged a free try to make it 27 26 for Jordan as the period ended Child Sparks Davis Child opened the last frame with witha a clever pivot toss from the sideline sideline side side- sideline line but Nelsons Nelson's free throw tied it for Jordan at 28 Child scored a setup just before he was ousted on fouls with five minutes remain remain- ing Lyman Clark who replaced Child was in the game only a minute when he hooked in a a. corner toss to make it 32 28 for Davis Jordan missed several setups when hurried and failed to score a field goal in this period Free throws Dy y Winters and a goal by Gailbraith Gailbraith Gailbraith Gail Gail- braith built the Dart lead to 36 29 and Malmberg's free toss with 30 seconds remaining concluded the Jordan scoring Winters fired in ina ina ina a side shot for Davis just before the gun ended the game The steady ana ama clever team teamwork teamwork teamwork work of the Darts proved the deciding deciding deciding de de- de- de factor and was little doubt daub of the outcome after the regulars got into the game and really began clicking Jordan made madea a great tight light of it but lacked the scoring punch especially after Nance was ejected Gains Big Edge Granite jumped away to a 14 1 lead at the start of its game and ami was in command all the way Bingham made a great effort to catch the flying leaders but could not overcome that initial advantage advant advant- I Inot age Play was rough and aggressive aggressive aggressive sive the officials awarding a a. total of 46 free throws for infractions while ejecting four players on fouls Glen Sheens Sheen's shooting enabled Bingham to pull within three points of the Farmers in the second second sec see ond period but Keith Parkin and Glynn Peterson sparked a spurt and Granite had a 24 17 edge at halftime |