| Show Region 3 F Faces ces Tough bugh Season y JOE ROBISON Telegram State Service LEHI One LEHI-One One year ago sports scribes were predicting that the 1946 race would be one of the hottest in th the history of Region Three and were prognosticating a state champion in the big American Fork team Th The season did turn out to be a rather unpredictable one such as B. B Y high which finished by al almost almost al- al most blasting American Fork And then in the tournament American Fork met in the championship tilt tnt the Cowboys How the Cowboys rode down down the Cavemen by a point one victory Is well known history and was one of the biggest upsets of the tournament for the theA theA A American m mer e r I C can a n Fork ForIe red dads had threshed the quintet twice in preseason games with comparative com corn ease This year the American Fork Cavemen Cavemen Cave Cave- men again led by big Kent Durrani Durrant Durrant Dur Dur- rant rani and the eyed deadly-eyed Paul Peters Peters Pe Pe- are again fl figured as the 1947 state champions To date they have havo walked w over everything thc they have met with comparative e ease Including log ing a n 50 31 and another 38 29 win over Cecil Bakers Baker's always tough They beat Bingham BInham 55 20 and 56 38 toppled Murra Murray 54 23 and Richfield 62 47 as an example example ex ex- ample of what they can show against some lame of the better known ball clubs of th the ye year r. r MantI Mantl conqueror of the state tate champion Cowboys Cowboy took two on the the Cavemen by 55 22 22 and 46 23 scores Face Lincoln In the opening tilt of ot the year the Cavemen will vIll face Lincoln Friday on the Tigers' Tigers home floor at Orem Lincola Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln cola lost a good share of players but has hu its ace Stanley Cole Col back at center Jack Ferguson Cole and Leo Ferguson all veterans will be bea a a. threat to American Fork but they will vIll be kept busy holding Durrant Peters and company in check Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln coli will bank upon J. J Ferguson veteran veteran vetran vet vet- eran ran Kay Madsen and Cole to Offset thet the American Fork offense and may mayUse mayuse mayuse use their offense as a defense etense against the powered high Cavemen Lehi's Pioneers have had an up and down season lealiOn winning four our and losing osing four our of their preseason games The They lost two close decisions to the Cowboy champs won two from Crom Wasatch Wasatch Wa- Wa satch high dropped one to Payson by one point but picked It up with witha a a. win over Morgan and split a home home- home and-home series with the Juab highers from Nephi Lehl's Lehi's average for the eight games was 33 28 on the right ht side Ide o of the ledger The team cam h has s shown constant Improvement improvement improvement improve Improve- ment after having to absorb a new type ype of pIa play under their new coach Earl Sari Holmstead II Tossup Game I In their initial game the Pioneers will meet Pleasant Grove divisional up runner-up last year Pleasant Grove Groves Is s boasting that they have their strongest team in years ears despite the loss of ot their two scoring aces Reed Rabbit Ben Benson on forward and Reed Bezzant Benant left handed shooting guard who was third highest scorer In Jn the region last lut year ear In the first round between these two teams last year year- the ho Grovers won by a single le point In n an extra period fray tray that saw them hem come from behind in the last seconds of ot regular playing time With the B. B Y high drawing Abye a abye abye bye in the first round of ot play the American Fork divisional champs are definite favorites over the Lincola Lin- Lin coIn cola oln Tigers with the Lehl Lehi game a tossup oss With the spotlight of the division de definitely set for fortie pt c Lehi Lehl gymnasium Friday some sonic insight might be available after the game as to the relative strength of the two wo teams that are doped to fight it out ut with the Cavemen for high honors this year In the Alpine slon sion ion Both games will be preceded by preliminaries the latter to start at 7 pm p.m. with the main game to follow Immediately |
