Show Region J 3 Bills Crucial Tilts Tilt I I II I Payson Meets I I In Nebo Loop I I PROVO Feb 21 21 While While featured battles this week weck in re region ion three I will ill have the second and third I place teams tearing at one another to remain In tournament and title I contention Payson and Brigham Young high schools the leaders lenders II can cnn wrap up two of the regions region's four berths In the state class B I tournament and no less Jess than ties for the Nebo and Alpine Alpine- division di crowns respectively in the less I publicized games Friday Battling in some real corkers to I keep alive hopes for or the remain- remain n ng two t berths assuming that Payson and B. B Y high run true to form and win will be Springville against Juab at Nephi and American American Amer Amer- i ican Fork against Lincoln at Orem I Payson Pason entertains Tintic and Lehi Lehl comes to Provo Pro to meet B. B Y high in the other games Enhancing the probabilities that the setters pace-setters will be In after tins crucial round is the fact that I each eath meets the last place team in ini I i Its s respective division ision Hapless Tintic Tintic Tin- Tin tic tH hasn't managed to win a Nebo I league game while Lehi Lehl has nas fared little better breaking the winners winners' I stale for the first time last week a against Pleasant Grove At the theether theother theother other ether extreme both B B. Y high and Payson boast 5 1 records The musts being played at Nephi and Orem may be the most climactic of the season although they'll make no immediate decisions decisions decisions deci deci- about the the- tournament or division titles The percentages to togo togo togo go on take play-off play berths and possibly a share In the titles will certainly be with lith the winners at this late stage in the season Juab and Springville Spring are tied lied for or Nebo I second place with identical 4 2 records while American Fork with witha a 4 2 is half hall a step ahead of oC Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln whose record is 3 I There are always the possibilities ties that Payson or B B. Y Y or re remotely remotely remotely re- re both will be dumped by their win-hungry win guests Were Vere it to happen to either or both two I or all four tournament spots correspondingly correspondingly cor cor- ly would go undecided I until the final round o of the season because d division ision play would be re reverted reverted re- re reI I to standing in which any of oC the top three teams could wina win wina a berth and possibly title in the rounds that remain |