| Show Jordan Completes Competes Prep Grand ISlam With State Casaba Crown By Dave o An unseeded outsider Jordan high school played trump for three straight games to skillfully play their way Into n lt grand rand slam of Utah's two m major maor sports for forthe forthe forthe the 51 50 season Ranked as a weak third in the Big Eight basketball standings prior to the tournament the Diggers Diggers Dig Dig- Diggel's bucket bucket buck buck- gers gels upset everybody's dope et with three decisive e tourney wins The final victory a pulse- pulse pounding crown clincher found Jordan waxing Weber 43 32 in a I Saturday night finale I I I The Warriors took second place and East North Cache Davis and Box Elder followed in that order East's Leopards and the North Cache were the seeded teams Displaying timing and balance that was missing earlier in the season the Diggers mauled the Warriors around in the final quarter quarter quarter ter to win in in a comparative walk walk- away Goes Goe Out Up until the time Glen Hadfield was waved out of the game the struggle was something to behold But with five fouls tagged on him Hadfield was pulled and the Diggers Diggers Diggers Dig Dig- gers used their superior height to completely control the backboards Webers Weber's scoring in m the second half with sparse The speedy little Warriors had to rely on the deep push shots of Budge Shaw and Brown in the last half Bills and Anderson of Jordan each hit for 12 points apiece for scoring honors hon hon- ors East high still looking for their first state casaba crown n moved into third place in the finals finals finals fin fin- als by rolling over Davis 52 37 The Leopards' Leopards heavy artillery blasted the Darts back into fifth I place leaving fans with the feeling feeling feeling feel feel- ing that East definitely has one of the better teams in m the state Good Lead The Big Eight champs whipped up a 17 8 lead in the first quarter and coasted the rest of the way into the win win Ralph Merrill tanked 16 counters with Carlson Carison and Anderson Anderson An An- derson close behind with 10 points apiece The Leopard height and ball hawking was just too much for forthe forthe the Darts East's team depth eventually wore Hill and company down to the point where the Salt Lakers were ere in complete control I Two loop mates North Cache and Box Elder entered the final round in a torrid clash for fourth place The Bulldogs and Bees finished finished finished fin fin- two one-two in region one but found it rough going in the tourney tourney tourney tour tour- ney before the Bulldogs finally dumped the Bees 41 32 The loss gave Box Elder sixth place A good measure of or Box Elders Elder's hopes were resting on Lee Boothe Bee forward who hit for 22 points I the night before But the Bulldogs were hep to the Bee offense and andI I Boothe was unearthly cold from fromI the floor and the combination I pulled the Brigham boys under |
