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Show Gridiron Lead at Stake In Five Prep Districts By TOMMIE PORTER Leadership in four districts of the state high school football race and in the independent Big Four league awaits winners of prep clashes this week-end as grid teams swing into the home stretch. Fillmore are tied for the lead, each with two victories and one defeat Delta plays at Hinckley Thursday in what ia likely to be the most hard-fought hard-fought gam of th district; Fillmore Fill-more plays at Richfield, while North San pet and Wasatch academy clash at Mt Pleasant in their traditional tradi-tional annual struggle. Eaat Ceta Nod East high of Salt Lake City leads th Big Four with eight wins and no defeat, with Ogden In second spot with seven victories in eight starts, its lone defeat having been administered by East, -0. Th title will be decided in their two-game clash Friday and Saturday, tha rival B teams playing at Ogden Friday, and th A (quads meeting at Salt Lak City Saturday. East is odds-on favorite, since Ogden would need two victories to gain the title, while a divided series would give th crown to East Bear River high of Garland and North Cach high' of Richmond. In th football spotlight for th first tim as unbeaten leader In th Northern A conference each haa won four straight gam clash Friday Fri-day at Richmond In th gam which will probably decide th title, although al-though each will hav on game remaining. North Summit ha already clinched th Summit diatrict crown for th firat tim since 12, but Tooele, unbeaten leader of the Jordan Jor-dan race, must win over Cyprus at Magna Thursday to prevent th Magna crew gaining a ti for th top in this final gam. Lincoln Haa Edge In th Alpine-Nebo district, Lincoln, Lin-coln, tied with American Fork and Springvill for first place each with three wins and one loaa seems to have th insid track in th titl race, since th Railaplltters are at home Friday against Payaon, which has yet to win a gam, while American Amer-ican Fork is hoat to Spnlngville. Should Lincoln win, as seems likely, like-ly, it would meet th winner of the Sprtngville-American Fork game in a playoff for th titl and th right to meet the winner of the Southern district In a state semifinal B gam. In th Southern race. Delta. Hinckley, Wasatch academy and |