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Show Ten Prep Quintets Face First Defeat In Friday Tussles Br TOMMII FOtTEE . ' Tht lilt of unbeaten team in the Utah high school baiketball war already, after only on week of campaigning, only 33 remain with dean alatea will bo lharply trimmed by at least 10 thif week because of the clash of that many undefeated squads. "r,-f Dixen Kapple ... His Ogden Og-den team will battle Weber for lead la northern prep . chase. Paired Friday, and so' far boast-' Ing clear records, are Weber and i Ogden, Granite and Jordan, Bingham Bing-ham and -Tooele, North Summit and Morgan, Pleesant Grove and Lincoln, Payson and Sprlngville, Greenriver and Carbon, Uintah and Roosevelt, Kanab and Cedar City, Hinckley and Mllford. Also In Friday pairings, with one team certain to ring up Its first win of the season, are Logan at Box Elder, Davis and Cyprus; Murray Mur-ray and Grantsvllle, Park City and Wasatch, Brigham Young and American Fork, Enterprise and Parowan, Valley and Cedar City. Weber county high of Ogden has three wins already to Its credit, the Logan-Ogden district having started start-ed play In December. Friday's clash at Ogden Is a traditional affair, and Ogden will be risking Its record of two straight victories, of the best on the week's program. Hurricane of the Dixie district also haa won two gamea and will be on Ha home floor this Friday against Kanah't Cowboys, who won their opener. The Crsnite at Jordan game, packed with traditional rivalry, promises to be one of the season's best tilts and should be cloee all the wey. Granite's famed five-man five-man defense, which haa been a vital part In the school's march to the state title five times In the past, will face a severe teat on the new, large Jordan floor. Since this defensive style has literally been the backbone of the Granite system since Cecil Baker took over the coaching reins with very successful results, prep followers fol-lowers in all parts of the state will be watching the outcome of Friday's Fri-day's test.. - If that system -proves satisfactory satisfac-tory on the larger floors, or if Granite successfully adapta portions por-tions of that famsd defense to care for the greater space, then the Farmers will likely continue as one of the leading contendere each year. This year's team has already al-ready displayed such strength as to be merked by critics as one of thoee likely to battle for the state title on the final night of the prep tourney. The Bingham - Tooele game should be another rousing battle, since Tooele, long rather lukewarm toward basketball while centering its Interest In football, has apparently appar-ently started a revival of cage enthusiasm with what promises to be one of the scrappiest teams of the district, Bingham, while not lacking In enthusiasm for the court game despite de-spite Its recent rise to grid fame, has been In the besketball doldrums dol-drums for several years, and is also displaying evidences of a great revival. Friday's game at Tooele should be close and hard fought, and la likely to help promote pro-mote case be Interest in both schools. Payson and Sprlngville, surprise winners In last week's Nebo district dis-trict openers, are expected to state a great scrap on the Sprlngville Sprlng-ville floor, while the North Sum-mit-Morgsn and Pleasant Grove-Lincoln Grove-Lincoln tills should provide plenty of excitement. Greenriver, long an also ran of eastern Utah, has shown considerable consider-able promise this season and probably prob-ably will give Carbon an Interesting Interest-ing scrap. Mllford, a "dark horse" champion last season, opens defense de-fense of the Millard district title at home against Hinckley, which opened with a win last week. , Roosevelt, rising to challenge the aspirations of Uintah, the defending defend-ing state champion, will Invade thst teem's home floor Friday for what should be an exciting tussle. |