Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-08 | Page 11 | Prep Favorites Turn in Victories in Five Southern Basketball Loops

Prep P ep Favorites Turn Turri In Victories In Five Southern Basketball Loops Favorites hung up victories in opening games of five southern high school districts Friday Manti of the Sanpete group Carbon of the Eastern Salina Sauna of the Sevier and Ka Kanab ab and Dixie of the Dix Dixie e district all winning by comfortable margins while Fillmore of the Millard district took a close game Two teams expected to win openers openers open open- ers ens on their home floors went down downto to defeat Bicknell surprising with witha a 32 28 Richfield ld as Pace caged 18 points for the visitors and Ephraim tipping Wasatch academy at Mt Pleasant 27 24 after trailIng trailing trail trail- ing 20 19 in the third period Mor Mor- tens tenson on and Hansen paced the Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim attack Fillmore Takes Lead Led by Jackson who caged 11 points Fillmore took the lead aften after after af af- af- af ter ten trailing Beaver 5 3 in the first period but the game was hard fought throughout Delta won easily over Milford 44 Sampson paced the visitors with 20 points Manti ManU favorite of the Sanpete race downed North Sanpete 54 20 as scored 15 points and Cox 14 while the visitors were being held to six goals goal Gunnison turned back Moroni in the theother theother theother other game Salina Sauna Sevier district defending I I champion beat Marysvale 37 23 with Jim Peterson caging 14 points and N. N Hawes of the losers counting counting counting count count- ing 18 Carbon high of Price one of the eastern region favorites pulled away after leading 17 12 at half halftime halftime halftime time to beat South Emery at F Ferron Ferron Fer- Fer r- r ron 40 Central high of Castle Dale beat 28 17 in a hard fought tilt Millet Paces Ka Kanab ab Shirley Millets Millet's paced Kanab defending Dixie dIstrict district district dis dIs- dis- dis champ to a 39 22 win over Parowan while Esplin was leading Dixie with 14 points in a 35 23 win at Cedar City Hurricane led by Wright with 19 points beat Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enter Enter- prise 33 Uintah defending champion of the Uintah group drew a bye for forthe forthe forthe the opening week weel and beat North Emery 37 23 in a tilt while Malad d dawned Preston former Utah association member 9 15 in an Idaho conference game S r f