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Show Devils Take It On The Chin In Opening Hoop Encounters The Moab Red Devils opened the new season on the road this year in the basketball wars and were soundly defeated. On Friday night, the Devils were hosted by the Spartans of Kmery and went down to defeat by a score of 75 to 62. The Devils were not hitting on any combinations and shots were not dropping through the nets. The Spartans meanwhile, were playing good team for good percentage shots. The defeat was the first of the year for the Devils De-vils and it was backed by another defeat Saturday Satur-day night at Payson. The Payson Lions, the only team to defeat the Devils De-vils last year, were unstoppable un-stoppable as they ran awav bv a score of 73 to 4 1 . The Lions, playing with five returning starters, controlled the ball and made the Devils work for their points. The Devils looked better in the game against Payson but still couldn't get on the winning win-ning side of the ledger. Jeff Cowan and Bo Johnson John-son looked good for the Devils and other players showed good promise for the future. The Devils De-vils will be looking forward for-ward to finding a good working combination in the lineup this week as they face an unknown factor in Delta, Colo. The game will be played at the Grand County High School with a Junior Varsity Var-sity game to proceed the Varsity encounter. |