Show Panthers collect third place honors in Craig tournament grade Panther from Vernal Junior High garnered third place in the Craig Tournament last Saturday when they drained Steamboat 61 to Vernal was led by Mike with 22 points and Gary with 12 Also scoring points for the Panthers Randy Jerry Blake Greg Kevin 2 and Lynn Vernal flipped in 25 field goals and tossed in 9 out of 19 free The top scorers for Steamboat Springs were 12 and Steamboat tossed in 17 field goals and flipped in 10 out of 19 free Vernal had a 17 to 8 lead at the end of the first quarter and then increased it to 36 to after two quarters of Steamboat Springs outscored 18 to in the third which cut Vernal's lead to 12 44 to The final score 61 and Steamboat The Panthers competed in their first game in the tourney with Craig at 8 a.m. on Craig downed 53 to Craig went on to win first place in the Scoring points for Vernal in the contest Gary Mike Roger Jerry 2 and Mark Vernal tossed in 15 field goals and popped in 8 out of 17 charity Craig had small leads of 16 to 13 and 29 to 22 at the end of the first and second The Colorado school had an eight-point advantage of 36 to 28 after quarters of Craig out-scored 17 to In the fourth Vernal played its second game at 11 a.m. and the Panthers emerged with a 55 to 45 win over Soroco of Soroco had a lead at the end of the first but Vernal crushed the Colorado 18 to In the second quarter for a 22 to 16 The score at the end of the third quarter 40 and Soroco put in 20 points In the fourth quarter and Vernal flipped in 15 The top scorers for Vernal Mike Gary 14 and Blake Also scoring points for the grade Panthers Jerry Roger Randy 2 and Greg Vernal hit 11 out of 20 free throws and popped in 22 field The top scorer for Soroco was Terry with Soroco fired In 16 field goals and converted 10 out of 19 free Vernal Junior High's wins in the Craig Tourney improves Its record to 14 wins and 5 Panthers encountered West this past Wednesday at the Roosevelt Games will also be played Thursday at p.m. and p.m. |