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Show Lehi Pioneers capture state tournament title Lei fUh School forced Wasatch to si axher second place trophy to their .-:L;::oa (be to a 58 to 54 Pioneer t.A in the 2-A State Tournament in Prrva. Saturday. P-.er.eers grabbed a first quarter : i U to 12 and the game was tied at ;;':er two quarters. Lehi broke the az e third quarter and grabbed a . 'xii. The Pioneers went on to w in . s are by four points. Lei: was led a scoring by Barnes at Surr-gham. Ford. Liston and Nrss added ten points each. Berry srsefour points and Smith popped in Tpcr.3. Leh: fired in 21 field goals and -i out of 22 free throw s. ' The ;u.ber one Wasatch scorer w as :L:a:oc at 14 points. Eaton is the son i :-3r:er Ute eager. Valoy Eaton, 'i's Eaton popped in seven field jii Lie and Klien scored 11 points Chrstensen added nine points and -Hp-tm seven points. Ellis added tw o s Wasatch fired in 22 field goals and -i out of 17 free throws. defeated the Uintah Utes in over-i over-i 2 a preseason game and Wasatch r detested by Union in Roosevelt dur-? dur-? regular season. Lehi defeated mice m region games. Juan defeated Emery. 57 to 54. for r"-" in the 2-A State Tournament. hc.Ded out to a 13-6 lead in the first quarter and had a 35-18 lead after two quarters The Emery team ow ned a 46-34 lead in the third quarter, but San Juan outscored Emery. 23 to 8 in the fourth quarter for a 57-54 win. The Broncos were led in scoring by Belliston and Palmer at 12 points. Pugh added eight points. San Juan popped in 24 field goals and hit 9 out of 13 free throw s Emery's top scorer w as DeFnez at 20 points. He fired in eight field goals and hit 4 out of 5 free throws. Thomas scored 14 points and Wilson put in ten counters. South Sevier defeated Manti. 7S to 62. for fifth place honors. Barnum led South Sevier with 37 points He scored 16 field goals and hit 5 out of 8 free throws. Wasatch and San Juan had to win playoff games in order to advance into the state tournament and the games didn't tire the two teams out as they placed plac-ed in the state meet. Wasatch defeated Union and Morgan to tie w ith Union and Grantsville for second place in Region Nine. Wasatch defeated Grantsville and Union in playoff games for second place. San Juan defeated Union in a playoff . game three days before the state tournament. Lehi and Wasatch are Region 9 teams and third placer San Juan defeated Region 9 team. Union, in order to reach the state meet. Lehi also defeated South Sevier and San Juan. Wasatch beat North Sanpete and Emery. |
