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Show ! ' pi f&st Sopn Die by Mel Osborne It was sub zero weather outside in Southern Utah last Friday, but the nets were blistering on the courts in Region 8 for the Division I league opener. Beaver erased a tight first half contest into a 71-44 rout over Parowan, chalking chalk-ing up its first league encounter en-counter for the 78 -79 season. Parowan's ' defense surprised sur-prised us the first half," said Coach Lynn Parsons. The Beavers grabbed a slim 9-8 lead after the first quarter and extended their lead to five at intermission. It didn't take long for the Beavers to adjust in the second half as they outscored the Rams 45-23. Beaver Center, Shane Blackner, led the offensive pace, scoring 15, while Chad Dalton and Scott Williams combined for 22. Coach Parsons is using all twelve of his varsity crew, receiving consistent ! scoring from each player. Beaver completed a successful double header after af-ter knocking off Parowan, defeating Valley on the fol-I fol-I lowing night 66-50. Ricky Carter captured the high point honors onSatur-i onSatur-i day night with 16, followed by Chad Dalton and Shane ! Blackner with 15 each, j; i Rookie head coach, Ron j Dalley, of North Sevier, has ' had his first taste in the head spot with Danny Hill's running the Bulldogs of Gunnison. Gun-nison. 1 The Wolves salvaged a 66-64 victory on their own jj hardwood in a thriller, li "Gunnison must have shot 1 1 100 from the field in the !; fourth period," said Dalley, i who was elated over the victory. Todd Kennedy 6' 6" j and 5'7" Troy Hallows, i both returning all staters, came through in clutch situations sit-uations that gave the Wolves their first league win. i Gunnison led 30 -26 at half - ! 1 time and after three quarters kept pace with a ' ;l ' 45-45 tie. ! : Kanab rolled over Enter- i 1 prise 81-59, but not until Coach Hal Hamblin's crew ran up 28 points in the third I quarter to extend a tight i halftime lead from 39-33 to 67-41. "Enterprise is going to j upset some teams this year. It's going to be a tight league," lea-gue," said Ham blin. One must agree with that statement " and Beaver will be the first to test Enterprise Enter-prise on its own court tomorrow to-morrow night. ;l ! . This week the Tigers, who i I had a bye last week, while ! topping 2 -A teams Millard and Delta, will get intoDivi-sion intoDivi-sion I action, traveling to Gunnison on Friday. Division Divis-ion II won't get underway in region play until December 22. In other region action this Friday, Beaver will go to Enterprise, and North Sevier will travel to Parowan. |
