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Show .in (find mmi A desperation shot by Mike Robinson, with two seconds on the clock broke a 69-69 tie and gave the Rams an important win over the Kanab Cowboys last Tuesday, Dec. 22nd. Robinson grabbed a loose ball under the Ram basket, after a desperation shot by a teammate missed, and took it back up for the two point margin, 71-69. Parowan playing more relaxed after its previous outing with Beaver, took a 17-13 lead in the first period, and turned a full court press Into several steals and baskets. bas-kets. But the Cowboys fought hard, tieing the score seven times with the score 21-21 before Parowan playine heads up ball broke away for an eight point scoring binge. Playmaker Kelly Orton, stealing the ball to feed his mates or drive for the fast break on his own. He capped the first half with a full court press to Doug Rogerson who slammed it home for a 41-27 half-time lead. The Cowboys with a 14 point deficit, came back with their own version of the full-court full-court press and closed the gap to four, 48-44 and the margin was 52-44 at the end of the third after Rogerson Rog-erson and Adams each took a turn at the hoop. The Rams led by six,62-56 six,62-56 midway into the fourth period, but Bill Vaughn muscled his way for a layup, and then capped It with one from the foul line to narrow It to one, 64-63, with 2:04 left. Doug Monsaw tied it for the Cowboys at 67-67 with a layup over the taller Rams and after Parowan went up by two, Wayne Mickelson stole the ball and went all the way for a 12 -foot jumper with 14 seconds left. After a time-out Paro-wan's Paro-wan's Kelly Orton tossed a desperation shot, that dropped drop-ped into Robinson's hands, for the final basket and win. Rogerson led all scorers with 28, Adams hadl9,Evans 9, Orton and Robinson each 6 and Stevens 3 for the Rams. Mousaw with 19 led the Cowboys, Vaughn 16, Robertson 10, Mickelson 8, Huntington 8, .Bunting 4 and Brown 4. It was a tremendous victory vic-tory for the Rams who may have found their potential. They play Mllford Wednesday, Wed-nesday, too late for the COUNTY NEWS Press deadline. dead-line. Their next game is January 8, with Gunnison at Parowan. LITTLE ENGLISH: Mark Yardley, 31, puts his body between the ball and Robert Moyle as he uses a little English on a layup. Also pictured is John Dotson, 41. |
