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Show South Sevier game cancelled; Devils wind up hoop season Ben Gardner, with his steady play and outstanding scoring, kept the Devils in the thick of the battle along with Neil Hanks and Rick Patten who hit for 15 points. Holdoway gave the Devils four men in double figures with an excellent 11 point performance. Quarter scores: Springville 17 37 51 67 Spanish Fork 22 38 58 79 Coach Hal Jensen announces that the South Sevier vs Spr ingville basketball game originally or-iginally scheduled for tonight, has been cancelled due to a playoff which involves South Sevier in regional play. Devils end season With a 79-67 loss to Spanish Fork last Friday at Spanish, the Red Devils wound up league play with a 2-6 record which was not good nough to put them in the regional ployoffs. Spingville was in the game all the way except irr the final three minutes when foul trouble trou-ble and 14 foul shots for Spanish Span-ish put the game on ice. A whirlwind first quarter for the Dons gave them a 22-17 advantage, but the touted Red Devils, behind the teamwork of Ren Gardner, who played outstanding and hit 19 counters; count-ers; Neil Hanks, Rick Patten and Evart Holdaway, came back strong in the second quarter quar-ter to pull within one point, 37-38 at halftime. The Devils went out in front in the third period as Neil Hanks, who ultimately ul-timately came up with a big 16-point performance, gave the Devils a 41.-40 lead. The Don's retaliated quickly and the game was fairly close up until Springville lost men via the foul route in the 1st few minutes min-utes of the contest. Elack with 25 and Downey with IP led the Dons. t |