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Show Braves, Rams share volleyball title By TOM HARALDSEN Sports Editor A thrilling third game victory : allowed Bountiful High to finish as allowing the Leopards to sneak into the fourth and final playoff berth. Viewmont pulled an upset on Tuesday of last week when it beat Highland at Viewmont, but b.oth the Vikings and Davis finished league play at 2-8, one game behind East. Bountiful will now start the state tournament versus the fourth place team from Region Three, still to be determined at press time. The Braves will play their first match Monday at 8 p.m. on court two at Roy High. In other first round action Mon- ' day, Woods Cross will play at 3:30 p.m. on court one, while Highland will play at 6:30 p.m. on the same court. Their opponents are yet to be determined, and East will face an inter-region playoff this week to determine whether it earns a first round berth. The state tournament will conclude con-clude with the championship finals on Nov. 10. co-champion of Region Four volleyball vol-leyball with Highland, as regular season play ended Thursday afternoon. after-noon. The Braves traveled to Kaysville to face Davis , a team that needed to win in order to have a shot at a state berth. The Darts captured the first game 15-13, but Bountiful rallied for a 15-12 win in game two. That set up the third and final game, which Bountiful won in overtime by a score of 18-16. Coach Jill Avery praised each of her starters for Thursday's win. Coupled with a coin flip held with Highland on Friday, the Braves will enter next week's state tournament tourna-ment at Roy High as the top seed from this region. Both Bountiful and Highland will receive trophies , for being co-champs in the region. Woods Cross missed a chance to edge Highland for the title when the Wildcats dropped a 15-13 8-15 15-12 decision at Highland on Thursday. Still, the young Wildcats Wild-cats finished third in league, earning earn-ing another trip to the state tournament. tourna-ment. In the battle for fourth, East beat Viewmont on Thursday at East, |