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Show 4A whips 3A, 142-99 By DIRK FACER Sports Editor MURRAY While the stars came out to play Friday, defense stayed home. Sparked by a brilliant display of offensive firepower, the 4A All-Stars defeated their 3A counterparts 142-99 in the annual Utah High School Coaches Association All-Star Game. Paced by 24 points from JaRon Boone of Skyline, the 4A stars led from start to finish. Viewmont standouts John Robison and Andy Jensen scored 1 3 and 8 points respectively, while Davis products Travis Homer and David Isaacson added 1 8 and 1 1 for the winners. "It was fun to put these kids together," said former Davis High coach John Robison Sr. who coached coach-ed the 4A crew. "It was a great opportunity." op-portunity." After taking a 8-0 lead just two minutes into the game, the 4A stars rolled to an 18-3 advantage with 5:47 remaining in the opening quarter. The starting unit, which included in-cluded Alta's Travis Knight, Brighton's Alex Fisher, Jensen, Robison and Boone, built up a 23-6 lead before giving way to the bench. ben-ch. Unfortunately for the 3A crew, which was led by 20 points from Granite's Pat McGrath, the 4A bench ben-ch proved to be almost as effective in shutting down them down. The 4A All-Stars led 32-21 after the first quarter, 73-48 at halftime and 110-75 at the end of three periods. "It was a lot of fun," said Viewmont's Robison, who racked up numerous assists. "We didn't want to play defense. We just wanted to get out and run some. ' ' As Davis' Homer said, "we just wanted to go at it, but it turned out to be showtime." Billed as a showcase for Utah's finest prep players, the 4A stars delivered. "It was a real blast," said Isaacson. Isaac-son. "It was fun to play with these guys instead of against them." "Just playing with this much talent tal-ent was great, but you also get to see a different side of these guys," said Jensen, the Salt Lake Tribune MVP. "They are all class guys." And Friday night on the hardwood, hard-wood, the 4A stars proved to be the classiest of the two classes. Utah High School All-Star Game Friday. March 20 3A All-Stars 21 27 27 24 99 4 A Al l-Stars 34 39 37 321 42 3A ALL-STARS (99): Geddes (Ogden) 4 2-2 11. Parker (Ogden) 6 3-6 15. Meacham (Sky View) 3 0-0 8, Lyle (Mountain Crest) 4 3-4 13, Lombard! (Jordan) 2 2-2 7, McGrath (Granite) 7 5-5 20. Carlston (Murray) 2 2-2 7, Bailey (Payson) 2 0-0 4, Warner (Tooele) 5 0-2 11, Angel (Union) 1 0-0 3, Totals 36 1 7-23 99. 4A ALL-STARS (142): Porler (Bonneville) 7 0-0 15, Jensen (Viewmont) 4 0-0 8, Robison (Viewmont) 5 0-0 13, Barnes (Provo) 1 0-0 2. Isaacson (Davis) 5 1-2 11, Homer (Davis) 8 0-0 18, Knight (Alta) 8 5-6 22. Fisher (Brighton) 5 2-2 15. Henstrom (Ttmpview) 5 3-3 14, Boone (Skyline) 10 3-5 24. Totals 58 14-18 142. Three-point goals 3A All-Stars 10 (Meacham 2, Lyle 2, Geddes, Lombardi, McGrath, Cariston, Warner, Angel). 4A All-Stars All-Stars 12 (Robison 3, Fisher 3. Homer 2. Porter, Knight. Henstrom. Boone). |