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Show Royals nip Vikes ROY Viewmont's Jason Cran-dall Cran-dall scored 21 points including five 3-pointers but it was not enough for Viewmont as the Vikings Vik-ings were defeated by Roy, 62-53, last Friday night. Viewmont took a 14-point lead at the close of the first period and led 32-26 at intermission, but could not hold on as the Royals, playing at home, spurted ahead early in the third quarter. The Vikings hit a cold spell early in the second half scoring only two points during the 12-minutes r while Roy was building up a four-point four-point lead. Viewmont rallied for 18 points in the final stanza, but it was not enough. Roy won its seventh Region One game and boosted its league record to 7-2, while Viewmont View-mont dropped to 2-6 in league play. Roy outscored the Vikes from the field by only two goals, but hit 17 of 30 from the charity stripe. The Royals got off to a miserable start, scoring only six points in the first quarter, while the Vikes were hitting hit-ting 20. fa |