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Show Press New warn Leni - Wednesday, March 3, 19V9 - 8 Page Sports Pioneers bounce back from loss to Bear Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent The Lehi Pioneers boys basketball team went undefeated in the consolation bracket to finish fifth in the state tournament after enduring losing in the quarterfinals. On Feb. 24 at UVSCs McKay Events Center, the Bear River Bears overthrew the Pioneers Lehi rebounded on Feb. 26 to defeat the Ogden Tigers The Pioneers finished the tournament by beating the Union Cougars on Feb. Eliason tied the game at 13 just before the buzzer. Lehi floated ahead on Justin Libberton trey in the early second period. The Pioneers couldn't stay out in front for long. Hot from both the floor and the line, Allison chalked up six straight points to guide Ogden ahead A stiff Tiger defense held Lehi to seven points in the second quarter as Ogden established a lead at the end of By 16-1- 3 3-- A 73-5- 65-5- 4. 2. 69-5- 2 27. Bear River 73 Lehi 54 - d University of Chris Huber led Bear River Utah-boun- over Lehi by pouring in 21 points. He opened the game's scoring with an inside shot. Lehi's Micah McKinnon answered it with a layup of his own. Huber picked off a Lehi pass and broke the tie. After the Pioneers evened the game at four. David Christofferson put them out in front on a free throw, and Brock Cooper put a foul shot back in to widen the Pioneer lead to Two Kurt Webb free throws scorunleashed a decisive, ing run for Bear River. Lehi staged a brief challenge of the Bears' 13-- lead late in the first period. A Curtis Jex jumper and a Shane Pickett free throw maneuvered the Pioneers within Foul shots by Chris Barfus and Webb gave the Bears a lead. The second quarter went down as a battle for Lehi to keep the Bears from getting 10 or more points ahead. Aided by a Ryan Webb trey. Bear River staved up by eight for much of the period. When Lehi twice pulled within five points on treys by Chistofferson and Cooper, the Pioneers looked as though they would have a chance of catching up with the Bears before halftime. That chance faded in the half s final minutes. When a Trent Merrill three-poiplay put the Bear lead at the game entered the stage of becoming a blowout. In the early third quarter, 5-- 4 7-- 9-- 0 7 13-1- 0. 17-1- 0 nt 36-2- Lehi 69 - Union 56 The win over the Tigers set Lehi up for a third meeting this Union. year with arch-rivUnion's Bo Gardner opened the scoring with a trey. Christofferson scored the first five Lehi points to erase the Union lead. A Gardner free throw opened a 0 scoring streak for Union to give the Cougars a 5 lead. McKinnon guided Lehi within 11-That was the closest Union permitted the Pioneers to come within during the first quarter. The Cougars outscored Lehi in the period's final minutes to take an lead into the next quarter. Filimoehala said, "In the second quarter, we extended the pressure to the full court. We got some easy baskets off it. That changed the momentum." In the early second quarter, the Cougars improved their lead at However, Lehi 6-- 43-3- 4 26-2- er. Merrill Meanwhile, Bear River its 20-poi- nt gave lead 65-4- 5 5-- 40-3- full-cou- 45-3- 5, 25-2- 27-2- 5, 6-- 50-4- 48-4- three-pointe- Financial Services, Inc. 59-5- r' Best Construction Loans in Utah JI 69-5- n d. 43-3- 8. 50-3- 8. 0 4. Super Bowi . 785-300- ? jTri .1 Timpanogos Baptist I O the best rates We GUARANTEE & closing costs in town. Call us today for a quote! 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Hebrews At Hunter J A MORTGAGE LENDER double- "ft i Lehi's Trent Smith takes a flying jump shot during the quarterfinal game with Bear River. 56-4- 3 ; J: 1 t Photos by Kent Davis and Dean Von Memmott rs 56-4- This Sunday! tar.. I I i ' 1. tm. i.WT V i , 4. 5. 531 N. State Lindon r. jv 1 a, 7-- 0 at . rt 10-poi- 8. - t 1. with 15 or more I I 5. $2 per game Free Shoes ws t i L " V 39-3- 4 Tues-We- I t i " I 34-32- 9-- 8. 6 I t applied its press effectively, crushing the Union offense like a peanut in a vise. 30-3- 6-- 2 7-- 22-1- 4 The Pioneers rallied back within A Bateman trey put Lehi out in front and the Pioneers maintained their second lead until the period's final two minutes. Union tied the game at 32 .' ahead and 34. Aided by a McKinnon The Pioneers stayed narrowlead trey, Lehi secured a ly ahead for the rest of the at halftime. In the second half, Chaz quarter. It ended with them ahead Frandsen and Preston Marx Benson opened the final guided Union within quarter with a trey, and two Two Libberton free throws Christofferson foul shots gave energized a 0 scoring run Lehi its first lead of that put Lehi ahead run Treys by Doc Luke.and Union answered with a Brandon Price pushed Ogden to get within within Bateman hit two Straight to put the score Ogden stayed within seven Those two treys points until midway through at the quarter. Lehi cut ahead proved fatal to Union. The on foul shots from Pioneers maintained their and -digit lead through the rest Libberton, McKinnon, of the quarter. The game ended Cooper. Treys by Allison and Eliason with Pioneer Skyler Nerdin hitslashed the Lehi advantage ting a free throw that put the down to That was the Lehi lead at closest Ogden could get to Lehi Christofferson led Lehi with in the final four minutes. 13 points while Batenian added McKinnon led Lehi with 19 12 and McKinnon 11. Rick points while Chistofferson Rasmussen led Union with 16 added another 10. Allison led points. Gardner added another 12 points. Ogden with 24 points. when he placed the score at in the final four minutes of the game. At that point, all remaining hope for Lehi died. Cooper led the Pioneers' lost cause with 13 points while Christofferson added another nine. Bear River's second highest scorer, Webb posted 16 points while Ryan Webb and Merrill each added 1 1 points. The Pioneers could have resigned themselves to elimination from the tournament, but they refused to give up. Lehi 65 - Ogden 52 After Lehi's Trent Smith had opened the scoring in the Ogden game, he pulled down an offensive rebound' and passed to Christofferson for trey. the answered Ogden Pioneers' early lead with a scoring run led by Ben Allison. He led the Tigers within and After Pickett nailed a jumper, Adam Bateman picked off a Tiger pass and telegraphed the ball to Joe Nattress to improve the lead at 13-Taking advantage of a G.B. Burningham trey, Kyle t I i 18-1- 1 5. 30-2- w.v.v.w.v. 2 6-- 3 0. 5-- I - J - 8. rt 28-2- , ' - 9-- Lehi Dave Coach Filimoehala said, "We needed to end this season on a positive note. "In the second half, we went zone. We had into a them turn the ball over, which gave us some easy baskets. That changed the tempo for us." In the early second half, Allison improved the Ogden A Cooper jumper lead at opened a Lehi comeback. The Pioneers outscored Ogden to get within When a Justin Stevenson field goal put the score at Ogden appeared elusive. McKinnon scored five straight points to tie the game at 30. 0 Eliason broke the tie on an offensive rebound, but two Bateman free throws and a B.J. Benson lavin put Lehi back n. I I t mm 6-- the half. full-cou- t l .H take fifth 3-- 0 24-2- 0 4. l r I wmmmmm .. t.... al 19-1- 7. Cooper led Lehi in outscoring to clip the lead Bear River to That became the only time the Pioneers reduced the Bear lead to single digits. A Merrill layup pushed the Bear River advantage back beyond 10 points. Lehi became so desperate to leap back into the game that it became impatient in shot selec-tioThe impatience turned key shots into misses. One positive note for the Pioneers in the second half was their domination of offensive rebounding. Their getting second shots couldn't turn the game around for them, howev- River to I r- - i y- is totally predictable. So if - Mother Nature packs - v-- a punch that knocks out your power, give us a call at OUT At Utah Power, we're here to help you weather the storm. 876-039- www.hunter-insurance.co- American Fork (Next to Alpine Credit Union) 0 UTAH POWER m Hours: :30 Mon.-F- ri. it'trw rtt ift orp.fmn POOR COP |