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Show Li Three Repeaters On Division AIL Star Sauad; Hatch Is MVP L. Richard Kemp Ik,- Ron Hatch S ' Y Pat Kelly I DIVISION ONE VN i .4 . Region Three ALL-STA- RS seniors Ten MURRAY. headed by a trio of repeaters from last year make up the All Star basketball squad in Region Three's division one, selected by the league's five coaches and announced this week by the Green Sheet. Selected the second consecutive year on the first five are Hillcrest's Ron Hatch at a forward spot and Pat Kelly of Judge Memorial at center. The 1968 starting unit also includes Murray'sJon Winget, member of the league's second five last year, and selected this year at a guard position. Rounding out the starting five for the season just ended are Murray's Richard Kemp, a forward and Ben Watahomigie of Hillcrest, a guard, giving the two teams which represented the division at state, two players each on the top unit. was a Hatch favorite for the Most Valuable Player award, copping the league scoring crown, plus leading his team to a perfect mark in league play, and subsequently to Hillcrest's first state title. The 3 Hatch, also a first team choice on the Green Sheet All Star grid squad last fall, dumped in 196 points during the eight-galeague season for a 24.5 average. Never did he drop below a dozen points in league outings and on three occasions, topped the mark, leading off the season with 32 at Granite's expense. Along with the versatile Husky eager on the first team are four other upperclassmen averaging slightly over 6- -2 in height, with more than a foot separating the tallest and i Jon Winget tAGLI-ADVERTIS- MURRAY (UTAH) Thursday, March 14, 1968 0, Martin, occupying the other forward slot. He tied Van Valkenberg in loop scoring, having identical marks. Martin was a defensive specialist on the 1967 All Star football squad. His teammate, Steve Wallace, gained the center spot on the second unit, largely on the strength of impressive showing in late games for the Farmers. The lanky 6- -6 Granitian showed marked improvement from early season play when he dumped in 23 during the final game of his career, a narrow loss to Murray. All members of the division All Star squad will receive framed certificates from the Green Sheet. 6-- jrA fx$ )54 7R) Coach Honor top-hea- vy 6-- Ben Watahomigie FIRST FIVE ' School Player Richard Kemp' Ron Hatch Pat Kelly , 6,312M 175 Sr. 6'3M 183 Sr. Murray Hillcrest 6'9" 6'2" 5'8" Judge Jon Winget Murray BenWatahomigieHillcrest shortest. 225 Sr. 185 Sr. 154 Sr. i t t Granite 6'0" 170 Sr. Hillcrest 6T 175 185 180 160 . Pete VanValkenberg Steve Wallace 6'6" 6'1" Granite Murray Blaine Church NeilYerkovich 5'10M Judge Towering above his fellow Star squad members at 0, Kelly was the league's second most prolific scorer, pumping in 157 tallies and a 19.6 average during a season in which Judge tied Murray for the runnerup slot, but were beaten in a playoff to miss the state tourney. Kelly's top output in league tilts came during a February win over Jordan. Standing a full foot, plus an inch shorter at 8, Watahomigie was also a key figure in Hillcrest's push to league and state titles. With speed, deftness and an "eye" for the long shot, he finished the loop season with a average on 96 points, hitting a personal high of 19 in his team's second win over Judge. Winget and Kemp are members of the Star squad which paced a Murray team's comeback from the league cellar at The 2 Winget, third in the loop scoring race, tanked 132 tallies for a 16.5 average. Also possessing strength in the rebound department, Winget was a first team end on the Green Sheet's All Star football squad last fall. An injury in Murray's first league game allowed Kemp to see action in only four full contests and parts of two others. Though it was believed that he never fully regained his stride, Kemp provided the extra scoring and rebounding power the Spartans needed in the second half of league play. Hitting a personal high of 22 in a win over Judge, Kemp compiled a 13.5 average, with 81 points. The All Star squad's sec- -, ond five is a unit, averaging 1 In height, but with less potent scorers than the starting quintet. A pair of peppery guards, both with the ability to drive, as well as hitting the outside shot, are represented on the second unit from the league's Judge's Nell Yerkovlch, whose brother Jim is Bulldog head mentor, used his height to harass enemy ball handlers, while pumping In 89 tallies for an 11.1 average. Murray's Blaine was fourth among Church, division scorers, hitting 128 for an average of 16 points per game. The third Hillcrest player among the loop's top 10 play-e- ra Is Pete Van Valkcnberg, 1, selected at a forward Fullback on the position. Green Sheet's All Star grid team last fall, VanValkenberg was tied for ninth In the scoring race, finishing with 106 and a 13.2 average. A pair of Granite lads round out the second five, with Rick 6-- SECOND FIVE Rick Martin V Wt. Class Height Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. 5-- HATCH, HILLCREST Most Valuable Player int 5P First title To Huskies, in IS OUR ONLY BUSINESS ..end we know our business! fe US TELL YOU OF LET LIFE . . . covert age 6 all e, 76-6- The Huskies, who finished the season with an 18-- 2 record, were well in front of all four tourney opponents. Highland's deficit was as close as any foe got to the Hughes-mentorteam. Their Saturday night victory also avenged one of the season's two losses. Highue land copped an 1 victory over the Huskies; The season's otlier setback, also in December practice, was a 48-loss to Olympus. Aside from the two reverses, Hillcrest had its closest scrape of the year In a 77-practice squeeze past South. In league play, Granite had the distinction of getting clos on its own est, losing 77-floor to ' the eventual state champs. Saturday marked a repeat trip for Hughes to the finals. ed . to 25 full-tim- performance by whipping the on the 6 Highland Rams BYU fieldhouse floor here Saturday night for the state Class A basketball crown. It brought Hillcrest its first state title ever and veteran coach Art Hughes his sixth in int POLICY ... PROVO. Hillcrest's ies capped a superb tourney Husk- history. OUR NEW STUDENT For Hughes It's Sixth year coverage . . . low premium 89-7- pre-leag- low-scori- ng 47 LEO JENSEN 73 agency: 4960 So. 69 mid-seas- to 7 His Huskies lost Clearfield in the 1967 champ ionship game. Enroute to the title, Hill8, crest wiped out West American Fork 92-and 8. Bonneville Highland, the Region Two champ, had 9, beaten Murray Logan 80-to and Viewmont 59-gain the finals. 73-6- 54-2- 60 84-6- 81-5- 71 58 HOW Taint THEY FINISHED W L Pcti. PF PA 1. HillerMt 2. Highland 3. Viewmont 4. Logan 5. Provo 6. Bonneville 7. Am. Fork 8. Sky View ' 3-- 3 1 3 1 3 1 22 22 LOW .750 .750 .750 750 .500 .500 .500 306 286 2S6 303 269 247 248 277 222 264 243 2S3 252 244 297 277 Largely by virtue of their defensive effort against the West Panth offens ers and their lve mark against American Fork, the new champs were not only the leading scorer In the tourney with 306 points, but had the best defense, 222. It's an average score of 76.! 92-po- int to 55.5. Logan was the scoring run nerup with 303 and Viewmont the defensive runnerup with 243. Region Three's other tour ney qualifiers had a com bined total of two wins, six losses. Murray disappointed In losto Highland and 72-ing 81-to Provo. Granger, a pleasant surprise, pushed South 68-6- 1 in losing, handed Orem a 53-loss, then bowed to 59 QUALITY FENCING 68 46 At Reasonable Prices Chain Link - Grape Stake Sky View 90-7- 7. of diBingham, vision two with Granger, lost 65-5- 8 to Viewmont In the first 2, round, bumped Box Elder to Provo. then lost 67-In an oddity, the '68 tourney aw only one game In which two teams from the same (TOURNEY, Fg. 8, CoL 6) co-cha-mp 67-6- 63 6' GRAPE STAKE Installed Only 99 4 V f IL'lllW!r K f' Wr 486-77- 19 per lin. ft. 1 1 ga. galvanized 48 Wt Install Typtt of Ftncts UTAH FENCE CO. Call for Frit Est. Nothing Down 6-- 5-- 10 6-- 1, 6-- per tin. ft. FT. CHAIN LINK Intra I. ed ........ 2004 So. 6th EaJ 5Yorttopoy Of CONTINUING tOUCATION UNIVtRSlTY Of UTAH CUttet at CRANGtR HIGH SCHOOL Winter Quarter tducitiorul AdminMution. educational psychology Political Science Hiitory Pttonei 3224461 To Hughes MURRAY. crafty genius Art Hughes, the who maneuvered his '68 Hillcrest cage squad to the state Class A title, has been honored for the second consecutive season as Coach of the Year" in Region Three's division one. It's the first time in the history of the Green Sheet's award that a coach has been selected for But so deftly recognitions. did the veteran mentor guide his Huskies to the crown that none could dispute the selection. A year ago, he took another strong Hillcrest squad to the finals before losing to state champ Clearfield. Rebuilding, and plugging the gap left by the graduation of Randy Beck-stea- d, winner of the most valuable player award last year, Hughes put together an even stronger aggregation this season. In a division where his team rated no better than an even choice with Murray and Judge, the Hillcrest coach piloted them to a perfect league record and the undisputed crown. In a state tournament where the Huskies had at least three foes regarded as their equal, the Hughes -- mentored team won all four starts by surprising margins. back-to-ba- ... With Murray's Dick Butler (54) looming over OH, WELL him and Richard Kemp (30) lurking between him and the basket, a Provo guard decides to change offensive tactics during state tourney game won by Bulldogs. ck 6-- well-balanc- ed DIVISION Again Goes State Tourney Provo Ushers Murray To Tourney Sideline, 72-6- 8 The '68 cage campaign closed here Thursday for Murray high's Spartans as it had opened -- - with a loss. Coach Jim Spencer's team, plagued by fouls and beaten at the free-thro- w line, lost a 27-decision to Provo in the consolation quarterfinals. Ninety days ago the campaign 0 loss to began with an Box Elder in the same manner at the charity stripe. In between, the Murray cag- ers registered 13 victories in 19 games. Some salve for Spartan wounds from the Provo tussle was provided by the fact the Bulldogs went on to win the consolation title and fifth place, stopping Bingham 67-1. and Sky View They'd game to dropped a first-roun- d Logan, 6. There were times in Thurs day's game on the UofU field-hou- se floor when it appeared the Murray crew would win with ease. They played a near- flawless first half and had the Bulldogs on the ropes by 14 points at intermission. But the frequent fouls with which the Spartans were tagged had taken their toll and three starters were lugging four apiece by half-tim- e. That factor caused a change in defensive strategy and certainly cut down Spartan offensive effectiveness. Which paved the way for a Provo comback on sharp outside shooting against the zone defense and a hefty collection of foul pitches which eventually proved the difference. At game's end, Murray had rimmed 28 field goals toPro-vo- 's 24. But the Spartans had SALT LAKE. 68 82-8- 63 64-4- 80-6- Art Hughes Hillcrest was minus '67 tourney squad members Terry Jensen, Royce Gardner and Neil Ostler, In addition to Beckstead. But there was a lurking suspicion 'most every where In the valley that Ron Hatch would make Husktefans forget Beckstead; that muscular Pete VanValkenburg would be tough and that dim inuti ve Ben Watahomigie would pester foes no end with his nifty shooting. It all came to pass, as did the superb guard-lin- e play of Jeff Tebbs and Jim Cutler. None could credit It to other than Hughes deft tutllege. Winning Is nothing new to state title coach. the six-tiDuring his career at Jordan, then at Hillcrest, he's regis tered 308 wins while losing only 110 games. The record for the past two years Is In 41 starts. In the past 20 years at the two schools, he's had a team In the state tourney 13 times. In nine years at sprlngvilie 33 victories only 20 opportunhit 12. line 35 times and connected on 24. With Rich Kemp leading the way, the Spartans opened effectively and rolled to a 19-lead after eight minutes. Dom inatlng the backboards and times. minutes before the recess whistle, though, Spencer moved his club into a zone defense with Kemp, Jon Winget and Richard Johnson all in foul trouble. Kirk Ford became the fly in the Murray ointment after the half, zipping shots through the strings from outside with regularity. In just six minutes and 10 seconds the Bulldogs erased the entire Murray lead and finally overtook, - then passed, the fading Spartans. as the third canto It was 61-closed, the Bulldogs having in the topped scoring 30-eight-minu- te span. But all wasn't lost in the Murray effort and the Spencer- coached team fought gamely back to take a 68-lead with 1:35 left on the clock. There, Ford collected five "clutch" free throws in six chances to put the game out of reach. Winget, nursing an ankle injury suffered in the opening- day loss to Highland, and John son both fouled out. Kemp made it the distance, but at reduced speed and in an apprehensive manner. He was the game's top scorer, ringing up 14 fielders, mostly close-i- n or under the boards and char notching a half-dozities for 34. Blaine Church hit six from out-coand the same number at the foul line for 18. Winget notched only eight, well below par and Johnson six. Ford topped the Bulldotrs with 28 points, scored on nine buckets and 10 foul tosses He had help from Craig Drury. an effective sophomore, who rang up 18 and Stewart Mor rill, another soph, who hit 13. Two The setback wrote finis to the careers of Spartan seniors Kemp, Winget, Church, John son, Bob Jensen, Craig Hall a team arand Dick Butler dent Murray followers had expected great things of this year. Lone underclassmen to see frequent tourney action and slated to return next year is Gary Sanders, a junior. 5-- 10 55 10 67 Helping Your Doctor to Help Whatever your pharmaceutical needs, prescriptions o r health supplies, rely on us. Callus for en tTMICHT KUTUCKV 80UHBOW WHISK 66 WOOf Fast Delivery DYCHES Pharmacies 4798 South State Street Ph. Murray 9105 West 2700 South MCIENT ICE OISTIIWIO CO, rmrMT.T man-for-m- an 45-3- F&G Report Has Over eight 2,000 SALT report Arrests The annual LAKE. Issued by the Fish and Game Dep't. covering 1967 listed 2,003 cases with fines Imposed totalling $37,8C6.SO. Included In the arrests were 430 cases involving Juveniles, who were referred to Juvenile courts for action. Want Adsl Sheet (ARRESTS, Creen Pg. 8, Col. 6) Try "TiiAnFiriD. hADETTER J 0 counDom ..DUV Ufa Jrl r MAYFAIR ...... 6385 So. State Storo Only JIT PUPS & 11 a.m. 1 effectively defensing Provo with a tight de fense, they poured 26 points through the strings in the second stanza while giving up 1 at only 16 and it was Coach of the Year award winners of the past, In addi tion to Hughes in '67, have been Jim Hill, Granite; Ken Farrell, Olympus and Jerry McCleary, Jordan. The latter coach la one of Hughes' high school start and was formerly Ms assistant at Jordan. FRIDAY 262-254- 15 prior to coming to Jordan, he made the tournament free-thro- w ities, of which they Provo was at the half-tim- e. Each SATURDAY -- 7 p.m. JSnnentge TO1 I Ytir Old Straight Kinhicky Bourbon I .x-- li, |