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Show Thursday, Dec. 22, 1988 THE GREEN SHEET SPORTS No7 Bsngalo Clip Tigera, Jaguaro COt , jNWOOD heights. With tae game on the line, it would appear Brighton would like Marc Hagen at the line. 3 home win In Brighton's over West Jordan Friday and 5 again in the Bengals' cliffhanger over visiting Orem Tuesday, last second points by Hagen either put Brighton ahead or helped keep it ahead. Brighton, emitting a collective it two dose igh of relief after .ins to start " league play, entertains East today (Thursday) at 12:30 p.m. then travels to Davis on Friday, Dec. 30, at 7:30. which also West Jordan, 1 suffered an pounding at home at the hands of Bingham Tuesday, hosts Bountiful today at 1 pjn. and Taylorsville Dec. 30 at c V miaied some crucial free throws and layup down , the stretch,' including the front of "We 67-6- in 13 ? ( 4 ' 85-6- rr 7:30. :4V Brighton 67, Orem 65 4v ,!' J , 5 Hagen's heroics on Tuesday came from the line, but were not free throws, pulling up for a jumper at the stripe as the clock ticked down. Orem threw up a prayer at the buzzer, but it wasn't .answered. ' The contest was a affair through the first half, Brighton holding a slim. 2 lead at the end of the first quarter, but 1 falling behind by the halfway mark. Brighton, which '- -y . see-sa- w 14-1- 34-3- hit five three-pointe- the on rs night, used the long shot to good advantage in the third quarter, erasing the Tiger lead and posting a advantage of five-poin- 50-4- t, starting fouling late in the final period and got away with it, at least to a point, as Orem ' , ' 1 " three straight times the Bengals could hit only one of two free throws. That helped the Tigers pull even in the final momenta. "Orem was 10x10 at the foul line in the fourth quarter, while we were just 5x10," noted Bengal head coach Larry Yates. "If we hit our free throws like they did, we wouldn't have had to worry." Hagen finished with 21 points and Brandon Peterson with 19 to lead Brighton. Though it had its troubles cashing in at the line in the late going, Brighton did finish at 12x17 free throw shooting. Brighton 56, West Jordan 63 t ""SBteawb' ' - . - V' HIGH OFF THE HARDWOOD ... night's league opener at Brighton. The Bengal won the contest, but It wasn't easy as the visiting Jags hung on their heels right down to the wire. West Jordan guard Jeff Rowland (32) sweeps past Brighton defenders Chad Kartohner (45) and Tod Johnson (44) on his way to die basket In Friday West Jordan Captures Title In Copper Classic Uat Lleet SOUTH JORDAN. West Jordan high school continued oh its unbroken string of wrestling success over the weekend by taking top honors in the annual Bingham Copper Classic overcoming second place Bonneville, Idaho Mountain View was third at 135 followed by Jackson Hole at 104 12, Tooele 97 12, Millard 83 12, host Bingham '82, Cottonwood 62 12, Jordan 27, Judge 13 and 186-16- Prove. The Jaguars captured three individual first place finishes in the meet with John Lovato at 112, Chris Ogura at 130 and Jason Casto at 152. Casto was also named the outstanding wrestler in the upper weights. The outstanding wrestler in the lower weights was Cottonwood's Greg Carrel, the champion at 119 pounds. West Jordan also got seconds from Justin Williams, 119 pounds; Jeremy Gessell, 125; Efrem Slivers, 145; and Bryant Burton, 160. Kris Jaramillo, 103, and Mark McOmie, 136, took Four straight free throws .down OREM. Brighton high's wres- tling juggernaut took another step up the ladder Thursday at Mountain View, defeating a good Bruin squad Brighton will be off for the holidays, not wrestling again . until Thursday, Jan. 5, when it will travel to American Fork for a 46-1- pleased George Shiga, Bingham's head coach. Tve watched Bingham in all of its previous gemes this year," reported West Jordan coach Grant Price, "and this is the best IVe seen them play. That's a good basketball club." Bingham had four players scoring in double figures, leading off with Brett Davis' 20 points followed by Kenneth Roberts' 18, Mike VanStavern's 15 and Ross Frandson's 10. West Jordan was led by Collyn McCleary with 14 points and Craig Strong at 13 as the Jags, reported Coach Price, just didn't get the usual point production from some of their big guns. JORDAN. Bingham high's basketball crew, playing to the kind of form many pollsters predicted, rattled a troublesome West Jordan team 1 in a Tuesday road match. The win, coupled with home victories over Bountiful 3 last Wednesday and American Fork in whiteknuckler to open a league play, left the Miners at West Jordan, meanwhile, gave homestanding Brighton all the trouble it wanted Friday before falling Bingham visits Olympus today (Thursday) at 1 p.m. then travels to Highland Thursday, Dec. 29, and Granger the following day, both of the later games at 7:30 p.m. West Jordan hosts Bountiful today, also at 1, and entertains Taylorsville Friday, Dec. 30, at pre-seas- 85-6- 81-7- 54-5- 2 3-- 0. 56-5- 3. -- Miners team points in the first match of Thursday's match as Dave Wilson won by fall over Chris Carlson at 103 pounds. But Jason Short of Brighton earned a decision over the Bruins Chad Jenkins at 112 and Brighton's Rand Adams won 52-5- Bingham 81, Bountiful 73 in on the Marc DeCol cashed 7:30. 42-4- The Miner win last Wednesday with front end of a e Brave a just seven seconds left to provide brought to streak an end. It was of victory for Bingham winning the one-and-o- five-gam- Bingham 85, West Jordan 61 margin ' Friday. Moments before, DeCol had hit another free throw that 1 had given the Miners a edge. But a jump shot by American Fork's Wilson knotted the game at "I don't know why they fouled us with just seven seconds left and the game tied," reported Coach Shiga. "But Marc was able to get one of the free throws and that was enough." Despite playing on its home floor, Bingham found itself in trouble early against the Cavemen, trailing by eight, after the first period of play. n Battling a tough defense, Bingham on started the road back in the second quarter, which ended with the Miners down by three, Bingham crept a little closer in Bingham started out with a first quarter and never slacked its pace, scoring 20 or more in each of the succeeding periods of play. West Jordan notched just 13 points in the opening eight minutes and trailed the Miners 4 at the midway point. Bingham, hitting from all points on the compass, upped its margin to 26 points, by the conclusion of the third quarter, scoring 20 points to West Jordan's 17. The Jags' best quarter was their final quarter as they posted 20 points to Bingham's 18, cleary a case of "too little, too late." "We passed the ball well, we shot well, we played good defense and we handled their. (West .Jordan's) press," noted a very 53-5- 22-poi- nt 53-5- 47-2- 67-4- 1, 3. 20-1- 2, man-to-ma- 32-2- 9. Are you receiving payments from the sale of your home? Would you like CASH today Snctpad of oavments? iinii m n also Bingham's first action since Nov. 29. opened with an at the lead, close of the first period and broadened the gap to 12, by the midway point. Bountiful rallied late in the third quarter, 6 which ended at Bingham, and on into the fourth. But the Miners were able to draw the line at around eight points and hold it. "It was a good high school basketball game," Sluga said later. "It was to great to see our kids, after such a long layoff, really play well." VanStavern's 18 points was tops for Bingham, while Roberts added 16 and Justin Tebbs 14. DeCol added 11 points as the fourth Miner in double figures. Bingham was 72 at the line, 21x29, to the Braves' 69, 18x26. Both teams were around 50 from the field. Bingham 8, 54-4- 24-1- 7, nt 28-2- w - Please Call Today 408 w 0, 48-3- 18-1- 36-2- 6, 52-4- 54-5- 9, West Jordan had well balanced scoring with four players in double figures, Scott Briggs and Perkins leading with 12 points and Collyn McCleary and Craig Strong following with 11. Price stated that his crew shot about 47 percent from the field and finished at 11x18 from the line. West Jordan had 28 rebounds, Greg Clawson leading individually with six. Ml rut Jim FACTOAY CM Witt DETA &MM . ill! 7, 54-4- 8. Glen Miner at 126, Ryan Robison over Jeff Dalev at .130, Brad Strawn over Jared Thomas at 135 and Chris Skudlarczyk at 140. Mountain View's next win came at 145, where Tyson Bamhart dedsioned Mike Clegg. After Mike Carlson had won by decision over Kevin Yocum at 152, the Bengals lost decisions at 160 and 171, Ted Johnson defeating Mark Mortensen and Ryan Franson overcoming Pete Loser. But Brighton finished strong with pins by Brian Nielsen over Blake Murray at 189 and by Rod Stone over Shane Cook at heavyweight. while Valena Bleak added 18. Bingham shot 49 from the foul line and 42 percent from the field. The Lady Miners suffered 19 turnovers, but ended up with 25 steals, including six blocks. Though Bingham coach Leslie Huntsman did not feel her team played particularly well against East on Tuesday, it did managed to overcome a 3 first quarter 7 deficit to lead at the half. The score at the end of of three periods was, 7 with the Lady Miners outscoring East 18--6 in the final quarter. Bleak had a super night individually for Bingham, scoring 16 points, going 8x9 at the foul line, and netting 16 rebounds, four blocks, three steals and three assists. Debbie Dimond added 14 points and 14 rebounds plus five steals and two blocks. Bingham piled up 54 team rebounds, shot 67 percent from the line and 49 percent 23x47 from the field. 19-1- 30-2- 41-3- Bailies Captures State Titles coming back." VHS ::::: 8-- 42-3- 5, 9wirs kvkmhi miwe iMiiifiwraf sniiwwia m Seiving Utah Since 1970" nt 28-2- wre. cvm iwfcw e" wiRtn 1 74-7- 2. TOTAL MOBILE H 59-4- 12-1- 1. 1 First Fidelity Mortgage Corp 4460 Highland Drive 6, 40-2- Nationwide Highest Prices Paid 278-333- 0 24-1- eight-poi- nt The girls basketball from Bingham high opened the week's play by 3 pounding visiting East Tuesday, but then dropped 0 overtime decision at Clearfield Friday. The Lady Miners will host Granger on Dec. 30 at 6 p.m. then travel to Orem for a Jan. 6 league match at 5:45. Bingham trailed through most of regulation play on Friday, pulling even in the final seconds on a three-poishot by Cheri Burton. Bingham, hampered by a trio of tough officiating calls, was outscored 4 in overtime. Clearfield had led 5 at the end of the first quarter then tripled that margin to nine, by the midway point Bingham, getting points from everyone who played, began the trip back in the third quarter, cutting the lead to six, Shirley Stepan led Bingham's scoring with 20 points, during penod of time, bemoaned Coach Grant Price. Brighton led most of the way, but seldom by very much. Early on, the Bengals held an 11-- 6 advantage only to watch the Jags score six unanswered points to lead briefly Brighton scored the last basket of the opening period and went ahead Midway through the second quarter, Brighton opened margin, up a seven-poibefore then led by eight West Jordan battled back again to trail 4 at the half. Brighton wound up the third then quarter up by seven, built its biggest lead of the night, early in the fourth. But West Jordan, despite the loss of Jason Perkins to fouls, aa?rin rallied, cutting the Bengal margin 1 to three at and, of course, the final. Brighton's Drew Peterson led all scorers with 24 points, while Hagen chipped in 11. The Bengals shot 82 at the line, 9x11, going 6x6 in the final stanza, while finishing at 22x55 from the field. Along with its key free throws, Brighton's rebounding was also an important factor as the Bengals ended up with 36 boards. "I'm glad the game didnt go on for a couple of minutes more," a relieved Brighton Coach Larry Yates stated. "West Jordan is really tough, but luckily our kids didn't panic when tiny kept 13-1- Four straight falls followed by the Bengals, Danny Cloward over Bingham Ladies Gain A Split es the third period, but only by a 0 with point, and still trailed one quarter to play. Bingham didn't gain its first lead until the 1:01 mark of the fourth period as K. C. Tebbs scored a fast break layup off a turnover forced by DeCol to make it 0 Miners. Ken Roberts was the the leading scorer for Bingham with 20 points, while Mike VanStavem notched 15. The Miners shot just nine free throws, interestingly enough, and hit five, including the two by DeCol in the final seconds. From the field Bingham was 24x58. American Fork was 22x49 from the floor and 8x15 at the line. Bingham had eight turnovers as did the Cavemen and rebounds were about even. 54, Cavemen 53 5. 7:30 p.m. match. Mountain View got six of its 15 . Miners Rout Jaguars, Nip Cavemen West Jordan Coach Tex Casto indicated this is the first time the West Jordan varsity team has entered the holiday moritorium undefeated. It has been beaten Orem, American Fork and Hillcrest in league dual matches and earned top honors in the Layton tournament best next the Bingham, best local its team, got finishing placing individually at 140 pounds where James Coates placed second. It also got thirds from Richard Garn at 112, David Peterson, 125; and Richard Thatcher, 162. Mike Beckstead, 119, and Eddie Anderson, 160, added fourths. Carrel's to In addition championship performance, Cottonwood got a second from Jay McMaster at 112 pounds and a fourth from John Gatherum at 126. Jordan had two fourth pi ace finishers, Tracy Cowdell at 145 pounds and Troy Trujillo at 152. team won the Bingham ' championship in the junior varsity side of the match. Brighton Wrestlers Notch Big Victory Over Bruins the stretch by Marc Hagen and. by forfeit at 119. two more Neal Hansen help preserve the Bengal victory Friday. Meanwhile, the Jaguars missed the front end of three SOUTH JORDAN. the same To Start League - WEST 3. third place in the tournament 5, its own. 1 noted Price. three 66-6- "But our kids have to know they can play with Brighton. That's as close as weVe ever played Brighton at Brighton." , BOUNTIFUL. Cathy Gibson and Chree Bryan, Class III gymnastics from Bailies' gym in Draper, took top honors in the uneven parallel bars event at the State Class in meet held Saturday at USA Gymnastics World in Bountiful, v Gibson the competes ' in children's division and Bryan in the juniors. Gibson's 9.6 score netted her the bars title, while she added a third in the vault at 9.35, a seventh in the floor at 9.25, an 8.35 in the beam and fourth in with a total of 36.7. Andrea Taylor, also taking part in children's competition for Bailies, scored an 8.75 in the vault 9.1 in the bars, 8.4 in the beam and 9.36 all-arou- (fourth) in the floor with an score of 35.6. Bryan won the junior bars with a 9.65 score and was third in the floor with a 9.4, while adding an 8.8 in the vault and an 8.55 in the beam for an total of 36.4, netting her seventh overall. Bailies' teammate Deidra Savage scored 9.0 in the vault 8.95 in the bars, 8.85 in the beam (ninth) and 9.3 in the floor (fifth) for an all-arou- all-arou- score of 361, good enough for ninth. According to Bailies' spokespersons, Bryan accomplished her title effort despite being afflicted with an injured foot Taylor's and Savage's state efforts were reportedly their best best of the season. Take a break from weekend Christmas shopping at our Snack Bar, featuring soup of the day, a variety of fresh sandwiches, plus dally specials. Conveniently located In our Salt Lake Downtown, Cottonwood, NAalley Fair and South Towne stores. |