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Show Page 6 - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Tuesday, March 12, 1985 Snorts A full report and commentary on winners, losers and coming events y Teoims Flex By TOM CHRISTENSEN Herald Staff Writer There was than WEST JORDAN more suspense a Alfred One key was defense. The n Bruins changed from a set-u- p to a tough zone periodically throughout the contest. The big difference, however, came on the individual efforts of Todd Gentry, Mountain View's 64 workhorse. Although silent from the field during the first half, the junior forward held Springville's Les Chappell, the Region Eight scoring leader, to 12 points. "Todd did a good job defending Chappell," praised Bruin coach PvTig Timpview 72, Carbon 48 By DOROTHY KNOELL Herald Staff Writer man-toma- - Hitchcock movie Tuesday night in BOUNTIFUL It was a game first-roun- d the Pleasant Grove-Orefor only about a quarter and a state tourney matchup. half, but still, the Timpview Neither team ever held more were getting some valuable than a five-poilead, but after work in against the taller Carbon 36 minutes of play the Vikings Dinos throughout the contest. prevailed "I'll tell you the thing that "It was a see-sabattle, nip pleased me," said really and tuck all the way," said an coach Tim Lewis after his squad elated Viking Coach Art Allred in downed the Dinos 7248 Monday in Joel Gardner. the locker room after the game. 3A state tourney a first-roun- d The final quarter opened with Gentry also caught fire down "we handled the boards game, and they the Vikings ahead 4 on a Greg increased it to Sfofe 3A Bofs Tournament Bahr inside shot. The Tigers immediately reHarr IS tftv mm V f " MHm sponded with three buckets from the field by Clark Permann, Jim Pixton and Doug Larson to go ahead 9 with 5:52 left. m nt 48-4- 6. w , hi at 3A Prep Playoffs 4ft the third period. Meanwhile, Jimmy Werner went on the rampage for Timpview, hitting a couple of outside jumpers and driving for another score. By the time Carbon's Brad Faucett hit a jumper in the key at the 2:10 mark, it was Timpview. All that was left in the fourth quarter was for the starters to cheer the subs, as both coaches cleared the benches. In the first game, Judge finally subdued a stubborn Sky View tie breaking a squad with 2:38 left in the game to win. 48-2- 8 50-5- 63-5- I 1 1 0 I 37-3- 4, Provo 71, Payson 39 39-3- mm 40-3- Bahr put the Vikings back 0 as he penetrated inahead side the Tiger zone for a basket with 4:44 left. After a Pleasant Grove foul pitch, Larson got free inside for Orem to knot the score at 42. On the ensuing trip down the floor Scott Mosher worked himself free inside with 2:39 remaining to keep the Tigers at bay The Tigers couldn't set the ball to drop at their end of the court, and the Brad Kitchen gave the cushion with Vikings a four-poitwo foul tosses after a rebound. Kerry Van Dyke hit two clutch free throws after Bill Herlin had brought the Tigers back to within two to boost the Vikings back to a 4844 lead with 47 seconds remaining. Permann used the backboard on an inside jumper to close the Tigers to two at 4846 with 17 ticks left. The Tigers then fouled to put P.G. back on the line. Although the Vikings missed at the line, the ball went off Orem with three seconds left. The Tigers did foul the Vikings on the inbound play, and after a PG miss the Tigers had a last desperation shot miss from 50 feet, securing a P.G. victory. The first half was balanced as neither team could get more than a four-poiadvantage on the other. The half ended with Orem leading The score was tied five times in the third quarter, but P.G. led 4 going into the final period. The Vikings move on to play I Bear River in a 8:15 p.m. Wednesday contest at Bountiful High School. The two teams met in preseason at Bear River with the home team the victor Bear River advanced with a 9 victory over Weft. Orem and West meet tonight at Bountiful High at 8:15 p.m. 49-3- 42-3- Mt. View 67. Sprgvl. 55 By DAVE McCANN Herald Correspondent TAVLORSVILLE Mountain View picked a fine time to shine - from the free throw line last night. The Bruins hit 20 of 21 foul pitches in the fourth quarter to ease past Springville 5 to advance in the state tourney. Mountain View, having previously beaten the 'Devils in preseason, entered the game with confidence and never trailed. 67-5- 3-- A --ma j J Mf i1 - MIDVALE The Hillcrest High School gymnasium could be a model for all high school gyms. It is d and accusbig, airy, tomed to hosting good basketball. It was fitting and proper Monday that its opening game in the 1985 Utah State State Tournament matched two foes from that hotbed of prep basketball Utah County. So it was that Provo and Payson wanned up looking at a banner carrying the teams from the The Hillcrest Region Two Huskies. Alta Hawks. Kearns Cougars, Brighton Bengals. Taylorsville Warriors and West Jordan Jaguars. It was especially interesting to me because next year the list will be expanded to include the Mountain View Bruins. Orem Tigers and American Fork Cavemen. The three Utah County schools move up to the big school classification next fall and will compete in Region Two. And while interest is centered chamright now on this year's pionships, the "new" league next year was a topic of conversation before the Trovo-Payso- n game began Monday night. Right now officials of the new A league are considering a radical departure from the norm next win- the stretch and ended with 21 points, 11 from the foul line. Gardner noted that another key was the fact that the Bruins got the early lead, kept it and then from the foul line Eeserved it game. the test of conLeading centration and consistency was placed on the shoulders of Gardner's team. Time and time again the Bruins went to the line, and time after time they converted. "We thought we could get no less than a free throw each time down the floor in the fourth quarter," Gardner said. "We took care of the ball and hit our free throws." In the last two minutes, the 41-3- 7, Bruins dropped in 11 of 12 foul pitches to sew it up. From the word go the Bruins took charge and led 13-- 2 after one quarter. In the second quarter, Springville used a series of poor shots by the Bruins to slowly creep back into the game. The 3 'Devils trailed just at the half. Early foul trouble for the Red Devils, with Chappell and center Scott Mitchell picking up three each, hurt Springville. Momentum swung to Springville in the third quarter, as a basket and free throw by Kyle 30-2- Jordan brought the Devils to 6 at the 2:01 mark. But Gentry and Kent Lewis were there to answer with a basket each to close out the period with the Bruins ahead In the second game, the Ben within 37-3- 41-3- 7. Lomond Scots upset South Tonight, Springville plays South at 6 p.m. at Taylorsvifle while Mountain View faces Ben Lomond at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Taylorsville. 71-6- 9. well against a bigger team. "Actually, there's been only two games this year where we haven't outrebounded our opponents by at least 10 boards, even though we're small." That board control was imporin more ways tant to the than one. It not only helped Timpview win rather easily against Carbon, but it also gave them some good practice for their next outing, which will be against the tall timber of second-ranke- d Judge Memorial Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Bountiful High. The Dinos play in an elimination game tonight at 6 p.m. at Bountiful against Sky View. The loser is out of the tournament. were not shooting The well at the outset but then, neither were the Dinos. The from the field in shot just the first half, but got 13 more shots than Carbon and those extra shots kept Timpview ahead. The Dinos were just nine-of-2- 4. 2 Timpview outboarded Carbon in the first half. The Dinos led only at 0 and 2 took over. before the After looking a bit ragged early, Timpview finally got its act toat the break. gether and led "We stayed in their tempo too long in the first half," Lewis noted. "The pace was much slower than we like to play. But I knew we would eventually get into the flow, and we did." extended that lead The to 10 in the second quarter and led 2 at the half. Good Timpview defense combined with several close-i- n shots that simply wouldn't drop kept the Dinos scoreless for three and one half minutes midway through 21-1- 4-- 2-- show tonight," Drury noted. "And I don't know how many offensive and defensive boards Kam Jarman came up with. "I'm really proud of the kids," Drury said. "We respected Pay-so- n coming in." Payson's Jim Griffin, obviously disappointed about his team's performance, said, "Provo's a good team, but we're better tnan we showed tonight. It's been three years since we've been to the tournament. The kids had to be nervous and it showed. "It's too bad we had to open with such a powerful team, but we met our goal of getting here. Going from two wins last year to getting here isn't bad." Provo jumped to a 0 advanlf tage in the first two and minutes of play. The Bulldogs, 3-- -- ter. Administ'" tors are favoring a format ' i would call for a regular season round robin followed by a league tournament to determine state tournament entrants from the -- league. At this time the administrators L... mm 1 ' LiL . Marion Dunn Herald Sports Editor are waiting feedback from the coaches before formally approving the plan. The coaches, naturally, are opposed. They would rather earn their way into the state tournament over the long haul of the regular season instead of taking their chances in a short tournament. But times are changing and I got the impression Monday that the tournament format will be adopted, with the regular season champion being seeded into the final rounds In Monday's first game. Provo defeated Payson. 71-3- Provo coach Craig Drury dressed 16 players and gave all 16 at least three minutes of plaving time. The lopsided score isn't a reflection on Payson. but, rather, a tribute to the Provo team. The I and Frampton right.. .the game was locked up in the first quarter. The question now is, just bow good is this Provo team? Where does it rate in the long list of great Bulldog teams that have gone be- fore them? They haven't won this state tournament title yet so the auestions are premature. But this is a very good Provo team. The Bulldogs play Ogden Wednesday at 8:15 p m. at Bountiful High School and the Mark Heslop, Tigers are led by 6-- 5 a swir.gman, who signed an early letter of intent with BYU. Ogden beat defending champion Jordan in the second game here Monday and its game with Provo Wednesday could be a classic. - March snowstorm featuring huge, wet flakes was falling over Salt Lake WEST JORDAN A County but it was only a minor annoyance during the drive west fiom Hillcrest to West Jordan High where Orem and Pleasant Grove game, met in a late first round And the Tigers-Viking- s iLli 3-- i TCTr, 1 Y" 1 I n"' wsf' - 1 1 , J r I one-ha- using good defense and powerful rebounding by Jarman, Willie Ferguson and Co., had things their own way the entire night. Brad Shuler led Payson with 15 points, 10 of which came from long range in the third quarter. "We wanted to take the ball inside, but that's hard against Provo," Griffin said. "Another thing that hurt is that we didn't get any rebounds." In the second game, Ogden's Mark Heslop hit a jumper with one second left to lead the 7 victory over Tigers to a defending champ Jordan. 30-fo- ot 59-5- I J I Xf' ' - 7 M. Parse ! 21. 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There were a lot of heroes for the Vikings but one of the biggest was one of the smallest, Scott 48-4- pre-seaso- n, 62-5- - fit VL " Z MOUNTAIN VIEW (171 Uww f Geatry i t N , BriaaTreguUtPbot Springville's Howard Reeve (34) gives Brain forward Todd Gentry a poke in the face as both drive to the backet. Prep Boxes 3A Onfras. lefthand-e- d tanceSantiago shooting Ml 1 9-- 32-2- et 4-- In k 14-1- 0 Bulldogs are the only undefeated team in the state and the win over Payson showcased their talent. This Provo team plays great defense. In the early going Monday the defense stopped the Lions from getting the ball inside and blocked several of the early attempts from outside. And when Provo's two talented guards, Mark Santiago and Alan Frampton, zeroed in and longer disfrom the 3-- 4-- '' ' we played well enough to win. "Alan Frampton put on a good s, Vikin gs a Big well-lighte- - 'z Craig Drury. "In the second half Blowout vs. Narrow Victory US ' first half," said Provo coach J nt 37-3- 71-3- 45-1- 44-4- 2. 25-2- Top-ranke- 3-- A 41-4- nt By BOB HUDSON Herald Staff Writer d Provo MIDVALE did just about everything right en 9 route to a victory over Payson in the opening round of the state boys basketball tournament Monday. Alan Frampton scored 13 of his 22 points in the first game-hig- h half to Ted the Bulldogs to 7 halftime lead. From there Provo played a lot of people and "maintained" its advantage. "We played very well in the 6, 7 1 Mosher. In fact, as far as Orem is concerned, Mosher is a special nemesis. In their football game last fall. Mosher intercepted three Tiger passes, one of them in the end zone to stop a late Orem drive. Monday night he seemed to always be in the right place at the right time for the Vikings. When the Tigers got careless Mosher seemed to be right there turning it into a Viking advantage. h Well, an County semifinal in the Marriott is still a possibility, but it is a long shot. Pleasant Grove will be an slight underdog against Region Five champ Bear River as will Timpview be against second ranked Region Six champ Judge, while the Mountain View-Be- n Lomond game is a toss-up- . all-Uta- Only Provo will be favored Wednesday. But that's only on 4 U. UKUredKM Cleara I M 1 l 2: Weraer I 29; 2. Horn I M 2: Lindstran (4 Untfahl Haneg 1 14 Ajwie Dami Totals Jl 10-- 71. IMI Kinnlover M . Rait Bailey Carta f M (Ml IHI; IHI; MUM U- 14 11 II 8 -- IHI. IMI. IHI, IMI. , 1 I PSTM II U II nnu u-- - Ti 71 AVION 121 H 2. HaakeO Speorer Howiey i 2 I. C (tutcktoboth Beaa I M 2. Wruht IS. H (foarkenbain 12-- 2 4. Staler 7 Olaea 11 2. Audrrwi M , Cowan ToUhttf-ll- , PEOVO 171 22. Ferrmoo 2 PrampUn 1 i. Jarman 7 4 1 rUlre Santueo 4 II. Momoa 1 I. K. LoU 2 2 I. WUiiara Morfaa I t M 2. 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"Ever since Sam Battistone brought the team to town there's been this $6 million debt hanging over the club," Checketts said. "The club simply could never be big enough to support a $6 million mid-Apri- debt." "As it is, this really is the real thing. We've got to sell the limited partnerships or bring in a new partner that can retire this debt." He said the club's major lender, First Security Bank, has said the club must sell its 30 limited part nerships for $100,000 each by April 16 or must be sold. "We're not trying to beat around the bush or give anyone an indication we'll be here next year if this doesn't happen," Checketts said. "I can guarantee you if it doesn't happen, we won't. Battistone moved the club from New Orleans in 1979 but it has experienced financial problems since. "If other cities Miami, Toronif those cities to, Minneapolis are willing to pay millions of dollars ... it seems like it would be very valuable for Salt Lake City, which is a city that is growing and a city of the future," Layden said. "Wouldn't it be to our advantage to keep the team in Salt Lake City?" Checketts also said without new money, Battistone would find offers too good to pass up. "There are at least four other cities I know of that are ready to offer f 18 million to $20 million for the Jazz," he said. Firm Stance Ueberroth Takes -- SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (UPI) Commissioner Peter Ueberroth says he will force team owners to open their financial books if it is deemed necessary by those working to prevent a second baseball strike in four years. "My role is to help them with anything they need and to ensure that both sides have the ability to get their job done," Ueberroth said at a Monday news conference. "If the two sides say they need the books open, I'll order it for all 26 teams. Ueberroth, in rainy Arizona to tour the spring training camps, refused to discuss the possibility of a players' walkout. ''I wnt ?y if I'm optimistic or pessimistic," be said. |