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Show Wednesday, February (SmbM omzmmffl EASTERN BOSTON ill) J, Bird 0 38, Pinckney 8. Bagley 10. Lewis 8. McHale 14. D.Johnson 0- - 0 0. M Smith 0. Totals HOUSTON (94) B Johnson 15. Thorpe 10-- 24 9 22. Floyd 3 Woodson 4 6. L Smith 0 Totals 94. CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L 16 Boston 33 30 29 Washington New Jersey Miami 18 12 10 32 35 40 New York Philadelphia Central Division Detroit 36 29 27 26 22 Chicago Milwaukee Indiana Atlanta Cleveland Orlando 21 14 WESTERN Pet. .673 625 617 .360 .255 200 18 18 14 720 19 22 23 25 25 33 .551 531 468 .457 .298 04 GB -3 W Denver Dallas Houston Charlotte L A. Pacific Division Lakers 35 34 Portland Phoenix Golden Seattle L.A. Clippers 13 17 24 24 27 34 21 13 Sacramento .761 .723 .630 .489 .478 .438 .277 11 29 23 22 Stale .708 .681 .553 .551 .458 .213 .174 22 26 37 38 22 10 8 Minnesota Pet. L 14 15 21 34 32 26 27 20 23V, -6- 6 8'j 20'-- ! GB 11 7Vj 25 V, 6 12V4 13 PORTLAND 15 22Vi Kersey Robinson Cooper Portland Seattle 96 Drexler McMillan 30 25 20 King Armstrong 107 MIAMI (95) Frank 40. Douglas 13. Sundvold 95 13, 26. Paxson 31106 Cartwright 9. Nealy 2 22 31 34 23110 24 30 24 28106 Petrovic (Porter goals Portland Seattle (Barros (118) Chambers Lever goals Denver 410 (Adams Hanzlik Detroit Thomas (Dumars if Laimbeer Fouled leave out None, Aguirre this in. Rebounds Denver 39 (Lever 9), Detroit 69 (Laimbeer 20). Assists Denver 28 (Lever 7). Detroit 28 (Thomas 8). Total fouls Denver 26. Detroit 19. TechniDetroit coach Daly, Denver illegal defense 2, cals Denver coach Moe. A 21,454. 107) 13. Pippen Jordan 9, Hodges 0. Perdue 9 PHOENIX 6104 12110 17. 2. Totals 0. Rice 5. Seikaly 13. Edwards 4. Sparrow 2. Thompson 6. Long 10. T Davis 0 0 2. Totals 34 32 24 17107 27 23 25 20 95 Jordan goals Chicago (Hodges Sundvold Miami Rice (Douglas Rebounds-Chicago Fouled out Cartwright. Sparrow Chicago Miami 17). 11), Miami 45 (Seikaly (Cartwright Assists Chicaqo 27 (Paxson 7). Miami 23 (Douglas 6). Total fouls Chicago 24. Miami 24. Technicals Jordan. Miami coach Rothstein. A 15.008. 51 4. West 30, Rambis - 2 7, Hornacek 27. K Johnson 17, 2. 9. Lang Grant 16. Majerle Battle 0. 4. Morrison 2, Perry 118. Totals L.A. CLIPPERS 96) 15. Manning 20. Benjamin Smith 10. Rivers 19. Norman 6. Martin 2- - 7 7. Wolf 0. Bannister 2, Les 6. Garrick 6. Young 0. Edwards 5. Totals 96. 31 33 31 Phoenix LA Clippers 23 24 28 21 96 Phoenix K.Johngoals (Hornacek Grant Morrison son Los Waerle Fouled out None. (Rivers Young Angeles Rebounds Phoenix 65 (Wesl 12). Los Angeles 48 (Beniamm 10). Assists Phoenix 23 (K.Johnson 8), Los Angeles 26 (Rivers 9). Total fouls Phoenix 20, Los Benjamin. A 12.059. Angeles 23. Technical 23118 WASHINGTON Horton Walker 5. Grant Hammonds (98) 10. King 14. Malone 2. Eackles 6. Totals Jones 21, Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 32 28 22 33 30 38 (Chapman Charlotte Anderson Bogues at MilwaukeeUtah 19 20 22 26 27 29 5. Wingale 21. 2 7 - 7 - 4 - 5- - Philadelphia at L.A. Clippers at Sacramento at Seattle - 0- - Jan. 3 Washington Jan. 5 L.A. Clippers Jan. 6 at Washington Jan. 9 at New Jersey Jan. 10 Detroit Jan. 12 San Antonio Jan. 13 at Miami Jan. 17 at Orlando Jan. 19 Indiana Jan. 21 Golden State Jan. 24 Miami Jan. 25 at Washington Jan. 28 Phoenix Jan. 31 New York Feb. 2 at Minnesota Feb. 4 Sacramento Feb. 6 Milwaukee (at Ff?b. 7 Charlotte Feb. 13 at Houston 4 DNP DNP 9- 0- 0- 4- 9- 4- - Curry Indiana Bnckowski Cheeks 10. 4 11, Anderson 2. Maxwell 96. 2. Elliott 2 2. Totals 39 87 JUST A WARNING THIS TiME, BUT IF! CATCH YOU AGAIN, I'LL SlAP YOU WITH A TECHNICAL.., 9 0 0 4 9 4 - 2 - ' - 2 Htd) z Caivin Murphy (Does not include 1980 games) The highest rated sporls programs, according to arbitron ratings ot 14 markets, for the period Irom Feb. 5- 11 with network, rating and share (the rating percentage ot households with televisions and the share is the percentage ot households with televisons in use: All Time Eastern Feb. 11. NBA Game CBS. 3:15 6 1. 8 - 3 1981 Jan. 1 Utah Jan 2 at Dallas Jan. 3 Denver Jan. 7 Kansas City Jan. 24 Utah Jan 29 at Utah - Feb. 3 Denver Feb. 4 Dallas Feb, 6 at Phoenix Feb. 7 Atlanta Feb. 14 Milwaukee Feb. 19 at San Diego Feb. 22 at Seattle Feb. 23 at Utah Feb. 28 San Diego March 1 at San Antonio 2 5- - 5 - 2 6- - 6 - 3 4 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 6 - 5 5 6- - 6 5- - 5 - y Totals first attempt EAST Connecticut 80. Pittsburgh 77 Fotdham 82. Army 66 lona 77, Manhattan 72 Monmouth. N.J. 79. Long Island U. 66 Mount St. Mary's. Md. 94. St. Francis. Providence 94. Georgetown 90 Temple 61. Penn St. 53 Vermont 93. Dartmouth 86 Wagner 76. Marist 69 SOUTH Georgia Tech 80. Maryland 78 Memphis St. 81. Florida St. 69 Mississippi St 86. Alabama 74 Wake Foiest 77, William & Mary 50 MIDWEST Butler 79, Indiana St. 66 Ill Chicago 77. E. Illinois 65 Missouri 77, Kansas 71 FAR WEST Colorado 83, Iowa St. 60 i NV 85 a mi .Tl.UWUVil.liTi m Player, Club Wally Joyner. Cal Owners 5, Players 4 Winners Asked SI. 750.000 Offered $1,225,000 $400 000 S380 000 S215.000 S650.000 S525.000 $295,000 Matt Nokes. D(--t Bob Kipper. Pit W Johnson. Mon i 10. Wide World of Sporls (Figure Skat12 markets). ABC. ing 4 30 p m.-p.m.. 8 3 Feb 11. U S Figure Skating Championships. ABC. 4:15-p m 6 1. 13. 4. Feb 10. Pro Bow30 pm lers. ABC. 4 6. 13. 5 Feb 11. PGA Hawaiian Open. NBC. 4 30-- 6 30 p m.. 3.7. 8. 6. Feb. 11. Busch Oah Auto Racing. CBS 45 p m , 3 5 10 Feb. 11. College Basketball (Oklahoma vs Seton Hall). CBS, 7 Offered Asked $1.700 000 SI. 900. 001 S865 000 $785 000 Bobby Bomlla Bo Jackson. KC Devon White. Cal R.J Reynolds. Pif Joe Hesketh. Mon 250.000 SI 000.000 $580,000 $535,000 S375.000 51 S48S.OOO 1 45 2 45 p m 3 4. 9 Feb. 10. PGA Hawaiian Open (12 markets) NBC. 5 6 30 p.m , 3 3. 8 10 y Feb College Basketball (UCLA vs Ac 3 Feb. Basketball Geottjetown CBS. 6 markets). 15 p.m., 15-- 2 8 6 10 2 - CITY (AP) The Utah Ski Association reported the following conditions Wednesday at the state s ski resorts: Atta 103 total. 4 new. Beaver Mountain 70 total, no new. Brian Head -- 35 total. 5 new. 96 total, 1 new. Brighton Deer Valley 75 total, new. Elk Meadows 53 total. 6 new. Park City 71 total. 6 new. Park West-- 74 total. 4 new. Powder Mountain 84 total. T new. Snowbasin 72 total, 2 new. Snowbird 96 total. 4 new. Solitude-- 90 total. 3 new. Sundance 66 total. 6 new. Snow depth in inches refers to unpacked snow at New snow refers to snow within the last 24 hours. LAKE I t0 College vs (Florida 6 p m., ffliTigmnnTO WALES L T Pts 25 6 62 24 10 58 25 7 57 27 4 56 30 4 54 28 8 52 CF 218 185 211 241 221 208 CA 212 192 221 258 218 203 73 70 66 58 26 208 197 190 195 177 164 178 166 286 2 3 7 66 64 62 53 47 OF 233 205 260 203 207 OA 211 188 253 225 229 28 18 13 28 19 1 26 24 7 24 27 6 It 33 9 69 67 59 54 45 244 231 212 24 7 178 198 200 214 240 224 W 28 24 25 26 25 22 Islanders Rangers New Jersey NY NV Pittsburgh Washington Philadelphia Adams Division 34 20 32 21 30 22 26 25 i Boston Butlalo Montreal Hartloid Quebec 10 CAMPBELL Smyth Calgary Edmonton Winnipeg Los Angeles Vancouver playoff 41 5 6 6 6 6 191 CONFERENCE Norris Division Chicago SI. Louis Toronto Minnesota Detroit 1 "I CONFERENCE Patrick Division 12 8 NBC. I W 31 21 28 30 25 20 27 26 32 30 lH 4 8 Division spot Sports Mailbag Not surprising that Reid's team wins Sports Editor: Thanks to Dick Harmon for his groat article about Roger Heid being the logical choice for WAC Coach of the Year. Everything he said about Coach Reid was absolutely fair aned accurate as far as we know except for one very important exception: That is that nobody expected the world to tumble down when Roger Reid took over the reins this fall. I know that everyone who knows this good man personally would take exception to that one statement. Actually we all just assumed that Roger would be the succesas that has been. This is ho obviously because in addition to being a class coach Roger is a unique human being who has a talent of making everyone he even speaks to feel special. When he talks to you he aits like there is nothing more important on the entire planet than you and what you have to say. Naturally this brings out the very best in everyone and a desire to not let Roger down. We all knew that he would just .simply love his team on to victory and if sou watch how he acts with them at the end of each game sou know that this is what lit. has dune With all his very buss schedule vshich sou also noted 111 smir column. Kogi r still finds time to at tend his sons' baseball and basket- ball games very rarely being absent. Obviously this has paid off at home as well as at work. In short, Roger is just one of the finest human beings any of us will ever meet and the players on his team are responding to that positive way of approaching their jobs. The svorld should have more Roger Reids then surely we would all be surpassing even our own expectations just because someone else believed in us and made it possible for us to believe in ourselves. Dennis Flynn Spanish Fork Politics hurt athletes in Utah high schools Sports Editor: The politics involved in L'tah high school athletics is unfair to student athletes. Coaches at L'tah high schools seem to follow a few simple rules. If you luive played other sports, you're on. If ymi have an all star brother, you're on. If your dad comes to tryouts and practice, you're on. If you help the coach move his sister's furniture, sou're on. If sour dad has enough money to pas fur new uniforms, you're on. Being an athlete and attending three different high si bonis have given me a lot of experience with polities in Ubieties. From this experienced I have learned that politics ate a strong e S v- - IT v I 3 9-- 2, 2, , : ... , Iff top-rank- 78-7- 63-5- factor in picking a team. I have also learned that politics can't be avoided. It is a natural tendency to have a prejudice in favor of someone who has been around awhile as opposed to someone fresh and new to the scene. This is completely understandable, but is it right? I have come to find that politics in L'tah high school athletics are much greater than those of other schools I have attended. I recall a professional baseball player who got cut from the baseball team at McClatchy High in Sacramento. Calif. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team one of the four years that he tried out because he wasn't athletic enough, according to the coach. Although these athletes may not have been mature and developed at the high school level, it is highly unlikely that they were not capable of playing on their high school team. Both of these men became highly respected professionals but neither were ever good enough to play on a high school team. There is something wrong when an athlete is good enough for the pros, but not for a coach in high school. The best explanation is more than likely polities. (ire.it athletes are going to waste. The only people who can stop this unfair political prejudice are the coaches. Coaches, don't degrade sourvelses by being politicians! Name withheld (Continued from Page CI) Musselman is now coaching the Minnesota Timberwolves. Franson dressed with the varsity his sophomore season. "I was able to get that experience, then play in the state tourna- ment," Franson said. ...t - I'nT.HHInr I'ni WrtttYi Iff ' Al' Uiserphoto Missouri guard Anthony Peeler puts defensive pressure on Kansas forward Rick Calloway in Tuesday's game. "The team dedicated this game Missouri shot 55 percent to Kan44 percent. Providence 94, No. 3 Georgetown 90 Providence made a season-hig- h 12 shots and Carlton Screen scored 29 points as the Friars won without leading scorer Eric Mur-docMurdock complained of fatigue before the game and was taken to a hospital for observation. to him," said Screen, who hit five of seven shots from range. Georgetown's Mark Tillmon, who sas' had seven among his 39 6 with points, tied the game 13:41 left before Providence went ahead to stay. The Friars led 2 with 2:35 left. Quinton Burton added 21 points for Providence. 56-5- 83-7- Long game ends with UVCC coming up short FRANSON: Losers Player, Club 106-25- . irons By The Associated Press In case Kansas wasn't convinced the first time, Missouri showed 'em again. Proving that a 7 victory over No. Kansas at Columbia, Mo., on Jan. 20 was no fluke, second-ranke- d Missouri journeyed to Lawrence, Kan., Tuesday night d and beat the Jayhawks again The Tigers and Jayhawks have been sharing the No. 1 ranking for the last six weeks. Kansas was No. 1 for three weeks until losing to Missouri, then Mizzou took over for two weeks until losing to Kansas State last Thursday. "It wasn't different this time," said Anthony Peeler, who led Missouri (23-with 22 points. "The big difference for us right now is the Big Eight title and beyond. One-tw- o is up in the air right now. That's for other people to decide." The Tigers may be back on top next week provided they beat No. 11 Oklahoma on Sunday especially since No. 3 Georgetown 0 lost to Providence Tuesday night. In other Top 25 games, it was No. 10 Connecticut 80, Pittsburgh 77 and No. 13 Georgia Tech 80, Maryland 78. Peeler scored the basket that gave Missouri the lead for good in the first over Kansas (24-2 North matchup since 7 on Carolina beat Georgia Tech Feb. 4, 1986. Kansas rallied from a 3 deficit to tie the score 4 with 5:33 to play. Peeler put the Tigers ahead to stay when he scored on an offensive rebound with 4:58 left. Doug Smith then made two free throws and Missouri was on a 2 run that put the game away. "They are a great team," Kansas coach Roy Williams said. "They hit inside, outside. They rebound the heck out of it and they play defense. You better be ready to play them and get lucky and hope they don't shoot the ball well." Nathan Buntin added 16 points for Missouri while John Mclntyre had 15 and Smith 12. Mark Randall led Kansas with 15, one more than reserve forward Mike Maddox. 64-6- Feb 2 C3 94-9- 6- - Dec. 27 at Washington-Dec. 30 San Diego SALT p.m. Leonard and his teammates are caught using an illegal defense. 2 2 4 five consecutive after missing first two three consecutive before missing. 23105 27128 IN THE BLEACHERS ITS 1 0 DNP DNP I T 7 2, SAN ANTONIO (96) 22. Page Tigers upend Jayhawks once again, Friars surprise Hoyas 77-7- 1. 2. Turpin - top-rate- games) 27, Alane 9. Person Sanders (Miller Fleming Fouled out None. Rebounds CharSchrempf lotte 33 (Gilliam 7). Indiana 52 (Thompson 11). Assists Charlotte 24 (Bogues 10). Indiana 31 (Miller 9). Total fouls Charlotte 27. Indiana 21. A 9.536. Cummmgs Robinson 21. Jones 18. 1990 CHARLOTTE (105) Gilliam 15. Tripucka 11. J.R.Reid 8. Bogues 20 13, Chapman Gattison 12. R Reid 9. 9, Curry 4. Gray 2, Anderson 2, Sichting Rowsom 0. Totals 105. INDIANA (128) 23. Thompson Person 10, Smits 19. Fleming 16, Miller 23, 16. Green 4, Sanders Schrempf 2. McCloud 3. Wittman 6. Dreihng 0. Nix 0. Totals 128. Tnpucka Donaldson The Associated Press of Larry Bird and Calvin Murphy s By consecutive tree throw streaks: Larry Bird (Does not Include 1989 25106 goals 15. Blackman 9. Totals 22. 2 3 96 35 21 27 23 San Antonio 21 30 19 33103 Dallas Ander(Manwetl goals San Antonio Dallas son Cummings Wingale Fouled out Biackman Davis (Harper Bnckowski. Anderson. Reoounds San Antonio 57 (Robinson 11). Dallas 55 (Tarpley 17). Assists San Antonio 21 (Cummings. Cheeks 5). Dallas 16 (Harper 7). Total fouls San Antonio 29. Dallas 19 Technicals-Dal- las Coach Adubato, Harper. A 17.007. 98. SACRAMENTO (106) 20. Tisdale 20. Kite McCray 3, Ainge 33. Del Negro 8. Sampson 4. Pressley 3. Totals 15, Allen 106. 31 17 30 20 98 Washington 31 25 2S Sacramento Eackles goals Washington iKing Sacramento Fouled (Ainge Pressley out Horton. Rebounds Washington 59 (Walker 15). Sacramento 61 (McCray 9). Assists Washington 23 (Walker 7), Sacramento 22 (McCray 6). Total 24, Sacramento 24. Technical King. A 17,014. Charlotte Indiana Perkms 9. Davis bounds-Portl- MINNESOTA (104) 7, Corbin 14, Breuer Murphy 29. Richardson 23, Campbell 12, Mitchell 0. Royal 9, Lowe 4, Roth -3 4. West 2. Totals 104. UTAH (110) Edwards 3, Malone 40, Eaton 9, Hansen 13, Stockton 22, Bailey -7 2. Griffith 0, Brown 6, Rudd 110. 6. Totals 9, Leckner Minnesota 36 19 29 14 Utah 26 31 18 23 (Murphy Campbell goalsMinnesota Malone Utah Griffith (Stockton Fouled out None. Rebounds Minnesota Hansen S3 (Campbell 10). Utah 51 (Eaton 9). Assists Minnesota 29 (Richardson 9), Utah 36 (Stockton 18). Total fouls Minnesota 26. Utah 23. Technicals Minnesota illegal defense 3. Malone. A 12.616 DENVER (96) 18. Lane 2. Rasmussen English 4. Lever 14. Adams 19. Kempton 6. Schayes 10. Hanzlik 11. Lichti 2. Dunn 10. Hughes 0. 96. Totals DETROIT (106) Rodman 6. Edwards 14. Laimbeer 12. Thomas 13, Dumars 17, 16. Johnson 16. Salley Aguirre 10. Bedtord 2. Totals 106. Denver 33 21 26 16 96 16, 12. Cage 8. Oailey 3, Farmer McDaniel Farmer Fouled out None. Re-- , 50 (Williams 16). Seattle 52 (McKey. Portland 17 (Drexler. Porter 5), Cage 10). Assists Seattle 28 (McMillan 15) Total fouls Portland 16. Seattle 22. Technicals Portland illegal defense. Kersey 2 (elected), Williams. A 12.717. Wednesday's Games CHICAGO Grant 15. Duckworth 10. Williams 31. 24, Porter 12. Drexler 5. 6, Pertovic 5. Young 110. 2. Totals 35. McKey 20. McMillan 0. Polynice 106. 17. Harper THE HERALD, Prc.o, Utah, 95-3- (110) SEATTLE (106) McDaniel 2- - 2 12. Barros 11. Kemp 5 Totals New Jersey at Philadelphia. 5:30 p.m. Chicago at Orlando. 5:30 p.m. Indiana at Cleveland. 5:30 p.m. Charlotte at Minnesota. 6 p.m. Denver at Milwaukee. 6:30 p.m. Boston at San Antonio 6:30 p.m Utah at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m. Portland at Los Angeles Lakers, 8:30 p.m. Detroit 107 94 32114 34109 7'1 12 23'i Tuesday's Games Chicaqo 107, Miami 95 New York 114. Atlanta 109 Detroit 106, Denver 96 Indiana 128. Charlotte 105 Boston 107, Houston 94 Dallas 103. San Antonio 96 Utah 110. Minnesota 104. OT Porttend 110, Seattle 106 ThoeniK 118. L03 Angeles Clippers Sacramento 106. Washington 98 0 33 22 24 28 25 24 28 17 NEW YORK (114) 23. Ewmg Newman 9. Oakley 12. G.Wilkins 15. 31, Jackson 0 6. Tucker E.Wilkms 6. Strickland 114. 6 Walker 6. Totals ATLANTA (109) D Wilkins 23. Malone 33. Willis 11- - 19 7. Webb 15. Battle 24. Long - 5 0 2, Levingslon 2 Totals 3, Volkov 139. 24 27 31 New York 21 26 28 Atlanta NewYork goals-N- ew (Strickland Willis Atlanta man G.Wilkins (Long Fouled out None. ReD.Wilkins Webb boundsNew York 52 (Oakley 10), Atlanta 51 (Willis York 32 (Jackson 11), Atlanta 24 13). Assists-N- ew 20. (Webb 7). Total fouls New York 24, Atlanta Technicals-Batt- le, Oakley. A 15.571. i 13 - 24. Olaiuwon 6 18. Wigains 0 0. Lucas (103) 13. 4 Williams 103. 0 (Bird Bagley M Smith McHale Houston 14 (8 Johnson Lucas Fouled out None. Rebounds-Bos- ton Floyd 58 IBird 14). Houston 55 (Olajuwon 17). Assists Boston 28 (Bird 8). Houston 1 (Floyd 12). Total fouls Boston 19. Houston 19. A 16.611. Midwest Division Utah DALLAS Tarpley 0 goals Boston 151-- 9 12 0. Parish 25. Kleine 0 4. Gamble 107. Boston Houston 2'! CONFERENCE San Antonio gum) 14, 1990 pitches. Quincy Iewis made all four. Turner drilled a three-pointon the ensuing throw-in- , and it was College. Moments later, TurnGuess you'd have to say it was a tied up, long one for Dixie College too. You er hit another long one, and it was 1 for Dixie. see, the game started way back on Peterson added a trey to put January 26, but was suspended After UVCC rallied partway through when the power Dixie up to close it to Peterson drilled went out in Dixieland. to push It took 18 days to finally get the consecutive thing wrapped up. But what made the lead back up to eight. h it even longer for the UVCC club The Wolverines made one was the fact that they came out on rally, drawing to within three the short end of a 2 score, and at 3 with 4:10 to go. But Peterson hit two free throws, then lead in the process. blew a at the The two teams picked up the canned another three-pointgame where they left off two and a three minute mark to make it 3 for Dixie. The Rebels cruised in half weeks ago. UVCC was up 2 with 1:13 left in the first half. The from there. Wolverines scored the first eight Peterson ended with a game-hig- h and things 31 points to go up points, 28 of them in the second were looking rosy for the Utah half. Turner finished with 22, as did team. County teammate Cliff Reed. For UVCC, But things did not turn up roses. Stan Rose led with 21 points. Kerry not a shot. No, by long Sherwood had 17, and Richard , Oh, there were plenty of 13. most of them by Dixie. And Saunders added The loss was the third straight most of them went in. Sean Peterson and Lester Turner connected on for the Wolverines and dropped UVCC into a fourth-plac- e tie in the eight out of ten second-hal- f to bury the Wolverines. It Scenic West Athletic Conference was a seven-poiDixie play that really with Snow College at improved to 6 in the league. The got Dixie going. Down the Rebels got the three clubs are the top contenders benefit of a personal foul and a for hosting honors for this year's technical foul, resulting in four foul Region 18 Tournament. ST. GEORGE It was a long game for Utah Valley Community er 51-5- 1. "That 56-5- helped." Last year, Franson averaged 21 points and 11 rebounds a game. He knows that scoring is his biggest strength. "The big thing that helped me was going against John Miller last year," Franson said. "He was probably one of the best defensive players to come out of the state." Miller, Franson's teammate last season, is now at Dixie College. Franson's biggest weakness, he said, is a lack of quickness. Franson and his teammates achieved one goal when they earned the region championship. "We'd like another shot at Bingham," Franson said. "Iast year (when the Miners won big in the state championship game) was a big disappointment." Once the season is over, Franson will consider his future. "Hopefully I'll go somewhere a year, then go on my (IDS Church) mission," Franson said. Among colleges who have shosvn an interest in him are Utah State, the University of Portland, Washington State and Southern Utah State. "They all wanted me to sign early last fall," Franson said. Franson shouldn't have any trouble getting into college. He was a National Merit semifinalist in math and scored 29 on the American College Test. He hasn't just concentrated on basketball. "I like to play golf," Franson said. "I was on the golf team. It was a good fun activity. And, I helped keep stats for the football team, trying to get involved." Franson's involvement has carried American Fork to one pinnacle of high school basketball. He would like to attain another. "I would like everyone to know-thacoach Eckles is the greatest coach anywhere," Franson said. "He's the major reason the American Fork program has developed the way it has in the last four 4--A 61-5- 67-6- three-pointe- rs last-ditc- 76-7- 96-8- er 83-7- 40-3- 48-3- long-shots- Uuee-pointe- rs 8-- 51-4- Cougar spikers host UCLA Saturday Number one ranked UCLA is a tall order for BYU's men's volleyball team to host Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse. The Bruins brought a 0 record 9-- into this week, while BYU's record is 2-- An earlier article indicated that the game would be played Friday. t years." BYU golfers 12th - Even with a Ariz. improvement over their first round, BYU's women golfers remained in 12th place at the Chris Johnson Invitational played Tuesday in blustery weather in Tucson. Sophomore Ruby Chico, who turned in the best score of the day for BYU, was through No. 13. but bogied three of the last five holes to finish the round with a TUCSON. three-sho- t 74. Mary Grace Estuesta carded a 78 d Tuesday to go with her 74 for li2. Other BYU scores are Paula Suarcz 153, Chico 3 15f.; Robin Barry 1G3; and 166. m hell Simmons first-roun- 77-7- 6 82-7- 4 60-8- 3 moo . m |