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Show Bears clip Uintah NEWS, Brigham City, Utah Sunday, March 14, 1976 BOX ELDER i Davis derails title hopes state tourney this year Us Bear River wont be the class state basketball champions for 1976, but another year . . . Does pod duo tegs GOsiy ? rjcfe g)9 8S 0 The cage togs are being tucked away at Box Elder High school. There will be no state tournament play again this year for the Hivers who fell to Roy in a playoff game Thursday, on the Weber State college floor. The outcome gave Roy enstate classic as trance to the team. Region Ones third-plac- e 72-6- 4-- A Weber downed Sky View, in Thursdays nightcap at WSC to settle who will fill state berths from this prep circuit as first and second-plac- e teams. With Bear River and Logan having competed in the tourney at Brigham Young university this past week, it left Box Elder and Bonneville as the only quintets from this neck of the woods to remain home. 51-4- 3-- Tough Way to Exit It was a tough way to exit for Coach Tom Stewarts kids. started the season with a flurry, slumped and then finished regular season play strongly in a state tourney bid. But, tied with Roy, Weber, and Sky View at they lost two playoff games. And the opportunity for further postseason play. It was a fourth period explosion that sank the Bee ship against Roy. The Royals turned a tight tussle into a romp down the stretch. It was the third victory this season recorded by Coach Ted Smiths bunch over the gang from Brigham City. And how about this on each occasion the Hivers hit more goals from the fiqld, only to lose at the line. The familiar pattern asserted itself early Thursday. The Royals made 14 first half trips to the charity stripe, converting 11 times and trailed 9 at inter- defense. applied a Box Elder's was more effective until late in the initial period full-cou- rt Hafen Hanley BOX ELDER ACTION SPORTS Bennington Miller 0--0 0 0--1 0--0 I 0--0 30 30-4- 2 5 16 14 Roy derailed chamFriday night at Brigham Young universitys 9 to adMarriott center, vance to the finals Saturday night against American Fork, victors in triple overtime 62-4- 0-- 0 Box Htler 3 0-- 0 maybe. Davis High pionship hopes 0 0 II 31 43 29 46 0 0 72 60 72 81-7- over Dixie. There were tears of sadness frustration in the Bear River locker room, something and 23-2- when Roy broke lose for some easy buckets. Roy zoned and the Bees went The excessive number of Hive fouls came partly as a result of the latter. The final stats saw Box Elder turn in a poor shooting second half, ending the contest with 2 and 30 percent with shots held much to the oustide by the Roy zone. The Royals, meantime, were getting closer to the hoop, put up only 45 shots but hit 21 of them for 47 percent. Rick Stonehocker, the Roy sparkplug at guard, and Doug Porter who set a torrid first-hal- f pace, each ended the evening with 20 points for top scoring honors. Stonehockers performance included 6 from the line. Quick Shots But Davis canned a pair of quick shots and two free throws to move ahead again and Falks fielder cut the halftime deficit 7 to for Davis. Center Dale Thompson and Davis Dean Hunger were expected to have a real shootout and it started out that way with Thompson dominating the play between the two. But when Thompson was whistled for his fourth foul in the third period and the Bears it was soon aptrailing parent the affect on the big mans absence. Davis spurted to a 2 lead. n. man-for-ma- 25-2- 28-7- 35-3- 39-3- But Bear Rivers junior reserves, the maybe tournament team of next year, entered and forced the tur- 14-1- They 7-- Elders Best Elders best were Scott Box Box after losing a semifinal game you know you could have won. The Bears came out confident, leading early in the first period but falling behind 15-- 8 after a quarter. Turnovers, the bugaboo of an earlier tournament game, slapped at the Bears as they committed five in the first eight minutes. The Bears outscored Davis 15-- 6 early in the second quarter to catch up and pass the Darts and the David Falks three-poiplay handed them a 1 lead with two minutes to go in the half. to be expected game managed 17. Cutler hit eight for the losers. Bear River moved into the semis with a 7 win over a tough Uintah club on Wednesday night. Thompson scored 16, Cutler 12 and Weesell for the winners in that game that saw the Bears trail most of the way until the last 18 seconds when Cutler from the banged in a left side to put the Bears ahead. 50-4- Grabbed Board Nolan Hess grabbed off a missed Uintah shot with eight seconds then dribbled over, around and through the Utes for . four more seconds before being fouled. He sank both shots to clinch the game. Uintah got an early lead on the shooting of 9 Larry McKinney who finished with 17 points in the fray. Fridays game dropped the Bears into the third place bracket against the Dixie Flyers, a team that gained the win over semis with a Logan on Thursday. Logan lost its second game of 3 to Cedar the tournament, City, when the Grizzlies failed to hang onto the ball the last 10 seconds of the game and ahead two points. The box scores: 6-- Results 55-5- 3 75-7- Bowlettes March 4, 1976 ' High game - Shamra Romer, 203 High handicap game Trudy Damon, 230 High series - Mauneen Pimper, 547. High handicap series - Mauneen Pimper, 604 novers and ran the offense to nip the margin to three at the third quarter end, Tad Morrison drilled a left side jumper, Falk hit another and Jeff Williams hit another to before Scott make it Starkey drilled one near the buzzer for a three-poilead. Corry with 18 and Wade Hall with 12 points. The Bees dominated the back-boar- d with Alan play, Asay grabbing 12 boards for high game honors. Corry hauled in 9 rebounds to stand second in this category. This certainly was not a story of play dead where the Bees were concerned. They were 2252 High team game - Coasters, 655 High team handicap game - One Pins, 41-3- 42-3- 797 Splits converted - Dolly Coleman. Brenda Hawkes, and and Rose Curley, Elva Ellis, 39-3- 8 Friendly Hour League Results for March 4 game scratch. Scrappers 535, Spirits of 76 - 479, Golden Spikes - 450 Hi team game handicap Scrappers 604 Alley Cats - 570, The Hasbeens - 557 Hi team senes scratch : Scrappers 1455. Spirits of 76 - 1396, Gutter Balls -- Returned to Game Thompson, Brad Cutler and Mark Weese returned to the game in the fourth quarter but Thompsons entrance was shortlived as he fouled out after a minute and a half of the period. Then it was a matter of Davis tucking it away and .looking for Saturday nights game and a second straight title. Weese and Falk hit 20 and 11 points respectively for the Bears and Thompson, on a variety of good moves had 23 on less than a half of playing time. Hunger, meanwhile, on a full high, they played hard and d faces were much in evidence when the loss had set tear-staine- in. Perhaps it was this eagerness which contributed to their being whistled for 31 personal fouls. They ended the season with a 0 record. The box score: '10-1- Box I Icier 31-2- mission. The final tally found Box Elder netting 28 fielders against just 21 for Roy. But the winners got to the charity mark for 42 pitches and hit 30 of them for mpre than enough t0 etaufe'l victory. Box Elder was a meager at the line. , High team series Coasters, 1890 High team handicap series - One Pins, 1302 Hi team series handicap Scrappers The Hasbeens 1621, Alley Cats 1610 d game scratch Billie Johnson -206. Ellen Huggins 199, Beeper Ravsten 1662, 198 game handicap Linda Nessen - 216, 214. Beeper Ravsten 212 series scratch- 539, Beeper Ravsten - 514, d 216, Billie Johnson Ellen Huggins Billie Johnson Ellen Huggins 510 Hi ind series handicapMargrette Romer - 609, Marge Tanaka - 576, Billie Johnson - 569 - t 9 t ' MIX, H - - - Pre-vash- ed Difference Was Quickness The difference appeared to be quickness. Roy had more of it. And the defensive differences between the two clubs reflected t HEAVY TRAFFIC is encountered here by Jeff Williams and he passes outside during action in Bear River's 9 loss to Davis in the class semifinals Friday in Provo. Providing 61-4- denims by Brittania: 3-- opposition are Scott Starkey (10) and Dean Hunger. For Davis also are No. 24 Glen Toomer and Scott Mounteer (32). Th Bears gained the semis by dropping Uintah on Wednesday. it. 50-4- The Bees trapped vigorously at the outset and Roy also 7 very European The fit? Body conscious. The feel? Soft and comfortable like you've worn them for Mf RCURV OUTDOOR CONSULTANT defeat is clearly evident in this photo, taken during the final minutes of Box Elder's game against Roy Thursday night. In the foreground are THE ANGUISH OF "THE TRUTH Proud Pop One of the boys at the courthouse finally heard from his son who had joined the army some months earlier. 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