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Show riilfr"fB'rff..ip.t.lil.r,ril1;tfyrf, "1 BYU Crushes Pokes , By Bill Coltrm Tribune Sports Witter - PHOENIX ami fast half, fiist saw Doug Howard and Paul Ruffm- - start hit-t- u g a little and then the Courelaxed and everyone gars pouied in the points. 38 Points Claw mg. their scratching playing best basketball of the season, Brigham Young Unherritys Cougais came out to tear Wyoming apart in the second half here Wednesday night, win2 and copped the ning by NCAA playoff berth as the WAC iepi esentame. Coach Stan Watts, v, ho watched his Cats turn as cold as the top of Mount Timp in the additional 18 points. The hustling Cougars forced the Cowboys into error after error and they kept feeding the ball into 'he post forcing the only real Wyoming ol tensive threat, Carl Ashley, to woik just a little too hard on delense. Ashley, who was the Wyoming offense, finally fouled out. It was t'X much for him to tone to guard first Ruffner and the Scott busy hustling, battling Warner. BYU was behind bv seen The explosion by BYU an incredible 58 points in the second half blew the Cowboys right out of the ball game. It was something to see as Kaii Liimo. who hit three baskets in nine tries in the first half, came out in the second half to riddle the old nets for an 95-8- Waits Regional Playoff 95-8-2; points at tiie end o: the first half and Wyoming was playing with all of the poise of a Miss America. So, with Wyoming the second halt leading got under wav and Howard hu. Ashley scored. Ruffner scored. Stan Dodds hit lor Wyoming and hte Cats hadn't gamed any ground. Howard banged in another but Dodds and Ashley combined to make it for Wyoming and the Cougars still trailed by seven. The lead went to eight points with Ashley hitting four 4f-o- 1 tieiil goals m a low, but by then Lumo was getting w aimed up. Cougars Struck It w.s tor Wyoming when the Cougais struck. Runner, Howard, Lynn Parsons, and latino all scored a point or two to make it and the 5,3."S fans on hand, largely BYU fans, slotted t oaring (the 5.338 attendance was .lie latge.-- t tnis year lor an amateur game in Arizona). It was ding dong until Wyowith ming took the lead at 57-4- 9 57-e- ll 64-6- 9.52 let I men and looted ahead to the Cats stav with Par- and sol rnl was out for Wyoming Ashlev was the leading scoter oil the door with 34 pomts and se, ns making a couple ot gte.it steals, and dun Miller, the substitute g'l.ud, adding some steals of Ins ow u. BYU still wasn't out cl the woods for wiih 3:45 left, the Id tie Wyoming ta'K brought the si me to M 7li (ot BYU. R gl.t at mat moment it L'g.in to swing way over to BYl 's w. y. l.iu.ui made a (ouple of tool p.lcb s, sill) lot w atd Bob Davis hit a tool pitih and Warner banged in two field goals to make it 87 711 See G 9Vi'kiu)'jk It 1 t'l P .4 A M Of'u u 29 B 0 IN M 0 u H 4 i I tiro i(M , ? 0 '.ill; i "r V. n. P F : 9 7 5 v .Mi 9 111 ns d p '0 17 loot h nit ni8 rf 'll toj G I vlD C H 2 7 81 k i, A 'll 'i A ' (oliimn I)-'- BYU 5. WYOMING P Wyoming BYU F M 1age : . ier Totals : II I 3 IH 9J rr n 41 Ry J j7 ,1 V. ,viniiq A h Cu Vv'.cntr-(JwO U, BYU ,pr Ad'tif fotif1 A' x U U u, t'J Bountiful, Highland Capture A Semifinal Spots Rams Beal Sports Mirror by Murray John Mooney By Tribune Sports Editor By Section Lanky Brave f ive ffilnmc inlt Thursday Morning, March 1 Downs Cougars C, 69-6- 0 By Marion Dunn Ti ibune Sports Writer Duk Rosetta iFioklltou.'-e- . Kent ns managed , to steal the bail out itt trout often enough to 7, , When the Bountiful lOgn H ,w,t!p for ,hw School student body stands and But there is a saying qttarters. chant? itt basketball, Height will out," Stale. and in the fourth qmirt r BounState,' tiful's height put Kearns out of mg. the championship running. And the reason they are is be- - The Braves had a seven point cause on the basketball floor the ,M(l 39.33. Catling tie final team is pretty con-- , rjd and they ran this margin to vinctng. by scoring 10 points and .Steal Ball holding the Cougars scoreless until only 2:38 remained in the Tito Bt aves were convincing Ulie' Wednesday alternoon when they After that Kearns ouNcored u'the but both teams Braves, the semifinal round of the Class Irad their reserves on the floor A State tournament by stompand Bountiful had the game in Ute ing over Kearns, safely in the bag. ... Tt ibune Spot Writer t.s Highland, suulfing out a Preps Beal College Giant j ll Happened in Upet Mur-- a ray rally with patented Ram charge along with a deafening! .18-11assist from their rooting sec4 tion, roared into the 1909 Class A basketball semifinals with a fans will look at a losing college Disgusted - basket, victory over the Spartans ball team and argue bitterly, They couldnt even beat Wednesday night at the Univer-- a 'sity of Utah. good high school team. Of course this isnt true generally, but Max Foote The Rams, who have lost just dropped by the other afternoon to prove it has hap-- ' one tourney game in four years, fl all the way, but Murray, 09-6- pened. In 1924, Vadal Peterson coached LDS High to the state championship, Max recalls. Brigham Yeung U. was called the collegiate champions of the state for behind Drew Sehwich and 69-5- McMillan, Bill Terry Madsen 8-- that winter. Also, BYU fans claimed they couldnt remember when the Provo club had been beaten at home. But the Saints went down there and won Familiar names on the LDS High squad were Foote, Joe Christensen, Ralph Young and Boots Pearse. Among the stars on the BYU team were Buck Dixon, Rags Ingersoll, Bob Howard and Blaine Packard. backers So, it has happened, that a prep champion could Ram screaming, and boat the college champs. went 38-3- Tallest Team Old Chib Will Host 4. 0 Two Shoots 8 didnt stop when the sign down, he score read for the Region Two cc champion Rams, and this one was all over but, would you believe, the Pat Kelly, former Judge Memorial star who hopes 64-5- 2 i'T shouting? 24-2- 33-2- to enroll at Notre Dame, sparked the Columbia (Tenn.) h Military Academy basketball team to the Mid-Sout- 51-4- Tourney championship. center, canned 12 jvTarlc Fowler and scrambling In a recent clipping, Kelly, a of 13 field goal attempts, added three free throws and Kent Nelson ruined the down 17 rebounds, 13 off the defensive board, tans. Momentum Charges In another recent game, Kelly connected on 13 of He effort. waS it was a strange change of 18 from the field enroute to a .momentum. Highland's Nelson Bountiful's tall, ta leaned Larry Green named the tournaments Most Valuable Player. t tallied on a play to (50) goes up for easy shot as teamfor the Rams with mates Paul make it Spring (34), Bill Davies 1:11 to in the third 51-4- 6-- d Spar-pulle- 32-poi- nt three-poin- lllAl T jNol 55-4- 2 MllCil spread Bountiful has the tallest team G1111 in state prep history and the Cougars spent a frustrating afternoon chasing them and jumping up at them. Kearns raced to a lead in the early going, but the score Ivas tied at 6 and 8 and afler on Bountiful went ahead 10-fielder the CouGreen's Larry Tlte old Salt Lake Gun gars could never catch up. isnt dead after all! They tiied. Oh, how they The club, at 1900 W. North 'tried. Trailing 24, 14, Larrv abandoncd and Breeze hit three straight aS year and conslruc from the side to cut tin began on a new club site on the But a margin to the Salt Lake-Davi- s county line. minutes later it was But miserable weather this In the third quarter Bountiful winter has put construction led, when Breeze, Mill work be.nnd schedule, and club .Chidester and Stan Ross cut this prestdent Marv Gallenson saidt0 two points, But at the Wednesday the old club willed 0f the quarter it wa3 50 52, se or two more months. and then came that fourth quar Tiie Utah State Telegraphic ter. shoot finals will be shot Sunday! Green. Craig Campbell, beginning at 10 a.m. at the old Steve Tibbs. Paul ciub site. Gallenson said. In ad- and Cal Murri, Spring. t ion, tiie gun club s portion of always had control of tiie game ie sta e round-robishoot also and when simply went pressed 0t t iere to work and moved away frqm "ah these events had been the Cougars. cluie Bountiful's one weakness was tie'i' twtnlomh 3 tendenCy the baU aSeG 35 3 y son said after that time it re?Ult many, playS expected the new dub will be stole the baU again and kept the game interesting. Green continued to play sensational ball scoring 18 points. Campbell had 14, Tibbs 12 and Spring 21. For Kearns George Thomas had 15. Breeze 16, Chidester 12. Bountiful will play in the 9:10 p.m. semifinal game Friday. play quarter. Then, the Rams went over four minutes without a point as the Spartans shored up the defense and got hot on offense. Terry Madsen hit a fielder to (32), Kearns' George Thomas (25), Milt Chidester (15) look on. The tall Bountiful team claimed an easy win. 6-- n University of Utah football hasnt been on the winL8 ning track since the Liberty Bowl championship team t0ib of 1964. Three coaches have directed the Redskins in the make it 55 41 the third quar mark isn t much to ter mark, and rt 4:30 p.m. Dugway vs. St. team field. ensuing four years and the Special to The Tribune then Murrays suIt was from this meet a year praise. The Region Josephs. perb center, McMillan, took HEBER CITY 6:30 p.m. vs. North lago that Wasatch and North Morgan field two a and for over for basketball records the last goals 'ive But in checking the conference Rich. 'Summit emerged to make up Schwich added tourney, and toss, which four charity from that WAC seven years (since the started), its amazing Wasatch vs. North1 the state championship game and there it was, a'schools will advance to the state 8 p.m. in the WAC games only, Utahs basketball and football three points !von by the Braves at Brigham Summit. ball game cut to a Class B meet, opens Thursday records are very much alike. Ram lead at at Wasatch High School here. The final game of the night! Young University record football WAC Over seven seasons, Utahs might raise some eyebrows, but The tourney follows a rather Then it switched back to the Four games are scheduled for Wasatch finished second in divi- circuitous route. .466. the clock or Friday, the stands at Rams, and this tine the opening round and are as sion one while North Summit second round will be in played at defense Ram the record joined basketball Special to The Tribune Over the same period, the Ute follows: had to come through the back Grantsville and the Saturday 75 Bounliful a Spartan comeback. blocking .485. is or foes 40 3 p.m. South Rich vs. against conference door in the finals will be at Morgan High COLORADO SPRINGS, Kearri5 regions Bountiful. i'. Davies, Young COT.f) Wasnt 01 Typical nd-robin" baskettour inree Salt to make the The football home record is 21; Tibbs, 6, 0 12; 2; Swing, against Lake City boxers in action here 01' orchard, i, 22, 4; A; against the It wasnt a typical Ram balls 27-- and the gridiron record is 0, Campbell, 7, 0 2. 14; Mum. 0, 75. Wednesday night battled their Totij. 34, game. Highland didn't use its uhoop sports 3, to K!,rn'00 the second way round of tiie 11; Par ?, 5, Pearce, 0, 2; records lies 'famed full court press and the The difference in the overall won-loRich o 01 o; r .bv, regional uolden Gloves tuurna- - Pearcz, ? oo, 00, i R;ss, 3, 5; Thcmai,, 5, rnppf leading Ram scorer Bryan in the intersectional games. zl! 20, 0. ,15. Tota.s. with a The average, George, only Utah loser WednesGenerally, on every basketball schedule, there are didn't shoot until late in the day was Richard Alvarado, who' n at least a easy victories. was decisioned by Abbv Espinofirst quartet . pigeons za. of Denver, in the In football, generally, the nonconference games But it was Bombing" George division. uie with Tribune favorites in are against moe highly rated foes than the basketball who broke it open for the Rams. Glen Miner, 156, won by tko bold face Highland looked Leading caps: intersections. over LeRoy Cosmo Montoya, to George for its next 12 points. 2:30 p.m. OLYMPUS vs. I doubt if many fans would rush to the football Bryan 38 Ft. Carson, Colo., in seconds Lehi (Consolation) tanked long range fieldPaof the second round, while heavy, stadium to see Kent State, VMI, Los Angeles State, 4:20 p.m. ers to account for every point LOGAN vs. ' to ' won the recent Harold visitors Hiatt secweight by Granite (Championship) from the 1:16 mark of the cific, Montana or Connecticut default over John Lynn, Arizoof 5:10 YIEWMONT to the ond point pm. quarter hardwoods. na, and Thomas Cook, 119, won Vs. Tooele (Consolation) By that time, But it seemed interesting to point out that in the the third quarter. derision over a Jack 8:20 p.m. Yancv, PROVO vs. for Highland. it was ' WAC, where teams have a common denominator, the Arizona. Box Elder (Championship) recOffense won-loKeys two sports are very close to even in their ords. George keyed tlte Ram of- Region Five Waits Tourney peS f 15-2- 6 round-robi- three-poi- - n Utah Boxers nt Win, Lose 55-5- 14-16- 34-3- 6 minirou- 5 -1 1 5 7, eight-(Schoo- l. 1. 9 -0 8, 8. chicx-s'e- 2 7, 1, st a 1, , 16 half-doze- d 31-2- - 43-3- st Observation Vi 1 ai and It was encouraging to realise both otherWyoming had won on the road this year, wise that playoff might have been going on yet. BYU Class A Leading Scorers TWO John Johnson, Viewmonl. GAMES 25 47 Steve Downev Spanish Thompson, iky View. Fork; Paul Oram. Ben Spring, Bryan Georoe Bourwlful; Ken Allen Highland. Provo; Jim Soren- Lehi. It- Provo; Jay Hardman, 14 Ron Rvdalch, Tooele; Brvan Pavllsh, Olympus. 34 Pehrson, Mark Peterson, erate Drury, Lhi. Larry Green, Bountiful. Doug Richard Condie, sen, Box Elder. fense, picking up a number of key assists. A testimonial to his playmaking was the balanced scoring of the Rams, with George having 16, Nelson 16, Smith 15 and Ccttam 12 points. Murray, playing ragged ball at times, and flashy ball on other occasions, also looked to balanced scoring with Terry Madsen getting 17, and McMillan and Schwich 14 points each. The win sends Highland into Sky View. College Scores 31 Roland Black, Spanish Fork. 31 Scott Farrell, Ogden 29 George Thomas, Kearns; Breeza, Kearns. ONE GAME Robert is Liurisk Logan INSPECTION 10.20 Value Larry Rwultt Aibarra 80 VissiSiipol ft. 87. Cure 74, Creiohton 71 St. Ho.i-Air Furco 88 Rrgis 77 E. New tj rxtco 6. Westminster 51 BYU 5. Wyommfl N g Highland Murray Highland H 10 35 27 55 44 9 60 16' Smith, GaorQe, 8. 12; Nelson, I. Coitam. 5, 6, Srow, 2 00 4; Fowler, 2. 39, 1MB, 49. Toais Sanders. 1, Murray 4; McMillan 4, 14; Terry Mad 14; Schwich, 6. sen. 6 6 8. W; Gardner, 0 1, How 2 2, 2; Ted 0, Madsen, 2 ifd, Totals 9, 2232, 0 A, 5 14 Both For Only American Cars BRAKESfREUINED NSTAUED HIGHLAND 87, MURRAY 80 Schwich, Murray, aligned; & STATE SAFETY the semifinals against Region Two compatriot Bountiful in a 9:10 p.m. game Friday. Murray goes into championship consolation play against Kearns Friday at p.m. 35 Bill n1 wheels 15; 5. 16; Rountifu! cheerleader Pam Ihoniley reacts to action as Braves (jfeat Kearns to Rain semifinals in the Class A basketball tournament Yednesday. |