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Show 4 Thursday, January 7, 1971 DESERET NEWS, D "S'? ras so m Preps (At Last) By TOM BROWN Deseret News Sports Writer schools will square off in a triple treat Saturday night at but the Lions shouldn't have too much trouble. the REGION FIVE: Getting it all together is the only problem In Five as the three divisions are off to a staggered start that wil only finish in March with the state finals. University of Sports and Special At long last, the entire state, well most of it anyway, pets into the prep basketball whirl. A1! most regions are going to have a short haul deciding just two months who will get into the state Around the tournaments. state, 42 games are scheduled. Heres how they shape up: Utah's Events Center. The game begins the trio at 4:30 p.m., the South-Wegame at 6:30, and Highland-Olympu- s finishes at 8 :30 p.m. st One, which began just before Christmas, GrauisviHe has a bare 0 edge over Morgan and North Summit with split season. GrantsviRe wall have to stake any reputation it might have Friday when it takes on Wasatch, while North Summit and South Summit meet. Wasatch is luck with a bye. In In Division One, the only winner will be Viewmont which draws a bye in the first and round. Bountiful-Laytod will be decisive games in that everyone will be able to see just who will be headed for a division crown in the opening week? Viewmont appears to be a good choice for a representa five, only the other four have doubts. 'lavis-Clearfie.- meet. Intermountain, notorious for not winning, is getting a little closer each try with the Eagles Just barely missing fiom a supposedly tougher Ben Lomond team last week. The week before, Weber got them by nine and Roy by eight. This could be the game 58-5- 3 tender. REGION SIX: Uintah and San Juan in Class A and Mon-ticell- Tabiona and East bon in Class B REGION TWO: After mess- a around for nearly the Region Two stal- with warts plunge into the with East a frvor-ll-e over Skyline, West fall ored over South and Highland favored over Olympus. All of these Division Two shouldnt meet too much Carbon while are easy time with their opponents. The only possible exception could be the Duchesne-Uintagame scheduled in Vernal on Doug Moons home court. Uintah is highly rated, but DIVISION 5 3 2 2 0 ' DIVISION Grantsvllle Nanh Summit South Summit Wasatch 0OO .000 ONE 000 0 2 I AAoraan 000 1 1 2 12$ 46 96 101 1 05 109 FACTORY BUMS 69 152 live Region 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 Selected Sizes .500 134 110 000 .000 SS 1j0 M 44 iS 2 SI 39 44 .M . - (GARFIELD Ptutfc DIVISION) 1 sealant Valley Bryce Valley Panoultcft 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 000 000 .000 .000 0 4C Region Eignt (CLASS Millard Hurrlc-n- 2 a 1 A) 0 1 1 11 0 D xie DcI!l Cedar City 1 0 Enterpriie Heaver Kanab Parcwan Milford 1 8) (CLASS OOO 111 131 43 58 59 55 121 94 85 1 0 1 1 1 0 0OO 1 0OO 1 500 0 2 1 17 .500 .500 .000 .000 1 SCO .00$ T12 118 U3 OS 75 45 54 103 96 107 Ft Pet. Pt 345 3o5 303 302 269 236 328 307 324 357 262 341 2461 330 296 347, 363 241 318 240 m ? ZCMI AUTC CENTERS Region Fonr (CLASS AA) 3 0 3 0 1 Pork i 1 2 Fork 0 2 0 2 Sprinevllli DOWNTOWN 1 1 000 000 .500 .333 000 .000 Full Guarantee MnAeurm iimi Region Seven 000 .800 400 200 000 TWO 0 1.000 2 .600 2 .500 3 .400 4 .000 0 2 0 0 Payton Lehi Pleasant Grov 357 239 102 154 47 87 (355-4639- 8 COt T0W00D MALL 178 E. South Temple i 4805 Highland Dr. 344-203- 3 VufiL Duchesne is mouthed as a dark horse. Should be interesting. ng REGION SEVEN: Seven invariably gets slighted and its team overlooked, but this year may be different as several teams are emerging in both Class A and B as highly op- position from Lehi. Class A topper is Payson who gets the regions Class AA trailer Springville on the Red Devils home hardwoods, Parsons Eye League Tilts ward, Joel Johnson, Is out with the flu and is a questionable starter this weekend. By RAY GRASS Deseret News Sports Writer i Westminster College takes its first step into action this weekend when it plavs host to rivals Colorado Mines and Reserve forward Rick Norton suffered a compound ankle break in practice this feegis College. The Parsons will play Colorado Friday night and Regis Saturday. Both games are scheduled for 8 p.m. in the Payne Gymnasium. After two unsuccessful encounters over the holidays, This will put reserve guard Bob Jela.o into the forward slot and give the Parsons a week is and lost for orado Mines should be their easiest of the two. Mines has a 5 record, averaging 80.7 points per game and allowing 4-- 73 6. The Orediggers are led by guard Tom Applegate with 18.4 ppg; center Joe Butkov-ic- h at 16.3 ppg and 11.3 rebounds and forward Chris Babbitt with 16.2 per game. The big test will come when the 6-- season. three-guar- attack. d Leading the attack will be n Westminster meets favorite Regis College. Although only 2 for the season, Regis proved their potential by grabbing an victory d from a University of Wyoming at Laramie early in the season. The Rangers are led by Mike ODonnell, the teams leading scorer and rebounder of last year. He averaged 17.2 points per contest and 11.1 standout guard Roger Cheatham. Cheatham Is the Parsons leading scorer with 161 points in six games for a 26.8 average and their second leading rebounder with 8.1 per game. Filling the void in the height department will be Terry Healy, a junior who just became eligible for play after transferring from Dixie Junior College. The Parsons game with Col the Parsons are presently record and an holding a Injury list that would ice the blood of any coach. forward Willie Starting Hawes, the teams leading rebounder, is out with a fractailbone. His tured coccyx at for teammate starting 3-- 3 2-- 81-7- 9 red-face- 6-- 5 X rebounds. 7 Z y . PICKUP, VAN and CAMPER OWN f A437 ... r-- i . . 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Phi AH Sup-- - f y T m j t 4 Aa About IMMv OGDEN 444-34t- h 399-335- 3 277-457- h Orem month, Car- Weber Ogden Ben Lomond Bonneville Roy prime contenders for title shots as the Provo region moves into league this Oram American week though the favorites are Span sit scheduled to have a relatively Carbon REGION FOUR: Four Is settling down to a private war between Orem and Provo who are both undefeated in three games. That wont be settled until Jan. 14 when the two meet at Orem, but until then. Provo will have its hands full for the Eagies. 1 41 n, Bon-revil- le rated, could ue tough." North Sanpete is nearly unanimous as a contender team as is Manti and Richfield. In Class B, Piute, Valley and North Sevier are all tough. Just winning in region could be a hassle, let alone getting to state. All that will be decided before March, REGION EIGHT: Class As Cedar City, Millard and Hurricane are top teams in Eight and one game in particular on Fridays slate may be and one game in particular on Fridays slate may be one of the best. Dixie at Millard should be the game to watch in the region, along with Milford at Enterprise. Division Two (South R'ch, Park City, St. Josephs and Region One North Rich) wont get under Division One W L way until next week (Jan. 15), Team 5 0 Loqan but St. Josephs L already Bex Eoder 2 3 Beer River being mentioned as the top di- Sky 1 4 View 0 5 vision and possibly region con- lnjrmountain REGION THREE: Another newcomer to the 1971 league season, Three is filled with marks. Murray, question Kearns and Cyprus all look but then tough in so did Hillcrest, Brighton and Granite. Thats six of the 12 teams in the region looking good, so it becomes a question of just who can get the edge over who. It should be an interesting year for the boys from Region Three. 5-- Division 2-- n REGION ONE: Rod Tuel-ler- s Logan Grizzlic . still look Invincible despite a bare win over a decidedly weaker Sky View squad last week. Tuell'.r and his boys are entertaining Weber at home Friday in what should be a telltale game for the region. Logan leads Division One with 5 0 and Weber leads Division Two with Elsewhere on the schedule, third place holddowns in each division, Bear River in One and Ben Lomond in Two face off, while fourth place in One ar.d Two, Sky view and ing Final Closeout A) (CLASS St. |