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Show iiMi I pr f "i tp g nj ijiriiiin iirinir"'iti'liir'iilir il Itll Be Hot Time in Herh.it Writer Storts Tribune Ami then there were two That, for all practical purposes, is how the horse race to the WAC wire shapes up at this point of the conference season. And if Utah fails to defeat powerful Brigham Yount! University at the Special Events Center Saturday night, it's and then there is one! The only other team with an outside chance at winning the WAC title going into this week's action was Wyoming. However, the Cowboys suffered their fourth deleat at the hands of UTEP Thursday night in El Paso. It is doubtful the WAC chain pi m will show four defeats this season. UTEP has also lost four, and the rest of the pack has five or more defeats. Here is how the WAC standings look going into Saturday's 7:35 p.m. (it will he televised hv Channel 2) contest at the 4. UTEP Utah SEC: BYU New State Colorado Wyoming Hawaii and San Diego State Mexico By Kay CSC and Wyoming must make up a game in Laramie which was called oft because of a snow storm two weeks ago Of course, Wyoming, with five games remaining, and UTEP, with four to go. are not mathematically out of it. hut it's doubtful that both BYU and Utah will wind up with four losses in the conference. So, it shaMs up that THIS game is THE game of the year. It means a great deal more to Utah, but you won't convince Frank Arnold and his Cougars of that. 2 7 Saturday and win its remaining four games and still lie declared league champion because (he criterion to settle a tie is best overall record. There will be no playoff in the event BYU and Utah wind up in a dead heat Theres a limited number ot 41 tickets available. They will go on ale Saturday at ID a. m at (he SEC ticket BYU could lose (51-5- Devin Durrani Star of First Game -- office 7-- l, WAC Town This will lie a rematch ol the first game lietween the two old rivals, and 3-- Tonight , Utes Host BYU Jerry Pimm is hoping the outcome is not a carlton copy of the whipping BYU administered to the Utes on Jan 12 lit Provo We were embarrassed in that game." Pimm has stated several limes whose Cougars are Arnold, overall and are favored to win the return game, was reluctant to admit that BYU might have played its finest minutes of basketball in the first half when the Cougars ran away and hid the opening til'. "We've had a couple of other games that we played just as well." answered the tifth-yea- r Cougar mentor Although most of the Cougars were effective that night. Devin Durrant was named unanimously the Player-o- f Jhe-t- i nine for his IK iHiints and eight rebounds. He played a large part in surging the Cougars to a remarkable 2') point second half lead That lead meltv.l in the waning moments when Utah's reserves cut the deficit against BYU's second unit players The one bright spot for the Utes was K9-7- 2 17-- 4 guard Donnie Hue, who shot over the BYU one ior 23 points Kice was not enough, however, as Utah failed to solve BYU's defense. The Cougars got off to a torrid start, hit their first l ine or ID shots and quickly assumed a 14 point lead Utah never was able to crawl out of that early hole. Scott Runia also enjoyed a big night for BYU, scoring hi points Surprisingly. Danny Ainge w as held to one ot his lowest scoring games of the season, counting only 12 points in the lirsi meeting J f.'i t K. SN, Os'A..... j, . ;jl N i-I A s V.' vfcvs'E'Xtoy'.vN ' . On the other hand, it was Utah's inability to find Danny Yranes on offense that hurt the Utes. Yranes, whose season has been filled with personal and physical frustrations, scored only 11 points on Jan. 12 In the i battle, ol the big men, BYU's .Mail 1' Taylor out lioarded Utah's Toni Cham- f Inm's. In to one. and Isith fouled out at the same instant V? - - rapacity crowd of 15. non plus expected to watch tills critical game ltonnit ltir is A rr shiil HYl .mu Spitrh Mirror b li lien I iltiiiD- ''jHti Section C h I tlilor ts and Cougar Saturday Morning, February On the level of national eomKtition, Utah and BYU each has won a pair of national championships. and the "lucky 13" victories leading to those titles must remain the pinnacles of their great But when they meet Saturday night, as they so frequently have, with the conference championship and a certain NCAA tournament bid at stake, it s national tournament time all over again. It s a matter of record that Utah won its two national collegiate championships before BYU i racked the championship scene. The Utes won the NCAA in 1944 by beating and Dartmouth, Missouri. 45 35: Iowa State, Utah went on to sweep the mythical national championship that year by beating St. Johns, the MT winner, in a special benefit for the Red Cross, matching the two tournament champions. The Utes won the National Invitational Tournament in 1947. beating Duquesne, West Virginia, and Kentucky. BYU won two NIT titles, in 1951 and 1900. The first Cougar championship came at the and Seton Hall, expense of St. Louis. and the second involved a 8 Dayton. victory over Army and beating of Temple, a a 97 s4 whipping of New York University. 40-3- 43-3- 0. 45-4- 4: 49-4- 09-5- 90-7- 02-4- 00-0(- 1 More Important Saturdays game has more importance than usual, simply because with the new tournament lineup, the WAC isn't assured of its second-plac- e ' team " entry as in the past. going us an "The object of the tournament committee this year will be to seed the 10 best teams in the nation in the four regional meets, based on their records this year." Dave Cawnod of the NCAA advised. "Four teams will be seeded in each regional tournament, without regard to geographical situations. In the past, the WAC champion has been one of the four teams seeded in the Far West Regional tournament This mav not happen this "at-large- : , year "The tournament committee will attempt to balance evenly the lour regional brackets, no matter where the teams are from. "The new tournament championship bracket will move teams around and it is quite possible a strong league like the Atlantic Coast, or the Big 10. or may Ik the Southeastern conference could have as many as four teams selected for the bracket. "Obviously, the WAC champion will ligurc somewhere in the tournament, but there are other regions boasting several teams with better records against strong schedules who will be shilled, some ol them to the Far West Regional. "The selected 10 teams will get byes in the first rounds of the tournament, but this year the WAC may not be an automatic seed, and the WAC team could be second-placby the tournament committee in favor of a team with a stronger record," Cawnod warned. So that makes the Saturday night game doubly imiKiilant for both teams. A victory for BYU would just alxiut wrap up the conference and the tournament berth. For Utah. 1 loss could mean there would be no tomorrow in the NCAA tournament field. Ol e ' : ' course, it is possible Utah, with a loss, might be selected to play in the NIT field, but that tournament has lost a lot of its luster with only the championship games being played in Madison Square Garden. If Utah plays as poorly Saturday as it did against BYU in the first meeting, the Utes shouldn't go to any tournament. OliMTWition Ward Tribune Staff Pnoto bv Lynn Catch me if you can! Bountilul's Jimmy Perkins drives hard around Yiewmont's climbing. Vic on on Last Minute Goal 4-- 3, Special to The Tribune The "Alabama Jinx" Ala. BIRMINGHAM. continues to haunt the Salt Lake Golden Eagles. - Lake, which has yet to taste triumph in Alabama, watched in dismay Friday as Rick Adduono popped in his second goal of the game with 42 seconds remaining to elevate the Birmingham Bulls to a victory over the Eagles at Jelterson Civic Center. The Golden Eagles, who saw their record drop to at Birmingham and their season series opposite f of their Central lost the Bulls sink to Hockey I eague to the onrushing Bulls. Salt Lake continues to lead the league with Wi points, but Birmingham pulled within whisering distance with (4 points. The Bulls can gain a tie lor first place il they can duplicate their mastery over Salt Lake in a rematch Saturday at 0:3(1 p.m. iMSTl. An Eagle victory would leave Salt Lake with the four point adv antage it nine-daowned tixin enbarking iimiii this road trip. Adduono, who provided Birmingham with its lirst and final goals of the game, proved to be the difleivnce this night. His two goals, his 21st and 22nd of the season, were significant in halting Salt Lake's winning streak. Yet. while Adduono collected a pair of timely goals, Golden Eagles' rookie Joe Mullen was equal to the task. Mullen snapjied a deadlock with his 19th goal of the season in the second period and lilted Salt Lake to a tie in the closing erind on a picture assist from Floyd Thomson. l But Mullen's evening was all lor naught With the game deadlocked at Birmingham's Adduono accepted a crisp pass from Dave Gorman, who was stationed behind the Eagles' net. Adduono got his stick on the puck and the disc past Salt Lake goaltender Rick Hein at 19: 18 of the third Hriod to supply the Bulls with the 4 3 triumph. Serge Beaudoin also picked up an assist on Adduono's marker. While the shootout was tied at II. and 3 3 liefore Adduonos heroics, it was a confrontation of classy goaltenders. But one streak had to end Birmingham's Tim Bernhardt entered the encounter owning a winning streak in goal, while Salt Lakes Hein msscsscd a franchise tying record ol seven straight victories and all eight game unbeaten streak The decision, of course, went to Bernhardt, who while amassing 4U saves boosted his record to 12 Hein, meanwhile, saw his record dip to 111 C 3 and Ills league leading goals against norm rise to 2 07 Hein Salt 3 u-- 3 one-hal- , two-goa- Judge Memorial, which has skated through the double elimination Utah state high school tournament undefeated, has two chances to become the Beehive State's No. hockey club during the next three days But the Bulldogs hope it takes only one opxir-1 game-winnin- unity Judge takes on Highland Saturday at (1:3(1 p.m. at the Bountiful Ice Rink, with a victory giving the Bulldogs a erfoct state tournament record and the Utah championship However, if the Wains do ambush Judge' Saturday, the two teams would meet again Monday at the Salt Palace to determine the1 title. decision to Judge in Highland, which dropped a the semifinals, must defeat the Bulldogs twice if it is to realize the championship, thanks to the double elimination format i high-livin- 2 Johov Birmingham Nips Eagles, 3-- 3 Jiulgi' Hum R Kyle Morrell Friday night in key Region Five test before packed gym at View mold. 31-1- 7 five-gam- e Just think, if we could have invested in the income tax stock years ago we'd all bo rich, because the income tax market just keeps By Tom Wharton Tribune Sports WritorSU Bountituls Brail Jay cox may have just hit the shot that gave the Braves a t victory over arch-riva- l and sole Hssessioti ol first place in Region Five. And he may have just hauled down the key rebound of the game to set up his winning shot with three seconds to go. But lie wasn't about to claim the hero's role. "1 can't claim that." said Jnycox. "I have to give all the credit to Scott Hampton, who made the feed to me " Big Flay Still, when Jaycox took down a missed Ylewmont tree throw with 12 seconds left, led it to Hampton and then hustled down the floor to make the winning bucket, he might just have to be the hero in this chapter of the long and bitter rivalrY between these two Bountiful schools. "My first impression was to simply go to the basket." said Jaycox. "The minute I got the ball. I turned around and shot it. I had faith it would go in. but it was kind of scary. I'd made most of my shots inside and I've been working hard on my inside game." perhaps the happiest person in the Yievvmont gym was Brave Coach Mike Hall, who knew the importance of this v ietory in the tight Region Five race. "Wed have lieen in a lot worse shape if we'd have lost." said Hall Highland and West are creeping up on in. That Yiewmont certainly (days good defense. They plugged up the middle on Us and our guards couldn't hit Ironi outside in the second half." It looked as though Bountiful would blow Yiewmont out of the gym in the lirst half, as Jaycox and Clark Mabey hurt the smaller Yikings inside. Bountiful raced to a lead before the Yikes scored tile last eight points ol the half to make a game of it. Mabey led Bountiful's scoring with 17 while Rainpton had 13 and Jaycox hit 12. High man for Yiewmont was Paul Hansen with 19 while Norm Parrish -- cored 111. Other Games 111 other contests in Region Five Fi iday nioht. West survived a scoring output ill the second quarter to record a victory over South Cedric Walker scored 12 and Carey Lloyd and Darryl Jett each hit la lor the Panthers while Dav e Alley lilt IS to (Mice the Cubs, who led by three at halftime. Red-ho- t Highland slaved tied with West for third place ill Region Five with a 73 I'm triumph at Woods Cross on the ba-- is ot a strong second hall as Brent Maxwell scored 21 and Randy Rawlings 57-5- n 42-4- 75-5- file Stops Viewmont basketball traditions. 04-0- ( Preps: Bountiful (lollitlt Like National Ton mo ll 9, 1980 g e hadnt allowed lour goals to an opponent in six straight starts two-poi- Adduono got the second place Bulls started quickly, beating Hein on a breakaway at 1:117 of the opening (eriod to "ivc Birmingham a sudden advantage. Mike D- '.or broke Adduono loose on the play with a nice pa - up the slot, which left Adduono alone on Hein ha a point blank wrist shot Salt Lake lorced a 11 stalemate just 2:21 later, when Richie Hansen beat Bernhardt on a solo effort Hansen picked oil a Birmingham clearing pass just inside the blue line and skated in on Bernhardt to de(osit a backhander past the helpless goalie On Goiifiriiv Cliaru MONTREAL i A P Clarence Campbell. former president of the National Hockey League, and businessman Gordon Brown were found guilty Friday of conspiracy to commit bribery in the Sky Shops allair n II person tjnebec Si pcrior Court tiie 12th lin y juror had been excused took less than 24 hours ol earlier deliberations to deliver a verdict Brown and the late Louis Lapointe, a businessman and Sky Shops shareholder. transferred 5. mm company shares to Giguere at a price of $1 each The price was well below market alue and several months later Giguere sold his shares for $20 apiece when ownership of Sky Shops passed to another group lie netted $)5.nn0im the transaction The jury found that Campbell and Brown had in Lut conspired to give a Inc of the conditions lor the sale was that the lease be extended first benefit to Senator lands Giguere exchange lor his influence in obtain ruin federal lug a lease extension authorities for the Sky Shops Exmrt Ltd duty tree shop at Dorval Interna tloilal Aii'iort. The verdict G in sharp contrast w ill) a 197H jury finding that Si nator Giguere himself was not guilty ol conspiring to accept the bribe and of actually ai cepting it Under court precedent- - on coiispua i y this appears to open the door to a defense apeal aaiiist the verdict Deleiise lawyer Harvey Yarosky an nounced no immediate decision Prosecution ev idem e during the six week Inn contended that Campbell. $95,INKi in I upset-minde- d 19 Nltel Kevin lead the lilt 12 to Wildcats. Jordan, trailing by 15 points at Judge midway through the third quarter, on a shot at stunned the Bulldogs the gun by Steve Hendricks in a game that threw the Region Seven standings into turmoil Hendricks scored 32 points to lead Jordan while Mike Rush added 23. McCarthy had 2s tor die Bulldogs while Terrv M chipped in with 21 and Rotta scored Pi Brett Applegate scored 30 points as Tooele gamed its share of first place with an triumph over MurraY. which was led by Brian Ilaelgren with N2-5- 19 Uintah shocked CYprus Vernal tor its second league the season despite a I he Pirates' Dee Huber ictory ol effort ol big victories second place Bingham and streaking Orem all raptured surpris i'lgly casY v ictories HiHcrost roared to a victorY over Brighton in a game that was an important one for both teams. A Bengal victory would have knotted the standings three ways in the tight race. Hillerest was in control al li point-- . Andy Paell scored 14 and Gene Player and Bob DeMarco each lilt to lead the way. Korey Rasmussen paced the Bengal' with 15. Streaking Orem knocked Alta out ol a share of second place by capturing an S2 59 victory at Alta for the Golden Tigers third straight victorY. Dave McGinn hit 23 and Chris McMtillm added Is lor Orem as the Golden Tigers avenged an earlier home loss to the slumping Hawks. Troy Buoy led the Hawks with 21 while Fabian Cordone 72-4- . 1 hit Is Bingham claimed sole ownership ol second place with an impressive triumph over Kearns as Torn Rolierts stored 3d points, hauled down 21 rebounds and had five assists to lead n2-u- the way Skyline moved into a tie lor second Region Three by plat e with lly nipus capturing a (14 5:; v ietory on Hie Titans' Hour that avenged an earlier loss to OlYnipus at Sky line Paul Drecksel paced the Eagles with 2! points while Crain Angelos had 12 High scorers lor Olympus were Willie Wright and David Layton with 15 each Granite moved into a third (dace tie with Granger in Reuion by taking an sg 73 triumph over Cottonwood for the Farmers' second straight victory Buttertield and Matt Margin-ea- t I) col ed 19 and I. .one Spl'oo-- i -- cored hi to olt-a lpo'nt otto: a the Colts' lolin l.amboiirne 111 one-poin- t -- I ot on Velours, Leather Jackets, Winter Jackets, Top Coats, Jewelry, Wallets and Belts. Hub Clothing 224 South State 363-185- 5 CONTINUATION OF ( FANTASTIC SALE Campbell was president ol the MIL I9hi to June 1977 when lie was sin ceeded by John Ziegler from on a variety of FAMOUS SHOES! WS4 in llill-ires- league-leadin- v They were actually found guilty on two conspiracy counts, one to give Giguere the tienefit, the other to have him accept it But the presiding judge, Mr Justice Melvin Rothman, indicated that it might be impossible to register guiltv verdicts on Im t h counts A legal debate was expected on whether the verdict should be dropped on one count or the other bv Region Two was a night Region Two as 11 SAVE 50 Campbell said Brown sat stonelaced. and apparently dejected, as the jury foreman announced the verdict in tio-i- v FEBRUARY CLEARANCE Czar Guilty Ex-Ic- e y 57-4- added 1495-$299- 58 Computer Fitting VAUGHN JOHNSON SHOES 135 EAST 3RD SOUTH BANKAMERICARD. MASTER CHARGE v 0rr ' |