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Show Page 4 992 Messenger Enterprise, Thursday, February 6, 1 Templars named top Manti High School is now No. 1. This weeks coaches poll has the Templars in first place by six points over Hurricane, which had occupied that lofty position for three consecutive weeks. Hurricane is now No. 2, Manti downs Morgan (55-52- Manti. The Templars got off to a fast start and were ahead 32 to 2 1 at the first quarter. The second quarter was their big one. Five Templars poured in 20 points, all on field goals, while the Trojans got only 13, four of them from the foul stripe. The third quarter had the teams reversing their roles: Manti tallied five points while the Trojans were getting 12. That had the Templars ahead at the end of the third by 37-3- 6 period. The Trojans scored on a lay with 30 seconds gone in the up lead. Travis canto to take a Thompson got it back for the Templars with a Two more buckets put Manti ahead by but at that critical juncture the Trojans made good four times on trips to the foul stripe. With two minutes still on the clock, the teams were tied at 1 n that two minutes Mark Nielson scored all eight of the Templar points - four from the foul line and four on baskets. Morgan tallied five points, two on a basket and three on a long range trey seconds before the buzzer. Add them up. According to the clock, the final score read Manti, 55; Morgan 52 and that count put the Templars ahead in the race for the Region 9 lead. 38-3- 7 two-pointe- 47-4- r. -- It was a game of strategies. I n the fir st half the Trojans used variations of the zone defense After Friday's barn burner between Manti and Morgan, the game between the Templars and Gunnison was something of a letdown, with Manti delivering its seventh Region 9 victory by a score. JENNINGS Manti Highs Lady Templars lost to Morgans score last Trojanettes by a week and as a consequence, 32-4- 8 dropped out of a tie with Morgan for first place in Region 9 girls basketball. The Lady Templars were athalflime and behind by never a serious threat. Their leading scorer was Monika Bolli with 14 points. Kathy Williams had 9; Sue Cox, 6; Addie Sharp, 2; and Emily 18-2- 7 Olson, 1. 15-1- an winning important conference game at Dixie The win Saturday night 78-6- 7. was especially important since the ladies lost to the Rebels in Squire combined for 38 points and 19 rebounds while playing for just 18 minutes apiece. three-pointer- 88-7- - 27-2- 5-- 101-7- 4 convert on 25 of their 68 field goal attempts for a meager 36. Their shooting from the free throw stripe was also a very anemic 61. The Badgers committed 15 turnovers and failed to make even a single three point basket. qualify for state tourney Nine members of the Manti wrestling team qualified for the State 2-- A tournament at Richfield Friday and Saturday at the Region 9 meet at Nephi, over the weekend. Kelly Tolman, wrestling for the Templars in the 112 pound division, took second place. He has also been named to the State 2-- A ic team. Heres how the eight other Manti grapplers qualified at the Region 9 meet for the state tournament: Chet Thompson, 103 pounds, fourth; Nate Thompson, 109 pounds, fourth; Adam Bateman, 125 pounds, sixth; Keith Callister, 130 pounds, fifth; Doyle Jarvis, 135 pounds, fifth; Ryan Mickelson, 140 pounds, fifth; Jatham Bingham, 145 pounds, fourth; and Chris Reece, 171 pounds, sixth. The State Tournament will get underway Friday at noon in the Richfield High School gym. , v ? 'i Brent to hold onto second place in Region with record. a 6-- 2 Although the Manti team quarter. Monika Bolli was again the Lady Templars top scorer with 16 points followed by Sue Cox, 13; Keri Blackham and Lisa Lindsay, 4 each; Lori Huntsman and Robin Walk, 2 each and Kathy Williams and Emily each. 78-6- 7 and eight rebounds. Erin Tanner again dominated the boards with 19 rebounds. She also had 14 points. Juli Smith i ' I ' and 14 Ephraim earlier this year. The rebounds. Shaunice Warr and win levels the Badgers Shana Russell were also in and will double conference record at figures. Snow College move them closer to the top of only managed to make 37 of league standings since their shots but dominated the previously undefeated UVCC boards by a 6 margin. The lost at Southern Idaho the night Lady Badgers will now take on before. This feels good," said Treasure Valley and College of We Coach Maryln Harmer. Southern Idaho this Friday and really needed to get a win and Saturday in Ephraim. 5-- 5 i r 63-2- i , - 4, ? non-profi- t, led most of the way, Gunnison caught up briefly in the fourth every time you win on the road it feels good." Sue Shurtliffled a balanced scoring attack with 16 points V. MANTI MESSENGER - EPHRAIM ENTEPRISE 'TTTj T r - - r , I,. ... L i ; ; : 1 . ; . ; ; mang': Ml A POLICY STATEMENT BY THIS NEWSPAPER One of the toughest decisions we have to make is when to charge for publicity for various functions. We recognize that our newspaper is the main source of information about upcoming events. We also recognize that we have a public service responsibility to keep our readers informed. Wealsoknowthattheonlywaywecancontinuetoservethe public is to stay in business. And to stay in business we must make a profit somewhere. The only thing we have to sell is advertising. If we give that away free we obviously cannot make a profit, and thus cannot stay in business and provide the free services that we do. Some organizations contend that they are and thus cannot afford to advertise. The fact of the matter is that they cannot afford not to advertise. ADVERTISING DOES NOT COST, IT PAYS! Our entire economy is based on the concept that advertising does indeed pay dividends. If you, or your organization, are sponsoring an event for which money is charged, you can substantially improve the success of that event by advertising. The extra participation which the advertising creates will usually far exceed the cost of the advertising. Therefore, we cannot continue to give free publicity to events that charge money, at least we cannot stay in business and provide that service free. Our policy is: YOU CHARGE - WE CHARGE. If it costs money to participate in your event, we will charge you for the publicity. We do hope to continue to maintain a viable business in this community, but can only do so by charging for our reasonable services. s, 2 7. PUBLICITY - ADVERTISING But to compensate for the added 11 points season. And then, on Feb. 9 its on to the Region 9 tournament at Snow College. That meet will pick the four Region 9 teams that will meet the four best Region 10 squads for the state championship at Southern Utah University in Cedar City March Nine Manti High wrestlers 51-4- 9 loss at Morgan, the Lady Templars also won. They 43-4- 0. That game ends the Region 9 3, points. defeated Gunnison St George. Saturday night the Badgers started the second half of their league schedule in St. George by taking their lumps from Di xie College. Snow lost the game The team only managed to 46-2- 5 Rasmussen had eight, Travis Thompson five, Ryan Anderson four, and Randy Willardsen two. 1 tournament in 5 two-pointer- s, ten Kittens BYU-J- V floor Feb. 21. 9-- 0 12-poi- outscore Dixie streak by beat Park City, the The Snow College Badgers used a break in their league schedule to regain their early Preston Johnson had 14 points, season form by pounding BYU Andy Tanner poured in 12 and Seth Miller added 10. The JV 101-7- 4 Wednesday night. This really came at a good time Badgers took out their for us," said head coach Elliot frustrations on the Kittens early lead and were We had a tough by leaping to a Anderson. road trip to Idaho and we start never really in danger of losing after that. the second half of conference Snow held their opponent to play this week at Dixie and this game allowed us to work on some just 43 shooting in the first of our basics that needed some half as they opened up a 45-2- 3 lead in the first 20 minutes of fine tuning. The easy victory ended a play. Notonly did all 12 Badgers three game losing streak for in uniform play but everyone Snow. Their overall record is scored in the lopsided win. The the grabbed now 16-- with all five of their Badgers losses coming at the hands of rebounding edge over their Scenic West Conference opponents from the north and only committed 11 turnovers opponents. while forcing BYU into 18 It was an impressive night mistakes with the basketball. for the front court of Snow beaten the same team Snowhad College as all five Badgers in twice already this season. The double figures played either at won 5 in Provo and the forward or post position. Badgers in the Dixie holiday Bernard Williams and Ralph 2-ga- me The Lady Badgers snapped They BY DEAN O'DRISCOLL Lady Badgers snap losing streak, a two game losing home. 35-3- 1 Olson, BY DEAN O'DRISCOLL In the meantime, there are still games to be played. Manti travels to Juab Friday, and while the Wasps are stingless away from their nest, theyre mean at 81-7- The Bulldogs led at the end of the first quarter by but took then over. the Templars at the They were ahead half, 56 to 46 at the end of the third quarter, and went on to clinch the victory by a margin. Mark Nielsen had another big night, scoring 29 points, a season high. He shot from all angles, had two nine and five on to foul line. Steve Olsen the trips also had a big night, with 19 points, mostly from close in baskets. Wayne Graham, who got into early foul trouble, still had team that handed the Templars their only Region 9 defeat, last week, and earlier in the season they whipped North Sanpete, a team that Manti edged by only one point in double overtime earlier in the season. After Juab Friday, Feb. 7, its Gunnison away on Feb. 13 and then North Sanpete in a return engagement on the Manti 2-- A Badgers tame Lady Templars lose to Morgan, but still 2nd place BY BHUCE overall record and Hurricane is 10-Theyre likely to meet at tournament in four the State weeks. 3 3, 47-4- successive nights. The result broke the longstanding tie between the lay-up- s. 5 Last week Manti moved ahead in Region 9 basketball by defeatingMorgan and Gunnison two teams for the first place position. As of now Manti has a 12-- and the Templars had success shooting over the zone. In the second half Morgan pressed on defense and worked close in for The Templars spread the offense and drove the lane for close in shots. The game was so close most of the way that the coaches didnt do much substituting. This is the way the Manti scoring went: Mark Nielson, 15, 9 of them from baskets, including a and 6 on foul shots; Steve Olson, 14, all on two pointers; Ryan Anderson, 11, including two treys; Wayne Graham, 10, his high for the season; Travis Thompson, 5. The fans agreed that it was a fun game to watch, with more sophistication than the usual Region 9 contest. 77-6- 5. Morgan-Man- ti 77-6- 5 BRUCE JENNINGS In the battle for top dog in Region 9 basketball, the Manti Templars were the winners by a slim three-poin- t margin over ) Morgan Friday night in Juan, on 55-5- 2, adds Gunnison's scalp to get top rating in state BY Beaver, 3, Morgan, 4 and San team in state 2-- A 7 i i i i t f ; |