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Show Maisangar-Entarprls- Sports 2-- second place in Region 10, behind first pace Delta. by defeating the Richfield varsity last week 50-2Kandy Larsen, with 16 points, was the top scorer, followed by her sister, Karma!, with 11 The Manti junior varsity, however, didn't do as well, losing to the Richfield girls For Manti, Sandi Harman was high with 8 points. 29-3- i by Ben Galloway Old Will Rogers once commented: "I never met a men 1 didnt like. Well, I never really believed that even ol Will could be anyone so indiscriminate. But with the record of wins that the Snow basketball team is piling up in the ICAC, there could come a day when Coach Ron Abegglen might say, "I never met a team I couldn't beat and I just might believe him. Last Friday, the Badgers traveled up to Logan and beat the USU JVs by a score of 105 to 92. Then the team headed up to Ontario, Oregon, where they played Treasure Valley a tough Community College contest, but Snow squeaked by for a 65 to 64 win. Both were practice games, but they boost Snows overall record to 18 wins and only two losses (Lassen College forfeited an earlier game to Snow). But more importantly, Snow has a perfect 5 win-n- o loss record in ICAC action, with only five more conference games left to play. In Friday's game against the Utah State JVs, Snow pulled out ahead from the very start and pretty much dominated the game in all the score categories. By half-timwas Snow 38. And by the end of the game Snow had scored on 44 out of 81 attempts at field goals, compared to 32 out of 77 for USU. In the category of free throws, Snow netted 17 out of 22 attempts compared to 28 out of 38 for USU. But Snow's defense really made the "difference in this contest. The Badgers had 49 rebounds compared to 37 for USU. And Snow only suffered 18 turnovers, comin pared to 23 for USU. Finally Snow had a total of 24 assists USU had 15. High-poiplayers on the Snow team were forwards Mark Montgomery and Dave Heaton, who scored 27 and 19 points respectively and guard Bill Floyd, who scored 20 points. Coach Abegglen commented: "We got off to a great start in the USU game and moved out ahead by 24 points about 8 minutes into the first half. I think this was mainly the result of a super first half defensive effort. Montgomery, Heaton and Floyd all had a great night. But I'm glad 1 w as able to give all of the guys some time on the floor. I think our e 1 hn & s Lody Templar holds tightly to the boll os Richfield Lady Wildcat tries to wrest it from her. Four MHS wrestlers qualify for state tournament Four Manti High School wrestlers for the State tournament this week by placing in the Region 10 finals Friday and Saturday. qualified 2-- Representing MHS at the state meet will be Terry Bradley, who wrestles in the 98 pound division and placed third in region: Miles Van Gordcr, 126 pounds, who placed third; Bob Blauer, 132 pounds, who placed fourth, and Wayne Nielson, 138 pounds, who placed third. Thoso four MHS wrestlers, shown with Coach Tom Rose (confer), qualified to enter state tournament: Miles Von Gorder, Bob Blauer, Terry Bradley, and Wayne Nielson. A win tonight could put MHS in third big home game will be played tonight (Thursday) at Manti High School in boys basketball as the Templars duel with Richfields Wildcats. A win for MHS would dead lock them with Richfield at and likely a tie for third place in A 6-- 5 Region 10. and Greg Denning, at play and ipside, while Doug Roberts, are outside-insid- e Shane Southwich, players. Veteran guard Kevin runs the offense, which Poulson, is fast break minded and inside oriented. 6-- 6-- 6 6-- 6-- y 58-5- 12-1- 43-4- 5 27-2- Round Secdings in the Robin tournament would go up with a win. That tournament, which will qualify four teams for state, is set for March 3, 4. 5 at Snow College. Talent laden is a good way to characterize the Cats. Brett Jensen 6-- Game times are 5:30 JV and 7:30 p.m. varsity. In an exciting game a week ago tonight, the Templars defeated cousins, the North Sanpete Hawks, Quarter scores reflect the closeness: and 58-5Stellar guard play by Jim Nelson w as a factor in the victory. The senior played the entire game and got the with only one turn-ove- r team in motion often. Dean Hatch, a junior guard, played over half the and game with only one also captured the most important the final one rebound of the game that prevented Sanpete from getting another crack at the basket with three seconds left on the clock. Hatch was fouled on the rebound. With the ball on the other end of the cross-countr- red-hca- d turn-ove- r, Thuraday, February 10, 1083 Pog 5-- 0 record on Badgers sitting perfect Lady Templars cinch second place by Bruce Jennings The Manti High School Lady Templars will compete in the Region 10 girls basketball tournament at South Sevier High School in Monroe on Feb. 17, 18 and 19 as the second place team. Eight teams will participate in the regional tournament and the top four will qualify for the state tournament on Feb. 24, 25 and 26. The (ndv Templars nailed down a, floor, Andy Russell deflected an pass to end the attempted game. Creditable board work came from Russell, Terry Bean and John Squire who collectively gathered in over 30 rebounds. A team defensive effort was evident with Terry Bean working hard, as usual, and Russell and Squire helping out in the middle as the guards applied pressure. With MHS trailing one point with about 30 seconds left, Russell made a big play. He deflected a Hawk pass and made a determined drive to the hoop for a three-poin- t play. This was the game winning point number 58. Several players, including Eric Dean, Scott Bawden, Bob Foote and Blake Howell were able to spell off teammates at crucial times. defense, especially in the first half, really helped us more than anything." Saturdays game against Treasure Valley was a tougher contest in most respects. Snow maintained an 8 or 9 point lead for most of the game. But with only several minutes remainon and ing, TVCC put a rush closed the gap. With one minute remaining, TVCC led Snow by 64 to 61. But the Badgers put on a press and got within 1 TVCC. Then Snow of point scrambled for a rebound. And in the seconds that followed, TVCC fouled on Pete Browne (59 guard from full-cou- rt SLC). Well, Pete didnt score a lot of points for Snow in this game. But when he made both free throws he might have scored the two most important points. The score was now Snow 65 and TVCC 64. And the clock suddenly ran out of time, giving Snow the victory. As in the USU contest, Montgomery, Heaton and Floyd men scoring were the high-poi17 10 and 25, points respectively. In total, Snow scored on 28 out of 56 field goals (compared to 24 out of 56 for TVCC). And Snow scored on 9 out of 20 free throws (compared to 16 out of 19 for TVCC). In other categories, Snow had 33 rebounds, compared to 29 for TVCC and 17 assists compared to 8 for TVCC. Finally, Snow only committed 13 fouls, compared to 19 and this was fortunate, for TVCC because the Oregon team was shooting free throws with an accuracy of In regard to the Treasure Valley game Abegglen commented, "Our defense was really lax in this game. Offensively we did O.K. But we were 84. pretty weak on free throws. Im just glad that Pete Browne got two when we needed them the most." This Friday at 7:30 p.m., Snow will arch-rivaDixie College play their once more. But this time the Badgers will play the Rebels on their home court in St. George. Last Saturday the Rebels lost to the BYU JVs, so if the Badgers are lucky, maybe the Rebs" are on a losing streak. ls Or perhaps the BYU "Kittens are getting a whole lot tougher. If its true, Snow will have a chance to find out this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The Badgers will play the BYU JVs in Ephraim. Who knows:? Both of these could be close contests. So come on out and root for the conference-leadin- g Badgers. Or tune-i- n to KMTI for y at each of excellent these games. play-by-pla- Local reaction favors new Sanpete Hospital building by Linda R. Clark Sanpete Valley is in the midst of a trend. The valley is regaining the self sufficiency of the pioneers who first settled here. Prior to 1970, most young people were forced to leave as they reached adulthood. There were simply not enough jobs. Sanpete Valley could not support its own children. In the '70s, the population of Sanpete Valley increased by 33 percent, reversing the previous trend. It is projected to continue to increase another 33 percent in the '80s. Why the growth? Some have discovered Sanpete as newcomers; others have come home to live. Businesses have built their offices and factories here, offering employment, resulting in more money available for the goods and services provided by local businesses. This all translates into economic growth. Economic growth means a return to self sufficiency for the residents of Sanpete Valley. What do businesses and corpora, tions consider before settling in an area? One of the most important factors is the quality of public services. Any business considering Sanpete for its location will certainly take a close look at the local hospital. An inadequate building, sprawling facilities floor plan, and will have a negative influence on their decision, causing them to consider locating elsewhere. There is currently an effort to build a new hospital in Mt. Pleasant to provide an important element of the basic services essential to economic growth. The Board of Directors for the Sanpete Valley Hospital has published the answers to some questions people are asking. What is the state of the hospital today? The facility is now at the point where major upgrading of its plumbing, heating, ventilating, and electrical systems is required. In addition, the hospital is quickly running out of room to accommodate new services and programs. The hospital layout is also of concern, causing much patient inconvenience, for example, in the location of showers and bathrooms, lack of privacy, and undue noise. There is a high probability that in the very near because of the problems future with plumbing, heating, ventilating and electrical systems and because of stringent hospital building codes the hospital will lose its ability to adequately serve the present needs of the people. Why not simply remodel? An independent engineering firm was retained in 1979 to study the facility. Their conclusion was that it would cost nearly as much to completely remodel the facility as to totally replace it. Remodeling will not effectively solve the layout, mechanical or code problems, nor permit needed additional services. What would the proposed new facility be like? The new hospital plan incorporates a modern, attractive hospital facility master facility with a plan. Under this concept, plans for future growth and expansion are built into the original plan so that the hospital can grow, as the population grows, with maximum efficiency and minimum expense or disruption or services. Plans call for a 20,000 square-foo- t facility. All will be rooms private with patient lavatory, shower and heat, resulting in greater convenience and desired privacy. Outpatients and inpatients will be well provided for, with a medical office building to house specialty clinics such as orthopedics, ear, nose and throat, urology, shared nuclear medicine and ultrasound diagnostic 25-ye- 20-be- especially looking forward to the increased care of specialists the new facilities allow for." Steve Bennlon: "The legendary self sufficiency and economic growth of Sanpete Valley depend on excellent local services. A new hospital will certainly increase Sanpete's desirability for prospective businesses." Richard Olson: "The people in the central and north Sanpete sectors have a special opportunity to significantly upgrade the health care needs for the people living in this valley by contributing to the new hospital building fund. Lee Barton: "We have an excellent hospital in Gunnison, in the south end of this valley. Now we What Is the local reaction? need an equally good facility in the Bonnie Nielson: "Sanpete Valley northern end of the valley. We need Hospital was built in 1948. There this new facility to meet the high have been so many medical medical standards we have set. Linda Clark: "I have never seen breakthroughs in the past 35 years, we need a facility that will enable us such compassionate service coupled to use this knowledge and provide with unquestionable medical combetter health care for Sanpete petence as I have received in residents." Sanpete Valley Hospital. I anxiously Gwen McGarry: "I work as an look to the day when a new facility can equal the effort and love shown EMT and Ive seen many patients who went to Payson or Provo by the medical personnel." Mayor Halbert Jensen: Efforts Hospitals because Sanpete lacked the proper facilities. I feel strongly presently underway to construct a that we should all support efforts to new hospital are commendable. I build a new hospital. support this project and know the Barbara Wlntch: "I support the daily benefits upon completion will effort to build a new hospital for far outweigh individual financial I'm sacrifices presently necessary. Sanpete Valley residents. services. The new hospital will truly be a giant step forward in providing for the health care needs of the people in the Sanpete Valley. What will this facility cost? The cost of the new facility is S2.6 million. Most of the financial burden will be borne by the corporation which presently owns Sanpete Valley Hospital, Local Health Care. communities have been asked to pledge donations over a period of All donations five years. are Some people have discovered a rather painless way to contribute. They are pledging part or all of their annual income tax refunds for the next five years. non-prof- it Inter-mounta- Cliff Hughes appointed head coach at MHS by Brace Jennings Giff Hughes, assistant football coach at Manti High School for four years, has been appointed head coach, according to Principal Ivan "Im glad to get the head coaching Mr. Hughes said, assignment, because I like a challenge and I want to help build the football program at Manti High." Rowley. He replaces Dewey Brundage, who left the high school at the semester break to become an assistant coach and teacher at Mountain View High School. Coach Hughes' assistants next year will be Bob Anderson, Tom Reece and Doug Ludvigson. In addition to his coaching duties, Mr. Hughes teaches five English classes. Hes a graduate of Virgin Valley High School in Mesquite, Nev., where he lettered four years in and was football, making also a member of the baseball, basketball and track teams. He then attended Dixie College, where he played football for two years. After serving an LDS mission in England, he was married and went to Southern Utah State College, earning a bachelors degree in English and physical education. Hoad football coach MHS, Cliff Hugh at Watch your step at the dump by Pat Mellor Richfield septic tank pumping operation was found dumping d raw sewage over the side of the city dump in Manti, city employees say. When confronted, the operator who was emptying the contents of the pumping unit acknowledged that he was indeed leaving raw sewage in the ravine which contains the dump, in the public dumping area, exposed to the air, but said the dumping was routine and that this was the way the offal had always been dumped. City employees took exception to the situation and to the odor, and the operator was warned not to use the dump for the purpose again. In City Council Wednesday night, Morlin A freshly-pumpe- Cox suggested a sign be placed the dump saying that Manti C and the provides gargage pick-up- , using the dump personally, do so their own risk. In a separate incident, a Ma family who last month experiem an accidental break in their wa line reported that their children h contracted an illness which appeal to have been borne in possil contaminated drinking water. C officials, fearing the ruptured might have allowed effluents fn contaminated areas underground seep into the ruptured line, report in city council meeting that the wa is being tested and the results h: not been confirmed, pendi completion of the testing. 1; |