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Show Page 6—THE HERALD. Provo. Utah. Thursday, January 10, 1980 ports: What’s happeningon thenaiional scene, State aad local sports, columns and opinions Atk Provo Nudges Timpview basketball game Wednesday Hatch’s shooting from outside beat us.” said Timpview coach Tim Lewis post-game. “He wasthe difference in the game While Hatch’s outside shooting was a definite factor, his free throw shooting was more so. His first two pitches came with 1:57 left after the T-Birds had closed to within 47-44. His second two came with 35 seconds remaining and the Bulldogs ahead 49-46. He missed his last opportunity, the front end of a one-and-onesituation in the final 20 seconds, but John Spencer had dropped in a pair with 28 seconds to Go to give Provo a 53-46 margin so the miss wasn't that important. Provo led just 40-37 going into the final quarter. Then Mike Olpin hit a free throw and Dave Heaton got a pair sandwiched around one by Timpview’s Randy Nilsen and the Bulldogsled 43-38 with 6:25 to go. After Timpviewfailed to convertits scoring opportunity the next time down the floor, Provo went into its fourcorner offense. Heaton’s basket with 5.31left gave the Bulldogs a 45-38 lead. Timpview, though, refused to fold and trailed just 47-44 with 2:20 to go Provo stayed with its four-corner offense, however, and Hatch and Spencer converted their free throw oppor- DugwayTops Tintic 50-42 +t THERE WAS PLENTYof action underneath the baskets during Wednesday's Provo- Timpview game. Here Provo's Dave Heaton (14) tri jes to reach for a pass (the ball is at the right edge of the photo) while Timpview's Randy Nilsen tries to prevent him from doing so.Also visible are Timpview’s Scott Dixon and Provo’s Kirk Ashby and John Spencer. Provo won 5349. (Photo by Phil Shurtleff) WACDenies Vranes’ Appeal SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — The Western Athletic Conference Faculty Representatives have denied an appeal by Danny Vranes of the declaration of his pre-seasonineligibility. The University of Utah announced the WAC decision Wednesday. The denial was made at a meeting of the representatives Tuesday at a NCAA convention in New Orleans. Vranes was declared ineligible Dec. 22 becauseof the university's decision not to accept credit from a course in which he was enrolled last summer. The decision means that the university’s basketball record for the season will switch from 10-5 to 5-10 becauseit will have to forfeit those games in which Vranes playéd while he wasineligible. Butit will not effect conferenceplay which began this month. Vranes subsequently has completed another class to replace the course which was not accepted. andis nowfully eligible to play during the regular WAC season. The faculty representatives’ decision. wasin three parts. Thefirst upheld the university's action denying credit for the course. The second denied the appeal of the ineligibility which Vranes and the university filed Dec. 28. The third said that Vranes wasnotentirely, personally responsible for enrolling in the course orfor its deficiencies. It noted that he was apparently ‘misled.’ R.J. Snow, University of Utah faculty representative. said, ‘‘We appreciate the thorough and careful consideration given this matter by WACofficials.” DUGWAY — Eric Van Liere and Greg Brownpoured in 17 and 14 points, respectively, to lead the Dugway The Mustangs raced to a 21-12 first period lead and held the advantage throughout the game, although the Minersclosed the gap to seven by the end of the third quarter. “Dugway is a very tough team, es pecially on its own court,’’ Tinti¢ coach Fouled out. Brown, Wall —Marion Dunn FBI Sends Reports to 11 Cities Okay, everyone. take ten. Smoke ‘em if you've got ‘em.It's timeto sit back and take a quick look at the world of fun and games. Whodunnit Dept.: A UPIstory out of Albuquerque, today said the Albuquerque office of the FBI has sent reports ofits investigation of the Univer- sity of New Mexicoathletic scandalto 11 othercities for possible probes in schools there. No schools were named but agent Jerry Biederstedt listed the cities as: Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; Salt Lake City; Las Vegas, Nev.,; Kansas City, Mo.; New Orleans; Newark, N.J.; Butte, Mont.; Phoenix; San Antonio and Dallas “They might want to look into other schools to see if there are any problemslike wehad here, Biederstedt said. Biederstedt's boss, special agentin charge Forrest Putman said decisions regarding how far the investigation will be pursued nationwide would be made by Justice Department officials in Washington, D.C.“It would take a lot of work by the department to go very far with this thing, but you find it hard to believe that only one schoolis doingit. I don’t think anyone knows right now how farthis thing is going to go,” he said. On The Marc or Mark. BYU quarterback Mare Wilson and ArizonaState's Mark Malone are scheduled to share passing duties for the North in Saturday's Senior Bowl game in Mobile, Ala., and the game will be televised over CBS, channel5. Now, the coach of the North team is Bud Grant of the Minnesota Vikings andhewill determine how muchplaying time the two young quarterbacks will receive. Mare should start and doesn't have much to prove. Everyone knows he can throw the ball. But it is a different question for Mark. At Arizona State he ran and passed for nearly 5,000 yards and 44 touchdowns averaging 5.8 yards per play but his critics have doubts about his passing arm. Today, Grantsaid that Malone has been “very impressive, surprisingly impressive,’ in running a pro-type offense and throwing from the pocket. “Mark is a big rugged kid with great speed for someonehissize. Tie question has beenhis passing but he has thrown well here much better than his reputation,” Grant added So, Saturday afternoon both Marc and Markcould be putting the ball in the air when the Senior bowlis flashed across the land Musical Chairs. Former Wyoming assistant football coach Tom McMahon, has joined the staff of New Mexico’s recently hired head coach Joe Morrison. At Wyoming, and Colorado State before that. McMahon handled the defensive secondary. At New Mexico he will be linebacker coach Office Aide. The Salt Lake Gulls have announced the appointment of 27- year-old Steve Smith asassistant general managerfor the coming season Smith is a native of Halifax. Nova Scotia, andwill assist G.M Rainer Krowas. Smith has a background in journalism and photography and worked for the Albuquerque Journal and the Halifax Herald. He was public relations director for the Albuquerque Dukesof the PCLlast year. Welcome Falcons. The Air Force Academy has worked out its football schedule for next fall and will have six games count in the WAC Standings. The games with WACfoes or designated foes are Sept. 6, Colorado State at Fort Collins; Sept. 13, Washington at Seattle; Sept. 20, San Diego State at the Academy, Oct. 18, Tulane at New Orleans; Nov. 1, TexasE] Paso at the Academy and Nov 29, Hawaii at Honolulu. That is a tough schedule for a aewcomer. The Falcons will play three conference gamesthefirst three weekends and against rug ged foes. Both designated conference foes were bowl teams this year and should be stronger next fall The Air Force schedule has changed BYU's slate for next year. The Cougarswill not play UTEP or Wichita State as originally planned but will meet Boston College in Provo and Wisconsin in Madison instead Report Card. I don't know if you heard the story whenit first happened, but it has a happy ending. Last Dec. 7, Bill Henaghan was coaching the Allegany High School basketball team in Maryland's Allegany County. On that night his team played Bishop Guilfoyle High of Altoona, Pa.. and Allegany took a 42-41 lead on a basketright at the buzzer. But, alas and alack, a Camper player fouled a Guilfoyle player while the ball wasin the air and the two free throws gavethe Pennsylvania team a 43-42 victory Angry Allegany fans poured onto the floor and it was some time before order was restored But coach Henaghan had some revenge. In reporting the score to area newspapers and television stations. the coach said Allegany won, 4241] When the Saturday morning papershit the doorstepsthe false report became public. The county school board suspended the coach pending a hearing. The hearing was held this week and the board gave Henaghan his job back on the grounds the punishment did not fit the crime Henaghan maintains he thought that was the final score 5 They were putting up a lot of shots. then crashing the off-side boards and putting them in “There will be another day,’’ Lewis 23-all deadlock with 1:57left in the second quarter when Hatch tossedin a 15footer and led 28-27 at inte-mission Timpview stayed within two throughout the third quarter but was beat them. Now our main concern is getting ready for Payson Friday and then for American Fork next week unable to tie the gamealthough there Scott Dixon paced Timpview’s scor- said. ‘If we play better next time we'|| were ample opportunities. ing attack with 13 points and Lynn MerPart of Timpview's problem ritt, who did notstart, contributed 11 throughoutthe night was an inability of Provo's John Spencer, with 12, was the its players to consistently hit their only other man on either team in dou. perimeter shots. Provo's defense was ble figures Using its four-corner offense to tight enough that the T-Birds seldom wereableto get theball inside although perfection, Provo connected onfive of Lewis said his team didn't try to work its final seven shots from the field it in that much. Unofficially the Bulldogs were 18 for “I thought wereally did a job on 37, for 48.6 per cent. Timpview was 16 defense,’ said Provo's Jim Spencer for 43 for 37.2 per cent. Provo hada 2724 edge on the boards. shortly after the final buzzer “Tt was a hard-fought game. In some With the victory Provo improved its casesthey out-scratched us. For exam- league record to 5-0. Timpview dropped ple, we gave them too many loose balls to 4-1. The Bulldogswill entertain Pleasant Grove Friday while Timpview ‘on rebounds “They're a well-coached team and they played with a lot of courage,” Spencercontinued. ‘‘I want to compliment them onthefine job they did “Our kids really played down the stretch, Spencer said. ‘‘We made some mistakesbut westill played hard, Tt was a heck of a win. We'll takeit. If wehad wonby oneI'dstill be happy.” Although Heaton, Provo’s center, led all scorers with 17, Timpview's Lewis said, ‘‘I thought we played good defense, too. I wasn’t at all unhappy entertains Payson PROVO (53) Hatch 5 4-5 14, Heaton 5 7-10 17. Olpin 1 2-44 Ashby 3 0-0 6. Spencer 4 44 12, Lohner 0 0-1 0 Totals 18 17-24 TIMPVIEW (49) Dixon 4546 13. Nilsen 3 3-5 9. Bateman 6-6 8 Bearnson | 0-0 2. Bames30-1 6. Merritt 43-411 Totals 16 17-22 2 29 40 53 Provo nan @ Ti impview Total fouls: Provo 18, Timpview 21. Fouled out Bearnson. Barnes. Technical foul Provo bench Cavemen Topple Vikings, 50-46 Mustangsto a 50-42 victoryover Tintic in siegion Eleven action Wednesday night He added that the university would Weldon Wardle said of the state's tophave to adhere to WAC and NCAAranked 1-A club. ‘‘We played an excelregulations. lent game underthe circumstances.’ Athletic Director Amie Ferrin said he believes the representatives Doug Wall paced the Miner effort recognized the merits of the appeal. with 10 counters before fouling out in the final stanza. “This decision, and the forfeits we The Miners, now3-3 in Region Eleven face will be hard for us “’ he said. “but play, entertain North Summit Friday. will have conferencehelpin relating to the Division I Basketball Committee TINTIC (42) and other postseason tournamentselec- Garbett 1 2-3 4, Jones 40-1 8, Wail 5 0-2 10. tion committees that any changein our Dorigatti 2 5,5. Yaden 3 35 9. Laird 3 00 6, record is based on our desire to fully TOTALS 18 6-15. comply.”* DUGWAY. (50) Hesaid that under the WACcode the Brown 4 64 14. Van Liere 8 1-417. Mohammed 2 NCAA tournaments teamsare based 23 6, McCurdy 2 3.9 7. Whiting 2 0-0 4. Van only on conference records and there- Leeuwen 1 0-1 2. TOTALS 19 12-23 Tintic 12 21 33 42 fore the University of Utah basketball team still has a chance for post-season Temfouls. Tintic 22. Dugway 17 21 33 40 50 play. ing the first half. Provo broke from a of their points of By ROB WAKEFIELD Herald Correspondent PLEASANT GROVE — Paced by senior forward Clark Burgess, the American Fork Cavemen swished througheightof nine free throwsin the final two minutes to claim a hardfought 50-46 Region Six victory over arch-rival Pleasant Grove Wednesday The free throws became necessary Kim Walker barely rolled off the rim and Burgesswasfouled on the rebound He calmly dropped through another pair of frees to clinch the victory for the Cavemen. “I'm very happy,” American Fork coach ArtAllred said after the game. “TI feel very lucky to get out of here with a win. They've beaten both of our state championship teamshere in past after the Vikings had whittled a nine- years and they played well tonight. “But I think this was the best game point Caveman lead to just two by hoiding the Cavemen scoreless from wehaveplayed all year. We were unthe field throughtheentirefinal period. der control, we were relaxed, we exWith 2:06 remaining the Vikingstrailed ecuted well and we came through on our free throws when wehadto. That's only 42-40. But the Cavemen got hot from the something we haven't doneall season," charitystripe just in timeto stave off a Allred continued. “It was a team vicfurious Viking rally. American Fork tory for us.” had hit only two of eight from theline Burgess ended the game as high prior to its string, but when the presscorer on thefloor with 18 points and sure was greatest Burgess and his hauled down nine rebounds. No other teammates produced American Fork player carded double With 2:02 left to play Burgess was fouled and converted both ends of a figure scoring, but Hansen scored eight one-and-one situation. Then with 1:43 and boarded eight to complement performance remaining Kimball Hansen connected Burgess’ Giles and Kim Walkerled the Vikings on a pair to makeit 46-40. Pleasant Grove's Craig Giles fol- with 13 each and Kevin Allridge added lowed with a 20-foot bomb to cut the il lead to 46-42, but with just 52 seconds AMERICAN FORK (50) . Fox 300 6. Burgess 6 66 18. Turner 23-47. B showing Ken Turner put the Cavemen up bysix once again witha pair of foul Hansen 2145 K Hansen 3248, Brady 3 0-06 Dimick 0 0-00 Totals 19 12-18 tosses. PLEASANT GROVE Justin Bone narrowed thedeficit for Whitely 00-00, Walker 61-218 Giles 61-213. Al the Vikings with a lay-in at the 40 se- Iridge5 1-2 11 Bone 23-47. Kohler 1 0-02. Cottle 0 Totals %6-10 cond mark, and momentslater Hansen 0-00. American Fork 4 wa 30 stepped over the foul line on a free Pleasant Grove 1M 6 throw attempt to give the Vikings Team fouls Pleasant Grove16 American Fork 9 another chance Fouled out Walker But with 20 secondsto play a shot by Payson Outlasts Spanish Fork By ROGER PLOTHOW Herald Correspondent SPANISH FORK — Payson's Kirk Holt stole a Spanish Fork pass with three seconds left in the game to preserve a 52-51 victory in wild Region Six action Wednesday. The contest was full of potential heroes, but no one appeared willing to assumethe role until Holt jumped in front of Curt Evansto pick off the intended pass and clinch the victory. Both teamslost chancesto take control of the game wasturnovers, missed free throws and freak plays plagued both squads. free throwline. Hiatt was charged with a technicalfoul for his actions, which gave Spanish Fork an extra free throw, the ball out of bounds, and a chancefor a five-point play. But the Dons got only oneto pull to within one at 52-51 when Tuckett missed the front end of his one and one, LaneStokessankthetechnical foul shot, and Evans missed from the field with 11 seconds left after Spanish Fork got the ball out of bounds. Next it was Payson’s turn to miss a chance to ice the game when Hiatt was fouled going for the reboundfollowing Evans’ missed field goal attempt. Hiatt missed his first foul shot and Spanish Fork got the rebound andcalled time out with six secondsleft. That set up the final play when Holt out-jumped Evansfor anintended lob pass near the foul line to finally snuff out Spanish Fork's victory hopes. Payson employed a full-court press during muchofthefirst half, and the Dons burned the Lionsfor easy baskets Spanish Fork went into the final quarter with a six point lead and ahead of steam, accompanied by the vocal home-town crowd. But the Lions kept their poise and scored eight straight points to pull to a 50-48 lead. The Dons’ Earl Stoneman converted two free throws to tie the game before Payson’s David King provided the margin of victhe early going to lead by as manyas toryon field goal with a minute and a in five in the first half before the Lions half left. But the game was far from pulled backto within three attheinterover. mission. Spanish Fork worked the clock down Hot outside shooting over the Payson to 50 seconds and called a time out zone gave the Donsa six point lead goWith 37 seconds left, Payson’s Dave ing into the final quarter before Hiatt, silent offensivelyall night, came Spanish Fork went cold from thefield up with one of his frequent defensivex and suffered six fourth quarter turgems and picked off a Spanish For novers to watch the lead slip away. ass. The Dons’ DaveTuckett stole the Bal back on a zonetrap press seconds SPANISH FORK 151) Tuckett 4 0:1 8 $2337 Evans 6 0.012 later and wasfouled by the Lions’little Jones 33-49. Hales 20-04, Stoneman 43:3 11 playmaker Benson Tommy, with 25 se- PAYSON (52) conds to go. During the ensuing confusion, one of the referees appeared to mistakenly award the free throws to Payson's Hiatt, who stepped to the Spanish Fork Hiatt 02-3 Stewart 64-3 15 King 70-014 Tom: my § $3.13. Holt 40.08 Spanish Fork Moo 46 St P 3 28 40 52 Total Fouls. Spanish Fork 13. Payson 11. Fouled ‘out None Technicalfouls’ Hiatt eles ee six. as the Bulldogsheld off cross-town rival Timpview 53-49 in a Region Six tunities to keep Timpview just out of reach The gamewastied seven times and the lead changed handsfive times dur- eee By BOB HUDSON Herald Sports Writer Junior guard Dan Hatch scored 14 potats, including four of Provo’'s final |