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Show 2 Thursday, Dec. WEST VAUEY VIEW 17, 1981 Holidoy Bowl - Cougars Times 2 Will Battle Friday DIEGO. One where four teams are n is certain as headed for bowl is a The Brigham Young play. prepares to meet first in 52 years for the Washington State in Pullman Cougars. the fourth annual Holi- Washington State was day Bowl tomorrow in the running for the Rose Bowl until the (Friday). The Cougars will final game, dropping a 0 decision to archwin. What the two teams rival Washington must settle is which lit- which will meet Iowa ter of Cougars. Game in Pasadena on New time is 7 p.m. MST and Years Day. BYU has attacked the game will be carried live on KSTU this bowl with dead (Channel 20) TV and seriousness. Coach KSL radio. LaVell Edwards For the most part, knows his team is in the similarity between another of those n situathe two squads ends familiar tions. with their nickname, If the Cougars win, records and the fact that both conquered people will point to the Colorado during the national rankings and season. suggest they should BYU, the nations since they are ranked passing and total of- 12th in one poll where fense leader, has had a WSU is 18th. However, lock on Holiday Bowl if BYU loses, it gets to invitations as the wear the you play in a weak conference Western Athletic Conference champion. label for another This is the fourth bowl season. For McMahon, it is and the WAC has his last hurrah as a represented by anyone collegian where he has the NCAA but BYU. However, the Provo record book. WSU Cougars have won just prides itself on n one .condefense, but also pro5 duces 406 yards oftest, last years thriller over Southern fense a game, inSAN post-seaso- thing 23-1- no-wi- 8-- 2 .never been II... Mark Snyder appears to BOOOOO! be trying to hex Taylorsville's Doug Turnquist during Green Sheet tourney action. 'BOUND BATTLE . . . Granger's Chad Wilkinson (34) and John Priet of Granite fight BASELINE BAT . . . Skyline's Jim Wagstaff (22) didn't find much luck driving the baseline against Cottonwood's Kerry Oliphant (52), who rejected his shot. post-seaso- 46-4- for rebound. dicating another Methodist. Third Straight Skyiine Championship Holiday were a to Indiana and to Navy in the inaugural bowl. BYU returns a goodly number of its cast from last seasons Bowl losses - In Colts Tourney Test Edge Eagles TAYLORSVILLE. The clock showed seconds left when 10 Dave Walton hammered Skylines Brent Lloyd in a harat ried attempt to get the mid-cou- rt ball back. Walton had just taken a pretty pass under the basket from teammate Carl Coates and completed the easy lay-upulling p Clarks within two ' Kent Coach Colts of the Eagles when he fouled Lloyd. Lloyd had come off the bench and been a thorn in Cottonwoods side all night, particularly in the second half when he burned the nets for 16 points. Now he had a chance to put Skyline beyond reach and to secure a third straight Green Sheet-Granit- e School points, 62-6- District tournament championship for his team. Naturally, Clark Cot-tonwoo- called time to increase the pressure on the Eagle senior and to set up a play if he missed and the Colts rebounded. The pressure did build. Fast. And with the help of an unexpected source. Boys - glancing back in sports with the . Overby Named MVP weekend ac- Kelly Overby complished practically the impossible here Saturday. Generally, MVP status in tournaments is reserved for the chamteam. Now members pionship (See Page of fourth-plac- e the pre-leagu- e held at South high. After falling to East the Farmers downed the Cubs and hammered West 60-5- 5 81-6- (That was 7 December, 1976.) 4, Col. 2) $(o) WATER BED Credit U Checks and all too cool, -- Jep-pese- stomping could back-to-bac- have been it for the Colts, but the elusive ball bounced off the shoulders of two well and conveniently rolled to Walton, who picked it up in the middle of the lane five feet from the hoop. Two . . . Walton went up between two defenders. But his shot hit the back iron, bounced over the cylinder onto the rim front and roll- ed off. Oliphant put up a re- k scoring 20 points, blocking shots, pulling down rebounds. Forward Carl Coates joined Oliphant in battling the taller Eagle front line, tossing in 14 points and con- tributing still more with several pinpoint passes that set teammates up for easy baskets. The Colt guardline outplayed its back-cou- rt foes with Owyn Anderl firing in 12 points and Steve Farn-- s worth coming through four with clutch free throws and a basket in the fourth quarter. But the Colts pould not overtake the Eagles, largely was because Skyline able to control the rebounding game behind DeYoung, Steve Neil Bernstein, Wagstaff and Tom Christensen. War-noc- marked The A WKK Remarkably, Eagles did k, of 0 a was a major factor in Skylines ability to defend its tourney title. Christensen, 7-- senior, Last year, Christensen rarely saw playing time unless his team was engaged in a blow-out- . He was clumsy and awkward. game, previous triple-overtim- a e thriller between Kearns and Granger. Granger captured fourth place with a e win over Kearns on the strength of success from the free throw line where the Lancers three-overtim- z(i If BYU fans have one major concern, it is the teams ability to stop the veer offense including leading man Jim place prestigious 4, Col. 2) . the Pac-1- which the PAC-1team runs. Wyoming always presents a problem with a similar attack and owns one of the wins over the Y this season. WSU officials have said theyll do nothing special to try to stop McMahon, perhaps thinking that keeping him on the sideline 0 20-- 2 (See Page reserve. 0 (See Page 4, Col. 9) 9 H BIG But he started Saturday and put the first on the points scoreboard with a dunk. he Although tired quickly, GUN SALE .'ir the OFF on all 20 finished with 12 points and a number of rebounds. seven-foote- r KNIVES in stock Christensens slam spurred Skyline to a 16-1- 2 first-quarte- r lead. Cottonwood pulled to within one, at the half, and knotted the score at 47 entering the final period. OAFF All on all AMMO in 32-3- stock The two teams played basketball for the last eight minutes with OFF on all NEW RIFLES & Skyline holding a edge slight throughout. And thats SHOTGUNS in the way it ended as well. The intensity of that contest was matched, and perhaps even by the & stock TSfcj o W. & OFF on all SCOPES & MOUNTS in stock All SCOPES mounted FREE with Scope purchase the it without sparkling contributions from their recognized leaders, 6-- 6 forward Lyndon DeYoung and 6-- 2 guard Jim Wagstaff. The Colts held DeYoung scoreless for the whole first quarter ON DAN WESSON Give Him a Classic.. OFF Arnold Palmer He will always be in top form in this terrific Arnold Palmer links knit cardigan. A classic addition to 7i ROW RT Fashion Place Mall Downtown Salt Lake PISTOL PACKS ED SMITH - RESIDENT GUN SMITH Cardigan Sweater his wardrobe in 100 Orion Acrylic. $32. 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RENT TO OWN No he finished the game with just eight points, although he did Vuarnef-decke- d his share of damage on students were among the boards. the mildest fans in the Wagstaffs offensive district, applauding production was even exciting plays with lit- more limited - just six tle more than laid-bac- k points. But the quality of Coach Paul tea party claps. bench showed Saturday night they brought the gym down. through in the oustan-din- g From the second Clark performance by called timeout until Lloyd. the instant it became After coming off the apparent that Lloyds bench to score two free throw was off the points in the second mark, Colt fans were period, Lloyd hit four on field goals (including underTaylorsville highs wooden bleachers and hand layups) and raising a ruckus that three charity tosses in would make New York the third quarter Yankee fans proud. alone, then added five The exuberance paid more points in the fourth quarter. off. Lloyd missed. The ball caromed off Jeppesen kept inserthe rim into the right ting fresh players into corner where it was the lineup throughout gathered in by the the contest, losing litColts and advanced tle in terms of perquickly up court. The formance. And depth clock was ticking is such an important down. Seven . . . six . . . asset in an early Senior guard Steve season tournament Farnsworth dribbled when teams are not along the right side of yet in prime conditionthe key and shoveled a ing. Oliphant gave the pass to Kerry Oliphant but the ball bounced Eagles all they could off the senior centers handle in the middle, in one Skyline defenders as to earn a finish in Region Three tournament 74-6- For the past few years, Cottonwoods hands. That Granite highs cage squad won two of three contests TAYLORSVILLE. . . potential one-point- MURRAY GUN & SPORTING GOODS 4836 So. State (Parking in - Murray rear of the store) MUST BRING IN THIS AD TO RECEIVE ANY DISCOUNT ILL TAKE IT . . . 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