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Show Close Games Cougars Fall Short Twice KEARNS. Its tough to lose those close ones. Kearns found that out not once, but twice this week. A shot at the buzzer lifted Tooele to a victory over Coach Kenyon Clarks Cougars 67-6- 5 here Tuesday. Four days earlier, a second-hal- f comeback fell short as Kearns dropdecision to ped a 62-5- 9 Clearfield. Despite the setbacks lower percentage shot. His strategy worked. But so did Tooeles execution. Tooele was forced to take an jumper from the side of the key, but Robbie shot made the net dance, swishing right through to give the Buffs the win. Montoya took scoring honors for the Cougars with 20 points, while senior guard Tal Harry added 17. Junior pressing defense forced Tooele into A several turnovers which the Cougars converted into baskets during a second-hal- f rally Tuesday. Kearns fought back half-tim- e from a deficit to take a lead early in the fourth quarter. But Tooele regained the advantage and the two 38-3- 1 one-poi- nt teams traded baskets until 26 seconds remained. After calling a work- against were Guard Teresa Perea 126-pou- falldn 1:49. In addition, Cyprus received points from 132-poun- Darren d Woolstenhulme, who major captured a decision and Lyle winner Silcox, a at 155 pounds. 15-- 4 14-1- 2 Cottonwood ac- counted for its points on a 13-- superior decision for Joe Garcia (138), an 4 decision for Dave Ballard (185) d and pins for Neil Jensen (1:25) and 1 8-- Ian heavyweight Winters (4:00). Bountiful, Against Pirate points came on pins by Lucero and David all of the and a Vialpando 13-- 0 superior decision for English. Coach Vaughn Marietta's cagers had little difficulty with his former team. ttonwood, away to a was outrebounded badly by the Falcons. To improve the movement, Clark went to the press. That worked. The Cougars started forcing turnovers and, after trailat the half, ing entered the fourth 29-2- Taylorsville will be idle until Jan. 7 when it travels to Alta. Mariann Suarez netted eight and had four steals. The Cougars hit 44 percent from the field and 63 percent of their free throws. 7 45-3- Skyline '5' Nips Kearns Overtime In when quarter alone Kearns opened a lead. Hot shooting gave Clearfield a slim edge at the half. 17-- 8 26-2- 5 Cougar Chris Ducksworth owned the rebounding game, down pulling caroms. WRESTLING 14 - (From Page 2, Col. 9) KEARNS. Skyline 12-- 2 setback. high girls fought off a Taylorsvilles Chad fourth quarter rally by made sure the Kearns before winning Jenkins Hola-Teshow'down 3 in overtime Monwould decide the team day. The Cougars are competition when he slated to battle Olym- defeated Granites at Kevin Herbert on 55-5- the Kearns pus home court Wednesday at 3 p.m. Skyline led until late in the fourth, w'hen a Cougar rally pushed the Eagles behind A foul called on Kearns resulted in two 47-4- points from the 2-- 1 167. The heavyweight finals pitted two wrestlers whom many coaches feel could be the best in the 4A ranks - Skylines Tim Clark and Farrell Price of Kearns. In this confrontation, Clark got the upper hand. courtesy line that tied the score at and sent it into overtime. Neither grappler, Skyline had the first was used to however, possession during the going more than a round since each had beaten inferior opponents quickly in early season meets. The lack of conditioning showed as both were tired by the second period. But Clark had more gas left and pulled win away for a over Price, who singlehandedly compiled almost all of the Cougar points. 47-4- 7 10-- 5 Socks Sizes the upper weights. Similar recognition was given Skyline's Robbins in the lower weights. The honor for most pins in the least amount of time went to Grangers Marsh. Downtown Salt Lake Fashion Place Mall iDahles ... SHOVE Justus Romero (23) Granite Rally Nips Judge everything its own way in the first quarter and, for all intents and purposes, the contest looked like another disaster for a Friday,over Granite. Judge. triumph But, after Yerkovich Granite nearly made went to his reserves in it two in a row Tuesthe second quarter. day, but dropped a decision to Murray. Granite fought its way back to trail just Yerkovichs Bulldogs, at the half. The Farmers mainmeanwhile, sandwichtained the momentum ed wins against ) and in the third period, around although they gained East GRANITE PARK. A t play by Richard Waters lifted Granite to its first victory of the season here 68-6- 7 57-5- 6 Coach Jim ZERO CLEARANCE FIREPLACE - - H f i VI 4 . 449. FUEl chimney PIPE FOR STOVESFIREPLACES 8"x3' i ... y&t All . " 4 j 3 i ... LUMBER CO. rt its j h iM SEC. Tr 9095 DOOR 2220 So. State 4639 Holladay Blvd. 3909 W 4700 So 42-3- 5 Spr-ingvil- le (85-75- (71-6- the loss. Both clubs are idle through the Christmas break. The triumph for Coach Dave Mascaros club was impressive in several respects. First of all, it came against a solid flub filled with good athletes. more And, the importantly, Farmers didnt give up when could they have quit quite easily in the opening period after Judge jumped out to a 25-- 8 lead. But the Farmers didn't. They scraped and clawed and shot and rebounded their way back into the game, forced an overtime and won it there. The decisive play came with less than 10 seconds left in overtime when Waters hit a jump shot from the top of the key and was fouled in the process. He converted the free throw to give lead. Granite a Judge set up a play but could not convert, Mike Curtins jump 68-6- 7 shot bouncing off the rim and away. Yerkovich said his club didn't deserve to win after blowing such a big first quarter lead. Judge had only one point on the scoreboard. With eight minutes to go. Judge led But Granite, behind the outside shooting of 55-4- Waters and Bob Dehlin, and the inside board work of John Priet and Dave Abel, picked away at the Judge lead, knotting the score in the final minute. The Bulldogs had a chance to win in the final seconds but a buzzer shot by Larry Colosimo was ruled too late. Curtin and Peter Rokich hit baskets to lead off the overtime for Judge, but each time Granite the countered, setting stage for Waters' wint ning play. three-poin- Dehlin led the Granite attack with 23 points while Waters added 22. Rokich led Judge with 21 points and 12 rebounds, McGill had 15 points and Curtin 12. Against East, five Bulldogs scored in double figures and three collected rebounds in the double figures, exactly the type of game which Yerkovich stresses Judge hit 49 percent from the field and im Region Three - dual meet victories this week. Coach Roger Lancers drubKet-chu- bed both Skyline and East, capturing and victories, respectively. Granger is idle until Jan. 7 when Ketchum sends his matmen against 51-- 7 10 of 12 matches against the Leopards, four by falls. Pins were d Pat Bradshaw (3:18), Dave Winter Ted Martinez (5:06) and 132-pou- (1:22), d heavyweight Mark Boelter (3:06). Richard Littlewood a captureddecision 15-- superior 112, d connecting Judge took a lead and never trailed, but had the Bulldogs 23-1- 3 with honors 12 career-hig- 1 at Dave Tew captured a major decision with an eight. Mike Curtin also played his best game of the season with 15 points (6x7, 3x4) and 10 assists. points and Justus Romero responded to his first start with a t effort. Judge had only 11 d turnovers in the nine-poin- fast-pace- affair 11-- 1 Scott and Lance Bocek ( 167) Prudent (145) won by where Springville pressed- - Alta squad rally for 20 points. But the 16 points scored by Alta secured the win. towered over Granger high girls to dominate all four quarters and win 54-4- 1 in pre-leagu- Lancer e cage action Tuesday. center-forwar- d Sheri Hori led Granger will see action next when it travels to Granite for a tilt Jan. 7 at 3 p.m. A the fourth quarter rally with six field goals to score 12 points. Forward Tiffany Parker game scheduled scored eight on four against West Jordan jump shots from the was outside to add to postponed until Feb. 25 Grangers final effort. at 4:30 p.m. Green noted that her Lancer mentor squad was able to Stephanie Green said break Alta's half and the Haw k squad was a press easily, taller team and but was hurt conalthough her girls siderably by missing about 10 attempts at fought all the way, they couldnt crash layups. the boards offensiveGranger hit only 19 ly and didn't shoot well or 59 attempts from Thursday full-cou- enough to win. Alta swooped into a lead and had a 15-- ad- rt Taylorsville return to action Jan. 5 meet against Highland To beat dan, Taylorsville had to come up with a dramatic ending. And Johnsons grapplers did. The Warriors trailed with four matches to go and came through w ilh four pins. 26-1- 2 Jim Bradshaw (155) disposed of his foe in 3:35, Chad Jenkins (7-4- and ) belonged to Granger. Bradshaw started Granger off on a strong note by pinning Chris Whitney, who went on to be the district champion at recorded a superior decision, setting the stage for pins by Marsh (3:38) and Wood (5:58). Granger picked up forfeits at 126 and 138, then rounded out its total with pins by Bocek (3:55) and Tew (2:50). Skyline, Against Miles hit four field goals over the Eagle zone in the third quarter as Taylorsville snapped a tie and pulled out to a lead it would not relinquish. The Warriors built a nine-poin- t lead in the final period before the Eagles made a late, but futile, comeback. Miles finished with 12 points, while Julie 10-1- 0 Christensen, Sue had Johnson and Houtz five apiece. Try a Want Ad! $ N and B73-7O0- Todd Wendel A dual meet Thursday against a strong Bountiful team was a different story. Besides a default win for Ruffell at 185, the only Warrior victories came on an imdecision pressive for Jenkins and an decision for Doug Lauritzen. (8-4- B 3688 REDWOOD RD. 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Against Skyline, the Lancers won eight matches, losing only at 132 (John Robbins), 145 (Chad Gallagher), 155 (Tom Clark) and For Cottonwood, Laurie Faux had Van Leeuwen was awarded a forfeit at 185, heavyweight Allen Ruffell stuck his foe to the mat in 5:36 to secure the victory. Robert Morgan (112) also came through with a pin at the 1:31 mark of his match. Capturing decisions for the Warriors were scored 13 and hit the the boards for six. saw on with a home Malmborg, who pulled down eight rebounds. charged against 38-2- however, season ends. will the field for about 30 percent and hit three of 12 free throws for 25 percent. Alta racked up 18 fouls, to eight Lancers by the end of the first quarter. At the half, the Hawks were up by They stretched that to a lead to end the third with The fourth quarter, in showing the Granite School District tournament, lifted Warrior hopes as the first half of the (167) won by a fall in 3:14 and. after Chris Hawks Fly Over Cagers Granger Lancer GRANGER. stronger-than-expecte- West Jor- Mike Clark came off the bench to score 12 23-1- score, while 26 (10x15, h 6x11 ) and led the team in rebounding with bench, guard Justus Romero had 14 points on three field goals and 8x8 from the line. Mike Curtin had 12 points and Mike Clark added 11 to round out the Judge attack. The Bulldogs tied a school record by hitting 63 percent of their shots from the field. They picked a good time with Springville Girls Squod per- at Woods formance off the Coming subpar Julie Cantonwine came off the bench late in the third period, however, and hit a couple of baskets which returned the momentum to Taylorsville. The Warriors pulled TAYLORSVILLE. away in the fourth Coach Mike Johnsons quarter as Lori Miles wrestlers started the hit eight points and Region Tw o dual meet Taylorsville outscored campaign on the right the Colts foot Tuesday with a Jolene Houtz led the victory over West winners with 12 points, Jordan. while Miles finished That victory, along with 10. Marietta also with a cited the play of Diane 15-- Cross to score a seven and added points. a off entering 30-2- the final period. 36-2- 6 stopped connecting from the field, it might have been disastrous. Dave McGill came McGill. Greg Diederich took rebounding on 56 per- cent. vantage over the GRANGER. Despite falling short in the school district tournament, Granger showed it w'ill be a team to contend with in Region Three with two easy recorded by shooting after the Granite loss, hitting at a 70 percent clip. Rokich tallied 14 points and had 11 rebounds for the winners, who also received 13 points and 11 rebounds from Dave 5 Granger Claims Two Dual Meets Cottonwood. Granger won proved its free throw three, the within Warriors Split Two Dual Meets - three-poin- to pull Colts SLAPPED AWAY . . . Granite's John Prlet (left) knocks rebound away from Bulldgos John Diederich (31) and Dan Quinn (44) in first Farmer victory of the season Friday. to disturb shot attempt. Bulldogs Win 2 Of 3 enabled touch As teammate Steve Fischer looks on, Granite's Bob Dehlin puts hand into stomoch of Judge Memorial's LITTLE 47-1- 8 A HOUSE WARMING SPECIAL ON HEATILATOR locker room with a lead. But a cold shooting 26-1- 6 prompted coaches to select the Granite Sport and Dress styles in Orion and Wool Blends. Calf and Ankle Lengths for the hard to fit man. the first half against Cottonwood and headed into the Holas key victory, plus a pin in a preliminary round, as most junior valuable wrestler in con- Taylorsville trolled 37-3- one-poi- win. 45-3- 1 over Skyline. scored nine and 50-4- Co- running Earlier in the week, the Warriors turned in an impressive, if low scoring, victory assists. Chris Duckworth hit the boards for nine rebounds. Sharon Lopez King Size 14-1- 6 week. 5-- 5 the Cougars handed previously unbeaten Clearfield its first loss of the year, Kearns held a narrow' lead, entering the final period. The Cougars protected the lead and used the dribbling and passing of Perea and Mariann Suarez to use up the clock. When Clearfield pressured the Cougar guards, they dumped the ball off to Elaine Monson, who came up with six of her 14 points in the final quarter. Perea, once again, was dominating. She had 14 points and four steals in the first Co victim to the Taylorsville girls basketball team this fell not that dribbling skills to wind down the clock in a tight fourth quarter as rival stown led the Cougar effort with 27 points, including 7x7 from the charity line and 10 The field goals. eager hit most of her shots from the outside and also chalked up six Mark d Games TAYLORSVILLE. A pair of Region Three foes, including cros- rough. 105-pou- 119-poun- Wins Kearns mentor The press yielded timeout, Kearns ed the ball around the more dividends in the final eight minutes as perimeter to Ron Mona half dozen turnovers toya, who hit a jumper from the side enabled Kearns to pull with 10 seconds left. within one. Clark cited Time was called the defensive play of again and Clark set up Sarvj Gill in the comthe defense which he eback. felt would force the Ron Judd paced Buffs into taking a Kearns attack with 14 points, while Lucero added 12 and Harry 10. CYPRUS Montoya had seven Col. 7) (From Page 2, and Taylor six to (41 Turner Ricky round out the bulk of seconds), the Cougar scoring. David Lucero (1:06), English (1:25) and Wayne King (3:24). Daryl Wright (167) later won by a Tville Diane Congdon said made the coaches bad calls at critical points in the game and, speaking of the 22 Cougar fouls, added Perea scored 28 slow points, made seven Clearfield. steals and used her quarter behind only Dec. 24, 1981 55-5- Clark used a jumbled starting lineup which, in the early going, lacked movement and 30-1- Thursday, Girls Play - contest, outKearns started MSTVAUEYVIEW 55-5- and some concern about inconsistency center Bryan Taylor, and flat spots, Clark who had 11 rebounds, was pleased with the also hit double figures progress his team with 13 points. Frank displayed in the first Lucero had an off part of the season. shooting night but pullThe Cougars will be ed down eight reidle until Region Two bounds. Just like the Tooele play resumes on Jan. 5. 3 overtime and made 4x8 free throws and two outside shots to push the score to In the final two seconds, Kearns hit one more jumper from the outside to push the score to three-minut- e - Company 1399 So. 700 East 486-916- 6 |