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Show 3 Capture 40T Victory In Magna MAGNA. They just dont come e te classic staged by Cyprus and Olympus here Friday night. It was a shame anyone had to lose the contest, but you wont convince the Pirate faithful of that. The Bucs finally emerged with a victory that wont soon be forgotten. Fortunately Region Three did not play Tuesday and the two teams have had time to recover. Cyprus will play host to Granger tomorrow (Friday), but the Titans will put their hopes for a region title on the line when they host Skyline. On Tuesday Granger will play host to Oly while Cyprus faces another of the Tiger teams of the region, Cot-- 1 tonwood. Currently Skyline, Oly, Cyprus and Cottonwood boast records as the season nears the midway point. Perhaps the stage was set for Fridays classic last week when both Olympus and Cyprus went to Kearns and came away with wins over the scrappy Cougars. - : home-standin- g 62-5- 8 - . fourth quarter to set up the first three-minuovertime period. The Freik Beij Pirates seven-foote- r blocked a Mitch Johnson jumper as Oly played for the winning bucket. Both teams scored four points in that first overtime, missing key charity tosses that might have won it. one-poi- Cyprus got off to a good start Friday, running off to a 2 lead after the first eight minutes of play. However, the Titans took control of the tempo in the second period and d the Bucs squandered their 5 at edge to trail halftime. The Pirates outscored the visitors by a bucket in the third to grab that same Both edge, teams became very patient, with in the Oly outscoring the Bucs 19-1- hard-earne- 26-2- 39-3- 8. one-poi- ; 7-- 6 SOUTH COTTONWOOD. Shooting at a clip of nearly burry grabbed the arom and stuck it through the net ti effectively put an end to the long nig ht. Despite the loss, T tan mentor Ron Huber felt the game was a confidence-builde- r for his rather short squad. We found out that we could play against size and do all right, he stated. 5-- 1 In the second OT, the Titans appeared to be on the verge of winning with a lead and a man on the line with 10 seconds left, but the charity toss wouldnt fall and Craig Sudburry knotted the score for the The game stats were as close as the final score. Oly hit 46 percent of its shots from the field, Cyprus 45 percent. The Titans were cooler from the line, hitting 6x13 while the Bucs made 14x19 to offset an Oly edge from the field. two-poi- Pirates at In that third overtime it was the 54-5- Bucs who squandered a chance to win and it ended Finally, with the score tied in the fourth, Gerry Sommer drove the lane on a set play where he would either dish off or shoot. He chose to shoot, made the bucket and was fouled with 11 seconds remaining. His charity shot was missed, but Sud 56-5- The Titans were forced to move outside for much of their offense and did it well behind the play of Mitch Johnson who burned the nets for 25 points (10, 5x8). Mark Smith added a dozen (6, 0x1) and Matt Barnes nine and Mike Anglesey eight. Four Pirates reached double digits with Sudbury cashing in well from the line in netting 22 (6, 10x11). Sommer added 14, all from the field. Beij contributed 12, all from the field, and Tom Ahlquist added 10 (4, 2x3). percent from the field, Cottonwoods Colts hammered a still struggling Granite high crew Friday on the Colts home Lloyd with nine. Brads been really solid 70 78-5- 2 floor. Our shooting was definitely the key, noted Cottonwood coach Blair We were able to get Martineau. good shots inside and hit them. Defensively, we forced them outside with our zone and they just had trouble hitting from there. The shooting performance was in sharp contrast to earlier efforts at the beginning of the regular season for Cottonwood. In their league opener, for instance, the Colts shot in the low 30s. But it appears now that theyve solved that problem. Granite coach Charlie Whiting was certainly convinced. We were never in the game, he said. They (Cottonwood) took charge early and never slacked off. It was, without question, the best performance weve seen this year. Granite, for its part, finished the game with a 37 percent performance from the floor. Both teams shot 67 percent at the charity stripe, Cottonwood 20x30 and the Farmers Late Explosion Lifts Cougars Over Lancers We didnt panic, even though we were down four and it was getting late, assessed Coach Clark. Granger, on the other hand, did commit some very costly turnovers in those last critical moments. We had them, then let them get away -twice, Gray noted. The final three minutes of the first half went the same way. Up by five with three minutes left, the Lancers trailed by when the buzzer signal; three, ed the end of the period. Kearns had assumed a 8 edge after one period, but Granger took a lead into the final eight minutes of play. The first half explosion was keyed by reserve forward Todd Bills, who was 3x3 during the key stretch. Kearns had foul problems in the third period, but was able to overcome those to be ready to take command at the end. Troy Kehoe scored four of his six points in that stretch and caused two turnovers. The man the Lancers couldnt stop was junior Jerry Gibson, who finishPREP POLL 15 points (5, 5x6) ed with a team-hig- h and grabbed 10 rebounds. Derek PROVO. Bountiful and Provo held Christensen added 13 points (5, 3x4). on to their top spots in the Utah Game scoring honors went to Curt Media Prep Poll, while Brightons Condie who fouled out with 17 (5, win over Orem pushed the Bengals 7x8). Steve Embley reached double to number two. figures with 10 (3, 4x7). In 4A, the five teams in the poll We did some good things, Gray have a total of four losses. The 3A reported, but we let them off the teams have lost nine times, but ropes. However, you have to give loss-- ; e them credit. They came at us hard many of those were es to 4A teams. when it counted. Clark felt expecially good in that his team has been weakened by the flu bug. We had some good efforts 4A Rankings off the bench, though overall, we can play a lot better than we showed until. those final minutes, though some of our problems were caused by Grangers defense. Weve got to play a full 32 minutes, Gray added, noting that one of the goals this week will be not to let Cyprus run up and down the court. No one can run with them and expect to win, the Lancer mentor stated. I dont know what well do with Cottonwood, They are solid in every phase, Clark said. We prefer to play man defense, but were being hurt by fouls. In Fridays contest the Cougars nailed 16x25 from the line while Granger was hitting 15x23, but the Ldncers were cold from the field, hitting less than 30 percent and the Cougars were drubbing them on the boards. Granger did have three Pino Coder City, Grow, Judgo, Murray, fewer turnovers than the visitors. View for us of late and Dave is just now getting back into form," reported Martineau. We just felt good about being able to play well, although Granite definitely seemed hurt with Gary Trost out for the night. Trosts absence was also noted by Coach Whiting. Hes been one of our leaders out there and the kids really look for him in tight situations, Whiting explained. When they came out in a man defense late in the first quarter, our kids just sort of froze. For the Farmers, Amir Rafati was the only player in double figures, hitting for 12. The next best was Shawn Christiansen with eight. Bulldogs Burn r Buffs In Paint TOOELE. Judge Memorial squared its Region Six record at 1 6 with a solid victory over Tooele Friday night. We played our best offensive game of the season, said Bulldog mentor Jim Yerkovich. We had to. We scored from three feet away and they kept pace from 23. The Bulldogs return home to face Jordan tomorrow (Friday) at 7:30. 65-5- The Diggers are still looking for their first Region Six victory and Yerkovich expects a traditional war As Coach Whiting mentioned, Cotbetween the two rivals. You can tonwood got off to a fast start, breaking open an 6 contest to finish the throw away the record book and The Colts, everything else when we play Jorfirst quarter ahead canning the close-i- n shot, more than dan. Both teams seem to play doubled that margin in the second especially hard, the veteran Judge There aren't very period, wrapping up the period coach stated. ahead by 19, many players in our league as good Martineau began subbing heavily as Andrew Pond, he added. in the second half, but that didnt Yerkovich was delighted with his seem to affect the play of Cotteams 59 percent shooting at Tooele. We were able to get the ball tonwood, which wound up the third Granite in the paint and Grant Jensen and quarter on top by 27, could only cut one point off that big Garrick Peters made some fine moves, he pointed out. margin by the final buzzer. Cottonwood played 15 men and 13 Jensen scored the first eight points of them scored so there werent any for Judge as the Bulldogs moved out astronomical point totals for any of to an 2 early lead which they pushthe Colts that night. Brad Burton, ed to 0 after one period. who played a particulary strong Tooele, however, began finding the range from outside in the second game, topped the list with 13 followed by Greg Brown with 11 and Dave quarter and by halftime had narrow- 10x15. 8-- 19-- 40-2- 58-3- GRANGER. A late offensive explosion lifted Kearns to a 5 victory over Granger in an important Region Three contest Friday. It took the Cougars almost an entire game to shake off the effects of k losses to Kebut Coach and Cyprus, Olympus nyon Clarks squad scored 11 unanswered points in the final 3:10 to square its record at Granger dropped to 1 ip what - was a frustrating loss for Coach Ed Gray. The Cougars will return home tomorrow (Friday) to test Cot- -' tonwood and on Tuesday will take on arch-rivTaylorsville. Granger must travel to Cyprus tomorrow ; where the Bucs should be sky high over-- ; after beating Olympus in four times, and then on Tuesday will host Olympus. ' match-u- p e The ; could prove to be critical to post-- : season hopes for both teams. 8-- 18-1- ed the gap to 32-3- However, Judge would never let the Buffs get over the hump. "We defended them well, but when a team hits from 23 feet its going to score, Yerkovich said. After Tooele the Bulldogs tied the score at edged back out to a 2 lead as the third period expired, but Yerkovich didnt feel comfortable until the final moments - partly because he had recurring nightmares of Judges poor night at the line against South. However, the Bulldogs came through Friday, hitting a solid 19x28 from the line. Tooele made just 4x9. 34-3- 46-4- -- Turnovers were the only negative aspect of the outing for Judge. Eighteen is more than Yerkovich likes to see from his team. Peters led all scorers with 20 (7x9, 6x10). Jensen added 16 (7x12, 2x3). Cameron Kersey popped in 11 (4, 3x5). Chris Sonne scored eight. Rick Solvason had six assists from the point. 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