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Show Tuesday, December THE GREEN SHEET 4 22, 1987 PJHTjjS After Loss At Viewmont - T'ville Crushes Murray TAYLORSVILLE. Two technical fouls on the same play helped the Warriors increase Taylorsville their lead from 63-5- 1 to in a matter of moments and turned what had been a close game into a 71-5- 1 rout as the Warriors beat Murray on Friday. The Warriors had lost earlier in the week to Viewmont Taylorsville will play at West today (Tuesday) at 7:30 and will then host West Jordan on December 30th. Murray will take on one of the top 3A teams in he state when they travel to Mountain Crest today. lead at the Murray took a end of the first quarter with Doug Chapman hitting for eight points and Peter Young connecting on both a and a three-poibasket. Tyler Dow and Chad Christensen each had four points for the Warriors. Taylorsville took the lead at the half, but Murray was still very much in the ball game as they made eight points on foul not shots, missing a free throw try during the quarter. Chapman was especially effective as he sank six in a row. The second half opened with double Taylorsville teaming Chapman, who had scored 14 in the opening half and with Jeff 85-5- 1 65-5- 14-1- 8 3 two-poi- 33-3- TWO MORE COMING . . . Murray's Doug Chapman fires over the top of Taylorsville's Bill VanRy (12) in Friday night's "Battle of 53rd South," staged at Tay- - lorsville. Chapman had 19 points for the Spartans, but Taylorsville, sparked by some technical free throws in the later going, won 85-5- 0 one-and-o- Lancers TakeOT Win WEST VALLEY. The long trip north into Cache County is a tough one any time for basketball teams but a double overtime win over Mountain Crest, one of the top 3A teams in the state, made the return trip easier for the Granger High Lancers 86-8- 1 Friday night. The Lancers, having played one of their better gafnes of the year, are now off until December 30 when they will play at East in a 7:30 affair. Coach Ed Grays Lancers led during the first half of play, being at the quarter and up at the half. But the big Mountain Crest team came back to lead 18-1- 4 29-2- 6 at the three quarter mark. Granger fought back to tie it at the end of regulation on t a shot by Travis 46-4- 1 67-6- 7 Bill Reiser had 14 points and nine assists with John Thorpe coming in with nine. three-poin- Langpap. In the first overtime the Lancers went into a four corners offense only to have one of their players stripped of the ball, and, when no foul was called, the game w'as sent into the second extra stanza. Granger kept pounding the ball inside during this period and made some crucial free throws, especially by Langpap who was 3x4 down the stretch. Mike Maynard led the Lancers with 24, including 8x9 from the line, Langpap had 19 with two home runs and 5x6 from the line. Coach Gray said that his team shot much better from the field than it had in its loss a week ago to Woods Cross and that he felt this team needed this game "to get over the hump." He was especially pleased with the play of his guards as they handed out a lot of assists. Coach Gray said that the Mountain Crest team had four players in double figures and that they hit on an amazing ten which t in shots, looking back, made his teams victory even more outstanding. Leatherwood, who scored seven during the quarter, leading the way. The Warriors bult their lead to at the mark. Then with the score at a Murray player was called with a foul and Leatherwood hit both on The technical gave a him two more shots and he hit both of them, and when Coach Craig Hammer came out to talk to 55-4- 7 three-quart- 63-5- e. Friday, 93-7- will play at The Colts, now home tonight (Tuesday) against Jordan and will then be off until Dec. 29, when they journey to Hillcrest for a game at 7:30. The Colts opened the game in a zone defense with East taking advantage of it with their big inside man, Larsen, scoring twelve points during the first half. After being down by eight, 5-- Cottonwood switched to a man defense, but still could not catch up as East led at the half 38-3The Colts came out with a run at the beginning of the second half to take the lead and continued to widen the margin as they scored 58 points in the half, almost a complete reversal of the first half. Cottonwood hit 8x11 three-poin- t bombs in the second hah after only connecting on one of six during the opening half. Coach Blair Martineau was pleased with his teams effort in the closing half and felt that the defensive job Jerry Martineau did score. Warrior coach Dan Leatherwood stated "the kids really responded well and did a better job attacking Murrays zone than we did at Viewmont. We needed to play more aggressively and did as we got 20 more shots." The winners hit on 28x57 from the field with the losers hitting only 12 of 40. Murray had a better percentage of threefers as it hit on 5x9 while Taylorsville was 2x6. Murray was 12x13 from the line while the winners were 23x31. Jeff Leatherwood had a good overall game for the Warriors, especially in the second half, and wound up with 24 points on 4x7 from two point range, 2x4 from home run range, and a perfect 10x10 from the line including 6x6 on the technical calls. He also Chad rebounds. added nine Christensen had 7x11 for 14 and contributed 10 points rebounds and five assists while Tyler Dow hit on 6x12 on his way to 14 points and Jay Gleason scoring eight points with eight rebounds. Bill Van Ry had eight points and four rebounds. Doug Chapman led the Murray team with 19, with Peter Young and Randy Gehl each having ten while Todd Tuttle contributed nine. Viewmont 65, TWille 58 coach Leatherwood was Taylorsvilles 3x21 shooting from the field in the second and third quarters. The Warriors actually led at the but end of the first quarter 19-1to five points scored only Viewmonts nine in the second. Then in the third period, the Vikes outscored Taylorsville 21-the Warriors netting only one field goal and trailing 48-2Taylorsville did post 30 points in the final eight minutes of action to Viewmonts 17, closing the game to seven by the final horn. made a run in the fourth quarter," Leatherwood noted, "but it was just too far to make up. Chad Christensen, who went 5x10 from the field and 4x4 from the foul line, led Taylorsvilles scoring with 14 points, while Tyler Dow, who was 9x9 at the charity stripe, added 13 plus seven rebounds. Jay Gleason had 11 rebounds and eight points and newcomer Ryan Coates hit a trio for nine points. of Jeff Leatherwood added eight Warriors the as boards outrebounded the Vikings Taylorsville shot just 10x36 from the field, doing better from three-poirange, 4x6 The Warriors did shoot well from the line, however, going 26x31 or 84 percent. "Ive always looked at as a learning experience," said "We three-pointe- rs 29-2- pre-leagu- "The tale of the tape," to quote BJ on Larsen, who managed only three points the second half, had a great deal to do with the He was pleased with the fact that his team hit 9x17 three-poin- t attempts for the game and with the fact that his team had five men in double figures, Shane Henschen leading the way with 27, Chad Fletcher 17, Brad Sorensen 14 with 10x12 from the line, Jerry Martineau 14, and Troy Kloke 12. Travis Warner had seven points and ran the offense well. Henschen had five pointers, with Warner and Fletcher each having two. morn ElllFD?g Kl (ANY SIZE IDf? yP turnaround. ten-poi- NO GIMMICKS - MOST SIZES AVAILABLE) Coogs Catch Quick Cubs KEARNS. In a hard fought, foul strewn contest, Kearns beat back in a fleet footed South crew 72-6e action basketball boys Friday night on the Cougars home floor. Kearns now hits the road for Clearfield tonight (Tuesday) and 7 pre-leagu- will then entertain Granite Wednesday, Dec. 30, both games starting at 7:30 p.m. Both teams spent a lot of time at the free throw line Friday night, but Kearns got the better of it going 26x38, while South finished at 17x22. According to Cougar coach Kenyon Clark, with all the contact that was going on, even more fouls couldve been called. Kearns overcame a nightmarish start, falling behind 10-- at one 0 point in the first quarter and finishing the period down by nine, 19-1Slowly, gradually, the Cougars clawed their way back into the game, catching the Cubs then scoring a basket at the end of the half to move in front 32 30. But the lightening quick South team refused to give in to the pressure in the third quarter and, in fact, narrowed the gap to one, With six minutes left in the final period, Kearns shifted into high gear. In one stretch, Danny two scored Stirland quick buckets, stealing the ball away and racing down court for a layup on the first then combining with Brady Clark on a nifty play following a Cub miss for the A second. third unanswered 51-5- basket and the Cougars were on their way. Danny Cosby and Nathan Wickizer played well in the middle, Cosby hitting for 26 points and Wickizer 23. Despite the big point totals, Cosby and Wickizer still had time to dish out five and four assists respectively. Stirland finished with nine points and Clark and Dean Larsen also played well, Larsen getting some crucial rebounds. "Their (South) press bothered us early," recalled coach Clark, "but us (Clark) helped Brady eventually break it. With about four minutes we spread it out and were able to get the ball into the middle then relay it to the baseline for some easy baskets." Pirates Net First Win MAGNA. Going into Fridays game at Tooele, there were three things Cyprus basketball coach Mark Wilson wanted his troops to improve on: free throw shooting, rebounding and cutting down on turnovers. It wasnt a clean sweep, but the Pirates did get and won Cyprus now returns home, where it will face South Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Its next action will be Tuesday, Jan. 2, as it opens play league tough against Cottonwood at 6 p.m. (All Tuesday Region Three games will 58-4- start at 6 p.m.). Cyprus finished Fridays game shooting 21x29, 72 percent, "fror.. the foul a distinct line, improvement, according to coach Wilson. Tooele shot 10x15 or 67 percent from the line. Cyprus also had a big edge in rebounding, turnovers However, continue to be a problem for the Pirates, who committed 16 to Tooeles 11. super defensively. Cyprus, meanwhile, was down a bit from its average at 39 percent. "Were averaging around 46 percent from the field this season," the coach continued. "But the encouraging thing is that "It was encouraging to see our were hitting 44 percent of our shots. That lets us t free throw shooting and our rebounding up where it needs to know that were capable of being a good shooting team. be," Wilson added, "but we have Tooele played a slow, deliberate to get those turnovers down to under double figures if were to game, never breaking out of have any chance in league play disciplined attack. The pace was slower than the Pirates wouldve coming up." liked, but they didnt appear to let Cyprus led all the way in the it bother them, as they unleashed contest, its defense leading the a balanced scoring attack. very way. In evidence of that, Wilson Mark Richards led Cyprus noted that Tooele shot just 29 scoring with 18 points, while Brad Rammell added 17 plus six assists peirnnt from the field. "Thats the lowest percentage and six rebounds. Brent Lamb weve ever held a team to," Wilson had 10 points, 11 big rebounds stated. "The kids just played and three blocked shots. 41-2- three-poin- Rent now and the first month is only Vi price at Public Storage. Public Storage is Americas largest of furniture. All storage company, with lots of private spaces to store your things in many convenient sizes, for anything from business records to a houseful You store it. You lock it. You keep Ml S5BMAYS HOURS: 9:30-6- , at very affordable monthly rates. 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