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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS Sports WEDNESDAY MARCH 12, 2003 Valley boys take fifth at state the third frame, Josh Sawyer went on a tear, sinking three straight treys, then added a field goal and Valley led 4 at the end of three. State Basketball tourthe nament held at the Centrum on Sawyer ended the game with 17 in SIJU Cedar the points to lead the Buffs. KenCity. campus neth Crosby had a good game, Valley started things off with a victory over Tintic in a play-iputting down 13, as did Owen in Orderville. Hoyt. Kit Goulding added 11 as game last Tuesday his team advanced to the After a slow start, the Buffaloes went on a 22-- stampede to start quarterfinals against Manila. Manila had upset top ranked The burst second the big period. Wasatch Academy in their first halftime lead gave them a round game. and they cruised from there, 0 after a close Valley led winning handily, first period. Manila went up 3 Owen Hoyt scored 21 and Josh late in the second when Josh Sawyer added 16 to get the Buffs Sawyer converted a three point play and Kenneth Crosby drilled to cut the deficit a to It was 5 after three quarters of action. Midway though the fourth the Buffs were 7 down when Own Hoyt hit a driving layup. Josh Sawyer made a steal and missed his shot, but Kenneth Crosby was there for the putback and Valley was down Unfortunately, the shots were not falling in this game and the closest Valley would get after that was five points in the final minutes. They ended up losing Coach Hoyt was very disappointed with the loss. He thought his team had a very good chance of winning it all this year. We were just cold, Hoyt added. Kenneth Crosby came up big ' -y i $ 4i for the Buffs again, netting 19 1 f ; points to lead all scorers. Owen ' Hoyt added 16. With the loss, JV. v1"' Valley was in the consolation I N. bracket, with a game against AM A. Milford on Friday afternoon. l' ' J The Buffaloes took out their frustration on the Tigers, jumping out to a 25-- 6 first quarter two dribbles around a Dugway defender on his way for of his lead. They never let up either, Josh Sawyer game high 27 points in the Buffaloes' victory on Saturday. Photo courtesy of pounding Milford Owen into the state tourney. With the victory, the Valley boys had to face Layton Christian in the tournament opener on Wednesday. Coach Jim Hoyt stressed the importance of defense if the Buffaloes were to advance. The boys must have listened to him as they held a potent Layton squad to only 47 points in their 7 win. After a slow start had them down Valley ran off 13 unanswered points to take the lead. The Buffs were down by three late in the second before they scored seven straight to lead 6 at the half. Midway through By Dennis Brunner The Valley Buffaloes won four of five games in five clays last week to finish in fifth place at A n two-poi- nt 47-3- 57-4- 0 6-- 47-1- 6 94-4- 0. 0, 11-1- 20-1- 30-2- three-point20-1- er 40-3- 9. 49-3- 49-4- 1. 62-5- 2. - C-"- 4 - 'X,- 86-5- 3. Lyle GouldingRichfield Reaper. The Cedar Post Trading Co. . , Title & Pawn Loans Post-Date- d Checks Loans on anything of value. Car, Boat, ATV, Trailer Titles. Guns, Jewelry & Electronics. Owen Hoyt ( 3 ) goes hard to the hoop during Saturdays fifth place win over Dugway. Photo courtesy of Lyle GouldingRichfield Reaper. Hoyt had the hot hand for Valley, putting in 33 points, including four from downtown. Josh Sawyer netted 21, with Kenneth Crosby adding 12 and David Glover eight. The victory had the Buffaloes playing for fifth place at state on Saturday afternoon against Dugway, another tough team who was beaten earlier in the tournament by eventual champion Mount Vernon. The two & 8th Grade Valley Knights 32, Fredonia Mercury 12 Crofts put down 12 points to lead the Valley Knights to a big win over Fredonia Mer- - cury, 32-1- 2. Brandy Staton added eight and Sammi Griffiths four for the Knights. They held 644-523- 9 & 91 W. Center, Kanab Josh Sawyer was the man in this game, throwing down 27 points to lead Valley. Sawyer hit five in the game. three-pointe- rs Kenneth Crosby added 12 and Owen Hoyt 10. Hoyt and Sawyer finished the tourney near the top in scoring with 72 and 70 points, respectively. Mt. Vernon defeated Manila 0 to win the state championship. Tabonia beat Piute 1 1-- A 50-4- 23-2- 49-4- 41-3- 6, Basketta added four apiece. Jori Shelley led Corrys with five points, while Dani Daley added four and Ali Cooper three. ledabalancedValleyattackwith eight points. Malissa Maxwell put down five and Kendra well added four for the victors, 33 Cutters Sparks was led by Danielle Conys LaDukes 4 Spendlove with eight points, 10 Glover Cortni put in points, Brittney Spriggs added six and including eight in the fourth Jordan Goodnow four, Fredonia Mercury 12, quarter, as Corrys ran over Max-Them- pi . Mercury scoreless in the first LaDukes 33-They held and third periods. Tara LaDukes to only two points in Wendling led Mercury with six each half. Jori Shelley netted while Stephanie Tisi eight, while Britney Stanford added four. and Dani Daley netted four Fredonia Sparks 22, apiece. Kristen Rose scored all four of LaDukes points. Corrys Cutters 15 Fredonia jumped ahead of Valley Knights 24, 1 the in first Fredonia Sparks 23 Corryg period and never looked back on their In a game that back 22-1- 5 whole to a forth the and way, the way victory, Danielle Spendlove led the Valley Knights were one better way with eight points. Katie then the Fredonia Sparks, edg- Kimball and Shalisse !Hill ing them Sammi Griffiths 4. see-saw- ed Operated victory. 65-5- 12-1- 9-- Locally Owned 59-5- teams were dead even after the first two periods. It was 2 after one and 3 at the break. for third place, while took in the third Waterford Valley charge nipped Meridian 5 for seventh place. quarter to go up by five, niris YoyHIhi 7th with one stanza left to play. The 1 Buffs held on for a gritty 24-2- 3. Action Jackson 11 Fredonia Mercury was one point better than Action son, as they nipped them 1 in an exciting ballgame. Mer-cury led 3 at the half before Action Jackson came storming back in the third frame. Toni Croft led Mercury with seven points, while Tara Wendling added three. Brittney Hutchings led the way for Action Jackson with six points, while Kaylee added three. Jack-point- s, 12-1- 7-- |