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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY MARCH 12. lffi Sports Cowboys drop two at state to end basketball season The Kanab Cowboy basketball deficit to one point at 19-1-8 with teams venture to region was a 5:15 left in the second. On lot more exciting and successful Kanab's next posession, Jerron than the state tournament Glazier sliced down the lane and turned out to be. The Cowboys scored to give Kanab its first But traveled to Orem on the campus lead of the game at 20-1of UVSC over the weekend with the hometown Cowboys shot the championship trophy in themselves in the foot with two mind, but they exited instead turnovers and Grantsville reAnother with two losses. Hopefully the gained the lead 27-2valufor the buzzer at Grantsville some trey young squad gained able experience for next year. put them ahead 34-2- 6 at the Kanab started out the state half. After the Larriette3 performed tournament in the southern region 3 slot and were matched at halftime, the third quarter up against the 2 Grantsville got underway. Grantsville Cowboys of the northern region. owned most of the period, as The first quarter started out they grabbed a 46-3- 3 lead with bad for Kanab, as Grantsville 2:37 left. Sophomore Jerron Glaheld leads throughout. But three zier hit a couple big baskets and big baskets by sophomore Levi two free throws to cut the Judd kept Kanab within range Grantsville lead to 47-4- 0 at the at 14-1However, a Grantsville end of three. Kanab was on the comeback broke free at the top of player the key and drained a three-point- in the fourth when Glazier hit a at the buzzer to give jumper to make it 49-4- 5 Grantsville a 17-1- 0 after one Grantsville. After trading baskets a few times, Andy Lowe hit quarter. on a nice pass from The southern Cowboys caught a lay-u- p up to the northern Boys after senior Trent Wade to make the Andy Lowe scored five straight score 54-5- 1 with 4:27 remainpoints and Chandler Cutler ing. After a jumper from Glazier nailed a trey to cut the Kanab and a Wade free throw, the 9. 2. 0. er southern Cowboys were within one point, 55-5- 4 with 3:20 left. But a few crushing baskets by Grantsville gave them another five point edge. Lowe hit a jumper to make the score 59-5- 6 with 2:02 left in the game, but from then on it was all Grantsville as they scored seven points in a row to take a commanding 64-5- 6 lead. Lowe hit a three pointer and Glazier followed that with a trey of his own, but it was too little too late and Grantsville prevailed by four points, 68-6Glazier had a monster game for Kanab, as he netted 28, with 24 of those coming in the second half. Judd had a good game for Kanab, as he scored all 12 of his points in the first half, while Lowe also added 12. With the loss, the best the Cowboys could get was fifth place. They were matched up against the Region 12 champion San Juan Broncos, who had been stungby the Juab Wasps in their opener. Kanab had only played San Juan once during the season, and the result was a narrow three point Bronco win. First quarter action saw the Broncos star A.J. Mexican starting out red hot, hitting his first four shots for eight first quarter points, as the Broncos led 17-- 6 at the end of one stanza. The Cowboys scored the first seven points of the second quarter to cut the Bronco lead to but San Juan would rebuild that lead back up to 30-2- 0 with 2:09 left in the half. Kanab was on the verge of a comeback, as they were down by six late in the period with a chance to cut the lead to four. But an errant pass led to an eight point lead and the Broncos added a three at the buzzer to put them ahead by 1 1 points, 37-2- 6 at the half. The Cowboys started out slow in the third and the Bronco lead was up to 45-2- 8 midway through the quarter. Their werent many Kanab highlights from then on and the Cowboys trailed by 16 points 53-3- 7 entering the final period of play. Glazier started out the fourth with a three-pointe- r, but the rest was all San as Juan, the Broncos won going 4. 17-1- 3, Senior Trent Wade defends San Juan star A J. Mexican in his last basketball game as a Kanab Cowboy last Friday at UVSC in 2A Utah State Tournament action. High School toppled Grantsville 69-5- 7 to claim third place and San Juan nipped Millard 56-5- 4 for fifth place. The Beaver Beavers hung on to edge North Sevier 55-5- 1 to claim the 2A girls championship feated Juab 68-6- 1 Saturday for the fourth year in a row. night to repeat as 2A champi- Morgan beat Parowan 59-5- 1 for ons. The Wolves defeated the third, while Millard crushed for fifth Kanab Cowboys in last year's South Summit 56-3- 1 championship game. Morgan place. away, 71-4Glazier provided most of the Kanab offense, as he netted 22 on the game. Trent Wade added five and sophomore Rory Brunner netted four. The North Sevier Wolves de9. PPG Paint Products SIA Abrasives Oxygen & Acetylene Wddfeg Supplies Cowboy baseball The Kanab Cowboy baseball team gets into action right away this week with a game at Hurricane on Tuesday and a trip to the Cac- tus Classic in Mesquite on Friday and Saturday. - . Largest Inventory in the Area! C.C. Auto Parts Q3,y Nap ParJs; 801-644-25- 26 41 8 East 300 South Kanab, UT 84741 UUSMaSNfJl r |