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Show . tt r v r ? 'i i , v r , v v v.vy r Vi ,,ma " 11 'ri't'. fVi : Y''n SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31. 1997 Sports 11 Cowboys drop opener in Classic The Kanab Cowboys were very gracious hosts on Monday night in their opener of the Cowboy Classic against Snow Canyon. Spotting the Warriors a huge 40-1- 9 halftime lead, the Cowboys fought hard in the second half, but couldn't make up enough ground and lost 79-6Panguitch ran all over Hurricane in the other game, beating them soundly 67-4to set up a 1A Panguitch vs 3A Snow Canyon matchup in the championship game Tuesday night. Snow Canyon jumped out to a 2 lead, before the Cowboys The fought back to trail 13-1Warriors went on an 8--0 run to end the quarter and led 21-1- 0 after one. They continued to dominate play in the second stanza, stretching their lead to 34-1- 2 with 3:30 left in the half. The Cowboys were cold shoot ing and plagued with turnovers. The Cowboys came out flying in the third period, cutting the lead to 47-3before two turnovers gave the Warriors two quick baskets to push their lead Kanab manback to 21 at aged to cut the lead to 14 at the end of the the third, trailing 55-4heading into the final frame. The Cowboys just couldn't get the lead whittled down to single digits. Whenever they would make a couple baskets. Snow Canyon would answer right back to keep their big lead. Snow Canyon used a box and ope defense to try and hold Cowboy Jerron Glazier down. Senior Warrior guard John Hafen was like glue on Glazier the whole game. Glazier still managed to lead the Cowboys in scoring with 4. 9, 7-- 0. 0. 51-3- 0. 1, 17 points. Rory Brunner came Brunner added 11, with Matt off the bench to add 12 points, McFadden netting nine. Aaron including three Chandler Cutler added 11, with John Watson and Chad Sturgill netting six apiece. Rasheed Swensen led the Warriors with 21 points, including 9 of 10 from the free throw line. Snow Canyon made 18-2-0 charity tosses to only 5 of 13 for the Cowboys. Ben Layne netted 13, Theo Beck 12 and Matt Hickman 11 in a well balanced Warrior attack. In the PanguitchHurricane contest, Panguitch was led by Henry James, who canned 21 points. David Henrie added 13, Mayo Miller 1 1 and Sonny Orton 10 to help the cause. The Bobcats raced out to an 0 lead after the first period. They upped their advantage to nine points Hurricane at the half, 32-2close the in third it frame, kept but still trailed by eight points 45-3The fourth quarter was all Panguitch. as they outseored to win going the Tigers 22-1away. David Force and Trevor Jenson netted 10 points each to lead the Hurricane attack. In the JV tournament, it will be the Kanab Cowboys against the Snow Canyon Warriors in the championship game, while the consolation contest will feature Hurricane and Panguitch. Kanab defeated Hurricane 68-5while Snow Canyon bettered Panguitch 53-4- 9 in a close game. The Cowboys were hot from beyond the three point line, especially Chad Sturgill. He nailed six treys, Rory Brunner added three and Charles Hammon one. Sturgill ended up with 22, three-pointer- s. 18-1- 3. 7. 2, 5, Greenland, Daniel Gilberg and Blake Brinkerhoff tallied six apiece. The Cowboys clung to a slim 13-1-2 lead after one. They stretched it to a four point cushion at the half 23-1Hurricane scored the first two baskets of the second 9. half to tie the game at 23-2before Kanab kicked it into high gear. Sturgill nailed two treys in the last minute of the third period to push the lead up to nine points 46-3The Cowboys scored the first nine points of the fourth 3, 7. before Hurframe, to lead 55-3ricane scored their first basket with 5:20 left in the game. The Tigers outseored the Cowboys 1 to cut the lead to 10 points 56-4Monte Hawkins, Greenland and Gilberg hit three consecutive baskets to push the lead back to 62-4- 6 with 2:15 left and the game was over. Stan Dutton led the Tigers with 23 points and Chris 7, 9-- 6. Carter added 12. Snow trailed Canyon 0 after one pePanguitch riod and 20-1- 8 after two before taking charge in the third quarter. They outseored the Bobcats 3 to lead by six going into Snow Canthe final frame 39-3win to on by four, 53-4- 9 yon hung in an exciting finish. Jensen led the Warriors with 15. Steve Jurca netted 10, Jake Ellison Cowboy Chad Sturgil launches oneot his nine and Mark Ence eight. The Hurricane. The Cowboys defeated the Tigers 68-5Bobcats were paced by Dusty Orton's 16 points, with Jason Barney adding 12. Read all about Tuesday's Since 1357 game action in next week's Southern Utah News. 14-1- 21-1- 3. sixthree-pointersntheJ- V 5. game against Photo by Matt Brown. z gUEll) New Ifearo Eve Specials NEDRA'S TOO in Kanab FILET MIGNON: 10 oz Bacon Wrapped If the Giants hadnt collapsed pany and nobody will be able to in the second half, I would have stop the Bus, Jerome Bettis. went 4 for 4 in the NFL Wild There will be no Patriot repeat Card Playoffs. Minnesota scored in the Super 10 points in the final 90 seconds 21, New England 17. 2 to pull out an amazing Tampa Bay at Green Bay The Battle of the Bays. The victory. But it only prolonged week. Packers will put pressure on QB their season for one more Trent Dilfer and keep Warrick Minnesota at " Dunn under wraps to set up a San Francisco The Niners will eat up the showdown in San Fran. Tampa Vikings on their home turf this played one of their better games Saturday. Dennis Green will be last week against the Lions. But Packers-Gree- n coaching his last game for Min- the Lions arent the Bowl-Pittsbur- 23-2- nesota. Although it won't be his Bay 27, Tampa Bay 17. Denver at Kansas City last game in the Bay area. I see The Broncos came up' big and him in Oakland next year, butting heads with owner A1 Davis-Sa-n got revenge on the Jags. Now Francisco 3 1 , Minnesota 13. next year they can try to get. New England revenge on the Chiefs. If they were at Pittsburgh playing at Mile High, this be a different story. Howwould home This is why you play for field advantage. The rested ever, it's at Arrowhead in 24, Broncos 21. Steelers will stufFDrew and com KC-Chie- fs Little Hoopsters basketball clinic Coach Gary Glover will be con- ducting a "Little Hoopsters" Basketball Clinic for any interested children ages K-- through the month ofJanuary. This clinic will begin on Saturday, January 10 and will be held each Saturday until February 7. 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