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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 24, 1083 Sports 13 Cowboys undefeated in region play The Kanab Cowboys racked up two more wins last week to finish unbeaten at in southern division play heading into the Regional Tournament this weekend. The Cowboys are ranked 2 in the state behind Gunnison. Kanab plays the 4 seed from the central division, Juab or South Sevier this Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at Snow College in Ephraim (see tournament 8-- 0 bracket below). the Cowboys lead shot up to After a Beaver basket, Sturgill and Glazier each hit threes and Kanab led Glazier hit another trey at the 2:00 mark and Latimer Smith converted a three point play with :02 left in the third to give the 36-2- 42-2- Cowboys a commanding back in the game. The week prior. Gunnison edged the 7 Juab Wasps by four, in another close ballgame. The Kanab Cowboy JV squad also finished their season with t.wo more victories to go 1 in South Division play. They finished with a 10-- 5 season record. After trailing at the half against Beaver, Kanab came back and won by 11 points, In the Parowan game, the JV squad led from start to finish, skinning the Rams .. In the Beaver game, Kyle Brunner led the way with 14 points. Daniel Gilberg netted 13 andBlakeBrinkerhoff added 10. Beaver led 10-- 5 in the first quarter, before Brunner and Clayton "Cutman" Cutler both nailed three pointers in the last 1:30 to give Kanab the lead after one, 5. 1-- 55-5- 1 7. 7-- 55-3- 5 lead heading into the final frame. Kanab continued their awesome play in the fourth quarter and won going away 68-4- 52-4- 2. The Cowboys blasted Beaver on Wednesday on the road 2 and then pummeled Parowan at 9 to put home on Friday their season record at 17-- Chad Sturgill and Jerron Glazier led the way against Beaver with 19 and 18 points. Glazier and Rory Brunner were tops in scoring 68-4- 71-3- 1. against Parowan, with Jerron hitting 19 and Rory 13. The Beavers played valiantly in the first half, staying within six points of Kanab, trailing only 3 at the break. Early in the first quarter, Brunner fed Charles Hammon a nice pass for an easy two and the Cowboys led 10-- After a Matt McFadden five footer, Beaver hit two long bombs in :3Q to take the lead Aaron Greenland answered with'a 15 juniper to tie the game at 4 after one. Beaver employed a diamond a one defense to try and contain Glazier. This left Sturgill wide open and he canned three in the first four minutes of the second quarter to 29-2- 8. 14-1- 2. 14-1- three-pointe- rs Sturgill hit five three pointers in the game and Glazier added 14 of his 18 points in the second half. Levi Judd and McFadden netted eight apiece and Smith 3, 48-2- and led 62-3- 0 after three . apiece. Parowan obviously scouted the Beaver game and employed a triangle and two defense trying to stop Glazier and After Beaver wont up the Cowboys scored nine unanswered points, including two Brunner layups wrapped around a Gilberg trey, to give Kanab a 4 advantage. Beaver was not going to lay down however, as they went on a 10-- 0 run of their own to end the half with a four ... q .. . point lead,. The Cowboys scored the first, nine points of the second half and led by five with 3:30 left in the third after two consecutive by Gilberg. Beaver scored their only points of the third period or a trey with 1:55 on the clock and Kanab led 7 heading into the final frame. Brunner hit one of two free throws, then stole the inbounds pass and tossed it over his head into the hoop to give Kanab a 1 lead. The Cowboys led 44-3- 7 with 2:30 left in the game when they took the air out of the ball 14-1- ra. 4. w ; v 1 V . V . i. ' , V r 1, - $ i 20-1- 24-20.- . . three-pointe- :. . rs 33-2- 38-3- 59-5- ' K V x help give the Cowboys a 25-1- 8 lead. Kanab pushed their ad- Sturgill. While the Cowboys seem to be vantage to 29-1- 8 before Beaver scored the last five points of the peaking, 1 tanked Gunnison half to get within six points, 29-2- struggled for the second straight week, barely getting by South In the first 2:00 of the second Sevier The Bulldogs achalf, Sturgill picked up where tually .trailed the Rams by nine he left off, making a layup on a points in the fourth quarter bedrive and bombing in another fore a full court press caused and ran out the clock. trey. Along with a Glazier layup, some turnovers and got them Brinkerhoff made four straight 3. ' 11-1- 0. peri- ' ods of play. T Besides Glazier and Brunner, the well balanced scoring attack featured 11 points from Judd and 10 from McFadden, while Smith and Hammon added eight - 1. 71-33- added seven. The Parowan game on Friday was close in the first quarter, as but the Cowboys only led this one was over by halftime as Kanab jumped out to a 4 lead. Glazier canned 12 of his 19 points in the first halfand Brunner added 11, including three buckets from downtown, as the Cowboys ran it down the Rams throat. The fast break looked as good as it has all season. The second half was more of the same, as Kanab ran at will 20-1- 0 State Heavyweight Champ Heavyweight Scott Johnson gets carried off the victory stand by coaches Larry Clarkson (Ij and Shane Campbell (r) at UVSC in Orem the weekend before last. Johnson repeated as 2-- State Heavyweight Champion. A free throws and Brunner added quickly up They led 36-1-8 a three point play on a fast break at the half and poured it on in the second half, leading 58-2-7 with :26 left and Kanab won after three, with the final score In the Parowan game, the JVs reading Lance Brown led the Junior led 11-- 4 in the first four minutes of the game before the Rams Cowboys with 22 points. Daniel to cut it to Gilberg was right behind with staged a mini-rall- y 0 after one. Gilberg hit two 20, while JoshBlasdell had eight fast break layups in the second and Monte Hawkins added quarter and the Cowboys were seven. 31-1- 51-3- 9. 71-3- 13-1- 1 Region Basketball Tournament Snow College-Ephraim Sat. Feb. 27 Fri.Feb.26 Thurs. Feb. 25 Fri.Feb.26 Sat Feb. 27 I I I Sports Club . 163 S. ICO E. Kanab 644-54- 74 No Charge Feb 16th to June 1st If 20 Kids Wrestle M W Th F After School bantam , 'Denotes Home Team f J 3. 4. |