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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY MARCH 3. 1899 QRTS By Dennis Brunner The Kanab Cowboys took second place at the region tournament last weekend and will go to state this week as the 2 seed from the SouthCentral Division. Kanab squeaked by a tough Juab then team on Thursday beat North Sevier for the second time this year on Friday 58-5before falling to the 1 ranked Gunnison Bulldogs in the region championship game on Sat58-5- 4, 0, urday night 49-4- 3. In the championship game, the lead went back and forth the whole game. The Cowboys last 0 lead was at when Rory Brunner nailed a three-pointwith 1:35 left to play. Gunnisons big dog Aaron Hill countered with a long bomb of his own with 1:05 on the clock and Gunnison clung to a one The Cowboys point lead, turned the ball over and Chad Sturgill fouled Gunnisons TJ Peterson. He missed the front end of a one and one free throw attempt and Kanab rebounded. Jerron Glazier missed a 12' jumper with :30 left and Hill got theboardforGunnison. Peterson was fouled again with :20 left. This time he made both free throws and the Cowboys trailed A Glazier three by three, 45-442-4- er 43-4- 2. 2. game. Brunner shut out Jorgensen until he made the two free throws in the last few seconds of the game. Kanab couldnt have played a much better defensive game. Offensively was a different story, however. The Cowboys just couldnt get the big shots to go down. Kanab jumped out to a 0 lead on two Levi Judd jumpers. After a 4-- Gunnison basket, Sturgili drilled a three and Kanab led They still had a two point advantage at the end of the first period After the Bulldogs surged ahead, Glazier hit a trey at the 5:40 mark of the second period and Kanab led Another Judd basket and a Sturgill bomb from outside gave the Cowboys a 0 lead with 1:30 left in the second frame. Gunnison closed the gap to 2 at the half. Hill made a couple of hoops early in the second half and 8 Gunnison shot out to a lead. Sturgill hit his third trey of the game and McFadden followed with a five footer with :50 left and Kanab regained the lead Gunnison hit a basket at the buzzer and lei by one point, 3 with one quarter to go. A McFadden lay-ion a nice, feed from Latimer Smith gave the Cowboys the lead once again. 7-- 2. 13-1- 18-1- 1. 6. 24-2- 24-2- 32-2- 33-3- 2. 34-3- n The guys executed our defensive game plan exactly how we wanted them to, said coach Gary Glover. from the comer was in and out With 5:00 left in the game. Smith and Gunnison's Danny Jorgensen was quickly fouled. He made both free throws to make the score 47-4Brunner was fouled with :09 remainng. He made the first, but missed the second and Gunnisons cen- finished off a fast break with a hard driving lay-u- p and Kanab Gunnison hit two led, 37-3baskets in a row, and McFadden made two foul shots with 3:28 to play to cut the Bulldog lead to Two minutes one point, 40-3ter Justin Holmes rebounded. eclipsed before Brunners three He was quickly fouled with :07 gave the Cowboys their last lead left. He made both free throws at 42-4and the Bulldogs were region McFadden led the Cowboy tournament champions, winning scorers with 12 points. Sturgill 49-4had nine on three treys, while The Cowboys played much Judd and Glazier netted eight better in this game, compared to apiece. Hill led Gunnison with the second and third quarters 19 and Holmes added 15. on the championship game of The Cowboys opened the tourthe Cowboy Classic, when they ney against a scrappy Juab team fell behind the Bulldogs by 21 on Thursday afternoon. Kanabs points before storming back to Chad Sturgill hit a basket and tie and force overtime. Jerron Glazier bombed in a three Coach Gary Glover was very and the Cowboys led 0 just pleased with the Cowboys de- seconds into the game. Juab fensive effort. The guys ex- scored 12 in a row and Kanab ecuted our defensive game plan wouldnt score again until Matt exactly how I wanted them to, McFadden got a basket with :25 said Glover. He added, their left in the first period. Juab led center, 50 Justin Holmes, 14-- 7 after one quarter of play. The Wasps scored the first four stepped up and made some big jumpers for the Bulldogs points of the second period and Chad Sturgill and Latimer they were suddenly up 18-- A Smith held Hill to 19 points af- Sturgill three-pointand a ter he burned the Cowboys for Latimer Smith running five 36 in the Classic. Matt footer cut the Wasps lead to McFadden shut down tournabefore Juab pushed it back ment MVP Rory Hansen, keep- to a 25-1- 4 advantage with 8:40 ing him to only four points in the left in the half. Two McFadden 6. 2. 9. 0. 3. 5-- 7. er 18-1- 2, 13 baskets, wrapped around a Juab Juab hoop, made the score scored five straight points to lead 8 with 1:45 on the clock. Rory Brunner nailed a three pointer and then converted a three point play on a fast break pass from Smith and the Cowboys trailed 4 at the break. Opening the second half, 27-1- 8. 32-1- 32-2- Kanab outscored Juab 11-- 4 to cut the deficit to one point, 5 at the 3 55 mark. Juab upped before their lead to 40-3Charles Hammon drilled a at the buzzer to cut the with one Wasp lead to 40-3- 8 left to play. quarter Jerron Glazier hit a leaner under the basket after a Juab basket and it was 42-4- 0 Juab. Brunner bombed in a three with 5:32 left on the clock to give the Cowboys their first lead since the opening minutes of the game Juab countered with a three of their own and regained the lead It was Glaziers turn next, and he connected on one from down5 town and Kanab was up with 4:50 to play. Juab made a rebound basket and they led McFadden rebounded an Aaron Greenland miss and was fouled as he put it back in the hole. He converted the three point play to give Kanab a two point lead 49-4Juabs Wardle tied it up 9 on a jumper. Sturgill hit a big trey from the comer and the Cowboys were back on top Levi Judd came up with a big block on the Wasps next trip down the floor. Brunner was fouled with 1:21 on the clock. He connected on both and the lead Glazier was five points, 54-4rebounded the next missed Juab shot, fed Brunner, who threw a long pass to a streaking Strugill, who dropped it in Judds hands for an easy layup and Kanab was up Juab wasnt fin ished quite yet to as Wardle hit a three-pointAfter a missed make it free throw by Kanab, Juab layed it in for two more and suddenly it was 4 with :28 left in the game. Glazier was fouled with :24 left and calmly swished both free throws and Juabs last three point attempt missed, leaving in favor of the final score the Cowboys. Jerron Glazier led Kanab with 17 points, with 14 coming in the second half. Rory Brunner netted 13, including two Brunner also made three of three free throws and led the team with eight assists 36-3- 5, three-point- 43-4- er ' it i J . ? 4 f 4 V, V : : $ S - U ; ? 2. 45-4- 3. f 46-4- 47-4- 6. i jr" J- - Jm Cowboy Jerron Glazier goes up for two of his 27 points North Sevier in the semi-fincontest n he scored against al 7. 49-4- 52-4- 9. 9. 56-4- 9. er 56-5- 2. 56-5- 58-5- 4, three-pointer- s. and six rebounds. , Matt McFadden popped in nine points, Chad Sturgill added eight and Latimer Smith six. Trevor Hooper had 25 for Juab and Dustin Wardle added 12. , , The Cowboys second game of the tourney came against another tough opponent, the North Sevier Wolves. Kanab led the whole game, stretching their lead to 17 points midway through the third period before North Sevier came storming back in the final quarter and a half. They closed the gap to five points at 55-5- 0 before the Cowboys held for on the win 58-5Kanab jumped out to a 10-- 2 by early lead on Rory Brunner and Chad Sturgill, and jumpers by Levi Judd and Jerron Glazier. North Sevier countered with a run before Glazier converted a three point play and Kanab led 13-- 7 with 2:00 left in the first. The Wolves clawed back to within one point at the end of one period A fast break by Sturgill, a driving lay-u-p by Aaron Greenland and a three by Glazier and Kanab was up 5 just three minutes into the second stanza. A fast break layup by Charles Hammon stretched the lead to 9 10 points with. 3:20 left until the half. The Cowboys led 0. three-pointe- rs 5-- 0 13-1- 2. Glazier. North Sevier was not going to quit, however. They picked up the pace and the Cowboys turned cold, as the Wolves scored 12 points in a row to cut the lead to 6 with 1:15 left in the third. 41-3- Two Glazier driving layups broke the long scoring drought to give Kanab a 45-3- 8 lead after three periods of play. The lead stayed between five and 10 points for most of the final quarter. Latimer Smith fouled out with :41 left in the game, and North Sevier trailing 55-5- 0 after converting both free throws. Free throws by Brunner and McFadden in the final seconds made the score 58-5- 0 in favor of Kanab. Glazier came up big in this game, throwing down 27 points. Sturgill added eight, with Greenland and Brunner netting six apiece. Greenland pulled down six rebounds to lead that category, while Brunner and McFadden each had three assists. Bret Wanlass tossed in 30 to lead North Sevier. Glazier and McFadden were 2 at the break. named to the 10 man Kanab started out the third team. on Kanab will face Duchesne in fire, outscoring the period Wolves 10-- 2 in the first two and the state opener on Thursday at Inhalf minutes to go up 11:30 a.m, at the SUU Centrum cluded in the run was a rebound in Cedar City. If the Cowboys putback by McFadden, a driv- win, they wil i play the winner o5 ing layup by Sturgill and three San Juan and Manti on Friday point, plays, by. Greenland ,ancL.at 3 p.uuGu. Cowboys!!!! 24-1- 29-1- 31-2- 41-2- 4. |