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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2000 Sports The Kanab Cowboys needed two wins last week and then some help, as they trailed region leader Parowan by two games with two left to play. On Wednesday, the Cowboys dispatched of while Millard handily Beaver knocked off Parowan on a last second shot by one point. Then on Friday, the Boys traveled to Parowan and beat up the league leaders, winning Kanab came out red hot in the Millard game, scoring the first 12 points of the contest. Millard finally got on the board with 2:10 left on a free throw, but trailed 12-- The Eagles weren't going to lay down however, as they scored the last three baskets of the quarter to cut the after Cowboy lead to five, 12-one period of play.Clayton Cutler drilled a three pointer :30 into the second frame and Kanab Two baskets by was up 15-Millard and it was now Both teams were cold in the second stanza and Kanab led 1 with 3: 15 left in the half. After a three by Millard, Monte "Boomer" Hawkins laid in a basket on a fast break and the Cowboys led 4 with 1:30 on the clock. A late hoop by Millard made the half-tim-e score 20-- 6 and still anyone's game. A driving shot by Josh Blasdell and a trey from Hawkins and Kanab was up by sue points, 9 early in the third. Millard made another run, 6 cutting the lead to two, 65-4- 0, 62-5- 4. 1. 7, 7. 15-1- 1. 18-1- 20-1- left-hand- ed 25-1- 28-2- Daniel Gilberg hit a big basket, adding 12. Clayton Cut10 and Josh Blasdell e banked one off the glass on a eight, with Lance Brown three-pointe- r. Blake Brinkerhoff ler netted contrib-utingfiv- nice feed from Lance Brown. Gilberg added two free throws and Brown a spinning acrobatic lead. Kyle layin for a 37-2- 6 Brunner added a free throw after a Millard basket and Kanab with was ahead by 10, 38-2one quarter left to play. And play they did, outscoring the Eagles 27-1- 2 in the final period to win going away, 65-4Blasdell and Brunner had two straight steals, which resulted in lay-upin the first minute of the fourth and Kanab was up 42-2Big Blake Brinkerhoff got the crowd to its feet in the final 2:00 with two resounding dunks. The first came when he rebounded a miss, then slammed it home, all in one motion. The second dunk came on a breakaway with :35 to put an exclamation point on the victory. Gilberg led the balanced Cowboy scoring attack with 13. 8, 0. s, 8. Blasdell added 12, Hawkins 11, and Brinkerhoff 10, while Cutler and Brown each netted seven. Brunner and Justin Glover closed out the scoring with three and two points. The win set up a big showdown with Parowan for a share of the region crown. Seniors Monte Hawkins and Blake Brinkerhoff led the charge, as the Cowboys jumped out to a 15-- 8 first quarter advantage and they were not going to be denied. Hawkins hit four treys on his way to a game with 4:00 gone. Kanab reeled off nine straight high 17 points, while Brinkerhoff points to regain the upper hand. was pounding it in under the Boys Region Sat., Feb. 19 Fri., Feb.,18 11 Thurs., Feb. 17 and Daniel Gilbergtwo. Parowan's strategy was to shut down Blasdell and Gilberg, usually Kanab's two leading scorCowers. But the too much for attack was the boy Rams. Kanab led by 10 points at the half, 24-1as their defensive pressure was one of their best efforts of the year. The Rams chipped away at the Cowboy lead, cutting the deficit to five points, 33-2heading into the final period of play. Kanab came up with 21 points in the fourth frame to win by six, 54-4The two teams tied Enterprise for the region title, all with 3 records. Beaver was one game back with a 4 record, while Millard ended at Enterprise won the coin flip for the 1 seed from the South, while Parowan came in as the 2 seed and Kanab was left as the 3 seed. Millard and Grand squared off in a play-i- n game on Tuesday evening, with the winner facing Enterprise and the loser going home for the year. Kanab will play the East 2 seed Duchesne on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at the SUU Centrum in Cedar City. After several near misses, the JV squad picked up their first win of the year against Millard, 43-3The Junior Cowboys started off slow, trailing 13-- 5 after one and 17-1- 5 at the half. They exploded for 21 points in the third period for a 36-2- 1 advantage. After holding Millard to only four points in the third well-balanc- ed 4, 8, 8. 5-- 4-- 1-- 9. Bracket Fri., Feb. 18 Sat., Feb. 19 Lance Brown drives for two of his seven points against Millard last Wednesday night in Kanab. 7. period, the Eagles erupted for ing hot out of the gates writh a 18 in the final stanza, almost 19-- 5 first quarter lead. They catching the Cowboys, who came stretched their advantage to 35-1- 6 out on top 43-3Freshman Colt at the half and 54-3- 3 after Niemann was the leading scorer three, before coast ing home with with 1 1 points, while sophomore the 16 point victory. Colt Dane Glazier added 10, includ- Niemann led the frosh with 15 ing three treys. Matt Pepper and points, all coming in the first Mace Glazier added six apiece. half. Trevor Glover netted 11, The Parowan JVs just nipped while Toby Roundy and Josh Kanab 59-5The Cowboys led Ramsay added eight apiece. by one, 43-4- 2 heading into the Tyson Glover and Mace Glazier final period, but the Rams each had six. outscored them 17-1Parowan held on for a 55-5- 3 Kyle Brunner led four Cowboys in win over the Kanab frosh in andouble figures with 15, includ- other exciting ballgame. Mace ing three from downtown. Sam Glazier popped in 21, including Noel and Dane Glazier netted 16 in the second half to pace the 11 each, with Matt Pepper con- Cowboys. 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