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Show e, 8C The Salt Lake Tribune Heavyweights Go 4j Tribune Sports Writer and prep basketball have thus far had the luxury of experimenting and finding the groove during the preseason, catching their breath a bit over the holiday break and getting their feet wet in the region openers last week. Now comes the real thing. The big games. Ho ho ho you say? Big games just two weeks into league play? You bet. A bunch of em. In just for openers, No. 2 ranked (according to this weeks Tribune Prep Basketball Poll) Bing ham travels to No. 1 ranked Brighton in a Region Two game, No. 4 Skyline The heavyweights of 3-- 4-- " 'V'V"Vv"'V'w - 'V- - 'v 18, 1985 Friday, January By Joe Baird Ti 'qjji' Head-to-ile- goes to Magna to meet No. 9 Cyprus in Region Three and upstart Davis is at Bountiful to test the No. 3 Braves in Region Four. No. 6 Bear River takes to In the road for a clash with No. 4 Ogden in Region Five, No. 3 Judge Memorial is at No. 5 South in Region Six, and, in the battle of the unbeatens, No. 2 Timpview crosses town for a get together with No. 1 ranked Prove. If you can find bigger games, go to them. The headliners here, of course, are the Brighton-Binghaand matchups . . . with Judge-Sout- h rating a close third. The defending champ Brighton Bengals ) suffered nary a scratch 3-- Provo-Timpvie- (9-1- w in Biggest Games of the Prep Season ad The biggest factor against during the preseason, and made it clear last week that they are the team to beat in Region Two with convincing icagije victories ever Kearns and Taylorsville. meanThe Bingham Miners ), by an imwhile, were ambushed proving Hillcrest team in their Region Two opener last week after breezing through the preseason unbeaten. Coach George Slugas Miners are deep, quick and led by the talented Ken Peck and Darren Butterfield, but will face an uphill task at Brighton. The Bengals, after all, can counter with an equally deep bench, more size and the likes of Todd Reid, John and Scott Sperry. (8-1- 73-6- 5 Beu-che- Hill-cre- was that they shot 64 percent, and you cant run if the other team shouts that fell," Sluga said. "It s important for our team to run. Our running game will have to work and our defense will have to be steady to beat a team like Brighton. In the 3 A showdown, the Bulldogs and the Thunderbirds both emerged victorious from their early Region Seven tests with Provo edging Mountain View and American Fork, and Timpview trimming American Fork and Uintah and now have a 21-- 0 record between them this season. Being unbeaten isnt the only similarity the two teams share, either. Both Provo ai.J Timpview boast rt Both teams have cruised in Region Six play so far, with the Bulldogs manhandling West and Murray, ?n,j the Cubbies routing Murray and Tooele. The home floor, again, might just be the difference here, as the Cubs, at home in the afternoon (3 p m tipoff) are very, very tough. good scoring balance and perimeter shooting, and will match up well with one another up front and in the back-cour- t, with waves of 6'2 and 6'3 types like the Bulldogs Kam Jarman and Todd Skausen. The home the floor and Provos traditionally tough defense just might be the difference. Contrast will be the watchword in the Judge-Sout- h contest, however. Souths Cubs, led by junior Darrell White and Tony Taliauli, are quick and probably have the best open-couteam in the state this season, while Judges Bulldogs play a more controlled game, rely heavily on their pressure defense and 7 postmen Richard Holmes and Tom Lytle to control the boards and clog the mid- Canadian Downhiller Injured in France rt CHAMONIX, France (AP) - Cana- dian skier Diana Haight suffered serious injuries to the ligaments in her right knee Thursday in an accident in practice for the World Cup downhill ski race at nearby Megeve. 6-- dle. 15 Olympic Medalists Set for Meet By Nesha Starcevic Associated Press Writer The first World Indoor PARIS Track and Field Games get under way Friday with some 380 athletes from 74 countries taking part in the two-da- y competition. Fifteen Summer Olympic medalists, among them five champions, are scheduled to take part in 24 events, 13 for men and 11 for women. Chandra Cheeseborough, a triple medal winner in Los Angeles, leads U.S. team, which also the includes Sam Graddy, a gold medal winner in the sprint relay and a silver medalist in the 100 meters. Cheeseborough won gold medals at d the Los Angeles Olympics in the relays and won a silrun. She entered ver in the the dash in Paris. Other Olympic champions competing in Paris are Julius Korir of Kenya in the 3,000-metsteeplechase; Ernesto Canto of Mexico, the 20 kilometers walk gold medalist taking part in the walk here; and Claudia Losch of West Germany, the shot put champion. Four world champions and six world record holders also are taking taking part in the Indoor Games. The decision to stage the Games was taken by the International Amateur Athletic Federation Council at a meeting during the Olympics last summer in Los Angeles. The IAAF hopes that the Games eventually will become world indoor championships. 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Bubka, who missed the Olympics after the Soviet Union and some of its allies decided to boycott the Los Angeles Games, is suffering from a cold but his participation in Saturdays pole vault final does not appear in Vig-nero- n, doubt. Bubka and Vigneron last battled each other Sept. 31 in Rome and both broke world records within minutes. to set a Vigneron first soared world record but Bubka then vaulted to set the new standard. This competition comes very early in the year and I am considering it as a chance to prepare for outdoor events later in the year," Bubka told the French sports newspaper 19-4- 19-5- SEE R.C. WILLEYS COLLECTION OF QUALITY LE-quip- e. Marita Koch of East Germany, the world record holder at 21.71 seconds, leads the field in the womens 200 meters. Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czechoslovakia, the world record holder in the 400 and 800 meters and the 1983 Helsinki world champion in the two events, is expected to run the 400 meters in Paris. 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