Show I i In State Tourney One hundred and two ninety I high school basketball players are are crossing their fingers hoping that 13 is their lucky number On March 13 these boys representing representing rep rep- resenting 16 Class B teams conf converge converge con con- f verge on the BYU campus for forr forthe r the annual state tournament r. r The meet goes from Wednesday p to Saturday i As of today a t total tal of 12 II squads have qualified They are aret t listing Regional first and second ft place teams in order Emery Manti Wasatch North Summit Cedar City Hurricane Union Monticello South Sevier N North rth Sanpete Dixie and Delta The Theother Theother Theother other four entries will come from Grantsville Dugway Uintah Duchesne San Juan Juan and East k Carbon Most everyone's favorite appears appears ap ap- l pears to be Emery a team that r has many time honored ingredients ingred ingred- ingredients for championship play experience height speed and tradition The Spartans may be pressed to the limit however by several teams including Wasatch Wa Wa- II satch Batch Union Cedar City and n North Summit I Outstanding players to be watched will be Ralph Jones of i North Summit last years year's leading leading lead lead- I ing scorer of the state Emerys Emery's l Dean Nelson Stan McGuire and George Wilson of Wasatch Steve Larsen and Paul Deidrick- Deidrick sen of Grantsville Ron Bailey of Delta Mike Pratt of Cedar City Ken Snow of Dixie and Randy J.- J. I Simonsen of South Sevier Most of them performed well at last yea years year's s 's meet For the second year in a row Emery charged to the Region VII championship They defeated defeat defeat- ed 75 57 in the final game on the Saturday agenda Other winners were So Sevier who edged Richfield in inthe inthe inthe the last 12 seconds by two and North Sanpete an n easy winner winner winner win win- ner over Escalante Showing drive poise and polish polish pol pol- ish the Spartans held leads ranging from the final 18 to seven seven seven sev sev- en points throughout the game After trailing 36 24 at the half rallied to within to-within within seven before before before be be- fore the hot ot corner sniping of Dean Nelson NeIson the driving of Clyde Nelson and inside play of Paul Cowley spread the count again Mike Johnson a quick instrumental in guard was giving Emery the spark when needed Hot shooting was in evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence as Emery zeroed in fn at over 50 both halves while the could hit on only 26 and 27 each half although gaining gainin more shots at the hoop than Emery In the opening game Manti High School downed Valley 77 52 in the highest score recorded during the meet After falling behind behind be be- hind the Buffaloes deserted their 2 1 zone in favor of a zone press This was penetrated as Tim Ke Keisel Denny Sorensen Kevin Cox and Kim Clarke made assist passes to Steve Wil- Wil and Craig Nielsen Kerry Workman a point 21 average center was limited to just six points by the efforts of Cox Clarke and Lamar Barton and only one foul pitch the first half South Sevier fell victim to a half court zone press by a 59 49 score In this game matching strong rebounding the Rams gained a 38 31 third quarter lead At this point the press was applied applied applied ap ap- ap- ap plied and the went on onto onto onto to net 28 points while South Sevier Sevier Sevier Se Se- vier gamed only 18 The usually potent Randy Shipp found little room to operate as Tim Keisel played a strong defensive game gameon on him A highlight of the meet as asfar asfar asfar far as was concerned was winning the sportsmanship trophy This was a total award going to the student body community community community com com- and team Ten outstanding player awards were given to Tim Keisel of MIlS Dean Nelson Clyde Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son and Paul Cowley of Emery Randy Simonsen of South Sevier Dave Bailey of North Sanpete Kerry Workman of Valley Boyd Griffin of Escalante and Dave Ogden of Richfield Tickets for the state tournament tournament tournament ment can be secured on a season basis However with the meet being held in the spacious BYU Fieldhouse seating is assured normally r r a a r r 1 g 1 r t tl f w PL r ra M t a H a 1 e f A V Vt t p a r r a i 1 w il V II 68 1967 TEMP LARS Front row I r l-r r C Cloth ach Wilbur Braithwaite Ran Ron Lewis Steven Anderson Kent Darol Jorgensen John Keeler second row Lamar Barton Kay Nehon Nelson Denny Sorensen Sorensen Sorensen Soren Soren- sen Tim Keisel Allen Lee Peterson and Dennis Denni Shuffler back row Kim Clarke Craig Nielsen Steven Kevin Cox Joe Green I h 3 i t t r w a 1 k I I II Mc i I I II I J Team captain Tim holds trophy he received o as one r i of the members of the tournament all-tournament team cheerleaders r l-r I r Ro- Ro layne Jensen LaRae Englestead Marilou Dyreng holds trophy i and Susan Shand are proud of Sportsmanship Trophy mS l won J h 1 t p y I |