Show h. h I r I I Ie I e S 1 J I I Ir Ii r i f A 1 a 4 J 1 I c Ri r z r 1 1 i 1 Todd Nielson Manti High School president accepts the coveted sportsmanship trophy for the Class B tournament from Bob Eighth Best in Class B a Play I Nets To 10 set the cause above renown renown re renown re- re To love the game beyond the i prize To honor as you strike him himi down i down The foe who comes with fearless fearless fear fear- less tess eyes The Templar basketball team j I did not strike down the Morgan team team which indeed came to the consolation finals of the Class 16 yB B tournament with fearless eyes Nevertheless the team j cheerleaders pep band and fans I showed enough honor for the thet t C game opponents and referees s that Sports Sports-manship they won the 1969 SportsmanshiP Sports Sports- manship Trophy This two-foot two high trophy is isI isI I 1 J gi given ven each year by the Old Time Athletes' Athletes Association I 1 K I President is Bob Howard father fathera a of Doug Howard the current currents s basketball and baseball star starS S of BYU ai aJ Three members of the club w vi were present at each game and It 1 filled out a report on various 7 aspects of sportsmanship andi and 4 j i school and team spirit m M U This marks the second con- con tSar year a trophy for forus us has been prea pre- pre a 0 se seated to Last season i the Region VII trophy was j j awarded warded the school and com com- g 19 g i i I Mr Howard a Salt Lake vt v resident made t the e trip to Manti a o v present the award to the thee e on Tuesday A fantastic looping jump d d. d hot with three seconds to go got got t t the Morgan lorgan game Bob 31 1 Bell a 60 senior center had tf 1 to really put the ball In orbit l to go over Steve U t- out arm The ball hall h h did not so much as nick the b bi bl rim as it H whipped the net ending ending end- end 4 ing t a 59 struggle 1 f j Morgan undefeated champs 3 J of f handling ball and perCi pert per per- x 9 in t Ci Cj shooting in this meet meet meet- I d something they did well enough t to oust U Uintah and In their South Sevier game nl J they didn't take a shot for the 1 i 1 first four minutes working Corking the ball carefully forcing the theA theA theA A I Rams' Rams big men to tire on dee de- de e tense r Th y took to the floor of ot otI ofU I U the consolation finals with the thet t ii same plan in mind passing for 45 seconds before a shot opened up Using a trap defense the aimed to speed the game up and force Morgan to either shoot or lose the ball ball- gambling for tor a early lead The 1 Trojans' Trojans Bob Bell found the mark In the second half used a half court man-for-man man press which worked well enough to cut down the lead to two points Doug Neeley a quick defensive defensive defensive sive Templar fouled out and Morgan went ahead again The at this stage reverted to the trap again This ti time me It worked and the score was tied with a little over a minute left Morgan went ahead but Steve cal calmly dropped in two foul pitches with only 15 seconds left This set the stage for Bob Bells Bell's heroics The defense held against the drive and inside shot but there was no defense for the great heave of the Morgan Tribune All- All Stater Morgan lorgan only cast off ten shots in the second half haIC as they protected protected protected pro pro- their lead through passes and foul pitches but six of these found their mark As expected against the trap they shot the ball hall against the man-for-man man defense the they elected to use a pass and see cut and wait offense In the opening round Union increased their seasons seasons season s record r Howard president of the Old Time Athletes' Athletes Association in inthe inthe the center of the picture is Coach Wilbur Braithwaite to 3 25 at the expense of MIlS Ahead by nine in the second quarter the local had to bench Steve who incurred his third foul This gave Union a chance to close the gap to 29 26 at half After the intermission Jim Marshall Unions Union's talented center center center cen cen- ter broke away for a flurry of shots and assist passes to give the basin team the lead Although rallied and was only five points behind with four minutes the final score widened to 6 65 Ten o'clock In the morning Is an unusual time to start a basketball game But the Red and White was ready this tI time me and raced off to a 9 0 lead over Wasatch High The Wasps rallied and fought hard with Marc Hatch and Mike Hatch 63 twins leading the way but in the end the outside shooting of Kevin Cox Kim Clarke and the board work and scoring of Craig Nielson Steve coupled with the defense of Doug Neeley and andLa La Lamar mar Barton proved too much for the Heber quint With Cox Nielsen and Wil Wil- lards en on the bench with five fouls each the team of Neeley Barton Clarke Brant Tuttle and Ron Lewis went Into stall to cop the win 65 Next up was the Monticello game Mike Adams of the Buc- Buc was leading the state with explosions of 33 points and 24 points in his first two games With determined Doug Neeley on him he had but four for the half haIC and only 10 for the game The defense came to life In Inthis inthis inthis this one At one point the score was 5 22 as Steve b blocked numerous shots and Kevin Cox shut out his man Each player on the squad scored Kim Clarke continued I his great play from the game i before canning 10 quick points giving him 25 in about 24 minutes minutes minutes min min- utes of play Lamar Bartons Barton's outs outside i de shooting eye warmed up Taking the eye of many was the expert of Buddy Kelsel Keisel in inthis inthis inthis i this game and the rebounding of Brant Tuttle Kay Barton used Inside fakes i to fool the opponents and Larry Cox hit three out out of four foul pitches Steady Kay Nelson quick Ron i Lewis finished out their high i school playing days i other seniors Barton Cox and and 1 Clarke |