Show Badgers Test F For Snow College basketball fans it will wm be long time no see The battling Badgers will be away from home for their next nine games TheY'll play Rangely Range Range- ly and the B BYU YU freshmen away this week in non conference games be at Mesa Jan 24 and at College of Eastern Utah Jan 25 and so on In fact they wont won't be seen again on their home hardwood until Feb 21 when they 1 host ost Mesa and then wind up the season the following night with CE CEU U. U That will give a lot of travel and a big bunch of ot grueling action on hostile floors in the second half of the season but its it's the way the schedule runs The Badgers will take a re respectable respectable re record into the nether half of the season Overall they've got a 6 record Inthe In Inthe Inthe the conference race they're in second place with two wins and one loss The loss came Saturday night in Snow gym in a shaker roof-shaker that saw the College of Southern Idaho Eagles picked at the beginning of the season as the team to beat in the campaign campaign campaign cam cam- almost get shot out of the air by the Snow gunners The final count was 70 68 for but It could have gone the other way with Snow trying a desperation shot Just as the buzzer sounded If It the shot had been good it would have put the game into overtime The game was a spine all the way Snow got away to toan toan o oan an early lead but caught up at 23 and were ahead 35 29 at the half half Midway through the second period the Badgers rallied and were be behind behind be- be hind by the losing two points with six seconds left Leading s scorers for tor the Bad Badgers gers were Mike Scheuer with 26 Jeff Taylor 18 and Kay Miles 16 16 It was was' the climax of ofa a big basketball week which saw Snow Rangely 95 88 95 Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day night and drub Ricks 96 80 Friday ManU Mantl High School returned to the hardwoods this week after a day 12 respite from competition On Wednesday night they matched steps with a a rising Gunnison club that has found new hope in the shooting of Donald Hill Hill HUl a 62 junior forward had a fancy 31 point two-game two average before the contest with MRS that was played played play play- ed at Gunnison In last Fridays Friday's play at North Sanpete the smooth working jump shot drive artist managed managed managed man man- aged 31 counters ignoring the fact that defensive stalwart Da David vid Bailey was guarding him If It Hill goes on a scoring orgy It could be bad medicine for forthe forthe forthe the Gunnison nearly upset the Hawks with a gal gal- lant 54 52 effort On Friday Jan 17 Dick Berti will lead the Wasatch Academy team in a home homo game for the A mini size forward Berti Bertt measures a bare 56 A starter from his sophomore year the senior left-hander left has scored in double double double dou dou- ble digits in nearly all of his games He again went over the 20 plus mark as his team lost to Juab at Nephi Help for Berti comes in the form of 62 Keith Loken who returns after a years year's absence from w W. W A. A The ers ers say that their team Is im improved improved improved im- im proved over last year Players and fans are also looking forward to next season already This is due mainly to their their- modern new facility that is nearly completed After a great alumni drive the school one of Utah's oldest will wUl now have a purpose multi-purpose building that will give a a new home to several departments including physical education and music This will wUl also be music to the ears of teams who have been upset victims over the years in the present Academy |