Show to host Gunnison Friday For three consecutive Fridays Fridays Fridays Fri Fri- days Manti High School cavort at home The beckons rival Gunnison Gunnison Gunnison Gun Gun- nison the North Sanpete and the the Juab Wasps will start the second half of league play A quick run-down run of statistics statistics statistics statis statis- tics discloses that out of the thelast thelast thelast last 45 home ome games the Big Red has won 42 of them for a 93 average When the present seniors were sophomores Coach Gary Bliss present Snow College coach brought his No 1 ranked Spartans from Emery High to town t to end a game 23 home winning streak Since then the have lost at home to Dixie and North Sanpete both defeats came last year but have compiled 19 victories including six st straight this season Gary Hill one of the most acclaimed in the long history of Region VII is at the Bulldog helm The ex Brigham Young University regul regular r is In his first year at Gunnison Helping him get started is relative Donald Hill a 6 2 senior forward Last summer Don had an accident that threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened his vision While fishing up Six-Mile Six Canyon his treble hook became snagged A jerk dislodged dislodged dislodged dis dis- dis- dis lodged the hook but only for a second It found its way squarely square square- ly into his eye After several anxious weeks part of which h was spent In a Salt Lake hospital hospital hos hos- pital the eyesight gradually was restored fully Last Friday he looked his usual self scoring 24 points in a losing cause at North Sanpete Two vo other regulars from last year start for the Blue and White team They are both seniors seniors seniors sen sen- Brent Jensen 60 guard and Brent Coates 60 for for- ward Gunnison son boasts a fast- fast moving attack as usual and are capable of scoring The kickoff of league play was last Friday and Mantl MantI High School invaded A Aon concerted con on concerted team effort spelled trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble for the Wasps and meant victory for the ing in double-digits double were Brant Tuttle Craig Nielsen Steve n Don Dou J r ley and andL L Larry ry Cox Not only was the scoring balanced Coach Wilbur Braithwaite points pC out but re rebounds rebounds rebounds re- re bounds came out the same way wayon on the front line and the guards N Neeley eley Cox and Kuisel Keisel caused 13 Juab turnovers Randy Sperry the high ing quarterback was denied the ball through team hustle and particularly the efforts of Doug Neeley who guarded him through most of the game Cox took over this defensive chore when Neeley committed his foul Stellar defensive work by Steve is reflected In the record He de deflected deflected de- de nine shots many of them in close-in attempts and held his man Pay a 65 center to zero points Shooting cold the first half 36 Manti Mantl High School still led 30 20 at halftime as Cox and Nielsen coupled for 14 points late in the second ter In the third quarter the went 31 with improved shooting The fourth quarter was played conservatively conservatively conservatively conserva conserva- against the quick Wasps and the final score was 62 48 Shooting percentage for the second half figured at 53 Juab shot for 34 and 36 far below their 50 according according according accord accord- ing to their coaches A big factor in the win was the ability of the guards to break the trapping defense set up by bythe bythe bythe the fleet neet Wasps and also the fact that the N Nephi fast-break fast was sharply limited Leading scorer for Juab was Richard Hansen with 15 points JUAB fg ft f pis Tuttle 4 6 3 11 Barton 0 4 3 3 Nielsen 6 4 4 16 Braithwaite 0 0 0 0 4 5 2 10 Neeley 4 4 2 10 Cox 6 0 0 12 Kelsel 0 0 0 0 Aston 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 24 23 14 62 |