Show J Ji i Hawks fly in hi Friday r 1 4 for contest with I The question of the day at is By night at pm p.m. will Pep It Rastus' Rastus be safely at rest In the Templar Temp Temp- lar trophy case or will they and Victory too too- be travelIng traveling traveling trav trav- eling to Mt Pleasant For anyone not acquainted with Pep n It n Rastus they are a pair of colored dolls that date back farther than most can remember remember remember ber around these parts and Victory Is their only off off- spring Winner of the North Sanpete Sanpete-Manti High School basketball bas bas- game adopts them after j each game This Is one of the oldest rivalries In the state More than the question of the dol dolls Is is at sake in the game Friday the at the Ar Ar- Ar mory If NS survives the Juab r J Wasp Invasion and if wins from Wasatch Academy In midweek midweek midweek mid mid- week games the leagues league's lead K c will wUl go to the victor r North Sanpete defeated Gunnison Gunnison Gun- Gun r nison 76 59 and downed Wasatch Wasatch Wasatch Was Was- atch by a sided lop-sided score In their first league games Brent Bailey and Paul Madsen are Hawk guards while Stanton Seeley Seeley See See- ley operates at pivot and the are Scott Frandsen I and David Lund or Jerry Shep- Shep pard i Seeley Is a 64 Junior and Madsen a junior All others others oth oth- ers are seniors with a fair amount of experience Every player but Madsen acted as starters for or the Hawks In several several several sev sev- eral games last season After a surprisingly slow season pre-season start NS has consolI consolidated consolidated con con- solI dated forces to win four ina in ina ina a row five if they beat Juab Bailey is a dri driver ver and outside shooter Madsen a shot long-shot threat Francom a baseline jump shooter Sheppard a quick driver and Seeley a developing post Gunnison's Bulldogs used a a. man five-man weave in last weeks week's game with the Big Red to control control control con con- the ball The first time possession was secured they moved into the hand dribble off of and look routine for up up- up wards of a minute Apparently the object here was to 1 Tire the 2 2 Run the clock down 3 Draw the defense away from the basket 4 Draw personal personal personal per per- fouls 5 Spring ace forward forward forward for for- ward Donald Hill HUl free Pressure in the form of guards Doug Neeley and Larry Cox and forward Brant Tuttle forced the team to pass erratically or travel In both cases the were able to capitalize on the mistakes and drive to a 3 17 first quarter quarter quarter ter lead Neeley deflected several balls near the line half-line and raced down for lay By time half-time the score was 37 The early game plan was abandoned at the onset of the second quarter by Gunnison and they set into a 2 1 of offense offense offense of- of designed to set Donald Hill HUl up one on Tenacious defense by Brant Tuttle held the normally high scoring se senior senior senior se- se in check Kay Barton and Hart Sanders followed through with the defense in the third and fourth quarters Hill HUl ended up with 11 points exactly 32 less than he had scored earlier in the week against Juab Craig Nielsen and Steve Wll- Wll traded off of making looping looping loop loop- ing assist passes to each other in the second quarter Buddy Keisel sparked the defense and junior Jim Braithwaite connected connected connected con con- on six fast points Eleven players entered the scoring column column column col col- to account for the final 68 45 score Next home court action Is only a short week away Juab returns to the Armory to try to even the score with This is the start of the second half of league play The date is Friday January 30 f ti- ti l I. I i i is s r twy t I E EV lV 4 1 V. V V y ft 3 V V r V r a an n Y r ONLY A FEW INCHES AWAY Manti Mantl High School center Steve Howard Ephraim doesn't have to push the basketball very far to the hoop He is the tallest in state |