Show r fl y I t 1 r j v r t. t i j t W t l n i ii iw w i 1 r t 1 t ts s p. p t r 1971 Front Front row l Garry manager Joe Jim Braithwaite Hart Sanders Gary Peterson and Mark Cox manager second row Mark Aston The Morgan High School Trojans Trojans Tro Tro- jans belted the Manti Manta High School on the chin Wednesday 39 in inthe inthe inthe the opening round of play for forthe forthe forthe the in the Class A basketball tournament being ing held at the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse in Provo The will square off oU Thursday at pm p.m. against the Wasatch Wasps who lost their opening round game against Delta Yesterday afternoon and Morgan battled in a first day game of the 1971 Utah State Class A Tournament at George Albert Smith Fieldhouse at BYU The winner of or that contest contest contest con con- test plays this evening with the victor of the Wasatch Delta Wasatch-Delta Delta game while the losers go at atit atit atit it at Morgan Trojans are coached by Ron Abegglen a former BYU player who specializes in teaching the full court press to a spirited squad This years year's version of the press is reportedly reportedly reportedly report report- edly sticky as ever Both the defense and offense Is triggered by Gary guard who Region Five coaches claim has been unstoppable to date His average Is a cool 22 and he gets plenty of scoring help Rand Nielson John Green Bob Tuttle and Coach Glen Goodwin third row row Kevin Jim Ericksen Nell Neil Dobson Terral Terrel Edwards and Coach Wilbur Braithwaite Morgan downs Temps 47 39 face Wasatch at Thursday from Gayle a 60 forward who hits for 14 per game gamer Other starters are Scott Carrigan Carrigan Carrigan Carri- Carri gan 58 guard Jim Barker 62 center and Mark Ree 61 forward Morgan placed third In Region Five behind Wasatch and Their losses In league play were three point and one point defeats to lo these two teams THE favorite Is Payson although San Juan and Judge Memorial are lurking close In the shadows Teams like Uintah with a 10 0 league record Millard Ullard with Richard George Cedar City and Dixie are all capable of ot pulling off oft the title Finals are scheduled for Saturday in this team 16 meet The placed second in the 1971 Round Hound Robin losing in the finals 64 68 to lo Rich Rich- field Earlier they defeated Emery 60 53 to earn spot and then defeated Juab last Thursday 49 47 to lo cop rop a state berth Some outstanding sidelights of the three games were these tidbits of or information Bob Tut- Tut tIe tle stopped Doug Emerys Emery's ace forward to lo two points a full 20 bt below low his late season output Kevin gave plenty of help here Jim ErIcksen took a 27 rebounds with Emery and then 29 with Juab to prove this was no fluke nuke Hart Sanders and Jim Braithwaite shot well In the tournament along with Mark Aston who found the range over the zone some defenses encountered The championship game g-ame was wasa a h heart art After Atter trailing by four to nine points all game MRS made a run for tor it in the fourth quarter and went ahead by one with minutes remaining The score scene was tied at all 62 and all 64 with only seconds to go Richfield was able to get the crucial basket to o hold holda a two point lead leai until thrE three e seconds remained They Y converted converted converted con con- foul shots at this his juncture junc juncture junc- junc ture to lo win The team received d a n gold trophy for second spond place Jim Jim Ericksen was voted to lo the allstar allstar allstar all- all star team leam along with nine other players from the 12 team 12 tournament For those fans who are wondering if Jim has a new pair pall of shoes for state the answer an answer answer an- an is yes In the second quarter his leather top shoes completely split out on the side necessitating an announcement from the scorers scorers' table Has any player here got size 14 shoes for tor rent or borrow In a gesture of good sportsmanship sportsmanship sportsmanship sports sports- manship Russ Rider Richfield's Rich Rich- fit fields s big center sent for tor a pair of practice shoes in his locker The game went on for four tour minutes while Niel Dobson capably filled in for tor ErIc Ericksen en who ambled oft off to put on the new found round shoes Terrel Edwards forward made th the squad to state stale as a rel replacement for Brian Hatch who has missed most of or the season with in In- In juries Terrel was Mas voted most Inspirational player of the year by his sophomore teammates teammates team team- mates and thus was elected |