Show win win consolation playing their best ball of the fear ear Mantl Manti High School downed ch 67 50 to win the con- con trophy at the state lass Class ass AA basketball tournament Keld ld at the George In Provo The trophy for fifth place places as s the first one that the Temp Temp- ars lars have ever received nd Indeed it was consola on lon In part for an opening loss losso o a fired up Judge Memorial earn that sent the left ert Instead of right In the tour tour- ment bracketing according toach to oath loach ach Wilbur T. T Braithwaite The win gave Mantl Manti High chool fifth ruth place In recent ars ors they have been first twice sixth and eighth ut never fifth ruth Trophies in the meet are given only to first second and fifth places so a agold agold agold gold trophy was added to the schools school's case this week A complete team victory was achieved according to Coach Braithwaite Playing like a man with a purpose purpose pur pur- pose was John Green a 63 senior forward He socked In eight of 10 fielders and two of fI five ve from the line for a seasons seasons season's seasons season's sea sea- sons son's high 18 They came from hooks outside shots and re rebound rebound rebound re- re bound caroms In addition he Intercepted numerous passes Jim ErIcksen set his teammates teammates teammates team team- mates up repeatedly with screens got 19 points and as usual made his presence felt Todd Petersen showed his usual brand of hustle while Continued on page two I Y 1 ti C r 1 a f S Now heres here's the way that we are going to win this ball game la a bewildered player seems to be telling a disinterested donkey This Information will be repeated Monday night at the Armory 1 as the teachers from the MantI Mantl High School tackle their EphraIm I Junior High School counterparts vI k r 4 I t h. h fc S 1 7 r r ii Spirit leaders of or the Manti High School kneel around the Templar T with the state consolation championship and Region VII AA trophies gained by recently Shown from left to right are Lancer President Joy Gon- Gon zales senior cheerleaders Diane Lund Vickie Johnson Mari Larl Carlisle and Robin Keller and Drill T Team am President Renee Arm Arm- strong The advisor advisor is Ned Jensen The two trophies are now re resting ting in MRS JAHS trophy case snare fifth in tourney y Continued from page one Bob Tuttle hit 13 points and showed full recovery from ahead a ahead ahead head cold that had slowed him up in earlier games Reid Cox had his finest game of the tournament as the rangy sophomore guard controlled the ball well in setting plays and pumped in a number of outside outside outside out out- side shots The game was well over bythe by bythe bythe the third quarter as Manti ManU High had a 30 point lead 58 A stingy defense limited the Wildcats Wildcats Wildcats Wild Wild- cats to only 19 by the half This was win number four forthe for forthe the over the Richfield Richfield Rich Rich- field crew this season The Judge Memorial game was something else according to Coach Braithwaite After a close first half the roof caved In for MRS as the sky-high sky Bulldogs cranked upa upa up upa a 54 38 fourth quarter lead An important part of their strategy strategy stra stra- apparently was to foul out Jim Ericksen Many teams have tried this before this season season sea sea- son to no avail but but this timed time it worked Driving tactics did not do It as the big center timed his blocks to deflect numerous lay- lay ups The stunt that finally paid off ort was planting a small guard on his blind side In taking g high passes he bumped into the shorter Gary Barber to record record record rec rec- ord his fourth and fifth ruth fouls At this stage MRS trailed b beight by y eight points With Ericksen on the bench the Judge team Ignited a spirited rally and showed blazing speed to forge to a 72 42 win Eventually in the meet the Judge players ran out of steam and were beaten ultimately by bya a good Payson team and quick Grantsville to end up in seventh seventh sev sev- place But their gambling and quickness led to their opening opening open open- ing win along with their theft great shooting that night Although down mentally MRS rallied to defeat an old opponent opponent opponent ent the the North Sanpete Hawks Once again the Hawks controlled controlled con con- trolled the ball and waited wafted patiently patiently pa pa- for the good percentage shot They hardly missed In the first half To speed the tempo of the game MRS successfully used a trap defense to outscore Sanpete 16 to 8 8 in the second quarter This proved to be the margin needed Late in the game the Temp Temp- lars used a stall semi-stall to force the Hawks to go spread court from their compact 2 1 zone Ericksen and Petersen hit 30 and 12 each Good assist passing was the outstanding quality of the game Coach Braithwaite pointed out Now back on the victory trail MRS met tall Union High School Jared Whitehead at 69 Is the tallest player to ever don doo dona a uniform at the Roosevelt school N the None Ericksen Ericksen Ericksen Erick Erick- sen deflected his shots many time Ume But It was basically tea team m defensive play that spelled doom doo for the Cougars In the entire second period they manage managed d only four points to 14 The halftime score was 27 to 13 and the point spread mounted as all starters hit Bob Tuttle limited the star Union guar guard d Paul Betts Belts to only seven points and Reid Cox stopped Steve with only one Brad McGarry a spark plug ug team player all year saw action In all games as did senior guards Randy Nielsen and Gary Peterson who worked hard bard all season to get in physical shape for the tournament Juniors Hal Stott Jeff Olsen Terrel Terre Edwards and sophomore Brent Dobson gained valuable experience as did team members members members mem mem- bers Denny Parry Reed Hatch and Bob Dyreng who kept statistics statistics statistics sta sta- and helped manager Steve Keller in administering off court details The coaching staff players and administration have appreciated appreciated appreciated the well wishing and support support support sup sup- port of all who have helped sustain the team through the season which just ended Coach Braithwaite concludes that next Novembers November's try-outs try already do not seem too far off |