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Show THE BASKETBALL WHIRL Moquis Beat Bobcats Tie For Loop Lead BULLETIN Wednesday night at Escalante the visiting Bobcats from Panguitch blew hot and then blew cool - - At one point the 'Cats had an eleven point lead then In the next little while as a suddenly hot shooting Moqnl team rang up 17 markers they scored only one. Es- calante won 54 to 51 to tie at 3 and 1 with Valley for the lead In Garfield Loop of Re gton 7 Basketball. Last Friday should have completed the Hirst go-round of games in the Garfield loop of Region 7, but a flu epidemic in Escalante resulted in a request . (continued on back page BASKETBALL (continued from front page) that all public gatherings be called off so the Escalante-Panguitch game scheduled to be played there Friday was postponed until Wednesday, January 31st. Teams which have complet ed the first go round schedule of four gamea are; Valley with a three-win-one-loss record to lead the pack followed by Piute and Bryce Valley tied at 2 and 2 each. Going Into the Escalante-Panguitch game Wednesday night the MoQuis of Escalante had a two win one loss record. Panguitch was in the cellar with a record of three losses and no wins. In Friday's only game Bryce Valley tangled with Valley, got behind 7 to 22 by end of the first quarter and then had to play catch-up ball the rest of the almost the way - - nipping Buffaloes from Valley but eventually losing by one point. 50 to 60. C. Rose of Bryce with 27 points led all scorers in the game Johnson's 12 and O. Rose's 7 helped boost the Bryce score. On the Valley side Fowler's 15 and Workman's 13 led the scoring. |