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Show Basketball Takes Over By John Yardley Just like all the seasons of the year, basketball (one season in and of itself) has once again set in for county-wide players and fans. All three high school boys' teams saw action last weekend. There were bright spots for all three teams, but none of the three was able to come up with a victory. Bryce Valley lost a close encounter with Parowan 76-73 Friday, then lost to Fredonia Saturday, while Escalante lost 61-51 to Milf ord and Panguitch fell to 2-A Manti, 54-46. The Mustangs were in the game with the Rams from Parowan right up to the end, but were unable to mount enough of a charge at the right time. A myriad of missed basket attempts inside turned Clare Ramsay's hair a little gray and was probably the major factor ,in the loss. The bright side, however, was the scoring of 73 points. Trent Feltner had another fine game with 24 points, his brother Tim tanked 21 and Charles Henry and Bryce Syrett each dropped in 10 for the Mustangs in a well-balanced scoring attack. Saturday, the Mustangs traveled to Fredonia and that strange "tartan turf" never really got unpacked. The final was 55-38 with Charles Henry leading the scoring parade with 14 points. This week BV plays Valley at home and then travels to GiunJspiT4' . Escalante spotted Milford to an early 22 point lead before charging back behind a tough half court press to cut the lead to only three in the fourth quarter. At that point, however, the Moquis were forced to foul and Milford converted from the free-throw line to finally finish up by 10, 61-51 at Milford. Clint Porter, one of the finest athletes in the county, hit for 22 to lead the Moqui scorers, while Ricky Crawford and David Reed also scored well. Coach Jim Smith's freshmen played well coming off the bench with the press to help bring his team back. This week, the Escalante team takes the tough road trip to North Sevier and Gunnison on consecutive nights. At Panguitch, the Bobcats opened up 1984 with a strong effort against Manti. Panguitch trailed by two at half-time, 26-24, but rallied back to tie at 34 s after three. The game was close in the final stanza, until Manti broke open a 40-40 tie to win at 54-46. Panguitch was a little ragged in their ball handling, but game experience should help cure some of that. Coach Brian McAllister's squad really played some fine 'hustling basketball most of the way. Nate Brinkerhoff drove hard to the basket all night for the Bobcats and ended up with 18 to lead the scoring for his team. The little lefty made some nifty moves inside. Earl Jolley had a strong performance and scored 10. Other starters Steve Burton, Heath Sartini (just out of the hospital) and Dave Ipson also 1 worked hard and played well. Stephen Braithwaite scored 22 for Manti and Jeff Bennion hit 16 for the Templers. Stephen is the son of head coach Wilbur Braithwaite, a veteran coach and fine gentleman. Panguitch takes on the pre-season favorite team, Piute, this Friday in Panguitch, then travels to Wayne County on Saturday. Piute knocked off 2-A Pineview last weekend, and looks to be one of the toughest teams in the whole state 1-A. |