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Show Cedar High Five Wins Thrilling Encounter With Hurricane Team TEAM STANDINGS Won Lost Pet. Cedar 6 2 .750 Kanab 7 3 .700 Dixie - - 7 3 .700 Hurricane 6 4 .600 Parowan 5 S .500 Enterprise 3 7 .300 Ordervilie 0 10 .000 Tlie Cedar high school basketball team took a big step toward the sute tournament PYlday night when 't defeated the Hurricane high odiool team by a score of 34 to 31, bit It was a very difficult step to take. The visitors from Hurricane dominated the pl.iy throughout nnst of the game, but the Cedar players, hawking the ball as if their life depended upon It and refusing to accept defeat, staged a final quarter rally that will long be remembered. re-membered. With very llitlo playing time left, Clyde Lowman converted two foul tries and Dale Milne, play ing a sensational substitute role, tipped a field goal to turn what looked like certain defeat into thrilling thrill-ing victory. Cedar started fast and ran up a 7 to 3 fenrl hi the first few minutes of play, but at that point Hurricane Hurri-cane came to life with a bang, and with Langston, Slack and Church hitting the hoop from all angles, ran away from the Cedar team, scoring 16 points while completely shutting out the local cagers to take a 19 to 7 lead. It looked like Hurricane Hurri-cane was headed for another onesided one-sided victory, but Cedar rallied near the end of the half, Kent Dover dropping In two baskets and Rosenberg Rosen-berg one while Langston was adding one foul try for Hurricane and the half ended with the visitors leading 20 to 13. At the start of the second half Slack added two points to Hurricane's Hurri-cane's lead and everyone but the Cedar players were about ready to concede the game. Rosenberg made a field goal and Lunt a foul pitch, but Hurricane chalked up three more goals to go Into a 28 to 16 lead. Milne entered the game at this point and seemed to revive the spirits of his team. Lunt made a foul pitch and Dover scored two goals in rapid fashion to bring the score to 21 to 28, but was ousted on fouls a few seconds later, and It looked like the rally would be over. However, DelMar Janson, who replaced re-placed Dover, came through In yeoman style and the attack did not let down. Hurricane converted on the foul that ousted Dover, but Rosenberg matched It with a field goal, and the third period ended at 23 to 29. As the final period opened Rosenberg and Lunt scored goals to bring the score to 27 to 29, but Hurricane got a foul point for a three-point lead. DelMar Janson closed It to two points with a foul, but Rosenberg fouled Terry Terry converting the point and Rosenberg leaving the game. Seconds after, Dorian Janson left the game, the third Cedar player to go out on fouls. With three substitutes In the game, the visitors three points In the lead and less than three minutes to go, the cause looked hopeless to many Cedar fans, but not to the players. At this point Lowman was fouled as he TU trvlnir for a basket, and with the outcome of the game resting squarely on his shoulders, he converted both tries, which made the score 30 to 31 and then Milne emerged from a tangle of players to tip In the basket that put his team on lead. With the Hurricane sharpshooters coming dangerously close with desperate des-perate shots the lead was not safe until Lowman added a neat one-handed one-handed shot and the much needed victory was won. In this sensational last half rally, Hurricane was held to three points all from foul pitches from the middle mid-dle of the third period to the end of the game. During the same time Cedar tallied 17 points on seven Held goals and three foul pitches. Cedar retained first place In the league as a result of the. victory, but Kanab and Dixie stayed very much In the race, Kanab defeating Ordervllle, 52 to 9, and Dixie defeating de-feating Parowan, 39 to 28. Hurricane Hurri-cane stayed In the race by trimming Enterprise 41 to 24 Saturday night. The Cedar team will play St. George tonight In an all-important game and will tangle with Ordervllle Order-vllle in the Cedar gym on Friday night. On Friday night Kanab will Play at Hurricane and Enterprise U1 play at Parowan. Next week end Dixie will play at Kanab, Hurricane Hur-ricane at Ordervllle and Cedar at Enterprise on Friday night and the final game of the season will be played between Cedar and Parowan Paro-wan on the Cedar floor Saturday night, and this game might easily be the one to decide the division Championship. The score:. CEDAR (34) q X F P Dover, rf 5 1 1 11 Lunt, If 13 2 4 Rosenberg, c . 5 0 0 10 Dor. Janson, rg . 0 10 0 Loman, lg 15 2 4 Del. Janson, rf - 0 111 MUne, lg 2 5 0 4 Totals 14 1G 6 34, HURRICANE (31) O T F P Wilcox, rf 14 3 5 Terry. If 16 2 4 Langston, c .". 3 6 3 9 Slack, rg 3 4 17 Church, lg 3 0 0 6 Jennings, lg 0 10 0 Totals 11 21 9 31 Score by quarters: Cedar 7 13 23 54 Hurricane 9 20 29 31 S |