Iron County Record | 1952-01-03 | Page 3 | Hi Schools Open Dixie District Basketball Race

Hi Schools Open Dixie District Basketball Race High school basketball teams of the Dixie division of Region six will open the 1952 race Friday Fri-day night with three games. From then until Feb. 29, the six teams of the district will pair off in the battle for first place and a berth in the state tournament, and second place, which earns a place in a play-off with the runner-up in the Millard district for the third team to enter the state meet from Region six. The Cedar high school Red-men Red-men will journey to Kanab Friday Fri-day night to open their bid for the title in a game with the Kanab Ka-nab Cowboys. The Redmen, on the basis of pre-season games should be favored to win the game, but Coach Alma Garrett's squad has been riddled with attacks at-tacks of flu and the Cowboys should be in a good position to stage an upset. Coach Garrett had not definitely defin-itely decided on his traveling squad at press rime. Lamar Clark, Jack Sargent and Billy Naegle have been ill. Sargent will probably not even make the trip and the other two wil be in poor condition. Gary Middle-ton, Middle-ton, Gordon Sargent, Craig Jones, Don Ray Melling, Ray Stephenson, Stephen-son, J. N. Webster and Lawrence Law-rence Ashdown will be ready for action although some of them will not be in the best condition. condi-tion. Keith Cooley and Steven Lunt, two sophomores, may be taken along as reserves. In the other two games In the opening round the Valley high school Buffalos will travel to St. George for a game with the Dixie Dix-ie Flyers, and the Enterprise Wolves will meet the Hurricane Tigers at Hurricane.