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Show Cedar Casabites Increase Prestige With Victories Over White Pine High The Cedar City Redmen return-, ed from Ely, Nev., late Saturday! evening with two more victories' added to their pre-season record rec-ord which finished up with a good seven won and two lost record. Sixth victory of the season over White Pine Friday evening did not come easy, however. They were forced into a third overtime period before they finally fi-nally won by a two-point margin 46 to 44. Saturday the Redmen had it all their own way as they broke fast and hit a phenomenally high percentage of their shots for a final 63 to 32 victory over the same club. , For the two-night stand the Cedar rnd .White Pine Junior varsity squads tangled in preliminary pre-liminary events. The Kedmen JV's cm up with a victory in the opening game 30 to 27 but dropped drop-ped the Saturday evening contest by a score of 48 to 39. Friday evening the Redmen had to come from behind in two of three over'imes to remain in the game, then with the game all tied up at 44-all and seconds to go, Boyd Dover stole the ball and dribbled half the length of the" court for a final counter and the 46 to 44 victory. The game ended 36 to 36 after a hard gought regulation tiiru with the lead changing handt often. In the first overtime per iod the White Pine Bobcats mov ed out in front by four points with the Redmen bouncing back and tying It up at 40-all when Eric Gardner, high scorer for the evening, dropped in two foul pitches with Just seconds again remaining in the period. White Pine again took the lead in the second overtime period, a margin of two points and the Redmen again fought back with a desperation hook shot by Weston Wes-ton Ki'chen tying the game up at 42-all to keep the flame alive. Cedar broke Into the lead In the third overtime with a field goal by Eric Gardner. White Pine tied It up and was In con'rol of the ball when Dover stole it on a two-on-one situation and went in for the winning basket. Saturday evening the Kedmen Jumped out into an early lead with a 10 point margin, 17 to 7 at the first rest period. Early in the second period the Kedmen moved to a 15 point margin and they continued to spread the margin between the two clubs. Gardner again led the scoring with 20 points and Travis Nelson working in the post turned in an outstanding performance as well as getting 13 points. Dover, who led the rebounding for the ! Redmer., was next to high ln both contests, tanking 12 Friday, night and 18 Saturday evening.! Neil Tetty set the pace for he Redmen Saturday night, moving them into an early lead with three quick field goals from the side of the key. They never broke that pace. The Redmen ended up the first evening of play with a shooting percentage of 32C. They hit for only 20 in the first half and upped the percentage to 44 in the second period and overtimes. over-times. The difference in the two ball fames was the shooting. The Redmen hit for nearly 50 in the second night stand and in the third quarter hit a percentage mark of 90 with nine field goals in 10 attempts. By quarters, the Redmen his 61. 23, and 93 per rent, falling to eight per cent in the fourth and final per iod The junior varsity walked off with a vic'ory in the opening open-ing round with Douglas Haycock leading the attack. Haycock was strong on the boards, grabbing in a number of rebounds and com-rr com-rr hrnnoh with some timely scoring to keep the Redmen in ii" i"td most of the time. At th halftime the score was all tied up at 18-all and the third period found them trailing by one. 23 to 22. A fourth quarter spurt gave them the final victory. Saturday evening White Pine' JVs jumped out into an eatly lead and they commanded the game from then on. Leading by seven points they maintained that lead and added a few In thej final period for an 11 point -"-"ad over Cedar's Junior Red-! men. I u'tf Marchant and Lory Ml-sel Ml-sel turned in good performances 'or the 13-man squad In the sec-; md evening of play, according to' Decker. I ccdai crrr white pine I Gtrp r. t r r 3 2 0 4 Petty Slhley Oil 1 1 0 0 0 Bowlrr Tall t O 0 5 4 2 12 Dover lavt 2 4 i 8 14 1 7 Kitchen Sampson 4 2 2 10 2 11 1 5 Ijirinn Lemlrh 4 12 10 1 0 0 0 Nplnn Arnlton 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 OP Yerireniien Mandaa 10 0 2 7 S 4 IS Gardner r-anatopoulna 3 0 0 6 19 16 8 46 TOTALS IT 12 10 44 Score hy quartern: 'Velar City 7 16 27 38 40 42 46 Whl'e . 6 18 21 VA A 42 44 CE0A1 CITY S3 WHITE PIWE ? t t f p crrr n n n no " im " ' " ' " 0 10 0 Ai4enoii AmolcUon 10 0 3 Pa...... too 0 Randall Miller 0130 0 0 0 0 Bowler Dunham 0 0 0 0 H 4 2 18 Dover Sltl-v 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 Kitchen Davit 0 3 2 2 111 3 LarMn Samptnn 1113 6 4 1 13 Nelwm Mandai 12 2 4 110 IP. Vert-cnuon Lemlrh 2 5 4 C H 4 4 20 Gardner 27 1 9 63 TOTALS 9 20 1 1 4. Score by quartert: Cedar City VJ While Pine 7 11 1 3J B-Suuad gamci quarter acoret: Friday evening. Cedar City .11 1 -2 White Pine 7 IK U X Saturday evening. Cedar City 9 16 , White Pine 12 23 35 48 |
