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Show Delta trips Cedar Oedmen to take lead in basketball race i fieldgoals. The Redmen hit 25 of 57 attempts for a 44 percent average. CEDAR 70 Adams 4 4 2 10 Cosslett 7 7 5 19 Jensen 12 2 4 Watson 2 9 8 12 Walker 3 2 17 Judd 5 4 1 11 Banszyinski 2 0 0 4 Rice 12 13 Totals 25 30 20 70 DELTA 79 Warnick 0 2 2 2 Wright 5 10 7 17 Rowley 5 9 6 16 Adams 9 10 6 24 Burraston 4 3 2 10 McCall 2 7 6 10 Totals 25 41 29 79 Score by quarters: Cedar .... 19 18 14 19 70 Delta ...... 24 17 16 22 79 men game plan to keep the ball away from Adams inside was offset by the ability of Wright and Rowley with 17 and 16 points respectively, to connect from outside. Adams, was the big scorer of the game with 24 points. For the Redmen Rod Cosslett hit for 19 points; Doug Watson had 12, eight of them from the foul line and David Judd came off the bench to connect for 11 big points for the Redmen. The two starting seniors for the Redmen, Cosslett and Charlie Walker tooth left the game via the foul route. Both clubs connected for 25 The Delta Rabbit leaped into in-to the lead of the Region Eight Basketball race Friday night as they defeated the Cedar High School Redmen 79-70 in what .was expected the battle for the league championship. Two weeks of league play remain bit the Rabbits of Delta, with the victory over the Redmen, put themselves in the drivers seat. The Cedar High School Red-men Red-men found themselves in foul trouble early in the contest and were battling 'against the plague of foul trouble throughout the contest. In the first quarter of play the Rabbits jumped to a five point lead at 24-19 and the John Nielsen coached club of Cedar City played catch-up ball for the remainder of the evening.. It was Delta by four at the intermission and in the third period the Redmen moved to within one point but could never quite overtake the Rabbits Rab-bits on their home floor. The Rabbits got a balanced attack out of their starting five with each man scoring in the double figures. The Red- |