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Show Etedmen down Pixie Flyers to stay atop Region 8 standings V-1 f j The Cedar High School Red-men Red-men basketball squad moved their Region Eight record to 3 wins and no losses here Friday night with an impressive 78-58 win over the Dixie Flyers. The Flyers put a scare into the Redmen in the first half of play. The Dixie squad hit their first seven shots from the field and took a 20 to 18 lead after the first quarter. If not for the fine shooting of Kevin Cox, the Redmen at that point, could have been further behind. Cox hit his first six shots to help keep Cedar within striking distance. The Redmen first took the lead from the Flyers with 39 seconds remaining in the first half at 38-36. The Flyers came back to tie the score, but a half court shot by Bob Piatt at the buzzer, found the hoop and the Redmen went into the locker room with a 40-38 half-time lead after trailing the whole first half. The second half saw the Red-. men take complete control of the game with Coby Leavitt, the high-point man of the contest con-test with 20 points, and Bob Piatt and Robert Shirts giving fine performances for the Cedar High crew. At the end of the third quarter quar-ter the Redmen had moved out t.j a 14 -point lead at 60-46. In the fourth and final period, per-iod, Cedar moved out to as much as a 24 point lead. With . about three minutes remaining in the game, Coach Dick Hobbs cleared his bench and the Red-men Red-men coasted to their third re-ion re-ion victory. Tie win moves the Redmen ; convincingly into first place in the Region Eight race. I Saturday evening the Red- men added yet another victory to their record with a win over Valley High School 69-48. Coby Leavitt, the Redmen's leading scorer, had 20 points while Cox, Shirts, and Cornell Chrlstensen were all in double figures for the Redmen. UP FOR TWO. Coby Leavitt of the Cedar High Red-men Red-men goes high in the air with jump shot "and two points in battle against Dixie Flyers. Leavitt hit for 20 but Redmen showed good scoring balance with five men in double figures. Cedar 18 40 60 78 Dixie 20 38 46 58 : CEDAR 78 ! Myers 1 0-0 2 Shirts 6 0-0 12 Cox 6 2-2 14 Nielsen 1 0-1 2 Piatt 7 0-0 14 Hair 0 0-0 0 Leavitt 7 6-6 20 Chirstensen 2 4-4 8 . Hart 0 0-0 0 Lambeth 3 0-0 6 Totals 33 12-15 78 DIXIE 58 Leavitt 7 1-3 15 Hafen 4 2-3 10 Seegmiller 4 0-0 8 Guler 0 1-2 1 Hurst 7 2-6 16 Alldredge 2 2-2 6 Bentley 1 0-0 2 Totals 25 8 16 58 VALLEY 48 M. Sorenson 7 5-5 19 Hoyt 5 0-1 10 Heyborne 4 0-0 8 Russell 1 0 0 2 K. Sorenson 2 0-2 4 Heaton 1 0 0 2 Lamb 0 1-3 1 Baird ... 1 0 0 2 Totals 21 6 11 48 CEDAR 69 Christensen 5 01 10 Cox 0-1 12 Piatt 1 .0 0 2 Lambeth 1 0-0 2 Neilson 2 0-0 4 Hart 0 0-0 0 Leavitt 8 4-10 20 Shirts 4 3-3 11 Burns 1 0-0 2 Corry 1 0-0- 2 Meyers 1 0-0- 2 Hair 1 0 0 2 Totata 31 7-16 69 Scare by Buarters: Valley 8 24 32 48 Cedar 14 36 57 69 |