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Show letlmen down Flyers in crucial Region 8 battle Superior Ktri'tigth oil tlu hourds and a k'in yo from tlio charity Htilpe combined to give the Cedar High School Uedmen n C1-R8 victory over the Dixie Flyers Tuiwluy evening eve-ning In a game played before a capuclty crowd In St. George1 gymnasium. Dalvd Judd, Coby Leavltt and Don Tayne combined to take down 28 rebounds for the Hodmen to give them the real advantage In the game. Paul Banasynskl of th Flyers, how- The Cedar City rulnt"t miv. cd out to an early had and eonirolcd the game thiough-out thiough-out the flrM halif. They led 1 13 8 at thi end of th,- find .period and near the end of the hnlif held thr. blggrwt Wd Of the game, a nine point spread, nt 25-10 on n pair of free throws by Doug Watson. Enplln tanked a pair of free thrmvs for the Flyers with '1 seconds to narrow th margin to 7 at 30-23 at the Intermts. ever, was the top rebounder In the contest with 13 despite leaving via thefoul routcwiid-way routcwiid-way In the third period. Judd had 10 for the Redmen and Leavltt and Payne had nine each. Tap scorer In the contest was Payne with 23 followed by Leavitt with 21. The Flyers had four men in double fig- sl'n. Dixlo Rally Ah thp second half opened open-ed Leavitt soared for the Red-men, Red-men, but then Banasynskl led Dixie on a nine point scoring .spree to knot the scar? at 32 all. Leavitt and Banasynskl exchanged buckets 'to move the score to 3T-all. Then Banasynskl Banasyn-skl scored on a driving layup to give the Flyers a two point ures led by Seogmillcr wwh 13, Esiplln with 12, Banasynskl Banasyn-skl with 11 and Hal Leavitt with 10. Turnovers Even Turnovers were prevelant, but about a standoff with 23 charged to the Flyers and 22 against the Redmen. At the foul line the Rodimon had the edge and It was the edge that made the difference in the game. Coach Dick Hobb's Romen connected on 22 of 30 attempts while the Flyers hit a poor 12 of 19. In fieldgoals the Flyers out-scor-ed the Redmen with 23 of 50 attempts for 41 percent, The Redmen were 21 of 57 from the field. The win for the Redimen moved them Into second place In th.-? Region Eight standing just one game behind the Rabbits Rab-bits of Delta. lean. He was civargi-u, now- ever, with an offensive foul, his fifth, and he had to leave the game with 3:01 remaining ( In the period. Leavitt hit the fouls to tic J the score again and Payne of i the Redmen scored from the field to put the Redmen back out in front to stay. The Redmen led 44-40 at the three-quarter mark. In the fourth period the Flyers, led by Seegimillcr tied the score at 44-all: it was a-.gain a-.gain tied at 46 but buckets by iPayne and Leavitt gavP the Redmen a four-point margin m1d-iway In the period and they maintained the led for the f'nal four minutes and the victory. Score bv Quarters: Cedar City 13 30 41 64 Dixie 8 23 40 58 Weekend Play The Redmen will be back in action Friday night when they travel to Millard to take on the Eagles. Tiipoff is slated at 8:00 p. m. The other league gamP puts Hurricane at Delta and Dixie takes a bye in league action |