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Show Delta and Beaver Split Two Games, 5336. and 30 - 44 On Wednesday, March 1, Delta forced a three-way tie for first place with a 53-36 victory over Beaver. In the play-off game at Richfield Delta was the victim of a 44-30 loss to the Beavers. In the first game Delta started on a scoring spree that gave them a 17-4 lead at the conclusion of the first quarter. In the second quarter Ted Dalton and John What cott hit the net for .long shots and a 26-7 half-time advantage. Frank Manzlone sparked a third ' period Beaver rally but Delta kept well in front. Wayne Gillins and Faye Ashworth sliced the Delta lead in the final period with long shots. Lloyd Warner played a spec tacular game on both offense and defense. He was outstanding in holding Don Marshall to only 6 points while scoring 9 himself. Har old Snow continually swept the backboards and poled 11 counters Ted Dalton held Christensen scoreless score-less and raked in 12 points. John Whatcott sank 10 points, and a-long a-long with Bud Fullmer and Monan Lovell played exceptionally good floor game. All of the Delta players play-ers contributed equally to the victory. vic-tory. Wayne Gillins cashed in for 11 points, 7 of them in the final quarter. quar-ter. Faye Ashworth scored 6 points in the last period, to run his total for night to 8. During the first half Beaver was able to hit only 2 fielders. In the play-off game both teams matched point for point during the first quarter which ended 12-9 for Beaver. Beaver pulled farther into the lead in the second quarter and held a 27-17 half-time adantage. Don Marshall sliced the hoop for 13 points in the first half and Chris tensen hit a race of long shots. Wayne Gillins played a spectacular spectacul-ar game and collected 11 points. Bud Fulmer and Ted Dalton each hit 7 points for Delta. With this win Beaver moves in the state tournament while Delta must travel to Cedar City and play Cedar City high on Friday and either Millard or Kanab on Saturday. Satur-day. The team that wins two games will also attend the state tournament. . By Don Greathouse |
