Show a BASKETBALL TEAM STANDING Won Lost Pct Pet lanti Manti 1 0 1000 Moroni 1 0 1000 Snow now 1 0 1000 Gunnison 0 1 North Sanpete 0 1 Wasatch Academy 0 1 RESULTS I Jan 5 North Sanpete 37 at Snow 40 Jan 5 Manti 40 at Gunnison 38 18 Moroni 50 at Wasatch Academy 23 3 SCHEDULE Jan 13 Snow at Manti ManU Gunnison at Moroni Wasatch at N. N Sanpete Jan fan 16 Moroni at Snow Manti at Wasatch N N. Sanpete at Moroni Snow Over Sanpete After trailing most of the game Snow High last Thursday beat North Sanpete High School 40 to 37 in what many folks call an upset The Sanpete team has some top op talent and had won a goodly sJ share e. e pre ames The rhe Badgers from Snow however put on the floor a team loaded with scrap and hustle and fans who saw the game say the team was really loaded with spirit and scrap Reggie Ross scored 11 points and Calvin alvin and Ray Stubbs each scored 9 for Snow Schofield scored 13 for North Sanpete followed followed fol- fol lowed owed by Wally Vally Beck with 7 Beck was on the league stars all-stars picked by jy the Manti 1 Messenger last year after th the close of the season Manti ManU Tops Gunnison Gunnison at Gunnison is always a tough game in the Sanpete league but jut the Manti found the charm and won the game 40 to 38 in a really torrid battle Gunnison Gunnison Gunnison Gun Gun- nison led most of the way though the he lead changed hands at times during the game The game wasn't really eally decided until the last minute minute minute min min- ute of play when Manti hit a foul pitch to assure themselves of at least east a tie tic and then stalled off the Gunnison players until time ran an out James of Gunnison got himself 17 points in the game as he hit shot after shot from the side He also did the impossible by pitching seven out of seven foul tosses Frederick Frederick Frederick Fre Fre- derick Jensen and Jack led the Manti scoring with 15 and 10 points respectively The Manti ManU team was pretty hot on foul pitches pitch pitch- es too as they hit 10 of 14 offers Moroni Loafs Over Wasatch Academy Moroni picked by some to win the Sanpete race apparently didn't even have to extend themselves to beat Wasatch 50 to 23 They led the losers 27 to 5 at the half and coasted in from there Wasatch Academy has been a virtual door doormat doormat doormat mat for forr the league most of the time during the past years and if this game indicates anything well Faux with 15 and Max Blackham and ald J J. Nelson with 14 each were the big guns in scoring Three Wasatch Wasatch Wa Wa- satch players each hit for four fourpoints fourpoints fourpoints points for scoring honors l OP orm that team Max Blackham by the Ule way was vas was also on the Manti Messengers Messenger's Messengers Messenger's Messengers Messenger's Mes Mes- star all team last s string spring ring Coming ing Games Each team will play two games before another paper comes out and the standing then would be hard to predict There should be some good games Snow at Manti Mani tonight should be good as both Continued on last page BASKETBALL Continued from Page 1 teams have plenty of spirit and they will be playing on what is practically a Neutral floor Fixing Fixing Fixing Fix Fix- ing up the old Armory has kept the Manti team from practicing much on the new floor Moroni and Gunnison will certainly be a hot one unless the Moroni bunch is way ahead of everybody and the North Sanpete Wasatch Academy will feature that town inter-town rivalry which usually helps ev even m things up On January 16 Manti at North Sanpete and Moroni at Snow should give the fans their full value value value val val- ue for money invested and again we will have to hear more from Wasatch Academy before predicting that they will give anybody a a. really tough game The Referees The lot of the referee is still stilla a hard one it appears appears- Everybody thinks the Refs Ref's are against them and the crowds still love to voice their approval or disapproval of decisions Last weeks week's games indicated in indicated indicated in- in no leanings on the part of officials Moroni and Wasatch were each called for 21 offenses Manti was called 17 times limes against 14 for Gunnison and North Sanpete fouled 30 times to 25 for Snow Foul pitches incidentally won for Snow as they made 16 of 30 |