Show Starts tarts Tourney Play Tonight Test Panguitch h Thursday night at the Panguitch Bobcats and Manti High School meet eye to eye in the opener of the Region VII rounding robin robin robin rob rob- in and if eyes are to meet the IHS boys will have to tilt their head upward Cen Center ter Mike Miller Iiller stands 65 forward K Kc meth LeFever is listed at 69 and Billy Owens stands at 64 Guards Brian Foy and Harry Gardner stand 59 rand and If the Panguitch tape measures are accurate the will have to give up upsize upsize upsize size in every position At the start of league play the blue and white were rated at the crest of the South Sevier Division A stumbling blo block k in the form of ofa a Buffalo dropped them to second spot with a 6 2 record One of these losses was a two point decision at Valley All starters are seniors ex except except except ex- ex Miller and most of them played regular last season Miller whose brother Bob was an state all-state a few years back is an active inside operator and is the top scorer followed closely by Owens and Foy Foy has been on the varsity three years and is known for his good ball handling and outside shooting In the same bracket playing playing playing play play- ing at pm p.m. will be Richfield Richfield Richfield Rich Rich- field vs the second place Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San- San pete team either Gunnison or North Sanpete depending on the flip Other action involves Valley vs Sanpete Third at 3 pm p.m. and Emery against Bryce Valley at pm p.m. A united team effort en enabled enabled enabled en- en to rip Gunnison 61 49 in the final league ac action action action ac- ac tion to complete an unblemished unblemished unblemished record John Ericksen spent the evening at home recovering recovering re recovering re- re covering from the flu Eleven of his teammates traveled south to play one of their better games of the year Big David Olsen shifted shined into the vacant post slot and Bob Longaker took over at forward With the game equalized at 22 22 22 started started started start start- ed to zone press In two minutes minutes minutes min min- utes the score was 31 The final basket of the rally was an impossible foot 50 shot by Paul at the halftime buzzer By the end of the third quarter the score read 45 During this interval all boys chipped in Dave with smooth shots off the pivot Bob dropping jn in long ones Paul using a stutter dribble and quick jump shot Leland Thompson from the baseline and Doug Ludvigson off the top of the key With a 54 33 lead the Temp Temp- lars went into a l soft stall and rode out a 6 49 verdict Junior Junior Junior Jun Jun- Craig Armstrong came in for an exciting play playas as he received received re received re- re a lob pass from Paul drove third one-third of the court to lay one in Top on the floor was Olsen who speared de defensive defensive defensive de- de rebounds by the bas bas- It is anticipated that Ericksen will join the team in time to play the Panguitch game |