| Show Thursdays Thursday's The Day Day- T Test Richfield 1 In Round Robin Opener Tempo is a term that has great meaning not only in music but in athletics in general and basketball in particular A musician may perform a se selection selection selection se- se lection admirably at a specific tempo Increase the speed and the errors multiply decrease the speed and the feel for the music may maybe be lost Most basketball basketball basket basket- ball teams are akin to this fact in music A minded defensive-minded team teamus- teamus us usually usually us- us thrives on a tempo that prevents the opponent from racing racing racing rac rac- ing for easy ups lay-ups and uncontested uncontested uncontested un- un contested jump shots They like to get their defense up set-up to force the men being guarded to take low percentage shots or orto orto orto to limit the number of attempts from the field On the other hand an offen offen- sive-minded sive club tries to move the men and ball at a rapid clip trying to score before the defense defens is set up Normally a team even on a college level at one tempo over another er and most always this is true of high school play So the Richfield MRS game today pm p.m. Richfield will evolve into a battle of styles The tall will try to curb the battering flow of Wildcats Wildcats Wildcats Wild Wild- cats up and down the long 50 x 84 court Likely will use a full- full court press This is a time honored way of accelerating game speed The fast break on offense compliments this press defense Thus a three- three lane wave of Re Red and Blue with lettering will streak for forthe forthe forthe the basket anytime the ball comes into their hands By contrast the prefer setting men deep under the boards where height often is an advantage Presses tend to force the game into an all- all court affair where size becomes less a factor and speed more of a consideration Thus a struggle will be waged to see which style shall prevail The team that best controls the movement of the ball will likely likely likely like like- ly enter the second round vic vic- Quarterbacking the three- three lane Richfield fast break is Steve Huntsman Standing only 58 the haired dark-haired senior guard is an elusive darter His point average attests to his scoring ability and he heIs heis heis is noted for his fancy dribbling and assist passing All his teammates on the starting unit are seniors also In fact there Is a total of ten lettermen on the club Guard running mate Brent Christensen center Bob Frandsen 63 forwards Russ Peterson 6 60 0 and Ronnie 62 are all plus 11 point men Observers in the Sevier Division see Richfield Richfield Richfield Rich Rich- field as a late bloomer in the prep race and a team with the potential to go all the way to the championship The Richfield contest opens the evening session at I pm p.m. North Sanpete and Panguitch play the i up follow-up game at pm p.m. Earlier in inthe inthe inthe the day South Sevier tests Valley Valley Valley Val Val- ley at pm p.m. and Juab vs Plute Piute is the hour Four teams will eventually go to the state meet March 12 13 14 and 15 at the B BYU YU Fieldhouse Turnabout was fair play for forthe forthe forthe the as they defeated Juab 72 63 last Friday Getting Getting Getting Get Get- ting off of to a quick start gained 20 12 and 41 27 leads at the first quarter and half Command of both backboards aided the Templar cause Al Although Although Although Al- Al though out shot by the Wasps lofted up 20 more attempts atte at the basket the first half Late In the game the Juab five put up a gallant bid that fell short as Manti put the ball into a semi The league ended with the teams in this order North Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete Manti Juab Gunnison and Wasatch Academy goes into the tournament with witha a four game winning streak having come on stronger the second half of play Improved board work of Steve Craig Nielsen Nielsen Nielsen Niel Niel- sen Kevin Cox and Kim Clarke has been a potent reason Better defense and ball handling of guards Lamar Barton and Doug Neeley also enters the picture as does the depth provided provided provided pro pro- vided by seniors Ron Lewis Kay Nelson and juniors Buddy Keisel Kelsel Larry Cox Kay Barton Barton Bar Bar- ton and jumping jack Brant Tuttle |
