Show f fI fI I I fi State Tourney r Bred red and two ninety-two i E I jl 1 basketball players g their fingers hoping un d lucky number pih Kh h 13 these boys re rep rep- P u 6 i ithe Class B teams cone con- con the 1 he e BYU campus for I. I 1 1 state tournament 1 I from Wednesday fr I E day a total of 12 e re qualified They are onal ional first and second secondI pf nf p I is in order Emery satch North Summit I Hurricane Union I 1 l' l South Sevier North I and Delta The N tries will come from Dugway Uintah San Juan and East l san 1 s favorite ap- ap Emery a team that time honored ingred- ingred r play IS i height speed and ande The e Spartans may be 3 DOi n fl the he limit however b by Y ams including Wa- Wa r ion Cedar City and Pling k y players to be beIl beill ill Il be Ralph Jones of mit last years year's lead- lead of of the state Emerys Emery's n nr Stan McGuire and Wilson of Wasatch ien en en and Paul Deidrick- Deidrick Ron Bailey of leer ctr e a Pratt of Cedar City of Dixie and Randy andY i I Simonsen of South Sevier Most of them performed well at last years year's meet For the se second ond year in a row Emery charged to the Region VII championship They defeated defeat defeat- ed 75 57 in the final game on the Saturday agenda Other winners were So Sevier who edged Richfield inthe in inthe inthe the last 12 seconds by two and North Sanpete an easy winner winner winner win win- ner over Escalante Showing drive poise and polish polish polish pol pol- ish the Spartans held leads ranging from the final 18 to seven seven seven sev sev- en points throughout the game After trailing 36 24 at the half rallied to within seven before before before be be- fore the hot corner sniping of Dean Nelson the driving of Clyde Nelson and inside play of Paul Cowle Cowley spread the count again Mike Johnson a quick guard was instrumental in giving Emery the spark when needed Hot shooting was in evidence evidence evidence evi evi- evi- evi dence as Emery zeroed in at over 50 both halves while the could hit on only 26 and 27 each half although gaining more shots at the hoop than Emery In the opening game Manti High School downed Valley 77 52 in the highest score recorded during the meet After falling behind behind behind be be- hind the Buffaloes deserted their 2 1 zone in favor of a zone press This was penetrated as Tim Keisel Denny Sorensen Kevin Cox and Kim Clarke made assist passes to Steve Wil- Wil and Craig Nielsen Kerry Workman a point 21 average center was limited to just six points by the efforts of Cox Clarke and Lamar Barton and only one foul pitch the first half South Sevier fell victim to a half court zone press by a 59 49 score In this game matching strong rebounding the Rams gained a 31 38 third quarter lead At this point the press was applied applied applied ap ap- ap- ap plied and the went on onto onto onto to net 28 points while South Sevier Sevier Sevier Se Se- vier gamed gained only 18 18 The usually potent Randy Shipp found little room to operate as Tim Keisel played a strong defensive game gameon on him A highlight of the meet as asfar asfar asfar far as was concerned was winning the sportsmanship trophy This was a total award going to the student body community community community com com- and team Ten outstanding player awards were given to Tim Keisel of Dean Nelson Clyde Nelson Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son and Paul Cowley of Emery Randy Simonsen of South Sevier Dave Bailey of North Sanpete Kerry Workman of Valley Boyd Griffin of Escalante and Dave Ogden of Richfield Tickets for the state tournament tournament tournament ment can be secured on a season basis However with the meet being held in the spacious BYU Fieldhouse seating is assured normally 0 t |