Show CE Subdue Dixie Dire 10 o wait Waif alt Union Thurs At 6 r A High School TempI Temp Temp- I m behind twice to toie llxie jj g ie Flyers Wednes- Wednes 3 at the George GeDrge Al- Al If Fieldhouse on the thees e es Sp ung University came cam- cam 70 o. o i iO O O i 4 lars fell behind at of the game At Atthe the first period they ten ten points They ralF ral- ral F second period and ande lo he e gap to one They S 5 at the half 1 d quarter the Fly- Fly fg Jg hitting the hoop away for a point nine-point r t I the five But ars rs rallied again to toad g J I ad then go ahead The Theas 1 was as 77 will tangle at atwith ay with a strong Union High team in the second round of action Unofficial statistics showed Tim Keisel with 19 points Steve with 12 Craig Nielsen Nielsen Nielsen Niel Niel- sen with 19 Kim Clarke with 11 Steve Anderson with 1 and Kevin Kevin Kevin Kev Kev- in Cox with 13 Ten o'clock in the morning comes early for some people but not for Utah Class B basketball teams A full eight game draw necessitates this early start Even at that the final game is not until at night So Wednesday at 10 am a.m. the met the Dixie Flyers and at pm p.m. North Sanpete and Cedar City drew down the final curtain Dixie finished third in strong Region VIII by the narrowest of margins They lost in overtime to the eventual winner Cedar City Most observers feel they are on a par with the Red Men from Cedar and are one of the potentially great teams of the state Veteran Jim Milne a a 63 63 center center center cen cen- ter is the best point getter but buthe buthe buthe he gets plenty of scoring support support support sup sup- port from another Region all-Region VIII player Harry Gentry foot 5 inch 10 guard aid comes from Doug Hunt a 63 forward Other starters are Stan Blake 60 forward and Atkins a 62 guard Both Milne and Hunt are left handers These two along with Gentry are members of last years year's team and this is Milnes Milne's third state meet So it is an experienced experienced experienced ex ex- tournament team A main weapon of attack for the Dixie five is the traditional fast- fast break Except for guard Denny Sorensen Sorensen Sorensen Sor Sor- ensen the will enter the meet in good physical shape The steady senior suffered an ankle sprain in practice immediately immediately immediately after the round robin and the injury has b been n slow to respond respond respond re re- re- re spond to treatment At the time of this writing he is a questionable question question- able starter In case he is not notable notable notable able to play the spot will wil be filled filled filled fill fill- ed by Steve Anderson Kent Ron Lewis or Kay Nelson the four other guards dressing for the meet Region winners were North Summit Emery Cedar City and Union all capable of taking home the biggest trophy But squads like Wasatch Dixie North Sanpete and Grantsville have proven capable of doing surprising things So with Emery everybody's favorite upsets could still abound and probably will |