Show w cages eye trip to Provo for Class glass A state competition B Day for MUS is March the and B D Hour is pm p.m. This Is the time set for the basketball invasion of ot the BYU Fieldhouse by the players and fans The down count-down really started in early February when the Big Red claimed a tournament tournament tournament ment berth Cheerleaders and students have painted signs portraying portraying portraying por por- the event for several days red and white pom have been purchased by students along with Templar booster vests The team has been In daily practice sessions with an eye toward tournament atlon Things such as semi- semi stall patterns special plays and trap defenses have had unusual emphasis be because c au s e tournament play nor normally mall y brings on special situations more than any other type of play Big Craig Nielsen and willowy Brant Tuttle are both on the mend Nielsen's ankle injury has responded well to treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment and moderate rest and Tuttle Is s nearing complete strength again Both performed In the recent round robin without without without with with- out further Injury The Big Red returned from the region at Richfield with the Class A Championship Trophy Trophy Trophy Tro Tro- phy the Sportsmanship Trophy Troph and four individual awards In the opener clipped the North Sanpete Hawks 67 48 Leads of 7 17 35 24 and 50 43 at the end of the first three quarters were recorded S Steve t eve deflected numerous shots In the early part of the fourth quarter to discourage an inside game while Buddy Keisel Doug Neeley Larry Cox and Brant Tuttle pressured the outside shooters Craig N Nielsen lesen played a balanced game scoring well and rebounding rebound ing 11 off of the defensive boards came up with 21 total rebounds also The Hawks Hawke scored only five points in the thelast thelast thelast last period Emerys Emery's J J. J J. J Grant ripped off 22 first half points to keep the Spartans in the game the first half Jim Ericksen came off the bench and helped stop the big Spartan center but he was stopped permanently when wl whistled out of the game with five fouls late in the third quarter With his departure the game took an a different hue as moved ahead 19 points In this game Tuttle once again held the top forward scoreless The night before he had also clamped Scott Frandsen the ace Tuttle also Sanpete was the top for MIlS The ball handling and shooting of Larry Cox Buddy Keisel Kelsel and Doug Neeley was a big factor in the win along with the and scoring of Ericksen and Nielsen Selected to the Region All-Region team and winning indi individual vidual trophies trophies trophies tro tro- were Neeley Tuttle Niel Nielsen sen and Seniors Larry Cox Kay Barton and Buddy Keisel Kelsel were asked to accept the team trophy from Superintendent Winston Gleave Cleave Head cheerleader Betty Jean received the Sportsmanship Sportsmanship Sports Sports- manship Trophy from an honor given to the community ty school and team as a unit Opponent for the March 11 game at BYU will be the winner of a Moab Grantsville-Moab play-off play to be held Friday at Vernal Moab recently downed a fine San Juan team at B Blanding landing and can be dangerous Grantsville after a slow start is gaining speed A young team they near near- ly defeated strong North Summit Summit Summit Sum Sum- mit in their last meeting Other teams in the upper bracket Include Uintah Millard North Sanpete North Summit Lehl Lehi and Dixie The winner of the pm p.m. game Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- will play at 1100 am a.m. Thursday while the losers go will play at 1130 am a.m. Thursday while the goat go goat goat at 11 1100 00 a a. a am a.m. m. m Pairings will come from the Millard Uintah Ullard- Ullard Uintah game for this second round action Tickets should be readily available at the BYU Fieldhouse Fieldhouse Fieldhouse Field- Field house for all aU sessions |