Show v F A- A f y tY fI t Ready Plans For Friday Alls well that ends well Twelve members of the Manti High School basketball team echo these words spoken by some yesteryear philosopher It mattered little to the Friday night that they had trailed North Sanpete for 30 out of the 32 minutes of play It was the Ithe final seconds seconds seconds sec sec- that really counted With three seconds remaIning remaining remaining remain remaIn- ing Douglas Ludvigson lofted up a corner shot that bounced off the rim In the final one- one thousand-one thousand second time interval interval interval in in- marking the end lithe and alert John Ericksen gathered gathered gathered gath gath- ered In the ball and then jumped high with the rebound and deftly banked in the win win- ner The game was over as the ball nestled for an instant in inthe inthe inthe the net A crushing defeat for forthe forthe forthe the Hawks and an ing win for the North Sanpete broke open a tough defensive battle early in the second quarter on the spectacular jump shooting of Paul Beck The 60 speedster went on an il point 11 point scoring rampage in a three-minute three period period period pe pe- to to- push his team to a 30 17 lead A surge by Manti Mantl narrowed the margin to 33 25 at halftime half half- time After the half Beck once again found the range with three baskets to up the lead to 10 38 At this point the game complexion changed as Manti Mantl started to chip away at the advantage The fourth quarter score was 42 With left Manti finally tied the score at 56 all After After Aft Mt- er controlling for a in close-in attempt Manti ManU failed on several several sev sev- eral tips Sanpete lost possession possession posses posses- sion on the advance of the ball Seventeen seconds remain remain- remained ed as the maneuvered maneuvered maneuvered maneu maneu- vered the ball With nine seconds seconds seconds sec sec- left Douglas Ludvigson was fouled His attempt barely barely barely bare bare- ly missed and David Olsen recovered recovered re re- covered the ball shuttled it to Ludvigson in the corner Thus the drama was set forthe forthe for forthe the shot and rebound Ten boys saw action for Manti ManU with each contributing to the cause Guards Paul Kay Englestead Douglas Ludvigson and Douglas Douglas Douglas Doug Doug- las Olsen worked hard on defense defense defense de de- de- de and caused a large number number number num num- ber of turn turn-overs of the ball Rebounding well with 11 10 and nine rebounds respectively respective respective- ly were Tony Anderson John Ericksen and David Olsen Jim Nelson and Brent Cox also figured figured figured fig fig- into the team victory Manti plays Gunnison on Jan at Gunnison They will tangle with the Wasatch Academy Tigers on Jan 22 at atthe atthe atthe the Manti Armory In other league action amion Gunnison Gunnison Gunnison Gun Gun- nison defeated Juab 67 to 48 at Gunnison |