Show Dons Tip Host Richfield Sat Th The Manti High School both senior and junior version lost their otheir opening basketball games on Wednesday night December Decem-ber 1 to the Spanish Fork Dons In the varsity contest the final l score read 50 The held their own until the second half when the othe Dons took command of the contest Leading the scoring for the ManU Manta quint were David Olsen with 14 points and John Ericksen Ericksen Ericksen Erick- Erick sen with 13 The Spanish Fork junior varsity had a larger margin margina a victory 67 Keisel led the junior with 14 points Richfield's fast-break fast conscious conscious conscious con con- Wildcats play at the Armory this Saturday Dec 4 Larry Darry a former BYU REP LAURENCE J. J BURTON track star coaches the blue and red squad and he likes to see his charges sprint down the floor on offense Last season season season sea sea- son they ran up several 80 plus scores This years year's team boasting three regulars from 1964 will be on the go also A rebounding battle of forwards forwards forwards for for- wards and center should be a feature of the contest John Ericksen the Templar jump- jump jack ing-jack measures the same height as Frandsen the husky Richfield pivot man David Olsen is likewise steven even with Peterson at forward both bath towering at 64 Speedy Craig Ross an region all-region footballer will willbe willbe willbe be matched by the elusive Paul At the time of this writing the theother other likely MIlS starters are Douglas Ludvigsen a minded defensive-minded Sterling hustler and d Bob Longaker a senior seniar returnee Most coaches rate Richfield to be one of the teams to be wary of in Region VII always always always al al- al- al ways a hoM hotbed hot ed of basketball They lost only accurate shooting shooting shooting shoot shoot- ing John Coons and guard Dewain Peterson to tion MIlS saw Brent Cox Tony Anderson Kay Englestead Englestead Englestead Engle Engle- stead Jim Nelson Dee Keisel Douglas Olsen and Howard Knight departed via the diploma diplo dip dip- lo loma a route Newcomers Craig Arm- Arm strong Leland Thompson Norman Stott Glen Nichols Russell Keisel Glen Olsen and Neal Cox add depth A Akey Akey Akey key player figures to be Ronald Ronald Ronald Ron Ron- ald F. F Larson Larsen a returnee from 1964 who shows good allaround allaround allaround all- all around improvement Game time will be and pm p.m. |