Show Hawks Sharpen Claws For Revenge Match North Sanpete is still still smarting smart smarting ing from an 58 56 opening round defeat by Manti On Jan the Hawks came to the Armory riding the crest of a 2 10 season pre-season record and were favored to win this ibis divi divi- sion On the following Friday the Gunnison Bulldogs upset them and now they're standing g is is s' s sn in in n third pl place However a win over Manti ManU this Friday at Mt Pleasant would give them a tie for second second sec sec- ond and place So a victory would be sweet double-sweet for them In last weeks week's action the found patience and anda a stubborn defense to be a winning combination Operating ing against a compact 2 1 zone the iHS crew found few openings in the keyhole area and enjoyed only a slim sUm 19 17 halftime lead Douglas Ludvigson entered r the fray and was able to spread the defense with timely outside shots Brent Cox who held Juab's talented center Bob Howard to eight points below his average was able to then get the ball baU inside to Ericksen who ended up with 19 points in the 51 45 win Dee Keisel also came off the bench ench to spear six rebounds re reo bounds and add four points As usual Paul played a stellar defensive floor game and added six points In the final period the Tem Tern went into a semi con game with about four minutes left The ea eager er Wasps committed numerous fouls attempting attempting at at- tempting to get the ball ban Manti was hitting well from the line and closed out the game Cox with eight and Ludvigson's Lud Lad eight were second high Ericksen was able to dominate the defensive board with the help of Cox and Keisel League leader Gunnison ran into a saw buzz at Wa Wa- satch The Academy boys were out for their first win and nearly got it After a see saw 30 minutes Gunnison finally got enough h of an edge to stall for a 57 54 final On Feb the Bulldogs come to Manti MantL |