Show To Tackle Wasatch on 1 Friday An improved team representing representing representing Wasatch Academy is patiently awaiting Mantis Manti's trespass Friday night In earlier earlier earlier ear ear- lier competition the cut d down dawn wn the tall Wasatch timber 71 43 with a press defense defense defense de de- de- de But this has been the only decisive defeat meted out to the Tigers during the league campaign In the last three games they h have a v e apparently reached peak performance Gunnison Gunni Gunni- son barely edged them 57 54 Juab was downed 62 60 an and last Friday North Sanpete playing at home was hard put putto putto putto to win 51 47 So a difficult job awaits Manti Playing before a turn-away turn crowd last week Gunnison and Manti ManU locked horns in an interesting game The local crew turned the tables on the league leaders and the hereto hereto here here- to undefeated Bulldogs 56 A blazing fast-break fast has been the trade-mark trade of Gunnison Gunnison Gun Gun- nison but in this game the slower were able to dictate a different tempo Set attack became more important import import- ant as the fleet dash men in blue and white were unable to ge generate erate the fast Dale Rosenlund the Gunnison Gunnison Gunnison Gunni Gunni- son pivot did a first-class first job eluding three or more defenders defend defend- ers to slither through the defense defense de de- de for 24 points His teammates teammates teammates team team- mates were unable to contribute con on tribute greatly to the scoring cause as Rosenlund accounted for nearly half the total points in the 56 49 defeat A team defensive and nd offensive offensive offensive of of- effort by the spelled out the victory Guards Tony Anderson and nd Kay Englestead Englestead Englestead Eng- Eng accounted ed for 13 and 10 points each Centers John Ericksen and Jim Nelson added add add- ed eel 19 at Ericksen hit 13 of them t Brent Cox continued to plague the opponents with his his his' stellar defensive play He li limited limited lim lim- n- n his bis man to two points while he added 10 to Mantis Manti's cause His assist passes also set up several inside shots David Olsen also added a number of assist passes and pulled down key rebounds Douglas Ludvigson and Paul junior guards both performed well in this game which saw Manti ManU qualify for the Region VII tournament tournament tournament ment On March 4 5 and 6 at Panguitch Tickets for this event can be secured from Mr Antrei Next home game for Manti ManU is on February with the Juab Wasps |