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Show Miiiers Going To State Tourney look an early lead an never relinguished ii. , Norih Rich was able to stay relatively close to Park City due largely to their star shooter, 6'1" senior Kris Price who scored 23 points. Park City led, 14-8. at the end 'of the initial quarter, then with only two minutes gone in the second quarter. Coach Bruce Reid called time-out. The score was Park City 18. North Rich 10. North Rich committed a critical turn over with one minute remaining in the first half; Park City led at this point by only five points, 26-21. The Miners, (hough, made an unfortunate turn over. With 41 seconds left in the quarter. Tim King injured his eye going up for a rebound, but he is apparently gciiing along okay and is in shape to play Saturday against Wendover in Coalville. Park City went cold in the final seconds of the second quancr and North Rich was able io gci wimiu six puins oi lying the game when the half ended. The Miners had a 28-22 lead. Park City got the lip-off in the third quarter and then employed a rubber band defense in the early moments of play. Kris Price scored the first two points of the quarter, making a long outside shot. Miner Tim King reacted with a jumper, and with 6:06 remaining in the quarter, the Miners still had only a four-point lead. 30-26. A combination of good passing pass-ing and Marty Cowin's close-in shots kept the game in Park City's control. And North Rich's Price got into foul trouble with 2:43 left when he fouled Many Cowin underneath the basket. By the time ihe third quarter came io a close. Park City led the Mustangs. 47-34. Mike Gebauer. Howard Davidson. Dav-idson. Tim King, Barney Mur- Reose tun to pogo 3 Coach Bruce Reid's preseason pre-season prediction of taking his Park High Miners to the state championship became a reality over the weekend as the Miners knocked off South Rich Friday, then came right back the next day to defeat North Rich at N. rt h Summit High School ' s gym in oalviHeT Wednesday; of. last week, during the divisutn jwo playoffs play-offs in Ogden .for second place," Park Citv beat the Wendover for the Miners. The Trojans called time-out with 5:18 remaining re-maining in the quarter in an effort to figure out how to gel back in the game. The score at i his time was Park City 51. South Rich 30. Tim King pushed Park City's lead io twenty points. 53-33 with over half of the quarter already on ihe books. Because of an aggressive Miner defense, South Rich players were forced m shoot low oerccniaee shots Toly stole the ball away from South Rich players two times, once going dowrt court for an easy lay-up. Then. Dave Radford Rad-ford made a beautiful inside turn-around shot as the game ended wiih Trojan players fighting on iheirendof the court tor control of the ball. The competition was somewhat some-what tougher Saturday when Park City went up against the Mustangs of North Rich; yet even in ihai panic, the Miners Wildcai s. 48-40. for the second . time in a row. The Miners now have won eight out of their last nine ball ga trie's and , according t o G ach Reid. are playing their best ball all year which comes at a very opportune lime because Park High is - headed for t he s: at e basketball tournament to be held at the old field house at Brigham Young University be- ginning March 14th and lasting until Sai urdav . t he 1 7t h . The Miners, this Saturday in Coalville at 5:45 p.m., : play Wendover again to determine hird place in Region Eleven. Ihe Wildcats upset North Summit, 57-50. over the weekend week-end in ihe region round robin play-offs. Park City trounced winlcss South Rich Friday afternoon. 84-52. led by Many Cowin and Waller Hagmann who' scored 18 and 17 points, respectively; senior Tim King sank lb points for the Miners. Freshman Steve Toly. recently recent-ly pulled up from the J V team by -i ' i;ir from the basket . and many imcs missing. Freshman Toly came in the game with about 1:40 on the clock in the third quarter and wasted no time demonstrating he Was varisty material, darting up and down the court forcing turnovers ai times. Trying to combat Park City's full-court press. South Rich, threw the ball almost the entire length of the court at times in an effort to get the ball away horn ihe hungry Miners. The third quarter ended and Park City had the game wrapped up with a 64-39 lead.t Playing his most impressive quarter of. the season. 67" senior Walter Hagmann sank inside turn-around shots from the key. coupled with an impressive .percentage of good shots from ihe foul line. With 1:27 left in the game. Hagmann fouled out and was replaced by Radford. Park City had a 32 point lead over the Trojans wjien Walter left for the bench. As the seconds licked awav. - - o . ) W " Tv". 7 Coach Keid. played Ins first varsity game against South Rich and ended up with eight points; and 'another recently recruited player from the JV ranks. Les (iurski. scored twop iiius Friday against the Trojans. Park City forced one Trojan urn 'er after another as the Miners lit ili.ed an effective full-court press. The Miner's defense kep South Rich at bay; in fa-. the . Trojans couldn't so re a single point for t he first hail Aif the first quarter Friday -af ernoon. " South Rich was down by ; eleven piints going into the second quarter with the score. ' ' ' 18':- , Dac Radford sparked the Mincrs 'offense as the seond quarter got underway, sinking shots' from both inside.; near ihe key and outside. With three minutes gone in the . quarter. Park City stretched its lead over South Rich to 18 points. 31-13. - At the end f the first half of - play, the Miners, held on to -a comfortable 42-28 lead. , Howard Davidson" received ' i he Park City lip-off ar. ihe beginning of fhe ihird quarter and immediately sank a juniper . WTX i-y wTO ; t , rpJk ; paxy- Y 77' l , i '"' ( ' ' ' ' -LI - . - S jf . - l l y y ' " ' , t " ' " jr j s i n . ' fr,,; w "V , fv r ,.' ,, ' , ' ' t S S , mmmx- , , more miners............... Continued from page 2 nin and Mickey Henrion started for Park City in ihc fourth quaricr. The Miners will led by eleven points when Coach Reid called his players to the sidelines for a time-out. North Rich closed the gap;in the final half of the fourth quarter when Park City failed to make shots. Coach Reid called another time-out at 3:55 mark, , having seen his lead diminish to five points, 47-42. Kris Price (hen fouled out of i he game with 1:54 left; the Miners were leading by eight. Park City went on to win the important game. 54-47, and clenched a spot in the state finals. Scoring: Park City vs. North Rich Park City: Cowin 8. 3-6. 19; Davidson 7. 0-0, 14; King 4, 1-2, 9; Uriane 1, 2-3, 4; Henrion 0, 4-5, 4; Radford 0. 2-2, 2; Gcbauer 1. 0-0. 2. Totals: 21, 12-20.54. North Rich: K. Price 9. 5-8, 23; Dusiin 4, 1-5, 9; J. Price 3, 2-2.8; Weston 1, 3-4, 5; Hansen 0. 2-3, 2..Toials 17, 13-25, 47. Park City vs South Rich Park City: Cowin 6, 6-7. 18; Hagmann 6. 5-8. 17; King 7,' 2-4, 16; Davidson 5, 2-2. 12; Radford 5. 0-0. 10; Toly 3. 2-2,' 8; Evans 2, 1-3, 5; Gurski 1, 0-0, 2; Henrion 0. 1-0, 1. Totals 35, 19-29,89. South Rich: Eastman 6, 5-5. 17; Pinter 6, 4-7, 16; Acherman 2. 4-8. 8; Argyle 3. 0-0. 6;! Acherman 1, 1-2, 3; Wyers 0, 2-3, 2. Toals: 18, 16-27. 52. Park City vs Wendover Park City: King 6. 1-2. 13; Gcbauer 5. 2-5, 12; Cowin 5. 0-2, 10; Radford 3. 0-0, 6; Murnin 0. 1-4, 1; Davidson 2. 0- 0. 4; UriarteO. 2-2. 2. Totals: 2L 6-15. 48. - Wendover: Spillman 6. 2-6. 14; Brown 3. 6-8. 12; Cloward 2. 1- 2. 5; Dixon 1. 1-2. 3; Bostock 1. 0-0, 2; Overt urf 1. 0-0. 2; Melville I. 0-0. 2. Totals: 15. 10-18. 40. |
