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Show I Vs withstand furious rally in 44-41 triumph by JIM SMEDLEY . Record staff writer . ( Park City's junior varsity basketball basket-ball team learned in its home opener . Tuesday night that no lead is ever too big. The Miners pushed Mount Vernon Academy around for three quarters in building a 17-point lead and then had to hold on for dear life in the fourth to win the game 44-41 Dec. 3. manage 19 points in the first three quarters, got hot and outscored the Miners 22-8 in the fourth period. . The final frame was a long one for the Miners, who buckled a bit under the pressure of a full-court press. The Miners also aided the Patriots' comeback by keeping sophomores no- i, Brett Peretti, Brett Benson, Matt Smith and Gary Boyle out of the fourth quarter and going with freshmen. "We knew we would be losing all our sophomores in a couple of weeks to the varsity team and that's why we didn't put them back in," said . assistant coach Kevin Willard. "We wanted the freshmen to do it on their own and prove to themselves that : ")Uiey cquldrwi.wnf! hrrn h'"'-" "Overall, we're pleased with our kids. They played some intense basketball tonight," he added. Mount Vernon, however, did not pull its sophomores. As a matter of fact, Steve Anderegg, who played a majority of the varsity game, was a key to the Patriots' comeback. He w i . . . . ; - posted low in the fourth quarter and was able to get the ball often enough to score 12 of his team's 22 points. The Park City JV team played , well together for its first time in competition. Peretti made a couple of steals and was tough defensively, while Benson and Randy Poison were forces on the boards. Cameron Hone and Jason Schlenske also did their share of board work. . , s Park City featured a well-balanced well-balanced scoring attack with eight players contributing. Leading, scorer was Hone with 12. points.' Peretti added 9 and Benson, who only on-ly played one-half of the game, had , six points and led in rebounds with 10. Park City built a 10-4 lead in the , first quarter on buckets by Peretti, Poison, Matt Ott and two by Benson. By the half, Park City's lead bulged to 25-13. Steve Osguthorpe and Mike Bon-ney Bon-ney chipped in a couple of baskets and rebounded well in the third quarter as the Miners stretched their lead to 36-19. "I'm really happy with the hustle of the freshmen. The sophomores "ran the offense better, but that was to be expected because they have had one more year to learn the program," pro-gram," said head Coach Randy Godfrey. God-frey. ' The next game for the JV Miners will be against Grantsville on Dec. 6 at 5:30 p.m. Mount Vernon's JVs were blitzed by Grantsville 57-31 earlier in the season. |