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Show St. George . . . Basketball Team Takes 20 Hour Trip Springville Tomorrow All three teams see action tomorrow at Springville. The Sophomores play at Springville Middle School at 5:30 with the jayvee and varsity var-sity playing at the high school at 5:30 and 7:30. PG 49 Dixie 68 Johnson 2 0-0 4 Walker 2 0-14 Atwood 3 4-7 10 Ratliff 6 2-4 14 Keate 6 0-0 12 Howe 0 0-0 0 Keetch 0 0-0 0 Moosman 1 0-0 2 Larson 10-0 2 Hanson 0 1-3 1 PG 16 26 36 49 Dixie 18 29 45 68 by Tyler Smith Last Friday three Pleasant Grove basketball teams traveled to "Sun Country" in St. George to take on the Dixie Flyers. They came home late Saturday morning with a 1-2 record. In the first game the sophomores, without an injured in-jured Craig Cottle, started slowly against a man-to-man defense. The first-year Vikings trailed most of the game and pulled to within three points with 27 seconds in the final quarter. Kim Walker and Kevin Ash played very well in a losing cause. Matti Julkenen came off the bench to score well in place of a foul troubled Wayne Whiteley. Final score, Dixie 56 and PG 50. The sophomore record is now 2-2 with a loss to Provo and wins against Spanish Fork and American Fork. P.G.50 Dixie 56 FG FT REB PTS Ash 5-9 6-7 9 15 Giles 6-17 0-0 8 12 Kitchen 0-2 0-0 1 0 Whiteley 0-2 0-0 0 0 Walker 6-11 3-3 5 15 Howe 0-1 0-2 0 0 Julkenen 4-7 0-0 2 8 Totals 21-49 8-12 25 50 JAYVEE GAME The jayvee also played their first half trailing from the opening tip that led directly direc-tly to a Dixie score. The Vikings spent most of the half behind by as much as eight points until Garth Hansen Han-sen entered the lineup. Hansen blocked three shots and pulled down several rebounds to stiffen up the PG defense that carried the Vikes into the dressing room with a seven point lead at halftime. With six minutes to play in the fourth quarter and down by 10 points, the Flyers employed em-ployed a zone press. For PG the results were very good as the Vikings raced to an 18 point lead and won, 65-50. PG 65 Dixie 50 Moosman 2 0-0 4 Kohler 3 0-0 6 Larson 2 2-4 6 Peay 11 2-2 24 , Phillips 3 0-0 6 Johnson 2 7-15 11 Searle 10-0 2 1 Hansen 2 2-2 6 Gillman 0 0-3 0 , Johnson 0 0-0 0 i PG 12 30 44 65 J Dixie 10 23 36 50 i Varsity Dixie's varsity didn't sur-, prize anyone as they played J their traditional variety of zone defenses and zone! presses. 1 The Flyers led by as much as ten points during the first half. David Ratliff kept PG in ; the game by scoring 10 poin-1 ts. ; Dixie led by three at half-1 time due to their ability to penetrate the Viking zone for some easy baskets. On the other hand, PG picked up several "cripples" going through the Flyer zone press. Mark Walker picked up his fourth personal foul with 4:37 left in the third period. After that Dixie stretched their lead to nine points with the aid of several Viking miscues and untimely personal fouls. Dixie's offense could do no wrong against any defense the Vikes could throw at them and went on to win 68-49. |