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Show Winter Sports Underway at High School Y- ': : r ;.; r ' :.'' ' -., ,'.,iS'. 1 - V " j Y"" Si I i ; i " r I . . : ; : J , " . Photo by Jack Hill' Wrestlers Host Cedar City Tonight, 7:30 It's that time of year again. No not for Christmas shopping. shop-ping. It's wrestling season and the Vikes open the home and Region Six schedule tonight at 7:30 pm by hosting Cedar City. Optimism is running high in the early season workouts. Coach Henry said "we have got a good group." Competition is keen for the starting spots, especially in the middle weights where Tom Moore and Ty Harding are battling along with new-commer, new-commer, Mike Johnson. Junior heavy weight, Darryl Peterson, trimmed down from 320 to 290 for tonights opener gives the Vikes a potent punch at that weight. Cedar City has not had much of a wrestling program in years past but their team is of unknown quality this year. Around the league, Tim-pview Tim-pview looks to challenge the Vikes for Region honors. Joe Martinez, former Provo coach will work the Thunderbirds. The next home match will be December 15, when PG will host Springville. PG 50 Carbon 58 Johnson 6 0-112 Walker 2 0-2 4 Atwood 5 2-4 12 Ratliff 4 1-2 9 Keate 2 3-4 7 Moosman 3 0-0 6 Totals 22 6-13 50 PG 18 31 37 60 Carbon 15 28 39 58 Basketball Team Beats Judge; Loses to Carbon Pleasant Grove started the basketball season with a win over Judge last Friday and then lost a home game to Carbon Car-bon Saturday. In a very close game in Salt Lake City, PG pulled away from a third quarter 44 all tie to upend the host Judge Bulldogs, 58-50. Greg Johnson scored 19 point for the Vikings and Mark Walker added 12. Saturday's battle with Carbon Car-bon pointed out a fact that will haunt Keith Allreds team all year. The team lacks height! J . . BIG AND SMALL Darryl Peterson, P.G. heavyweight at 290 Lbs. pairs off with P.G.'s lightest wrestler, 90 Lb. Gordon Lindstrom in preparation for tonight's Region 6 opening match in the Pleasant Grove High gymnasium. PG 58 Judge 50 Keetch .0 0-0 0 Howe 3 2-3 8 Keate 31-4 7 Walker 5 2-312 Johnson9 1-3 19 Atwood 3 0-1 6 Moosman 0 0-16 Ratlif 2 2-3 6 Totals 25 8-18 58 PG .14 30 44 58 Judge 19 29 44 50 HOME GAMES Tomorrow night PG will open Region Six play by hosting everybody's preseason pre-season 3-A pick, Provo. The Bulldogs, 4-A power last year and for several years, will bring one of the states best players, six foot seven inch, Devin Durrant to the PG gym. Durrant is considered by many to be the best player in the state regardless of classification. PG will play Uintah Saturday Satur-day night in a non-league contest con-test with the Region Five school. DAVID RATLIFF Floor game, hustle were great. For three quarters the smaller Vikes played the taller Dino's even only to have Carbon Car-bon pull away to win by eight, 58-50. Johnson along with junior Mark Atwood led the team with 12 points each. |