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Show THURSDAY, MARCH 8. 1979 PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW, PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH THURSDAY. MARCH 8, 1979 Vikes Ready, Tourney Monday The Pleasant Grove Vikings took off in the third quarter and never looked back as they beat the Cedar City Redmen 81-6- 6 last Friday. The Viking's David Ratliff and Garth Han-sen had great games to really give the Vikes a boost. Hansen dominated both boards and Ratliff, with the help of Kevin Peay took it to the Redmen from the outside. The game began with Cedar City jumping off to a quick lead, making the Vikes come from behind the first quar-ter. Both teams played neck and neck in the second quarter, and it ended 38-3- a squeaker, going into the second half. The Vikings took off like a flash in the third quarter and dominated the rest of the game with Ratliff hitting almost everything he put up. Hansen, who is getting better every game, controlled the in side game and Cedar City couldn't do a thing. Both teams did the same thing the last quarter as P.G. scored at will and Cedar didn't have a prayer as P.G. got the victory to assure them the fourth place finish in the region. David Ratliff led the Vikes with 26 points and Garth Hansen ad-ded 24 with 12 big rebounds. Trent Searle had 11 points coming off the bench and Kevin Peay had 10. The Vikings are now preparing for the state tournament which will be olaved at the University of Utah March 13 to 17. PI. Grove plays Judge or Jordan on Monday, Mar. 12 at 4:10 p.m. Henry Sets Spring Wrestling Clinic tournament being held Saturday May 5th. Each student will need to furnish their own gym trunks, shirt, gym shoes, and towel. Pleasant Grove City Recreation arid Coach Darold Henry, wrestling coach at the High School, announce plans for the 1979 Spring Wrestling Clinic. This clinic is open to all students from 1st grade thru 9th grade. Classes will be held at the Pleasant Grove High School Boys Gym. Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thur-sdays beginning March 13. Workout schedules will be Tuesdays 6:30-- 8 p.m. for grades 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Wednesdays 6:30 8 p.m. for grades 4th, 5th and 6th. Thur-sdays 6:30 to 8 p.m. for grades 7th, 8th and 9th. Registration will be held at the City Recreation Building, 41 East 200 South, from 3 5 D.m. Weekdays or prior to the first class for each age group. Registration fees will be $5.00 for Pleasant Grove area students and $8.00 for those not attending Pleasant Grove or Lindon Schools. Included in the cost of registering will be a wrestling T shirt. There will be an ad-ditional $1.00 fee for those wrestling in the tournament at the con-clusion of the clinic. Darold Henry, ou-tstanding wrestling coach at the Pleasant Grove High School, and former all american at BYU, will head up the clinic with help from Mark Sanderson, for-mer great high school champion from Pleasant Grove, and All WAC Champion at BYU. Also helping will be members of this years High School Team who finished un-defeated in Dual Meet Compitition this year, and finishing 3rd place in this years state meet. Classes will run from March 13 thru May 3. With the Pleasant Grove City wrestling J.V.s Win at Cedar The Cedar City Red-me- n jumped off to a fast start but P.G. came back to tie the score in the Jayvee game played last Friday. It was a seesaw game with P.G. rarely in the lead, but they hit the locker room at halftime up by three. In the fourth quarter P.G. made their move as they got a three point lead after Justin Bone hit a shot and was fouled. Then Wayne Whitley was sent to the line to shoot a one and one. Whitley hit both to give the Vikes a five point lead and insure the win, 55-5- Forward Scott Kohler was leading scorer with 19 points. This game concluded region play for the Jayvee, who finished the season with a 12-- 9 record. CITY CHAMPIONS Kneeling, Layne Butt, Kaylon Whiteley, Back, Mark Walker, Kay Swen-son- , Tom Strasburg, Coach Tyler Smith, Ray Green, Absent in Cedar City was Keith Allred. Wasatch Bank Wins Tournament by Chub Gillman Wasatch Bank cap-tured first place in the City League Tourney with an 80-7- 9 triple- - overtime victory over the Kinsmen last Friday. The see-sa- game ended in a 59 all tie. sending the champion game, for the second year, into overtime. Both teams scored twice but the Kinsmen missed their chance when an unneeded timeout was called with Mike Shoell open for a layup. Following the timeout, a last second shot failed. John Beck hit two free throws with eight seconds remaining in the extra period and Wasatch Bank's chan-ces looked hopeless. Hopeless until Ray Green sank a beautiful turn-aroun- d jump shot with two seconds on the clock. In the decisive third overtime, Tom Strasburg dropped in a pair of free throws in the final seconds to give Wasatch its second straight over-time championship, 80-7- Last year, Wasatch also edged the Kinsmen in overtime for the title. Ted's Barber Shop j placed third with Wils fourth in the weeklong tourney. Named to the city all-sta- rt team were Tim Blackhurst of Teds; Larry Sheriff of Wils; Mike Shoell of the Kin-smen; and Tom Strasburg and Ray Green of Wasatch Bank. Colby Adamson, who scored 40 points for the Kinsmen in the cham-pionship game, was named most valuable player. TITLE GAME Ray Green (00) shoots with Colby Adamson (30) on de-fense. Other Wasatch Bank players are Kay Swenson (42) and Tom Strasburg (32) Kinsmen shown are Tom Hamann (27) Tom Atkinson (28) Jay Walker and John Beck. Photo by Chub Gillman First Annual Explorer Basketball Olympics Set presenting the final bronze, silver and gold medals to the winners. A most valuable player award will also be given. Eliminations prior to the 20th of March will be held in Spanish Fork, American Fork and Provo High School gymnasiums. For further infor-mation in this area, contact Eleroy West, District Exploring chairman or call the Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The first annual Ex-plorer Basketball Olympics sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America will be held March 17th through April 20th. Each District in the Utah and Wasatch County areas will have a first and second place team competing in the overall tournament. In the Timpanogos District, which includes North Orem, Lindon, and Pleasant Grove, there will be an elimination tournament held in early April to determine the final two teams to represent the district. Members of high school basketball teams will be eligible for this tournament, because it begins and ends after the completion of the high school season. All players must be registered in their Ex-plorer Post to play for the team, however. The final tournament game will be played in the Pleasant Grove High School with Stan Watts from BYU Sophomores Finish Season With Win at Cedar City The Pleasant Grove Soph basketball team finished out the season last Friday at Cedar City with a fine win over the Redmen, 63-4- P.G. fell behind in the first quarter due to the great shooting of Dan Carter, who scored 11 points in the initial eight minutes. "He burned our man to man, so we changed to a two-ma-n front zone and held him to 6 in the second quarter. Then we moved to a three man front and held him to 5 points the rest of the game," commented Viking coach. Jack Hill. The Vikes took an 8 point lead to the locker room at half after g Cedar 19-- 9 the second period. Then they just played great defense the rest of the game to bring home the win. Justin Bone and Kevin Allridge led P.G. with 16 points apiece. The sophomores posted a fine 12-- 4 record on the year and show a lot of promise to P.G.'s future basketball teams. American Fork Hospital Admittance and Employment Policy This hospital shall not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, religion, color, sex, economic condition, or national ancestry. Published Feb. 22, Mar. 1 and 8, 1979, Pleasant Grove Review Steve Peterson Interiors Invites you to their 4 4 Everything Goes" Birthday Sale!!! AllRolls and Remnants S& are Priced to Sell. This includes all of our Famous Milliken Brand Carpeting Plushes Prints Highlows Solid Colors Multi-Color- s, etc. We know what the market has to offer and we got 'em all beat. See for yourself!! MW Sale Period March 15-3- 1 mk, MILLIKEN STEVE PETERSON CARPETS INTERIORS The good life at your feet. HiniwnW 285 East State Road Pleasant Grove Phone 785-305- 6 1979 STATE 3A , WEDNESDAY PLEASANT GROVE HAS El N I SHED THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A GOOD 12 WINS AND 8 LOSSES. AND ARE READY TO TAKE ON EITHER JUDGE MEMORIAL OR JORDAN IN THE INITIAL GAME OF THIS YEAR'S STATE TOURNAMENT. PLAN ON JOINING JIM STARR AND JON HOOVER FOR ALL THE EXCITING ACTION LIVl FROM THE SPECIAL EVENTS CENTER ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH THIS COMING MONDAY AT 3:45 ANjD WEDNESDAY KPGR |