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Show The Review Thursday, February 26, 1981 Pa eeA-1- 1 Viewpoint Leave the Shot Clock for College and Pros By Jack Hill - r11; My recommendation is' that high school basketball be let alone. Forget the shot clock. On the collegiate level, employ the clock (30 seconds) except during the last four minutes of each half. This would insure game action while maintaining the suspense of a ' four corner delay or spread offense in the final minutes. In case of an overtime game, no shot clock would be used. (' manned, outclassed team should have a chance, then the answer is "no" to the shot clock. The pro's went to a 24 second clock several years ago. Fans of the professional game like the idea. Game scorers average over 100 points per team paying customers like the race horse action, and the team with the best players almost always wins. Every year pressure is mounted to bring the shot clock into college and high school basketball. The pressure usually swells after a team pulls a slowdown upset of a highly touted squad. Fuel is added to the fire when fans witness not a "slow down" a virtual "stop" (like Mt. View's 19-1- 8 upset of Provo a few weeks ago.) In that game entire quarters passed without either team scoring. A "stop" game is boring but a slow down, deliberate game can be an exciting action filled contest em-ploying great coaching strategy. It is the one way the undermanned team has a chance to win. Dr. Naismith's "winter activity for football players" has undergone many changes.. Nets have replaced peach baskets; foul lanes have in-creased from 6 to 12 feet; the center jump after every score has been eliminated; a three second area defined and a rule limiting the offense to 10 seconds to get the ball to mid- - ' court are just a few. Other proposed changes include . raising the basket higher than 10 feet and including a three point score if the ball is shot from 23 feet or beyond. ' The latest proposal being debated is, "should there be a shot clock in amateur basketball. A clock that shows a set time that the offensive team has to shoot the ball or give it up. 1 think the answer to the shot clock ' proposal depends on how you answer this question. "Should the team with the best players always win?" If you reply "yes", then the answer is "yes" to the shot clock. On the other hand, if you, like me, feel that the under- - v f I ysju lAjiya 1 mLai- PLEASANT GROVE JUNIOR HIGH Front, Coach Jay Walker, Jerry Young, Brady Harris, Shane Frampton and Coach Bruce Bushnell. Second t;row, Larry VanWave, Matt Norman, Cory Conder, Shaun Story, Shane Phillips, Jim Trinnaman, Thayne Eyre and Bart Adams. Back row, Scott Ujones, Chris Meyers, Doug Monson, Jim Brown, Brian Keate, Shaun Bezzant, Alan Howe and Neil Peterson. WITH AN OUTSTANDING 3 RECORD, the PG Junior High team placed second in their basketball league. Coach Jay Walker reports rthat this year's team was one of the best to work with that has come through the junior high in a long time. Matt Norman, a quick ball handling guard, had a season high game with Neil Peterson leading the team with a 14 points per game average. At the center position, Jim Brown and Doug Monson played well with tough Shaun Bezzant the leading rebounder. Shaun Story and Chris Meyers got most 1 the playing time at the forward spots. Teams in the league were American Fork, Orem, Orem High, Lakeridge, Mt. View and PG junior Whs. Coach Walker feels that there are some excellent prospects coming up. The seventh grade practices every Tuesday and Thursday j mornings with the eighth grade players working out on Wednesday and Friday. All seventh and eighth grade boys are invited to these 'sWorkouts that are held on a "no cut basis." - j, -- ' State AAA Tourney WhyNotAtBYU? Why not have the State 3--A Tourney in Provo some year? That question has been asked more than once. At least seven 3--A teams are south of the Marriot Center so it seems logical that the tourney should be there every third year or so. Our source says the reason is because the head BYU basketball coach refuses to adjust, his practice schedule for the three days like the Utah coach does to (ac-commodate the high schools. j City Recreation Posts Coming Events 26 February - Little Girls BB - Jr. High School JAZZERSIZE - Girls Gym Jr. High 27 February - Sr. Men BB - Sr. High Recreation Movie - 6:00 & 8:00 p.m. at Recreation Center "Festival of Folk Heroes", Walt X Disney 28 February- - Bantam BB - Sr. High School Jr. Basketball - Jr. High School Recreation movie 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 at Recreation Center "Festival of Folk Heroes", Walt Disney 2 March- - Sr. Mens BB Tour nament - Sr. High School 3 March - Sr. Mens BB Tourna ment -- Sr. High School Jr. Boys BB Tour-nament ' : Jr. High School '"t.'l Gymnastics -' Jr. High School JAZZERSIZE 4 March Bantam BB League - Sr. Boys Sr. Women League - Jr. High I'j , 5 March Little Girls Bfl - Jr. High Vl Jr. Boys Basketball - Sr. High 6 March - Bantam BB League - Jr. High ;i Jr. Boys Tournament Sr. High 7 March Bantam BB League - Sr. High WHAT THE VIKINGS DID TO BEAT A.F. !!!!!!!!!!! .... msWJfc. ERIN FLINDERS 4 'uMLj v, i it ) i 1 J m ZC'h--' ' ' " ,..., " . . i u $ 'rX ' - - '4 i . ! :Kr- - I I'M L -- X vis V v .w. .4 !', , ' ". '.A:t f'ii i ' t W ... " ... v i ; RAY BEZZANT ' Left: Coach Keith Allred proved how important the American Fork game is by dressing up and giving a pep talk to the cheerleaders during Friday's pep assembly. Kelly Hoover delivered a spirited lecture to the basketball players. Middle: Erin Flinders and Ray Bezzant came off the bench to add spark to the Viking Attack. Right: Kevin Allridge adds two of his game high 25 points to help PG beat the Cavemen, 65-5- 5 Friday night. '; - ... Migh Fashion.' i Low Price. Ji XArtCarved's miniature high school rings ? t are now on sale. r " 1 j Popular petite ringsfrom ArtCarved ':' come in six different styles. Crafted in jQi ' elegant 10K yellow or white gold, one Y of them isJust right for you. . f Flattering, fresh, feminine. 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' i: City Recreation I Announces Activities 51 Pleasant Grove City Recreation will be running a night skiing bus to Park West this coming Friday at 4:30 p.m. If you would like to see this program go, come down to the recreation department and pay your money ($10) to the secretary by Thursday at 5 p.m. There must be at least 40 people signed up for the trip. The recreation department is having family movies this coming week, starting Friday night at 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. with a Walt Disney movie entitled "Festival of Folk Hero." If you want to get some of your Saturday shopping done there will be nament will begin Friday at 6:30 p.m. There will also be a showing on Monday night at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. The department is running a bus for ice skating for another couple of weeks. There are a few seats left for this event. The bus leaves at 9:30 a.m. Saturdays. There will be a basketball tour-nament and league play on the 24th and 25th of February. |