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Show Varsity & Jr. Varsity basketball j Judge Memorial, State 3-A ; football champions, served notice ! that they will be a basketball force ; by downing Pleasant Grove, 63-49. ! The season opener for both teams was played Saturday in Salt Lake CitV- ,. , j Using a big front line, Judge roared to a 12 point lead after eight minutes of play. Richard Holmes, 6- 9, Judge post man had 10 points in that fast first quarter start and he finished with 26 points for the game. IK) warmed up in the second period and outscored the Bulldogs 15-12 to make the halftime score 32-23. 32-23. The Vike used a pair of third. quarter baskets from Matt Norman and goals from Brad Kitchen, Mark Clements and Scott M usher to pull within 7 points. In the final quarter, with l'(i pressing on defense, Judge went to the line 20 times and made l,r of those free throws to win going away, 63-49. PG had 20 field goals to 22 for Judge but the home team Bulldogs hit on 19 of 29 free throws to 9 of 15 for the Vikes. Coach Keith Allred felt good about some aspects of the Vikes play and was high in praise for Judge. "We didn't play a poor team," .Allred said. "They'll lie heard of when State Tourney time rolls iiround." Junior Varsity Game In the junior varsity game, sophomore Bret able came oil the lench to score 23 points as the Vikes lost a tight one pointer, 61-62. Zablehad a 14 point third quarter that saw PG leading by two with four seconds to play. Judge connected on a three point play and the Vikes turned the ball over on the inbounds play. A double foul call produced a jump ball with 1 second left on the clock. The Vikes controlled the tip but time expired before they could get off a shot. . 0S Tracy Hinders had H points with Ken Cordncr and Greg Bahr tossing in 7 each. Mark Johnson had 6 for the Vikes. PG outscored Judge 25-17 from the field but the Bulldogs converted. 2K of 41 fret! throws. The Vikes made 1 1 of 15 from the line. Last night after press time, PG played at Cyprus in Magna. PG opens the home season Saturday against Orem. The Tigers edged Lehi 60-59 in a non-league game last week. A schedule change involving the basketball team was announced today. On December 22, Pleasant Grove will play at Tooele. 1 |