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Show Bantam tourney As the Bantam Basketball teams geared up for the upcoming City Bantam Basketball Tournament which will be held in Pleasant Grove the week of March U through the 17, there were some really great games and individual performances by the teams that played last Saturday. The District "Three" Tournament will also be hosted this year in Pleasant Grove the week o March 19 through the 23. Severa teams from throughout the district will be participating m that tournament, including Pleasant Grove teams. In the top offensive outing of the year Brook Blackhurst scored a high 20 points as the Sonics beat the Bucks to finish in fifth place in Division II. Rosenloff and Frampton with eight points each supported Blackhurst's explosion while Hurt with 11 and Veinker led the Bucks. One of the teams to watch in the upcoming city tournament will be the Celtics as they are led by a very much improved West who had 19, Brown, 9 and Johnston, 8, which give them height and scoring punch. The Pacers were led by Larsen with 6 and Attwood with 4. Watkins with 8 led the , Suns The big game of the day for leadership of Division I saw a very spirited Spurs team beat back the Lakers, 30 to 21. Stott with 9 and Roper and VanDyke with 6 each had a little bit too much offense for a Laker team which was led by Dickerson's 9 and Johnson with 4. A cold third quarter was just too much for the Lakers to overcome as they only scored one point which saw a close 15 to 13 score balloon out to 21 to 14, which theSpursrode home to a victory. The City Bantam Tournament will be held March 12, 13 and 14 at the High School Boys Gymnasium, with the semi-finals and finals at the Recreation Center on Friday night and Saturday. 1 he top four teams from the city tournament will advance to the District "3" Bantam Tournament -which will be hosted by Pleasant Grove beginning on March 19 through Friday the 23. The first two nights will see games played at the Community Center and Boys gym at the high school, with Wednesday, Thursday and Friday's games played at the Community Center. The public is invited to come and see some highly skilled and exciting action. The Cougars barely escaped with their lives as the Jazz roared back Jrom a disastrous first half and fell ' two points short of giving the Cougars their first loss of the season, Olsen with 9 and Flinders with 6 were enough to beat back the challenge of the Jazz who were led by Hayden with 13 and Durrant with 6. This, could set the stage for the semi-finals of the city tournament if the Jazz and Cougars work their way through the lower bracket. The Bullets continued their winning ways with a sharp offense led by Mayo, Garrett and Tolman, . and a tough defense which functions totally as a team. The Bullets were able to hit the open man often enough Saturday to beat back a potentially great Suns team, 35 to 29. Mayo with 17 and Garrett with 6 led a determined third and fourth quarter charge by the Bullets, as Preece with 12 and Standings Division I Win Loss Spurs 8 2 Spirits 7 3 Celtics 6 4 Lakers 6 4 Knicks 2 8 Pacers 1 9 Division II Win Loss Cougars 10 0 Bullets 7 3 Jazz 6 4 Suns 4 6 Sonics 3 7 Bucks 0 10 Results - March 10, 1984 Spirits 48 Knicks 34 Sonics 47 Bucks 24 Bullets 35 Suns 29 Pacers 23 Celtics 50 Cougars 28 Jazz 26 Spurs 30 Lakers 21 |