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Show Banquet concludes successful P.G.H.S. basketball season . "To win the region championship waa our goal," said Viking Coach, Keith Allred, during the basketball banquet last Thursday. ' Allred said that Pleasant Grove High has won five region titles in the past 40 years and that this years squad "came as close to playing to their potential as any team we've ever had." . Each varsity player was recognized for his contribution to the teams success which culminated in a 68-58 win over Mountain View for third place in the 3-A State Tournament. : Kerry VanDyke earned the Best free Thrower award and was named Most Valuable Player for the season. ! Another junior, Gregg Bahr was recognized as Most Valuable Player in the four game State Tourney. " Senior Brad Kitchen was the Best Rebounder; Tracy Flinders the Catalyst; Scott Mosher Most Improved; Im-proved; and Mark Clements Most Unselfish. , Four other seniors, Mark Johnson, John-son, Eric Thomas, Billy Adamson and Ken Cordner got special mention for their roles as 'practice players.' , "They didn't get many playing minutes but their contribution to the team was just as important as those who played," said Allred. "Many lesser players, when they can see that they are not going to play alot of minuts, quit," Allred added as he praised these four for their great attitude during the year. Junior varsity players honored were: Brett Zabel and Ron Simmons Sim-mons as Most Inspirational; Nick u - Starr, Most Courageous; Jim Debenham, Funnest Teammate; Mark Bronson, Most Improved; and Brent Larson, Most Valuable. Alah Bahr, assistant coach, presented each player with an engraved picture plaque. Bahr's junior varsity compiled a 13-7 season record plus an 8-2 region mark. Sophomore coach, Bruce Bushnell said "it is hard to go undefeated," in describing the sophomores perfect 10-0 Region 8 record. Bushnell made short comments about each of the sophomore players as he and assistant, John Wardenburg, presented the players with an award to remember the year. Todd Simmons, representing the soph's, praised the sophomore coaches and presented them with a plaque from the team. Alan Zabel, representing the parents, read a poem describing the games in the state tourney and Jim Starr gave each player a copy of the season stats. Starr also played a segment of the , play-by-play broadcast of the Orem game that P.G. won 48-46. Kitchen, Clements and Mosher honored Coaches Allred and Bahr. "This team won 16 games, a region championship and placed third in the State tourney," said Allred. "I'm proud of our defense, they caused alot of turnovers," he added. Another fact that Allred was justifiably proud of is that "not one technical foul was called on the varsity during the year. ' ' |