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Show J:; I ... ;: . j i . 1 f JftS" - v - Scott Mosher hit this shot to send the Carbon game into overtime. Brent Larson is number 45. In overtime the Vikes beat Carbon to win a share of the Region 8 title. Photo by Wade Jense. P.G. wins round one the Vikes a 37-34 lead to start the final eight minutes of play. Mosher had 15, Bahr 13 and Kitchen 10, while VanDyke put in 8. Tracy Flinders had a pair of free throws, the margin of the win. Bahr was top rebounder with 14, and 11 of . ihose came on the defensive end, a critical factor in the Viking win. Tonight at 8:15 p.m. in the Bountiful High gym, PG meets Bear River for the second time this season. The Bears survived a second half West rally to nip the Panthers 40-37 in the first round. When PG traveled to Tremonton in December the game was tied with :07 seconds to play and Bear River hit the final shot to win 40-38. Since then, the Bears have won 10 straight By JACK HILL Pleasant Grove edged Orem, 48-46, 48-46, in the opening round of the State 3-A Basketball Tournament Monday night. With 4:25 to play in a ballgame f that was tight from the opening tip, Greg Bahr grabbed a loose ball and p tossed a lead pass to Scott Mosher. At full speed, Mosher raced Orem's p 1 Bill Herlin to the Viking basket where Herlin was whistled for a f foul. Mosher made one of the free J throws to increase PG's lead to 42-40 42-40 and the Vikes never trailed again although Doug Larson's rebound basket tied the score at 42. Seconds later Mosher swished both ends of a one and one and the Vikes were in the lead for good. " Brad Kitchen pulled down the 5 rebound of Orem's next shot and was fouled. The big senior, who signed to play football for BYU next fall, made both free throws to give PG a four point advantage at 46-42. ' The Tigers quickly scored, but another foul put Kerry VanDyke, PG's best percentage foul shooter, at the line. The junior Viking guard made it look easy in drilling the two free throws and when Orem missed !at tne other end, the Tigers fouled VanDyke again. The game looked to be in the bag. Then, without warning, like vanishing luck at a card table, the reat free throw shooting by the v'kes disappeared. VanDyke ""ssed and Orem had the ball. Bryan Deucher dropped in a i rebound basket, making the scoreboard read 48-46. VanDyke found himself at the line m with :13 seconds on the clock. 0 characteristically, the shot failed 0 go in. The Tigers raced the ball "P court but a pass to Herlin was 8h and went out of bounds. P took a time out to set up the ?0"nds Play and when Bahr got in , , t0 Mosher, he was quickly t Ut the clock was now down '03 seconds. The fickle fate of foul , Mooting had Mosher miss and Z 7 s 60 foot shot at the buzzer 5 front of the iron, leaving the es winners over the 4-A bound gg2 "gers. inB.?lh teams played good defense ifn i.! spacious West Jordan High 0P a7h 0rem leading 11-10 and t-ing. piay after the first two periods of r? Pr -i- D(-ri.PUt together a good third J iC aVs't,tVanDyke hiUing an 18" U j as the quarter ended to give |