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Show Varsity cagers down Sp. Fork naround jump shots. Andy Osborne led the Don offensive attack with 14 points. When PG's lead become insurmountable in-surmountable at 54-42 with 1:35 to play, Spanish Fork's Coach, Mike Gardner sent in the junior varsity with instructions to "blitz em." The "blitz" turned into a hack, chop, foul and tackle 90 seconds that put a smudge on an otherwise clean and physically hard fought game. It was very fortunate that no player was seriously injured during those brutal last seconds. Finally, a Spanish Fork player was overheard saying, "lets quit fouling and get this over with." VanDyke was ' the top scorer on the floor with 16 points, just a point ahead of Kitchen and Mosher. The win raised PG's region record to 4-2 and put the Vikings back in a tie for first place as Payson dumped Carbon, last weeks leader, 63-50, PG, Carbon and Springville have identical records. This week PG will play at Springville. ,. ' Over . the weekend, Springville " came from behind to edge Lehi 46-45 to earn a share of the regions top spot. By JACK HILL The game was physically rough and with five minutes to play, close. A Pleasant Grove time out with the score 44-40 for the Vikes set the stage for a 15-2 scoring run that boosted PG to a 59-42 win over Spanish Fork Friday. Coach Keith Allred sent his troops back into action following the time out with instructions to "run two interchanges before looking for the shot." Like a well rehearsed drama, all five Vikes got into motion and after running 20 seconds off the clock, Brad Kitchen took a pass at the top of the key, turned and fired a strike to Kerry VanDyke. Thanks to a nice "down pick" from Scott Mosher, VanDyke was open for a 15 footer that settled softly through the net to give the Vikes a 6 point lead. Spanish Fork missed their shot and the Vikes went into their deliberate pattern offense. Again, Kitchen received the pass and this time, on the opposite side of the floor, he found VanDyke free for another nice jumper and PG led 48-, 48-, 40. . , ......... Panic swept the Don team and last week's winners over Springville sent a parade of Viking players to the foul line. Kitchen dropped in a pair while Mosher hit one of his 15 points for the night. Kitchen finished the game with 15 points and just as important, the big Viking post man had 12 rebounds. A big part of the "physical battle" during the game was between Kitchen and Thayne Carlisle. Carlisle, a football player turned into a very respectable inside basketball player, had 12 points for the Don's on a series of soft tur- |