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Show Vikings blast Uintah to keep hopes avoid any possibility of a playoff with Uintah to get into the state tournament. Actually, fifth place is a better draw than fourth in Region 8. The fourth place team must play Region 8 number 2 (Provo most likely with an outside chance of Timpview) in the first round of the State Tournament. Tour-nament. Since Provo and Timpview have been the only two 3-A teams ranked in the top spot all season, playing another team from another region appears to be a better draw. Junior Varsity Coach Alan Bahrs i squad posted anoth f : with balanced scoring J victory over Uintah Nathan Ash was t wbje" right behind Pederson U, and fi V and Bryan Hofeins J I Jeff Swenson scored, ; Church and Chad v each. fllJti The junior varsity,, stands at a very lofty , With five Region 8 teams qualifying for the 3-A State Basketball Tournament, PG s game at Uintah last Tuesday was critical to the Viking post-season hopes. Coach Bruce Bushnell's squad took the long winter bus ride in stride and blew away the Utes, 81-62 81-62 PG used big first quarters from Craig Hayden and Greg Grothe, each had 10 points, to build a seven point lead, 24-17. When the Utes adjusted to slow down PG's inside big men, John Olsen came through with 9 points in the second period to take up the slack and the Vikes were on top 45-28 45-28 at halftime. A foul-plagued second half, the Vikes went to the line 23 times and made 15, was a standoff with the Vikings going on to win by a 19 point spread. Grothe had 25 for PG with Hayden getting 21 and Olsen finishing with 15. Dave Flinders and Derrick Dickerson each had 7 with Jeff Swenson adding 4 and Kurt Victor and Russ VanDyke one each. Tonight's home game against Payson opens a key three game Region 8 home stand. Friday, Carbon comes to the PG gym and the league ending game finds Springville here on Feb. 17. PG needs to win two of the three to |