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Show VIKINGS WIN FINAL! GAME ON TUESDAY) The curtain was rung down on high school basketball in Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove Tuesday night but the last act was a thriller. The house was full, the partisan spirit tremendous tre-mendous and' all those fortunate enough to be on hand were treated to a fine brand of basketball. PI. Grove won 66 ty 55. The heat was off the Vikings. All hopes for a B-tournament berth went down the drain last Friday Fri-day nig'ht at iSTephi, when the Juab Wasps pulled a heart -breaking upset, up-set, which scuttled the Norsemen's boat. The PG win was a bitter pill for BY High. It sent their tournament tourna-ment hopes glimmering; and handed hand-ed second place undisputed to the American Forkers. The Cavemen aided their own i cause by slipping past the pesky I Wasps in a game played Monday night in American Fork. While the Vikings were lambasting lam-basting the Wildcats Tuesday night, the Lehi Pioneers handed the Tintic Mineis their tenth straight loss 66-28. The Lehi win carried with it the Region VII championship and a place in the B tourney. In Tuesday night's PG-BY game it was mostly for the Wildcats in the first frame. The BY high boys made about 75 per cent of their shots to end he quarter with a 22-12 22-12 advantage. During the second! canto the Vikings warmed up and narrowed the gap to BY 31, PG 26 at half-time. half-time. After the long rest period, consistent, and rugged play by the Orumpmen overcame the deficit and the Vikings forged ahead 44-39 44-39 to end the third period. The last quarter was the best for the local boys. Fordham, Peterson Pet-erson and Winters played! stellar ball and the Wildcats wilted under un-der the blaze of offensive ball. The game ended 66-55 with the Vikings hot at the hoop. Anderson of BY High was the big gun on the floor, tanking 22 counter. Foirdham, PG, "was next with 16. Kay Giles played his best game of the season and rolled in 12 points in the part of the game he played. Peterson, also of PG got 14 for the full game. The box score follows: Fordham 5 6 6 16 Buckner 4 6 2 10 Peterson 4 6 6 14 Lewis 2 0 0 4 Winters 4 2 19 Giles 5 3 2 12 Fmampton 0 0 0 0 Fugal 0 111 Totals 24 24 18 66 BY High G T F P Collins 2 2 2 6 King 2 4 15 Hamblin 5 1 0 10 Sorenson 5 7 2 12 Anderson 7 9 8 22 Jones 0 10 0 Totals 21 24 13 55 I |