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Show GRANTSVSLLE FALLS TO VIKINGS 33 TO 0 It was three down and three to go for the Alger Boys after the 33 to 0 drubbing administered to' the Grantsville Cowboys last Friday Fri-day afternoon. With league victories vic-tories over American Fork, Juab and Grantsville, the Vikings are tied with Bingham for top slot in the Region VII football standings. The P.G. victoiy over the Cowboys Cow-boys was according' to hoyle; but the Bingham 32 to 0 lacing of Lehi last Friday night came as a mild surprise. Not that the Miners were not expected to win they were, according to most scribes. It was the size of the score that had most of the prognostigators fooled. Lehi has a big burly and rugged line, but the Bingham players threw passes, showed their deceptive de-ceptive running game and were alert to the Pioneer mistakes in the Lehi win. Lovat and Costello alternated to make life miserable for the Lehi fans, as they crossed the Pioneer goal line time after time. In the other Friday game, American Am-erican Fork's Cavemen routed the BY High Wildcats 20 to 6 to take fourth place in the league standings. stand-ings. In the game at Grantsville Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove was decisive with speed and end sweeps. Hal Lewis went around end for 50 yards in the first quarter and Paul Allen followed fol-lowed soon after with a 20-yard swing for another six-pointer. In the second half Hales sneaked for a score and Kenny Merrill scored on a 20-yard run in the same period. per-iod. From where we sit the big one for the Vikings is the last league game of the season, when Bingham Bing-ham plays here, if the P.G. boys are able to turn back BY High and Lehi in order before the big one. Bingham has the potential to make trouble for the Vikings in their march toward a second B-championship. B-championship. If plans announced Tuesday are carried out, Pleasant Grove played a practice tilt with Spanish F'ork on Wednesday. Results of the game were not available at press time. |