| Show WILD CATS LOSE T escolante TAKE S ON game here friday will determine state tourney entry the high school basketball players were eliminated from further competition this year when the escalante cliff dwellers took their measure in the semifinal semi final game of the inter district playoff play off series at escalante last friday the final score was 35 to 26 in the other semifinal semi fin final al game salina was victorious over the piute diute county high of circleville Clr Cir cleville and now the two winners will meet to decide which quintet shall represent the two sevier districts in the state tourney this game will be played in the richfield high school gym friday at 8 p in with what little information can be obtained from comparative scores either team may win but the odds are on the wolves the salt town boys have had bad considerable more experience have played on the richfield floor several times before will not be disturbed by the large crowd expected to witness the game and are thought to be a little better team in every respect than escalante this does not mean however that the game will be a setup for the crew coached by floyd kotter coach otto L baker of escalante has a fine bunch of ball players and they may spring a surprise to earn a trip to salt lake city most of the fans who saw the escalante richfield game feel that should the two teams meet again the wildcats would be the winners it is generally conceded that the boys were not playing up to par which was probably partly due to the long trip over the mountain eldred peterson was the II 11 high I 1 agn h scorer for the cats besides pl playing ay his usually good defew defensive ive game the forwards lambert and barton had trouble with their shots because of the slick floor which prevented them from cutting under the basket as Is their custom for the winners liston listen the center contributed ten points and was the center of the attack tickets for the game here friday are on sale at the high school |
