Show BASKET basketball BAUT TEAM RETURNS although playing a losing hand in their second and third games at the state tournament the monroe dhigh high school basketball team gained some valuable experience and I 1 furnished one of the surprises of the tournament when they defeated the strong springville Spring ville team in the opening game and held american fork to a 30 31 score in their second game granite defeated davis to take the championship for the fourth time in six years following are some comments of local interest made by tribune sports writers A flashy passing basketball quint from monroe turned back spring ville I 1 32 to 23 in one of the first day features of the annual utah casaba carnival cai at the deseret gymnasium the monroe rams took the lead early in the game and kept it by passing the red devils dizzy coach ellis wades team put up an exhibition of ball handling that was second to none in the tournament to clinch the tussle M magleby and lynn parker were high scorers with to 10 points but the outstanding performer in the contest was lynden roberts roberl ts monroe guard who played one kofl of the finest defensive games of the opening round I 1 thwarting a desperate last peri j od rally american fork alpine district runners up pulled together in the final minute of play to capitalize capata lize on two foul pitches and a i setup to edge out a speedy pass ng mon monroe oe f ive five 31 30 the sevier district winners trailed during the first three periods and the bluest biggest part of 0 the final period at one time being eight points behind they were on th the short end of a 2724 27 24 score as th the final period got under way dale hunt rangy center and one of the coolest players in the tournament connected with a sensational overhead shot and a few seconds later worked in for a setup to give the rams their first lead with the score standing 2827 28 27 for coach wades boys lynn parker dropped in another just before the rest period both fives played a deliberate style of ball and resorted frequently to long range shooting american fork took an early lead and at the end of the initial period w were ere out in front 1410 14 10 three baskets by dale peters kept the cavemen in lead during the entire second period the half score being 2015 20 15 for coach inger five monroe closed in during the third period with maurice Alag magleby leby and lynn parker hitting the hoop for several field goals |