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Show Anton Peterson Leaves 'Gilbert's Quintet Leaves South High South Battles East Leopards On Deseret Court Tonight; Hilltoppers Seek Tourney Birth With the basketball season for the Big Six almost over, the Darts from Davis seem to have clinched the title with their win over Granite last week. However, Granite still has a chance to tie the Darts for the championship. In the event that Granite wins both of, the games left on its schedule and Davis loses its Anton Peterson, star forward on Gilbert five the past year, has enlisted in the Marines. Good - luck, always, "Pete". Anton Peterson, w " ?8i star forward on "4 - 'lllli Gilbert five the 'feS past year, has fr " H enlisted in the a - ''S Marines. Good ' VS luck, always, flv 11 - lS 1 one remaining game, both schools will have to share the crown. Last week was a busy one in the Big Six with most teams playing play-ing two games. The Cubs took on the Jordon and Davis quintets losing los-ing both contests as well as another an-other to Granite the week before. In all three games the Cubs were more than a match for the opponents oppon-ents in the first quarter, but seemed seem-ed to fall apart as the games progressed pro-gressed and finally ended up on the short side of the score. The most thrilling game of the week was Jordan-East tilt with the Leopards emerging victoriously over Hansen and company by one point, 32-31. The Granite-West game was postponed until Tuesday because BIG SIX STANDINGS Won Lost Pet. Davis 8 1 .888 Granite 7 2 .777 East 5 4 .555 West 4 5 ,.444 Jordon 3 5 .333 South 0 9 .000 the Deseret gym was being used for the "M" men tournament. The Cubs looked like the teams of old from South as they matched match-ed Davis, Granite, and Jordon basket for basket in each of the first quarters in the games with these teams. Thei entire South team consisting of the two Petersons, Peter-sons, Jones, Kjar, Story, Jenkins, and Carabine were hustling, passing pas-sing and shooting with the best of any South teams, but they didn't seem able to keep it up for the other three quarters. The game with Davis was An-thone An-thone Peterson's last game with the Cubs for he is scheduled to leave for the Navy soon. We want to wish this one swell athlete ath-lete lots of luck and success in his future endeavors. Three of the hight school casaba casa-ba loops will wind up league play this weekend in contests which will decide futher entries in the annual state playoff slated slat-ed in the Deseret gym on March 16, 17 and 18. Granite and Davis have already won tourney positions and East is expected to clinch the third spot from the Big Six. Frday's schedule for the Big Six will find West at Davis, Jordan at Granite and South meeting East in the Deseret gym. |