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Forkers TipLincoln By58*45 CountnhPiet-l-'e8,trieids-isideraning-n-PRIDClassMem!RalplBy dick ricksHerald Sports WriterAMERICAN FORK—The American Fork Cavemen won a atate tournament berth by ousting Lincoln Tigers from the picture ifi a pressure .packed contest Friday night in a winner-take-all proposition. The score was SMB.The Cavemen have now finished in a tie with Lehi for the Alpine District title with Lincoln pushed back into third place. The Forkers and Pioneers, along with Spanish Fork and Sprlngvllle, wili represent Region 3 at the Class » tournament this month In the BYU fieldhouse.The Cavemen won their showdown battle with the Tigers on the strength of their ability to bottle up the Lincoln drives. In fact, the Tigers were able to cut loose only four shots each half from the keyhole. The Cavemen got 20 good shots from this area.In spite of the 13-point Forker win, the game was fought quite evenly most of the way. At the close of the first quarter, Lincoln fans were the jubilant members of the packed house.Noticeably Tight Both teams were noticeably tight as the game got under way. La-Relt Ooulding, Tiger center, finally got things going with a foul pitch. Jerry' Parduhn, who performed sensationally on the boards, evened the count with a charity.Kay Holdaway and Jim Pyne hit consecutive jump shots for Lincoln before Elton Abel's alert play gave him a nice under-the-basket shot. Goulding tanked one from the corner to send the Tigers ahead 7-3 after two and a half minutes.'The Forkers came back as Ron Turner tapped one in, Dale Greening hit a free pitch, and hustling Mackey Boley hit from the corner to give the Cavemen their only lead of the first quarter 8-7.Carl Rowley engineered a Lincoln drive in the final minutes of the opening period by scoring eight points along with singles by Pyne and .Holdaway. During this 10 point barrage, Parduhn hit a one hander from outside the foul circle to make the count 17-10 for Lincoln at the quarter,.Coach Don Overly pulled his boys together during the one minute rest period and they came back to run and shoot the Tigers dizzy with nine field goals and two charities against a total of eight digits for Coach Evan Baugh's defending Alpine champions.Turner, Greening, and Parduhn led in the way in scoring in the second period to bring the Cavemen from seven points behind in|f1l£ ... the first period to a 30-25 lead at|“ed*g half. This quick turn seemed to came take the starch out of the Lincoln jonesattack. I againsBuSlio’s,nd.ndultireingiflsProvo fell shoi peratior hopes i berth si frst hoi Jordan, From ball ga official Bulldog suhstan half. A1 minutes lead on Brklaci Neb 1 one ha cich g* to give A char anothei a 6-2 i Max F throws count missed in£ing • to :ers hin ;ing 3ne r— re’llAfterDrew First Bloodfour aiThe Forkers drew first blood in j Bulldc the second half as Azel made a forced good jump shot outside the foulUhe gl this!line and Greening drove under pile 0 lPn« the basket and counted two to Jerr give the Cavemen a 34-25 lead. fjeder Pyne added two from the foul line ahead and Rowley another to move the TibCrs closer at 34-28. the toBoley found the mark from out- Sh0ts side and then stole the ball and to 18 dribbled the length of the court fielde for another deuce to give the Fork-Ln{j ^ ers a 38-28 bulge. Holdaway fired gave ; one in from outside for the Tiger's peteri only field goal in the third period, ers flt; Boley managed a couple of ball throuj .steals during the closing moments the fl SaUe °f the third period that left both j is ha!the Leferees open mouthed, not to nten-tball tion the packed gallery. His ball Thii I hawking throughout the game was with lasts a continual -thorn in the Tigers ing o n by I sideSt musscfixed I Quick Five Points McCliWith Turner firing through a PU!quick five points, one a beautiful jailerawo! feint and hook shot that left him I** he;* 01 all alone, American Fork movedPfPJ11away to a 49-36 third quarter lead. *wo' ssne. Rowley's dynamic play pulled J°rds Ian“ the Tiges within eight points at out 0 fixed 52-44 with about three minutes to jfUS€ Ulest go, but Dale Greening went into 7*®® Salle action to pull the Cavemen back ison, to their 13 point win 58-45. Uncolnli,0 hi* a I attempted a full court press jn the *,27* , dosing minutes to no avail.Jebb, Carl Rowley topped all scorers I th(. *• ank- with 21 points. He hit nine for 10 L_«J 'vas from the foul line. Turner, Green- mAr-hallhng and Parduhn hit 12, U and 10, J,® team respectively for the Cavers. AbelLan was arld Boley hit nine each to give the |0Q ^ sland | cavemen a well-rounded scoring pranpunch, IflghtGot 67 Shots land;spent] American Fork got 67 shots at the the basket to only 44 for Lincoln, host! percentagewise, the Forkers hit back 35 per cent of their fllders to 25 per cent for the Tigers. Lincoln foxes stayed in the ball game from the can't, foul line by hitting 23 of 35 at-n ob- tempts to a poor 10 for 21 for the gray Cavemen.LINCOLN8eason GouMng .............. 2Hoiv Rowley ................. € 10noly Neel ..... 0 3Holdaway ..... 2 6Pyne ..... 1 TNelson .............. 0 1G T F Pimous ill-op-lonnie iana's d too. of aForma if few canhour e andTotals11 35 23 46G T F Plt; a •445141AMERICAN FORKParduhn ..........AbelTurner ..Chadwick Boley ...Hoglundhim [Greening ...... 5;ime,” Pierce ................ 0thinsWh0le Totals .............. 24 10 58Lincoln ....... 17 25 36 4510 30 49 58salt. I the i con-Bateman ..... 045 3 0 1 5 3 0 0a 101 92 12 0 2 1 9I 51 11 0 0 0 0American Forkeople. Officials: Buttle and Christensen.
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Provo Herald
Provo, Utah, US
Sun, Mar 08, 1953
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Brigham Y.
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