FRIDAY. F a if vv ‘ ‘ 4 FA i Game; Lakers } ee _ By Ensign Ritchie Jim Chatlin, who got hotter with each change of the clock, led the Ben Lomond Scots to an exciting 58-50 basketball victory over Ogden High School Thursday night in the Ben Lomond gym. The victory was the third straight for Ben Lomond in league play and put the Scots into sole Possession of first place. This will only last, however, until the winner of tonight’s Davis-Bonneville game is determined. The winner of that game will share the lead. with the Scots. . It was also the third defeat for Ogden in as many games, but the Tigers forced’ Ben Lomond to use| everything in its offensive and defensive books. The Tigers trailed throughout, but were always within striking distance. | Newn tied it up at 10-10 and Gene Newman’s DID defensive battle for three quarters, then broke open in the final period to turn into a free-scoring tussle. But as the Tigers thawed out, so did Chatlin as he scored 11 of his 26 points in that final quarter. Ogden was eight points behind at halftime, but early in the second half, Jack Loughton picked up field goals from side court, and rugged Frank Ellis picked up eight points as he snared re- bounds and bounced back uy tuck them in. With these two ‘ing the way, Ogden closed the to two points at 34-32 with a ute and a half to go in the period. to :adgap minthird | to make it eight points, then hung on as the Tigers got no closer than | LEFT THE GAME Mike Downs, who provided most of the Scots’ board strength in the first half, left the game with the second half less than two minutes old. But Hart, Bryant Madsen and | | LOGAN GTFP Shiffman 512616 Olsen 3228 1002 Brown ~ 3 5 2 8 Sparrow 314915 Hall 100 2 Larsen 0100 Linley 27 5 9 Christnsn 0000 Brandon 1 1 7 Baldwin Parrish 12°13 6 30 Yates 01060 Minkler 2437 Skidmore 0200 Eyre 2°35 Cannon 0000 : 20 04 Koller 16 3219 51 game, both coaches switched the javees set for SOUTH CACHE FP. 1 2 2 4 Olsen 0 1.0 0 Brenchley and "Score War ing department the rest of the way. During the opening minutes of NOS, the Ogden EVERYTHING Chatlin however tanked one just ‘before the buzzer sounded to give Ben Lomond a four-point spread to start the final quarter. a - But that was as close as Ogden for 8 p.m. with ;came as Verlon Hart and Chatlin 6:30 p.m. opened that period with field goals Box scores: Six points. gave Big Allen Parrish did everything as he scored 30 points. Other Northern Utah high school ‘games will be played tonight. . Bountiful and Davis square off in the big one at Kaysville. The Darts’ gymnasium should be bulging at tipoff time: tonight.What should be a real interesting game will be played in the Bonneville High gym where the Lakers host cross-county rival Weber High. Both are winless in league competition, but both have shown a great deal of promise at times. In Region One, The Bear River Bears will attempt to get back into the thick of the race when they travel across the mountain to meet North Cache at Hyrum. In the Class B ranks, St. Joseph, with a 1-1 record in the Jordan Division of Region Six, will host ' Dugway in a game here in Ogden. In the Summit Division of Region Six, Morgan will be at South Summit and North Summit will visit Park City. , | All varsity games are scheduled But it was Jim Chatlin who kept three throw | Tigers’ only lead. Ogden tied. it up to end the period, but then trailed the rest of the way. Ellis, who also did a fine job on the boards, led. Ogden with 15 points. Newman, playing one of his better games of the season, added 15. : Chatlin was the only Scot to hit in the double figures. At Logan, the mighty Grizzlies rolled to their fourth straight victory of the campaign by handing South Cache a 68-51 defeat. The Grizzlies now hold a game and a half lead over the second place Box Elder Bees who are idle this week. the Scots out in front: as he hit 26 points on 10 field goals and six of 11 from the free throw line. Wednesday night’s game was a his free a one-point edge. But that was the "OGDEN by | Jensen 0 2 2 2 .. Totals quarters: 24 37 20 68 : “Gach ge 3 ea 4° 17°31 Say shoe pene: 15427 . 53° BEN “51 68 LOMOND from zone to man-to-man defenses GTFP 3 21 7 Stock Downes 252 6 and it was one of the few times 3 0 0 6 Loghton _ Madsen 1979 the Tigers have been seen in a 3 4 2 8 Stoddard Hansen 1 22 4 6 6 315 Ellis Hart 2204 defense other than a zone. 4 8210 Newman Butters 3 539 Ellis put Ogden in front 1-0 when 20 0 4 Barcley Chatin 10 11 6 26 e€ canned a free throw in the 0.0 0 O Fife pening minute, but then Madsen’s 21 20 8 50 Totals 19 34 20 58 jumper gave Ben Lomond the lead. Score by quarters: RON gees orev rama eois 1S: 196 Midway through the period, Brent Ben Lomond ..... BeateS. 13 27 34°: 86 38 58 ae Ss cafes re JANUARY 20. 1067