Four Teams Roy, Valley Primed for Tiedin County Loop _ Court Race The four-school basketball league | ~ ; of Weber County junior high schools ‘goes into action this week, with). Friday afternoon games. Having started later than most ; other hoop leagues hereabout, the p= county hoopsters are ready for the | * battles w ith considerable experi-? ence under their belts. = pool will be at Roy, andoe goes - Roy and Valley are riding the crest as the Weber County junior | high basketball league enters its) RACE OPENS oe coached by Clark Puffer, has a few pre-season victories and title. Coach Ralph Crowton has al s stable of eager hopefuls at Ogden The fourth school, South, ’ & _ Roy © | oot 9 fo ye Wahlquist, snot ‘i eer =. > Roy Assumes ‘First’ ser 4 nettings | Coach Clark Puffer’s squad from® = Roy, playing at home, produced well balanced scoring, with four) = of the players. registering double = figures. South, coached by Gary Stokes| made its best showing in the sec#- Crowton’s oS twin = held him down o the. intermission. Keith Or- opped the scoring the losers as none_of the » Wahl- ee “Nana@nroev auist crew couldmake the “double Po “john assey made nine points for South | for high point distinction on the/ loser’s side. Roy was obliged to overcome a seven-point deficit at the half in its " session with the Valley Bulldogs, » and was still trailing os Totals at the Bob Atkinson of Roy/ dumped a hefty 26 markers into the | nets to lead all efforts of the day. David Chambers also enjoyed a /good outing at the hoop for the victors, canning an even dozen} points. * The Bulldogs’ best man at the basket was J. Harrop, who flipped jin 17 markers, and S. Bailey was only one behind as he broke loose for 12 points. Al Warden shot nine. scores: VALLEY GTFP Bailey 3 2 1 Harrop 6 6 S 4 Bailey 6 Archieeta g. 0 Sanders5 01 Buhrley0 0 Shupe 0 0 Spencer 0 0 0 — The ROY Totals 20 15 9 50 4 10 20 26 40 Totals BS victory. the | the Qooooann eS put on the steam, bombarding basket for 19 points to claim 0 Z 3 0 0) 0 3 5 McFarland 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gilman 0 0 0 ooaxcacnse TF a ~ But in the final frame Roy really | ' 15 30 14 - WAHLQUIST : end of the third. it might be session teams will co-share the same rung with the loser of the Roy-Valley engagement, and distance among all the quints for the! moment is pretty slim. Coach Gary Stokes’ Southerners, except for one weak quarter, didn’t faltereenough to call for an analysis their session last week. Coach Wayne Cottle’s crew Wahlquist has a lad named And| from Har-) top who tossed everything through | the nets except the piano last week “when he notched 25. Standings: to fivef = points. Valley was in front 23- | Se at | in markers. Valley’s impressive 40-29 victory s-was paced by J. Harrop, who topped the day’s basketmaking with *25 too, to point out. South -Wahlquist | should be just as hot, for one of the - ; and figures. Valley crew can hit into figures, » prudent The | » South had two players hit double § markers, headed by Campbell’s 15 be points. Massey plunked in 10.2 “Campbell made 10 of his tallies in | “the first half, but in the second f= the Roy defense had him figured) out, double jleague for this week. Coach Ralph | Three of his mates also rolled int double figures. David Chamber connected for 15. Barry Eldredge -got 13, and Robert Atkinson canned = for hang your hat on, there’s little doubt that Roy will be a problem for opponents. But so will Valley. The Valley-Roy outing therefore > claims top billing in the four-school & a. The South- Wablauist . encounter was ragged and couldn’t pull together through the whole contest as both quints fumbled and exhibited ' but few flashes of form. rs The South Spartans were on top at the intermission, 14-12, but fell 5 ' behind in the third as the Eagles poured eight points into the net. | South could collect but two peu | during the quarter. EO 2 littl South Stration is hardly solid enough to = ae for Roy. ) and Although a single week’s demon-) - 40) of Roy, 26-22. But in the third Ro roared back, putting 14 points into! >the net while South was making six.| Al Warden, a small lad who moves exceptionally fast and hits@ ell with a nifty jumper, led thee ‘day’s scoring with a 16- point outpute Coun Valley, in their session against South, as four of their players ruffled the) = ond to come to within four points Atkinson Hits 26 to fare. Both are Friday at 3 p.m. Coach Clark Puffer’s Roy basketeers demonstrated unusually good scoring ability for a sub-prep troupe _ © 29, to open the league basketball is coached by Gary Stokes, and he wouldn’t be surprised to see his} ) charges wrap up the bunting either. The county teams each play six} league games, with the final contest - coming Feb. 16. cendet, So while... Valley..downed goes will host Wahlquist for the week’s| Takes First Game ‘feels this may be the year for aj = Valley. The schedule brings together the | Roy Quint 0 “Roy, /second week of competition, with two games scheduled for Friday. 10 22, 131 25 # _ week’ S 0 games; Roy Valiay Wahlquist at South -000 Friday at § =