18, 1963 Explosive little Jim Garn, after failing in a shot from charity lane, evened the score for Bear River immediately after with a field goal from near mid-court. Ben Lomond brought the ball back down court and Spencer Wright was fouled by Paul Puzey. But the Scot ace missed the free throw and Bear River took possession, only to lose the ball a moment later on a pushing foul. Boyd Egan then tossed in the free throw that put the Scotties out in front, 3-2. Bear River’s Brent Marshall added his tally to a couple more by Garn and a foul shot by Jensen to scratch out the first lead of the game for the Bears at the end of the first quarter, 11-6. The second session of play atee off to a quick start with a by Bear River, a steal by wen and sudden- oyd ~~ mark. Spencer Wright pumped in two free throws after being fouled under the basket by Jim Garn to make it 11-8. The furious action of but a few moments before turned into a slow pace then, with the Scots determined to play precision ball control. Finally, Richard Jensen scored with a long twopointer to put the Bears out in front, 13-8. John Culverwell kept the Scots within range at 13-10 with a shot good from the outside. Quickly Jim Garn connected with the nets for two more to keep Bear River narrowly ahead. Moments later, Spence Wright broke loose and scored with an under-the-basket layup. The rest of the first half saw little action except a few free throws. The blue clad Scots entered the locker room at halftim trailing by 25-13. Kirk Black and Steve Taylor stole the third period spotlight away from Bear River as they frantically flipped in baskets and foul shots. But Brent Marshall of Bear River managed to keep the Red and White ahead by 40-25 at the third TOP TEN 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. West (7, last time) Skyline (6) East (3) South Bountiful (2) Jordan (1) Highland Bear River Ben Lomond (5) Provo (9) Garn tries a long shot, it bounces off the rim, and Wright rebounds. The Scots lose the ball and Bergeson fouls Jensen who tanks the lone point. Ben Lomond gets the ball and rushes quickly down court. Steve Taylor takes a handoff, glances at the basket, fires and scores! Not to be outdone, the Bears return it and place the responsibility to score on Marshall. He does and it is now 46-31. Seconds later, Spence Wright drives toward the basket, shuffles his feet, and guides the ball through the nets to make it now 46-33. Bear River charges down court, shoots and misses, and Kirk Black brings it off the backboard. Bill Gibbs darts out and steals the ball away from the Scots! But he palms it and gives it right back to Ben Lomond. Bergeson comes straight down court, stops for a moment, and lofts the ball into the basket. = With the score now at 46-39 Bear River again loses the ball; shot fr Wri ght tr MORGAN, flashy Ben Dec. 4 — Lomond The Scots notched win number one in their season basketball campaign here tonight, breaking loose in the second half to roll over the Morgan Trojans, 67-45. The Trojans took the ball on the opening tip and scored on their second field goal attempt. Jim Van Leeuwen was then called with a foul and Morgan sank both free throws to jump off to an early 40 lead. Shortly after, Spencer Wright missed a long shot, but taking the pill on a tie-up, scored with an underneath layup to put the Scots on the scoreboard at 4-2. John Culverwell deadlocked the score a few moments later with an outside tally. Morgan swiftly retaliated, cutting out a 9-5 edge midway in the first period. Wright pulled the Scotties within two points of the Trojans then with a couple of charity tosses. Morgan quickly added three points to their column while Jim Van Leeuwen in a long score, Boyd Egan with a short loft, and Spencer Wright at the foul line all tallied to finally even the figures at 12-12. During the remainder of the quarter, the Trojans made one field goal and four free throws. The Blue Streaks performed one of each to illuminate the score at Morgan 20, Visitors 15 at the period’s end. It took three jumps, Ben Lomond getting the ball every ense, hn Culverwell, he suddenly turns and drives passed it to toward the basket. He is called who connected from outside to for an offensive foul against Ber- make it 20-17. Ben Lomond eventually tied geson who then pumps in the first foul shot, 47-40, and the second, 47-41. it at 28-all late in the second quarter with scoring efforts by Van Leeuwen, Wright, Culverwell, and Black, who sank a beautiful long shot a few seconds later to give the Scots their first lead of the game at 30 28. The Trojans trailed by only one with a tally from the foul line. soon afterward. Jim Van Leeuwen went to the foul line himself with less than a minute left in the first half, but missed both shots. The referees then called Ben Lomond with goal tending and Morgan went ahead by 31-30. Time quickly running out, the Blue Streaks rushed down court and Culverwell pumped through a tally which fired Ben Lomond ahead by one, 32-31, at the half. Morgan took over the lead at 33-32 early in the third period of play with a short field goal. Kirk Black then tried a shot but it missed the funnel and Morgan brought it down. The Trojans quickly threw a full curt pass but the ball bounced off the face of the intended Morgan receiver and landed Wright in Spencer’s hands. Spence brought the ball slowly down court, worked around the outside, then suddenly pivoted and scored with his classic onehanded jump shot. Late in the third quarter, Ben Lomond turned the heat on, switching from its usual ball control to the fast break and fancy passing. Jim Van Leeuwen tossed in the tally that posked the Scots further ahead, failed in a foul shot attempt, rebounded his own shot, then faded back and sank the roundball right through the round rim to pace the Blue Streaks to a 43-36 edge. Poor ball handling descended upon both teams in the latter part of the third quarter but the two Scot aces, Wright and Culverwell, traded scores and kept Ben Lomond ahead of Morgan at the period buzzer 4839. Ben Lomond steadily increased its margin over the Class B team in the final stanza and Kirk Black, taking a handoff, pivoted around and scored to make it 56-41. A battle of ball possession then followed with several fouls called, several foul shots missed. The Scots, however, did better at the foul line and propelled their lead to 61-41 in a few short minutes. Neil Bergeson tipped in a missed Ben Lomond field attempt and the Scotties rolled up an impressive 63-42 lead late in the fourth quarter. Morgan called time out and, after action resumed, completed two free throws from the keyhole. With 27 seconds left to play in the game, Dave Bott stole the ball away from the Trojans and scored a layup. Jim Van Leeuwen capped Ben Lomond’s scoring spree at 67-45 in the last two seconds of play with a perfect tally from the floor. Scoring: been 17, Culver: it up and in to make it 41-35, Ben Lomond. Several plays later, Culverwell J. V. Cagers “Hey, Guys, Wrong Basket!" Victory lies so close within the grasp of the Scots. Oh, just three more baskets, just three more, and then—triumph! Suddenly, Marshall draws a foul off Steve Taylor and approaches the foul line. No, don’t make it, no . ho... no! Marshall pushes the ball up in the air and releases it. It’s in. The lead cannot be overcome. Bear River’s Payne also draws a quick foul off the dejected Scots and swiftly pumps in two tallies from charity lane to put the game on warm ice at 50-41. The final buzzer sounds, screaming Bear River fans rush onto the floor; the Scots slowly walk off, bravely holding back the tears from their eyes. Just a minute ago, victory seemed so certain. But for now, now now. Scoring: Wright 12, Bergeson 9, Black 6, Taylor 5, Culverwell 14, Egan 3, Van Leeuwen 9 Score by quarters: Ben Lomond. ............ 6 13 25 41 Bear River ............ 11 25 41 50 Football Trio Receives Honor Three Scots football players recently placed on the Ogden Standard-Examiner All - Area grid teams for 1963. Brent Belliston made it on the coveted first team selection as an end. David Bott received “honorable mention” at the quarterback slot as did David Brown at tackle. “Show the boy mind and ing with my first Clarence. interest in anything does.” With this in my stomach flutterbutterflies I went to basketball game with the opponent, that’s the last straw. Naturally, I wanted to show Clarence that I really knew a lot about the game, so I stood up and screamed to the top of You must understand that I my lungs, ‘You stupid guys! really like Clarence and since Don’t you know how to play he knows so much about sports basketball? That’s the wrong I did so want to make a good basket!” impression. I heard Considering that hundreds of People crowded the benches in the gym, Madame Luck came along and we found a seat on the front row. Since Clarence did know so much about the game, I thought that imitating his actions would be the safest thing I could do. So during the first half of the game I sat in complete bewilderment, knowing nothing of what was going on. I yelled when Clarence yelled, booed when he booed, and slapped kids on the back when he slapped kids on the back. Well, when the half-time activities came to an end, I knew about as much then as I did in the beginning ,but being a proud girl I refused to ask Clarence. Clarence became quite upset when the visitor’s team score lit up at 26 and ours at 23. When the buzzer sounded you can imagine my surprise when our team began shooting in the enemy’s basket! Then I became upset. Here I didn’t even know anything about the game, but when our team starts helping a roar Tan Open Leet ere Season Ben Lomond’s Junior Varsity basketball team has displayed outstanding prowess. this season, bringing home two spectacular victories and losing only one game. They romped over Bear Riv- er, 52-41, plowed Morgan into a deep grave, 62-26, and lost to Box Elder, 49-39. —. of laughter around me and, after shaking my fist at the guy in the striped suit (like I’d seen Clarence do) I felt someone tugging on my arm and telling me to sit down and shut up. His face had turned a bright purple and the pupils of his eyes had dilated scmething awful. As the laughing died down Clarence explained to me that at the end of the half-time the teams changed baskets. Then I felt my eyes dilating and my face turning green with red stripes. Since I had broken the ice with Clarence I decided that it would be safe to ask him other questions I had about the game. Like why do they always throw the ball up in the air and have a tall guy and a short guy jump for it? Anyone in their right mind would know that. the one over seven feet would have an advantage over the guy who stands tall at five foot two. Why do all the guys stand back and watch while one guy throws at the back board? Clar- oe Bear River’s Richard Jensen delivered the ball to Wayne Payne on the opening jump, but the Bears lost the ball and Boyd Egan quickly swished the ball through the nets to put the Scots ahead by two. SCOTS STOMP MORGAN, 67- 45 SS season basketball fray. quarter buzzer. But the game was far from over. Neil Bergeson goes to the foul line, misses in his first try, sinks the second. And now comes the big push with the score standing Bear River 45, Ben Lomond 29. t rar PT: TREMONTON, Nov. 29—The Bear River Bears successfully fought ‘off a surging fourth quarter attack by Ben Lomond here tonight to edge past the Blue Streaks, 50-41, in a pre- _ PAGE em BEAR RIVER EDGES BEN LOMOND, 50-41 THE HIGHLANDER lee Ca DECEMBER MERRY CHRISTMAS From Santa and Rick ence told me that that shot isn’t intentional; it’s just that the team member can’t do any better. Well, after he had spent the rest of the game telling me how the thing’s played, he didn’t even know what the score was or who had won. Personally, I don’t think I made a very good impression on him, because when we went out to the car his face still had a tint of purple, and every time he tried to smile his teeth clamped tight against his gums. Just between you and me, I think that basketball game will be my first and my last. haa WEDNESDAY,