Grizzly Rally Blasts Hopes Of American Fork, 43 to 30 By BOB GOODELL Logan staged a convincing rally to take the measure of American Fork, 43 to 30, Thursday afternoon, thereby reaching the consolation final of the Utah high school hoop tournament. The Cavemen, playing by far their best basketball of the compe¬tition, roiled into a 20-11 lead late in the first half, and seemed well on their way to victory with a six- point margin at intermission, but Ed Izatt, Logan's somewhat erratic ace forward, returned to form with a bang as the second half opened, scoring nine points in rapid fire order, that put the Grizzlies in front to stay. Cavemen Weaken American Fork fought back, twice tying the score in the third quarter, but the Grizzlies were tailing in their shots beautifully, and as American Fork pressed its de¬fensive play, the officials called numerous fouls against the Cave¬men, Logan sinking their charity tosses in deadly fashion to pull far away in the final period. Izatt's "money" shooting in that vital juncture of the third period made him the outstanding per-former. Golden Peterson worked well at forward, and Ray Lindquist contributed his third bang-up de-fensive performance of the tourna¬ment. Eldon Pedersen, who took over Ryan's duties, aaded greatly to Logan's ball rustling efficiency. Captain "R" Gardner of the Cave¬men rang up 12 points in the first half, and played the floor brilliantly as well, but he could not keep up the pace in the second half, al¬though he added two more points for a total of 14, that tied Peterson for high honors. Wayne McTague worked well on defense. Three field goals by Peterson gave Logan a 6-4 edge in the first quar¬ter, but a tailin shot by Devitt, followed by a trio of pretty ringers by Gardner, soon sent the Cavemen into the lead. They were playing brilliantly at this stage of the game, their tight defense worrying Logan considerably, and they mingled frequent long shots with accurately timed work under the basket. Logan Stages Drive After the Forkers' margin had reached nine points, Pedersen scored a setup and free throw to make the halfway count 14-20. Then came Izatt's four baskets—three of them pretty tosses from close range —and the Grizzlies were on their way to victory. LOGAN GT F P Izatt, rf . . 5 3 3 13 Peterson, If 5 4 4 14 James, c 4 3 2 10 Ryan, rg . . 0 1 0 0 Lindquist,lg 0 3 2 2 Cardon, rf OOOO Pedersen, rg 1 3 2 4 Stephens, lg 0 0 0 0 Totals 15 17 13 43 AMERICAN FORK GT F P Gardner, rf 6 7 2 14 Hicks, lf . . 2 2 15 Devitt, c . . 1 3 1 3 Brown, rg 2 4 3 7 McTague, lg 0 1 0 0 Grnwd, rg-lg 0 0 0 0 Duckwth, lf 0 1 0 0 Durrant, lf 0 0 0 0 Grosbck, rf-c 0 2 11 Totals .11 20 8 30 j Score by quarters: Logan 6 14 30 43 American Fork 4 20 26 30 Stevenson, referee; Hillman, umpire. Murray Five Rallies to Whip Braves Murray staged a sensational last quarter rally to defeat North Sum¬mit, 30 to 16, and thereby stay in the state high school basketball tournament to the final night. Mur¬ray will tangle with Weber for; fourth place in the tournament Saturday. Murray suffered a let-down after its two-point extra-period defeat by the touted Ogden crew in the second round and it took a spectacular finish to give the Smelter team the game Friday from the scrappy Braves. The first period saw the ball game tied at three-all with Bogden mak¬ing the only field goal. Murray managed to go one point ahead in the second quarter, 8 to 7, when Carl Clark missed four straight foul shots for North Summit. Carl made the only goal for the Braves in the third quarter, but Murray was able to get only two, one a long shot by Pezley. In the final quarter Spriggs scored for the Summit champions, but Nate Bankhead, colored forward for Murray, came through brilliantly for his squad and tipped through four shots to give the Smelter crew a sub¬stantial lead at the final gun. Doug Clark, little Brave forward, who doesn't know his own speed, was again the sensation for the Coalville five, while Bankhead was the hero for Murray. Pete Bogden, Mur¬ray's touted guard, went out of the game early in the third quarter on fouls. The box score: MURRAY GT F P Bankhd, rf 5 2 0 10 Johnson, lf 3 3 2 8 Smith, c . 1 1 1 3 Bogden, rg 2 3 2 6 Pezely, lg 10 0 2 Townsnd, rf 0 1 1 1 Healy, rg. 0 0 0 0 Delis, rg . . 0 0 0 0 Oliver, lg. 0 0 0 0 Totals 12 10 6 30 NORTH SUMMIT G T F P Spriggs, rf. 14 2 4 D.Clark, lf 14 13! C.Clark, c. . 1 6 0 2 France, rg . 0 1 1 1 Taylor, lg. . 2 3 2 6 Stonbkr, rf 0 0 0 0 Whealon, lf 0 0 0 0 Gorn, rg .. 0 0 0 0 Totals ..5 18 6 16 Score by quarters: Murray . 3 8 14 30 North Summit 3 7 10 16. Collins, referee; Bullock, umpire. DAVIS BOWS TO GRANITE HOOPCREW Farmers Go Into Finals .With Impressive Win Over Darts The spectacle of a third-place team battling for the state cham¬pionship will be seen by prep cage fans, Saturday evening, in the his¬toric Deseret gymnasium, all be¬cause a talented and tenacious Granite quint took the liberty of go¬ing into the final round without thought to the high rankings of teams which it has faced, This was aptly proved Friday af¬ternoon when the Granitians staged a brilliant fourth-quarter rally to defeat the Jordan district cham¬pions, the Darts of Davis, 27 to 22. Thrilling Battle The mere statement that Granite defeated Davis, 27 to 22, does little to tell the thrills which were packed into the titanic struggle between two great hoop teams. It was a question of one great team rising to the heights and another just failing to scale the pinnacle. Too much defense! That, in brief, is the primary factor which resulted in the Darts' loss to the finalist for the second time this season, th Farmers having scored an 18 to 14 victory over Davi3 in a regular league game, the second of the two losses the Darts were credited with in the race. The two teams opened their strug¬gle with the full support of their student bodies. Seldom has an af-ternoon round game brought out the enthusiasm attached to the one played Friday. Allen Layton, crafty Davis for¬ward, sent his team into the lead three minutes after the opening of hostilities, bagging a long shot from the right side of the court and Davis followers nearly tore the roof off the gym. Stern Wood, an elusive bit of bas¬ketball machinery, tied the score up with a side shot which never even touched the strings. Harold Mack¬ay, brilliant guard who turned in a i flawless defensive exhibition, barged in to take a pass from Harvey Rynearson and his setup gave Granite a 4-2 lead. Just before the end of the quarter, the husky Dick Kramer stood in midcourt, eyed the hoop and tanked a long shot. Brink Scores Twice The lithe and speedy Wood made Davis followers groan, when, after two and a half minutes of tight de¬fensive play in the second quarter, he bagged his second setup. Lloyd Brink, the smoothest little forward in the tourney, caged a layup shot and then retaliated with a tipin on a mad scramble under the hoop, to put the Darts back in the ball game. Rynearson tossed in a charity throw and Kenny Taylor got a short shot to send Granite's total to 13. Big Dave Briggs and Allen Layton bagged semilong shots, which, with a foul by Briggs, sent the Darts' score to 11 as the half ended. In the third quarter, the score was tied at 15-15, 17-17, and then Davis zoomed into a 22-20 lead at the end of the quarter, the first time the Darts had been in the lead since the opening moments of the encounter. In the final session, the Granite defense, touted as the best in the state, lived up to its reputation by holding the Darts scoreless. Rynearson made three of his 11 points [in this frame and Wood came through with two foul tosses and Taylor with his second basket of 'the game to give the Farmers their well-earned triumph. The score: DAVIS G T F P Layton, rf . 3 2 0 61 Brink, lf . 4 0 0 8 Swan, c . . 0 0 0 0 Briggs, rg . 1 4 2 4 Clark, lg 0 10 0 Atkinson, lg 2 0 0 4 Davis, c . . 0 0 0 0 Totals . 10 7 2 22 GRANITE G T F P Taylor, rf . 2 1 0 4 1 Wood, lf . . 3 3 2 8 Rynearson,c 3 7 5 11 H.Mackay.rg 110 2 1 Kramer, lg 10 0 2 Totals . 10 12 7 27 Score by quarters: Davis . . 2 11 22 22 Granite 6 13 20 27 C. Nielsen, referee; D. Nielsen, umpire.