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Show Granite Defeats Ogden, 21-16 And Weber High Loses Tigers Rally In Third But Unable To Stand Pace; Dixie Beats Davis For Third and Provo Whips Logan DESERET GYMNASIUM, Salt Lake City, March. 21. — The team that accepted third place in the Jordan district for a chance to win the state title came through here tonight with a hard-earned 21 to 16 victory over Ogden's fighting Tigers. It was Granite's fourth championship in eight years. All-State Harvey Rynearson led the Farmers to their astounding triumph over the favored Ogden team with an all-around rugged floor game and nine points from the field. Adam Bengoschea was Ogden's leading scorer with eight counters. DEFENSIVE GAME It was strictly a defensive game all the way as both teams played tight zone defenses. Granite jumped into a 6-2 lead at the quarter and increased it to 10-4 at the half. Og¬den rallied magnificently in the third quarter to pull up within 13-11. With Deming and Bengoschea hit¬ting the bucket, the Tigers made a gallant bid for the game as the final period opened, taking their only lead during the game at 15-13. The Farmers, momentarily demoralized by the loss of their great defensive man, Harold Mackay, pulled them¬selves together, however, and pounded to a glorious triumph. STRONG ZONE DEFENSE As in their previous tournament victories, it was Granite's famous zone defense game that stopped Og¬den. Granite's great pair of guards, Kramer and MacKay, cheated Og-den's towering forwards out of their usual quota of follow shots. Simihariy Granite's aggressive for-wards drove in to get more tail-shots than Ogden's defensive men have permitted all season. PRAISE FROM BAKER Cecil Baker, Granite coach, gave Ogden credit for being the tough¬est and one of the most sportsman¬like teams his boys have played all year. He also commented on his teams play: "I have long favored the zone defense my boys play as the best for High school players. It conserves their energy and has brought us a fair share of victories. I am going to continue using it un¬til something better comes along." GRANITE TEAM BEST Dixon Kapple, Ogden coach, had this to say: "I'm satisfied the best team won. We've played against a lot of zone defenses but never one like that. They just rooted our boys out from under both backboards." Rynearson was high point man with nine counters. Adam Ben¬goeschea, only all-state forward in the tournament, was next high for Ogden with eight counters. FOULS CLAIM TWO Granite lost its star guard, Har¬old MacKay, midway in the third quarter. It almost cost them the game, but the Farmers pulled them¬selves together after Ogden had shor into the lead 15-13. Ogden also lost a star player on fouls, Ben¬goeschea going out near the end of the game. PLAY BY PLAY After frantic milling up and down the floor, during which time Woods missed a foul toss for Granite, Nor¬ton, all-state Ogden pivot man, broke the ice with a one-handed toss from an out-of-bounds play. Shortly after, Rynearson, Gran¬ite's all-state luminary, put the Farmers in the running with a one- handed shot from the side. Taylor put Granite ahead, 4-2, with a setup. Briggs fouled Rynearson. The try went wild. STALL EFFECTIVE Granite went into a mid-quarter stall that lasted almost a full min¬ute before Ogden came out slightly from its tight zone defense. Ry¬nearson drove in hard for a setup and the Farmers led 6-2. Kramer tried a long shot that went in and bounced out. Deming replaced Agricola in Ogden's lineup at guard. The quarter ended as Rynearson missed a running shot from the corner. The first quar¬ter score: Granite 6, Ogden 2. SECOND QUARTER It was Ogden's ball out of bounds as the second quarter opened again. The two teams battled scoreless for several minutes, both getting fre¬quent shots at the basket, before Taylor added two more points to the Granite total with a high-arch¬ing long shot from the side-middle. Ogden was not getting its cus¬tomary large number of tail shots. Kramer and Mackay were taking everything from their own back¬board. Mackay fouled Norton but the Ogden center missed the pitch. Bengoeschea fouled Rynearson and the Parmer center missed. Woods made it 10-2 for Granite with a long shot. TIME OUT—FLOOD Bengoeschea scored Ogden's first points in the second quarter, tail¬ing in one of Norton's bucket shots. The referee took time out to wipe water from the floor in customary fashion when it is raining outside. The half-time gun sounded with the score reading: Granite* 10, Ogden 4. THIRD QUARTER Aguirre fouled Rynearson shortly after the second half opened. Ry¬nearson converted. Ogden appeared over-anxious and tense. Deming intercepted a Granite pass and Ben-goschea used it to score a one- hander from the foul line. Woods retaliated with a setup for Granite. H. Mackay fouled Norton in the act of shooting. Norton missed the first but made good the second charity toss. COUSIN FOR COUSIN Ogden was getting more shots in this period. The score was 13 to 7 as Mackay was found guilty of dribbling through. It was his fourth personal and C. Mackay replaced his cousin in the important guard I position. The referees called a questionable blocking foul on Nor¬ton, but Rynearson missed the pitch. A flurry of Granite shots went wide. Kramer and Taylor missed long shots. SCORES FROM SIDE Norton looped one in from the side, as the tide imperceptibly turned in Ogden's favor. The score was 13-9. Bengoschea fouled Woods. Woods missed. Bengoschea fouled Rynearson, who also missed, and Bengoschea scored a one-handed basket from the quarter. At this stage the third quarter ended with Ogden in possession of the ball, the score: Granite 13, Ogden 11. FOURTH PERIOD Deming and Bengoschea electri¬fied Ogden rooters with two sensa¬tional long shots to put Ogden in the lead, 15-13, as the bottle-neck quarter opened. Both teams took to long shooting for several mo¬ments before Taylor hooked a shot; over Briggs' head to knot the count 15-all. Aguirre fouled Wright who had replaced C. Mackay at guard shortly before, and the slim Farmer guard converted. Rynearson made it 18-15 for Granite with a pivot and dribble. shot. Wright fouled Briggs. The Ogden guard converted. Rynearson broke loose for a setup but, overshot. BENGOSCHEA OUT With two minutes to go, Bengo¬schea committed his fourth personal trying to stop Kramer's dribble. Agricola took his place in Ogden's lineup. Kramer coolly sank the toss to give Granite a big three-point margin. A moment later Rynear¬son sealed the victory for the Salt Lake quint with an angle shot. Rynearson dribbled through, against Briggs, who missed. The, gun sounded amid pandemonium. Granite 21, Ogden 16. OGDEN G T F p Bengoschea, rf 4 2 0 8 Aguirre, lf 0 0 0 0 Norton, c 2 0 0 4 Agricola, rg 0 0 0 0 Briggs, lg 0 2 1 1 Deming, g i 2 1 3 Totals 7 6 2 16 GRANITE G T P P Taylor, rf 3 o 0 6 Wood, If 2 2 0 4 Rynearson, c 4 5 1 g Kramer, rg 0 1 1 11 H. Mackay 0 0 0 Oi Mackay 0 0 0 0 Waight 1 1 1 Totals 9 g 3 21 Howard, referee; Nielson, umpire. |