Cedar vs. Spanish Fork, Ogden, Utah, Feb. 22, 2013 | Photo by Sara Amodt, St. George News
OGDEN — Spanish Fork started quick and never looked back as the Dons beat Cedar 63-58 and eliminated the Redmen from the 3A State Tournament here in the Dee Events Center Friday night.
Cedar made a late run and actually pulled to within three in the games final 20 seconds, but Spanish Fork’s Ty Henry iced the game with two freebies to save the victory.
Spanish Fork started quick and never looked back as the Dons beat Cedar 63-58 and eliminated the Redmen from the 3A State Tournament here in the Dee Events Center Friday night.
The Redmen had a successful year, but not the huge one they had planned. After starting Region 9 6-0, the Redmen closed the season out by losing six of their final nine games, including Thursday’s quarterfinal loss to Morgan.
Henry led SF with 14 points and Benson Reese had 13. The Redmen got a solid game from point guard Mike Hourigan, who had 14 points and three assists. Dustin Staggs was the top player for CHS, scoring 26 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Dason Coronado added 13 for Cedar.
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Andy Griffin has been in sports media since 1989 and has covered BYU, Utah State and the Utah Jazz as well as all sports in southern Utah. A journalism graduate of USU, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m.
Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 28 years and has five children ages 13 to 25.
