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Boys Varsity - JMH vs Sky View, State 1st Round Game (1984/85 Judge Memorial High School Basketball)

1984/85 Boys Varsity Basketball Season: Coach Jim Yerkovich’s boys basketball team posted a 19-1 season record and finished second in the 3A state tournament, falling in the finale to Provo, 59-54. The game was a classic, pitting two undefeated teams against one another. And they both played well – Provo shot 57% from the field, Judge 52%; Provo hit 87% of its free throws, Judge canned 21 of 22. Turnovers were even. In the weekly Green Sheet’s account of the game, the outcome was decided by a referee’s call midway through the fourth quarter. Bulldog star Richard Holmes drove to the hoop, scored and appeared to be fouled. But the referee whistled Holmes for charging, the potential three-point play was wiped off, Provo got a three-pointer of its own first time down court, a six-point flip in a matter of seconds. After Judge missed a shot, Provo ran out the clock. The Bulldogs were led by a trio of team captains – Holmes, Anthony Cordova and Eric Veltri. The 6-foot-7 Holmes was profiled in The Salt Lake Tribune by Judge alumnus Patti Auer, Class of 1981, noting that he had a 3.96 GPA, the highest SAT score in the state and was the first four-year letterman in Bulldog basketball history. He was on track to set the school rebounding record while averaging 20 points per game. “Richard is very bright and organized,” Yerkovich said. “His real strength is his intelligence and intensity. He gives his best to basketball and to school. He gives his ultimate all the time and is one of the hardest working players I ever coached … the best inside player Judge has ever had.” Holmes set the career record in rebounding (953 in 1981-85.) Undefeated during pre-league and regular season play, the No. 2 ranked Bulldogs got a scare in the tournament’s opening round, holding on to beat Sky View 63-58 behind Holmes’s 21 points and 12 rebounds. Judge then beat Timpview 70-69 when Cordova hit a 12-foot jump shot with two seconds left and advanced to the finals with a 55-46 conquest of Pleasant Grove. Yerkovich’s squad also included Tom Lytle, Matt Tippens, Dan Del Porto, Eric Veltri, Paul Bruns, Tony Cordova, Rick Solvason, Grant Jensen, Chris Sonne, Garrick Peters and David Pazell. The team went to the A.C.I.T. tournament in Maryland, beating Bishop Walsh 60-53 and St. John Neumann 57-56 sandwiched around a 65-51 loss to St. John. Yerkovich’s assistant coaches were Sonny Tangaro, Galey Colosimo, Stan Finn, Tom Bettin and John Colosimo.