r v I . If " ' y VERNAL'S MARCIE McNEILL, center, and Tate, s Orem. left, battle for the basketball Thursday. The Panthers downed Orem 26 to 20. Also in the Dtcture is Cami Reed. 21. Vernal. - x-Y "NO! YOU CAN'T have it" is what Vernal's Kim Drollinger, 32, m'ght be shouting to Orem's Harris, right. , 2. li ..! ..,- VERNAL PANTHERi Cjndy Anderson, left, tries to keep control ' 'he basketball during a game with Orem Thursday. Panthers down Orem Vernal Junior High girl hoopstors gained their tenth win of the season when they toppled the Orem cagers in Vernal Thursday 2G to 20. The Panthers have defeated Orem, Duchesne, West, Roosevelt, twice and Altamont, Range-ly. Range-ly. Vernal has only born defeated by Canyon View. The Panthers have a 10 1 mark. The Orem crew was scoreless from the field, but they put in three free throws for a 3-2 lead in the first quarter. Kim Drollinger scored Vernal's two points on a field goal. Vernal grabbed a 12 to 9 lead in the second quarter as they outscored Orem 10 to 6 on six points by Tia Liebhardt and two points by Marcie McNeill and Cami Reed. Panthers' Liebhardt and McNeill connected for field goals to give Vernal a 16 to 13 lead and the Vernal crew pocketed an advantage of 18-13 in the third quarter on a field goal in the final minute by McNeill. Liebhardt put in a free throw for a 1913 Panther advantage, but Orem's Harris fired in a field goal and one free throw to cut Vernal's lead to three points at 19-16. Liebhardt gave the Panthers Pan-thers a five point lead when she put in two free throws. Orem had the ball, but a technical foul was called on the Orem coach and the ball was given to Liebhardt at the free throw line. Liebhardt tossed in one out of two shots to increase Vernal's lead to six points at 22-16. Orem tossed in two free throws to cut Vernal's advantage ad-vantage to four points, but Vernal locked lock-ed up the win w hen Liebhardt put in two more free throws and McNeill scored on a layup. Liebhardt was the top scorer in the game at 14 points. McNeill scored eight points. Drollinger and Reed tossed in two points each. .: ' F ' -'V.,. s- s I1! V ' ,J t sU v y H ! I ' AN ARM CONNECTS with Tia Leibhardt's face, left, in a hoop encounter between Vernal and Orem.