i SKETCH OF Derrin Gardiner by Chasnik of the Deseret News. .Uintah to compete in i second round Thursday p. The Uintah Utes had a one-point lead ;:'( 41 to 40 at the end of the first half, but -jT.be defending state champions from iinerican Fork destroyed the Vernal j jew's hope of an upset as they over-"ame over-"ame the lead by the Utes to win the rst round contest in the 3-A State '"burnament, Tuesday, by the score of t:!to 68. 1 American Fork had a 21 to 13 lead at jie end of the first quarter, but the Utes imbed the Cavemen, 28 to 19 in the jpndquarterfora 41 tp40lead. Brent ' abrumput in a field goal with 2:43 left the first half to give Uintah a 33 to 31 a'l(f, but Hansen tied 'the game up at'33-tf-iwitha two-pointer. Clark McClellan ' -Innected on a shot for a 35 to 33 Uintah ad. The Cavemen put in a field goal id a free throw for a 36 to 35 lead, but a Sd goal by Burke Buckalew gave ntah a 37 to 36 lead. 3 The Cavemen gained a 38 to 37 ad-intage, ad-intage, but Derrin Gardiner returned jone-point lead to Uintah when he Ssed in two free throws. American p put in a field goal for a 40 to 39 fed late in the second quarter. Burke palew was fouled. He missed the pt shot, but Ron Ellis rebounded the pi and put it in for a 41 to 40 Uintah I however, American Fork outscored htah, 22 to 14, to take a 62 to 55 lead Iter three quarters. American Fork (t in 20 points in the fourth quarter d Uintah tossed in 13 counters to We the final score: American Fork, land Uintah, 68. Derrin Gardiner was high scorer for Uintah. ,W Utes will battle Highland or v's, Thursday at 2:30 p.m. In other lines on ' today, Viewmont downed Springville, 65 to 60 and Box Elder downed Jordan, 65 to 53. Individual point totals and other information about the game will appear in next week's Vernal Express. Four first round games were played this past Monday. Ogden, the pre-tourney pre-tourney favorite, had to struggle to win its game as they just barely nipped Payson, 61 to 58. The scores by quarters were: Ogden, 14 and Payson, 12, first quarter; Ogden, 28 and Payson, 24, second quarter; Ogden, 42 and Payson, 38, third, .quarter and Ogden, 61 and Payson, 58. Dockery was the top scorer for Ogden with 19 points, and Payson's King put in 30 points. King hit 13 field goals and hit 4 out of 10 free throws. Provo thumped Tooele in the second game of the day, 68 to 52. Provo had a 21 to 14 lead at the end of the first quarter, and a 35-27 lead after two quarters. Provo had a six-point lead of 48 to 42 at the end of the third quarter, and won the game by the score of 6R to 52. Heaton of Provo fired in 20 points and Hatch put in 17 points. Brett Applegate of Tooele tossed in 22 points and Rod Dunn put in 12 points. In other first round games on Monday, Judge Memorial, the first place champion from Region Seven, nipped Cedar City, 59 to 58, and Bountiful toppled Timp-view, Timp-view, 58 to 54. The top player on the Highland team was Brent Maxwell and the main hoop-ster hoop-ster on the Davis team was Jeff Emery. Highland finished in third place in Region Five with a 6-4 mark and Davis tied for second place in Region Four with Box Elder at 7-3.