Show f H SPORTS FLASHBACKS Uintah and Union place i in 1963 state tournament In 1963 both Union and Uintah competed in the Class B state stale tournament An article about each teams team's outcome in inthe inthe inthe the state tourney follows as it was wa printed in the Vernal Express on March 21 1963 UINTAH UNION IN STATE TOURNAMENT When Utah's four-day four Class B basketball tournament wound up at the University of Utah Saturday night Uintah rated the eighth spot and Union netted seventh Panguitch Bobcats who were rated one of the favorites beat Uintah 45 32 Saturday night to tonet tonet tonet net the consolation prize Uintah had made rallies Thursday and Friday that carried them to victories but Saturdays Saturday's rally wasn't quite strong enough Mr and M Mrs Durrell II Chivers entertained at Christmas dinner the following Clyde and andIna andIna andIna Ina Chivers Verdin and Peggy Goodrich family and Angela Merrell and son of Jackson Wyoming visited the Craig Wilkins' Wilkins over the Christmas weekend Mr and Mrs Timothy Davis and sons of Lorna Colo are visiting Mrs Davis mother Amy Pope and family Mr and Mrs Glendon Merrell lerrell and son of Jackson Wyoming visited the Craig Wilkins' Wilkins over the Christmas weekend MERRELL MEHI entertained entertained entertained en en- at Christmas dinner Present were the Ben Pen Johnson family Wayne Pope family Brent Merrell family the Lynn Alice White Carolyn White and Mr and Mrs Merrell Hazel Olsen entertained at a a- Christmas eve din dinner r Saturday evening Attending were Dan and Brenda Olsen and sons Rick lUck Spurlock Wade Olsen Inward and Susan usan Weaver and children and Mr and Mrs Olsen KELLY GOODRICH Howard Busch Tom Murray and Steve Aycock led the Utes but they never came closer than 11 points to Panguitch Murray with ten points was the only Ute in the figure double-figure bracket Tom Murray also was rated among the top scorers at atthe atthe atthe the tournament with a total of 49 points Also Saturday South Sevier triumphed 51 36 over the Union Cougars UNION OPENED the tournament tournament tour tour- Wednesday of last week with the biggest upset of the year as they toppled previously undefeated Panguitch 37 S1 to 36 but they were unable to get past Hurricane in the second day tilts and Hurricane finished 53 46 In the South Sevier game Allen Brown and Glen Gardner led the Cougars with eight points each Friday afternoon Union staved off a strong second half American Fork rally to defeat the Cavemen 59 47 in the battle of the second round loser Midway in the fourth quarter the Cavemen moved within five points of the Cougars At this point Kent Denver completed a three-point three play for the Cougars and the Cavemen rally was stopped Jennings was high for Union Umon with 23 points UINTAH H UTI UTES S Friday night dropped in ten foul pitches in an overtime period to defeat Milford 53 44 in 10 the consolation semi final play Hero for the game was Curg Belcher who picked off oft a rebound in the closing seconds of regulation play and then dropped a short jumper to tie the score at 43 each Milford jumped to a 25 15 lead at the point and then opened its widest margin at 36 24 in the third period Uintah's Belcher Tom Murray and Kelly Goodrich started the Ute rally which began in the fourth period and pulled pilled them within three points of the Tigers 43 40 This set the stage for Belcher who was an stater all-stater on the gridiron to show his ability as ashe ashe ashl he hl worked his way in for the rebound and then the two points THEN CAME the overtime with no field goals scored by either side but the Utes came in inon nn on the wide end of the foul shots 10 1 to take the laurels Leading Uintah scorers were Murray 16 16 Belcher 13 and Caldwell 11 11 Thursday Uintah overcame a slim Dixie lead in the fourth quarter to judge the Flyers 51 48 18 in the consolation bracket This victory moved Uintah into the consola consolation tion semi finals Friday night Uintah led at the end of ot the first quarter 14 9 and then had hada a 28 22 edge at halftime In the third quarter Dixie started a drive that saw them take a 36 35 lead at the end of the period Both teams scored three points during the first five minutes of the fourth quarter AT TillS THIS POINT Ute Murray hit tilt seven straight points to boost the Utes to a point four-point lead and the Flyers were unable to recover Murray was high highpoint highpoint highpoint point man for Uintah with a. a 14 and Kelly Goodrich followed with nine In the first round of the tourney Wednesday of last week Uintah fell prey to Gunnison who demolished them 42 to ton 27 Although the Utes kept the great Gary Hill at about ten points below his average they couldn't stop the seniors senior's floor game The Utes netted more points in the last quarter than in three previous ones combined but they couldn't catch up Gunnison led 9 6 at the end of the first quarter 18 10 at the end of the half and 2742 2712 at the end of 01 the third quarter WITH FOUR OUI MINUTES logo logoa to go goa a long shot by Howard Busch narrowed wed Gunnison's margin to 22 30 but Gunnison warmed up again for the winning 15 point lead Tom Murray was high for K Ka X M a U I j f J rJ r rt t ti W o A DAVE EMERY Vernal 20 left darts by Duchesne's Wayne Hamberg during the Vernal-Duchesne Vernal battle Hamberg was the high scorer in the game with 27 points Uintah with nine points Allen Brown of Union Umon made the Deseret News State All second team Tom Murray of Uintah and Gordon Jennings of Ul Union on made the Region All-Region Eight first team Howard Busch of Uintah made the Deseret News Region All second team |