Cougars take over leadership in Casaba race with Two tough contests set for Friday Coach Glen All red's Cougars stepped into first place last Friday night in the Uintah Basin division basketball race as they trounced the Eagles of Duchesne at Altamont shoved Tabiona further into the cellar when the Longhorns beat the Tigers for their third Playing their game of the including pre-sea-son the Cougars jumped into a lead in the first quarter and were never or threatened the It was simply a of too much defensive as Brent Terry Earl and Glendon cleared the boards about as' regularly as the Eagles shot for the hoop The Cougars also controlled the offensive boards to keep the Eagle Speedsters pretty well in Hot At Foul Line The Cougars were about the hottest thing going Friday evening from the foul line as they shot a 23 out of 30 Duchesne hit of their free 10 out of for a fairly good Offensive leader for the Union High squad was Fred who had 5 for 5 from the foul line and 5 field goals for a total of 15 Steve sophomore center for the Eagle and Joe led the losers with 9 points who was held to 3 points the first came back the second half to run his total to 11 for the Some Fast Boys Jerry Christensen has together a fast group of with most of his power-being concentrated in juniors and Steve Lott at Rob and Lloyd only two seniors on his starting are good boys The former has been the bis offensive power so far this sea but was held to five all in the first by Brent who played a terrific defensive game for the Several effective big a fast break that worked and a small floor were main causes for s loss Friday those Eagles will still be rough on opposition and can not be counted out of the race Wen- Shooting Hot Altamont packed too much offensive power Friday night as the Longhorns played hosts to little Tabiona in their first home game Leading the attack for Coach Dale victorious team was Lloyd Burton who swished through 20 points for the night He was followed closely by Kirk Who had 16 for his night's work at Lonnie With led the Eleven Longhorns got into the act at and all but two scored at least one January 23 Schedule A lot could be Friday night toward settling the local basketball Altamont travels to and the Eagles move over into Ute territory at Vernal for a pair of feature Nothing would satisfy Altamont followers more than to upset the Cougars and the And it could be In the event things happen as Union and Uintah both it would about resolve into a contest between the two big with the game at Vernal February 11 deciding the The Box Tabiona G T F P M. 0 6 3 3 L. 2 Defa 0 10 0 L Carlile 5 3 3 13 Webb 0 10 0 A. Giles 1 3 5 TOTALS 7 16 9 3 Altamont G F T P Lyons 4 2 2 10 Brotherson 7 4 2 16 Lindsay 10 0 2 Case 0 2 11 MacMillin 10 0 2 L. Burton 8 6 4 20 Iorg 0 0 0 0 Jacobson 0 0 0 0 Gomm 1113 J. Tidwell 2 0 0 4 G. Tidwell 10 0 2 TOTALS 25 15 10 60 Score by Tabiona 5 13 17 23 Altamont 10 25 45 60 Union G t F p Groves 2 Glines o i o o 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 5 Swain 2 2 0 4 Sullivan 0 0 0 0 Wardle 10 0 2 Ross 0 4 4 4 Allred 10 0 2 Mitchell 14 3 5 Evans 5 5 5 15 Hutchings 2 2 2 6 Malnar 5 3 11 TOTALS 17 30 23 56 Duchesne G T F P Rowley 2 4 1 5 Moon 0 0 0 Cowan 3 4 3 9 12 2 4 S. Lott 3 5 3 9 Carman 0 0 0 0 Lewis 13 13 C. Lott 0 0 0 0 2 10 4 12 19 10 34 Score by Union 13 26 35 56 Duchesne 8 14 26 34 LEAGUE STANDINGS Uintah Division W L Pet Union 2 0 Duchesne 2 I 67 Uintah I 1 1 1 Tabiona 0 2 January 23 Schedule Altamont at Union Duchesne at Uintah Tabiona bye Last Week's Results Altamont Tabiona 23 I'm on Duchesne 34