Show Three Top Teams End All Tied Up For First Half Altamont Edges In Thriller Standing of Teams W L Uintah 3 1 ALtamont 3 1 Union 3 1 Duchesne 1 3 Tabiona 0 4 February 1 Scores Union Tabiona 34 Altamont Duchesne 52 February 8 Schedule Uintah at Tabiona Union at Altamont The first half of the Uintah Basin basketball loop just as it started the three favored Uintah and were all tied up with three wins and one loss It happened this way Uintah beat Altamont defeated the Cougars took care of and each team won its other contests An Almost Upset A fighting flock of Eagles from Duchesne High just about upset Altamont's apple cart Friday as they overcame a lead piled up by the Long-horns during the first to tie the old ball game up at 46 late in the final and then lost by one Came Back Strong The led by Doug Guy Mayhew and Elden went to work as the third quarter opened and held the Longhorns to 7 points while they were adding 17 to their bringing the third period to a The Eagles tied the ball game up at with two minutes into the fourth then went ahead with two minutes A tight defensive battle and it wasn't until Larry Maxfield slipped in for a that the Longhorns regained the with which they managed to salvage and win the wild ball Had Their Problem's Both teams had their which could be reasons for losing or winning the Altamont had its first jolt when its clever floor general and high scoring Pete Nyberg who scored 16 points the first left the contest with 5 things balanced up when Doug a clever Eagle rebound man and jump followed Pete to the showers with five with minutes to Duchesne suffered another knock-out punch as Elden hot-shooting was ejected because of excessive All Fans Stayed On There was one thing for sure those fans who had ideas the first half of leaving the game early stayed on to see one of the most thrilling high school games played the entire Both teams had their moments of brilliance and Altamont started off with a that saw them run up 13 points before the Eagles got a single foul pitch The first quarter ended Then when Duchesne began its offensive drive in the last the Long- horns didn't look as impressive Every kid on both teams was a the kid who really kept the Eagles flying was Steve who played a brilliant floor cleaned the boards and scored 14 points Pete Allan Grant and Larry Maxfield kept the Longhorns out front most of the way Union Through Coach Glen Allred's Cougars came through with a win at After being played oh even terms for three quarters by the Coach Allred injected his first string into the fray in the fourth and managed to snare a game that saw the Cougars trailing at the end of the third Scoring was pretty-well divided in the Tabby-Cougar game with Clarence Beal hitting for 10 in the moments for top Mickey Sizemore and NoLen Giles with 8 each led the The Duchesne team won an overtime game from 43 which was almost as much of a thriller as the main The Box ALTAMONT G T F P Nyberg 5 8 6 16 Matthews 0 0 0 0 Drollinger 4 2 19 D. Goodrich 0 2 11 Beckstead 0 0 0 0 Tew 10 0 2 J. Goodrich 0 0 0 0 Maxfield 3 4 0 6 Hislop 12 2 5 Iorg 4 6 5 13 Hansen 14 0 2 TOTALS 19 28 15 53 DUCHESNE G T F P S. Rowley 5 9 4 14 Buckalew 4 5 4 12 2 5 3 7 Moon 0 2 11 Mayhew 5 4 3 13 Merkley 2 2 15 TOTALS 18 27 16 52 Duchesne 6 21 38 52 Altamont 19 35 42 53 UNION G T F P ELdredge 3 10 6 Ross 0 2 0 0 Malnar 3 0 0 6 Beal 2 8 6 10 2 0 0 4 McDonald 10 0 2 Bascom 2 Curry 2 2 15 Benson 0 2 2 2 Rawlings 0 7 5 5 Moulton 0 10 0 Dye 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 14 24 14 42 TABIONA G T F P Sizemore 1 S 6 8 Ivie 2 3 2 6 Giles 4 0 0 8 Casper 3 4 17 Gines 0 0 0 0 Pace 2 4 15 TOTAL 12 19 10 34 12 18 25 42 Tabiona 12 18 27 34 Stevenson OUR ERROR Last week in reporting the Union-Uintah game the name of Jimmy Curry was omitted from the box Don't know hows it but we're |