Uintah Basin Standard | 1957-03-07 | Page 4 | Eagle Win Sends League into Second Place Tie

Eagle Win Sends League Info Second Place Tie The thing that a great many ardent basketball fans in the Uintah Basin predicted would happen when Altamont went to Duchesne for the final game of the 1957 did happen The Eagles clawed the Longhorns for a and sent second place in the league into a Guy Steve Rowley and Elden Buckalew formed a potent offensive power as the Eagles impressively stopped the kids from Altamont from finishing the season in undisputed second place and a trip to the state The loss by the Longhorns left them tied with Union The managed to tie the Eagles the first but that was the last time they were as Coach Jerry Christ-ensen's charges led the remainder of the Two Kids Excel 1 A pair of outstanding players who have kept thet Longhorns in the Grant Drollinger and Pete were mighty tive as they hit 21 and 20 Mayhew matched Ny-berg's 20 for a share in second place scoring In the other final league contest Union overpowered a scrapping gang of youngsters from Tabiona for the biggest score of the The Tiger lineup for this game was sadly riddled as a disciplinary action by school officials left most of the regulars of the Tabby team sitting this one Every kid in uniform for the Cougars got into the and each one scored at least 2 Clarence with was the top UNION G F T P Dye 4 Moulton 2 Bellon 3 0 0 6 Bascom 7 3 1 15 Beale 9 0 0 18 Benson 3 10 6 Ross 5 0 0 10 Curry- 3 0 0 6 Rawlings 6 0 0 12 Eldredge 2 0 0 4 McDonald 3 0 0 6 TOTALS 46 6 2 94 TABIONA G F T P B. Webb 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 Carlisle 2 6 2 6 Lazenby 0 Gines 14 3 5 13 0 2 Giles 0 3 2 2 Defa 0 5 3 3 TOTALS 5 24 11 21 Union 31 45 68 94 Tabiona 1 10 16 21 Leicht- DUCHESNE G F T P S. Rowley 7 6 3 17 Buckalew 7 2 2 16 2 7 5 9 Moon 12 0 2 Mayhew 7 9 6 20 Merkley 10 0 2 TOTALS 25 28 16 66 ALTAMONT G F T P Hansen 2 3 2 6 2 5 2 6 Maxfield 14 2 4 Drollinger 7 11 7 21 Nyberg 6 9 8 20 Hislop 0 2 11 Tew 0 2 11 Mathews 0 10 0 TOTALS 18 37 23 59 Duchesne 16 30 46 66 Altamont 16 24 44 59 Sorensen