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Show ;Tni TNI," 8 Vernal Express Fndoy, September 20, 1 lH,,HIL,IH) AJ 985 UTE VOLLEYBALL player, Shellie Belcher, performs a dive out in a game against Spanish Fork, Wednesday. on the court Ute varsity team drops two games lead m the second game was the highlight for the Uintah High School varsity volleyball team in a meet Wednesday in Vernal Spanish Fork scored the first 20 points in the two games and defeated Uintah, 15 0, A 10 9 UTE FOOTBALL players take their practice indoors on the Uintah High School basketball court, Wednesday evening Uintah quarterback, Larry Bartlett prepares to hand a football off to a tlh)st Utes Timpview High School will be Uintah High School s homecoming opponent Friday September 27 at 7 30 p m for the third time in eleven football seasons The first time the Thunderbirds and Utes met in Uintah s homecoming game Timpview won a close game, but the second time Timpview netted a slaughter win The Thunderbirds are 2 0 in Region 8 action and Uintah is 1 1 The Utes defeated Carbon, 25 7 and lost to Provo 54 20 Timpview defeated Payson, 24 2 and defeated Spanish F ork Timpview bad 19 first downs and Pavson ten in a game, September 6 limpview rushed for 119 yards and parsed for 196 Payson rushed for 56 v a i ds and passed for 32 Timpviews quarterback hit 9 out of 17 passes and Pavson hit 14 out of 29 The Thunderbirds jumped out to a 7 0 lead in the first quarter on a 30 yard touchdown pass from Jeff Lind-stroto Frank Christensen Justin Anderson added the extra point kick The touchdown was set up on a fumble recovery by Timpviews Dan Starr at the Payson 34 The score at halftimewasalso7 0 Timpview added 17 more points in the third quarter for a 24 to 0 lead The a Thunderbirds scored touchdown on a 75 yard pass-plaby Todd Seamons for a advantage Payson fumbled on its next series and Timpview recovered the bouncing ball at the Lion 22 Anderson y 14-- 0 4 vr--y scored a touchdown on the first play and the extra point kick with 9 10 to go in the third quarter gave the Timpview team a 21-- lead A 30 yard field goal by Anderson increased the Thunderbird lead to 24 points and Scott Walker fumbled m the end zone, which gave Payson its only two points on a safety in the fourth quarter The Uintah Utes scored three touchdowns in their game against Provo, but it wasnt enough as they lost the contest by 14 points Todd Mulville scored a touchdown when he blocked a punt and recovered the ball m the end zone Steve Nawahine scored a touchdown on a short run and Kyle White caught a tipped pass for the Utes other touchdown 0 T-ESD- rew Fdl September 28 from 8 30 p m to 11 30 pm Weather condition were wet and muddy, but that wasnt any problem for the Uintah Ute football team as they just took their football practice indoors on the basketball court The players took off their cleats and put on their basketball shoes for indoor football play The Utes went through various offensive plays and did a lot of running The Uintah Utes will battle Pleasant Grove on the road, Friday and will battle Springville in an away game, October 4 Homecoming week at Uintah High School will be held from September 23 to 28 The queens assembly is set for Monday and the announcement of the queens will be held on Tuesday The alumni assembly, alumni game and mud bowl will be held Wednesday The whitewashing of the U and a pep rally will be held Thursday, September 26 A parade will be held Friday, September 27 at 1 30 p m The FFA barbecue is set for Friday at 5 p m. m the pavilion and the ball game will begin at 7 30 p m The homecoming dance will take place 15-1- 1 Uintah was the first team to serve, but they returned the ball to Spanish Fork in quick fashion and had a rough time getting it back Finally the serve was regained by the Utes and Uintah found itself behind The Utes goofed up on the serve and returned it to the Dons, who scored nine points for a 15 0 win over the Uintah team Spanish Fork scored two points for an 8 0 lead as the Utes had problems when the ball struck the ceiling, twice The ball traveled back and forth during great play by both teams, but Spanish Fork gained point number ten Uintah was unable to return the ball and Spanish Fork scored the winning point for a 15-- 0 triumph Uintah started off once again in a rough fashion as Spanish Fork garnered a 5 0 lead in the second game Service points by Shellie Belcher and June Anderson cut the Dons lead to two points at Spanish Fork scored two more points for a 3 lead, but two service points by Terri Ze Istra reduced the lead once again to two points at 0 3 Dee Steinfeldt scored a touchdown for the Utes in the game with Carbon on a punt return Kawika Teo scored on a 46 yard run Jon Nash scored on a short run and Richard Rust traveled a number of yards for another Uintah touchdown White scored a touchdown for the Utes on a pass in the game with Union and Steinfeldt caught an aerial for another touchdown Nash scored a Ute touchdown on a one yard run Teo rushed for over 100 yards in the game against Carbon and Nawahine picked up 70 yards from the fullback position in the game with Provo 7-- 7-- 5 The Dons regained a four point lead of 9 5, but with Belcher in the service lane the Utes scored five points for their first and only lead of the night at 10 9 The game was tied at 9 when a heavy shot at the net by a Don stayed on the Spanish Fork side Spanish Fork hit the ball more 5 it 9-- AS 1 10-1- The Dons served up an ace for an lead and added one more point for a advantage Uintah regained the ball and scored a point on a net return by Spanish Fork to drop the Don lead to one point at 12 11 11 10 12-1- 0 Serves were traded by both teams and then the Dons got the ball for good Spanish Fork scored three more points for a 1 win The Dons acquired the winning point on a double hit by a Uintah Ute 15-1- Belcher led the Uintah Utes m the second game with six points Anderson and T Zeilstra added two counters each Ward pumped in one point The Uintah varsity team is m region action and has an overall record of 2 3 Uintah has defeated Duchesne, twice, but has dropped games to Timpview, Springville and Spanish Fork Timpview and Springville beat Uintah in two out of three games 0-- 3 Uintah will battle the Lions in Payson, Tuesday and will host Pleasant Grove, Thursday at 4 15 p m and 5 30 p m Uintah will clash with the Bulldogs in Provo, October 1 and will host Carbon, October 3 defensive player intercepts a pass during Uintah football practice on the basketball court r' ; Murl Ward was long on a serve and Spanish Fork gained an ace for a 0 tie Anderson put a shot over the net and returned the ball to the Utes, but the ball was given back to Spanish Fork A UTE i u r runnmgback Rumor has it that the Utes were working on their fast break offense Uintah will host Timpview, Friday, September 27 in the annual homecoming game than three times and the Utes went ahead by one point n r o of) J . r . j'I H ' r:J j T S'-'- X Rl f 2i octn LX' I f i ( i 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UINTAH JV volleyball player, Crystal Johnson hits the floor as she tries to come up with the ball Also in the picture are Sherry v Jones, 23 and Cassie Belcher, 14 The Uintah junior varsity team dropped two games to Spanish Fork, Wednesday VOLLEYBALL CONTESTANTS, Andy Critton, left Fork Don battle close to the net and a Spanish |