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Show 6 Vernal Effret! Friday, November 1, 1985 UTE FOOTBALL carrier, Jon Nash, left, dashes down the field. Nash is one of the many Utes, who plays on offense and defense. What is the chance of bagging a pheasant? search for the football during a game between the Uintah Utes and Spanish Fork Dons last week. Uintah will battle Judge Memorial on the road, Friday at 2 p.m. The visit to the state meet is the first one for the Utes since 1964. THE REFEREES Uomfelfti wfflh Otes fifo eoudl dlmyfgjlhitt meet stall it The Uintah Utes whipped Union, twice, in 1964 and the first Uintah-Unio- n game of the season was held on October 15, 1964 and a portion of the Uintah High Schools game story is as follows: The Utes pulled with Judge Memorial in Salt Lake Ciout of their losing slump in fine style ty, Friday at 2 p.m. will be the first Wednesday of last week as they state tourney game for the Utes since defeated the Union Cougars, 3 in 1964, which is 21 years ago. a home game. Unfortunately it was a practice The presidential race between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater game, but when the Redskin squad dominated the news in 1964, but the journeys to Roosevelt, October 23, a year also featured a state tourna- second victory may certainly be exment visit by a Uintah High School pected. The Cougars started out excepteam, which was coached by Lou Mele. The team finished the season tionally well with Don Duncan runnwith 7 wins, 3 losses and 1 tie. ing a touchdown in the first play. But Uintahs defense tightened and the Uintah jumped out to a 0 record Roosevelt players had a hard time in 1964 with triumphs over Green their second and only other making River, Wyo., 19-Craig, 27-score with ten minutes, 30 seconds Rangely, 13-- 0 and East Carbon, left in the first half. They seemed to Moab beat the Utes, 12-- but the Uinquit in the second half as the fine Ute tah team whipped Union, defense continued. but the Cyprus and Uintah tied at 32-Pat Punches performed his usual Rock SprUtes stomped Union, job, running three of the four great ings beat Uintah in a muddy WyomUintah TDs. Tommy Thomas, Ute The Utes 266. ing game, improved with a region fullback, claimed the other score. their record to First-nightJohn Shumway, perplayoff win over San Juan, 25-formed an excellent piece of work at for the Uintah state qualified .i;ywhich tournament. The Utes lost to Delta in end and Lane Fletcher and Rick state tournament, 13-- Back in Hawkins were tough on the line. 1964 the state tournament was only The Utes were predicted to beat the v vC-ha- n 1985 once again and they live up eight team event. The Cougars ' e state meet will have 16 teams taking to the statement as they " beat the Union part. Cougars in Roosevelt, October 23, 1964. By Aldon Rachels 32-- 6, Expraii Sports Editor A portion of the story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on 3-- A 27-1- 4-- 7; 6; 19-1- 27-1- 6-- 6, 7, 3-- A pre-gam- October 29, 1964. Coach Lou Meles Uintah High football squad did it again Friday, beating Union at Roosevelt, 32-- Uintahs five touchdowns were delivered by Chick Beynon, Bill Pope and Pat Punches. An unofficial tally shows that Punches carried the pigskin 24 times. The Union score came shortly before the end of the first half. Gary Tassainer performed his usual fine job of quarterback and junior right halfback, Bill Pope put on a fine show of intercepting, catching and running. The Uintah Utes suffered only one region setback in the regular region season and finished second in the Northern Division of Region 6 behind Moab. Uintah and San Juan of the Southern Division played off for the number two spot from Region Six and the Utes won 25-A portion of the story follows as it was printed November 12, 1964. Pat Punches pulled off one touchdown shortly after the quarter began at Price and nabbed two more in the second. Bronco end, Bryce Redd, claimed their only success with 8:20 remaining in the third period. A 50 yard pass from Gary Tassainer was received by Chick Beynon at the midpoint of the fourth, to complete the afternoons scoring. 7. This writer Grua) (Corey understands that San Juan had only 34 yards total offense compared to the 294 yards gained by Uintah. Phil Johnson, John Shumway, Bill Lane Fletcher, Tommy Pope, Rick Thomas, Doug Hacking, Hawkins, Tassainer, Beynon, Kent Thomas and Joe Davis made up the fine Ute defensive team. Uintah competed in a state tournament game against Delta and the game was close, but the footballers from Vernal ended up on the losing side of the score. The story about the game, which was printed in the Vernal Express on November 19, 1964 is as follows: Snow, wind and mud put a sad damper on Uintahs hopes for the state championship as they fell to Delta Saturday, 13-- giving the Rabbits the right to play in the Class B semifinals this weekend. Pat Punches, Uintahs Mr. Touchdown, nabbed a score in the first quarter after a recovered Delta fumble and three plays. The reverse came true in the next period when Rabbit quarterback, Kent Turner, rambled over to tie the count Had the game ended in a tie, Delta would still have gone to the semifinals, for their yardage gained was far above that gained by the Utes. 6-- THE BALL is snared for a rebound by Daren Anderson, center, during basketball action Uintah High School. , The last four minutes held the real clincher. Kent Turner galloped to Uintahs seven-yar- line from d 50 yards away. He was thrown for a loss, but completed a good pass bringing them to the one yard line. Turner then sneaked over the TD and with a pass to Craig Greathouse, scored the extra point. The Uintah Utes of 1985 with new coach Hank Nawahine also had a good start similar to the 1964 team as record by they jumped out to a defeating Union, 20-- 0 and Carbon, 25-Dee Steinfeldt and Kyle White scored touchdowns on passes and Jon Nash added a touchdown on a running play in the game with Union. Former Uintah coach Mele had a son of his compete against Uintah in the game with Carbon as a Dino footballer. Uintah dropped close games to Pleasant Grove, 6 and Provo, Todd Mulville scored Timpview, three touchdowns bombs, two in the game with Timpview and one against 2-- 0 7. 34-2- Hartt Wixom, Vernal Express Outdoors Writer What is your chance of bagging a pheasant in this modern era of fewer crop acres under agricultural cultivaBy 9-- 12-- Pleasant Grove. The Utes won five out of nine regular season games and lost four ball games. Three of the four losses were close setbacks, but the loss to Springville was a 46-- 0 rout of the Utes. Uintah recovered from the disappointing loss to Springville with four victories in a row. The Utes edged a team, Duchesne, 14-strong downed Payson, beat Spanish Fork in overtime, 0 and won the coin toss with Provo and Payson for fourth place in Region 8. The Utes jumped out to a 15-- 0 lead in the game with Payson and then the Lions rallied to tie up the contest at However, Uintah regained the lead when Kawiwa Teo returned the kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown with seven seconds left in the first half. Uintahs Utes added another touchdown on a pass catch by Mulville, but once again Payson tied up the score. However, Uintah broke the tie in the fourth quarter when sophomore quarterback Gordon Limb hit White in the end zone for the game winning touchdown. The Utes dropped behind 14-- to the Dons in Spanish Fork, but a touchdown pass catch with one second left by Mulville, touchdown by conversion by White and Steinfeldt in the third quarter brought the Utes within six points of the lead at tion, more posted property, and more gunners competing for each bird? And in most cases, fewer birds. The question is stacked, its true. The answer is that if you can outwit one rooster youre above average. In Wasatch County you wont find many cockerels, but there are birds along the swamps and bottomlands of the Duchesne River, and throughut Uintah County farmlands. One day I even spotted a ringneck at a relatively high elevation on Rock Creek at the mouth of the canyon. However, high and cold elevations are not favorite haunts of this Chinese import. If you can surprise a bird at the edge of a grain or corn field you might get him in the air. But these birds are no dummies, learning quickly they arent as likely to be seen (or shot at) if keeping their legs on the ground. A good dog will help put colorful targets in the air. Especially after the first half hour of the season when a pheasant is gaining a rapid education. In fact, Ive said it before: a male Phasianus colchicus is as smart when he knows hes being hunted as a bull elk. What is frustrating is that you can know he is underfoot, even having just seen him slip into a roadside patch of tumbleweed, yet you cant locate him. Thats the pheasant even when his emerald, turquoise, magenta, and orange doesnt mesh with background. Its a creature which has been known to hide (in the old days) in a row of beets. Pheasants have a tougher time of it today because most farmers wont ditch row, or leave them a weed-line- d fence cover. With the heat on economically these days, most landowners waste no space whatsoever. Even steep hillsides are plowed, leaving the bird with little or less habitat. As for helping your cause in the challenge, get in on the posted units, or ask tresspass permission now. A pheasant on public land is almost a rare and endangered species these days, with one possible exception: the state and federal waterfowl marshes. Roosters do get in such places. Fortunately, wise management has allowed these marshlands to remain open for ringnecks along with waterfowl. Check the proclamation for open (and early closures) seasons near you. After first weekened shooting, pheasants sometimes get in the sagebrush and oak along the foothills. So often you will find more than California quail there. Always check river bottoms after the initial shooting, too. Then, too, if you havent been out after doves or other shotgun fare this fall, better get in a little practice on the skeet or backyard clay bird range. will put the discs up, or you can even get on target tossing up a clod of dirt. Better than heading for the hunt cold! Hand-throwe- rs This one brings hunter, landowner, and birds in close proximity, so be sure where you point that muzzle. If you want to be invited back, close gates, pick up litter, and avoid pushing livestock. Remember, that thousands of people wielding weapons are crowded into three per cent of Utahs land. That calls for some careful and sensitive outdoorsmanship. A 37-3- 26-2- 15-1- 5. 0 two-poi- nt 20-1- Uintah kept getting their chances, but they couldnt score. Finally the Utes came through when Limb tossed a 78 yard pass to Mulville, who scored a touchdown with 56 seconds left in the game and sent it into overalso scored a time. Mulville touchdown in overtime to put the Utes in the state tournament. 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