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Show 24 Vernal Express Wednesday, December 11, 1985 A BATTLE for the ball takes place in tight quarters between tah and Union hoopsters, Todd Mulville, Mike Olsen, Brent UinJar-re- tt and Brett Weldon, left to right. Uintah defeated Union by Expre$s Sport Editor The Uintah Utes survived turnover madness, Saturday night and emerged with a 0 record on a 56 to 47 win over the Union High School Cougar hoopsters in Vernal. Uintah will battle Mountain Crest, Friday on the road and will have an away contest against Grand Junction, Tuesday. The next home game for the Utes will be against Green River, Wyoming, I'ecember 20. 2-- Hoop action started early in the Ute boys varsity game as Union was whistled for a technical foul due to e hanging on the rim during warmups. The Utes failed to convert the foul shot, but Kyle White scored two for the Uintah team to go ahead pre-gam- 0 Once again the basketball game was greeted with technical fouls by the referees. The calls were whistled on both coaches as they should have been sitting instead of standing. A new rule only allows the coaches to stand during a timeout and they have to sit on the bench the rest of the limp Mike Olsen struck for two free throws to tie up the game at and then Uintah gained its turn at the foul line, which resulted in two successful tosses by Jeff Palmer for a lead. Todd Mulville popped in two shots for a Uintah lead of Union came roaring right back w ith field goals by Brent Jarrett and Ran Eldredge to cut Uintahs lead to two points at Centers for both teams cashed in at the hoop as Brett Weldon and Jarrett each scored baskets to make the score at the end of the first quarter, 10 to 8 in favor of Uintah. Turnovers plagued the Utes in the early moments of the second quarter and the Cougars took advantage as Eddy Samuels and Olsen popped in two each for a Union lead of 2-- 2 4-- 2 8-- 8-- 12-1- A by Kenny Mohar tied but the Utes were stuffed by a block on their next shot and Jarrett pumped in a wide lead. open shot for a two-point- up the game at five of the next seven points were scored on charity tosses. A successful free throw shot by Samuels cut Uintahs lead to one but points from the foul point at quarter as Rachele 12-1- 14-1- 2 Weldon soared to the hoop for two but Olsen to tie up the game at put Union ahead once again on a field goal However, Uintah muscled inside for two hoops by White and lead. Weldon for an 14-1- 18-1- 6 Free throws dominated the final two and half minutes of the second 2-- survives errors imitoGn By Aldon nine points and improved their record to Mulville was ed to the Deseret News second team football crew. 18-1- line by Daren Anderson and Steve Nawahine increased Uintahs lead to Jarrett made three points at his first shot, missed the second free throw, but Samuels came to the rescue with a rebound capture and a shot through the hoop to tie up the with 19 seconds left. A game at foul was called on Union with four seconds left and Palmer hit one out of two attempts to make the score at the end of the first half: Uintah, 21 and Union, 20. The Cougars started off basketball play in the third quarter with a big bang as Eldredge struck for two to put the Union team ahead at but the lead was shortlived as an outside bomb by Anderson put Uintah A field back into the lead at goal by Weldon increased the Ute advantage to three points at Union sliced the Uintah lead to one point on a field goal by Samuels, but the Cougars were tormented by turnovers and inside shot failures and Uintah struck for hoop gold as they scored ten of the next fourteen points with for a seven point lead of 1:52 left in the third quarter. Mulville, David Murphy, Mohar and Weldon scored during the Ute hot streak. Mohar popped in a shot for a seven point lead. The Cougars settled down and got their basketball act together as Olsen and Jarrett burned the nets for two points each to make the score 35 to 32 in favor of Uintah after three 20-1- 7. 20-2- 0 and White added a field goal for Uintahs biggest lead in the game at 11 Union scored a basket points, in the final seconds to lose by nine points. 56-4- Weldon led Uintah in scoring at 16 points. He fired in six field goals and hit 4 out of 6 free throws. Mulville scored eight points on four field goals. Mohar pumped in four field goals for eight points. Anderson added seven points and White scored six on three field goals. Anderson hit one field goal and was 5 for 5 from the foul line. Schulz scored five points He fired in two field goals and hit 1 nam- If!? out of 2 free throws. Palmer flipped in 3 out of 5 free throws for three points and Murphy popped in one field goal for two points. Nawahine scored one point on a free throw. Uintah fired in 21 field goals and hit 14 out of 28 free throws. Unions top scorer was Olsen at 14 points. He fired in six field goals and hit 2 out of 3 free throws. Jarrett added 13 points. He scored six field goals and hit 1 out of 2 free throws. Samuels added nine points. He pumped in four field goals and hit 1 out of 2 free throws. Eldredge and Mezenen scored four points and HIGH FLYING action hoop. occurs for Kyle White on a journey to the Gup vofiry Ross added three points. popped in 5 out of 10 free throws and connected on 21 field goals. Tracy Union Uintah High Schools sophomore and junior varsity teams - scored basketball victories over the Union Cougars, Saturday. The Ute JV team defeated Union, The Utes grabbed a 17-- 8 lead in the first quarter and led 8 after two quarters. The Utes had a 0 lead after three quarters. Lee Schulz led the Uintah Utes with 17 points. He fired in four field goals and hit 9 out of 11 free throws. Theron Murphy added 12 points. He fired in 55-4- 30-1- 42-3- five field goals and hit 2 out of 4 free throws. Steve Nawahine scored ten points. He fired in four field goals and hit 2 out of 4 free throws. Eric Morrow added eight points and Devin Southam scored four points. Colt Mortenson and Derrick Tollefson added two points. Uintahs sophomores whipped Union, 7447. The Utes had a 1 lead at the end of the first quarter and led 0 after two quarters. Tollefson and Brian Oscarson led Uintah with 12 points. Larence Searle scored 11. Steve Hacking and Chance Murray added nine points. 22-1- 39-2- 22-2- 23-2- 25-2- 35-2- 8 quarters. Both teams encountered early hoop failures, but Anderson connected on two free throws and Lee Schulz popped in two for a five point lead of Rodney Mezenen and Jarrett scored for Union, but Weldon scored four points while being surrounded by three Union defenders. A field goal under pressure by Weldon returned a seven point lead of 8 to the Utes. Uintah and Union traded free throws and field goals, but the Utes scored eight of the final 12 points to win the game by the score of 56 to 47. Free throws by Anderson gave Uintah a 3 lead and Schulz connected on a crowd pleasing alley-oo- p shot, which was set up on a pass from lead. Mohar, for a Weldon popped in two free throws 39-3- 45-3- 50-4- 52-4- 5 l, cheerleaders perform a routine during basketball game. These three are only a few of UINTAH HIGH School the Uintah-Umo- n the Uintah cheerleaders and songleaders. |
