Show I A td i t I r I I kl A I E 4 tic I I I I w fa t r I I 4 J EL-J irr srM I i 1 t Jar r r rA III A s UINTAH HIGH SCHOOLS SCHOOL'S Kerry Gardiner center chases after the escaping basketball during practice last week The Uintah Utes will battle the gers at Jordan Friday at pm p.m. in the season opener for the Utes The junior varsi varsity contest will begin at pm p.m. Ute e ew ers open season Friday against a Jordan The 78 1977 Uintah High School will open their season against the Jordan High School on the road Friday The varsity game will begin at pm p.m. and junior varsity game will start at pm p.m. The Utes will motor to Lehi Lehl for a season pre-season contest against the Pioneers on December 2 Uintah will battle the Vikings who placed second at the A 3 tournament last school year at Pleasant Grove on December 3 Pleasant Grove has lost most of its starters off the 77 1976 team that placed first in Region Six and nabbed second place at the state tourney When asked to comment on the Uintah practises and Jordan Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan head Uintah coach George Hughes remarked We are just working real hard We are young Jordan is a A 4 school that has two returning starters from last year We are going to have to play good ball since the game will be on their floor It will be a nd and 1 that's what what we need We just just ne need d some play playing ng time Jordan will have Fred Cutler a 62 forward who started some last season until he suffered suffered suf suf- suf an injury midway through the year Dan Snow at 63 and anda a small guard returning to the squad TilE THE ONLY V Uintah player returning from last season who started for the Utes is forward Toby Gilroy Gilroy became a starter at guard last year about halfway through the season Shawn King 59 guard and Lane Hadlock 61 center were on the 77 1976 77 Uintah team but they did not see much action Uintah's first h home contest n t of s. s 6 a aLp I I IU Lp U S 'S SHAWN KING left fires the ball toward the two-point two area Other in the picture are Tim King and Toby Gilroy right u t t AM 4 L point Union placed third at state stale in 1966 1006 behind second place Uintah and first place Delta Della Arvin Billings Vernal wrestled for Uintah High School in 1957 58 and 59 Billings was a member of the 1958 and 1959 Uintah state stale title teams Billings placed third in the 95 pound class in 1959 lie He remarked My most memorable moment was when Union kicked out their 95 and moved each man down a weight and we still beat them I wrestled 95 Ibs lbs all three years We beat Union about GOto 60 GO to O. O 01 I pinned the When asked to comment on the state titles in 1958 and 1959 Billings commented I think we owed our state title to our coach Leo Conk He tie believed in real strict training I 1 think the wrestling program has changed Most kids wont won't train unless they are pushed ALAN W Lapoint nabbed first place honors for Union High School in the pound class in 1966 at the state tournament My most memorable match was the final match in the year that I took look state I beat a Mathews kid of ofSan ofSan ofSan San Juan by a decision It was a close match It was a real exciting ex citing deal It was something a guy would never forget It made me feel good Orvel Hullinger Roosevelt who is a graduate of or Uintah High School wrestled for Brigham Young University He also wrestled professionally Hullinger stated I 1 did quite a abit abit abit bit of ot wrestling I wrestled in college and professionally In college at Brigham Young University I l was the region and state stale champion in 1937 1938 and 1939 The region consisted of Utah Wyoming Colorado New Mexico and Arizona I beat a national champion by the name of Ace Roundy of Utah State University in my last year I wrestled in the pound class Iss my first year and in my final two years I wrestled in the pound class Hullinger added I wrestled professionally along the coast California Washington Oregon and in Wyoming Utah and Nevada I promoted a lot of wrestling One time we killed a abear abear abear bear trying to muzzle it for wrestling in Vernal The best wrestling I ever saw was InVernal in inVernal inVernal Vernal in the late to 1960 II Hullinger u nur pro promoted m ot ed professional wrestling inVernal in inVernal Vernal MY MV MY MOST thrilling match the season will be on December 9 against Box Elder The Utes will host South High School on December 10 Both Box Elder and South entered the 3 A 3 3 ranks this season after competing in inthe the A A 4 class for years The first Region Five encounter encounter encounter en en- counter for Uintah will be i December 16 in Vernal against I Carbon II I RANDY BRADY left dribbles the ball toward the basket Looking on are Alan Hart Tim King Lane Hadlock and Kerry Gardiner left to right The Uintah Ute basketball team will open its season on the road against Jordan Friday was wai in region against Dave Patrick of Monticello IQ He Ile was wai an grader and I was a senior I defeated him in 1959 and in 1960 he won the state tourney We wrestled for first and second at state I beat him himat himat himat at the state tournament I took state that year I had to beat him at state and region It was more of a challenge in region because it was the first time I Imet Imet Imet met him The man who gave us the real training was Maughn Colton remarked Teddy Corless Vernal who garnered first place for Uintah High school in the pound class at atthe atthe atthe the state stale tournament in 1959 Uintah captured its second state tillo in a row in 1959 The Utes earned 66 points for first place Second place was won by Cedar City with 60 Millard t placed third with 56 Placing for Uintah at the state tourney in 1959 were Arvin Billings 95 third Butch Boren third David Bennion third Lynn LYM fourth Tim third Robert Hobert Freestone first firsti Teddy Corless first and Jerry Murray unlimited first Other members of the team were Doug Hatch Dale Hullinger Robert Hobert Caldwell and Reed Heed C Gurr urr |