| Show F 11 J A Lt I W t I IJ J x a 3 P. P I J 1 r P fi l y j f z r j L te lk d v w KERRY GARDINER center jumps up into the air just as the ball gets by T Toby by Gilroy right Other in the picture are Kevin Martin Claye Robb Ron Ellis Randy Brady and Lane Hadlock left to right Uintah will battle Box Elder Friday and South Saturday in Vernal Uintah eagers to host Box Elder and nd South Uintah Uinta High Schools School's basketball team will be hosting its first two home contests of the hoop season Friday against Box BoxElder BoxElder BoxElder Elder and Saturday against South High School of Salt Lake City Both South and Box Elder were A 4 schools last season South and Box Elder are A 3 schools this school year The varsity squads will battle each night at pm p.m. The junior varsity games will begin at pm p.m. WHEN WilEN ASKED to comment on the Box Elder team George Hughes Uintah basketball coach said Box Elder will be bethe bethe bethe the toughest team we will play in the season pre-season schedule They have four players over 64 Box Elder has one player 68 They have 11 seniors About the South squad Hughes remarked South beat Cyprus a Uintah Region Five opponent They have a veteran ball club They only lost two kids kid s from last year The first Region Five contest of the year for Uintah will be on December 16 against Carbon High School in Vernal Starting times will be as follows varsity varsity varsity var var- sity pm p.m. and junior varsity pm p.m. The Uintah sophomores will also compete with Carbon on December 16 HUGHES COMMENTED Carbon beat Fruita and Pleasant Grove and lost to Springville They have eight seniors Four of their five starters are John Nielsen 67 Burge 66 Terry Nelson 61 and Angelo guard Last week the Uintah Utes dropped two contests on the road to Lehi and Pleasant Grove The Utes were defeated by Lehi a A 2 team last Friday 70 to 56 Uintah was thumped by Pleasant Grove last Saturday 63 to 35 The Uintah Utes were ahead in the ball game with Lehi 16 to 14 at the end of the first quarter and 34 3 to 33 at the end of the second quarter Lehi outs outscored cored Uintah 17 to 13 in the third quarter to take a 50 to 47 ad ad- vantage The Pioneers tossed in 20 points in the fourth quarter and Uintah could only score nine points to make the final score Lehi Lel 70 and Uintah 56 Toby Gilroy was the high scorer for Uintah with 20 points Lane Hadlock had 14 points in the game Uintah t tossed sed in 23 field goals and Lehi Lel flipped in 24 23 Lehi Lehl converted 22 average or to beat your best game MY I BIGGEST ST thrill was bowling a game My other thrill was bowling a series It was my first time of bowling a series after only six years I bowl because Im I'm 5 foot tall and I J can compete with anyone else Its It's pretty even There is nothing barring me stated Elaine I bowl just because I 1 enjoy it Its It's a sport that I enjoy participating in said Marilyn Zimmerman Barbara Darbara Culpepper commented commented com My most memorable series was about two months ago when I bowled a I missed a series by seven pins I like the people more so than the game and that is why I bowl We always have a good time when we are down there at atthe atthe atthe the bowling bawling alley Bowling gets me out of the I house and it lets me be around people stated staled Darlene Bowden out of 29 free throws for 76 percent Uintah connected on 10 out of 22 free throws for 49 percent Hughes said that Uintah played well against Lehi The game was close according to Hughes until the fourth quarter when Uintah got into foul trouble PLEASANT G GROVE jumped out to a 19 to 8 lead in the first quarter and at the end of the second quarter the score was Pleasant Grove 41 and Uintah 15 The Utes outscored the Vikings 11 to 9 in the third quarter to make the score Pleasant Grove 50 and Uintah 26 The Vikings scored 13 points and and Uintah gained 9 counters in inthe inthe inthe the fourth quarter to make the final score Pleasant Grove 63 and Uintah 35 The high scorer for Uintah was Shawn King with 17 counters Kevin Martin had seven points and Toby Gilroy i scored five e counters Uintah scored 16 field goals and Pleasant Grove tossed in 20 Pleasant Grove connected on 22 out of 39 free throws for 56 percent Uintah converted 3 out of 8 free throws for 37 percent Pleasant Grove was an experience for us We had back to back games on Friday and Saturday Pleasant Grove and Lehi played pressure defense It bothered us more at Pleasant Grove We didn't handle the ball ballwell well We are going to keep working and we are gaining experience We will improve in all areas We have a lot of young players commented Hughes Uintah played seniors juniors and sophomores in the varsity contests last week Other games scheduled this month are Wasatch at Uintah December 23 and Uintah at Murray December 30 Contests set for January for Uintah are Cyprus at Uintah January 6 Uintah at Union January 10 Tooele at Uintah January 13 Uintah at Judge Memorial January 20 and Uintah at Carbon January 27 MAVERICK TEAM STANDINGS W L Dinah Bowl 37 15 Lamplighter 34 18 Five Star 33 19 Richens 30 22 High Series Bob Rich Doug Vernon Richens C. C B B. B Mangum High Games C. C B B. B Mangum Merlin Richens Bob Rich Ralph Cecil Gary Simper Dave White Dan Barry Gale Vernon Richens Brent Goodrich Doug m iM M 1 C i 1 i. i I r 1 ro t 4 a kt f t r 4 t tw 1 w UINTAH HIGH Schools School's Kerry Gardiner the basket for two points Also in the picture is Toby Gilroy |
