Show Vernal girl topple West Vikings The Vernal Junior High girls' girls basketball team earned its first victory of the hoop season when they downed the Vikings in West Junior High last Thursday Thursday Thursday Thur Thur- 18 IB to 8 in the season opener for the Panther squad Vernal will host Altamont Allamont in a basketball II contest on December pm p.m. IN TilE THE FIRST mST quarter of the West-Vernal West game both teams had trouble scoring points The score at the end of the first quarter was Vernal 3 and West 0 o. Vernal gained the first points in the contest when Teresa Smith tossed in a two-pointer two with left in the first quarter Teresa also flipped In a afree afree afree free throw attempt to give the Panthers a 3 3 0 lead Yolanda Begay of Vernal scored two quick field goals Inthe in inthe inthe the third quarter to give the Vernal team a 7 to 0 advantage over West West acquired its first points of the ball game when Beth Brown connected on ona ona ona a field goal try which narrowed the Vernal lead to 7 to 2 with left in the second quarter Teresa Smith added another two-pointer two to increase the Vernal lead to 9 to 2 Jennifer Payne of West scored one free throw for West to make the score at the end of the second quarter Vernal 9 and West 3 Both teams had problems scoring in the third quarter but Eileen Howells flipped in a field goal with wilh four minutes left In Inthe Inthe Inthe the period to give the Panthers an 11 to 3 lead and the first points of the third quarter West 4 to 1 in the final two minutes of the third quarter to take a lead of 15 to 4 over West Yolanda Begay scored tw two o field goals for Cor Vernal and Lisa McCook tossed In one free throw in the he final two minutes of the third quarter Her tier free throw at mark markwas markwas markwas was the only score for Cor West Inthe in inthe inthe the third quarter quartet West won the fourth quarter as they gained four counters and Vernal tossed in only three points However West was outscored by Vernal in the first three quarters and the final score was Vernal 18 and West 8 Vernal obtained the first points of the fourth quarter when Yolanda Begay popped in ina a field goal with left in the game Chris Molt Mott tossed in a technical foul to give Vernal an 18 to 4 lead Jennifer Payne of West scored a two pointer with 42 seconds left and one field goal with two seconds left to cut Vernal's winning margin to ten points 18 to 8 Jennifer's field goal with 42 seconds left was the first score of the quarter for Cor West Nest High scorer for the Vernal team was Yolanda Begay with ten points Other scoring points for Vernal were Teresa Smith five Eileen Howells two and Chris Mott Molt one Vernal connect connected d on two out of six free throw attempts for 23 percent Tm TIIE TOI TOP POINT gainer for West Vest was Jennifer Payne with five points Other Vikings who scored for West were Beth Brown two and Lisa McCook one West converted 2 out of 11 free throw attempts for 18 percent Members of Junior High girls' girls basketball team are areLisa areLisa areLisa Lisa Jorgensen Eileen Howells Yolanda Begay Jodene Merkley Teresa Smith Chris Mott Rhonda Rhoades Lynette Merrell Pennie Murray Teri Terl Housekeeper Nanette McCurdy l Frances rances Morris and Marjorie Marjoric Jazzie The coaches of or the team are Louise Murch and Susan Colledge assistant coach TilE THE WEST VEST Junior High squad consists of Sue Ann Wera Beth Brown Jenn Jennifer Payne Lori Peggy Chapoose Jeanne Brighton Mercedes Norma Marshall Rose Percel Cesspooch and Johnson Vernal will battle Duchesne on the road on December 22 The Panthers will host Roosevelt on January 5 r t I k kWEST'S WEST'S ROSE tries to cause Vernal's Jodene Merkley to commit a turnover 1 r a 1 e i a w M MS M S L 4 C JODENE MERKLEY right Vernal darts down the court with the basketball and trying to take it away from her is West eager Lisa McCook 12 |