| Show i Panther Gagers bag 3rd at Craig hoop meet The Vernal Junior High grade Gagers edged Meeker last Saturday 35 to 33 to garner third place in the Craig Frosh Tournament Vernal leaped out outto outto outto to a 10 to 7 lead at the end of the first quarter but Meeker rallied in the second quarter to take a 20 to 19 ad ad- vantage MEEKER increased its lead to three points 26 to 23 at the end of the third quarter Vernal outscored Meeker 12 to 7 in the fourth quarter to win the ball game 35 to 33 Scoring points for Vernal in the contest were Mark Mobley 13 Dave Emery 10 Wayne Woodhouse 6 Kurt Case 4 and Lonnie Williams 2 Vernal tossed in 16 field goals and converted 3 of 11 free throws for 27 percent r J Gaining counters for Meeker were Kenny Zeigler 16 Scott Blanke 8 Darrell Mooney 7 and Dickie Zeigler 2 Meeker tossed in 10 field goals and connected on 13 of 23 charity tosses for 56 percent VERNAL BEGAN the tourney by losing to Steamboat Springs 66 to 44 in inthe inthe inthe the first round Friday Steamboat Springs jumped out to ten point leads of 16 to 6 6 first quarter and 28 to 18 second quarter The Steamboat t Springs team increased its lead to 17 points 48 to 31 at the end of the third quarter The final score was Steamboat Springs 66 and Vernal 44 Firing in points for Vernal were Kurt Case 14 Mark Mobley 11 Lonnie Williams 8 Dave Emory Emery 4 Dave Allen 3 Morgan Batty 2 and Wayne Woodhouse 2 2 Vernal flipped in 16 field goals and converted 12 of 25 free throws for 48 percent Tossing in points for Steamboat Springs were Dan Hudspeth 22 Tom Southall 15 Cliff Nordyke 15 Frank Prince 5 Fred 5 Kerry Keena 2 and Davin Vanatta 2 2 VERNAL VEnNAL BOMBED Rangely 65 to 33 in the second round to advance to the clash for third place The Panthers blasted the Rangely squad early as th the Vernal squad had a 21 to 8 advantage at atthe the end of the first quarter Vernal led ledat ledat at the end of the first half 35 to 12 The Panthers' Panthers scoring machine bombed the Rangely team in the third quarter Vernal outscored Rangely 18 to 7 to take a 53 to 19 advantage at the end of the third quarter The final score was Vernal 65 and Rangely 33 Gaining points for Vernal in the game were Dave Emery 13 Lonnie Williams 12 Dave Allen 11 Morgan Batty Datty 7 Mark Mobley 7 Wayne Woodhouse 4 Kurt Case 4 Rick Robbins 3 Mike Workman 2 and Gordon Seitz 2 2 Vernal tossed in 26 field goals and flipped in 13 of 29 free throws for 44 4 percent SCORING points for Rangely were Charlie Cady 9 Richard Bland aland 8 David Leavitt 7 1 Wade Allred 5 and Doug 4 4 Rangely popped in jo 15 field g goals als and connected on 3 of 13 free throws for 23 percent Meeker advanced into t the e battle with Vernal by defeating Craigs Craig's st team Steamboat Springs and Craigs Craig's 2nd team battled for first place in ht the tourney Vernal Junior Highs High's grade record for the year is 9 wins and 6 losses Vernal defeated West three times Roosevelt twi twice e Duchesne Duehesne Altamont Rangely and Meeker during the 78 1977 season The Panthers placed first in the Vernal Tournament and aM third in the Craig Frosh Tournament Vernal nabbed first place in the Uintah Basin aasin League Vernal's losses were to Duehesne Duchesne twice Rock Springs Craig White Mountain and Steamboat Swings |
