| Show Sports Sports' 11 thoughts A great number of Uintah High School graduates are members of the coaching world In the state stale of Utah Ron Abegglen a Uintah graduate has been the head basketball coach at Snow Junior College the past four years NS N'S Snow College Badgers captured first place in the Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference during the past two years finishing the 1976 77 season with a 5 26 record The Badgers nabbed first place with a 10 0 mark The Snow team acquired first place in the in the 78 1977 season with an 11 1 mark The Badgers finished the season with a 4 25 record Snow was defeated both years in the Region One tourney and because of the losses failed to advance to the national meet Larry McKinney a Uintah graduate was a member of the Snow College team in 1977 and 1978 Abegglen has also been the athletic director at Snow College the past two seasons Abegglen also experienced a successful successful suc suc- career as the head basketball coach at Morgan High School Uintah's Ron Abegglen coached at Morgan High School for 13 years Abegglen guided the Trojans to the 2 A 2 A state championship championship championship cham cham- title in 1974 Morgan also won the consolation crown two wo years under the direction of coach Ron Abegglen ADV ADVANCING to the state tournament tournament tour tour- for Morgan is as common as the New York Yankees competing In Inthe Inthe inthe the World Series in the fifties and the early sixties Morgan has qualified for forthe forthe forthe the state basketball tourney ten years in a row The Trojans missed the state tourney in 1968 but took part in the state meet in 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 and 1978 Morgan has placed many times in the state tournament Morgan captured first place in region in 1974 and forced one of the best teams in Union High Schools School's history to place second Morgan nabbed the first place title at the state tourney and Union gained the fourth place consolation crown in 1974 The Union team was figured as having a good chance at taking state by the Roosevelt fans but the squad had the tough luck of being in inthe inthe inthe the same year with the great Morgan team of 1974 A ABEGGLEN'S Trojans won the Class B consolation title in 1969 but the Morgan team had to stage three upsets according to the daily newspapers to win the crown Morgan was downed by North Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San- San pete 52 to 43 in the first round North Sanpete went on to capture first place in the tourney The Trojans nipped Abegglen's old high school Uintah 56 to 55 in a consolation game Uintah was the first place team from Region Six Abegglen's Gagers eliminated Uintah from the tourney The Trojans t edged the South Sevier Rams 33 to 29 in a low scoring affair South Sevier was ranked as one of the favorites to win the tourney Morgan defeated Manti 41 to 39 for the consolation consolation consolation con con- title Manti had also been picked as one of the favorites to win the first place crown ANOTHER outstanding coaching record by a Uintah High School graduate is owned by Marland Stagg Stagg has been the basketball coach at Vernal Junior High for 15 years His record for the 15 years is wins and losses The record includes and grade games Stagg's Panthers have competed in inthe inthe inthe the Craig grade tourney 11 times Vernal has pocketed first place in the Craig Tourney five times Vernal's graders with Stagg as coach have won the Uintah Basin tourney eight times during the 14 years of the tournament STAGG'S best season was in 68 1967 when his grade Panthers finished the year with a 13 0 record Tim Hadlock and Lowell Aycock were some of the players on the team The next best hest mark was 3 15 in the 77 1976 season Some of the players on the Ule team were Ron non Ellis Ron non Gardner Burke Buckalew Derrin Gardiner Clark McClellan and John Merkley The Panthers have had only two losing seasons during the past 15 years Another outstanding coaching record is owned by Leon a Uintah High School graduate has been the head ead wrestling coach cooch for 15 years at Vernal Junior High Ills His teams have won of matches Vernal has suffered 23 losses and 3 draws Fourteen Fourteen Four Four- teen of the 23 losses were to junior varsity teams Two of the three draws were to junior varsity teams Vernal has competed in 45 tourneys and has nabbed 40 first place tournament tour titles The Panthers have lost only five tourneys One of the five losses was to a junior varsity team Vernal has lost only two dual meets and three tournaments during the past six years has been the tackle football coach for Vernal for the past nine years record for the nine years is probably 35 wins and 10 losses lasses The Panthers have never had a losing season in the sport of football Vernal has had only four losses lasses in football during the past four years Monticello has won six Class 1 I-A I A state championships in a row under the direction of Joe Davis Davis is a graduate of Uintah High School Monticello won the Class 1 I-A I A state slate title in 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 and 1978 The from Monticello won their sixth title In a row when they edged North Sevier 99 to 94 North Summit placed third with 89 points and Wayne nabbed fourth place with 87 Vi points MONTICELLO I had only one first place champion in the 1978 tourney Mark Trujillo Monticello edged Buff Bull Price of Green River 6 to 4 for first place Other who placed for Monticello were Dean Orr Orf 98 98 second 5 2 loss William Anderson An An- Anderson derson lOS fourth David Orr Orf fourth Quinn Howe third pin Dallin Lovell third Steve Black alack fourth and Doug Dale unlimited fourth Another Uintah High School graduate Fred Fied Weeks is the basketball basket ball coach at Manila High School One of the biggest thrills for the Manila this year was defeating North Summit The Utes' Utes football coach Curg Belcher is a graduate of Uintah High School Uintah finished the 1977 season with a 5 3 record The Utes defeated Morgan High School which went on to win the A 2 state title Uintah also blasted rivals Carbon and Union High School this year A lot of Uintah High School coaches are taking part in fierce basketball football and wrestling wars in the state of Utah |
