Show SPORTS FLASHBACKS Uintah and Union win winand winand winand and lose ball games The Union Uintah-Union basketball rivalry has always b been en a fierce one and the year of 1959 was no different A story about a Uintah and Union basketball contest follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on January 15 1959 UNION NIPS UTES 47 43 FRIDAY IN ROOSEVELT DUEL After the lead had changed hands repeatedly through the game Union pulled an upset over the favored Utes Friday by winning 47 to 45 at Roosevelt in an overtime period The Region 8 basketball opener for both teams was the outstanding game of the year for each side The time ended with a tie of 42 and Union made the critical basket in the overtime session TilE THE FIRST QUARTER ended with the Utes ah ahead d 13 13 10 At the end of the second stanza the Cougars Cougars' had caught up and passed and led 24 to 19 At the end of the third quarter Union was still ahead 33 29 but a big effort knotted the score at 42 when the l f J. J Uintah's chances of a were v hurt early in the fo fourth Jq quarter H r b by Brian Wright fouling out McNaughton and Sutton Sulton were high scorers with 12 each ch McNaughton and Wright did commendable work on the backboards and with rebounds The Utes' Utes B team sneaked a victory with 41 39 over their hosts Gayle McKeachnie l notched 13 and Duane Wardle 11 for high scores TilE THE SCORE WAS 29 11 at the half in favor of Union but the junior Utes made madea a fast comeback in the second half and with a last minute effort grabbed the winning goal Uintah gained revenge for the first loss in the second contest with Union The story which was printed in the Vernal Express on February 19 1959 f follows Vernal's Uintah hoop squad Wednesday of last week pasted Union 58 49 in V Vernal to avenge an earlier loss and move into second place behind Altamont with Union JIM MCNAUGHTON a six six-oot fireball made 11 goals for f or the Utes and added two foul shots for the nights night's high rugh of 24 points Gary Sutton helped with 12 points The Union attack was led by Glendon Malnar with 16 and Fred Evans with 12 points The Ute junior varsity t team m just didn't quite make it as Union edged them out with 34 Also Wednesday of last week Duchesne improved its record to two victories against three defeats by licking Tabiona 59 29 Coach Jerry Christensen let all his Duchesne players in the ball game and each responded with at least two points as Tabiona was swamped Joe C Cowan wan was high man with 10 points For the Tigers Lonnie Carlile and Merill each made 7 Altamont stayed home with a bye Some professional boxers visited Vernal in 1959 The article follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on January 22 1959 1300 FANS FRIDAY Y APPLAUD UD TOP BOXING CARD Over 1300 enthusiastic fight fans Friday saw some of the fanciest fisticuff demonstrations ever seen in inthis inthis this his area aJea in two complete cards with professional boxing by the Famous and amateur bouts by the Ute Tribal team and Salt Lake Rotary Boys' Boys Club in UHS gym Vernal Kiwanis club officials who sponsored the event disclosed Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- that nearly was raised to insure that Uintah High school football field will get a Scoreboard TilE THE UTE BOXING team won the amateur meet and took look away a gold cup in an excellent contest and some very close fights Don Fullmer of West Jordan knocked Cornell Olds out in the fourth round after knocking him down three other times Olds showed a lot of courage to keep comin coming LaMar Clark with a right to the stomach and a left to the button nailed his opponent Phil Paxton of Phoenix Ariz in 1 minute and 39 seconds of the first round Jay Fullmer's opponent didn't show up so Don and Jay put on a real slugfest exhibition Boxing fans are pressing for another exciting evening soon Kiwanis officials expressed great appreciation for all those who worked for this successful evening including those with donations and to the public for Cor fine support |