Show SPORTS FLASHBACKS t J i I Uintah defeats Duchesne Eagles and wins region trophy One of Uintah's rivals in the SOs SO's was vas Duchesne High School An article follows about the Uintah Uintah-Duchesne Uintah Duchesne rivalry as it was printed in the Vernal Express January 24 1957 UTES EDGE EAGLES 68 54 HOLDS TOP DIVISION SPOT Ute Coach Thair Allen put his team over for its third victory of the seasons season's games Friday Although most people thought the game would be a walkaway for Uintah both teams were off on their shooting and the game was closer than was expected with a final score of 68 54 in favor of the Utes At the end of half the Utes led by a margin of ten points As the team entered the second half haU the Duchesne Eagles came within four fourpoints fourpoints fourpoints points of Uintah and both teams settled down and played a very good game of basketball DAN LA LABRUM I DRUM of Uintah showed some outstanding ball playing although he fouled out In the third quarter John Gardiner having had a hip Injury has not seen action in the last couple of games but we hope that he will be able to help us in the coming games Phil Bryson was high point man for Uintah to help them win the game In the preliminary game Uintah also won their game by a large margin During the seasons season's games this team has not been defeated and they have a avery avery avery very good chance of staying undefeated un un- defeated Friday the Utes will meet the Union Cougars for the battle of the year at Union At present Uintah is holding first place with Union and Altamont tied for second place Some of the Uintah Utes that will probably see action in th the game are Morgan Lee Phil Bryson Larry L Lee e Dan Labrum Bill Caldwell John Gardiner and Terry Hadlock Cheerleaders Connie Mott Marva Oaks Judy Duke and Frances Allen will lead the school in cheers for our team Uintah battled Duchesne again in 1957 The story follows fellows as it was printed in the Vernal Express February 21 1957 UINTAH UTES FLEX MUSCLES FOR CRUCIAL BASKETBALL BATTLE DATTLE WITH UNION FRIDAY fighting lard Utes last Friday demolished the Duchesne Eagles 84 63 and felt optimistic about defeating Ul Union on tomorrow Friday to qualify for fora a state berth Tomorrows Tomorrow's game is very important to both the Cougars and the Utes as if the Utes get u upset et there will be another way three tie With Coach Allens Allen's top coaching plenty of fight from the Utes and lots of support from the student body the local loea Redskins should be able to go all al althe the way to state TilE THE SECOND team is expected to come in first place because they have won all al alof of their games All parents and students are urged to tobe tobe tobe be at the crucial game tomorrow to help the Utes get to state At the Duchesne game the Utes led ledall ledall all aU the way Phil Bryson Dryson was high point man with 27 points and Bill DiU Caldwell was up runner-up with 17 points The Utes didn't have everything their own way wa though as the Eagles agles played a very ver good brand of ball The outcome of the Union-Uintah Union game follows as it was printed In the Vernal Express February 28 1957 UTE REDSKINS SCALP COUGARS 53 45 TO INSURE BERTH IN STATE TOURNAMENT A packed Uintah High gym Friday saw a well well played played ball game between two well matched teams which ended in Uintah edging out the visiting Union team 53 45 and moving into a state berth depriving Union of that chance High scorer of the game was Phil Bryson with 25 points which brings his league season scoring average to points per game for eight games This makes Bryson third top scorer in the state for both Class A and Class B teams AT TilE THE END of the first quarter quarto of Fridays Friday's game Union led by 10 Just Justas as the whistle blew at the end of the taw second quarter Bryson scored on a along along along long shot which put Uintah ahead for forthe forthe forthe the first time 2928 29 At the end of the third quarter the Utes increased their lead to three points 41 Slowly but surely the Utes pulled ahead to wind up an exciting exciting ex citing game by 53 Other scorers for Uintah included Gardiner 6 8 Morgan Lee 5 Labrum 4 Caldwell 4 Hadlock 3 Adams 4 and Larry Lee 2 2 Unions Union's high scorer was Rawlings with 12 Others were Beal Deal 11 Benson 9 Bascom 7 Dye 4 and Moulton 2 2 Top pep scorers in the Uintah loop are listed below Phil Bryson Uintah Pete Nyberg Altamont Guy Mayhew Duchesne i Clarence Beal Union Grant Drollinger Altamont Steve Rowley Howley Duchesne Eldon Buckalew Duchesne Gordon Bascom Union and Nolan Giles Tabiona Uintah won the Region Three wrestling crown in 1950 The story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express February 16 1950 UINTAH WINS REGION WRESTLING MEET AT OREM Uintah High Schools School's 12 man wrestlIng wrestling ing team coached by Jack Woodbury wrestled their way to the top position in inthe inthe inthe the Region 3 Wrestling Meet taking the championship by a large margin February 11 at Lincoln High School in Orem Ut Other participating schools were Delta Gunnison and Lincoln high schools Eleven of the 12 men are qualified to togo togo togo go to the state wrestling meet at Price this coming Friday and Saturday February 17 1718 Raymond Hatch an excellent excellent ex ex- wrestler and a newcomer to the team barely missed qualifying for tw t the state finals in two of the cl closest t and most evenly matched bouts according UPI UPIto to Coach Woodbury First places went to LaT are Bodily unlimited Jean Michl Wade Wilde Stewart Lynn and Joe Murray Second I places were won by Bob Nob Wardell Jack Smith 16 Jimmy Kr Knight 93 95 95 Maughn Colton Wax Mau tal Timothy and DelMar DetMar Bastiam The outcome of the Uintah t tam at atthe atthe atthe the state meet follows as aa it wa pd in the Vernal Express on FC Fel February ly U. 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