Show grade Panthers rapture capture tourney title The Vernal Junior High hoops tel's captured first place In a grade tournament at West Junior High last Thursday when they thumped Roosevelt 55 M to 42 West Junior High nabbed consolation honors by dropping Altamont Allamont 55 to 27 Vernal will take part in the Craig Tournament on March 4 and 5 5 Teams that will be taking part in the tourney are Vernal Roosevelt Meeker Craig and Steamboat Springs In the championship game between Roosevelt and Vernal the Rough Hough Riders Hiders jumped off to toan toan toan an early 4 0 lead In the first quarter Vernal tossed in two field goals to tie tic the score at 4 44 with left in the first quarter CLAY Chit CIA HARRISON regained the lead for Roosevelt with a two pointer two pointer at the mark In Inthe Inthe Inthe the final four minutes of the first quarter Vernal outscored Roosevelt 6 1 to take a 10 to 7 lead going into the second quarter In the second quarter the Panthers blasted the Roosevelt defense as they tossed in 15 unanswered points to take a 25 to 7 lead over the Ro Rough gh Riders with 49 3 remaining in the first half Ron Gardner tossed in 7 of 15 straight points by the Panthers Pan Pan- Roosevelt gained its first points of the second quarter when Clay Harrison tossed in a afield afield afield field goal with left In the first half Roosevelt and Vernal each scored four points in the final 2 minutes of the first half to tomake tomake tomake make the score after two quarters of action 29 to 13 in favor of Vernal In the third quarter Roosevelt outscored Vernal 16 to 10 to narrow the Panther lead to ten points 39 to 29 at the end of the third quarter Ron Hon Ellis tossed in a field goal with left in the game to give the Panthers a 41 to 29 advantage ad ad- vantage However Roosevelt refused to die as Kary Eldredge tossed in a free throw and Clay Harrison and Pat Pike flipped in field goals to cut the Vernal lead to 41 to 34 with left in inthe inthe inthe the contest Roosevelt was able to narrow the Vernal lead to seven points due to poor passing by the Panthers which resulted i in steals for forthe the fo the Ro Rough h Rid Riders i VERNAL ENDED its two minute scoring silence as Derrin Gardiner tossed in a field goal goat with left in the game came Clark McClellan scored a field goal and Ron Ellis pitched in two charity charily tosses to give Vernal a 47 to 35 lead with 4 12 left in the contest cut the Vernal lead to nine points 47 to 38 as Pat Pike flipped In one free throw and one field goal with remaining Derrin Gardiner connected on two field goal attempts to give the Panthers a 51 t to 38 lead with remaining Vernal went on to toYo Yo win In the contest 55 to 42 Scoring points for Vernal Inthe in inthe inthe the contest were Ron Ellis 14 Ron Iton Gardner 13 Derrin Gardiner 6 Burke Buckalew 5 5 John Merkley 5 Clark McClellan 4 Joe Gardiner 2 Brent Labrum 2 Marty McCarrel Mc Me- Carrel 2 and Kim Reid 2 Vernal converted nine of 15 free throw attempts for 60 percent Gaining counters for Roosevelt were Clay Harrison 18 Pat Pal Pike 11 Kary Eldredge 5 Gordon White 3 Tracy Dye Oye 3 and Peter Madsen Madsen Madsen Mad- Mad sen 2 2 Roosevelt connected on 10 of 18 free throw attempts for 55 percent MEMBERS m OF the Vernal grade team are Rod Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson Burke Buckalew Ron Ellis Derrin Gardiner Joe Gardiner Ron Hon Garnder Brent Labrum Marty McCarrel Clark McClellan John Merkley Kim Kin Reid Heid and David Stone In the first round of action on February 16 Vernal thumped Altamont Allamont 54 to 46 and Roosevelt blasted West 64 to 38 The score at the end of the first quarter in the contest between Vernal and Altamont was 16 to toB 8 B in favor of Vernal Altamont Allamont outscored Vernal 14 to 11 to narrow the Panther lead to 27 to 22 at the end of the second quarter Altamont cut the Vernal lead to four points 38 to 34 at the end of the third quarter The Panthers went on to defeat defrat Altamont Allamont 54 to 46 The Vernal Panthers tossed in 16 points and Altamont Allamont put in 12 counters in the fourth quarter Scoring points for Vernal in inthe inthe inthe the contest with Altamont were John Merkley 10 Ron Ellis 10 Ron Gardner 10 Burke Buckalew 8 Clark McClellan 6 Derrin Gardiner i l Marty Mc McCarrel arrel 4 and Joe r 2 Vernal Vernal tossed in 6 of 9 0 free throws for 66 percent TOSSING IN points for Altamont Allamont were Birch 18 Sorensen Sorens n 14 Ralphs 10 Danny Bird 2 and Chad Stevenson 2 Altamont Allamont bagged 8 of 19 free throw attempts for 42 percent Roosevelt had a ten point 20 to 10 advantage over West Wes after the first eight minutes of action on February 16 The score at the end of the second quarter was Roosevelt 34 and West 19 The Rough Hough Riders outs outscored cored the Vikings 21 to 8 which made the score at the end of the third quarter 55 to 27 In favor of Roosevelt The Rough Riders went on to win the contest 64 to 38 Scoring points for Roosevelt were Clay Harrison 27 Tracy Dye 13 Pat Pike 8 Kary Eldredge 4 Trowbridge 4 Todd Killian 2 Clynton Robb 2 Gordon White 1 and Gene Hawley 1 1 Roosevelt converted 16 of 25 free throw attempts for 64 percent Gaining counters for West were Tracy Nielsen 14 Kyle Mansfield 5 Kesley LaRose La Rose 4 Mark Griffin 4 Augustine Landa Panda 3 Evan Harrison 3 Terry Tatum 2 Clair Haslem 2 Parley 2 and Michael Spencer 2 West tossed in 5 of 19 free throw attempts for 26 percent WEST JUNIOR High captured captured captured cap cap- consolation honors honor hi last It Thursday by downing Altamont 55 to 27 The Vikings led by only two points 6 to 4 at atthe atthe atthe the end of the first quarter In Inthe Inthe Inthe the second quarter they outscored outscored outscored out- out scored Altamont 18 to 4 to take a 24 to 8 stead lead at the end of the first half The Vikings continued to bomb Altamont Allamont in the third quarter as they scored 18 points to take a 42 to 12 advantage going into the fourth quarter West went on to win the contest 55 to 27 Scoring points for West in the consolation contest with Altamont were Tracy Nielson 24 Kesley LaRose 14 David Clark 9 Kyl Kyi Mansfield 6 and Terry Tatum 2 2 The Vikings converted 5 of 13 free throws for 38 percent Gaining counters for Altamont Allamont were Rodney Mecham 10 Steve Daniels 7 Chad Stevenson 5 Mike Frandsen 3 and Danny Bird 2 Altamont conne connected ted on on 5 of 17 free throw attempts for 29 percent 1 r air a i. i J ld 1 I f t t r I 1 I t f I II Ux f if 1 I r t 1 v V iV i r j f 1 L l x j. j t J. J W 1 a t tr r kv f r w m raa xia r M A CLAY HARRISON Roosevelt grabs Clark McClellan's arm In Inan Inan inan an attempt to block the shot by the Vernal Vernal thumped Roosevelt last Thursday for first place In the grade tournament at West Junior High ay a S x t x f ri 9 tn iM 3 L' L i x a r kd a roh 1 d g xe f 4 7 rou i r ir I UINTAH'S FRANKIE JARAMILLO battles bottles with Art Morales Pleasant Grove during the Region Six Tourney Morales Jaramillo 12 to 7 for or first place in the 98 pound weight LADIES TWILIGHT Tea Team m Stand Standings Ings W L Hap Swains Swain's 25 3 Diamond Hills ills 23 5 Boren Trucking 22 6 High Series Betty Johnson Audrey Johnson Sharon Boren High Games Betty Johnson Grace Oaks Dorothy Pitchford a s tre w LI ii jI RICK FLADELAND right Uintah turns Stan Shelly of ol American Fork upside down Fladeland Shelly 7 to 2 for third place In the pound weight In the Region Six Tourney nut ST IU AST SHIPPERS Team Trant Standings' Standings W tv L LIet Pet Iet Palace 72 20 Stricker Bros 57 35 Western Living 56 h High Series Sules I Kay ay Billie Wilma Sims High Games Wilma llma Sims Janice Mcl l Barbara 19 1 Tea Tram Team m Standings W Iv 1 Basin Machine 91 16 12 Basin Flying 15 12 Mud liens Hens 1511 15 1211 High Series Bettye Guf Guffey fey Lela Hardinger ha Hac Hogue high Games Gaines Bettye Guf Guffey fey Lela Hardinger Nina Pease tl 7 i itry try MUSCLES S' S HUSTLES S STeam Team Standings W 11 L 1 Foster Jaramillo 64 28 Gardner Finch-Gardner 60 32 Baker 59 32 32 High Series Lyle Morey Scoot Wilkins Red Hed Arlene Gardiner I Fern Baker Lorine Hislop High Games Orrin Hardinger Scoot Wilkins Lyle Morey Sarah Foster Fern Baker Arlene Gardiner rj l. l F. F GOO rUIn CLUB tra Tram Team m Standings W L I. Guffey 18 10 Melton Mellon 1711 10 1 Spillman 16 12 Hardinger 16 12 High Series Series' Helen Melton 62 Gurrey Helen Hood high Games Helen Melton Helen I Hood lond Hetty e Guf Gurrey fey THURSDAY Y Team Tram Standings W I L Simper Lumber 25 3 Uintah Title Tille 18 is 10 lo Basin Hasin I- I Excavating la 18 10 lo loH H Series Mariita Huth Lay Pal Spillman Marilyn Allen High Ga Games Gaines II Marilyn larilyn Allen Allen Huth Ruth Lay Ester Miner liner J I r s WI w 1 r td is SCOTT RUPPE Uintah Uintah right and Craig Walker Pleasant Grove battle for or first place In the pound weight at the Region Six Tourney Ruppe Walker 11 to 3 3 Ruppe will willbe willbe be going after his third state championship Friday and Saturday at the 3 A 3 A State Tour Tour- Ruppe yeas was named the most outstanding wrestler at the Region Six Tourney |