Show Springville Red Devils nip Uintah Ute Gagers The Uintah High School Girl hoops tel's will motor to Pleasant Grove Wednesday Cl February 2 for tor a Region Six contest against the Vikings The junior varsity game will start at pm p.m. The varsity contest will begin at al 5 pm p.m. The Utes battled Carbon at Price this past Wednesday yesterday UINTAH suffered its first loss in Region Six competition this year on January 19 to the Springville Red Hed Devils The Utes were defeated by the Red Devils in Vernal 36 to 28 Uintah has a L 1 11 1 record in Region Six In the contest with Springville the Red Hed Devils put points on the Scoreboard at the mark of the first quarter to take a 1 0 lead over Uintah The Utes' Utes Joan Jarman tossed in a afield afield afield field goal for a 2 1 Uintah lead Springville connected for a afield afield afield field goal which gave the Red Hed Devils a 3 2 advantage until Julie Hacking put in a two- two pointer to give Uintah a 4 3 lead with remaining in the first quarter CINI CINDY Y BIRD regained the lead for Springville as she tossed in a field goal and Laurie I Helquist put in one free throw to increase the Red Devils' Devils advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage to 6 to 4 over Uintah Uintah came fighting back In inthe the final minute of the first quarter as Joan Jarman scored a field goal and Lori Mott popped in one charity toss to give the Utes a 7 to 6 lead after the first eight minutes of action The Utes increased their lead to 9 to 6 over Springville as Teresa Gentry scored a two- two pointer at the mark of the second quarter Springville cut the Uintah lead to 9 8 with a afield afield afield field goal by Cindy Bird with left in the first half Uintah's Teresa Gentry stole the ball from a Red Devil dribbler and she blazed down the court to score a fast break basket on a to give the Utes an 11 to 8 lead Springville's Marilyn Larsen was fouled by a Uintah hoop- hoop ster Larsen missed the first free throw attempt but tall Cindy Bird Springville captured captured captured cap cap- the rebound and Connected connected Con ton for a two-pointer two to edge within one point of the Uintah lead THE RED REI DEVILS nabbed a n 12 11 advantage over Uintah as asBird asBird Bird tossed in a field goal with left in the first half Uintah missed a chance to tie up the ball game and they failed to tomake tomake tomake make the first of a one and one situation with left in the second quarter Jeanie Sayer scored two free tree throws to give the Red Devils a 14 to 11 lead with left in the first half However Uintah rallied In the final 34 seconds of ot the second quarter to tie the score at the end of the first half at 14 1414 as Kym Buckalew put in a field goal and Lori Mott too tossed sed in one free throw Springville jumped ahead of Uintah early In the third quarter as Cindy Bird scored three points on a field goal and free throw and Jeanie Sayer tossed in a two pointer to give the Red Devils a 19 14 advantage ad ad- vantage The Utes gained their first two-pointer two at the mark of the third quarter as Sonya Gates bagged a field goal Joan Jarman tossed in a two-pointer two at the mark of the third quarter to edge within one point 19 to 18 of the Springville lead UINTAH REGAINED the lead as Sonya Gates connected for a two pointer to give the Utes a 20 19 advantage However Springville tied the score at 20 2020 as Jeanie Sayer tossed in a charity toss with left in the third quarter The Red Devils broke the tie with another field goal by Cindy Bird and they increased their lead to 23 20 with a free throw by Laurie Helquist Uintah rallied in the final 23 seconds of the third quarter as Sonya Gates and Joan Jarman scored field goals to give the Utes a 24 to 23 advantage at the end of the third quarter The Utes increased their advantage over the Red Devils in the final quarter as Joan Jarman scored a fast break due to a steal to give Uintah a 26 to 23 advantage at atthe atthe atthe the 7 00 mark With the Red Devils down 26 to 23 Cindy Bird went to work Inthe Inthe in inthe the scoring department as she tossed In two unanswered field goals to give Springville a 27 21 to 26 lead over Uintah with left in the ball game SPRINGVILLE increased its advantage over the Utes to 29 26 as Terri Daniels popped in an outside shot with remaining in the contest Laurie Helquist tossed in a field goal to give Springville a 31 to 26 lead The Utes missed the first of a aone aone aone one and one situation two limesand times limes and with left in the contest Julie Hacking tossed in a free throw to edge within four tour points of the Springville lead Laurie Helquist flipped in a afree afree afree free throw to increase the Springville lead to 32 to 27 Jeanie Sayer increased the Ule Springville advantage to 34 to 27 with left in the contest Sayer scored two free throws and Tracy Durfee tossed in a afree afree afree free throw for Uintah to make the final score Springville 36 and Uintah 28 The Utes were able to rally In Inthe Inthe inthe the closing seconds of the first second and third quarter but a seven minute field goal drought in the fourth quarter and poor free throw showing 4 of 17 killed the Utes' Utes chances of winning the ball game Scoring for Uintah in the contest were Joan Jarman 10 Sonya Gates 6 Teresa Gentry 4 Julie Hacking 3 Lori Mott 2 Kym Buckalew 2 and Tracy Durfee 1 The Utes connected on 4 of 17 free throw attempts for 23 percent TilE THE RED DEVILS were led ledin ledin ledin in the scoring department by center Cindy Bird with 18 points Bird scored half of Springville's points Also scoring for Springville were Jeanie Sayer 9 Laurie Helquist 5 Terri Daniels 2 and Marilyn Larsen 2 Springville tossed in 10 of 24 free throw attempts for 41 percent Uintah will host Spanish Fork on February 8 8 The varsity contest will start at 7 pm p.m. The junior varsity game will begin at pm p.m. ir ira irN a N tike x U o. o 1 1 1 t TWO SPRINGVILLE attempt to cause couse Uintah's Sonya Gates to commit a turnover r Y Ys s i 1 J AA AAA AAk k Al J 4 A r. r f y L 14 CHERYL HALL 11 Uintah left drives down dawn the floor Trying to cause a turnover is Springville junior varsity Kathryn Jones 25 A A AA |