| Show Vernal Panthers thump West Vikings 61 41 1 The Vernal Junior High grade capers added another Uintah Basin school to their win column as they thumped West Junior High In Vernal last Thursday 61 to 41 The Vernal graders will battle batlle the Hough Rough Riders in Roosevelt on February 10 at 1 p pm m. m Vernal took on Rock Hock Springs at Rock RockSprings RockSprings RockSprings Springs Wyoming this past Wednesday yesterday IN TilE THE CONTEST last Friday the Panthers quickly built up a 13 0 lead as the West Junior High Vikings failed to score until the mark of oC the first quarter The Vikings gained their first points of oC the ball game when Tracy Nielsen tossed in two free throws a at t the mark of the first quarter The score at the end of oC the first quarter was Vernal 18 and West 4 The Viking squad failed to score a field goal in the first quarter West gained their first field goal of the game wl with h left in the second quarter as Tracy Nielsen tossed in a two In the first five and r Ih minutes of oC the second quarter West outscored Vernal 16 to 4 to edge within one point of th the Panther lead Ron Ellis connected connected connected con con- on a two-pointer two at the mark of the second quarter to give the Panthers a 23 to 20 lead The Vikings made the score score 23 22 in favor of oC Vernal as Tracy Nielsen tossed in a field goal Vernal scored 9 points and West gained zero counters Inthe in inthe inthe the final two minutes of the first half to make the score at the end of the second quarter Vernal 32 and West 22 WEST SCORED two field goals early in the third quarter The Vikings gained only three more points on free throws the rest the of third period as the Panthers' Panthers defense closed the lidon lid lidon lidon on any more two-pointers two by West The Vernal Verna Panthers outscored outscored outscored out- out scored the West Junior High Vikings 20 to 7 in inthe the third quarter Derrin Gardiner was the high scorer for Vernal in the third period as he gained ten points an on four Afield field goals 31 1 l t two 9 tosses ss The r. r The s score r af 0 f the end of the third quarter was Vernal 52 and West 29 West tossed in 12 points and Vernal bagged nine points in the fourth quarter The final score was Vernal 61 and West 41 Scoring points for Cor Vernal were Derrin Gardiner 14 Ron Iton Gardner 10 lo Ron Iton Ellis 7 1 Burke Buckalew 5 David Stone 4 Brent Labrum 4 John Merkley 4 Joe Gardiner 4 Clark McClellan 3 Mart Marty McCarrel 3 and Kim Reid Heid 3 The Panthers connected on 19 of 34 free Cree throw attempts for Cor 55 percent GAINING COUNTERS for Cor West were Tracy Nielsen 22 22 Kesley LaRose 12 David Clark 6 and Terry Tatum 1 1 West converted 17 11 of 32 free throw attempts for 53 percent Members of oC the West Junior High basketball team are David Clark Kesley LaRose Tracy Nielsen Kyle Mansfield Evan Harrison Augustine Landa Clair Haslem Parley Mark Griffin Terry Tatum Chuck Daniels Cory Murdock Michael Spencer and Cory Dye The Vernal Junior High grade basketball team consists of oC Rod Anderson Burke Buckalew Derrin Gardiner Hon Ron Ellis Joe Gardiner Brent Labrum Ron Hon Gardner Marty McCarrel Clark McClellan Kim Reid Held John Merkley and David Stone Vernal's grade will take lake part in a tournament at Vernal on February 16 and 17 I 4 d dM da M a t o f ROD ANDERSON Vernal 11 right Is about to ta dribble the basketball down the court Other In the picture are ore Ron Gardner 15 Vernal Vornal Clair Haslem 34 and Kesley LaRose 44 West happy We are never so happy or so o unhappy as we suppose La Rochefoucauld |
