Show fH PIH 1 ML 1 HB YUr B b 7 I H tA BW SM BBB xH BBB BP Si i iri UINTAH'S ROBERT pulls Brian Hazelgren's Shaw proved it wasn't a joke as he tackled the Murray ball Uin- E CLARK McCLELLAN picks up the football on a kickoff by the Murray i tah scored the game's first but Murray went on to win the ball game last 32 to MM V m Jf Ha Wr IS br I O W M l 1 M T ll I mJ W W W The Uintah Utes scared the daylights out of the defending state Murray High when they scored a touchdown after only two plays in the football game last Friday in The Uintah touchdown let the Spartans know that the Utes weren't ready to roll over woke up touchdown by Uintah and went on to win the ball 32 to Murray kicked off to Uintah for the start of the first Clark Mc- Clellan nabbed the ball at the line and darted to the Murray On the first hike from Uintah center Wayne Morgan Woodhouse gave the ball to Lance Mor- ton who dashed 26 yards down the left side for a touchdown at the mark in the first The extra point kick by Mark Partridge was which gave Uintah a 7 to 0 lead over the 1977 state The Spartans moved quickly into Uin- tah territory as they gained a number of first Steve Gehrke hit Jeff Rogers with a pass at the but the ball was turned over to Uintah when Dave Good recovered a fumble by Murray on the line with left in the first Uintah was forced to punt and Mur- Rained the ball on Uintah's Rocky Ulibarri advanced the bill to the Murray gained its first touchdown of the when Stev tomb to Steve Sa the six was sort I and the score wK left inT it first was 7 7 and and Mur- Another mistake by Uintah set up Murray's second The Utes fumbled the football on their own yard line and the Spartans recovered the Quarterback Steve Gehrke pitched the ball back to the Rocky who passed the ball to Jeff Rogers in the end zone for a touchdown with left in the first Bill charged through Murray line and blocked an extra point attempt by Murray's the end of the first quarter was 13 and Uin- One of the most unusual plays in the game or in any game took place in the second Scott Kavanaugh was back to punt for Uintah and the snap sailed over his By the time Kavanaugh got to the a whole herd of Murray Spartans was charging after The ball was bouncing around on the ground and Kavanaugh kicked it down the The ball hit Chad Labrum and the Uintah lineman caught the ball and darted down the field with the w ho became a running advanced the ball to Murray's the ball was returned to Murray and placed on the Uintah line because the referee ruled that Uintah had perform- ed an illegal The referee said that Uintah couldn't kick the ball while it was on the ground during j A pass to Matt Richardson advanced bill to the After a ti the Murray Spartans had the football on Uintah's Rocky Ulibarri darted 2 yards up the middle for the third touchdown of the with left in the second The Spartans' pass for the two- Point conversion was The score at the end of the second 4 quarter M jg The Utes fumbled on their own line and once again the mistake proved costly as Murray recovered the ball and a few plays Rocky Ulibarri darUd 5 yards up the middle for a touchdown with left in the third The Uintah defense put a lot of pressure on Murray and thus the Spartans missed the extra point which made the 19 and Murray moved down the field late in the third pass to Jeff placed the ball on the A number of plays Brian Hazelgren blasted seven yards up the middle for a touchdown with left in the The kick by Rocky Ulibarri was which gave Murray a 32 to 7 The Utes moved near midfield late in the fourth quarter on a fine punt return by Mark a completed pass to Lance Morton and a running play by Clark Uintah fumbled and John Ward of Murray recovered the When asked to comment on quick touchdown by Uintah in the first Murray's head football Ron woke us Uintah is a young club and Curg Belcher has done a good job with That's as good a defensive job as we have had done on us in two They're going to be Uintah is a young ball club and they are going to scare I think Uintah outplayed but they had some tough breaks in the are a young club and they have made a few are just young and we are coming With any we could have won a few ball We still have been making some mistakes that have been hurting but the kids are still hanging in and we will win some our b Lance Morton and Clark McClellan looked real good in the game with Mur- McClellan had a good ball game We had yards rushing the stated Uintah's head football coach Curg Belcher baS k B UINTAH'S CLARK McCLELLAN darts down the field with the football for a large |