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Show r-'"' '' ' " . ' f 1 x v.. ' J ' -, - " ; .v . J - - . r. -.. y) Muluv 7 A- ' .'v.-:AW -: - .. ; : ' ' ' i. , . . , . r f - - -- .... - v r. - r ' 1 I .; . I' , ' ' GARY GALLEY, Uintah, left, leaps high in the air after being fouled by a Grand Junction Central Cen-tral Warrior. The referee is on the ball as he raises his hand and awards free throw shots to Galley. The Utes thumped Central in Vernal, Thursday, 90 to 75. y - ) J ' , r-..: ' v V 4 Sit t ' I : ' 1 : . ; 'r"V I t - - ' 1 ' ' RON ELLIS CHASES after Grand Junction Central's Cen-tral's Roweton, Also in the picture is Uintah's Dave Stone, 21. Ellis came off the bench and scored 15 points in Uintah's victory over the Warriors. Ute hoopsfors annihilate Grand Junction Warriors The Uintah Utes shook off three setbacks set-backs in the Box Elder Tournament by returning to the happy hunting grounds in Vernal and annihilating the Warriors from Grand Junction Central, 90 to 75, Thursday. The win improves Uintah's record to 3 wins and 4 losses. The Utes are 2-0 at home. Uintah leaped out to a 25 to 12 lead in the first quarter due to three field goal explosions by Burke Buckalew, Derrin Gardiner, Clark McClellan and two two-pointers by Brent Labrum. Ron Gardner, Ron Ellis and Labrum flipped in free throws in the 25-point first quarter. The Utes hit the half century mark in the second quarter as they took a 51 to 32 lead into the locker room during halftime. Brent Labrum was the top scorer for the Utes in the second quarter as he poured in 9 points on four field goals and one free throw. Ron Ellis fired in three field goals for six points, and Derrin Gardiner connected on two field goals and a free throw for five points. Burke Buckalew zeroed in on the basket for two field goals and Joe Gardiner fired in two points on one two-pointer. two-pointer. Uintah continued its massacre of the Grand Junction Central Warriors as they fired in 24 points for a 75 to 48 lead after three quarters of action. The top point gainer for the Utes in the third quarter was Derrin Gardiner with seven points on three field goals and one charity toss. Also scoring points in the third quarter were Ron Gardner, 6; Brent Labrum, 4; Burke Bi ckalew, 4 and Ron Ellis, 3. The Uintah Ute starters were taken out in the fourth quarter and second string str-ing members, seniors, juniors and sophomores saw action in the final quarter. Central outscored Uintah, 27 to 15, in the fourth quarter to make the final score: Uintah, 90 and Grand Junction Junc-tion Central, 75. Ron Ellis and Joe Gardiner were the top scorers for Uintah in the fourth quarter. Ellis fired in five points and Gardiner put in four points. Dave Stone, Gary Galley and Mike Johnson popped in two points each. Brent Labrum and Derrin Gardiner were the top scorers in the game for Uintah with 18 points each. Labrum put in 8 field goals and converted 2 out of 4 free throws. Gardiner flipped in 8 field goals and connected on 2 out of 2 charity tosses. Ron Ellis poured in 15 points and Burke Buckalew tossed in 14 points. Buckalew hit 7 field goals and Ellis put in 6 two-pointers and was 3 for 7 from - the foul line. Also scoring points for Uintah were: Ron Gardner, 7; Clark McClellan, 6; Joe Gardiner, 6; Dave Stone, 2; Gary Galley, 2 and Mike Johnson, 2. The Uintah Utes connected on 39 field goals and popped in 12 out of 30 free throws for 40. Free throw marks for Uintah were: D. Gardiner, 2-2; Gardner, Gard-ner, 3-5; Ellis, 3-7; Labrum 2-4; J. Gardiner, Gar-diner, 0-2; McCarrel, 0-1; Stone. 0-2: Dave Emery, 0-2; Galley, 2-4; 3i Johnson, 0-1. Grand Junction Central had thr men in double figures. Kinnett poun in 18 points, and Girado tossed in points. Parmenter flipped in 13 poini Also scoring counters for the Warrio were: Starks, 9; Roweton, 8; Holler Miller, 4 and Cunningham, l. Kinn'f put in 9 field goals. The Warriors put 29 field goals, and connected on 17 out 27 free throws for 63 The Uintah Utes will return to tl road for away contests against tl Union Cougars, Friday and Grei River, Wyoming, Saturday at 5:30 p r and 7:30 p.m. Uintah toppled Union two out of three contests last seaso and thumped Union in Verna December 8 by the score of 70 to 55. Tl Utes defeated Green River, Wyomin in Vernal last season, 80-77. The Gre River team finished in third place in tl 1979 Wyoming state tournament wh they edged Sheridan, 68 to 65. Uintah will battle Cyprus in Magna the first league game for the Vem team on January 4. The Utes will ho Judge Memorial, January n and wi battle Murray in Vernal, January 1 Judge Memorial has been rated t some as one of the best teams in Regie Seven. The Utes will battle the Bu faloes in Tooele on January 25. |
