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Show . r ' i" ' - ? . I , J t . Y jv-i Lr J - THE BALL AND HOOPSTER, Steve Ferguson, left, Union, fly through the air during free throw action. Also in the Dicture are: Ron Ellis, Uintah SPORTS FLASHBACKS Uintah Utes capture state basketball championship sbdsketball season once again and :;rv about the game called basket -L:i!os as it was printed in the Yer-i Yer-i Express on March 23, 1967. riMS OK -Mr. I IM Ul VUn 'iTK ( L v U (11 VMI'IONSHII ndl I lt- Show (!lu' Vbilio ,"j::ah High School won Utah's LsB title at Provo Saturday in free ::uy style with a 67-47 win over siiile. No doubts w ere left that :ih's l'tes were the hottest team to .je boards this year. "s title followed a rousing defeat of :?y 72-62 in semi final play Friday c a Saturday clincher over Grant--f 57-17. St. Joseph's and Hurricane tomahawked aside earlier, s Saturday night triumph for I'in-.J I'in-.J 25-year old coach Doug Moon .it home the first B crown since 'hen the L'tes under Frank Wright 'i home the title. -2h had lit'le to fear along the warpath, especially after the "sy win over Emery. The highly-rf highly-rf clash between the two highest-:'.B highest-:'.B teams in the state was played 'CiUirely due to bracketing, and - fans felt the B title was a cinch f'.atah following the 72-62 victory, "sdsville, a Cinderella team ig-;-by metropolitan sportsw Titers all a, jumped into the finals after Wing Richfield, Wasatch and Mon-'a Mon-'a in surprise victories. The Mys settle for second honors in the of superior L'te strength, ey've been great all the way," ;fciug Moon of his warriors. "We'll S our starting team this year, but -be back." A 23-2 win-loss standing :2is season, and a two-year record 2 wins, 7 losses gives his threat a -tent tone. State B victory puts credence in-"-utah's cries for a Class A relation. re-lation. The school's 620 students Uintah well within the bounds of the 43 A enrollment. J enrollment of 500 students is the standard for Class A competi- be they'll listen to us now," said booster after the win. "Maybe 'Jme back as a Class A school." rsr of the 1939 B champion team was ,! to congratulate the '67 winners. 'torn Captain Ken Sowards, "de Hadlock, Curtis Hadlock and BurcheU gave big hands to Coach ""and the youngsters for the convin-in. convin-in. . Uintah Utes encountered the ; Cougars in 1967 and the story of me follows as it was printed in the Express on February 2, 1967. 'STOP ( Ol (;KS COI.I) IN , pLAY FRIDAY, 80-46 'Wntah Utes fairly ripped Union in basketball play Friday .5 on the Utes' home court, as k ' hometown rooters cheered on. 1 tally of the lop-sided match was inching Uintah's berth as No. 1 Wbe reckoned with in the nor-. nor-. Vision of Region Six. Doug Moon noted that both lr ,ere especially tense prior to aa'honally hard-fought duel n two rival schools. Prepared for the match, ex-n ex-n ' be their toughest of the : ,r "y forking on a zone press dur- iPrWeek prior t0 tne 8arne- The J ved an effective weapon, caus- and Steve Robb, 54, Union. The Utes thumped the Cougars in Vernal, Saturday, 70-55. ing Union costly turnovers in the back court. Defense, however, proved to be the Utes' best weapon, as Moon's cagers stuck to the Cougars in an aggressive man-to-man setup in the front courts. "Our defense w as the turning point of the game," Coach Moon said. "Union got very few good shots because of it." Union tactics fell victim to the sharp-shooting sharp-shooting of guards Barry Hatch and Doug Jensen, when the Cougars 2-1-2 zone defense fell apart under pressure from outside scoring. Once Union started coming out to stop the L ie guards, the Walker tw ins waltzed through the middle handily to keep the score rolling upw ards. Robert Walker played his best game yet. tallying tally-ing 30 points for the game. The second Uintah-Union battle was a low scoring contest. The story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on March 2. 1967. I IN I Ml I VkKS llKI .Mi; KK ( l l (. l Uintah faced its toughest game of the season Friday but squeaked past a tough Union team in extremely tense play, winning 42-38 to take an iron-clad grip on the top spot in the Region Six northern division standings. Quarter scores reveal the long bitter battle that ensued between the Utes and Cougars. Quarter buzzers sounded on totals of 5-7, 20-20, 29-28 and finally 42-38. A pass and stall game by the Union team seriously slowed down the Utes' run and shoot style, and only a glaring series of turnovers and missed rebounds re-bounds kept the Cougars from handing the Utes their first league defeat. Coach Doug Moon countered the slowdown and defensive doubleteam tactics with a halfcourt zone press by the Utes, compounding the Cougars' ball losing difficulties. "It was the closest game all year," Coach Moon remarked, "and I feel it really helped our team. We needed stiff competition bolore going to region and stale playoffs." |
