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Show r r-v . : . -.J i . j : --1 ' j uN!0N HIGH SCHOOL garnered first place in (ie Uintah Varsity Tournament when they s defeated Altamont, Saturday. Members of the si -eam are: front row, left to right, Cory Dye, Ron ii Sates, Jerry Kulland, Steve Robb, Danny Rawl-?.! Rawl-?.! jigs, Len Frandsen, Steve Mieure and back row, Brad Monks, head coach; Steve Frandsen kreg Bellon, Grant Cook, James White, Bryan bnow, Ricky Nielsen, Dean Townsend, Lynn Johnson, Karl Hirschi and Shirl Rawlings assistant coach. "Uhbei conquers' ASftamont longghorns m cage final i championship encounter bet--. Union and Altamont in the Uintah ament was a close game until the few minutes when the Cougars ded for 14 points and the .Toms fired in only five points to : the final score, 56 to 45 in favor of a, Saturday in Vernal. , imont had the hot hand early in ' jst quarter as they erupted for i points and a 9-4 advantage, ver, Union outscored Altamont, 8 3 make the score at the end of the quarter, 13 to 12 in favor of the jj, Cougars fired in nine points in ,-st part of the second quarter on dd goals by Cory Dye, a field goal Hirschi and Danny Rawlings, i!ree throw by Greg Bellon to take j 15 advantage. However, David :jsod connected on two field goals 3yne Miles put in one two-pointer u the game at 23 points. Bellon : the tie and gave Union a two ad of 25-23 when he connected on : goal at the buzzer. : Gates, Steve Robb swished the field goals and Bellon put in two rows to give the Cats an early :iarter lead of 31 to 25. Lindsay, ' r. and Wayne Miles poured in M ?ils to tie up the game at 31 aw ; ,!at Jerry Kulland gave Union a .... (Mlead when he connected on a ore lint play. B. Miles cut Union's me point when he popped in a ..si. Kulland and Bellon tossed in : als to make the score at the end if aird quarter, 38 to 33, in favor of ay fired in a field goal to narrow I i lead to three points, but Len Jjhen and Bellon put in two-i two-i to deliver a seven point lead of it toUnion. Hansen connected on a j 9 ;oint play and Fisher popped in a Ml to cut Union's lead to two 4240. i j, Dye and Bellon went to work in it few minutes as the Cats poured I in 13 straight points for a 55-40 advantage. ad-vantage. Robb fired in six points on two field goals and two free throws. Dye tossed in one field goal and three free throws and Bellon popped in two free throws during Union's 13-point explosion. ex-plosion. Gates fired in one more point for the Cougars and Altamont put in five points to make the final score, Union, 56 and Altamont, 45. Union placed first in the tourney and Altamont netted second place. Union had three players in double figures. Robb poured in 14 points and Dye and Bellon put in 11 points. Also scoring points for Union were: Kulland, 7; Gates, 5; Rawlings, 4; Hirshci, 2 and Frandsen, 2. Union put in 21 field goals and connected on 12 out of 20 free throws. Scoring points for Altamont were: Brotherson, 13; W. Miles. 11; Hansen, 8; Lindsay, 6; Todd, 2; Fisher, 2 and B. Miles, 2. When asked to comment on the win by the Cats, Brad Monks, Union's hoop coach remarked, "Both teams played a -super game. Robb hit some clutch field goals and got some big rebounds. It was a gutty game by both clubs. .Duchesne and Altamont are excellent ball clubs. Uintah is a young team and they will get better. Our win over Altamont was a team effort .The kids .came off the bench and sparked us.' We were lucky enough to come out on top because this was one of the better tournaments we have been in." Steve Robb put in some key shots for the Cats in the fourth quarter. "Winning "Win-ning the tournament was great. I was cold in the first half, but my shots started to drop in the second half. We got the key shots in the second half when we needed them," said Robb. Another Union player Jerry Kulland commented, "This is the first time we have outrebounded a team this year and that was a key to the victory." Union toppled Duchesne in the first round, 60 to 50, Friday. The scores by quarters were: first quarter, Union, 21 .- f W -v - - -jmww, .V TWTOW" ":?;' : , r-.-l 4"-v'W; ' ' ! ', V""v ' . ; 1.1 Lr - 10i - -I f ' rTCT A 1 rs tr-l ' t v ; , t l I J if A 1 "' f ' ' - ' i srJ ; - x j Jf E HANDS WAVE at the basketball as it heads toward the The ball was fired to the hoop by Union s Danny Rawi center. and Duchesne, 11; second quarter, Union, 31 and Duchesne, 21; third quarter, Duchesne, 42 and Union, 40 , and third quarter, Union, 60 and Duchesne, 50. Gates was the top scorer in the game with 26 points. Gates put in 11 field goals and hit 4 out of 4 free throws. Also ' scoring points for Union were: Kulland, 10; Robb, 9; Rawlings, 6; Hirschi,3; Bellon, 2; Dye, 2 and Frandsen, .2. Scoring points for Duchesne were: Madsen, 16; Grant, 11; Fabrizio, 7; Oh-m, Oh-m, 5; Bailey, 5 and Hanberg, 4. J - " : i v, . ' : i - : - ' f 'if . . - i - ; K V'' V i ; : . . s. ; r 1 ; . , -.. . ,"'' " " - fx1' i " Vm - ,.. - r ' ' A r : i f. ' . .. . ) t - i I ' t ' " ' 3 . ' - : 1 V ' ' ;.- :- ' i - i - ! r f !i ' ' ' , . ; ; " "4 I- V jF'' ..... - V ' ALTAMONT'S LINDEN HANSEN, left, flies through the air as he tries to confuse Union's Danny Rawlings on a shot at the hoop for two points. |